iSquint - free Mac iPod video conversion applications discontinued

Related Article: How to use Techspansion's open source to build iSquint and VisualHub?

In a surprising announcement, Techspansion, creator of the media conversion applications iSquint, VisualHub and AudialHub has closed down.

The following was found on the web site (3th, Oct):

VisualHub, AudialHub, and iSquint have been discontinued. ...
After much soul-searching (it's not you, it's me), for personal reasons, Techspansion is closing its virtual doors. The Support Forum and Support E-mail will be available for a while longer to take care of any remaining issues for you.
Thanks for all your support. It's been a fun ride. I'm sorry to see this go and VisualHub has been one of the most useful pieces of shareware I've ever put on my Mac.
Still, there may be hope as users are clamoring for Techspansion's projects to live on as open source software over in the iSquint forums. Let us know what you think over in the comments and forums and hopefully the Techspansion guys will be able to put out the same level of outstanding work on another project in the future.

The developer, Tyler Loch has updated the companies website which notes that the decision to close down was a personal one but promises to keep the support forum and email available for a while longer to take care of any remaining issues. The site also explains how to back up the applications so that they can be saved and used again in the future. Loch believes that the software will continue to work in Snow Leopard but is unsure of how long after that each application will continue to be supported.

It would also seem that Loch is considering releasing the source code for the application so that other developers may pick up the applications and keep them going.

Loch states on the main Techspansion website that it would be "closing its virtual doors" after "much soul-searching."

Besides iSquint, VisualHub and AudialHub, there are some other excellent Video Converters for Mac users. For example, iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac:

iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac is excellent mac video converter software which can convert video formats from one to another with perfect output quality and high conversion speed for Mac OS X users. It supports all popular video formats including flv, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, AVI, M2TS, MPEG TS/TP (for HD Video), M4V, etc.

Note: About iSquint - Free iPod Video Converter from Techspansion

ISquint is a Mac-only free program that can help you convert DVDs and other video files into formats that will play on your iPod. It's super fast, works with just about all popular video formats and is extremely easy to use