Free Video Converter is an essential piece of software to have on your computer if you regularly play videos on your computer and other devices. When you download movies from the Internet or acquire them from any other source, you will likely find that some of them will not play back on certain devices or in certain programs. What if you download a video from the Internet only to find that it does not work when you want to play it on your portable multimedia device? What if your movie collection does not work with your favorite software? What you need is a free video converter to convert the formats into more mainstream ones which will play back on just about any device. Fortunately, such software does exist and best of all, you do not have to pay anything for it.

Digital video is encoded in many different formats. These formats also demand their own codecs in many cases. For example, the popular AVI extension for video files does not actually distinguish a specific format. There are different resolutions as well as different audio streams. For example, even if a video will work on your mobile device, the audio stream might not play. Alternatively, you may be getting audio but no video. All of these sorts of problems are due to a lack of codecs on the device. It is difficult and in many cases impossible to install new codecs or playback software onto a device. In most cases, the only chance you have of being able to get your movies to work on such devices is by using a video conversion program. This will convert your movies into popular formats for maximum versatility so that they will work regardless of what software or hardware you want to use to play them.

Another thing that many people want to do is save videos recorded from YouTube and other such video sharing websites. On YouTube and most other similar sites, videos are in the FLV of Flash Video format. These are rarely compatible with other devices. To upload such video clips to your mobile device, you can use a video converter to do it for you. One solution which does this and supports a wide variety of other formats is a program called Free Video Converter. The software is easy to use and the conversion process is fast, accurate and efficient. It supports a wide variety of formats including AVI, FLV, MP4, MPEG, WMV, MKV and more. It also allows you to convert audio files such as those in the MP3 format. It is ideal for making movies more playable on devices like a PlayStation or other game consoles or mobile devices such as the iPhone or other Smartphones.

To work with Free Video Converter, simply download the program from free-video-converter.net. Install and run it and select the video that you want to convert. Select the output format and configure any further options if you want to. You can also convert a single fragment of that file rather than the whole thing. When you have chosen your settings, click apply and let the software do the work for you.