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iPad Video Converter?

I got videomonkey. Used to use visual hub.
However, when I use the AppleTV preset, it doubles the video size to 1.4GB from 700mb. I don't know if I want it to double the space.
What settings should I use?
Right now I did "All Apple Devices" and increased quality to High. Increased file size by 100mb.
I will test it out but any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

I figured I don't want to use just the AppleTV conversion as I may consider putting the same video on an iPhone or iPod touch. Advice? Thanks
 
Hi all. I don't know if this one is any good or not--I'm just trying it now for the first time as we speak. The developer is giving it away free through May 31st, so it can't hurt to give it a try:

http://www.applemacvideo.com/mac-video-to-ipad.html

Will try to post again, when I've played a few videos back on my iPad. One thing I can see already--just converting a 40 minute 349 MB file is taking approximately twice as long as it does to play back the video to begin with. Best to schedule a bunch of these overnight, I guess. And I'm hoping that I don't burn out my MBP: I have the fans cranked to 6000 RPM on mine, and it's still running about 200 degrees while the video conversion is underway.
 
I am using visual hub. Although it has been discontinued for a long time the most recent version still works well.
 
I'd go for buying Buzz Player HD for iPad and/or Buzz Player for iPhone as it will play just about anything (like VLC) without conversion. It can get files via ftp/smb network file transfer, or just upload them via iTunes.

If you are too reluctant to spend a few bucks on Buzz Player, then perhaps iTunes can convert it for you as well.

If that doesn't work for you, I'd recommend Handbrake. Another free option that might work is 'Filmredux'. The Open Source implementation of the discontinued VisualHub. I believe the Filmredux version can only transcode to iPhone/iPod/iPad content.
 
I used to convert video using handbrake but I have never done that after I discovered AirVideo. Instead of converting and copying them to your device, you can stream and it even works over 3G. You can also copied it to your device from the "cached" folder should you need the content offline.
 
Avc

I don't know if someone already mentioned this one, but AVC Any Video Converter is quite good, and free!

- You can select any target format
- Decide what resolution you want your videos
- Select the video/audio codecs
- Customize video framerate
- Change the audio bitrate
- Download directly from YouTube
- Etc...

Hope this helps you guys!
 
QuickTime Player, an application that comes with Mac OS, does this. Just open the AVI then save it, and it will save in an MOV. You can also do "Export for Web".
 
I use these two apps:

Air Video for quick and dirty compression to get just enough quality for the smallest size. Don't forget, memory is expensive on the iPad.

Handbrake for the more professional 2-pass encode.

I use Air Video 95% of the time, because I keep my MKV/AVI's as the master copy and don't want to re-encode everything, and I want to compress video as much as possible for the iPad, so I can carry more videos on the road with me, and these iPad copies get deleted once I have finish watch them.
 
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