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Five free video converters for your iPod

By Kelvin Low
May 15, 2009

Anyone who owns an iPod or iPhone will soon realize that iTunes has very basic video import capabilities, and is limited only to QuickTime or MPEG-4 formats. With a plethora of video formats in use today, it can be confusing and frustrating to import them into iTunes. This applies for other video-compatible media players in the market today. Some of these software provide video-editing controls that allow a certain level of video tweaking.

Any Video Converter Free Version


Direct YouTube video download.
The good: Clean and simple interface; direct YouTube video download and conversion; user-customizable profiles.

The bad: No DVD ripping support; beginners may find it difficult to know what format to convert to; advertisement popup for pro version upgrade after converting.

The bottom line: Any Video Converter is a good all-in-one video-converting tool with a simple interface. Plus, it features the direct download from YouTube feature, making it suitable for regular YouTube visitors.

File formats supported: avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, vob.


XMedia Recode






A comprehensive device profile library.
The good: Large profile library for portable media players; adequate settings for advanced users; decent video-editing features; support for encoding job queue.

The bad: Some setting profiles are out of device's actual specifications; no support for video joining; video has to be played to preview the crop effects; program's default startup language is in German.

The bottom line: XMedia Recode bundles a good set of video-converting tools with basic video-editing features. While it is let down by the spartan user interface, there is enough features to keep advanced users happy.

File formats supported: avi, asf, mov, flv, mkv, mpg, ogg, 3gp, m4v, swf, vob, wmv.

Editors' note:

This guide aims to simply provide information for people looking to convert their own videos to iTunes-compatible formats. CNET Asia shall not be held responsible for the misuse of information/software contained within this guide, loss or damage of data or profits arising from user of the software mentioned.

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