Xilisoft 3

You missed the easiest and most reliable media re-coder I have ever used! Almost any video, audio, photo format or DVD can be converted to almost any format and the GUI is so user friendly and intuitive..... obviously designed by people who have an empathy with those of us who are not fully fluent in computer 'speak' or processes. Its completely free and if you like it you can donate, but its not compulsory. There is a free companion video downloader for Youtube clips etc, also available on their website. Just Google Freemake Video Converter to get into the website.

Have tried a number of converters but freemake is by far the best

That is my favorite. CD to MP3, DVD to MP4 (or many other formats), converts wmv to mp4, etc.

So I decided to download a few of these suggestions from this post only to find a malware attached - search.chatzum.com I am disappointed that tech republic did not check these out more carefully before telling everyone to go and try these. Now I am wasting time getting rid of this bug and resetting all my browsers back to my original setup.

Do a little investigating what you are promoting next time.