Best Video Converter

mcbg1 · Nov 13th, 2009, 03:16 PM

I'm looking for a good video converter for my Mac that can handle as many formats as possible and give the best quality. I used until now VisualHub but I'm wondering if there's anything better, free or not?

ldphoto · Nov 13th, 2009, 03:31 PM

VisualHub is quite good, and now that it's gone, VideoMonkey picked up from where it left off quite nicely. I use it to transcode files in other formats into mp4 files for AppleTV.

For encoding DVDs (of folders of .VOB files), I have yet to find anything that beats Handbrake.

makuribu · Nov 13th, 2009, 03:35 PM

MPEG Streamclip does a lot of conversions.
It also does editing and joining of segments.
It's free.

harzack86 · Nov 13th, 2009, 05:01 PM

You can also check Handbrake as it does some conversions too.
I heard that the command line 64 bits version is really fast. I'll give it a try soon.

mcbg1 · Nov 14th, 2009, 09:26 PM

I downloaded Video Monkey but it seems it can only concert to Apple formats. The AVI/WMV options are blocked. How come?

MACenstein'sMonster · Nov 16th, 2009, 12:17 PM

Read this article and the comments that follow. There's lots of ideas for conversion software and generally good information:

http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/vid...-apps-for-mac/

I still use Visualhub for basic conversion work. When stuff gets tricky I've used ffmpegX. FfmepX has really helped me with subtitle issues when converting foreign movies but it does a lot of other conversion tasks as well. Not the easiest to use but with a little effort it can be quite useful.

Nov 13th, 2009, 03:16 PM	#1
mcbg1 Full Citizen Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 65	Best Video Converter I'm looking for a good video converter for my Mac that can handle as many formats as possible and give the best quality. I used until now VisualHub but I'm wondering if there's anything better, free or not?

Nov 13th, 2009, 03:31 PM	#2
ldphoto Full Citizen Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Posts: 268	VisualHub is quite good, and now that it's gone, VideoMonkey picked up from where it left off quite nicely. I use it to transcode files in other formats into mp4 files for AppleTV. For encoding DVDs (of folders of .VOB files), I have yet to find anything that beats Handbrake. __________________ 2.8 GHz 8-core Mac Pro 10GB 2.4 GHz 15" Unibody MBP 4GB 1.25 GHz eMac 768MB 1.6 GHz OSX MSI Wind 2GB 32GB iPhone 3G S

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harzack86 Full Citizen Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ottawa Posts: 662	You can also check Handbrake as it does some conversions too. I heard that the command line 64 bits version is really fast. I'll give it a try soon. __________________ iMac 24' Alu 2.8Ghz - Macbook Pro 13" Unibody Owned: G4 iBook, G4 Dual 1GHz MDD (still active), Beige desktop G3, Powermac 6300, LC II iPods: 3rd Gen 20Gb, 4Gb Nano, 32 Gb Touch, 8Gb iPhone 3G

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Nov 13th, 2009, 03:35 PM	#3
makuribu Full Citizen Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 353	MPEG Streamclip does a lot of conversions. It also does editing and joining of segments. It's free.

Nov 14th, 2009, 09:26 PM	#5
mcbg1 Full Citizen Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 65	I downloaded Video Monkey but it seems it can only concert to Apple formats. The AVI/WMV options are blocked. How come?

Nov 16th, 2009, 12:17 PM	#6
MACenstein'sMonster Full Citizen Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Saskadoom Posts: 782	Read this article and the comments that follow. There's lots of ideas for conversion software and generally good information: http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/vid...-apps-for-mac/ I still use Visualhub for basic conversion work. When stuff gets tricky I've used ffmpegX. FfmepX has really helped me with subtitle issues when converting foreign movies but it does a lot of other conversion tasks as well. Not the easiest to use but with a little effort it can be quite useful.