The free video converter Movavi Online Convert is an excellent tool to convert videos on the Internet. It can convert files that are uploaded from the local computer system but also videos that are already stored on the Internet. Online video portals that are currently supported are for example Youtube, Dailymotion, Google Videos, MySpace or Break.com.

Up to five videos that do not exceed a total size of 100 Megabytes and an individual playtime of 10 minutes can either be uploaded or entered with their url in the online video converter. A multitude of different output formats is available including avi and mpeg but also specific formats for devices such as iPods, iPhones or mobile phones.

The advanced options provide the means to customize the conversion further. It is for example possible to change the output width and height of the video or to change the video and audio quality.

A click on the start button will initiate the upload of the videos if they have been selected from the local system. Users can check the merge checkbox if they want to merge all the selected videos in one larger video.

The videos will be added to the program queue. At the time of writing the queue number was at 932. That’s a long time to wait. It is fortunately possible to add an email address to be informed when the video conversion has been finished. The queue window can be closed if an email address is supplied.

Movavi’s online video converter is a comfortable online tool that makes it dead easy to convert videos on the Internet.

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XMedia Recode falls into both categories. The video convert comes with several pre-configured profiles that can be used to convert videos with just a few clicks and no background knowledge at all.

Profiles exist for gaming systems like Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3 and for mobile devices like Apple’s iPod and iPhone series, dozens of Nokia cell phones and other devices. Way more than 100 profiles are available to select and there is the option to select custom settings as well in case the device is not in the list.

Custom settings are very extensive. Dozens of video and output formats and codecs can be selected to convert the video into a different format.

Video files can be opened from the computer’s hard drive or directly from DVD (which can also be located on the hard drive)

XMedia Recode provides features that most video converters do not. Most of these features are located in the Crop / Preview tab. This includes the option to cut part of the movie, change the resolution, crop the movie, deblock, invert or correct the colors.

The video converter is probably a bit easier to use than Super, one of our favorites. The software uses a German interface by default which can be changed in Optionen > Sprache to English, French, Japanese and Italian.

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One of the nicest features of StaxRip is the fact that it can download needed codecs and utilities from within the program interface. If you dealt with Open Source video encoders before you might have experienced that you needed to download and install the needed extras manually before the tool could be used.

StaxRip makes use of templates to speed up configuring the various settings and can convert or merge single or multiple files in one go. A video file that is loaded as a source will automatically be analyzed by the video encoding software and important values such as framerate, length or size will be shown in the interface. The same variables are shown in the destination pane where they will be automatically updated when the user changes a setting.

Videos can be resized to reduce the size of the destination video which is extremely useful when encoding videos for mobile devices like the Sony PSP, a mobile phone or an iPod that can play videos.

The output audio and video codecs have to be chosen. Multiple encoding profiles are available that range from fast to high quality encodings. The codecs can be configured furthermore for optimal results.

Video encoding speed depends on the configuration and the speed of the computer hardware.

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The process itself is explained in a few words. The user enters a search phrase, selects between all or a single video portal and defines the amount of results that he wants returned. A test with 10000 search results was successful, it`s probably safe to say that you can even use a higher figure than that safely.

All results are displayed in the main pane with information like name, video description, duration, age and views. If the user clicks on a video he gets to see a preview of it in the left sidebar with the option to play and download that single video. Multiple videos can be checked and downloaded together as well which is where the strength of the application lies.

Hitting the download button after checking multiple videos will download those videos from the video portal they are hosted at. The output format can be selected as well which I recommend to do before you start download videos. The option is available under the Tube Downloader tab. Several predefined formats can be selected such as iPhone, PSP, iPod, Avi or no conversion.

It is also possible to select custom settings which enables selection of the audio and video codec, output size and bitrate among other settings.

The Free FLV Converter offers a second way of displaying search results. Instead of listing them by name and other details you can generate a thumbnail view which is extremely comfortable if you like preview pictures of the videos.

I have to admit that this is one – if not the – most comfortable way to download multiple videos from a variety of video sites. That in combination with simultaneous downloads and automatic conversions make this an invaluable tool for everyone who downloads videos regularly.

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If you do change the quality settings the information about the output file size will change. A higher quality of course means that the converted file becomes bigger, lower quality reduces the filesize.

You may finally choose to edit tag information such as title, author, genre and copyright information. Clicking ok adds the file to the queue. Once that is done for all videos that you want to convert for your iPod video you see a window similar to the one on the left side.

It displays a preview of the converted movie as well as information about remaining and elapsed time and overall conversion rate.

All files are saved in mp4 format which can be played back in the video iPod.

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Just follow the five steps to convert the divx movies, you can add an unlimited number of movies to the list to convert everything in one run. Just select the first movie, add a new name if you do not want to overwrite the original file and take a look at the options. Change the video and audio quality which is a good way to reduce the file size if you don’t want the files to grow to big.

Add the file to the list and repeat the process for all the files that you want to convert. Use the preview option to take a look at the results before you proceed the whole list of files. The option to change the file parameters is great, a new window pops up showing the movie in the device that you have selected.

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