Category: Video Conversion

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DivX FLV MP4 MPG SWF Video Conversion WMV

Format Factory Review

formatfactoryI was looking for a free tool that will convert a bulky MOV file to something much smaller so I can post it to a website. I got a tip from a friend that Format Factory will do the job and much more. I was a bit sceptical at first but I thought why not.

I downloaded the 40MB package after quickly Googling the term “format media converter” because I couldn’t remember the name of the software at the time. I installed the application and used it to convert the MOV file to AVI, and I was blown away! It converted very quickly without any problems. Wow, I am now a fan!

Here’s the full spec of the software:

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.
Provides functions below:

  • All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
  • All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
  • All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
  • Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file.
  • MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
  • Supports RMVB,Watermark, AV Mux.

 

Format Factory’s Feature:

  1. support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
  2. Repair damaged video and audio file.
  3. Reducing Multimedia file size.
  4. Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats.
  5. Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
  6. DVD Ripper.
  7. Supports 56 languages
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DivX DVR-MS MP4 MPG Video Conversion

MP4 to DivX Conversion

I’ve just found out that MCEBuddy also works for converting MP4 to DivX.

To convert MP4 to DivX, just follow the instructions below.

  1. Go to http://mcebuddy.com/, and follow the instruction to install MCEBuddy.
  2. Once installed, open MCEBuddy, tick “File Selection” and enter either *.mp4 (to convert only MPG files) or *.* (to convert any format to AVI – I’ve found that MCEBuddy converts DVR-MS, MPG, and MP4 files effectively!).

What a great tool!

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DivX DVR-MS MPG Software Video Conversion

MPG to DivX Conversion

I searched high and low for the most effective, FREE, MPG to DivX video conversion method and by far MCEBuddy is the best software to do the job. MCEBuddy is actually advertised to convert Microsoft Media Center recorded media, DVR-MS. I found out that it actually also works for converting bulky MPG files also.

To convert MPG to DivX effectively, just follow the simple instructions below.

  1. Go to http://mcebuddy.com/, and follow the instruction to install MCEBuddy.
  2. Once installed, open MCEBuddy, tick “File Selection” and enter either *.mpg (to convert only MPG files) or *.* (to convert any format to AVI).

MCEBuddy Advanced Options

That’s it! Easy and it’s 100% free!

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Software Video Conversion

DVR-MS to DivX Conversion

Windows Media Center encodes its recording to DVR-MS (Microsoft Digital Video Recording). It’s video is encoded using the MPEG-2 standard and audio using MPEG-1 Layer II or Dolby Digital AC-3 (ATSC A/52). The result is high quality video with top quality audio to match. Only one problem, quality comes at a hefty price.

One minute of audio/video footage takes up about 116,521 kB (113 MB) of space! Considering that an average movie is about 90 minutes long, it would require at least 10,241 MB (10 GB) of storage to store one movie. So with my 1TB hard drive, I could store a measly 100 movies. Now that’s just ridiculous! I guess Microsoft doesn’t want to encourage TV recording through Windows Media Center. That’s the only conclusion I can come up with because there are loads of other trusted high quality standards that they could have used to encode video/audio. Like DivX.

MCEBuddy Website ThumbnailLuckily for us, there’s a useful utility that we can use to convert DVR-MS to DivX. The software is called MCEBuddy. MCEBuddy takes your LARGE DVR-MS television recording files and makes them small by converting to another format saving you disk space. I’ve searched high and low for a utility or script that converted DVR-MS to another format successfully. MCEBuddy is by far the best software for the job. Visit MCEBuddy website http://mcebuddy.com/.