Free Studio

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Free Studio
Developer(s) DVDVideoSoft Ltd.
Initial release1 July 2008;16 years ago (2008-07-01)
Stable release
6.7.4.1101 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / November 2021
Written in C++ with Qt, C#
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Size 57.22 MB
Available in 23 languages
License Crippleware
Website dvdvideosoft.com
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Industry Software
Founded2006
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFree Studio, Free YouTube to MP3 Converter, Free Audio Converter, Free Video Editor, Free Video Call Recorder for Skype, Free YouTube Download
Website dvdvideosoft.com

Free Studio is a freeware set of multimedia programs developed by DVDVideoSoft. The programs are available in one integrated package and also as separate downloads ("Free Studio Manager" is included in both). [2]

Contents

Overview

The Free Studio software bundle consists of about 48 programs, grouped into several sections: "YouTube", "MP3 & Audio", "CD-DVD-BD", "DVD & Video", "Photo & Images", "Mobiles", "Apple Devices", and "3D". [3] [4] [5] The largest group is the DVD & Video section containing 14 different applications. Mobiles section is the second largest group with 13 programs. However, the YouTube section, particularly YouTube downloading programs, has gained more popularity among users. [3] The programs have been tested and endorsed by a dozen of software portals and have won awards from these sites. [6] As far as demographics is concerned, Free Studio has the highest popularity in Germany, Greece, Italy and the United States. It is also popular in Japan, France and the United Kingdom. [7] Some of the programs in the package are open-source. [8]

History

DVDVideoSoft project was launched in 2006 by company Digital Wave Ltd. for development to produce multimedia application. The founders distributed paid software as an affiliate at the beginning, later their own products appeared on the site. Free YouTube Download was the first successful program, then DVDVideoSoft created and launched several other 'Free YouTube' applications. Later on upon users' requests DVDVideoSoft started developing other kinds of applications including media converters etc. Today DVDVideoSoft offers up to 49 different programs for video, audio and image processing individually or integrated into the Free Studio package. [9] [10]

Features

DVDVideoSoft YouTube programs can be used to download YouTube videos in their original format and convert them to AVI, DVD, MP4, WMV etc. or different audio formats. [11] [12] [13] YouTube section contains Free Video Call Recorder for Skype button, but the program itself is not included into FS installation (it has to be downloaded and installed separately).

The "MP3 & Audio" section consists of the programs which convert audio files between different formats, convert audio files to Flash for web, extract audio from video files, edit audio files (Free Audio Dub), rip and burn CDs.

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Free Image Convert and Resize

Enclosed in the CD-DVD-BD section are the applications that enable users to burn files and folders to discs, to convert videos to a DVD format and vice versa, to burn CDs, and to copy music from audio CDs into files. [14]

The "DVD and Video" section contains several desktop video and DVD converters. Some of the programs can flip, rotate and cut (Free Video Dub) videos. [15] One of the most popular programs from the section is Free Video Dub. Converted videos are now, contrary to previous versions, watermarked if no paid membership is present.

Free Studio includes several applications for Apple phones, iPods and other devices. [16]

The Mobiles section contains a dozen video converters for various mobile devices such as cell phones, Tablets and Game consoles. They convert videos to play them on (BlackBerry, HTC, LG phones, Sony/Sony Ericsson, Nintendo, Xbox, Motorola phones, etc.) [17]

The "Photo & Images" section incorporates the programs for image conversion and resizing, extracting JPEG frames from videos (Free Video To JPEG Converter), recording screen activities, making screenshots (Free Screen Recorder).

The 3D section is composed of the programs to make 3D videos and 3D images. There are several algorithms which allow to create different types of 3D images. [18] [19] [20]

Supported formats

Video formats

Input: .avi; .ivf; .div; .divx; .mpg; .mpeg; .mpe; .mp4; .m4v; .wmv; .asf; .webm; .mkv; .mov; .qt; .ts; .mts; .m2t; .m2ts; .mod; .tod; .vro; .dat; .3gp2; .3gpp; .3gp; .3g2; .dvr-ms; .flv; .f4v; .amv; .rm; .rmm; .rv; .rmvb; .ogv; DVD video

Output: .mp4; .wmv; .avi; .mkv; .webm; .flv; .swf; .mov; .3gp; .m2ts; DVD video

Audio formats

Input: .mp3 .wav; .aac; .m4a; .m4b; .wma; .ogg; .flac; .ra; .ram; .amr; .ape; .mka; .tta; .aiff; .au; .mpc; .spx; .ac3; audio cd

Output: .mp3; .m4a; .aac; .wav; .wma; .ogg; .flac; .ape; audio CD

Image formats

Input: .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .tga

Output: .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .tga, .pdf

Reception

The programs have been tested and endorsed by Chip Online, Tucows, SnapFiles, Brothersoft and Softonic and have won awards from these sites. [6] As far as demographics is concerned, Free Studio has the highest popularity in Germany, United States and Italy. [7] It is also popular in Japan, France and the United Kingdom. [7]

The most popular applications, according to CNET statistics, include Free YouTube to MP3 Converter, Free Video to MP3 Converter, Free MP4 Video Converter and Free YouTube Download. Other programs with high rank: Free AVI Video Converter, Free Video Editor, Free Audio Converter and Free Studio in a whole. [21] [7]

Criticism

Free Studio (as can be common for freeware packages [22] ) is criticized for toolbar and Web search engine installation. Older versions have also included OpenCandy, which is loaded in automatically, without any request for user approval. [23] [24] [17] [25] [26] There can be difficulties installing only the programs needed without installing bundled extra programs. [27]

In March 2017 DVDVideoSoft announced that it had stopped showing other products' ads during the installation and all the toolbars, search engine installations and OpenCandy were removed. [28]

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References

  1. ↑ "Free Studio | World's #1 Freeware Suite by DVDVideoSoft". Archived from the original on 3 December 2021.
  2. ↑ “All-terrain format converter”, by Niamh Lynch, December 18, 2009.
  3. 1 2 DVDVideoSoft Free Studio, review.
  4. ↑ Free Studio Manager Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine , January 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ Greher, Gena R.; Heines, Jesse M. (9 May 2014). Computational Thinking in Sound: Teaching The Art And Science Of Music And Technology. Oxford University Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN   978-0199826193.
  6. 1 2 DVDVideoSoft Review, by Kumara Velu, August 19, 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Dvdvideosoft.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  8. ↑ , Seattle Post, August 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ Statistics for dvdvideosoft.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , Alexa Internet.
  10. ↑ Lynch, Niamh (18 December 2009). "All-terrain format converter". Softpedia. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011.
  11. ↑ How to Use DVD Video Soft to Put YouTube on Your iPod Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine , last edited on May 2, 2011.
  12. ↑ Download & Convert YouTube Videos for iPod with DVDVideoSoft Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine , by Dean Sherwin, August 14, 2009.
  13. ↑ From YouTube to Your iPod Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine , by Jan Ozer, May 2, 2007.
  14. ↑ DVDVideoSoft FreeStudio Is Complete All-In-One Multimedia Converter And Burner, by Usman, February 2, 2011.
  15. ↑ DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Review Archived 2011-06-25 at the Wayback Machine , by Pamela S Stevens.
  16. ↑ DVDVideoSoft Converters for iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine , July 28, 2010.
  17. 1 2 Free Studio 5.05 Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine , review.
  18. ↑ Free 3D Photo Maker 2.0: DVDVideoSoft erzeugt kostenfrei 3D-Fotos Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , July 16, 2010.
  19. ↑ DVDVideoSoft 3D Photo Maker 2.0 – Freeware für 3D-Bilder, by Joachim Sauer, July 20, 2010.
  20. ↑ Lebendige Fotos und Videos: Tool verwandelt 2D in 3D, krone.at, March 14, 2011.
  21. ↑ "DVDVideoSoft - Download.com". Download.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  22. ↑ List of Software Installers That Bundle Unwanted Addon / Toolbars
  23. ↑ DVDVideoSoft Free Studio 5.0.13 Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine , review.
  24. ↑ Free Studio, Der Multimedia-Profi Free Studio konvertiert Formate und ermöglicht das Bearbeiten von MP3 und Co. Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine , by Sandra Adlesgruber, July 15, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Free Studio 6.5.4.805". CodecPack. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015.
  26. ↑ Format-Konverter für alle Anwendungen und Geräte, Free Studio, review.
  27. ↑ Ellis, Cat (27 July 2017). "DVDVideoSoft Free Audio Editor". Techradar. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  28. ↑ "No more ads in the apps! | DVDVideoSoft News". www.dvdvideosoft.com. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-18.


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