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Free video converter for mac?
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Not sure if it's because I have the PRO version, but try Quicktime.
Make sure you have the perian codec installed. It's free and is "the swiss-army knife for Quicktime", which will let you play almost every (haven't found one that wouldn't) format in quicktime.
Open the video file.
Click File -> Export.
Pick a name and save location for your new video.
Pick a video type you want to convert to.
Click save.
Sorry if this does not work with regular Quicktime. Since Quicktime Pro is not free.
Make sure you have the perian codec installed. It's free and is "the swiss-army knife for Quicktime", which will let you play almost every (haven't found one that wouldn't) format in quicktime.
Open the video file.
Click File -> Export.
Pick a name and save location for your new video.
Pick a video type you want to convert to.
Click save.
Sorry if this does not work with regular Quicktime. Since Quicktime Pro is not free.
My suggestion can do what you ask.
You can save a AVI as a AVI, and change some parameters around in the export options. ie. Make the resolution smaller.
iSquint is now available under it's new Open Source name of PunyVid. There was a link in a thread earlier today discussing the new version of VisualHub (since it was discontinued and picked up by the O.S. community it's now called FilmRedux).
Here it is...
It's half way down between Part 1 and Part 2. There's a link. They're both free now so you may as well use FilmRedux - it doesn't have an icon yet but it seems to work well enough.
http://www.iskysoft.com/article/how-to-build-isquint-and-visualhub.html#121
Here it is...
It's half way down between Part 1 and Part 2. There's a link. They're both free now so you may as well use FilmRedux - it doesn't have an icon yet but it seems to work well enough.
http://www.iskysoft.com/article/how-to-build-isquint-and-visualhub.html#121
HandBrake, which is free, is able to do that now that it can handle more input formats. You can alter the file size in the video settings and the amount of pixels in the picture settings in the video settings.
Handbrake has presets for this specific function.
Make sure you have the perian codec installed. It's free and is "the swiss-army knife for Quicktime", which will let you play almost every (haven't found one that wouldn't) format in quicktime."
i use this method to convert .avi movies to mp4, i have quicktime pro and the perian codec installed. but my quicktime pro does not open rmvb files. have you come across this problem, do you know any codec i can install to let quicktime play rmvb files?
i have some .rmvb movies and i would like to convert them to mp4 so i can see it on myTV
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i use this method to convert .avi movies to mp4, i have quicktime pro and the perian codec installed. but my quicktime pro does not open rmvb files. have you come across this problem, do you know any codec i can install to let quicktime play rmvb files?
i have some .rmvb movies and i would like to convert them to mp4 so i can see it on my
Holy thread res batman...
Anyway.
I was wondering if there is anything free and easy to use thats out there now that will work on an eMac G5? ( the one in my sig ) Its running OSX 10.5.8
And specifically, I would like to convert .flv files to mpeg-4 for ipod nano g4 or g5. ( i forget which gen it is now lol )
Anyway.
I was wondering if there is anything free and easy to use thats out there now that will work on an eMac G5? ( the one in my sig ) Its running OSX 10.5.8
And specifically, I would like to convert .flv files to mpeg-4 for ipod nano g4 or g5. ( i forget which gen it is now lol )
Handbrake and its iPod presets will do just fine.
It did even work on my G4 iBook with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.