(Reposted from https://www.audioworld.de)

I'd like to introduce to you my free context-menu audio/video conversion/extraction utility AVConvert (for Windows). I'm sure it will save you a lot of time in the future. No dedicated app to launch, no parameters to configure - it's always there when you right-click a video or audio file in Windows Explorer. I had been looking for the most unintrusive, convenient-to-use conversion tool and couldn't find one that fitted all my needs. So I sat down and created it myself

This is what it looks like:



AVConvert is actually a bunch of simple DOS batch files which make use of ffmpeg. To get all those fancy options into your context menu, you simply have to double-click a reg file that will make the menu entries operational immediately. It can also be completely removed in seconds by double-clicking the corresponding removal reg file.

After having it ready for operation, you can ...

• (batch-)convert one or thousands of wav files to mp3, opus, m4a, flac, wv, AC3, tta, aiff, CCITT a-law or CCITT mu-law with one click. Conversion retains metadata and multichannels!
• convert virtually any other audio format to wav with one click (incl. AMR, CAF, etc.).
• losslessly (batch-)extract the original audio from video files without re-compressing the audio with a single click (extracts aac, opus, AC3, MP2, mp3, wav)!
• convert stereo wav files to mono and vice-versa.
• extract only left or right audio channel from aac, m4a, mp3 and wav files.
• convert the audio of video files to wav.
• convert 2 or 3 stereo streams inside MKV video files into a single 4- or 6-channel wave file (useful when working with multi-channel audio in MKV video files like those created with OBS)
• split 4-channel wave files into 2 stereo wave files
• split 6-channel wave files into 3 stereo wave files
• (batch-)convert one or multiple video files to MKV 480p, 720p or 1080p while either keeping the original audio untouched or while converting the original audio to AAC. Conversion retains all original audio streams!
• convert MKV, MOV and MP4 video files to MOV ProRes Proxy, LT, SQ, or HQ. The source video's audio will be converted to WAV.
• alternatively, convert/resize MKV, MOV or MP4 files to 4k, 2k, 1080p or 720p while simultaneously overlaying a PNG logo/watermark which will appear in any of the four corners according to the selected option. During the same process, key frames will be inserted every 0.5 seconds plus also on every scene change and the original audio will be converted to AAC.
• losslessly concatenate multiple video files of the same media file type (and with exactly the same media file properties!). See help file for instructions.
• losslessly crop top/bottom of video footage to give it a wide-screen look
• losslessly speed-up/slow down video footage
• quickly create a 1080, 2k or 4k slideshow video from all JPG files in a folder.
• encapsulate AAC to M4A.
• (batch-)sample-rate-convert wav/flac 44.1k to 48k and vice-versa with one click.
• (batch-)change bit depth of wav from 16 to 24 bit and vice-versa with one click.
• losslessly mux (re-combine) separate video and audio files into one video file (like separate video and audio downloaded from Youtube) while either adding an audio stream to existing audio or replacing existing audio with new audio.
• create true-stereo impulse response files from regular stereo impulse files (for convolution reverb plugins)
• not all formats can be converted to any other format directly but you can always convert to anything going via wav.

As stated before, AVConvert is FREE. However, if you find it useful please consider a donation on the AVConvert website: https://www.audioworld.de/AudioWorld AVConvert.php


Download: SonicAxioms AVConvert (27MB)


Here's a video showcasing some of the latest functionality:

 

where i can download it ?

 

Apparently this tool is currently being upgraded. a new link will be available 'in short' on the audioworld.de site.
Don't know when that is..

 

There is already a tool like that, just in case:
Context File Converter

 

AVconvert is back, updated and still free!
https://www.audioworld.de/AudioWorld AVConvert_e.php

 

Wow!

Impressive!

Donation just sent.

 

Hmm. Looks like you are filling up the context menu with a whole list of non-cascading commands...(?)
"AVConvert does not require an install via setup routine." Nice.
"It's required to be extracted into "C:\AVConvert" (this path is hard-coded and therefore mandatory)." Not nice.
"As soon as you double-click the provided "add" *.reg file, the context menu entries are added to the Windows registry and are immediately operational." Nice
"Clicking a context menu entry will trigger a simple DOS batch file in the "BATS" subfolder containing the preconfigured conversion commands for ffmpeg." But the ability to have cascading menus and to use "Shift" (or another modifier) to access the context-menu would be better.
"The utility can be entirely uninstalled anytime by double-clicking the provided removal *.reg file and will leave no traces behind on your computer." Nice
"After that, you can also delete safely the entire AVConvert folder. Please see the help file for more information."

Looks good for someone who does a lot of conversions, but for occasional use maybe not worth the intrusions into the context menu.
It seems everyone thinks they are the only ones who will put their stuff there.

 

Last edited: Feb 6, 2023