TK, hmmm seems VLC reports that same discrepancy on all H.264 and HEVEC videos from any source.

Resolution 1920x1088
Display resolution 1920x1080

Maybe a bug in the VLC decoding and rendering chain

Maximus, no difference when you get the giveaway license, but if you don't get the giveaway license you can't make full use of it as it's only the trial! It's only Free 24/7, 365 days of the year to DOWNLOAD not to use!

Maximus, I am wondering about it too. It seems to be the same?

Hi Maximus. :-)

Are you sure it is available 24/7, 365 days a year?
Did you check it every single day?

Maximus,

From their giveaway page: The version being given away works the same as the Full Version being sold. But it won't let free update.

Hi Sam Adeosun. :-)

No, there are still 6 hours from now (4am here in Italy, it will expire on 10am).

Joe, I recall other Kaspersky users mentioning issues in the past, having to temporarily disable it. I think it is the GAOTD wrapper it objects to rather than the product on offer. Sometimes you can obtain the file direct from the software company's web page instead. Hope this helps..

Andy, I did temporarily disable Kaspersky. That had no effect. Still getting error message that installation files are corrupt.

Hi Joe. :-)

Users reported problems with these antiviruses, in past months/years: Avast, Avg, Comodo, Kaspersky, Norton/Symantec, pados.hu TinyWall.
If you have one of those AV, you could try these possible solutions:
1) After you downloaded the package, put the setup.exe in the whitelist of your antivirus (this in case the package has been correctly downloaded)
2) disable the real-time/on-access scanning, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable that function)
3) disable your AV completely, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable it)
4) boot windows in safe mode with networking, just the time to download/install the software (sometimes this is necessary with kaspersky antivirus)

Hope this helps.

Dennis,

What kind of firewall are you using, Dennis?

Just curious, because the same thing used to happen to me when I was using TinyWall firewall on my win 10 machine. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was causing the "Cannot connect" message problem. I tried to disable my antivirus, my firewall, either separately or both at the same time, but this did not help. So, at one point, I decided to get rid of TinyWall, and replace it with Private Firewall.

And to my great joy I stopped experiencing the "Cannot connect" issue.

I hope my post will help some people.

Cheers,

consuella

Consuella,

Thanks for the tip. I did download & install PrivateFirewall. Still no joy, however. I cannot understand why some of the GOTD packages install easily, and others not at all.

Hi Dennis. :-)

Users reported problems with these antiviruses, in past months/years: Avast, Avg, Comodo, Kaspersky, Norton/Symantec, pados.hu TinyWall.
If you have one of those AV, you could try these possible solutions:
1) After you downloaded the package, put the setup.exe in the whitelist of your antivirus (this in case the package has been correctly downloaded)
2) disable the real-time/on-access scanning, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable that function)
3) disable your AV completely, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable it)
4) boot windows in safe mode with networking, just the time to download/install the software (sometimes this is necessary with kaspersky antivirus)

Hope this helps.

Nvidia crippled the 'cuda support for many of their video cards a few driver versions ago.

The minimum performance card now required for the 'cuda DLLs to load when you install their driver is a GTX-950.

There may be ways around this - Google is your friend.

McGregor, My first guess would be the drivers. Nvidia pulled its support for CUDA in 2014 - NVCUVENC which was the CUDA video encoding API was removed and replaced by NVENC. You'll either need a modded/older GT220 driver, or a converter that supports NVENC.

Hi Peter B. :)

What Firewall are you using?
Antivirus?
Antimalware?
Antispyware?

Peter B , no, the setup.gcd effectively contains the wrapped encrypted installer and the setup.exe contains the unwrapper that determines if the giveaway is valid from the GAOTD server and then unwrapps/decrypts the setup.gcd into memory and runs the decrypted installer. If nothing happens between double click on setup.exe and the end popup saying it's succesfully activated then the wrapper is incompatible with your security configuration. Normal advice is to temporarily disable the offending Anti-malware product and retry or boot into safe mode with network and retry...

I'm having exactly the same problem.

Peter B , download the unwrapped installer from the link given for their website as it too accepts the giveaway key https://www.winxdvd.com/hd-video-converter-deluxe/?gotd HTH

Peter B , I had a similar problem with Windows 7 (protected by Kaspersky) and now with Windows 10 (using AVG and IObit). Something in the additional files provided by Giveawayoftheday probably triggered the installation block.

xilolee,

Zonealarm
AVG

It would be far easier if the GAOTD could say which setting in Windows to check that would stop this particular gcd file from running ?

HI Peter B. :-)

Users reported problems with these antiviruses, in past months/years: Avast, Avg, Comodo, Kaspersky, Norton/Symantec, pados.hu TinyWall.
If you have one of those AV, you could try these possible solutions:
1) After you downloaded the package, put the setup.exe in the whitelist of your antivirus (this in case the package has been correctly downloaded)
2) disable the real-time/on-access scanning, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable that function)
3) disable your AV completely, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable it)
4) boot windows in safe mode with networking, just the time to download/install the software (sometimes this is necessary with kaspersky antivirus)

Hope this helps.

hummer, There is no download link sent to you. You need to download the program from GOTD, then follow the link in the #1 Comment from the people at Digiarty Support Team.
I've basically copied part of their instructions, which will get you going. However, I strongly recommend you read their whole post!

To get license code, please:

1. Download this program from GOTD.
2. Go to Digiarty official giveaway page: http://links.giveawayoftheday.com/winxdvd.com/giveaway%2Fgotd.htm%3Fgotdoffer2
3. Just click "Get Giveaway License" button to obtain license code.

Please note that this software is built with an auto “Check for update” wizard. It may pop up to tell you which version you are using when you launch it for the first time. If you want to continue to use the Giveaway version, please click "Cancel" to close the window.

granny483,
Thank you. To clarify, I used this: "Alternatively you can get a personal download link via email." I've used it before without problems, I'm sure I must have made a typo with my email address. Anyway, I solved it by repeating the request on my tablet and it worked, I received my link almost immediately and I now have WinX activated. Thanks again, I really appreciate you taking the time to help me. Hums

hummer, if you click in the share and download link above the "Alternatively"... do you get a pop-up window with a face book login prompt? If you don't try a different browser, a portable one will do.. Simply close the pop-up window that apeard and the share and download link will transform into the download link. If you can do this it is much prefered to waiting for the alternative via email method as that has in the past even taken longer than 24 hours for me sometimes never! Yep the giveaway had long expired before it arrived! They used to remove the share and download intersitial overlay when they realised the email queue had grown too long but I don't think they bother now a workaround has been publicised. HTH

HTH,
Well, that is just about the coolest thing ever, thank you so much! Really, it is so much easier and quicker too. Very kind of you...hums

hummer, HTH means "Hope That Helps", not my signature LOL

hummer, I'm a Kaspersky user and cannot make any directions work. Have disabled it; have run in Safe mode, and disabled, just cannot get setup to do anything except activate the product.

So....Tell me where to find the "alternatively....via email" I've searched this page, the offer page online and went through all the links on my "view Page info" .

Thanks

wombat, for future refference you can install new versions of WinX products side by side just select a different version specific installation and start menu folder. If you allow it to create a desktop or quick launch shortcut then it will only access the last version installed. I have this 5.9.6, 5.6, 5.5.2 though the latest license key overwrites the earlier versions keys so they all became trials once the latest license key is entered.

TK,

Thanks TK, my problem was that when I went to download the program it wanted me to install a informer program so I decided to opt out and miss out.

Hi ilikefree. :-)

Yes, it can crop videos.

Hi Tek. :)

What Firewall are you using?
Antivirus?
Antimalware?
Antispyware?

Hi mcleod55. :-)

I installed over it and it seems to work, but maybe it's better to uninstall it first.

mcleod55, no need to uninstall previous versions, just choose a version unique installation and start menu folder OR leave at default to overwrite the previous installation.

Hi Dimitri. :)

What Firewall are you using?
Antivirus?
Antimalware?
Antispyware?

Hi IDe. :-)

It should last a year.

xilolee, where did you get that idea from? There are no subscription models! The only limitations on this as stated by Digiarty Software are:

"Is there any limit on the version being given away?

1. The version being given away works the same as the Full Version being sold. But it won't let free update.

2. Only when you purchase the Full Version can you enjoy lifetime free upgrade and take advantage of all new features and enhanced functions."

"Purchase Benefits:

1. Enjoy Lifetime Free Upgrade to latest version.

2. Lifetime Free Tech Support.

3. 30-day money back guarantee."

TK, I asked my question because I expected the program would remain usable - as long as I did not try to update. It was occasionally useful for youtube downloads until an expired message appeared and I wondered why.

Hi Ototo. :)

What Firewall are you using?
Antivirus?
Antimalware?
Antispyware?

xilolee, I have AVG Internet Security and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware running on my system, but none of them give alarm.

Ototo, I have the same problem, if fact I often have it on my Vista machine. I don't get it with windows 10.

Squire, I have Win 10 installed and I have this problem. I didn't have it with WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe 5.9.4. I tried to run setup as Win XP, Win 7 software, but it didn't work.

Hi Ototo and Squire. :-)

Users reported problems with these antiviruses, in past months/years: Avast, Avg, Comodo, Kaspersky, Norton/Symantec, pados.hu TinyWall.
If you have one of those AV, you could try these possible solutions:
1) After you downloaded the package, put the setup.exe in the whitelist of your antivirus (this in case the package has been correctly downloaded)
2) disable the real-time/on-access scanning, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable that function)
3) disable your AV completely, just the time to download/install the software (then re-enable it)
4) boot windows in safe mode with networking, just the time to download/install the software (sometimes this is necessary with kaspersky antivirus)

Hope this helps.

xilolee, Thanks for your suggestion, but it is too late to activate this giveaway, so I will wait for the next occasion.

mukhi, It does have H.264/MPEG-4 AVCHD. Good luck finding that compression ratio in any video converter. There isn't a big need for it by a lot of people. Your talking about a video compression ratio thats maintaining same bit rate going up to 8K. Its a great thing to see, but for everyone else its over kill.

Jim, My need is a little different. I would like to compress 1080p H.264/x264 8 bit coded files to 720p x265 10 bit files just to save a good amount of space. I understand that the options provided by WinX are pretty good, probably just not good enough for my need. Thanks.

mukhi, It will definitely convert from H.264 to H.265 HEVC. It will also convert from 1080p to 720p at the same time. I did not see an option to convert 8bit to 10bit.

The problem I have with this program is that it's slow. I have an HTPC: Win10 x64, i7-6700 quad core, 16GB RAM, M.2 HDD, nVidia GTX 960 video card. A 2+30 hour video in H.264 is going to take 5+30 hours using all 4 cores to convert to H.265 HEVC.

On my primary machine, I have an i5 gen 6, 16GB RAM, SSD, GTX 950. For the same video, it said it'd take 7+30 hours.

There are programs out there that will do this much, much faster.

mukhi,
BEST free alternative (no streaming from YouTube, etc.) with x265, that i know, is XMedia Recode (@www_xmedia-recode_de). It's absolutly AMAZING!!!
Last version 3.3.5.0: Installer (exe) is ONLY 9.06 MB, Portable (zip) is 13.6 MB

mishasin, i tried this apparently awesome software sometime before with disappointment (never gave me a playbackable output).lemme try the new version, and i will let you know whether things have changed. thanks.

Jimsung, slowness is not a problem, x265 encoding is hell of slow (at least, now) anyway, 10 bit encoding is slower. i just want an output that should look fantastic in a 12-13" lappie. thanks.

mukhi, no it does not support any of the UHD/HDR spec for encoding, the best it does is VP8 on WEBM profile or HVENC for upto HD. It does not even support VP9 yet. It supports decoding of 4K and 8K and reducing resolution to HD or lower definition profiles with the impossible "without quality loss" claim. And technically while the encoder profiles do have the resolution setting of "keep original" the encoders are not 4K or 8K compatible and some will simply crash on encoding 4K or 8K content into same resolution or will produce unplayable content that cannot be played on UHD capable Smart TV's.

TK, i'm not looking for the UHD/4K reencoding, at least, at the moment. as i said before, "I would like to compress 1080p H.264/x264 8 bit coded files to 720p x265 10 bit files just to save a good amount of space." for example, i have seen people converting a DVD9 to a 700 MB x265 10 bit file (keeping the same resolution), and one may not differentiate in a laptop. thanks.

mukhi, yes I understand the rational but as I said this does not support any part of the HDR High Dynamic Range spec for encoding which is what 10bit or better x265 or HEVC at any pixel resolution is!

I use the 3.12.2 as my first go-to for reauthorizing videos, and converting.