Hijacks your computer’s default file format opening preferences

In general, Any Video Converter is a very good converter. I used to love it on Windows in its early days. I recently downloaded it for my Mac (OS X Mavericks), and didn’t mind that it had a 3-minute limitation because the video I was trying to convert was much shorter than 3-minutes. It also did a good job of conversion with one of its awesome conversion presets.

Given all this, why am I giving it one star? Here’s why (and I hope someone from Anvsoft will read this): This software takes over the default opening behavior of a bunch of media file formats. So, something that you’re used to having open with QuickTime or Winamp, will begin to start opening with Any Video Converter. This is terribly amateurish software design, reminiscent of the mid-90’s. What is more, the software did not even ask before doing this, nor could I find an option to turn it off. Fortunately, uninstalling (moving to trash) this software reverted my file formats to their original preferences. Hijacking my file format opening preferences is completely unacceptable in my book, and I will happily take 10 minutes out of my life to write a review like this to forewarn other potential users.

Cuckoo777 about Any Video Converter Lite