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   MrWizard
   Member

   I recently cleaned my system of all malware and other nasty stuff. I've got McAfee installed, along with MalWareBytes and WinPatrol. I downloaded and installed the Web Video Player by Socusoft and the very next day, on boot-up, McAfee said it had caught and deleted a trojan. Coincidence? Possibly.

   Before the virus warning, I tried the program and liked the ease of use. I mentioned it to my boss, who told me to buy 20 copies. Part of the process is making a purchase order and I needed the company address for that. Not shown on their website. Nor is the phone number. I sent them a request for that info, and they responded they are located in Shenzen City, China. When I tell my boss today about the trojan and the company location, I'm sure he'll say we can't buy it.

   So, the question is, any suggestions for similar software by a different company?

   Thanks,

   Mr. Wizard

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   Archangel
   Member

   What exactly is your company's requirements? Viewing, converting, both?

   Posted 14 years ago #
3. 

   MrWizard
   Member

   We need to convert into flv format from avi, wmv, mp4, etc.

   Posted 14 years ago #
4. 

   Archangel
   Member

   I use Video Download Wizard to convert just about any format to just about any format. It's simple to use and supports batching files and does it automatically. Google it. It may be what your looking for.

   Posted 14 years ago #
5. 

   MrWizard
   Member

   Thanks for the suggestion. I tried VDW, but I couldn't get it to work correctly on my system. The conversion of an asx file into a mp4 yielded a file with no audio. Downloading from YouTube didn't work either - the file was never written to disk. Guess I'll just have to keep looking.

   Posted 14 years ago #
6. 

   Archangel
   Member

   I've downloaded and converted from youtube to avi several times. Even converted to mp3 for just sound. Check the settings because it should work.

   Posted 14 years ago #
7. 

   JKEngineer
   Member

   I think Format Factory will do this for you. It won't do the download, but it will convert the files. It is free, so you won't need a purchase order.
   I have an older version installed on one machine and have used it fairly happily. I just downloaded a newer version for another machine yesterday and found that it asks to install lots of toolbars and similar, all of which I denied. Nevertheless, the program interface now includes a brothersoft.com link and an ebay tool link in its header.

   In downloading, I went to their main download link on brothersoft and got major warnings about the site from Norton. I ended up downloading from another site.

   A point of confusion: my existing version has been popping up an offer to upgrade to v 1.85. The version on their main site is 2.3 and the one I found avoiding brothersoft is 2.2. Also, their older version and google point to formatoz.com while the newer version points elsewhere, but seems to be the same actual website.

   I have seen others comment positively on the program, including in this site.
   JK

   Posted 14 years ago #
8. 

   notblocklox
   retired

   If possible please download ONLY from the developer's site. It should be the latest version and there you'll mostly find change-log and bug-fixes.

   I'm not firm in converting and never used FormatFactory, so I can't give any recommendation.

   There is an advice from the dev:
   

   Attention : If you fail to run FormatFactory , Please download this patch to fix your system runtime. vcredist_x86.exe

   This is the developer's site with the original download link and that patch:

   http://www.formatoz.com/index.html

   ---EDIT---
   Oooops - now I understand what JKEngineer means:
   When you click on the "Main Site Download" on the formatoz web site, you are redirected to brothersoft (an absolute NO-NO for me).
   Clicking on "Local Site Download" redirects you to "http://www.pcfreetime.com/download.html" - it loads very sloooooowly and the download will take nearly 1.30 hours! on my fast dsl line.
   Under About I found
   

   Welcome to spread FormatFactory without any modification.

   
   Let's hope that's correct.

   ---2nd EDIT---
   UniExtract found these "plugins" in FFSetup230.exe : askChecker + askToolbar + QuickStores + sobar

   Posted 14 years ago #
9. 

   Reubend
   Member

   To covert a video to FLV format, you can get Adobe Media Encoder, which is the official solution.

   Posted 14 years ago #

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