Brian, you may change the resolution to 1920x1080 or much higer when you select HD video format from HD video category

sirpaul2,

I read their EULA, on their WebPage, three times and found NOTHING about the software phoning home.
Please enlighten me where this info is.

GregF, read the actual EULA included and distributed in the provided SETUP.EXE !!!

"* AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT consists of interactive Internet applications that perform a variety of communications over the Internet as part of its normal operation. A number of communications features (such as update reminder, error information collection etc.) are automatic and are enabled by default, which help us to provide better products and service. By installing and/or using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, you consent to the SOFTWARE PRODUCT's communications features."

Normal software providers have this as optional. Personally I will disable this programs internet access after activation assuming internet access is required for license activation since we are not entitiled to free updates or free tech support so no reason to let the program access the internet beyond license initial activation.

GregF, It's in the EULA that pops up before installation - about a dozen clicks down on the scroll bar. The paragraph begins with "* AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES" and goes on to say it's used for: an update reminder (obviously not needed for this version), error collection, computer manufacturer, OS, RAM, time zone, audio , country, current language, etc.
It the 'etc.' that I'm not comfortable with.

sirpaul2, What do you mean by saying "The EULA says it phones home with computer and processing info"

Harney, Apparently, my response didn't get past the moderators. It's in the EULA that you get during setup.

I didn't know companies had to establish a domain when they start business and never change it. Learned something new. Thanks!

Harry, This information shows it is at least a reliable company. For the domain has been for more than 5 years, let alone its company.

GEORGE HAUSS, did you read the Readme?

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[ phoe ],

Try actually entering the MAC of your TiVo, and let us know what happens.

A media access control address ( MAC address ) of a device is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller ( NIC ) for communications at the data link layer of a network segment. MAC addresses are used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet and Wi-Fi.

It appears that the key to unlocking the TiVo file is it's original MAC address where it was first permissioned ... so supposedly it can't be spread to another TiVo box and played elsewhere without equivalent or new permission.
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Sabio, You may resize your output file by change the video resolution, bitrate, video format etc.

Felix Crevat,

From a long article I read by a Chinese-American who returned to explore roots/heritage, the majority of stuff is considered as if it's open source, whether that's code or electronics or product design etc. Copying a design, and sometimes attempting to improve it, or sometimes trying to reduce costs, e.g. by cutting corners, is super common.

Felix Crevat,
... and there are some more common ways how many programs get spread:

1. original developers sell the right to resell the software under mostly ever under a new brand and name (or by having bought an unlimited mass-license as Ashampoo doest with several programs...!)

2 the developers sell a development kit, which in reality is the complete an ready-to-use package, but which can easily be adopted.

And don´t underestimate how many small companies die/close an at their end they sell several right.

And finally: many code snippets and even complete programming code is crudely stolen - and some "companies" don´t hesitate to make "their own product" out of this

BTW: meanwhile it is very well known, how to easily get your "new" programs work with a minimum of effort with existing kits (here: Av... and Qt... libs)

Ootje, The main function of this converter is to convert local video and audio files. If you have the need to download online youtube and other videos, you may try Allavsoft.

Ootje, ootjegotd.stack..etc
Warning!

Despite the generally positive reputation, users have reported that the site ahead may contain adult material on some pages. Make sure you want to open it or click ‘Learn More’ for details.

Louis Van Gendt,
"users have reported that the site ahead may contain adult material on some pages."
It is possible that people put some files on Stack, that are adult or dangerous.
But I can assure you, that I don't do that.
Therefore I did create a separate Stack to use for GOTD-files.
So no EXE, no adult, no copyrighted material.
And there are some files, that I have downloaded from the internet, but from sites, I gave the link here.
And also I took some photo's from tree's to do some photo-examples. All taken by me with my phone.
Also possible that some people just say that the site is wrong. Just say it. No proof.
Some years ago someone said, that it was not sure, that the converted file was converted with the GOTD-program of that day. It could also be done with some other program. Why should I put a file, made by another program than the GOTD-program?
And also that the file could be found on the internet. Yes, of course I put it there.
The only thing I can give is my word, that I will not put any stupid material on the internet. Nothing else.

Harney, I did see only a free trial on the site.
GOTD gave some other program's to download from a lot of sites.
Also there are a lot of free stuff to download from the internet. And also sites to do the download and conversion.

Lilien, Yes

Lilien,

"Does this Software support cut/trim without complete reencoding (smart rendering)?"

Short answer = no -- editing is an added feature & not what these converters are designed for. Cut editing is easier technically speaking, since cuts & joins are only performed at key frames, and while it's probably possible using the ffmpeg these converters are based on, it's difficult & iffy, using scripts written for the specific task. To perform so-called "Smart Rendering", the software used must fully understand & be able to duplicate the original encoding method & settings, which often means an app will only smart render video that it's encoded itself.

How it works... The video in between key frames must be generated -- a key frame has a complete image, while the in between frames only record what's changed since the key frame. Generating those in between frames isn't hard, but, if you're going to cut or join video segments anywhere besides at key frames, that small portion of the videos will have to be re-encoded, so the in between frames match the new video. That's not a big deal for a video converter, since everything will be re-encoded anyway, but to smart render, that small, re-encoded patch & all video segments Must have matching encoding methods and settings.

mike, I always learn something new thanks to your comments!

PJ, they look the same and the 6.1.1.6250 giveaway license remains active with todays giveaway so don't be concerned if you have or had the previous giveaway installed and do not get promted to register this time.

TK, thanks. I'll delete the previous version..

wosa, it supports encode h.265 and decode h.265, please check the profile.

Harney,
Thank you: now I installed and could verify

To add some notes now:.
- neat and sweet and fast on my machine
- even had NOT to install it but just unpack it
- very slim after having compressed all files with UPX compressor (but NEVER compress qgif4.dll and qjpeg4.dll) and everything worked after compression!
- full-screen mode while viewing a movie works fine on the tested file types.

To me this IS really a keeper! - even more, because of H265 Code support!

Thanks goes to you and the vendor!

muhozah, whats the license code?

Shan, in the readme file! Der...

Shan, In the readme.txt file.
Enter in program's Help > Register