Converting Videos With Any Video Converter
Written by Alan Friday, 25 June 2010 08:00
If you have video files that need to be converted to a different format – for instance, if you download a video in .mkv format, but want to play it in Windows Media Center, you’ll need to convert it. Well, you can install codecs, but that can be a future post. For now let’s make things easy and just convert the file.
Let’s make it simple, and best of all, free. I have been using Any Video Converter which comes in a free version and paid “Pro” version. The Pro version does some extra things that you may decide you need later. For instance, it converts to iPod, Zune and PSP formats. And for $29.95 it is a good deal. But if you are looking to convert to/from any of the standard formats then the free version will work just fine.
It converts between MPEG-4, .flv, .swf, .mpg, .avi, .wmv, .mkv, .mp3, .ogg, .wav, .aac, .m4a, and .wma.
Once installed and opened you have a simple interface.
The left pane gives you some pre-populated sources,but most people will need to click File => Add Video Files and locate the file that needs to be converted.
Now, on the right-hand side, next to Profile, click the drop-down menu and choose what format you would like to convert your file to.
Click Convert at the top of the window and you’re off and running.
There are other options you can play around with. You can change video and audio output levels (the defaults work best for me), enter in your You Tube sign-in and password for easy upload, change the output folder, and other things. But these simple steps we have just run through are enough to get done most of what the average user needs done.
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