Turbine Video Encoder 4.0

The first thing you need to know about the Blue Pacific Software-developed application Turbine Video Encoder is what it can do for you. What sort of functionality does this application provide? The short answer to that question is this: with Turbine Video Encoder you can create streaming Flash videos.

Turbine Video Encoder will take any video format you give it and will easily and rapidly convert it to Flash. This sort of functionality is great if you have videos you would like to publish to your website. Since Flash is so widespread, pretty much any visitor will be able to easily view that videos.

But converting video to Flash is not the only thing this application can do. Here are the other bits and pieces Turbine Video Encoder provides:
- Select one of the numerous, great looking and fully customizable video players
- Spice up your video with one of the many effects Turbine Video Encoder has to offer. At the time of writing this, the application comes with over 65 FreeFrame visual effects.
- Add text captions (titles, subtitles, things like that) or a watermark
- Record video from your webcam and publish it to the web with ease.
- Turbine Video Encoder generate a HTML page which you can publish to your site using Turbine Video Encoder’s built-in FTP uploader.
- Extract audio from video files.
- Batch conversion is supported
- Crop the video
- Export video to PowerPoint. This is great if you want to include video in PowerPoint presentations.

Before you go get Turbine Video Encoder and put it to the test, take a look at these technical details:
Download – the download weighs in at some 4.8MB.
Installation – at the time of writing this, according to the application’s developer, Turbine Video Encoder provides support for Windows 2000, 2003, XP and Vista.
Limitations – the trial version will add a watermark to the output file. You can use Turbine Video Encoder free of charge only for a trial period of 30 days.

Pros

• Lightweight download
• Easy to use
• Convert any video to Flash
• Video editing functionality
• Extract audio from video files
• Built-in FTP uploader

Cons

• Free to try (30-day trial, watermark on output)

About Blue Pacific Software
Details on Lisbon-based independent software developer Blue Pacific Software and its products are available here.

Turbine Video Encoder has been reviewed by George Norman on 07 Sep 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Turbine Video Encoder 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent