One of the lesser known features of the VLC Media Player is the ability to convert, transcode and rip media. The feature is built-in in all recent versions of VLC. So, why would someone want to convert or rip media with VLC? One of the reasons is that you do not need to install another [...]

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Sometimes you may need to convert videos into different formats, for instance if the device or player that you want to play them on does not support the video format they are currently in. Another reason for converting video files was mentioned in today’s previous article on correcting out of sync audio files. The program [...]

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Why would someone need a video converter in first place? The answer is pretty simply. Because there are to many darn video formats out there, and devices and software that can only play some of them. If you download a video you may need to convert it before you can watch it on your Xbox [...]

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My favorite program to convert video to DVD is XtoDVD. It is a commercial software but offers such a convenient way of burning videos to DVD. But there are times when a video does not have to be burned on DVD. It might for instance need to be converted to be played on a mobile [...]

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WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is a video converter for the Windows operating system that has been specifically designed to process HD videos. While the program is optimized for HD it can also load and process SD videos making it an universally usable converter for all popular video formats. The software uses the same design [...]

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The last item on our giveaway list is Media Converter Ultimate from Daniusoft. Media Converter Ultimate is a comprehensive media converter for the Windows operating system that supports conversions of video files, DVD ripping and burning as well as DRM removals. The program supports a large variety of video formats (standard and high definition) that [...]

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You have basically two options if you want to convert a video from one format into another. You can either use software programs that run on the computer system to convert the videos or use online converters to do the same. Both methods have their limitations and uses. The desktop video converter can for example [...]

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Windows users definitely do not have a shortage of video converters at their disposal. That’s great on the one hand but it could make the selection process difficulty. The video converter applications differ greatly in complexity, some require minimal user input and knowledge of video terminology while others do require advanced knowledge about bitrates, codecs [...]

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StaxRip is an Open Source video encoding software that can turn videos into mpeg-4 format using codecs like x264, XviD and DivX. It can for instance be used to turn a video DVD into a much smaller sized video with barely any quality losses that can easily be stored on the computer. One interesting way [...]

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