Solved This free Windows tool lets me convert almost any file to another format – here’s how


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Nice little app, integrates with Win, all you do is R click the file & convert.

With File Converter, you can select almost any type of file in Windows File Explorer and then convert it into a different format. The program works as a shell extension. That means it appears as a command in the old-style context menu when you right-click a file in File Explorer. Depending on the file you select, you’re then presented with a list of options.
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This free Windows tool lets me convert almost any file to another format - here's how - ZDNET

With the free File Converter program, you can easily convert images, videos, and audio files to other formats.
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From the title (Italics by me):
"... convert almost any file to another format ..."

to the conclusion:
"... convert a variety of file types to different formats."

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Chestnut said:
to the conclusion:
"... convert a variety of file types to different formats."
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Also, from the article's subtitle:
With the free File Converter program, you can easily convert images, videos, and audio files to other formats.
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From my experience converting videos to audio, it’s not as versatile as the old FormatFactory, but it’s much more pleasant to use.
 

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Saves the hassle of going to sites to convert file formats. Its about time it was brought to the desktop.
 

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Looks nice, but delving a bit deeper ultimately looks like yet another FFMPEG frontend.
 

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Alejandro85 said:
Looks nice, but delving a bit deeper ultimately looks like yet another FFMPEG frontend.
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It is, but it's a lot more than that.

It seems to be a 'Swiss Army Knife', a front end for as many Open Source file converters as it could find, choosing the most appropriate one for the type of conversion required. As such, it can do everything that FFmpeg does - and a lot more that it can't (pdf, for example).

Middlewares​

File converter uses the following middlewares:
ffmpeg (v8.0.1) as file conversion software....
ImageMagick (v14.10) as image edition and conversion software....
Ghostscript (10.02.1) as pdf edition software....
SharpShell to easily create windows context menu extensions....
Ripper and yeti.mmedia for CD Audio extraction....
Markdown.XAML for markdown rendering in the wpf application....
WpfAnimatedGif for animated gif rendering in the wpf application....
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github.com

GitHub - Tichau/FileConverter: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer.

File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer. - Tichau/FileConverter
github.com github.com
 

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Bree said:
It is, but it's a lot more than that.

It seems to be a 'Swiss Army Knife', a front end for as many Open Source file converters as it could find, choosing the most appropriate one for the type of conversion required. As such, it can do everything that FFmpeg does - and a lot more that it can't (pdf, for example).


github.com

GitHub - Tichau/FileConverter: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer.

File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer. - Tichau/FileConverter
github.com github.com
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Nice list Bree (y)
 

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I don't like cluttering the right-click menu, so I usr Hypersnap portable and Xnview portable for such tasks.

I also use Image to Text (Extract Text From Image) which can extract text from images, but also offers free file conversion for a wideR range of file types, along with https://convertcase.net/ which is great for decapitalising every word which is some weird modern fad...
 

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