Jumat, 13 Oktober 200 - oleh : Reporter

It was really the name what drawn my attention for the very first time as my eyes passed on one of SoftPedia.com's pages and I read “1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper” and I immediately said something like “holy cow, I must see what's on with such a rather hilarious name!”. I guess you'll agree with me that it is completely silly to name your creation “1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper”; what's next, names extended to half a page, containing the maiden name of one of the programmers' favorite aunt? Well, after all, I will only test it today; I don’t have to wear a shirt with those words, so I'd better get used to this name.

Among so many similar softwares you find - either sober-looking ones or flashy and violently-colored and overcrowded GUIs – there’s 1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper, which - as I soon saw - is a very decent piece of code and its functionality has nothing to do with the completely uninspired naming.

The Looks. The Works. The Nice Surprise.

Despite the first (rather weird) impression the 1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper has made upon me, its GUI is very nice and truly functional. The size is not fixed as sometimes seen in similar softwares: you can either make it some 1 square inch-large or set it to full screen-size and this is especially good when working with files whose names are even longer than the name of today's software (ha-ha, I'm being a little mean now)...

Three main areas have been delimited in 1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper's main window and each has its own role: the first pane is some sort of “explorer”-like window in which you can browse and search for files you want to convert, or even browse the audio CD you are planning to rip. Just below this small window there is a list of (output) files you have selected to convert/rip. The right side of the 1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper has been reserved for the output formats' settings as well as for tagging-related tweaks.

Download : 1st Multiformat Converter and CD Ripper 5.2