Roger T, use the ProRes HQ Video profile if you must. Bigger is not better though.

Roger T, I just found there are some 4K profiles too. 4096 x 2160 pixels, 50.000 kbps.

Wayne Interessierts, thanks for that... I just didn't see anywhere to set custom settings and didn't think to look elsewhere.

Which brings me to the question -- why can't a user make customs settings? Especially custom resolutions? for square video or some such.

Roger T, I'm missing that too.

Michael Willingham,
It's, most likely, your antivirus software. In the past/present, a lot of viruses were named setup.exe. Also, it depends on the antivirus software you are using that is giving you a false positive. Recommendation: Delete the files you downloaded from here, temporarily disable your antivirus and then redownload the same zip file. Extract contents of zip file into and empty folder on your desktop. Run setup.exe and you should be good for the go. I use MSE and never have an issue installing. Also, be sure your setup.exe and gcd files are in the same folder before clicking on the setup.exe to install the software.

Rafiq,
Hi-there,,just restart the program...if you poke the little green box thingie on the right hand side of the programs open window...in the little drop-down menu click on "about" ..it will say the program is now registered,and no usually these guys give you the version as it stands now for as long as it lives on your machine.....now go enjoy !

Quick Update,

I am guessing this is a 1-year license based on the info via the AnyMP4 website which offers subscription of $55.00 for 1-year or $89.00 for lifetime.
Souece [http://www.anymp4.com/purchase/video-converter-ultimate.html]

Just a Very Concerned User, thanks for pointing that out!
And subscription for what?
Duration of software license?
Lifetime support maybe?
No FAQ on site.

Just a Very Concerned User,
The GOTD license is good forever, as long as you don't update the software. If the readme.txt file doesn't mention 1 year license then there is no time restriction. It's a different story if you decide to buy the software from their website. There you only have two options.
1. Buy this program for $55 for a 1 year subscription
or
2. Buy this program for $89 which is a lifetime license
If you are buying this, use the GOTD then use the 50% off coupon code (ANYGOTD) is for GOTD Users.
In other words, you could use the coupon code and buy this program for $45 for lifetime license.

SUTHERNREDD, Freeware VSDC will do that. Google to find a download.

SUTHERNREDD,
AnyMp4 Video Converter is Pretty good But it's just a Converter only, but it does Convert to quite a few different Video formats, it comes in handy converting different video formats into the same Format, very handy for splitting and joining, (Video sizes, and other factors can be very Tricky when joining).

Dvd Creators or Blu Ray Creators are the best options for putting together small movies or videos Just like
ConvertX To Dvd your using or others like Wondershare, wondersoft, Leawo and Aiseesoft DVD (or Blu Ray)
Creator, just to name a few there are quite a few out there. I personally prefer ConvertX to Dvd 4 myself.
If you have Videos use Something like Boilsoft Video Splitter and a video joiner to join scenes together before
using a DVD Creator, that's if you want to Edit them of course, Sometimes the Tricky bit with splitting and joining is the Audio can be out of sync sometimes, When everything is ready to use a Dvd Creator.

I set my ConvertX to Dvd settings To: Encoding DVD-9
and under Burning i untick : Add "ISO File" destination to drive list. and Delete folder after Successful Burn.
That way ConvertX has created a Dvd Folder and it's still there if i want to burn it later, ConvertX will compress the movie if you choose Encoding DVD-5 to Normal size Single Layer Dvd if you want, But i Prefer
to load the created Dvd into Dvd Shrink and compress it with it also it can make it Region Free, so you can
send to Family or Friends in different country's so they can play them, if they want to see Family gatherings
etc. I almost forgot there are Video Creators etc you can use as well small example: Avidemux, Ashampoo
Videostyler, Proshow Producer and Aqua Soft Slideshow Premium. last two can make videos, but mainly
for Photos and Videos combined. Trick with any Program is Learning how to use Them. some of these
software have been given away on GOTD in the past a couple a free, can't remember which is which, just me Duh. Sometimes i spend days if not a week setting up some difficult videos from family members mainly
different Video camera's, (Different formats, Video Sizes and Video quality) A nightmare most times.
And i admit i am a Novice, but still learning by trial and error, But getting better at it every time i create home
movies. Just takes heaps of patience.

I hope some of my info helps, Others may have better advice to give. Cheers.
Mark

SUTHERNREDD,
Hi-there ...I also have ConvertXtoDVD to keep a copy on your PC or Mac simply un-check "burn result to DVD"..you'll find that in settings tabs the one for "burning"... .I do this all the time to check for quality issues in my home DVDS...plus side is you can later burn your dvd folder to create a dvd later on ...also if you wish any good quality media file converter can rip your VOB's into any format you wish if you want a copy to stay on your machine in a light-weight format ...like Mp4 or .MKV...even .AVI if you feel you'd like it somewhat wpuld be nice to pop it on a pen-drive and watch it from the "USB" port on a DVD player that has one and supports video from that port...
.....enjoy the adventure!!

Bambi, Before you give up, try disabling your antivirus temporarily and try again. For some reason, most antivirus programs give a false positive on the .gcd file (exactly why I don't know).

Regardless of the outcome, be sure your antivirus program is re-activated once you finish your attempts to install this - or any other - offering from GAOTD.

Wishing you success

mahaal,
At first time,I met the same problem just like you. Don't click the Activating page. Click it will lead you to the GAOTD site. Just wait about eight seconds, you can see the install page. Then you can get it on your computer.

Phil, I did not click on anything -- I just downloaded, unzipped and ran the setup.exe file and it does nothing. Even with AVG OFF. I give up. I really wanted this program, but I don't have time to play games today.

GAOTD seems to have tons of video editors and converters, so I will just wait for one that installs. (Or it could be this ^%$# Windows 10 on my new PC. Don't know, but everything else I have installed works right.)

mahaal,
Disable antivirus before downloading the zip file.
Make sure setup.exe and .gcd file are in the same folder (your desktop, for example)
Make sure you have an internet connection before launching setup.exe or it won't work.
Stay away from hiding your IP address programs while installing.
You can't install this particular offer offline.

OK, tried again since I had to reboot for something else, and it worked. Odd, this has never happened with any GAOTD products before, but maybe Windows 10 hates free stuff.

Drumpf, come on now. I am not a newbie @ GAOTD! I know all that. If you read my other posts, you would have seen I tried with AV off and it did not work. smh

Sigrid.DE, Are you from the vendor side? After 5 very different convertions from the same video there was hardly a difference with te original. Deleted.

herkato,
beg your pardon, from vendor side?
Because I find nothing wrong with this converter?
Never turn off any of my anti-virus software for successful installations, get links and registration codes usually without problems?
5 conversions and none worked or what? Just for the sheer hell of it I converted a standard YT mp4 1280 x 720 video to a lower resolution, frame-rate wmv file and not only is the file size smaller but some degradation is apparent.
Viewing high resolution, top-grade encoded files on a device with way less capability is no use whatever, nor is blowing up resolution too much ever any good.
Some background knowledge on media files, conversion, and file types (codecs) helps.
I for one do not expect the creme de la creme type of software ever to be given away, certainly not the sort of software that comes with real learning content.
I come from the world of picture editing and as videos are an incredible number of stills shown at a certain framerate I acquired the knowledge of formats suiting my devices.

One day when I have finallly won the missing €1,000,000 :-)) I'll lash out on the full Adobe range. Meanwhile I'll restrict it to poor woman's photography plan.
Affiliation with software that trades under at least 3 names? Now that would be way too taxing for me. One name forever, however much the GUI changes , is all I'm capable of.
Word is Word, Outlock remains Outlock, and so on.
Converters come and go!
Got it?

Sigrid.DE,

"... a very familiar Aiseesoft, Wondershare or whatever GUI appeared."

You can often tell a bit, or at least get a strong hint about many video apps by type casting, e.g. a visit to the app's web page shows an image from a film, & since that image would have gotten the attention of the MPAA & lawyers from the film studio, the fact that the image is there means it's more than likely a company & site in China. That means that the odds are probably in the 90% range that the software will fit into the same successful molds we've become used to, with the same general strengths & weaknesses. Some do perform in some ways better than others, some apps or versions may have bugs, & some apps may have added features, so they're often worth looking at & trying, assuming you want or need to do video conversions &/or like the video download capabilities in apps like AnyMP4 Video Converter Ult.

"this one went on my WIN10 tablet."

In case this might help at all... If your tablet uses an Intel CPU/GPU, you might want to try the LAVFilters in combination with the Codec Tweak Tool. It shouldn't matter with converters like AnyMP4 Video Converter Ult., but if you use the Codec Tweak Tool to set Windows to use the LAVFilters with Quicksync [for the Intel GPU], it *might* improve your video playback experience.

There are video converters &/or encoders that can use Quicksync to decode or encode the original video, but you'll often have quality issues. If you want to give it a try [it's avail. portable], you might want to look at A's Video Converter, which works primarily with AMD but also Intel GPUs. x264 & x265, the hugely popular free encoders used by themselves or included in packages like ffmpeg in most converters, do not really give much opportunity to use a GPU.

videohelp[.]com/software/LAV-Filters
videohelp[.]com/software/Codec-Tweak-Tool
videohelp[.]com/software/As-Video-Converter

mike,
thanks for your very nice tips.. Will definitely follow up videohelp.dot.com.

Yes, of course, this is a 10 inch low-budget WinTel dwarf, no more than an alternative to my Android pad except for hardware keyboard and the still not loved OS.
Without me being able to have the full Office 365 on it as the allowed second installation I would have never bothered with this baby Acer.

Yes, our inventive friends from the FarEast - deep breath and a sigh. As long as given away, no unwanted gifts dumped, I am not worried. With paid software I expect to get downloadable helpfile(s).
Way back I ripped Audios with ExactAudioCopy (EAC) conversion using lame codec. I knew and used TMPGEnc and ProjectX.
Programmers then had to be way more involved, but an awful number also left the scene when the big chase by Sony & Co started.

Annoyed, Temporarily turn off AVG or other such like program to install. I had the same problem last week, and that's seems to a problem lately with GAOTD programs. Good luck.

Richard, Tried as you said ... still no joy...Thanks for your help

Annoyed,
You could always boot into "Safe" mode with internet connection"
This assures you that all antivirus programs won't be running i.e. Malwarebytes, Superantispyware, your particular chosen antivirus, etc.
Once in safe mode, download the zip file then extract the contents of that zip file to your desktop.
Now you can run setup.exe to install this offer. Use the given reg key in the readme file to register.
I'm thinking your computer could be messed up in normal mode and is why you are having issues installing.
Let me know if this works for you.

S,
Somewhat false thinking on your part.
To prove ownership of the orginal file you too would prefer to have a copied/cropped/re-encoded file appropriately time-stamped.

S, The file date adds no authenticity. You should have date/time recorded/displayed on the video itself. Though this too can be manipulated.

S,

As Sigrid & Cranton have pointed out, re-encoding *may* raise questions about the videos' authenticity, but if that isn't a concern, why not just change the time & date properties of the files? There are utilities that do that, that you would use after re-encoding so the new files have the same date/time as the old.

mike, I can have 100 files from my dashcam. I cannot go one by one and redate the converted files. The program such as this that reencodes in a batch should easily be able to redate them to the original date as each file is finished converting.

All, I don't need authenticity - if I did for a particular dashcam segment, I would keep the exact original file of that segment. This reencode to a smaller filesize is just for me to keep. Why keep 64gb of files when I can smash them down overnight to 5 gb with nearly the same video and audio quality? But I still want the original file date/time on the converted files so I can keep them in order.

Robert Callaghan,

Same for me - 32bit Windows 7 - I guess you get what you paid for it - lol

arthur, AND ME

Robert Callaghan, I get the exact same thing. Glad I am not the only one.

Dave,

"As I thought there is no option to encode the file to a target filesize."

That's something that some mpg2 encoders did well, but H.264/H.265 [if that's what you're using] can make it pretty difficult to do with good accuracy. Maybe if you add a comment with the format you want to use this way AnyMP4 might consider adding it?

Whiterabbit-uk, Today is the contest https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/zotrix/
With some delay though..for some tech reasons..

Alexa,

Thanks for the update Alexa, appreciated. I checked just before games usually go live and Xotrix was still in the edit pile. Usually I find out at least 12 hours before they are due to be posted that they will be.

Unfortunately it's a l little late in the day to bother with any sort of review now as it can take me four or more hours to write up a review. by that time the game will have been live for almost half a day. Most regulars will have been and gone. I may still post some videos and images later if I get the time. thanks for the update. :)