With the exception of converting Flash files, the AVS Video Tools is almost perfect. This product is truly suggested if you are looking to convert your home movies to both portable devices like iPod or to DVD

Any Video Converter is a powerful little program that achieves what it sets out to do: convert several different file types into formats compatible with your favorite media players. And although it doesn't play audio files, for the price, novice users can't go wrong.

Stop emailing video files your friends and family can't play. With "TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award" winning video converter software, Wondershare Video Converter, you can convert PC, Mac, iPod and YouTube videos with ease. Wondershare Video Converter allows you to convert all your favorite home and Internet video and audio files to your favorite formats and portable media devices.

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is one of the most versatile and easy to use video converter products we evaluated. With the ImTOO MPEG Encoder you can convert your favorite video and audio files to the formats you need. ImTOO MPEG Encoder supports 43 input file types and more than two dozen popular audio and video output files. Including those for iPod, Zune, PSP and Blackberry.

Almost identical to the #4 program, Xilisoft was edged out by it's sister company ImTOO by a margin thinner than a hair. Xilisoft Video Converter can accept 45 files and convert them to more than two dozen output file types including iPod, PSP and Zune. It also includes an easy-to-use upload Wizard for novices.

Total Video Converter from EffectMatrix is on of the most comprehensive and powerful pieces of video conversion software we evaluated. We would have liked to place Total Video Converter in of one of our top spots; however, there are few help files and no responsive support.

Roxio is a well known company with a considerable reputation. Roxio's Copy and Convert video converter program, while not the best we've evaluated, it is certainly not the worst. Roxio Copy and Convert is a perfect example of how software doing exactly what it is supposed to do.

Comparatively, Digital Media Converter seems dated and could probably do with a minor facelift. It is a plain, functional video converter program that does what it needs to do without any frills.

Movavi accepts most common file inputs and will output to several portable devices and common file types. You can also rip movies from DVDs with the help of a integrated encrypter. However, Movavi Video Converter can not convert FLV files downloaded from the Internet.

We have mixed feelings about Mystik Media's Blaze Media Pro video converter software. The company has performed well in other reviews and this particular software includes a slew of additional features that most of the other products couldn't hold a candle to. However, Blaze Media Pro lacked the features it needed most, like a comprehensive selection of input and output files. Additionally, we found the software was slow loading and used a lot of RAM, making our computers run slower overall.