The Best Online Tools to Convert Any File into Ready-for-Digital Publications

Here are some great tools to convert your sound and video files into Flash (.flv or .swf) and have them ready for most digital publishing platforms. Multimedia lets you engage and enhance your audience’s experience. So here are some of the best (and mostly free) applications to convert any kind of media -including .mpeg, .mwv, .mov, .mp3, .wav, .wma, .ppt and .doc files- into ready-for-digital formats.

Media Converter (Works with both video and audio)
Platform: Online (Mac, Windows or Linux compatible)
Website: http://www.mediaconverter.org/
Plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8189/

Price: Free for the first 5 files. Offers daily, weekly, monthly and yearly paid plans as well.
Description: Web-based application. No downloads needed. Use it to convert your audio and video files from your hard disk or directly from websites like Facebook or Youtube. The site supports common file formats such as .asf, .avi, .m4v, .mov, .mp3, mp4, .mpeg, .ogg, .rm, .wav, .wma, .wmv. Only converts into .flv.

Free Video to Flash Converter
Platform: Windows XP | Vista
Website: http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-Flash-Converter.htm
Price: Freeware
Description: Software. Converts most video files (.avi, .mpeg, .mpg, .mp4, .m4v, .wmv, .asf, .mov, .qt, .3gp, .3g2, .dvr-ms. flv) into both Flash formats (.swf or .flv).
Free Audio to Flash Converter

Free Audio to Flash Converter
Platform: Windows XP | Vista
Website: http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Audio-to-Flash-Converter.htm
Price: Freeware
Description: Convert .mp3, .ogg, .wma, .m4a, .aac or .wav audio files to .swf files. Its interface is also really simple. Output: .swf and .flv.

 













Pazera (video and audio)
Platform: Windows
Website: http://www.pazera-software.com/
Price: Free
Description: Turns audio and video (.avi, .mpeg, .mov, .mp4, .3gp, .vob, .wma files) into Flash files (.flv &.swf). Has a large number of options to customize encoding parameters.

Zamzar (only video)
Platform: Online (Mac, Windows or Linux compatible)
Website: http://www.zamzar.com/
Price: Freeware (requires subscription for premium options)
Description: Converts the most common video (not audio) file formats into Flash (only .flv).