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    Free Video Convertor?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blurb23, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know of any free video converters for OSX?

    Specifically, I'm looking go to for .avi to .mpeg or .mp4. I've seen a couple to convert to iPod formats, but that's not what I'm looking for.
     
    blurb23, Mar 22, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Super! is quite good, and I think its available for OSX.
     
    Greg, Mar 22, 2008
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  3. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    A quick Google search didn't yield me any results. Do you happen to have a link to it, please?
     
    blurb23, Mar 22, 2008
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  4. Jokkon

    Jokkon Notebook Evangelist

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    hello!
    i use isquint
    http://www.isquint.org/
    its free and its pretty good, i have converted .flv, avi, .wmv to mp4
    hope this helps
     
    Jokkon, Mar 22, 2008
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  5. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot.
     
    blurb23, Mar 22, 2008
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  6. Rosemarycane

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    I would also recommend handbrake. Cross-platform and does a great job of converting videos for my iPhone.
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 22, 2008
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  7. thnksfrthmmrs

    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    Super's only for Windows AFAIK. iSquint is good, I also recommend ffmpegX.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Mar 22, 2008
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  8. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    go with isquint for sure.
     
    masterchef341, Mar 22, 2008
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  9. Deifiic

    Deifiic Notebook Guru

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    Deifiic, Mar 23, 2008
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  10. Starlight

    Starlight Notebook Evangelist

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    ffmpegx is also free and should satisfy your needs.

    Also, there's an export function in VLC that can sometimes handle things other applications can't.
     
    Starlight, Mar 23, 2008
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  11. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    iSquint is good, and HandBrake for converting DVDs for iPod formats. Remember, make sure you have the right to watch the videos :).
     
    Sam, Mar 23, 2008
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