GOM Video Converter is a tool that can encode various video formats to AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV and OGM files.
After a brief installation in which you can enable the program to download some codecs, you have to select presets every time you initiate the application (e.g. Apple, Sony, Android, Blackberry, Microsoft).
You have to add one or more files (batch conversion is supported), configure output format and settings, set the output destination, and start converting.
However, if you add an unsupported format to the list, the program will crash. In happened when we tried converting a RM file.
You can configure output settings for the video codec (codec name, bitrate, keyframe interval, video quality, resize filter), audio codec (codec name, format), video (size, ratio, frame, color settings, video effects), audio (sample rate frequency, normalizer), subtitles (font, color, position), but you can also attach a logo to the video and set its start and end point, transparency level, position and size.
In addition, you can merge videos, use a screencap tool or create a snapshot preview (by using the right-click menu), but you can also extract audio from a video file (by setting the output type to MP3 or AAC in Output Settings).
The encoding process does not take very long - it depends on the source file size and output format. For example, GOM Video Converter managed to encode a 107MB FLV file to a 172MB AVI file in one minute and 38 seconds (by using the default settings).
While the software is converting a file, you can view elapsed and remaining time, conversion speed, set GOM Video Converter to move or copy the output file to a specified directory, shutdown PC, minimize to tray, show an error message if conversion fails, show a message when all conversions are complete, and more.
The bottom line is that GOM Video Converter is a great tool for encoding, merging video files, and extracting audio from them. But the features could have been better organized, so that users do not have any trouble navigating through GOM Video Converter. The tool comes with a great online user guide, and it uses a fair amount of system resources, but displays a watermark on the output videos (in the demo version). Nevertheless, we definitely recommend it.

Limitations:
· Expires on October 31 2012
· A working internet connection is required every time you run the trial version.
· A GOM Video Converter watermark will be embedded on all videos converted with the trial version.
· The function enabling users to split files based on a percentage of time is unavailable.
· The bit rate is locked at 128kbps when converting files into the MP3 format.
· The option enabling users to create an MP3 file when converting to the AVI or FLV format is unavailable.
· Nag screen

What's New in This Release:
· Greatly improved the Preview / Set Segment window and it's functionality
· Can now control preview playback volume and toggle mute on/off
· Added the screencap feature to the preview window
· Can now set / preview up to 5 segments simultaneously
· Can now make adjustment in 0.01 second intervals
· Can now jump forward and backward in the video preview by using the left and right arrow keys
· Can adjust the preview time jump interval with the up and down arrow keys
· Altered the way video size adjustment are made, and added additional ratio adjustment options when altering the video size.
· Added the LAV Audio Decoder, LAV Video Decoder, and LAV Splitter to the default disabled filter list due to compatibility issues.
· Added a Gretech Video Filter Single Thread option to correct an audio/video sync issue that occurred with certain conversions.
· Added Internet Explorer 10 and HTML5 WebM format support to GOM Picker
· Improved the Gretech MP4 Source Filter
· Added a conversion preset for the new ...

Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application:
· Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to change the default search engine for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to download or install software or components (such as browser toolbars) that the program does not require to fully function