The developers of the video player Miro have created a new software program to convert videos. Miro Video Converter is an easy to use program that can convert most video formats into mp4, ogg Theora or formats that are supported by specific phones or mobile devices.
The biggest advantage of the video converter is its ease of use. All it takes to convert a video is to drag and drop it into the program’s interface or use the file browser to pick one, select the output format for the video and click the convert button.
That means it is possible to convert a video in two or three steps.
Advanced users will definitely miss options to change video parameters or to queue videos for batch processing, but that’s probably not what the program has been designed for in first place.
It would still add value to the software if the developer’s would add those “advanced” options to their program to make it usable for additional usage situations.
Miro Video Converter will automatically convert the video into the correct resolutions and formats if one of the supported phones or devices are selected as the conversion target. Supported are amongst others the iPhone, iPod Touch, Classic and Nano, PSP, G1, HTC Hero, Droid / Milestone, Nexus one, Cliq and Droid Eris.
The video converter is using FFMPEG and FFMPEG2Theora to convert the videos into the desired formats.
Miro Video Converter is available for Windows and Mac operating systems. The developer’s have made available the source code of the application as well.
Update: Miro Video Converter is available for Windows and Macintosh systems. The developers have improved the program by adding support for Android and iPhone video to it. The process itself has not changed though. It is still a drag and drop process, without advanced conversion options.
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I tried using Miro Video Converter and noticed a very very significant decrease in sound quality of the converted video. The AVI file is clear as a bell and the MP4 file is completely distorted- sounding, as though it was recorded in a tin can. Am I the only person having this audio quality issue?
i have the same problem as jenn seed , the quality of the sound decrease
Before
test.avi
429MB (450058240 bytes)
00:30:32
704 x 396
Video: Windows Media Video 9 704×396 119.88fps [Stream 00]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 192Kbps [Stream 01]
After
test.mp4
178MB (187527558 bytes)
00:30:32
704 x 396
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 704×396 [Video]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 1536Kbps [Audio]
Review
No noticeable drop in quality, video & sound are practically identical.