Oxelon Media Converter is a must have "audio/video file converter software".

It meets all I've been looking for...

  • neat,
  • clean interface,
  • integrated with the Windows Explorer context menu allowing me to convert media files directly in Explorer by right clicking on them.

It's not often I fall in love with an application at first sight but this is an exception.

Things I like...

  1. Oxelon Media Converter supports a wide range of audio and video formats allowing conversion from one to the other. Supported formats are:

    • Video Formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, DV, DVD MPEG2, FFM, FLV, GIF, MOV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, NUT, PSP, RAW YUV, RM, SVCD MPEG2, SWF, VCD MPEG1, VOB, YUV4MPEG, M1V, M2V, M4V.

    • Audio Formats: AC3, AAC, AIFF, AMR, AU, FLAC, MMF, MP2, MP3, OGG, VOC, WAV.
  2. Oxelon Media Converter integrates with Explorer context menu. You can right-click on the selected files, choose...
    • Oxelon - Convert to Video or
    • Oxelon - Convert to Audio from the menu.
  3. Oxelon Media Converter has settings to adjust...
    • video size,
    • video bitrate,
    • frames per second,
    • audio channels,
    • audio bitrate and
    • sampling rates
  4. Oxelon Media Converter supports...
    • "Direct Stream Copy" that lets end users convert media file format without re-encoding; allowing faster file conversion;
    • drag and drop from Windows Explorer for conversion; I found this by accident.

Things I don’t like:

  1. Every time Oxelon Media Converter is closed it directs users to its homepage; very annoying but, to be fair, understandable.
Oxelon Media Converter is free and works with Windows XP, Vista and 7 and can be downloaded at http://www.oxelon.com/media_converter.html.