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Title: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: audBall on March 05, 2026, 07:35:39 AM
I came across this conversion tool recently. Looks interesting and may be helpful to people here. The possibilities for converting file types are nearly endless.

https://p2r3.github.io/convert/

More technical info here, with files for downloading directly to your computer.

https://github.com/p2r3/convert

Convert to it!

Truly universal online file converter.
Many online file conversion tools are boring and insecure. They only allow conversion between two formats in the same medium (images to images, videos to videos, etc.), and they require that you upload your files to some server.
This is not just terrible for privacy, it's also incredibly lame. What if you really need to convert an AVI video to a PDF document? Try to find an online tool for that, I dare you.
Convert.to.it aims to be a tool that "just works". You're almost guaranteed to get an output - perhaps not always the one you expected, but it'll try its best to not leave you hanging.
For a semi-technical overview of this tool, check out the video:
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Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: Melanie on March 05, 2026, 02:11:33 PM
Is it free?
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: audBall on March 05, 2026, 04:02:59 PM
Yes, the conversion is completed in your browser rather than uploading the files to another server. Many of us already have audio conversion options available, whether through DAWs or Traders Little Helper, and this is not meant to replace those for our uses. This just expands on a bunch of other files types out there. It will literally convert any file to any file that they list. More tech savvy users can install the files from the github link. I recommend watching the youtube link as it goes into much greater detail.

No affiliation btw.
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: u2_fly_2 on June 16, 2026, 09:03:21 AM
Quote from: audBall on March 05, 2026, 04:02:59 PM
Yes, the conversion is completed in your browser rather than uploading the files to another server. Many of us already have audio conversion options available, whether through DAWs or Traders Little Helper, and this is not meant to replace those for our uses. This just expands on a bunch of other files types out there. It will literally convert any file to any file that they list. More tech savvy users can install the files from the github link. I recommend watching the youtube link as it goes into much greater detail.

No affiliation btw.


Seems like a very good tool, but after trying 3 different links and homepages with the same outlook, I failed to convert my video files everytime. Maybe this is still a Beta version?
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: al w. on June 16, 2026, 09:32:16 AM
Quote from: u2_fly_2 on June 16, 2026, 09:03:21 AM
Quote from: audBall on March 05, 2026, 04:02:59 PM
Yes, the conversion is completed in your browser rather than uploading the files to another server. Many of us already have audio conversion options available, whether through DAWs or Traders Little Helper, and this is not meant to replace those for our uses. This just expands on a bunch of other files types out there. It will literally convert any file to any file that they list. More tech savvy users can install the files from the github link. I recommend watching the youtube link as it goes into much greater detail.

No affiliation btw.


Seems like a very good tool, but after trying 3 different links and homepages with the same outlook, I failed to convert my video files everytime. Maybe this is still a Beta version?

since this runs in the browser, it can't handle big files -- the underlying engine has a 2GB limit (and even if that limit wasn't there, you'd need enough RAM to hold both the input and output in memory)
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: audBall on June 17, 2026, 08:44:43 AM
^ That makes sense and appreciate the feedback. I wasn't aware of these limitations when I first came across the site.
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: u2_fly_2 on June 22, 2026, 02:38:11 AM
Quote from: al w. on June 16, 2026, 09:32:16 AM
Quote from: u2_fly_2 on June 16, 2026, 09:03:21 AM
Quote from: audBall on March 05, 2026, 04:02:59 PM
Yes, the conversion is completed in your browser rather than uploading the files to another server. Many of us already have audio conversion options available, whether through DAWs or Traders Little Helper, and this is not meant to replace those for our uses. This just expands on a bunch of other files types out there. It will literally convert any file to any file that they list. More tech savvy users can install the files from the github link. I recommend watching the youtube link as it goes into much greater detail.

No affiliation btw.


Seems like a very good tool, but after trying 3 different links and homepages with the same outlook, I failed to convert my video files everytime. Maybe this is still a Beta version?

since this runs in the browser, it can't handle big files -- the underlying engine has a 2GB limit (and even if that limit wasn't there, you'd need enough RAM to hold both the input and output in memory)


Thank you for explaining.
Title: Re: Convert to it! Convert any two files without uploading to an external server.
Post by: al w. on June 22, 2026, 09:36:48 AM
probably still useful for audio files tho!