Thursday, February 5, 2009

Useful (FREE) Video Converter Programs

Any Video Converter-

Convert from anything (AVI or WMV, Quicktime, etc) to almost anything else.  It’s got really easy controls- just pick your original file, then select the device/type of output you desire, and click convert.  Doesn’t get much easier than this!!!

 

Input formats:

avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, vob, YouTube videos

Output formats:

avi, wmv, mp4, 3gp, wmv, flv, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, mpg (PAL or NTSC)

 

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

 

 

 

DVD Decrypter-

 

Simply pop a DVD into your computer, then right-click – select “decrypt with DVD Decrypter” (or whatever it says!) and let this program do its work.  You’ll end up with a folder of “VOB” files, which are playable in some NERO DVD player programs.  Use Handbrake (below) to convert these folders into useable standard-format (decent quality) AVI files for playback in your Windows Media player…

 

http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/SetupDVDDecrypter_3.5.4.0.exe

 

 

Handbrake-


Primary use is to convert from DVD “VOB” files (entire folders of a ripped DVD) to avi files or Apple formats like M4V, etc.  For PC users, this is great because you can easily convert a whole DVD (3-4 gigs) into a 500MB file, which is much more transportable/storeable – IE your collection isn’t going to eat up entire hard drives… 


Input Formats:

  Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files

  Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.


Output Formats:

  File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM

  Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)

  Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

 

http://handbrake.fr/

 

 

 

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