ConvertXtoDVD 4.1.12.352

Rated 10/50 by Point Zero at Jan 22, 2008

The author took the direction with this v3 for a really fast encoder, resulting in bad quality. Any normal person prefers quality above speed. You want crappy encoded vids, go ahead and use this s***. You want QUALITY, go to TMPGEnc.;)

Rated 40/50 by Banquo at Feb 4, 2008

Point Zero, Settings, Encoding, High Quality. Wow, that was so hard. Just tried the latest version, quality was fine.

Rated 50/50 by Skyfrog at Feb 5, 2008

Excellent program, been using for almost a year now to convert divx and xvid video to DVD. Side by side comparison shows no difference in quality. Would like to see a bit more control over creating menus but aside from that it does everything I need.

Rated 50/50 by challenger at Feb 7, 2008

Excellent program and now very stable! At recommend!!

Rated 50/50 by christoofar at Feb 7, 2008

Very stable, simple to use avi-to DVD converter. Gives great results. For those who complain about single pass encoding,feh. This app is for quick & easy converting for something to allow the quick viewing or two, NOT for ARCHIVING. I can get a very watchable standard DVD created within 30 minutes. Perfect! Go pay $$ for CCE if that is what you are looking for. & I will just sit here & laff at you anyways.

Rated 40/50 by zridling at Feb 27, 2008

It says 2.99.x but it asks me for a 3.0 license number. Whaa?

Rated 40/50 by dweeb52 at Mar 1, 2008

Stick with v2.2.3 the new v3 has fairly lame menu templates that you can't edit plus you have to re-register, it's still one of the best one-click wonders around

Rated 50/50 by Morsel at Mar 3, 2008

Love this little bugger. ;-)

Rated 50/50 by Chocobito at Mar 3, 2008

This version had the simple menus from previous version and have many template very costumizable and convert speed its great for this apps, really the best in his class.

Rated 40/50 by Psychocrusha at Mar 25, 2008

I really like this program. It seems like it can convert any video file you throw at it. I haven't found anything else that tops this. But the one thing that I don't like is the burning process. I mostly get some type of error when I use this program to burn any conversions to disc. If I use a different burning program to burn the conversion to disc, then I get better results.

Rated 50/50 by Canuckistani at Mar 25, 2008

Converts 1440x1080i *.ts files to *.VOB - for that alone it's worth the money.

Rated 30/50 by Kaden at Mar 27, 2008

CX2D has added quite a bit in terms of menus with this new release but it still needs time for all the new issues in v3 to be resolved. Thankfully, you can have both v2 and v3 installed at the same time. I give VSO credit for what they've accomplished but I'll have to wait longer before I switch over to using v3 for all my uses. I am continuing to use v2 for 99% of my CX2D use.

Rated 20/50 by Willemans at May 30, 2008

Compared to v2, it offers only better menu's (something very few use) and for the rest it's a step backward from v2.

Rated 40/50 by alexweber15 at Jun 13, 2008

new version didnt really do much, i actually find the older one better... this one has more elaborate menus but i cant figure out how to set a custom wallpaper... i think theres still a bit of work required for this to be as good as v2

Rated 50/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 7, 2008

I never used version 2, but version 3 works very well for me. I love that I can simply point to an AVI file and let it fly. I happily coughed up $40 (there was a 20% discount when I ordered) rather than use 376 different free and buggy-as-hell software titles. The only thing I wish it could do is pause during the conversion process, the way you can with many other conversion software titles.

Rated 50/50 by shortypants at Jul 8, 2008

Version 3 is a definite winner. Anything that was missing in version 2 has been added to version 3 (advanced menu creation, file merging, and other stuff surely other stuff I don't use). The output quality is where this product rocks and the of course the simplicity too.

Rated 50/50 by drsleep at Jul 17, 2008

Version 3.1.2.34 fixes many bugs and most importantly the previously incomprehensible episode TEXT editor has been changed to allow easy formatting of Main Menu TITLE. EPISODE, and CHAPTER menus. A most welcome addition is the MENU templates allowing different formats for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10 episodes in a few minimal colors and with no maudlin or cutesy "sunset" or "kitty-cat" themes as on other DVD converters. Another great feature is the ability to choose thumbnail video snippets for the background, and most impressively the chapter headings. The Text and Subtitle editors are fairly intuitive, speed of conversion is just as quick as before (45 minutes for a 2 hour film on a P4 3.2 w/2GB RAM). VSO has outdone itself with ConvertXtoDVD 3.xxx, easier and much quicker than anything by Xilisoft, Nero, and the other usual suspects (whicch can take several hours to convert 1 or 25min AVIs. Should mention too that MKV (Matroska) files work just as quickly, and subtitles no longer give VonvertX the hiccups that 2.xxx sometimes suffered. Also, a great new feature is the ability to add additional Audio tracks, and accepts a wider variety of subtitle formats. One of two tiny bugs noted in the Chapter section (you have to enter the thumbnail time for chapter 4 twice, since the first doesn't take), but this is a minor quibble and I'm certain they'll fix it. I've been a avid user of ConvertX for two years and V3.xxx is exactly what I've been hoping for to make truly professional-looking DVDs frpm films to ANIME series. Kudos to VSO! Highest rating. Dr Sleep

Rated 50/50 by schizo1988 at Jul 29, 2008

While version 3 did not add much that was new other than a ton of menu's I never use, it did do one thing it got faster and not just a little faster a whole lot faster. I often encode at frame rates over 100 when I was lucky to hit 50 with version 2. It was really buggy at first but seems to run smoothly now and they do update it frequently and they are not obsessed with software piracy like some firms to the point updates are such a hassle you put them off unless you have major problems that make it unavoidable. It's not only the fastest I have come across the quality of the output makes it hard to justify a slower alternative for a minor improvement in quality.

Rated 50/50 by legion at Aug 21, 2008

Great app. Fast & stable.

Rated 10/50 by V0RTEXiLE at Aug 25, 2008

schizo1988 mentioned about VSO's obsession about piracy of their software. I would like to note that Vso-Software is a violator and so forth a thief of the GPL licensed "FFmpeg" source code. They don't deserve any amount of money for this product however good it may be. I do believe it is very good/useful tool, but their violations enter them in "The Hall of Shame". .edit- just re-read schizo1988's review, he said their not obsessed. However what I said above still holds true. Visit ffmpeg.sourceforge.net to see for yourself.