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FormatFactory
FormatFactory 5.13 in Windows 10
Original author(s)Chen Jun Hao
Developer(s)Free Time
Initial release1 March 2008
Stable release5.17.0.0 / 01 April 2023
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Size101 MB
Available in66 languages
TypeTranscoder
Licensead-supported freeware
Websitewww.pcfreetime.com/formatfactory/index.php

FormatFactory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso images. It can also join multiple video files into one. FormatFactory supports the following formats:

Video formats Audio formats Picture formats
3GP (.3gp) MPEG-1 (.mpg) Matroska (.mkv) Flash Video (.flv) SWF (.swf) MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4) Audio Video Interleave (.avi) Windows Media Video (.wmv) RealMedia Variable Bitrate (.rmvb) VOB (Video Object) (DVD file) (.vob) QuickTime File Format (QTFF) (.mov) MP3 Ogg Wave Sound (.wav) Adaptive Multi-Rate (.amr) Windows Media Audio (.wma) Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)

MIDI (.mid)

.JPG .PNG .ICO .BMP .GIF .tif

.tga

Criticism

On June 22, 2009, Format Factory was hanged on the FFmpeg's hall of shame.

An issue tracker post claims that Format Factory violates the FFmpeg license.

See also

References

  1. FormatFactory v4.6.1.0, 4 November 2010, About dialog box
  2. "Languages". Format Factory – Free media file format converter. pcfreetime.com (Official web site). Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. "FormatFactory". Softpedia. SoftNews. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Hall of Shame". ffmpeg.org. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  5. "Issue 1214: Format Factory license violation". FFMpeg issue tracker. ffmpeg.org. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

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