Press Release 06/2008

SuperEasy Audio Converter 1: The universal sound converter for enjoyable mobile listening

When it comes to perfect sound there is no holding back the SuperEasy Audio Converter. The extremely easy to handle program converts music files from one format to another, downloads flash-videos from online-video portals, extracts music from video files and rips music from audio-CD or video-DVD. As a result one will always get a music file in precisely the format that the own mobile media player can read.

Super easy: Nomen est omen. All tools of this series are to be extremely easy to handle and help even the absolute PC-newcomer to carry out important jobs around the topic Multimedia per mouse click. The new SuperEasy Audio Converter 1 takes care from A to Z of all sound-related jobs occurring in daily PC-routine – and converts any source format to exactly the music format that is to be used on the desired target medium – for instance on a mobile Multimedia-player.

SuperEasy Audio Converter approaches the problem in a completely new manner. In the main menu the user determines the desired target format even before the source is defined. This is a clever way of attaching the task to requirements and the user can decide whether he wants his music files in format AAC, MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV.

Manfred Heppmeier of SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG: "Mobile players, smart phones or mobile phones can often only handle special music formats. In this case the SuperEasy Audio Converter takes care of creating exactly the required format."

Once the desired target format is defined the program offers a number of easy-to-handle functions:

Load file: The program can load one or several music- or video files stored on a medium. The tool supports all important, currently known formats.

Open disc: The songs of an audio-CD are ripped and automatically stored on the hard disk in the required target format. If desired, the program can look up the song titles in the freeDB-database in Internet and designate the files accordingly. It also extracts the sound from DVD-videos or music-DVDs.

Video-Download: The program copies links from online-video portals YouTube, GoogleVideo, MyVideo, ClipFish, videU, IFILM, dailymotion, blip.tv, Metacafe, Sevenload, MySpace, Yahoo! Video and Veoh to load down the respective flash-videos in FLV-format and stores them locally. On request, these videos are used as source to extract the sound and to store it in the desired format.
Several conversion projects can be configured one after the other. SuperEasy Audio Converter starts the conversion after pressing the start button. The tool indicates the current format, number of channels, bit rate, sample rate and the existence of a DRM-protection for all source files. An integrated player even allows the play-back of the single audio- and video sources. It is also possible to set cut marks in order to limit conversion to a defined extent.

Via settings you define what shall be comprised in conversion. For instance you can determine a target directory, rules for naming of the new sound file, the desired bit rate or sample rate.

SuperEasy Audio Converter: The most important functions

- Conversion of sound sources to formats AAC, MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV
- Reading of audio-CDs as source of conversion (with freeDB-Support)
- DVD-videos (incl. single chapters), video files and flash files from Internet-platforms can be used as source of conversion
- Direct video download from portals like Youtube, Google Video, Clipfish, MyVideo, VideoTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Sevenload, iFilm, blip.tv and dailymotion is possible – with or without subsequent conversion
- Support for DRM-protected audio-files
- Automatic support for metadata like e.g. ID3 Tags
- Media player for sound check of the material to be converted
- Info field to display the attributes of the material to be converted
- Setting of cut marks prior to conversion (not applicable for DRM-protected music files)

Manfred Heppmeier: "The program uses the latest compression technologies that are currently on the market and offers tailor-made profiles for the desired output format. The appropriate codecs are already stored in the program."

SuperEasy Audio Converter: 40 days test period

As of now the SuperEasy Audio Converter 1.09 is available for download (27.1 MB). The program works under Windows XP and Vista and requires Windows Media Player 10 or 11 as well as .NET Framework Version 2.0. The free test version can be used for 10 days without restrictions. After online-registration the test period can be expanded by another 30 days.

The program is available in three variations. The basic version for 9.99 Euro releases one target format, the extended version for 14.99 Euro releases three. All audio formats can be used with the premium version, which costs 19.99 Euro.