Popular video formats Introduction

*. MPEG

Motion Picture Experts Group MPEG is an abbreviation. Such formats include MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, including a variety of video formats. MPEG-1 is believed to have the most contact with us, because now it is being widely used in the production of VCD and some video clips to download the network application above, most of the VCD format is compressed with MPEG1MP4 to dvd converter mac (burning software automatically MPEG1 conversion. DAT format), use MPEG-1 compression algorithm, you can put a 120-minute long film compressed to about 1.2 GB size. MPEG-2 is used in DVD production, while the number of HDTV (high definition television) and a number of demanding video editing, processing the above there are a considerable number of applications. Using the MPEG-2 compression algorithm compression of a 120-minute long film can be compressed to 5-8 GB in size (MPEG2 image quality MPEG-1 and its incomparable). MP4 Converter

*. AVI

 AVI, Audio Video Interleaved (Audio Video Interleaved) abbreviation. This AVI video format released by Microsoft in the video field has been in existence for a few years. AVI format called convenience, image quality is good, but the drawback is the file size too large AVI to DVD Converter Mac

*. RA / RM / RAM

 *. RM, Real Networks to develop the company’s audio / video compression specification in a Real Media, Real Player can do is to use Internet resources for these technical specifications meet the Real Media audio / video live. The Real Media file specification includes three types: RealAudio, Real Video and Real Flash (Real Networks and Macromedia, the company launch a new generation of high compression ratio animation format). REAL VIDEO (RA, RAM) format from the start position is in terms of video streaming applications, it can be said that the originators of the video streaming technology. It can dial with 56K MODEM conditions to achieve uninterrupted video playback, but its image quality than VCD or worse, if you looked at the RM can compress the discs in stark contrast to out.MP3 Converter

How to rip Blu-ray movies to MP4 video

How to rip Blu-ray discs to MP4 format? We highly suggest you to try 4Media Blu-ray Ripper. The Blu-ray ripping software is specialized in ripping Blu-ray discs to popular video formats including most HD and SD videos. Ripping Blu-ray to MP4 format can be easily done with it. And next I will you show you how to rip Blu-ray to MP4 format using 4Media Blu-ray Ripper.

How rip Blu-ray discs to MP4 format step by step?

Step1. Load the Blu-ray disc

Click Add Blu Ray Folder button, select a disc in the dialog box that opens, and load it. The Loaded disc information will be showed in the file list.

Step2. Select the output format as “MPEG-4 video”

Choose one or more files in the file list, and open Profile drop-down list, then select “MPEG-4 video(*.mp4)” in the common category.

And the Blu-ray ripper enables you to customize the output files furthermore: you can set the output format parameters yourself including “Video Quality”, “Audio Quality”, “Output filename” and more in right General and Advance tab.

Step3. Click “Convert” to start the Blu-ray to MP4 converting

After all the settings, check the files needed to convert in the file list, and click Convert Checked Item(s) button at the right bottom to start converting the files.. When the conversion finished, the “completed” status will show as below. Then you can directly click Open button to check the converted files.

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How to convert MKV video files to MP4

Matroska (MKV) is similar in conception to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only. The most common use of .MKV files is to store HD video files.

How to convert MKV to MP4 format? 4Media MP4 Converter for Windows, professional MP4  converter, can help you easily and fast convert MKV files to MP4 format with high quality reserved. This guide will show you how to convert MKV to MP4 step by step with this MP4 converter.

Launch the MP4 converter, then let’s start the MKV to MP4 conversion.

Step 1: Add the MKV files

Click the “Add” button to add your prepared MKV file, and you can add several files to convert in one time.

Step 2: Set output format as MP4

Open the profile drop down list, and set the output format as MP4 Video (*.mp4) or choose a particular MP4 format for your player: Apple TV, Archos, Creative Zen, iPhone, iPod Touch, iRiver, PS3 and PSP.

And you can set the destination folder yourself: click “Browse” button to change the default destination. And to get customized MP4 videos, in the right setting panel you can set video size, video quality, audio quality, channels (mono or stereo).

Step 3: Start the MKV to MP4 conversion

Click the green “convert” button to start converting the checked MKV video files.

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How to convert video files to iPhone movie on a Mac computer

More and more people tend to watch their favorite videos on their iPhone/iPhone 3G. They can download videos supported by Apple iPhone from websites, but most of time these websites ask for fees. Dollars added up are really big cost. Good news is that iPhone users can download free video in other formats except MP4 from a host of free websites, like YouTube, Google, and then use 4Media iPhone Video Converter for Mac to convert videos to iPhone. It is as easy as one-two-three-four steps. Just follow the guide below to get what you want.

Before we start, please ensure you have installed 4Media iPhone Video Converter and get the videos prepared. iPhone users can find a wide range of videos on YouTube, Google, MSN and almost all popular video sites. The Mac iPhone converter supports most popular video formats to convert.

AVI to iPhone MP4	MPEG to iPhone MP4	WMV to iPhone MP4
MP4 to iPhone MP4	MPEG-2 to iPhone MP4	MPEG-4 to iPhone MP4
MOV to iPhone MP4	M4V to iPhone MP4	VOB to iPhone MP4
ASF to iPhone MP4	3GP to iPhone MP4	3G2 to iPhone MP4
QT to iPhone MP4	YUV to iPhone MP4	DAT to iPhone MP4

How to convert video files to Apple iPhone MP4?

Step one: Add video.

Double click the program icon to launch 4Media iPhone Video Converter for Mac. Click button “Add” to add video files you want to convert. By the way, besides video files, the iPhone converter also allows you convert audio files in other formats to iPhone MP3 or M4A.

Tip: After selecting a video file, you can have a preview of the file on the right bottom preview window. And also if you just like a certain part in the video, you can set Start/End of the output files and edit in the Trim pop-up window by clicking “Trim” button.

Step two: Choose output format

In “Profile” drop-down menu, you may select output format.

After selecting certain output format, you can choose “General” tab on the right top which will show its general standard. You may set “Video Quality”, “Audio Quality”, “Output filename” by clicking “General” button on the right of the interface. If you’re professional user, you can choose “Advance” tab on the right column which will show its advanced standard. You may set “Start Time”, “Video Size”, “Bit rate” by clicking certain settings.

Step three: Complete conversion.

Finally, click “Convert” button on the top of the main interface to start converting. And after a successful conversion, the info “Completed” will show.

Have got it? It’s a easy job using 4Media iPhone Video Converter for Mac! After getting the iPhone videos, you can use iTunes to export it to your iPhone and enjoy watching it then.

How to copy a DVD on a Mac computer

It’s really annoying that due to day-to-day use your favorite movie DVD is scratched by friends, children, or yourself. Why don’t you make a copy of them? Then you could just use the backups and treasure up the original ones. When you want to backup a DVD with your Macintosh, you need a Mac DVD copy application. There are 3 steps of a general DVD Copy process:

1. Extracting the DVD to your computer (Reading)

2. Compressing the movie so it will fit on a DVD (Transcoding)

3. Burn the movie to a DVD (Burning)

4Media DVD Copy for Mac makes it easy to copy any DVD to a new disc, ISO file or DVD folder with high quality. You just need to insert the DVD you want to copy and 4Media DVD copy will lead you to finish the following process. You can also burn ISO file or DVD folder to DVD disc. The DVD copy Mac software can copy DVD-5 (4.7GB disc) to DVD-5, copy DVD-9 (Dual layer 8.5GB disc) to DVD-9 in 1:1 ratio and also compress DVD-9 to DVD-5. And here is the step-by-step guide to show you how to copy DVD to a new disc, DVD folder or ISO file and to burn DVD folder or ISO file to DVD. Surely, you should download, install and launch 4Media DVD copy for Mac firstly and make sure the DVD you want to copy (source DVD) and a new DVD disc (target DVD) are at hand.

How to copy a DVD on a Mac Computer

Step 1: After inserting the DVD you want to DVD backup into your Mac computer, click and choose to open DVD folder in the “Source” box to select your DVD disc.

Step 2: Click to select the DVD±ROM Drive in the “Target” box.

Step 3: Choose the DVD copy mode: If you want to copy main movie only, click “Main Movie Mode” button to get the main movie. Otherwise, select “Full Movie Mode” if you want to copy entire movie.

Step 4: Setting (optional)

Click the triangle on the right of the interface to expand the “Setting” panel, and select the “Temporary File Folder” to save. It’s just used to store the temporary files for DVD copy and will be cleared after DVD backup finished.

“Audio” and “Subtitle” mean that you can select all, none or part of them to copy into the target DVD.

If you want the DVD copy to contain DVD menu, check “Include Menu”. Meanwhile, checking “Skip Menu” means that the player will skip menu when playing copied DVD.

Step 5: After finishing all these, click the large round button at the bottom right. Choose the type of the target disc (the new disc you prepared) in the “Size” dialog box that appears.

Click “OK”, then the software starts the first process “Reading” and will copy the read content to temporary file folder.

Step 6: When the “Reading” process is done, the DVD-ROM ejects the source DVD automatically. Then the “Waiting for disc” dialog box appears, as shown below.

Insert an empty DVD disc, the target DVD disc, and click “Retry” to continue.

Tip: If the disc is not an empty one, it will remind you of erasing or not.

Step 7: After finishing all these, the software begins to copy.

After copying is over, the pop-up dialog box will remind you of exiting or copying another new disc.

The steps mentioned above are a whole DVD-to-DVD process. If there’s no empty disc at hand, just change the target to save as DVD folder or ISO file on your Mac for access next time. That is DVD to DVD folder/ISO file process. And further more, you can burn a DVD folder or ISO file to a DVD disc if you want using 4Media DVD Copy for Mac effortlessly.

How to convert video files to PS3/PSP MP4

4Media PS3 Video Converter (Free Download | Buy) supports all popular video formats and converts them to the formats which PS3 and PSP use. It can convert all popular video formats such as XviD, AVI, DivX, WMV, MPEG, MOV, etc. to a video format that can be played on PlayStation 3 and PSP video game system.
The PS3 video converter supports H.264/MPEG-4 Video Format and H.264/PSP AVC Video Format. These formats are widely adopted which represent pretty better quality of video.

Let’s have a check what input files are supported with the PS3/PSP video converter:

AVI to PS3 MPEG-4	MPEG to PS3 MPEG-4	WMV to PS3 MPEG-4
MP4 to PS3 MPEG-4	FLV to PS3 MPEG-4	MKV to PS3 MPEG-4
H.264/MPEG-4 to PS3 MPEG-4	DivX to PS3 MPEG-4	XviD to PS3 MPEG-4
MOV to PS3 MPEG-4	RM to PS3 MPEG-4	RMVB to PS3 MPEG-4
M4V to PS3 MPEG-4	VOB to PS3 MPEG-4	ASF to PS3 MPEG-4
3GP to PS3 MPEG-4	3G2 to PS3 MPEG-4	SWF to PS3 MPEG-4
H.261 to PS3 MPEG-4	H.264 to PS3 MPEG-4	DV to PS3 MPEG-4
DIF to PS3 MPEG-4	MJPG to PS3 MPEG-4	MJPEG to PS3 MPEG-4
DVR-MS to PS3 MPEG-4	NUT to PS3 MPEG-4	QT to PS3 MPEG-4
YUV to PS3 MPEG-4	DAT to PS3 MPEG-4	MPV to PS3 MPEG-4
NSV to PS3 MPEG-4	AVCHD Video to PS3 MPEG-4	H.264/MPEG-4 AVC to PS3 MPEG-4
MPEG-2 HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4	MPEG-4 TS HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4	MPEG-2 TS HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4
Quick Time HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4	WMV HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4	Audio-Video Interleaved HD Video to PS3 MPEG-4

How to convert these video files using 4Media PS3 Video Converter (Free Download | Buy)? The following will show you a step by step guide to complete the conversion task.

Step 1: Add the file(s) that you want to put on your PS3/PSP

Click “Add File” button on the toolbar or “File > Add File” to load files. You can convert videos in AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD and more formats to PS3 or PSP video.

Step 2: Choose the output format you want

Choose the file, click “Profile” drop-down button to choose the formats you need, then click “Browse” button to choose destination folder for saving output files. In the drop-down list, you can choose the output video and audio format for you PS3, PSP. 480P, 720P and High-Definition 1080 P PS3 MPEG-4 video formats are available.

Tip: Click “Snapshot” button on main interface to take a snapshot when playing the video and save them as common picture formats like BMP, JPEG, GIF, and PNG.

Step 3: Just start the video to PS3/PSP converting

After choosing the format, you only need to click “Convert” button on the toolbar to complete the task.

As all-in-one PS3/PSP video converter software, 4Media PS3 Video Converter (Free Download | Buy) can both convert video to PS3 video formats as MP4, MPEG-4/AVC and extract audio from video to MP3, AAC, and WMA with high quality. In addition, various output files as definition 480p, 720p and 1080p are available in the best PlayStation 3 converter. You can feel the real HD video now using 4Media PS3 video converter.

How to rip DVD movies on Mac OS

Want to rip DVD movies on Mac OS? Want to rip DVD movies for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, MP4 Player, etc? 4Media DVD Ripper for Mac is a great DVD ripper and DVD decoder for Mac OS users who want to rip their DVD to almost all regular video formats (AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4, 3GP, FLV, H264, M4V, etc) for most popular mobile devices including iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen, and other MP4 and MP3 players.). It offers complete options to select DVD audio track and subtitle, trim DVD movie, and set video parameters and so on.

The devices that 4Media DVD ripper supports:

DVD to iPod	DVD to iPod nano	DVD to iPod classic
DVD to iPod touch	DVD to iPhone	DVD to iPhone 3G
DVD to Apple TV	DVD to PSP	DVD to PS3
DVD to moblie phone	DVD to BlackBerry	DVD to Archos
DVD to iRiver	DVD to Pocket PC	DVD to Dell Axim X51
DVD to HP iPaq hw6500 series

The output formats that 4Media DVD ripper supports:

DVD to AVI	DVD to MPEG	DVD to WMV
DVD to MP4	DVD to FLV	DVD to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
DVD to DivX	DVD to XviD	DVD to MOV
DVD to RM	DVD to ASF	DVD to MPEG-1
DVD to MPEG-2	DVD to MPEG-4	DVD to 3GP
DVD to Super Video CD Format	DVD to Video CD Format	DVD to VOB MPEG2 PS Format
DVD to MP3	DVD to WMA	DVD to AAC
DVD to WAV	DVD to OGG	DVD to RA
DVD to M4A	DVD to AC3	DVD to MP2
DVD to AMR	DVD to SUN AU Format	DVD to BMP
DVD to GIF	DVD to JPEG	DVD to PNG

It is easy to rip DVD’s using 4Media DVD Ripper for Mac, the best DVD ripper and DVD decoder on Mac OS. You can rip your DVDs according to these steps below:

Step1: Import DVD Movies 4Media DVD Ripper for Mac is able to rip regular DVD movie discs. Besides, this DVD ripper and DVD decoder is able to rip the following two kind of DVD movies.

1. A DVD folder, sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like “Video_ts” “audio_ts” folders. You can load it by clicking the “load DVD folders” button.

2. A DVD ISO image, you can mount the ISO file in your virtual DVD emulator, say Daemon Tools, and then load the DVD movie in 4Media DVD Ripper.

After the movie is loaded, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.

Step 2: Output Settings

After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:

1. Select an output format from the format drop-down list according to the device you want to put the video on.

The DVD ripper can be used as DVD to iPod converter, DVD to iPhone converter, DVD to Apple TV converter if your need. Just choose the prepared format from the list.

2. Set the video and audio parameters in the general and advanced setting panels.

3. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and click the “Browse” button to choose the path where you want to save the output files or just keep the default path.

Step 3: Start converting Then click the Convert button to start the conversion. When the conversion is completed, you can click the “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to browse the output files.

4Media DVD Ripper for Mac, the best DVD ripper and DVD decoder, enables you to get quality video files from the DVD movie.

How to Convert MP4, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, AVI to iPod?

This guide will show you the basic steps how to convert a video to iPod, including AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, QT (QuickTime), or VOB to iPod video format with 4Media MP4 converter.

Step 1 – Download 4Media MP4 converter
Click here to download 4Media MP4 converter, and double click the downloaded “m-mp4-converter-standard.exe” file to install it.

Step 2 – Launch 4Media MP4 converter
Double click the “4Media MP4 converter” icon on your desktop to run it.

Step 3 – Load video file(s)
Click “Add files” button on the top of the main window to select video file(s) you would to convert to MP3, they can be AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, QT (QuickTime) or VOB format.

Step 4 – Start converting
The default output format is “MP4 – MPEG_4 Video (*.mp4), and all the parameters are optimized. You can select the output format from the “Profile” drop-down list, Click “Convert” button on the top of the main interface to start converting. After you click “Convert” button, you would be prompted by a window that allows you to select the output format, change the video quality of output video and the output directory. Please select “iPod MPEG-4 Video (320×240, 4:3)” or “iPod MPEG-4 Video (320×180, 16:9)” item as the output format, then, click “Convert” button on the top of the main interface to start converting.

Step 5 – Find your converted iPod video file(s)
After converting, you can open the output folder to check the MP4 files. Just drag them into your iTunes library, or drag them into your iPod directly.

>How to Convert MP4, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, AVI to PSP?

This guide will show you the basic steps how to convert a video to MP4 format, including VOB, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, MOD, QT (QuickTime), or AVI to MP4 video format with 4Media MP4 converter.

Step 1 – Download 4Media MP4 converter
Click here to download 4Media MP4 converter, and double click the downloaded “m-mp4-converter-standard.exe” file to install it.

Step 2 – Launch 4Media MP4 converter
Double click the “4Media MP4 converter” icon on your desktop to run it.

Step 3 – Load video file(s)
Click “Add files” button on the top of the main window to select video file(s) you would to convert to MP3, they can be AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, QT (QuickTime) or VOB format.

Step 4 – Start converting
The default output format is “MP4 – MPEG_4 Video (*.mp4), and all the parameters are optimized. You can select the output format, change the video quality of output video and the output directory. Please select “PSP MPEG-4 Video (368×208)” or “PSP AVC Video (368×208)” item as the output format, then, click “Convert” button on the top of the main interface to start converting.

Step 5 – Find your converted PSP video file(s)
After converting, you can open the output folder to check the MP4 files. Then copy the converted MP4 video(s) into your PSP.

How to Convert MP4, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, AVI to MP4?

This guide will show you the basic steps how to convert a video to MP4 format, including VOB, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, MOD, QT (QuickTime), or AVI to MP4 video format with 4Media MP4 converter.

Step 1 – Download 4Media MP4 converter
Click here to download 4Media MP4 converter, and double click the downloaded “m-mp4-converter-standard.exe” file to install it.

Step 2 – Launch 4Media MP4 converter
Double click the “4Media MP4 converter” icon on your desktop to run it.

 

Step 3 – Load video file(s)
Click “Add files” button on the top of the main window to select video file(s) you would to convert to MP3, they can be AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, QT (QuickTime) or VOB format.

Step 4 – Start converting
The default output format is “MP4 – MPEG_4 Video (*.mp4), and all the parameters are optimized. You can select the output format, change the video quality of output video and the output directory. Please select “MP4 MPEG-4 Video (*.MP4)” or “MP4 MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.MP4)” item as the output format, then, click “Convert” button on the top of the main interface to start converting.

Step 5 – Find your converted video file(s)
After converting, you can open the output folder to check the MP4 files. Then copy the converted MP4 video(s) into your MP4 player.