WEBV to MP4 conversion app?

[gwpriester]

Acorn - You mentioned an app for converting Windows video to MP4 some time ago. I was thinking in lieu of this article from Malwarebytes that purchasing an app might be safer.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ne...nstall-malware

[Acorn]

Gary, most get you to download an app onto your machine.
Why would paying for one give any more confidence.


I use the on-line ones sparingly and always force a scan of the result.
You need a solid AV program regardless.
Not yet trapped one.

More importantly, I never open a PDF in an email unless it is from a bona fide organisation.
PDFs can have embedded code, MP4s are less likely: https://security.stackexchange.com/q...ntains-malware.

There are always exploits.

Acorn

[gwpriester]

Why would paying for one give any more confidence.

Perhaps just a foolish notion. I probably only convert a dozen or so videos a year. Though we have gotten over 500K views on our YouTube page. Oddly, one made for X cross eyes viewing has received 100K views.

[Daniel]

I can recommend https://cloudconvert.com - I've paid for credits to use it, but often I end up using it without logging in, and it still works free

https://zamzar.com is great too - I see people using that quite often

[gwpriester]

Thanks Daniel.

[louyo]

Perhaps something here: https://itsfoss.com/open-source-video-converters/
Some run on Windows, for occasional use, you can run Linux via live CD/DVD/USB drive.