Tom's Guide: 10 Free Conversion Tools for Audio and Video

[JMcEntegart]

Check out Tom's Guide's latest story on video and audio conversion tools.

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[JPNpower]

I never understood, converting and encoding are the same right?

 

[joytech22]

"I never understood, converting and encoding are the same right?"

Nope, converting is exactly what its name implies - taking from one thing and turning it into another.

Encoding is more taking the raw data and turning it into something more manageable.

Those are really basic examples but you get the idea..