Some Multipurpose Audio Video Converters- Free :)

1. Any Video Converter, Does it All

I hate to use the cliche, but this is the video converter Swiss army knife. I am truly amazed at how often I find myself opening up this program. Any video converter has been able to convert everything I have thrown at it. Here are the conversions that it supports. Ten different types of media! Very impressive.

• DVD Video NTSC (mpg)
• DVD Video PAL (mpg)
• MPEG-I (mpg)
• MPED-II (mpg)
• Flash Video Movie (flv)
• Mobile Phone MPEG-4 (mp4)
• AVI Movie (avi)
• Windows Media WMV (wmv)
• MP4 Movie (mp4)
• Wave Audio (wav)

The most important one to me is the FLV conversion. Just about any video you wish to put on the web works great in FLV.  Or if you have an FLV and want to edit the file in Windows Movie Maker, just convert it to AVI, or WMV, bingo.

Look at the screen shot below to see all the options you have when converting. (this is the flash file options)

There is a free version and a paid version of the Any Video Converter software. So far the free version has been able to do everything I need without any problems. I would highly recommend this program for your video conversion needs.

Also did I mention that you can pull out video directly from You Tube? Yes, it will do that as well.

Also one cant try other Video converter such as

2. Free SUPER converter (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html) has a huge range of conversion options as well.

3. You can try Cucusoft DVD and Video converters suite which includes Cucusoft Ultimate DVD and Video Converter Suite. It is the best all-in-one DVD and video conversion software converts DVDs and videos to play on almost any portable device including iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket P.C., etc.

Google Launches Free Music Blog for Music Beta Users

One of the main failings of Google’s new music service, Music Beta, was that it didn’t feature a store — it’s basically a music locker in which to store music that you already own. Well, it seems like Google is starting to take steps toward making the service more discovery-based with the launch of Magnifier, a music blog for users of Google Music Beta.

Google announced the existence of Magnifier via its blog, describing it as “a new music discovery site.” It features interviews with artists and bands, as well as free music you can add to your Music Beta account daily (you need to be a user in order to score the tracks).

Looking at the site, we’re hard-pressed to picture anyone using it, aside from Google fans that are also passive music listeners. There’s already a ton of stellar free music blogs/services (see RCRD LBL, MySpoonful andEpitonic) who have been in the music writing/curating game for much longer than Google. They also offer a larger quantity of more varied songs (which you can download and upload to your locker). Granted, it might be easier to add music to the service directly from Magnifier, seeing how it’s plugged into the service.

Moreover, a few random free songs per day doesn’t seem like much when compared to the buffet of music that can be consumed on true subscription services like Spotify and Rdio. Yes, the curation aspect is certainly appealing, but when it comes down to it, I would rather listen to an entire My Morning Jacket album, not just one song.

What do you think of Magnifier? Cool idea, or bandaid for a music service that isn’t quite living up to the buzz?