AnyMP4 Video Converter 7.2.18

AnyMP4 Video Converter is a desktop program for Windows and macOS that converts video and audio files between formats. It prepares them for phones, tablets and game consoles and applies basic edits before export. It handles 4K, 1080p HD and standard-definition sources and can also extract the soundtrack from a video. The free download runs as a trial with limited features; full use requires a one-month or lifetime license.

Setting up a conversion batch

Files go into AnyMP4 Video Converter’s list through the Add File menu or by dragging them into the window. The menu accepts single files or a whole folder. The Profile drop-down sets one target format for the whole list. The output icon beside any individual file overrides that setting for that file alone. A single batch can therefore produce several different formats.

The Settings button next to the profile opens the encoding parameters, including video codec, resolution, bitrate and audio sample rate. Browse at the bottom of the window picks the output folder, and Convert processes every file in the list. In Preferences, you can raise the number of simultaneous conversion processes for batch work and switch on CPU and GPU acceleration. You can also choose what the program does once all jobs finish.

A built-in player previews loaded files, and its snapshot button saves the current frame of a playing video as a still image.

Output formats and device presets

Profiles are grouped by target type.

• 4K video: H.265/HEVC, H.264, WebM (VP8 and VP9), TS, AVI, MKV, XviD and FLV variants, with presets for 4K to 1080p, 4K to 4K and SD/HD to 4K.
• HD and general video: MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, M4V, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VOB, TS, 3GP, SWF, WebM, DV and Apple ProRes (Proxy, LT, Standard and HQ), among others.
• Audio: MP3, AAC, M4A, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, WMA, OGG, AIFF, AC3 and AMR, used both for converting audio files and for pulling the audio track out of a video.
• Devices: ready-made profiles for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV, Samsung Galaxy and other Android phones, Kindle Fire, Xbox, PlayStation and Wii consoles, and portable media players.

Other presets produce files for import into editing applications such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer.

Trimming, splitting and merging clips

The Trim window sets a start and end point either by dragging along the progress bar or by typing exact times. New Clip adds another segment from the same source, so you can keep several parts of one recording and drop the rest. Split cuts a file into two separate clips.

You can reorder files and clips with the move-up and move-down buttons. With “Merge into one file” enabled, AnyMP4 Video Converter joins everything in the list, in that order, into a single output instead of producing separate files.

Picture and sound edits

The Edit window groups frame-level adjustments in tabs, with a preview that updates as values change. You select loaded videos from a sidebar, and Restore All discards every change.

Rotation and cropping

Rotation turns the picture 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise, and flipping mirrors it horizontally or vertically. Cropping works by dragging a yellow frame over the preview or entering exact values, with an option to keep the aspect ratio locked. Zoom Mode then decides how the cropped picture fills the output frame: Letterbox, Medium, Pan & Scan or Full, with 16:9 and 4:3 output shapes available.

Color, volume and watermarks

The Effect tab adjusts brightness, contrast, saturation and hue. It also changes audio volume to boost a quiet recording or mute it entirely. The program can convert interlaced video to progressive scan, removing the comb-like lines on moving edges.

A watermark can be either text or a picture. Text watermarks take a font, size, style and color; both kinds have adjustable position and transparency.

Enhancement and 2D-to-3D conversion

The Enhance panel has four independent checkboxes: upscale resolution, optimize brightness and contrast, remove video noise, and reduce video shaking. The program applies them during conversion. This lets you treat a dim, grainy or unsteady clip in the same pass that changes its format.

The 3D settings turn ordinary 2D video into 3D output. Anaglyph mode produces the red-cyan image viewed through colored glasses, while split-screen mode places the left and right views side by side or top and bottom. You can adjust depth. If the effect appears reversed, you can swap the two views. You can save 3D results as MP4, MKV, TS, AVI or FLV.

Video Converter compared with Video Converter Ultimate

AnyMP4 also sells a larger program, Video Converter Ultimate. Conversion, editing, enhancement and 3D are shared; the extra tools belong to Ultimate only: