Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
Video rebirth can be tricky for those who do n’t get laid ( or care ) about bit charge per unit , frame sizes , and so on . Reggie Ashworth’sVidConvert1.0.5 empty the summons promiscuous with some mere options , but also offers fine - tuned control for those who require to tweak to their hearts ’ content .
Like many other loose or modest - cost TV conversion apps available , VidConvert uses the exposed - sourceFFmpeglibraries . To ensure you have the latest variant , you ’re prompted to download and associate with the app the first clip you launch VidConvert .
After that , you add files to VidConvert and can focus on just the three pop - up menus at the bottom of the window . The first pop - up deals with presets . There are three section : iTunes , Others , and Audio Only . For iTunes , you may choose between All Apple Devices , iPhone / iPod touch , iPhone / iPod Retina , iPod nano , iPod classic , iPad , and Apple TV . Others includes QuickTime , MPEG-1 , MPEG-2 , MPEG-4 , DivX , Xvid , DVD - NTSC , DVD - PAL , Windows Media , and Flash Video . And Audio Only propose AAC , MP3 , AIFF , WAV , and WMA — useful for pulling the audio track out of a convert video , say .
The next pa - up , which really exploit in conjunction with the preset , is the quality . For each , you could pick out between Normal or High , or choose Advanced and be present with a window where you could find fault the TV codec , frame pace , act rate , and crop options ; if you want two - pass encryption ; if you want to deinterlace the video ; and sound recording codec , sample rate , bit rate , and act of channels . But for most hoi polloi , choosing Normal or High will do . ( The final pa - up lets you choose where to keep your converted files : either to the same folder as the source , or to a folder of your choosing ) .
Although VidConvert offers destiny of presets , what ’s not necessarily light is exactly what they ’ll do to your data file . For example , I commute a 720p 24 fps MKV file using the Apple idiot box preset and the Normal lineament stage setting , expecting it would be just fine for watch on my Apple TV . The original file was 1280 by 720 pixels , but the resulting file was only 720 by 406 pixels . opt the High preset rather kept the file at its aboriginal resolution ( which both the original and second - propagation Apple TV models support ) . As it turn out , VidConvert ’s assistance data file include extensive information about what to expect from each preset / quality jazz group — the Apple TV itemisation read : “ Will give rise a .m4v file that will act on an Apple TV . Normal quality uses MPEG-4 video codec with AAC audio codec and meet a resolution of 720 x 432 . High lineament will use the H.264 video codec and fits a settlement of 1280 x 720 ( 720p ) . ” It would be overnice if the program offer tooltip verbal description for each preset as well , rather than progress to you launch aid each sentence .
VidConvert ’s preference also let you take whether you want to send the finished file to iTunes , as well as if you need the software to remember your last conversion setting .
After you ’ve pick out your setting , you click the Convert button and VidConvert snaps to action . It give you an estimate of how long the conversion will take that counts down ( a progression circle also show how far along your encode is ) . For the MKV file name above , it estimated 26 bit to encode . At then destruction it sit down at “ 0:00 continue ” for a little while , and then “ Calculating ” for a few more hour , but finished in 26 minutes and 17 instant — pretty accurate , I ’d say . With the Audio Only circumstance , however , it just shows “ Converting sound ” instead of a providing a time estimate ( but , as you ’d wait , it takes much less time than converting the video ) .
Although there are free apps to convert TV for iOS devices and more , VidConvert ’s simple interface , rich codec support , advanced context , and audio - only conversion choice make it well worth the modest fee .
