I can't remember were I found this gem, but I have been searching for good converters for awhile now. Panasonic Dvd players will not play avi files encoded in format called
GMC and prefer a format q-pell encoding.
This doesn't do that, but it does a bunch of other features worth having for free such as MKV and HD conversion, but that is not the end of this thing is like a converter on steroids.
I found there company link and it looks like they gave up on selling normal conversion, so they just give it away for promotional reasons. There are so many converters, why not.
Anyway here is the the link to the converter
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/iWisoft-Free-Video-Converter.shtml
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iWisoft Free Video Converter descriptionFreeware to fast convert video and audio files between any formats.
iWisoft Free Video Converter is a totally free and powerful multi-functions video converter. It can convert between any video & audio files, such as AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, MPEG, MKV, RM, RMVB, SWF, MOV, M4V, 3GP, even HD video and MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, M4A, AC3, AAC, FLAC, APE audio.
It also can convert video to picture files in GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG, Animated GIF formats. The optimized video profiles help you convert videos to those playable on all popular digital multimedia devices such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Zune, Creative Zen, Xbox 360, Archos, Mobile phone and so on.
iWisoft Free Video Converter is not only a video converter, but also a professional video editor. With it you can easily crop, trim, merge videos, add text and picture watermark, change brightness, contrast, gamma, adjust sound volume and so on. You will also have the possibility to capture snapshots of your videos during playback.
iWisoft Free Video Converter is designed with user-friendly interface which make it very easy to use! It is an amazing freeware video converter. You can get astonishing fun with it!
Here are some key features of "iWisoft Free Video Converter":
· Easily convert videos of all popular formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, FLV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, MKV, RM, MOV, XviD, 3GP, etc.
· Rip almost all video formats to audio in MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, FLAC, APE, etc. as well as convert between any audio formats.
· Convert any video to image files in GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, Animated GIF.
· Supports batch conversion.
· Optimized output profiles for your digital devices.
· You can customize the video and audio parameters and save as your own user defined profiles.
· Allow you to edit video with powerful full functions, such as crop, trim, merge, add watermark, specify effect and so on.
· Simple to use with high conversion speed.
· Excellent output video and audio quality.
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There really is to much to show here. I was doing a a blue ray conversion and a mkv conversion getting the pics, but I only used the MKV. The edit function which is the last actually has a gamma feature that most others do not, like todays fast free converter pro/winx dvd platinum.
Enjoy everyone
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edit:
had to come back almost forgot,
lots of dvd players especially the cheap ones will play Xvid. You can google it, which would be a good place to start. But what I do. Is I use Divx's divx player to burn the the Xvids. You can get 4 to 5 movies per dvd, easily with no conversion on alot dvd players. try yours and see Xvid is a much better format
