Dave,

Freemake has an option to reduce the video size when converting...try it

Dave, https://forum.redfox.bz/threads/how-do-i-fit-a-40gb-blu-ray-movie-on-a-25gb-disc.27395/

Dave,
http://www.moo0.com/?top=http://www.moo0.com/software/VideoConverter/

It's FREE and really good.:-)

Dave, try video to video -- http://www.videotovideo.org

takes a bit to learn -- but will set target size -- for what you want to do

Robert,
Install a program called Unchecky. This program prevents added bloatware from installing when installing any program on your machine. Google it. It's free and it updates itself automatically.

Ken, turn off antivirus, download and install again. Maybe new download is not required.

Ken, your problem probably is not a corrupted file but another program blocking the installation. A strong possibility is that it is your antivirus program. Try disabling it temporarily if you have not already done so. Are you running any anti-ransom ware? If so, most likely you will need to temporarily disable it.

Another possibility is that your user does not have full administrator privileges. This can happen even if you granted your user full administrator privileges in the Windows "user account" application (located in Control Panel).

To get full administrator rights you can right-click on the setup file of the program that you wish to install and then click on "run as administrator", or similar wording, on the context menu that pops up. You can also locate the program "Take Ownership" on the web which can make a very safe change to your registry. The "Take Ownership" program will permanently let you take ownership of any file or folder that you wish. To use it, you right-click on the folder that you want to take ownership of and then left click on "take ownership" on the context menu that pops up.

I hope that one of these steps helps you install the program.

denf,

I get the same message: Cannot connect - try again later! Seems there is something wrong with the program.

denf, try turning off antivirus and then install

Mario,

Thanks for the suggestion. I turned off both Win firewall and antivirus - no joy, unfortunately. Any other ideas? Thanks.

denf,
Option #1
-Temporarily disable your antivirus software.
-Delete previous download of this offer from your computer and download it again
-Extract all files into the same empty folder you created on your desktop
-Run setup.exe, install and then register it.
- Delete folder where setup.exe and setup.gcd resides
-Reactivate your antivirus.

Option #2
- Boot your computer into 'Safe' mode with internet connection
- Download, again, this offer
- Install program and register with given reg key
- reboot computer into regular mode

After using option #1 or #2, delete setup.exe and setup.gcd files as they are no longer needed

Robert,

Well, I did do those things, and still, no joy. Well, the deadline for installing has passed, anyway. Stuff happens, I guess. Thanks, though, for taking the time to respond!

Phils, doesn´t have it. See belows comments.

Adrian, yeap! As I have LOTS of 720p movies, which are taking me about 2Tb, was looking for an app to reduce this size. H.265 can reduce it by at least 35% with same quality.

Mario,

"I have LOTS of 720p movies... was looking for an app to reduce this size. H.265 can reduce it by at least 35% with same quality."

FWIW... Because of generational loss, it's not gonna happen -- whenever you (re)encode video you will have some quality loss, so while you can get smaller files, their quality will be less than what you started with. How much quality you'll lose varies, depending on things like the quality of the original, software & settings used etc., so re-encoding the 720p might work well enough for you, but test 1st because you will lose quality.

[What the pros try to do is start out with higher resolution video than what they'll wind up with, so when the video's re-encoded after editing & processing, the quality loss doesn't hurt so much.]

Before using H.265 you might also test playback on the devices where you'll want to watch the video. H.264 & H.265 are very processing intensive, so Very often playback uses hardware assist -- since it's newer, not everything out there supports H.265 decoding, so it may or may not work, &/or it may not play at full quality.

TheRock,
Try Freemake Video Downloader. It will download videos from YouTube.

TheRock, I use Apowersoft´s Streaming Video Recorder. Just paste the video´s URL and it downloads in seconds

Lisa,
Thank you

Mario,
Thank you

Jerry,

If it helps at all... Video-related software is often updated frequently because some of the code they might use, e.g. ffmpeg, is under constant development. The downside of more rapid development is that bugs & regressions can be more common [e.g. win10?], so if there's something you really rely on, it can be safest to hold onto the old version while you test the new.

7th share,

I think Jerry's, and my, quandary is:
1) not about version 3.2.6 to 3.2.8 (obvious) but
2) when developers use different names like this 'Any Video Converter', previous 'HD Video Converter', and more confusing, 'Plus', 'Premium', 'Pro', 'Ultimate', etc.

Developers should clarify or give a link clarifying differences between their own differently named software. This will help users in avoiding deleting a more capable 'Pro' SW to install a later version of a more limited version.

Does 'Any Video Converter', have more features or less than 'HD Video Converter, APART FROM the version 3.2.6 vs 3.2.8 difference ?

Jerry,
The 7th Share HD Video Converter does not handle mp4 files as input, but Any Video Converter can. Any MP4 converter does not claim to handle mp4 as input either, but can convert to mp4 format as output. All three can output in mp4 format, but Any Video Converter can take mp4 as input.

Bonita Pruch, I have the same error. I tried download twice.

Tom, Bonita, Do you have a Kaspersky Security product? If so, restart your computer in safe mode and try your install again. I have to that most times when installing a GOTD program.

Bonita Pruch,

Instead of installing a third party soft in safe mode, which is- in my opinion- rather risky, try to temporarily disable Kaspersky for the time needed to install this program. That solution seems less risky.

Cheers,

consuella

consuella, it doesn't work. I've tried it before.

consuella, That didn't work for me. The suggestion to install in safe mode did. I'm just happy I got it to work. I really needed a program like this.

consuella, it does not work too.

consuella, I've tried it every which way.

I paused Kaspersky when downloading and installing and all I get is the activation message.

O well. I don't need/want the software enough to go through the hassle of safe mode.