Top Video Conversion Software Packages Make it Easy to Share Your Creations

Video has become one of the most popular media for sharing ideas and moments with everyone from family to friends to clients. Nearly everyone, it seems, is producing video content these days with camcorders, web cams, and screen-capture programs and posting the results to the web. Along with the explosion in video's popularity and ease of production has come a proliferation of video formats, which can sometimes make it difficult to actually view or share some of these gems. Fortunately, there are also many solid software packages to choose from which make converting among video formats a relative breeze. Here are some of the very best such video conversion products, offering a variety of options and price points.

AVS Video Converter
Easy to use, with full support for most video formats, the AVS Video Converter provides just about everything you could need from a conversion software package. The free version offers many features, but to get full access to everything, you'll need to subscribe to the AVS services. At $40 for one year, it's reasonably priced for the heavy duty user but may be a bit steep for the casual converter.

Freemaker Video Converter
One of the more popular and powerful free video packages in the category, Freemaker Video Converter will handle most video formats and can even help you download video from sites like YouTube . At a price of FREE, it definitely won't break the bank.

Any Video Converter Professional
Any Video Converter Professional provides a clean and easy user interface to its fast conversion software that supports virtually all video formats, along with YouTube download capabilities. At about $30, it's reasonably priced for a fully supported professional product.

Zamzar
Zamzar is unique among this bunch in that it is hosted entirely online. Users can visit the website, upload their video files, select their options, and retrieve their converted videos. While most formats are supported and the service is free, users should expect some service and file-size limitations.

Prism Video Converter Software
Along with full support of most formats, the Prism Video Converter Software specializes in DVD conversion, making it a good bet for those who work with that hardcopy medium extensively. Starting at around $30 for the "Plus Edition," Prism is another affordable alternative.

ImTOO Total Video Converter
The ImTOO Total Video Converter is probably the easiest to use of all of the packages presented here, although it does not present advanced features such as video editing. Still, because it is reasonably price ($34.95) and supports most video formats, it is a good buy for the novice converter.

Whether you're an experienced video hound or you just need to convert a single video from one format to another, the right video conversion software is out there just waiting for you. Peruse this list of the best packages available and then make your choice based on the features that you need most. Happy converting!