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07.30.2010

New feature on YouTube conversions

We have implemented a new feature when downloading videos from YouTube. If a video is available in more than one video resolution then you can select between the default resolution and the highest available. This makes possible the download of HD videos from YouTube. Here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N2YWRJ-ppo Let’s say you are converting a [...]

07.20.2010

E-book conversions

We are now supporting some of the most used e-book file types. From now on you can convert EPUB, FB2, MOBI and LIT files.

12.28.2009

ConvertFiles.com was down for 30 minutes today

We had a short outage today because one 4GB memory chip on our front-end server just died. Everything must be back to normal now.

12.14.2009

ConvertFiles – Server maintenance

Due to a server maintenance today we were unable convert all files in the past few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

12.7.2009

Download and convert videos from Empflix

As of today you can download and convert videos from Empflix.com

08.25.2009

Bugs fixed – video sharing websites

There were some problems with downloading flash videos from YouKu and KeezMovies. It seems like the site owners made some changes on the layouts and ConvertFiles was unable to detect the exact location of the flash videos. Our developers made the necessary updates and everything is working fine now.

08.20.2009

New feature – extracting thumbnails from a video file

ConvertFiles.com is now able to extract screenshots from your videos. By selecting “Extracted thumbnails (.jpg)” as output format you will get a ZIP file containing JPGs extracted from the video. We are currently making one JPG on every 10 seconds.

08.12.2009

Convert CAD files – ConvertFiles is now supporting DWG and DXF

I am happy to let you know that from now on you can convert also DWG and DXF files. DWG (“drawing”) is a file format used for storing two and three dimensional design data and metadata. It is the native format for several CAD packages including AutoCAD, IntelliCAD (and its variants) and Caddie. In addition, [...]

07.20.2009

100 000 converted files

Today we celebrate our 100 000th file conversion. Such numbers make us really happy because they prove we have made a great site helping you to convert all your files in a format you like.

07.17.2009

PDF to DOC – Beta tests

As you can see we now convert PDF to DOC. We are still testing so don’t expect too much at the beginning. Also it is possible that we shut down temporary this conversion possibility.

07.17.2009

Download and convert videos from KeezMovies

Another very fast growing video sharing website was added today. You can now download and convert videos from KeezMovies.com

07.16.2009

Download and convert xHamster videos

You can now use ConvertFiles to download and convert videos from xHamster.com

07.15.2009

Download and convert YouJizz videos

Another sites was added today to the list of our supported video sharing websites. You can now download and convert YouJizz.com videos.

07.14.2009

Bug fixed – PDF to image

During the move to our new servers we’ve blocked somehow all conversions from PDF to PNG and JPG. Problem is fixed now and you can continue converting PDF files. I have also some very good news regarding PDF conversions. Soon you will be able to convert PDF to DOC

07.9.2009

Problems with YouTube

We just found a little bug making some of the converted YouTube files with much lower quality than the ones played on the site. We are trying to solve this problem ASAP

07.7.2009

ConvertFiles.com is now supporting RealMedia Video (*.rm)

From now on ConvertFiles is able to convert RM to AVI, 3GP, MP4, FLV, VOB, WMV, MOV, MKV, ASF, M4V

07.7.2009

ConvertFiles.com is moving to new and faster servers

Today we moved the site to a new cluster of 5 servers.This change will reduce significant the conversion times.

07.7.2009

ConvertFiles.com goes live

We are proud to announce that from now on all files will be converted right after their submission to our site.This will reduce the time of each conversion and also there will be no need to enter your email for each conversion anymore. There are still some minor bugs on the site but we are [...]

06.14.2009

Revision3 made a reportage about ConvertFiles.com

The online television Revision3 made a great reportage about our site. You can check it on http://revision3.com/tekzilla/wwdc

06.9.2009

50 000 File conversions

ConvertFiles.com just made it’s 50 000 file conversion. Our site is growing very fast and we are currently doing more than 1000 conversions daily. In order to keep our service as fast as possible we’ve decided to move to new and faster servers. We are also implementing many new features that will be ready in [...]