Video Format Conversion
Did you ever get the message “Format not supported” while trying to play a video on your media player? Windows users probably have faced the problem when you tried to play MOV, MP4 or M4V files in Windows Media Player. And for Mac users the problem would appear when you try to play AVI or WMV files. The reason is simple. Windows and Mac are rivals. Therefore their own video format will not play on other platform for the rival does not support the format by default. So Mac’s video formats (the QuickTime video format with the extensions MOV, Mp4 and M4V) cannot be played on Windows by default and Windows’ video formats (AVI, WMV etc.) cannot be played on Mac by default. There are other video formats such as FLV, MKV etc. which are not supported by both platforms by default.
To play those unsupported video formats you will have to install the right video codec or media player components. But you will again face the problem when you will try to use any of those unsupported videos on editing software or other applications. Codec or media player components will not help in this situation. You have to take other measures. You will have to convert those video formats to a supported format. So if you got a WMV file and you want to use it , you will have to convert WMV to QuickTime.
Now this conversion of WMV to QuickTime or conversion among video formats can be done using any converters but the quality of those converters should be good otherwise you will find yourself with a corrupted or low quality video file.
Let us take Miro Video Converter (for Mac OS X) by Participatory Culture Foundation for example. It is a freeware. It supports some of the popular video formats for conversion but not enough formats are supported. It is lightweight and user friendly but it lacks many features that should be on a converter. For example, it does not provide any conversion profile, batch conversion and you cannot even choose the output directory. As it is free, it will minimize your cost but the quality and satisfaction will be minimized as well. )(!
So, you should go for a more professional and renown converter like Wondershare Video Converter for Mac. Unlike Miro Video Converter you will find this converter much more pleasing. It supports a bunch of video formats to convert to and from. HD formats are also supported. You can extract audios to different formats as well. With this converter you can prepare your videos for portable devices such as Zune, iPod, iPhone, PSP etc. and for applications such as PPT, iTunes, Final Cut Pro etc. Batch conversion is supported which will save you time. You can o extra things too. You have the option to edit your videos before or after the conversion, that way you can tweak your video settings and adjust them to your requirement. You can trim, cut, crop, adjust saturation, brightness etc.
With all this facilities it is a perfect choice for you to use. If you are still dubious you can download the trial version first to check out its capabilities firsthand and you can purchase the full version afterward. Go to the following link to download the trial or full version: http://www.applemacvideo.com/mac-video-converter.html. You will also find the technical specification there so you can view its capabilities without even downloading the trial version. But you should download the free trial version to experience it in real time.
Wondershare provides a wide range of multimedia software for Mac users, including Video and Audio Converter, DVD Ripper, DVD Creator, Free Video Downloader and Transfer etc. Please visit www.applemacvideo.com for more information.
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