Reviews of GX::Transcoder

1. 
   kadir8282

   Reviewing 5.0.2.866 Beta 10.7 (May 12, 2009)

   thanks for pro.
2. 
   oompoop

   Reviewing 5.0.2.866 Beta 10.7 (Jan 25, 2009)

   Tried GX.Transcoder and loved it (well, some years ago ...)
   ... but it often crashed and needed to be re-installed before each usage :-(
   ... then found FormatFactory and would give it "ten" points,
   ... but there is a limit of 128 kbps, unfortunately :-(
   SUPER obviously has no limits, but an awful GUI and is a little bit complicated to work with - I had to change the screen resolution first to find the startbutton at the bottom :-(
   So, nobody is perfect, but you may live well with a triumvirat ...
3. 
   TGB72

   Reviewing 5.0.2.866 Beta 10.7 (Nov 27, 2008)

   Very buggy software, it crash often during conversion, and the interface is a just ugly. I prefer FormatFactory, it support the same input/output formats of GX::Transcoder, the interface is much more friendly, it's pretty solid and stable and is also free.
4. 
   ct@work

   Reviewing 5.0.2.866 Beta 10.7 (Aug 7, 2008)

   On my PC I have only a small amount of bugs. The player is not so easy to understand - the transcoder is simple and good. I don't understand your opinion? I don't use the other modules of this software, thats why i can not rate this parts.
5. 
   Ryusennin

   Reviewing 5.0.2.866 Beta 10.7 (Aug 7, 2008)

   It has nothing to do with V5 being a neverending beta; it has been buggy and cumbersome since its first release a year ago. Heck, even Winamp 5 has a much better transcoder (which is simple and fast to use at that).
6. 
   ct@work

   Reviewing 5.0.2.861 Beta 10 (Aug 6, 2008)

   Nice work. Have some bugs, but is a beta. Post your bugs on the website of the author - it's a beta. Player have a verry slow start - but have a good interface. A help file is missing for the user.
7. 
   Ryusennin

   Reviewing 5.0.2.861 Beta 10 (Aug 4, 2008)

   What happened to GX Tanscoder? V4 was far from perfect, but it was so much better than V5. This new version is slow, buggy as hell and totally unintuitive.
8. 
   argybee

   Reviewing 5.0.2.844 Beta 8 (Jun 23, 2008)

   Problems galore!
   Everything seems to run slow.
   Player cant see more than 2 folders deep!!?? Even though the transcoder can...?? Couldn't play most of my music files as a result.
   Couldn't get it to open mpeg for tranz to mp3 !!?
   Seems to open only basic audio file types.
   Clicked on 'speaker' button and immediately got major app crash...
   Even if this thing worked it is ridiculous to take out 20Mb of HD for the functionality it has.
   Anyone looking at this should look at AIMP2 which is primarily a player but has excellent transcoder, recorder, library, tag edits etc. as utilities and takes out about 7Mb of hard drive. Something definitely wrong here because I really think the GxTranscoder of about 2 years ago was much better than this junk. It's getting worse over time.
9. 
   Darkman00

   Reviewing 3.20.51.3687 (Aug 29, 2007)

   Does it convert .flv files to .avi?
   
   and vice versa - does it do .avi to .flv?
   
   Thanks
10. 
    krgood

    Reviewing 3.20.50.3683 (May 7, 2007)

    Tried the previous version, blew up loading data base, This one seems to load my Db but is too slow to be useful (over 30k files). The progress bar at the bottom of the player tab is black with dark text so you have to struggle to see where it is in the process. No way to stop Db loading once it starts short of terminating the program. Once Db loading starts, nothing else seems to work. Tried registering on the support site, got into a loop with registering, never was able to successfully register.
    Nice program menus but not much use if you can't use them.
11. 
    osric

    Reviewing 3.20.46.3679 (Apr 25, 2007)

    Nope, betanews is not rigged. The reason for the high rating is because GX::Transcoder version 2 was a really good software. The rating have been carried over from the previous version.
    
    You can download version 2.24 from here:
    http://germanixsoft.de/j...mp;gid=15&Itemid=27
    
    This version 3 is really really buggy. And currently ver 3 only supports audio transcoding. There is going to be another series of buggy alpha builds when the video transcoder edition of version 3 is released.
12. 
    espyder

    Reviewing 3.20.46.3678 Alpha (Apr 20, 2007)

    As usual, AC3 is unsupported!
13. 
    some guy

    Reviewing 3.20.46.3678 Alpha (Apr 20, 2007)

    great idea but to buggy tryed to encode a wma file to wav or mp3 failed.
    
    How can this have a max rating, all I see are 3 or below, makes me wonder if beta
    news sets their own rating? a little outside influence?
14. 
    boaz

    Reviewing 3.20.44.3652 (Mar 3, 2007)

    Great, we went from buggy final builds back to buggy alpha builds!
15. 
    osric

    Reviewing 3.20.44.3651 (Mar 3, 2007)

    If ATE stands from Audio Transcoder Edition, what does AWE stand for? I don't find any support for video yet.
    
    Nice eye candy improvements, but its quite buggy - pressing play when there are no items in the playlist causes unhandled exceptions, program crashes at startup.
    
    Is there an English Changelog anywhere?
16. 
    kbsoftware

    Reviewing 3.10.32.3557 PreAlpha 3 (Nov 4, 2006)

    You have to register to download this version. I love disposable e-mail address' I recommend pookmail.com :)
    
    I'm still no fan of the gui. I've started to use Super (c) and I'm preferring that program over this one.
17. 
    markus10018

    Reviewing 3.00.30.3340 (Oct 18, 2006)

    This is the release version of the ATE (audio transcode edition). Took me a while to figure that out. Video support is planned for 3.10... Maybe the developer should provide more information about his program's editions on his homepage.
18. 
    kll

    Reviewing 3.0.29.3315 Beta (Sep 19, 2006)

    take from ther home page
    "The GX::Transcoder is Freeware. You can reach our Help Desk about our forum. or our FAQ for the Version 2.24 under http://www.germanixsoft.de/faq. This description is only for the version 2.24. The current beta of the v3 contains only the Audio Transcoder, the Audio CD Grabber and the Audio File Tagger. The other modules of the version 2.24 will come later this year."
    
    so later this year you can use the new version to convert movies
19. 
    IMKey

    Reviewing 3.0.29.3315 Beta (Sep 18, 2006)

    make sure u have .NET framework if you have issues running it....
20. 
    jtopping

    Reviewing 3.0.22.3263 Beta (Aug 14, 2006)

    I cannot find how to transcode video in the new version...any help?
21. 
    Kylde

    Reviewing 3.0.22.3263 Beta (Aug 13, 2006)

    On first run, "the application failed to initialize properly (0xc000135)"
22. 
    Don Juan

    Reviewing 3.0.21.3257 Beta 4b (Aug 6, 2006)

    It works, unlike last time I tried it, but I really really dislike the interface, and it is very slow relative to other apps.
23. 
    minklein

    Reviewing 3.0.20.3251 Beta 4a (Jul 25, 2006)

    Looks pretty but does not work with XP64.
24. 
    shicaca

    Reviewing 3.0.17.3242 Beta 3a (Jul 7, 2006)

    It'd be nice to be able to transcode from any of the supported formats TO any of the formats. If you use iTunes and have unprotected files (aac), you can transcode to another format. For some reason my peripheral can only read WMA, and it's a pain in the butt to change a file from AAC --> MP3 --> WMA.
25. 
    darthbeads

    Reviewing 3.0.17.3242 Beta 3a (Jul 7, 2006)

    Beautiful new interface, same great functionality. Author needs to update the screenshot on this page, but otherwise a fantastic new direction for a great program that has long suffered from a massively convoluted interface.
    
    I am at a loss for words as to how the reviewer below can consider this "bloatware." ?!
26. 
    nilst2006

    Reviewing 3.0.17.3239 Beta 3 (Jun 27, 2006)

    A bloatware...
27. 
    cricri_pingouin

    Reviewing 3.0.14.3221 Beta 2 (Jun 16, 2006)

    Smaller package, lighter interface, ...
    I like this version. I'm still not sure the format selection is best placed in the contextual menu, but it's ok with me.
    And to make it even lighter, I could do with a "View->Tabs->Renamer" option or something like that, but as it stands it does the trick again for me :)
28. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 3.0.14.3219 Beta 2 (Jun 15, 2006)

    The screenshot is wrong. The new version has a complete new gui. This version containes also no video function. But for audio the software is excellent!
29. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 3.0.13.3212 Beta (Jun 7, 2006)

    Pretty good program. I think that the author did simplify the user interface in this version. It certainly has an easier look than when I fist tried it a while ago.
    
    I had a problem encoding a wav file of a song, to mp3 192kps. The mp3 was slow & stuttered. Version 2.4d didn't have this problem.
30. 
    cricri_pingouin

    Reviewing 2.24.2979 (Jun 6, 2006)

    I admit that when I rated it 5 earlier, I've been over-enthusiastic.
    
    Following me bragging about it, I advised several people to use it. Every single one of them have complained about it and stopped using it after very few attempts.
    
    Yes, the UI is totally bloated, clunky and counter intuitive. I admit that I was fortunate enough to get around it "rather" quickly myself, but it wasn't without struggle, and I hear from numerous people that just can't manage to do anything with it. I'll even add that I'm hardly surprised.
    Yes, there are numerous bugs which are STILL not fixed after numerous new releases. Clearly the authors give priority to adding bells, whistles and icing instead of dedicating this precious time to actually get the features already built in to work.
    Yes, although it still possible to switch to English, if like me you're not German litterate, there WILL be situations where you'll hit the language barrier (either while using the software, or while trying to get support).
    
    I'll still give it a 3 to encourage the authors, but I personally gave up waiting for a rock solid build that will become my de-facto multimedia converter.
31. 
    Ulmo

    Reviewing 2.24.2979 (Jun 6, 2006)

    Difficult to Rate.
    
    5 = Features
    
    2 = UI ! Why ALL options are always visible ?
32. 
    henrypeck

    Reviewing 2.24.2979 (Jun 5, 2006)

    A UI only a mother could love. Good luck.
33. 
    rms10

    Reviewing 2.24.2980d Beta (May 27, 2006)

    Carefull on this one. A previous version of this was indicated to have Trojan Horse BackDoor.Generic2.VNP on the gxFunction_System.dll file by AVG Anti-Virus.
34. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 2.24.2980d Beta (May 25, 2006)

    If you HAVE to use this, you may be able to figure it out. Lots of 'Help' buttons. None work. No info on failures, just that the operation failed.
    
    No, this has not gotten better in years of development.
    
    Give it a pass, install foobar and the proper plugins. Convert away. Need multiple conversions at one pass? foobar and MAREO work well.
35. 
    AlienChld7

    Reviewing 2.24.2978c (May 6, 2006)

    Works very well and it's free. That combination is hard to find. I've used this many times when I needed to convert files from one format to another.
    
    On the downside, the user interface is really quite awful. But if you can stand it long enough to figure it out and deal with its problems and obstacles, this program is definitely worth having.
36. 
    foxtyke

    Reviewing 2.24.2978c (Mar 3, 2006)

    While the program does what is intended, the UI is rather poorly designed.
    
    I do hope that the 3.0 release has the entire UI revised, redesigned and reimplemented as at this moment, I find it user aggressive.
37. 
    Obren

    Reviewing 2.24.2978c (Feb 22, 2006)

    I work with computer for 15 years, but this is one of worst examples of bad designed user interface I have ever seen.
    
    On the other hand, program does the job, so 3 stars...
38. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 2.24.2978c (Feb 22, 2006)

    Nice program, and the price is also great!
39. 
    Blackhole8746

    Reviewing 2.24.2968a (Jan 7, 2006)

    Ultimate
40. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 2.24.2964 (Dec 22, 2005)

    Excellent Software - do what the author say. The GUI is highly customizable.
41. 
    stylemessiah

    Reviewing 2.24.2964 (Dec 21, 2005)

    Utter crap and a nightmare GUI
    
    If i trancode something, ill do it with anything BUT this
42. 
    photonboy

    Reviewing 2.24.2960 Beta 3a (Dec 17, 2005)

    I tried to use it for video converting and I've used a lot of software, however this was a confusing mess to me and did not do what I wanted.
43. 
    EarlyMorningHours

    Reviewing 2.24.2956 Beta 3 (Dec 12, 2005)

    I've been following the development of this utility for a couple of years now, since it was called Germani X. The interface has just exploded into a complete mess. I mean it's a total disaster as far as I'm concerned. And you'd think after such a period of time, the amount of bugs would at least have been brought under control. I'm still rooting for the team here, since it is a powerful tool and free at that, but I don't know how much longer this can continue.
44. 
    NEOBassDUDE

    Reviewing 2.23.2863h (Dec 2, 2005)

    Unfortunately it does not run in Windows x64.
45. 
    asdasd

    Reviewing 2.23.2863h (Nov 29, 2005)

    Great stuff!
    
    Needed to convert an MP4 to a MP3 - and it did in no time.
    
    Great job. Thanks
46. 
    motamunda

    Reviewing 2.23.2851g (Nov 2, 2005)

    Unfortunately I think these people have bitten off more than they can chew. Although the interface is very pretty and seems to offer a comprehensive array of media related functions, it seems most just don't work. For example I created a playlist (player) and after finally working out how to add some files I got all sorts of duplications and errors appearing in the list and when I clicked on one song it played a different one (and displayed the details for yet another) Netradio didn't work at all. Nor did CD extract. It's been this way for a couple of years now - pity! It's all too flaky. VB is too fat for this type of app also.
47. 
    conan1873

    Reviewing 2.23.2841d (Oct 27, 2005)

    Excellent software. This latest version is great, haven't found one issue with it. One question though, under the Function menu is a option for CD/DVD Burning......does anyone know when this option will be made available to use?
48. 
    tremens

    Reviewing 2.23.2841d (Oct 26, 2005)

    keep up the good work!!!
    
    ***
    Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is an industry-standard electronic communication protocol that defines each musical note in an electronic musical instrument such as a synthesizer, precisely and concisely, allowing electronic musical instruments and computers to exchange data, or "talk", with each other. MIDI does not transmit audio - it simply transmits digital information about a music performance.
49. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 2.23.2836c (Oct 26, 2005)

    it goes better and better ... the author works hard for a freeware. THX !!!
50. 
    SamiChang

    Reviewing 2.23.2836c (Oct 26, 2005)

    tremens:
    "Um, MIDI? People still use that? "
    stop spreading ignorance, you obviously know very little about music"
    
    Edit: that is true you really obviously know nothing about music tremens! asking people still uses midi or not? why don't you first google what really is midi beofre you posting sh!t on here?
51. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 2.23.2833b (Oct 24, 2005)

    DBPowerAmp seems to do a more reliable job. This thing just doesn't feel stable or intuitive by comparison.
52. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 2.22.2781 (Oct 6, 2005)

    Press the SAVE button for switching the output directory and set the config for filename handling of existing files correct - then you get nice results.
53. 
    clr211

    Reviewing 2.22.2781 (Oct 6, 2005)

    never could get the output dir to work correctly, always output to c:\, no matter how many times i changed the output dir.
    
    also got screwed up output file names. artist-title.ogg became artist-titlepq928323948.mp3. other times artist1-songA.ogg became artist1-songB.mp3, or maybe artist2-songE.mp3, which had the effect of randomly overwriting files.
    
    i give it a 2, however, because it did actually transcode from .ogg to .mp3.
54. 
    tremens

    Reviewing 2.22.2781 (Sep 1, 2005)

    i give a five because they're working hard on it. to previous guy, the description above is incorrect and was obviously not posted by author.
    
    Author's desciption
    "The GX::Transcoder is a flexible audio converter software, which is able to convert in a batch mode between a lot of audio formats. Additionally the Transcoder uses plugins to add more functions for transforming and playing audio files.
    
    The GX::Transcoder in it's standard version is able to en- and decode MP1, MP3, MP2, MPC, OGG Vorbis, PCM up to 7.1 Channel, G.721, G.723, G.726, G.729, ADPCM, GSM, VOX, DSP, VQF and RAW files as well as decoding QuickTime MOV and QT files. There are also AddIns available, which extends the Transcoder to handle the formats AAC, M4A, M4P4, LA, LPAC, WMA, TTA, OptimFrog, WavPack, FLAC, rkAudio, Real Audio, Speex, Bonk Audio and Shorten. There are plans to support even more audio formats. The transcoder also contains a video converter. This converter can transcoder between all installed avi codecs, mpeg with dvd, vcd and svs extension and wma video files.
    
    The GX::Transcoder can transfer the tags ID3v1, ID3v2, APE v1 and v2, Vorbis Comments, FLAC and WMA Tags.
    
    The GX::Transcoder is Freeware."
    
    And to the guy that said
    "Nice tool.
    
    Um, MIDI? People still use that? "
    
    stop spreading ignorance, you obviously know very little about music
55. 
    SamiChang

    Reviewing 2.22.2781 (Sep 1, 2005)

    *You can transcode audio files into many formats: AAC, MP4, M4A, Bonk, FLAC, LA, LPAC, MIDI, MP2, MP3, MPC, MPP, MP+, OptiomFrog, Ogg Vorbis, rkAudio, VQF, WavPack, TTA, WMA, Shorten, PCM, GSM, ADPCM, VOX, G721, G723, G726, uLaw, aLaw, DSP, Raw PCM, Monkeys Audio, AVI (Audio), MOD, Bonk and more*
    I wonder if you are blind or just stupid LRN, read the review of the software
56. 
    LRN

    Reviewing 2.20.2760 (Aug 8, 2005)

    Great app!
    
    SamiChang is dumb, there's no way to convert midi (in fact - it's computer vatiant of notes) to frequency-based formats (wav and compressed).
    It's same as if you want software developers make your computer sing a song, while you provide music and lyrics.
57. 
    tvadakia

    Reviewing 2.20.2760 (Aug 7, 2005)

    I have never seen an accurate wav to midi converter. In fact, professional audio-"hearing"-chord finders only have an 80% accuracy, on average. It would be a handy tool though…
    
    This software, it may be a little different, quirky even, with its interface, but it's proven invaluable to me in the audio world.
    
    Oh, and, to those that wonder about MIDI, and that it’s still around: you wouldn’t be listening to much music outside of the studio without it. It’s not just a format on the computer…
58. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 2.20.2760 (Aug 7, 2005)

    Nice tool.
    
    Um, MIDI? People still use that?
59. 
    rpavl

    Reviewing 2.20.2726 RC1 (Jul 26, 2005)

    Simply Awesome utility, again the "interface" folks...oh my my....Great Product.
60. 
    jastonas

    Reviewing 2.20.2716 Beta 7 (Jul 18, 2005)

    when it has an interface that people can use, i will rate it more!
    It's just unusable:P
61. 
    stigmata0815

    Reviewing 2.20.2716 Beta 7 (Jul 18, 2005)

    this is a very very very good program!
    i use this tool for a longe time and it's getting better and better!
    
    ...go on with this tool!...
62. 
    LRN

    Reviewing 2.20.2716 Beta 7 (Jul 18, 2005)

    For application, what do several different functions, interface is ok.
63. 
    hugh750

    Reviewing 2.20.2716 Beta 6a (Jul 17, 2005)

    I Downloaded GX Transcoder And Installed It I Ran Its Auto Updater And It Seems To Just Wonderfully On My Machine.
64. 
    star51L

    Reviewing 2.20.2716 Beta 6a (Jul 17, 2005)

    Seems like it's in perpetual-beta status ;)
    
    Please, the interface....
65. 
    aerthling

    Reviewing 2.20.2684 Public Beta 5a (Jun 7, 2005)

    The interface needs some serious work.
66. 
    Kylde

    Reviewing 2.20.2676 Public Beta 4 Updated (May 28, 2005)

    still poor, choose english & u get the eula in german :) Then a conflict is reported with regsvr32.exe during install, and "The video converter for video filetypes mpeg1, mpeg2, avi with all installed codecs and wmv (supports VCD, SVCD and DVD Extensions) comes with one of the next betas" is laughable, it's been "due" for how many releases?
67. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 2.20.2676 Public Beta 4 Updated (May 27, 2005)

    The video converter is done since release 2.0 - write comment after you check the release. Only the description above is wrong or old. The programmer is a german - thats why the eula is in german (i think - thats why he named GERMANIX). A verry unfair comment ...
68. 
    cees2000

    Reviewing 2.20.2653 Public Beta 2 (Apr 11, 2005)

    usually very good but this latest releas sucks.
    Keeps giving bass.dll not found error; also, the only language it supports is german, and the language tab does not show ANY languages. I do understand german but, I prefer my software to be in english, even though I'm dutch. :-)
    So, I switched back to a previous release.
69. 
    spiked

    Reviewing 2.20.2636 Public Beta 1 (Apr 10, 2005)

    Great for audio. Works OK for video, too, but the video portion of the UI seems tacked on, as an afterthought. It also provides less control over video quality/size/speed and other settings than other progs.
70. 
    justinb

    Reviewing 2.20.2636 Public Beta 1 (Apr 6, 2005)

    very good program! i have been using it since the early versions. there are some bugs, but it is a beta.. one of the best programs i have found for audio/video converting.
71. 
    Madlew

    Reviewing 2.15.2614 rc4b (Mar 17, 2005)

    This is a pretty good program. It does what it says. It's just that the layout makes it a little confusing at times. Once you get the hang of it, it gets easier to use.
72. 
    KAK

    Reviewing 2.15.2614 rc4b (Mar 16, 2005)

    Nice application bud
    some BUGS inside when using
    NetRadio ERROR Playfile and
    sometimes GX display ERROR Message and exit!
    When i add a Favorite Who will GX it saved ?
    I have not found a "Favoriten" Menu Hidden or not
    implantated?
    
    All in one "3"
    
    Best Regards
73. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 2.15.2603 RC4 (Feb 28, 2005)

    I think this program is turning out to be great. The author puts a lot of effort into the developement.
    
    I know it's a lot to ask, but I hope the program remains free after the final release.
74. 
    LRN

    Reviewing 2.15.2603 RC4 (Feb 28, 2005)

    Free, a lot of functions and formats (each format support is done via separate dll or commandline utility), smooth GUI...Like BeSweet, but more powerful and handy. And still in developement!
75. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 2.15.2599 RC3 (Feb 19, 2005)

    The is a very cool tool! It gets better and better with the developer actually listening to the users.
    
    ds0934- The app itself isn't compressing anything, so blaming it for your lousy results is invalid. Look at the settings for whatever format youwere going to. Pilot error is the likely cause.
    
    Give it a try. It's nicely done, free, and has continuing development. Pretty good attributes in my book!
76. 
    WickedLester

    Reviewing 2.15.2591 RC2a (Feb 16, 2005)

    Works great. I converted some of my WMA's to MP3 and the converted without any problems. Very fast also.
77. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 2.15.2591 RC2a (Feb 14, 2005)

    First, I want to say thanks to the author for creating this program. There isn't many free programs out there of this type.
    
    The only complaint that I have with this program is; The author needs to straighten out the English language module. Even though you select English, it still gives you warning messages in German. Also, the EULA (license agreement) is in German.
78. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 2.15.2567 Beta 6 (Jan 28, 2005)

    The program is'nt that bad. It uses the LAME encoder for MP3. You will get loss with any program, if you uncompress & re-encode files. Like the old phrase; "Garbage in = Garbage Out".
79. 
    ds0934

    Reviewing 2.15.2563 Beta 5 (Jan 24, 2005)

    I have no argument against that (losing quality) but the degree of loss is incredibly more significant than with other products I've used. That's my only point. I respect the effort put into this product, and I'm fully away it is "beta". But to ignore problems in "beta" versions just because they're said to be "beta" means that they risk not getting fixed either. That's the point of "beta": to test and submit discovered limitations and defects so they get fixed before final release.
80. 
    ct@work

    Reviewing 2.15.2560 Beta 4 (Jan 23, 2005)

    @gs0934 It's so stupit - converting compressed media to compressed media without lossing quality. You ever loss quality - it is not possible converting lossy to lossy without quality loss (also not with the descret cleaner).
    
    The program is a little bit overload. Many function, a couple of smaller bugs - but is a beta. I love it.
81. 
    ds0934

    Reviewing 2.15.2560 Beta 4 (Jan 22, 2005)

    After four successive beta releases "they" still have not improved the English/German issues, and the results I've managed to get from converting existing AVI files into MPG or WMV suck. I tried for 16 hours to get the output to look like the input, but it never would. Not impressed. Discreet Cleaner seems to do a much better job of converting media formats without losing quality.
82. 
    BroughApps

    Reviewing 2.15.2554 Beta 2 (Jan 22, 2005)

    MEH! love the program... but i'd rather it not start in german every time... i know how to change it to english. but for the sake of the not-so-big-brained folks out there.... please fix it
    
    thanx
83. 
    pyridox

    Reviewing 2.15.2551 Beta (Jan 19, 2005)

    The only major problem I noticed is; Even though you select English language at the install, the program still starts up in German. You have to go into the top menu & manually select ENGLISH. Other than that, it seemed to work well. They just need to work out some minor issues. But these bugs can be expected in Beta versions.
84. 
    BroughApps

    Reviewing 2.15.2551 Beta (Jan 19, 2005)

    This is an awesome program! BUT you need to work on the glitches in the media player. Shuffle doesnt work right. and when you unclick one of the effects for it... it goes to the next track....
85. 
    barnstapleuk

    Reviewing 2.15.2551 Beta (Jan 19, 2005)

    Excellent Idea.
    Just what I need.
    But...
    No where near enough stable. Just keep crashing. And as said before sometimes with randon german error messages.
    Also regardless of selecting english at point of install, it insists everytime on starting up in german. When it works, and i could even get that far, i am sure it will be great.
    
    Nice uninstaller though!
86. 
    Peter van Hooven

    Reviewing 2.14.2539 (Jan 17, 2005)

    Yes, nice software. But the GUI is a little unclearly - perhaps it overload the eyes of the user :-)
87. 
    Bachalor

    Reviewing 2.14.2539 (Jan 17, 2005)

    I'm stundent and I want say thank you for it. For my opinion it works fine and stable.
88. 
    Dimmu19

    Reviewing 2.10.2503 RC1 (Dec 30, 2004)

    Great program but I keep getting green bars after I converted an avi to mpg. Anyone else have this problem or know of a fix for it? I really would like to convert all my avi files to mpg but the green bars make it almost unwatchable.
89. 
    mtanner

    Reviewing 2.10.2434 Beta 5 (Nov 25, 2004)

    After several times installing and uninstalling previous versions and thinking this program sucked I really like it now, especially the netplayer that allows me to record web radio streams into wavs, mp3, etc. Good job listening to user request and fixing earlier problems.
90. 
    twynne

    Reviewing 2.0.2222 RC2 (Sep 10, 2004)

    I've tried previous versions of this and never succeeded in getting it working at all. Tried visiting their forum but of course it's all in German so not very helpful for the rest of the world.
    
    As for this version - same problems as reported by other users. Installed, selecting English, only to find it started in German. Yes, I managed to switch it to English, but you still get error messages in German.
    
    Giving it a 2 as the premise and the interface are good, but as it's not even usable for video yet I can't really review it properly. I just get an error about DirectX...
    
    Good luck!
91. 
    cricri_pingouin

    Reviewing 2.0.2183 Beta 9 (Aug 31, 2004)

    I'll rate the program as I've used it. So I installed it, no faults there. I run it and it's in German. I know that "Language"="Sprache" in German (that's about all I know!) so I turn it to English, and there I have a GUI all in English. No problem here as far as I could see. Then I decide to convert a file. So I drag and drop "Windows XP Startup.wav" to the interface, and no problem, it was there. I select as output format "MP3", prerss the green arrow, play the result, it works. Try to convert to OGG, it works. I drag the OGG, convert to APE, it works. I don't know what people whine about, but from this little 2 minutes test, it seems very good for free! No, I didn't try video, I understand some people have synch problems, but to be fair, I stopped fiddling with videos because I had synch problems even with commercial packages! Anyway, 5 stars here. Actually, I quickly converted a small DivX3 (ok, without sound) to both WMV and MPG, and albeit the WMV video was very large (I didn't bother checking options :p), both videos worked just fine.
92. 
    TigerTou

    Reviewing 2.00.1969 Beta 5 (Jul 23, 2004)

    Well, there now is a video conversion option. Too bad the audio and video are 3 seconds out-of-sync. Improving, but I would not pay yet.
93. 
    guitardave78

    Reviewing 2.00.1969 Beta 5 (Jul 19, 2004)

    Remembering that this is a BETA of an already superb bit of software, i can see really good things.
    The new interface is nice, a bit simpler than the first one. THe batch ability is still there which made the first one so good. There are loads of plugins on the site, which is how they have reduced the install file size.
    
    But
    
    This beta is quite unstable and will not let me drag and drop files that the original did . I will rate this a 3 as it does need some work...I will rate again when it is more stable. Keep it up as this will again be the best!!
94. 
    TigerTou

    Reviewing 2.00.1957 Beta (Jul 18, 2004)

    This is an audio application, not so pure and not so simple. We were not able to locate ANY video transcoder capabilities. The pictured GUI is not the one from the program. Notice that the pictured GUI indicates video conversion capabilities: none are available. All-in-all, not up to par. The mixture of German and English is very disconcerting. We downloaded the 257 & the 263 versions (5 and 10 M) with no difference video nor pictured GUI. When converting to MP3 from .WAV, the MP3 ran very fast, making the words indistinguishable. Try AUDACITY or dbPowerAmp music converter, both far superor and free.
95. 
    Dapple

    Reviewing 2.00.1957 Beta (Jul 17, 2004)

    Tried it , the language is only half in English and when I try and Transcode a file it crashes .
96. 
    jogygeorge

    Reviewing 2.00.1957 Beta (Jul 17, 2004)

    Wow! Thats one drastic cut in size. Its gotten from 17.xMB size to 5.x!
    
    Does anyone know if its possible to transcode from mp3 to midi with this one?
    
    Gave it a 5 as I don't want to distort figures without actually checking it out.
97. 
    darkpepe

    Reviewing 1.85.1325 (Jul 4, 2004)

    New Version available at
    http://www.board-24.de/
98. 
    Madlew

    Reviewing 1.85.1325 (Jul 3, 2004)

    Has anybody been able to get to the homepage? I've been trying to read up on it for a few days and cant get there.
99. 
    NEOBassDUDE

    Reviewing 1.84.1315 (May 16, 2004)

    This program looks like it'd be REALLY nice... if it did something.
    
    I'm trying to convert an avi file to mpeg2 file for burning to DVD. But it just sits there and does nothing!
    
    In my search for support I found their website, which was half english and half german. Although its nice that they translate the news for the english speakers their forums are still completely in german. Due to lack of support I can't give this program a better score.
    
    Its nicely designed though and looks flexible... just needs to do something.
100. 
     ghammer

     Reviewing 1.84.1307 (May 3, 2004)

     Very nice! Does an excellent job, easy to use.
101. 
     darthbeads

     Reviewing 1.84.1300 (Apr 29, 2004)

     Best audio transcoder I have found. And better yet...it's FREE!
102. 
     L337JasE

     Reviewing 1.84.1299 (Apr 26, 2004)

     I like kraut-software, especially when it's free, and even better as open-source
103. 
     justun

     Reviewing 1.84.1299 (Apr 26, 2004)

     yay! they fixed the mp3-cue cutter part of the program.. :D
     this program has many handy features all in 1 program..
104. 
     robmanic44

     Reviewing 1.84.1289 Beta (Apr 18, 2004)

     Did anyone notice that this is "beta" software. Yes, it does need some work, but that's why you release a beta version. This software does some really neat stuff. Just keep the developer informed of your problems and continue to support this work in progress.
105. 
     IGx89

     Reviewing 1.82.1274 Beta (Apr 3, 2004)

     This is the only free app I've found that can convert from WMV to ANY other video codec! I haven't tested it out fully yet, but so far it appears to work great :)
106. 
     ABCStore

     Reviewing 1.80.1246 (Mar 14, 2004)

     Description seems to be misleading. I couldn't find a target for the AC3 format..
107. 
     BerndBramm

     Reviewing 1.80.1241 (Mar 11, 2004)

     A little bit slow but perfect.
108. 
     ohmymy

     Reviewing 1.80.1231 RC3 (Mar 3, 2004)

     after installation it loads his dll'd into explorer.exe
     it starting time is definitely tooo long and I'm getting lots of errors (on startup). it looks impressive but I would look for more specialised tools.
109. 
     Karin_Pleim

     Reviewing 1.80.1195 RC2 (Feb 21, 2004)

     Great Freeware! Big Thx to the author.
110. 
     Unhold

     Reviewing 1.80.1188 RC1 (Feb 18, 2004)

     there's no file behind downloadlink...
111. 
     Microshaft

     Reviewing 1.80.1182 Beta 8 (Feb 13, 2004)

     Let's re-invent the wheel, then this software.
112. 
     UdoReichert

     Reviewing 1.80.1179 Beta 7 (Feb 6, 2004)

     Verry good. I had the same poblem with the mp3 - you need a lame encoder dll in the software directory (after a mail to the developer i know this).
113. 
     BB88

     Reviewing 1.80.1179 Beta 7 (Feb 6, 2004)

     The program itself is very useful, and the formats are widely covered. However, as the user below mentioned, I got a zero-length mp3 files. :(
114. 
     Berti7070

     Reviewing 1.80.1116 Beta 6 (Feb 3, 2004)

     Nice ! Good converter. You can convert simple by using drag&drop file from different locations or you can search and add them :). dbPowerAMP is good and simple - but not enough formats.
115. 
     mrgrieves

     Reviewing 1.80.1116 Beta 6 (Feb 3, 2004)

     Doesn't work for me - I've tried converting a few files to MP3 and each time they came out as zero bytes. Also, although the interface is mostly OK, it doesn't appear to allow me to convert files from more than one directory at once.
     
     After reading the review from the_lord_almighty I tried dBpowerAMP Music Converter and it is MUCH better. You can use Windows search across all folders, just right click and convert. Took ages, but worked a treat!
116. 
     AnthonyB

     Reviewing 1.80.1116 Beta 6 (Jan 31, 2004)

     Biggest problem is that the English "version" is only about 50% English, 30% Genglish (Horrifically translated German to English obviously by a German that learnt high-school English), and 20% German (especially the error codes). Features-wise, the product looks awesome and once they get final bugs out and get decent translation this should get a 5/5.
117. 
     Spaceking_67

     Reviewing 1.80.1116 Beta 6 (Jan 27, 2004)

     Good Freeware . need a little work ...
118. 
     Delboy86

     Reviewing 1.80.1085 Beta 5 (Jan 18, 2004)

     Excellent piece of written software,nice interface and so easy to use..You never need another transcoder with this one ,so many file formats, This is a must have for all the music buffs.Get it!.Shouldn't think it will be long before it's out of Beta then it will cost..Some sections of the English ver need tidying but that is minor to what the programme does and the ease at which it does it .5*+ from
119. 
     Einstein.James

     Reviewing 1.80.1085 Beta 5 (Jan 18, 2004)

     use EINSTELLUNGEN and then SPRACHE to switch the language ...
120. 
     phelix

     Reviewing 1.80.1085 Beta 5 (Jan 18, 2004)

     immediately got an error while trying to play a file in the player, and low and behold, its in german. like i could understand it?! i dont know how to get rid of the window now.. crap.
121. 
     spain9001

     Reviewing 1.70.870 (Jan 11, 2004)

     like this.
122. 
     pain1711

     Reviewing 1.70.870 (Jan 10, 2004)

     good - clean interface and more formats as ever other.
123. 
     the_lord_almighty

     Reviewing 1.70.870 (Jan 10, 2004)

     I could never seem to get this one working. A while back I switched to dBpowerAMP Music Converter and see no reason to use anything else. dBpowerAMP Music Converter is HIGHLY recommended over this, for ease of use and overall quality.
124. 
     ^L^

     Reviewing 1.60.807 (Nov 22, 2003)

     Fine Tool! Gute Soundqualität.
     
     regards ^L^
125. 
     noVuz

     Reviewing 1.60.807 (Nov 22, 2003)

     nearly perfect!
126. 
     Itan2003

     Reviewing 1.40.702 (Oct 2, 2003)

     Excellent !!
127. 
     Bachalor

     Reviewing 1.29.645 (Jul 29, 2003)

     Sehr guter Encoder - multilingual. Thx tothe author, that this software is free.
128. 
     Ich-2007

     Reviewing 1.29.643 (Jul 21, 2003)

     I'am impressed from the supported formats! A must have.
129. 
     sHuddle

     Reviewing 1.27.606 (Jun 22, 2003)

     A long time ago - but the encoder will week for week better.
130. 
     Andreas.Leitz

     Reviewing 1.20.554 Beta (May 22, 2003)

     Monkeys Audio is supported for encoding and decoding. FLAC will supported in the future. You can read on the authors page. Program is usefull and stable. The only ugly thing is the wma codecs must downloaded and installed :(
131. 
     turtle40

     Reviewing 1.20.554 Beta (May 22, 2003)

     no lossless compression in this program? no flac, no shn, no monkeys audio...are there plugins for it that will support these formats, such as with media players like foobar2000
132. 
     Dirk van Hoofen

     Reviewing 1.10.523 (Apr 27, 2003)

     The best tool, if you must or want convert files to 'exotic' formats. I haven't seen any program to this day yet, that can work on something so much Soundformate.
     Good work !
133. 
     PeterKoller

     Reviewing 1.10.514 Beta (Mar 25, 2003)

     Nice transcoder. Tray it - have some little bug - but works fine.
134. 
     Thunder7000

     Reviewing 0.90.372 RC1 (Mar 9, 2003)

     "Windowstitle: GLJ122.tmp " this is a setup error. I think this comes from the setup and not from the program. try to use the other setup - on the site two version of the setup.
135. 
     Qlib

     Reviewing 0.90.372 RC1 (Mar 8, 2003)

     I tried a version from a couple of months ago and it worked fine.. but now all I get is:
     
     Windowstitle: GLJ122.tmp Entry Point Not Found
     Windowstext: The procedure entry point WMCreateWrite could not be located in the dynamic link library WMCore.DLL
     
     Not sure what this is.. it complains about WindowsMedia codecs when I try to run it and hangs with a splashscreen. I have installed the windowsmedia codecs for 8 and 9.... dunno really what else to try.. any suggestions?
136. 
     The_Ripper

     Reviewing 0.10.342a Beta (Feb 22, 2003)

     Has potential,but very buggy at this stage and the problem is not between the keyboard and the chair;)
     Video plug-in works great though.
137. 
     Andreas.Leitz

     Reviewing 0.10.342a Beta (Feb 22, 2003)

     Verry good! Taste it.
138. 
     Thunder7000

     Reviewing 0.10.342a Beta (Feb 22, 2003)

     What is SHN? You can record live streams zu wav and other formats.
139. 
     emilne1

     Reviewing 0.10.342a Beta (Feb 21, 2003)

     No support for shn files - boo hiss from the live music trading community.
140. 
     Themos7000

     Reviewing 0.9.334a Beta (Feb 16, 2003)

     Verry nice tool! The ripper is not fast - but rip to mp3, ogg and wma. Test it!!
141. 
     Dirk van Hoofen

     Reviewing 0.9.321 Beta (Feb 2, 2003)

     The tool goes better and better. Now I see tha included a RIPPER - but here are little "bugs" if i change the CD.
142. 
     ODS2003

     Reviewing 0.9.199 Beta (Jan 16, 2003)

     Verry good ! Add only monkey audio - and then the tool is perfect.
143. 
     Dirk van Hoofen

     Reviewing 0.9.199 Beta (Jan 15, 2003)

     The GUI was better. This ENCODER was that, what I for a long time search. He can convert ALL files, that I know. SUPER TOOL
144. 
     Agnes99

     Reviewing 0.9.188 Beta (Jan 12, 2003)

     The function : OK. The GUI will be better later - i hope ;).
145. 
     Klaus2003

     Reviewing 0.9.188 Beta (Jan 12, 2003)

     I love it.
146. 
     sHuddle

     Reviewing 0.9.188 Beta (Jan 10, 2003)

     The program is clean and the functions are verry good. I think - it is excellent. And the best - it is freeware !
147. 
     donpacman

     Reviewing 0.9.171 Beta (Jan 4, 2003)

     Excellent
148. 
     Dirk van Hoofen

     Reviewing 0.9.171 Beta (Jan 4, 2003)

     Very good decoder for my private work - I suspect, that this ENCODER was a lot of hard progammer work. Thanks for this freeware - this Encoder can ALL files, they I know.

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