I tried the prior release. I found the interface and workflow to be somewhat idiosyncratic, not really following standards and conventions used by many other similar applications. I don't know why the UI designers felt the need to reinvent the wheel here.

Drag and drop of multiple files seemed to make it hang. It apparently couldn't begin converting the first file until it got done taking a peek inside all the other files (to gather info and generate thumbnails?). This is crazy. It should have started processing the first file immediately instead of hanging up while trying to access all the other files simultaneously. At the very least, it should have timed out or errored out on any individual files that were problematic.

I'd really like just some straight-forward simplicity. I want to select a file, or list of files. I want to set a destination folder. I want to click GO, and then see a progress indicator of the conversion of each of the selected files. I do not want thumbnail images. I don't want it to remember my past conversions or provide any sort of "library" or file management.

Somebody please tell me that this beta release is improved. Otherwise, unfortunately, I'm sticking to other methods of transcoding video for my n800.