Hi,

We’re having some teething problems with YouTube conversions at the moment, our engineers are investigating. We’ll update here when we know more – sorry for any inconvenience caused.

UPDATE: [30/05/09 22:00 GMT] – Normal service is resumed for YouTube conversions. The blip yesterday was caused by Google system maintenance. Thanks for your patience.

Thanks,
The Zamzar Team.

We’re pleased to announce you can now use Zamzar to convert Microsoft Visio (.vsd) files into a variety of different formats.

Visio is a popular diagramming program for Microsoft Windows which can be used to create simple visual representations of complex data, from business processes to network topologies.

Visio may be good, but not everyone has it. We hope this new conversion will be useful if you want to share your creations with others who don’t have Visio installed – you can convert .vsd files into pdf documents or images rather than send round Visio files.

In fact Zamzar now allows you to convert .vsd files into any one of the following formats:

• bmp – Windows Bitmap
• gif – Compuserve graphics interchange
• html – Hypertext Markup Language
• jpg – JPEG compliant image
• pdf – Portable Document Format
• png – Portable Network Graphic
• tiff – Tagged image file format

So, what are you waiting for ? Go Miscrosoft Visio converter crazy today – release those diagrams !

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

We’re constantly looking to innovate at Zamzar, and we’re delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new conversion – You can now use Zamzar to convert documents into the spoken word !

We think this feature will be particularly useful for our visually impaired users, many of whom receive documents from friends and colleagues in formats that are difficult for screen readers to access. We also hope this will come in handy for anyone who wants to listen to documents, emails or pdf files on the go – All files are converted into the mp3 format, making them ideal for listening on portable music players such as the iPod.

The full list of supported files which you can convert into mp3 is listed below:

• doc – Microsoft Word Document
• docx – Microsoft Word 2007 Document
• odt – OpenDocument Text Document
• pdf – Portable Document Format
• pub – Microsoft Publisher
• txt – Plain Text document
• wpd – Wordperfect Document
• wps – Microsoft Works Document

Just click to try out Zamzar’s document to speech magic right now, or hit the play button below to hear the text of this post spoken out loud !

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

We’re pleased to announce you can now use Zamzar to convert two of the most popular CAD (Computer Aided Design) formats around – DWG and DXF – which are both used in AutoDesk’s hugely successful AutoCAD program.

Converting these files can be useful if you need to share them with friends or colleagues who don’t have AutoCAD installed – Zamzar now allows you to convert them to the following formats:

• bmp – Windows bitmap
• gif – Compuserve graphics interchange
• jpg – JPEG compliant image
• pdf – Postscript document
• png – Portable Network Graphic
• tiff – Tagged image file format

We hope this helps all of you out there who use CAD files, and need to share them with others. If there are any other CAD conversion requirements you have do let us know in the comments below and we’ll do our best to look into them …

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

Ever wanted to find out more about the guy’s behind Zamzar ? Well, you can now read an interview with the Zamzar founders in the Guardian online, where they talk about the high’s and low’s of running your favourite online file converter.

Thanks,
The Zamzar Team.

Just a short post to let you know that you can now also keep up to date with the latest Zamzar news over on Twitter, the excellent micro-blogging service. Find us at:

   http://www.twitter.com/zamzar

Thanks,
The Zamzar Team.

You can now use Zamzar to download videos from TinyPic a popular video and image sharing site that was high on the list for Zamzar users of new sites to download from.

As usual videos can be converted into a variety of different formats, including avi, wmv, mov, mpeg and many more.

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

Zamzar now supports the ability to download and convert videos from GodTube, the popular faith-based video sharing site.

We hope you like the new addition – You can convert videos into a variety of formats, including avi, mpg, wmv and mov and then use them on computers which don’t have internet access.

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

You can now use Zamzar to download and convert videos from TeacherTube, the popular teaching resource site.

You can convert downloaded videos into a variety of formats, including avi, mpg, wmv and mov – ideal if you need to use the videos as resources in a classroom without internet access.

What other websites would you like to be able to download and convert videos from – why not tell us in the comments ?

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.

We’re pleased to announce you can now use Zamzar to convert AVI, MOV and MPG files to the popular Windows Media Video (WMV) format.

WMV is a format developed by Microsoft for video capture and playback, and is most widely known for its use in Windows Media Player. Zamzar has long supported the ability to convert from WMV into a variety of video formats, but we now also support the ability to convert the following files into WMV format:

• 3g2 – 3GPP2 Multimedia File
• 3gp – 3GPP Multimedia File
• avi – Windows video file
• flv – Flash video
• gvi – Google video file
• mv4 – MPEG-4 Video File
• mov – Apple QuickTime Movie
• mp4 – MPEG-4 Video File
• mpg – Moving Picture Experts Group File
• rm – RealMedia Streaming Media
• rmvb – RealVideo Variable Bit Rate File
• vob – DVD Video Movie File

We even support the ability to convert YouTube videos directly into WMV format for storage on your local computer !

Why not try it out right now ?

Happy converting !
The Zamzar Team.