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Multi-media projects are increasingly valuable in education for a wide range of purposes. If you are involved in creating and sharing multi-media projects, today’s featured productivity resource may be of interest to you.
SUPER (c) (Downloadable Program) This Windows utility does a great job of converting audio and video file formats. It’s completely free, and it is current. The latest build was released on January 4th, 2007. It is annoying that we need a program like SUPER, but there has been such a proliferation of file formats that files often don’t work with available equipment.
SUPER is easy to use, and almost unbelievably flexible. You simply drag and drop the file you want to convert, then select the required options. No matter what you need by way of audio or video file conversion, it is a fairly safe bet that SUPER will be able to do it for you. All codecs are built in. The trickiest part may well be figuring out exactly what you do need.
I have recently used SUPER successfully to convert a set of wmv files to MPG as well as MP4. I have also used SUPER to create some DVD compliant home movies so they can be watched on a TV with a regular DVD player. Apparently, I’ve just scratched the surface of what SUPER can do. For example, you can extract audio from video or save streaming media from the internet
Although SUPER really is easy to use, it should be noted that the developers have assumed a modicum of computer savvy and experience. If your technological expertise is limited, you may want to find a mentor to help you get started with SUPER. There are no handy help files, and no tutorials that I am aware of. There is a “demonstration” of what the program can do at SUPER’s website.
To download the program, go to http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html.
SUPER runs only in Windows.
Here is a screenshot of SUPER’s user interface. (Click to enlarge image, and use your browser’s “back” button to return to the blog.)
NOTE: The SUPER website does not make it very easy to get to the download link. If you follow the instructions below, you should get there.
1) In the gray bar on the home page (right under the 3 pictures) select Freeware>Super>Download
2) Click on the link “Start Downloading SUPER” which is immediately below the red bar that says “Download and try…”
3) Click on the link that says “download and use”. This is in blue type at the end of the first line of red.
4) Click on the little blue arrow that is just above the red bar that says “Why Choose SUPER?”
5) Select one of the four “Fast Download Sites”.
January 8, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Any idea where they buried the actual download link? Their nominal download link presents a seeming endless loop of the webpage.
January 8, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hi!
That’s a good question because the SUPER website is confusing. Here’s what you have to do:
1) In the gray bar on the home page (right under the 3 pictures) select Freeware>Super>Download
2) Click on the link “Start Downloading SUPER” which is immediately below the red bar that says “Download and try…”
3) Click on the link that says “download and use”. This is in blue type at the end of the first line of red.
4) Click on the little blue arrow that is just above the red bar that says “Why Choose SUPER?”
5) Select one of the four “Fast Download Sites”.
Hope you make it! I think I’ll add this set of instructions to my post.
–Paul
January 9, 2007 at 12:27 am
I was finally able to locate the download files by following your instructions and using MS Internet Explorer instead of Firefox browser. The proper page URL could not be displayed in Firefox.
Thank you.