Freemake Video Converter

Another all-in-one app with a few strange omissions. You'd think you'd have everything covered if you looked at Freemake's list of target files, which spans three times the width of the program window. But who needs to rip video to Blackberry or Nokia handsets these days?

Freemake can also rip CDs and convert picture files between formats. While the ability to customize files to Windows Media Player, PlayStations, and Xboxes is useful, we'd want it to support h265 and have proper GPU acceleration - the Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti card in our test computer was invisible to the app's digital eyes.

While it is free to download, Freemake will put its logo in any files you generate and will constantly prompt you to purchase additional capabilities. Presets are used to select conversion settings, and you can construct your own to adapt video files to your preferred device. After then, it's only a matter of pressing the OK button and sitting back. Freemake is a fantastic alternative if you're new to DVD ripping or have older devices that you wish to keep updated with fresh video files, and if your PC's GPU is better than ours.

Specifications

• Works on: Windows
• Region free?: Yes
• Blu-ray ripping?: No
• CD ripping?: Yes

Get it here: www.freemake.com

Reasons to buy

• Good for beginners
• Supports loads of devices

Reasons to avoid

• No h265 format
• Constantly asks for money