Free YouTube to MP3 WMA Converter

Video Conversion: How to Pick a Video Converter

The video that you watch on your computer screen comes in many hues. For example a video camera movie when transferred to computer usually comes in AVI or WMV format. The file size will more often than not be quite large. After the movie is edited in video editing program the final video can remain in earlier format, or more likely be converted to a flash format like MP4 to make the file size small yet not compromising with the quality.

Converting video format to something that can be easily uploaded to a webhost really helps, since you can save a lot of time and the video too would be playable on any video players available. More likely you will need the service of some software to take care of all your conversion needs. We have used a number of video conversion software and found that a majority of them are just not up to the mark. The final converted quality is either poor or the file size is enormously huge. You'll be spoiled for choice to pick up the right one.

1. The format supported

The most powerful video converter software must support as many video file formats as possible such as the common formats (AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, DivX, MP4, etc.), and also the HD videos(HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, HD MP4, HD WMV, etc.) as its input and output video formats. The audio files (AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, AU, FLAC, MP3, M4V, MP2, OGG, WAV, WMA, etc.) also must be included as its input and output formats. Check out if all the necessary encoders and decoders are included in the software.

2. The conversion speed

A lot of converters support all the possible video formats, but they are really slow and sometimes they freeze causing a lot of frustration. Many video converters do not support multithreading and batch conversion making the process of video conversion a pain. Batch conversion will allow you to convert more than one video files at the same time.

3. The output quality

Many iPod video converters are really fast but the output is disappointing. Video freezes, audio stops playing, screen turns red or green, short audio or video breaks during playback. This is common for some video converter, especially when you don't know how to use the conversion process properly. Be careful when adjusting video size, bit rate, etc.

4. The friendly interfac

The user interface must be friendly and designed in a way that will allow even a total newbie to access all the controls and functions of the video converter software. If a software company creates a user friendly video converter, chances are that the video converter will work properly apart from being user friendly.

Like what you see?