Question: when is an ULTiMATE Version, not really the Ultimate at all?

Answer: According to other commenters, when the user has to pay to unlock certain features.

So in the light of a number of people who have bothered to leave a comments, shouldn't the title have read:

Giveaway of the day — Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate 9.0.8 (limited functioning)

@drvajra I have experienced this in the past. I found that it was AVG blocking installation. It sometimes does this and, inexplicably, does not display any AVG identifiable message. Turning AVG off temporarily usually allows installation to proceed. Don't forget to turn AVG back on!

Needs A downloader plugin option to access more sites and make downloading videos in HQ easier and much better process!

The interface looks clean and well-designed, first impression is pretty much good. Without further ado, I converted a 16-mins .mod file, the converting speed performs effectively and the output .mp4 video only minimum quality loss. I keep it because I used to use Handbrake and other free alternatives like Avidemux , VideoInspector and WinX Video Converter

The best video converter I have used and continue to use (no other), Is: AVCHD Converter (free version). It has MP4 HD, AVI HD, MPG HD, iMovie, MP4, AVI, Final Cut Pro, Nokia, iPad, iPod. It has other HD & 3D formats plus lots of Audio formats, Device formats, Wed share etc etc. I just use MP4 HD or AVI HD. I use the Trim feature, it also has Watermark, Crop and Subtitle. It's the first converter to put my videos up on youtube in 720p.

Very disappointed. I uninstalled my earlier version of the software, but when I unzipped the setup folder for the new version and clicked on the Setup.exe file I was notified that the setup files are corrupted. This happened every time I downloaded the setup file for the new version. Please help. I am using Windows 7.

Don't know what I am doing wrong, but I'm not getting any sound when I use this program to download a video from YouTube. . . . . However, when downloading the same video, using WonderFox DVD Video Converter, I do get sound? So there must be some setting in WonderFox that I am overlooking. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I tried to convert an .mkv to .mp4 and after about 20 minutes I had about 20% done. This is TTTTTOOOOOOOOO slow. After all, this convertion is only a "reboxing". There's nothing to convert really!! And CUDA IS WORKING!!
Now I'm trying a convertion of a low res classical consert with up-convertion. It's taking the time of the consert! Let's see the output result.

Could a more expert user explain how today's offering matches up with last week's WonderFox video converter?

Also, for those pining for Ashraf, here's his archive of GOTD reviews and a 2013 version of best free converters.

Ho, hum, IMO.

Same 'ol interface.
Busy, not very informative.
Plethora of presets.
(Gets in the way.)
Two skins, neither work particularly well with my eyes.
(Blue worked better for me.)

Presets.
I'd much rather have only the few that I would actually deal with, & then provide meaningful settings with that.

Settings.
As in, it should default to existing resolutions, frame rates, aspect ratios...
You cannot even select an "as original" resolution.
Likewise you are forced to select a specific bitrate rather then being able to use a CRF or similar setting.

No "copy" (pass-through) formats.
Everything you want to do requires a transcode, even if that is not necessary.
Like if you wanted to change the container, say from .flv to .mp4 (for whatever reason), you should be able to do just that - losslessly, in a few seconds, but you can't.
(And yes, that assumes that the actual codecs used are compatible with the wanted container.)

Likewise a merge, if the clips are same size, format... should be able to be done losslessly, in a few seconds, instead of actually performing a transcode.
( And yes, many operations do require a transcode, but not all.)

So here we are with an "ultimate" & were are we from the time before or the time before that or the time before that or...

How about actually enhancing the program over time, or at least getting the program to operate at least up to par against its free competitors.
Now there's an idea.

If all you need is something that you can throw a video into & get something back out on the other end, then this may do.

Ho, hum, IMO.

Same 'ol interface.
Busy, not very informative.
Plethora of presets.
(Gets in the way.)
Two skins, neither work particularly well with my eyes.
(Blue worked better for me.)

Presets.
I'd much rather have only the few that I would actually deal with, & then provide meaningful settings with that.

Settings.
As in, it should default to existing resolutions, frame rates, aspect ratios...
You cannot even select an "as original" resolution.
Likewise you are forced to select a specific bitrate rather then being able to use a CRF or similar setting.

No "copy" (pass-through) formats.
Everything you want to do requires a transcode, even if that is not necessary.
Like if you wanted to change the container, say from .flv to .mp4 (for whatever reason), you should be able to do just that - losslessly, in a few seconds, but you can't.
(And yes, that assumes that the actual codecs used are compatible with the wanted container.)

Likewise a merge, if the clips are same size, format... should be able to be done losslessly, in a few seconds, instead of actually performing a transcode.
( And yes, many operations do require a transcode, but not all.)

So here we are with an "ultimate" & were are we from the time before or the time before that or the time before that or...

How about actually enhancing the program over time, or at least getting the program to operate at least up to par against its free competitors.
Now there's an idea.

If all you need is something that you can throw a video into & get something back out on the other end, then this may do.

The huge problem with this app is the converted size has no "Keep Original"! That alone makes this useless for my converting purposes.

hi dont work correctly and we cant edit and add subtitle to movie i am sorry for aiseesoft

Is the license only good for one year?

No problem with download nor installation on my not so new notebook (Win 10, 64Bit)
Upscaling YT clip from its original 1280 x 682 (118 MB) to 1920 x 1280 (839 MB) worked very well indeed, absolutely excellent quality. Now you may argue that upscaling from HD to full HD is nonsense, given the inflation in MB . However if a video clip is meant to show something in detail (e.g. Photoshop work) the difference for older eyes is quite significant.
My full praise to Aiseesoft and honest thanks to Giveawayoftheday !

I miss Karl.... reading the comments these days doesn't give the information that he used to...

I'm using an older version and have loved it - will upgrade to this one today.

The ONLY beef I have ever had is that even with an i5 with 12 gig of ram, if I use the 'default' of 4 videos at a time, the machine slows down to backwards.... there should be a control setting that only allows a certain amount of ram and cpu to be occupied by the program....

I keep getting error message "Failed to Launch Program".
Tried to down load 3 times and each time, same message.
Tried "Run as Administrator" and also without, but same problem.
On clicking Setup.exe, Activating comes on and then the error message.

Will appreciate help.
Thank you

Always looking for a better converter. However...........Cuda is a performance enhancement which USED to be in the older Nvidia driver versions which can use the GRAPHIC CARDS GPU which will enable faster converting. Since this feature(Cuda) is no longer active is the new Graphic Cards, there is nothing anyone can do to impliment the Cuda in their software. Nvidia is just forcing people to buy the REAL COSTLY Graphic Cards hence is one of the reason Cuda was taken away. I will still use this converter because I have a reallly fast I7 processor so it kinda takes the place of CUDA but could of even been faster.

I don´t have "the perfect videoconverter". It is also what values someone finds to be important: sharpness, high conversion speed, correct picture/sound synchronicity, few artifacts, output with fluid motion (no "hiccups"), editing functions, compression, whether and if subtitles can be added etc.
To me picture/sound synchronicity and correct cropping features are a must. I tested 20+ videoconverters, and few remained. This is one of them, it is in my top 3. But what about this new version?

Testing it, there were some problems; preview cropping windows did not match what was set, and what was worse, the output was not wat was set too.
However, when I installed the Aiseesoft trial from their site it was done correctly in the preview (It seems that the options letterbox, medium pan & scan etc are not reflected in the preview of the cropping section; only in the outputfile: that could cause some surprises). Output was correct too.

Though this program remains one of the best in my collection, improvements in the core were not made; lots of things are add-ons. I would like to see a selection of higher bitrates and VBR for instance. Some add-ons are very good, like the noise reduction.
Would like to have it, can´t keep it though; the download of gotd has serious cropping flaws (tested it on 2 different computers, trials had no cropping errors on both computers, the three gotd package i downloaded did). I will have to keep the old version.

GOTD package: faulty cropping, not only in the preview but also in the output: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11463671/gotd/aiseesoftultconv/Aiseesoftconverterultmate01.png

Trial: cropping Ok: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11463671/gotd/aiseesoftultconv/Aiseesoftconverterultmate03.PNG
Trial: Other clip, other computer: cropping Ok: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11463671/gotd/aiseesoftultconv/Aiseesoftconverterultmate04.png

The trial worked very well; very good performance in every way...

Video's can be download from the net:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/VideoDownload.png
This link did not work:
https://ia802701.us.archive.org/21/items/SunsetThroughPalmTree-FreeHdVideoClip/palmFlare.mp4
Pity, on this site there are more video 1920*1080; free to use:
http://93films.blogspot.nl/p/free-video-clips-full-hd.html

Youtube did work ok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3o5S61lBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieEQ3b6JR2w
Analyse:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/VideoDownload.png

The cow in different formats:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/Smart%20Cow.avi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/Smart%20Cow0.avi

Another video from 93films.blogspot.nl.
The link ~50 Mb:
https://ia802701.us.archive.org/21/items/SunsetThroughPalmTree-FreeHdVideoClip/palmFlare.mp4
Converted to 1920*1080:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/PalmFlare%201920-1080.avi

Converted to 532*300 with watermark:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/AiseesoftVideoConverterUltimate908_20151027/PalmFlare%20532-300.avi

if I save this to usb key (as getting new pc later on this month or so) can I retrieve it as it is registered as of today. Would luv to see answer thx

Hello,

If I have the right AV cables will this(Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate 9.0.8) convert my Sony Hi8 tapes to digital(my pc)? Thanks for any help!

Very nice enhancements since last version. Conversion of an MKV went smoothly. D/L from youtube also smooth and easy.

A high quality software from a company with a deserved good rep. Not much more to say. All features tested worked well.

I can't evaluate the CUDA conversion but also wonder, since these aren't games, why it's important.

"It enables you to download videos from video websites."

Anyone tell me what, if any, limitations there are with downloading videos?

There should be some comparison table for all those Aiseesoft video converters. Too many products.

Please inform us what is the difference between this software and your Aiseesoft Total Video Converter, which I already have, a somewhat older version.
Thank you
mario

How does it compare with iSkysoft Video Converter Ultimate?

I've always liked the Aiseesoft video conversion products and have bought a couple along the way.

They tend to be faster than the competition and offer more choices within the scope of the programs abilities.

This one, like previous generations does a good ans speedy job and pretty much gives me all the options that I would generally need.

This version adds 4k settings, which do seem to work, although 4k seems to produce real 4k resolution by default and not the standard consumer UHD.

The only confusing option is the Video Enhance settings.

You tick up to 3 boxes to get enhancements but in no way does it seem to link to any of the presets, so when you look at a converted video in mediainfo after a conversion, there isn't anything different to what you would see if you don't use the enhancements, so this needs clearing up by Aiseesoft as at the moment it seems a gimmick that has no real use.

Cuda and AMD GPU support has long been with Aiseesoft products but I wish they would add the freely available Intel Quicksync.

The one criticism I would level at Aiseesoft, like others is that they have far too many overlapping products and should concentrate on getting the numbers down to 2 or 3 of this genre, where it is easy for a prospective purchaser to know what to buy.

I'm keeping this one as it's as fast as older versions and with a few additional presets that may come in use.

I had Version 6.3.6 before this version.
Tested Version 9.0.8 with sample video file. Convert from MP4 to XVID.
Did not use the "Enhance" option. No need.
Happy enough if the conversion is quick, smooth and easy with good results.

Result: Excellent.

This software can rotate or flip your video (not many software converters can).
According to my notes on previous version, this software can rip the video from my LG video recorder VOB files from the burned DVD (not many software converters can). It can also do fast joins of videos.

Input formats

4K UHD Video Formats - MP4, TS, MKV, AVI, FLV, WebM, MOV, MXF, AVI

4K UHD Encoding - H.265/HEVC, H.264, MPEG, XviD, VP8, VP9

Video - MPG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VOB, DAT, MP4, DivX, XviD, M4V, TS, MTS, M2TS, RM, RMVB, WMV, ASF, MKV, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, F4V, FLV, SWF, MPV, MOD, TOD, QT, MOV, DV, DIF, MJPG, MJPEG, TP, TRP, WebM

Audio - MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA, M4A, RA, RAM, OGG, AU, AIF, AIFF, APE, FLAC, CUE

HD Video - MTS, TS, M2TS, MPG, MPEG, MP4, WMV, QuickTime HD MOV

Cuda support don't work, GTX 960. Windows 7 64.

H.265 upscale does not work as it seems to a paid feature that is not allowed in the giveaway. Other than that it is the same program offered last time. Program dies if you attempt to use the H.265 upscale feature. Win 7 64bit

Great video converter software.
Easily download, install and run on my computer. The interface is almost the same as the previous version they giveaway. The new function they added to this version is great. I just tried a short old video 640*480 and enhance to 1080p. They I played it on my computer, the video quality is great. Thank you very much.

Please read this guide if you are not sure how to register the software.
Installation Guide:
Step 1. Download Zip package from GOTD
Step 2. Unzip the Package and run setup.exe to install the software.
Step 3. Open “readme” txt, use the registration code to register it.

Learn more information about the software, please visit this page: http://www.aiseesoft.com/video-converter-ultimate

A 50% off coupon code (AISEGFDS) is on the interface of Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate. You could use it to buy all the products at Aiseesoft http://www.aiseesoft.com