title: FormatFactory
text: # FormatFactory
  
  FormatFactory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso images. It can also join multiple video files into one. FormatFactory supports the following formats:
  
  | Video formats | Audio formats | Picture formats |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3GP (.3gp) MPEG-1 (.mpg) Matroska (.mkv) Flash Video (.flv) SWF (.swf) MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4) Audio Video Interleave (.avi) Windows Media Video (.wmv) RealMedia Variable Bitrate (.rmvb) VOB (Video Object) (DVD file) (.vob) QuickTime File Format (QTFF) (.mov) | MP3 Ogg Wave Sound (.wav) Adaptive Multi-Rate (.amr) Windows Media Audio (.wma) Advanced Audio Coding (.aac) MIDI (.mid) | .JPG .PNG .ICO .BMP .GIF .tif .tga |
  
  ## Criticism
  
  On June 22, 2009, Format Factory was hanged on the FFmpeg's hall of shame.
  
  An issue tracker post claims that Format Factory violates the FFmpeg license.
  
  