Where can I get a good quality video converter?

Question

I've been looking for a long time to find a good, high quality video converter... So far everything I've come across makes the videos pixelated no matter how high the resolution I set it is... I'm specifically looking for something that supports .avi, .mkv, .vob, and .m4v codecs

Answer 1

the best software i can recommend is use imtoo studio, since i personally use it. it's simple to understand, no complicated settings (although available), lots of video and audio formats to choose from. so far so good, i hadnt had problems with it, or any bugs. that's why im sharin it to you. check it out.

Answer 2

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So far everything I've come across makes the videos pixelated no matter how high the resolution I set it is

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Are you saying that you expect your final encode to be of a higher resolution than your source video? That's not a limitation of your encoding library, it's more of a limitation of how vision works. When you stretch pixels, blend pixels, duplicate pixels -- whatever you do when you're upscaling your videos -- you're trying to create something out of nothing. Your product, needless to say, won't be perfect. If your source is 640 x 480 and you upscale to 720p, it's not going to look like the source was 720p, even if you have a really good upscaler and you're a very skilled encoder.



ffmpeg can handle everything you mentioned, although Matroska support is experimental.



Those aren't codecs though. None of them are, actually. They're containers which can contain lots of different stuff, for lack of a better word. You can have audio, subtitle/subpicture and video streams in different types of containers. So you could actually encode your video using something wacky like RV40 and then encapsulate it in a Matroska container and your software might have support for Matroska containers but not RV40. The container you use is, in many ways, independent of the codec you use. Of course, there are codecs that certain containers don't support, but you still have great choice in the matter, so you cannot just say that you need "AVI" support, for example, without specifying what video and audio codecs you're using.



I think it would be a good idea for your to seek help at doom9 rather than here. If you go there you might not even need to start a new thread for your problem, since you may find the answers in a sticky or something, since there are so many well-written guides for beginners.



But my point, in short, is that while I'm not very knowledgeable about these things, nor am I a particularly skilled encoder, even if I were a professional encoder, I would need to know much more about the settings you're using when encoding this video, because as I said, we don't even know what codec you're using, let alone the bitrate, resolution and any filters you need such as deinterlacing, cropping or colour adjustments.



In the meantime, I will tell you that ffmpeg does, indeed, have support for those codecs and you can get a GUI for XviD, Snow and x264 projects using MeGUI (which is excellent, by the way and very easy for a beginner with all of the included presets).



ffmpeg (Windows): http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg

MeGUI (Windows): http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/

Read doom9 though, since chances are that many of the questions you may currently have have already been answered somewhere on there: http://forum.doom9.org/

Answer 3

Try SnowFox DVD & Video Converter, it is an all-in-one DVD ripper and video converter tool and it can rip DVD and convert video to various video formats, what’s more, its available to playback on ur iPod, iPhone, PSP, BlackBerry, Mp4 player and other portable applications, so u can enjoy ur DVD anytime and anywhere with it.

As the format u mentioned, u can set as ur need, and it is easy to use.

http://www.snowfoxsoft.com/dvd-video-converter.html

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Hope it could help u!

Answer 4

Domino Video Converter Pro is what you are finding. Domino allows you to quickly convert among almost all popular video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, FLV,MTS, MP4, MKV, HD Videos, 3GP, DivX, XviD, MOV, ASF, MOD, H264. You can also convert video files to MP3, WAV,AC3, AAC, M4A,etc, popular audio formats. Both of the output video and audio files are with outstanding quality.



You can know more and download Domino at their official website:

http://www.dominoconverter.com/video-converter-pro.html

Answer 5

If you cannot find a useful converter, I recommend you Altysoft Video converter



http://www.altysoft.com/



It supports so many devices and video formats, such as: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Xbox, Nokia, avi, wmv, 3gp, mov, flv and more into avi, mov, asf, wmv, mp4, 3gp and others.



Altysoft Video Converter is a very easy and powerful DVD ripping software, which can convert DVD to various formats.



Altysoft Video Converter can help copy whole DVD to your hard diver, then you can burn them to blank DVD using burning software.



Beside above-mentioned functions, it so easy to download YouTube videos from YouTube website, just specify the URL for the video you want to download.

Answer 6

I recommend you a useful and free tool that can convert video, rip dvd, Backup DVD and download YouTube video.



you can download this tool at here:

http://www.nextvideosoft.com/



it called "Next Video Converter". It is easy to use, you only need click few button.

Next Video Converter is a free video converter and DVD ripper with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed, and excellent video quality. It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, RMVB, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, iPhone, PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player, or Smartphones. It can also rip DVD to any video format.

Answer 7

You can use the Video Converter. It supports the mutual conversion between all the video formats.

Input Formats: MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, VOB, MP4, M4V, RM, SWF, RMVB, WMV, ASF, TS, MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MPV, MOD, TOD, MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3, WAV, MID, MIDI, WMA, M4A, RA, RAM etc..

Output Formats: MP4, H.264, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 3GP, 3GPP, VOB, DivX, Mov, RM, RMVB, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, RA etc..

It also has strong editing functions of video effecting, video word and picture watermark, video trimming, video cropping, video joinning.

For more informaion and free download from:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=tipard+video+converter&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

It is easy to operate. Just few clicks are OK.



Hope it useful for you.

Answer 8

I think you can try Actusoft Free Video Converter, it is a simple yet powerful video converter. Convert video, rip DVD, save for many video formats like AVI (DivX, XviD, etc.), DV AVI, MP4 (Sony PSP, Apple TV, iPod, iPhone, etc), WMV (including Zune), ASF, 3GP.

download Actusoft Video Converter forom the following website:



http://www.actusoft.com



it can also copy dvd to your hard dirve or burn DVD movies to DVD disc.

Answer 9

Maybe you can try the Total Video Converter Pro. It can convert almost any video format like AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, MOV, MKV, MPEG, 3GP,etc., such as converting WMV to MP4, WMV to MPEG, MKV to AVI, WMV to AVI, AVI to MPEG, etc.. Furthermore, it can easily convert video files to popular audio files like converting WMV to MP3, AVI to WMA, MKV to AAC, MP4 to MP3, etc.

It can be also used as a video splitter or joiner.

You can download and learn to use it here: http://www.imoviesoft.com/help/total-video-converter.html

Answer 10

You can try VidCrop PRO for it. It converts different types of video files with good quality.

Answer 11

Try Prism Video Converter.



You can use it for a limited time since its like a trial, then reinstall it to use it again.

Answer 12

Try Leawo Video Converter which can convert videos and audios with video editing fucntions. leawo video converter can convert videos and audios between popular formats: AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, WMV, MOV, DivX, Xvid, VOB, ASF, MPG, MP3, WMA, 3GP, RM, RMVB, DV, TS, etc. and it can crop, trim and merge video files. you can even use this leawo video converter to Burn videos to DVD with DVD menu. you can download Leawo video converter here------------------------

For windows: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkxssGqpKsW4AvPNXNyoA?fr2=sg-gac&sado=1&p=leawo%20video%20converter&fr=yfp-t-701&pqstr=leawo%20video%20converter&gprid=ID6c6bibRaS7nQKx0.PsQA&sac=1&sao=1

For mac: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkleaGqpKaToBRsFXNyoA?p=leawo+free+mac+video+converter&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-701&fr2=sb-top&sao=1

Answer 13

I always use nidesoft video converter which could convert video or audio files between all popular formats . You may try it! Hope it can hlep you and you may like it as well as me !



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1GGLL_zh-CN&newwindow=1&q=nidesoft+video+converter&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g-c3g1g-c5g1

Answer 14

Which video converter is the best for you?for windows: http://www.macvideoconverter.org/video-converter-wondershare.html

For mac: http://www.macvideoconverter.org/mac-video-converter.html

here is a expert’s review. http://www.squidoo.com/convert-video-to-mac

Answer 15

try youtube look up video converter download link sometimes youtube has some good stuff.

Answer 16

WinX Video Converter Platinum is best one ever I used, you can try it.



http://www.winxdvd.com/video-converter-platinum/

Answer 17

best buy

Answer 18

download.com

Answer 19

download.com

Answer 20

best buy