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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:23 pm Post subject: Converting avi to mp4 |
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| I have an iPhone, but have never put any videos on it. I want to get some software to convert avi to mp4. What is the best program? |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have a PC or mac? |
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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I hear Handbrake is good (Mac and PC) though I haven't played with it much.
I have used Nero Recode which is pretty simple (albeit slow) and it's got an iPhone preset. Other cons are that it's not free, although I'm sure an enterprising power user would have no problems finding a way around that little obstacle of they so desired.
A free alternative is Super Video Encoder. It is free and seems quite fast. The downside is that it has a bit of a learning curve and the interface is not the best and takes a bit of getting used to. However, once again, it's free. |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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i use handbrake on the mac. It's pretty good.
A lot of times though i'll just be lazy and download videos in iphone format. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Assuming you are using a PC and have .net stuff (microsoft stuff) installed, I haven't found anything as dead simple as iPodME. Open it, choose a video file, choose what kind of I-device you are using, convert.
As with other programs, video conversion takes a while. It's 2010! Videos should convert themselves by now! |
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Kryten
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| As with other programs, video conversion takes a while. It's 2010! Videos should convert themselves by now! |
Errm, videos shouldn't have to convert themselves. Apple should support a wider range of formats to play on its devices. But back to reality.. that'll never happen. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Kryten wrote: |
| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| As with other programs, video conversion takes a while. It's 2010! Videos should convert themselves by now! |
Errm, videos shouldn't have to convert themselves. Apple should support a wider range of formats to play on its devices. But back to reality.. that'll never happen. |
I was wondering when someone was going to say this..... 
I honestly don't know why people bother with ipods. Too much hassle. |
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Kryten wrote: |
| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| As with other programs, video conversion takes a while. It's 2010! Videos should convert themselves by now! |
Errm, videos shouldn't have to convert themselves. Apple should support a wider range of formats to play on its devices. But back to reality.. that'll never happen. |
I was wondering when someone was going to say this.....
I honestly don't know why people bother with ipods. Too much hassle. |
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/01/cowon_s9_curve_review-2/
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instance, you want to listen to music, so you click the �Music� icon. Easy! But your music isn�t necessarily there. You actually have to follow a green, animated arrow that leads you to a submenu of subfolders. That�s where you actually find your content. Once you�re within these folders, you can actually skip album to album smoothly (just hitting the track forward button), as the system remembers where your content is and even sets up other virtual folders for organising by genre or year (depending on your meta data information). But why did we mess with this green arrow garbage? If you know where my music is, just skip the maze of clicks and take me to it.
The problems are beyond mere organisation. Following the well-designed home screen, the entire OS is driven by icons that are only identifiable by trial and error. It�s frustrating, and I could never just hand this player to one of my parents to use. |
Sounds like a real pleasure to use. Also, I like how one of the sticky topics over at iAudiophile is "Prevent Bricking your S9! (Win, Linux, Mac)". (Which clearly implies that bricking the S9 happens quite often.) |
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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More on the hassle free Cowon:
Scratches on the "Scratch proof" screen
My iPod Touch has been jangling around my pocket for over 2 years with no scratches.
Possible Artwork Corruption
Artwork corruption that leads to a bricking? I think most people would feel that occasionally encoding a video or just downloading iPod format videos in the first place is a bit less of a hassle than that. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I guess you knew I'm an S9 user..... 
Well, while it's true that the Cowon menu system is a bit convoluted, it's not true that they pick up scratches easily, and I've been using one for 2 years now without a problem.
Check out this video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPOPmkyfZs
If you really think the ipod is the best MP3 player out there then you probably haven't used many MP3 players. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Adam Carolla wrote: |
More on the hassle free Cowon:
Scratches on the "Scratch proof" screen
My iPod Touch has been jangling around my pocket for over 2 years with no scratches.
Possible Artwork Corruption
Artwork corruption that leads to a bricking? I think most people would feel that occasionally encoding a video or just downloading iPod format videos in the first place is a bit less of a hassle than that. |
Haha.....you just went to a Cowon forum and found posts by random users who have had problems with their S9's!
I could go to any forum of any electronic device and find people who have had problems. Easy! You think there's a thing made by man that doesn't break or get damaged!!??
Here's the page from ilounge.com of people who have problems with their ipods...
http://forums.ilounge.com/forumdisplay.php?s=bc4e5b5040e669159d53ab86bbe55389&f=6
ipods break. Cowons break. PC's break. Mac's break. TV's break. .........see a pattern? |
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
I guess you knew I'm an S9 user.....
Well, while it's true that the Cowon menu system is a bit convoluted, it's not true that they pick up scratches easily, and I've been using one for 2 years now without a problem.
Check out this video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPOPmkyfZs
If you really think the ipod is the best MP3 player out there then you probably haven't used many MP3 players. |
My mp3 history:
Cowon CW300.
Cowon X5
Cowon D2
Ipod Touch.
I'd bet, roughly a million bucks, that I have more experience with Cowon products than you have with Apple.
Also, I'd bet you formed your opinion on the iPod when it first came out and there were markedly better products in competition with it and never bothered re-examining that position since.
You see, I was you for years upon years. Until the iPod Touch came out. Once you've used it, nothing else comes close. I sincerely doubt you've used one for any length of time if you think Cowon products are in the same league. It's really not close.
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
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More on the hassle free Cowon:
Scratches on the "Scratch proof" screen
My iPod Touch has been jangling around my pocket for over 2 years with no scratches.
Possible Artwork Corruption
Artwork corruption that leads to a bricking? I think most people would feel that occasionally encoding a video or just downloading iPod format videos in the first place is a bit less of a hassle than that. |
Haha.....you just went to a Cowon forum and found posts by random users who have had problems with their S9's!
I could go to any forum of any electronic device and find people who have had problems. Easy! You think there's a thing made by man that doesn't break or get damaged!!??
Here's the page from ilounge.com of people who have problems with their ipods...
http://forums.ilounge.com/forumdisplay.php?s=bc4e5b5040e669159d53ab86bbe55389&f=6
ipods break. Cowons break. PC's break. Mac's break. TV's break. .........see a pattern? |
Breaking is different from 'bricking.' Obviously electronics break, wear out, get dropped, etc. Bricking an electronic device whose hardware is in perfectly good working condition is a special kind of problem, which fortunately iPods don't seem to have. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Kryten wrote: |
| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| As with other programs, video conversion takes a while. It's 2010! Videos should convert themselves by now! |
Errm, videos shouldn't have to convert themselves. Apple should support a wider range of formats to play on its devices. But back to reality.. that'll never happen. |
Apple DOES support a wide range of formats! The only video formats they don't support are obscure, such as mpg, avi, wma, and pdf. Also, if it weren't for Adobe, apple wouldn't have to worry about this whole thing!
just kidding around... I hope you didn't waste any time trying to figure out what I was going on about.
Happy Saturday! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| Adam Carolla wrote: |
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More on the hassle free Cowon:
Scratches on the "Scratch proof" screen
My iPod Touch has been jangling around my pocket for over 2 years with no scratches.
Possible Artwork Corruption
Artwork corruption that leads to a bricking? I think most people would feel that occasionally encoding a video or just downloading iPod format videos in the first place is a bit less of a hassle than that. |
Haha.....you just went to a Cowon forum and found posts by random users who have had problems with their S9's!
I could go to any forum of any electronic device and find people who have had problems. Easy! You think there's a thing made by man that doesn't break or get damaged!!??
Here's the page from ilounge.com of people who have problems with their ipods...
http://forums.ilounge.com/forumdisplay.php?s=bc4e5b5040e669159d53ab86bbe55389&f=6
ipods break. Cowons break. PC's break. Mac's break. TV's break. .........see a pattern? |
Breaking is different from 'bricking.' Obviously electronics break, wear out, get dropped, etc. Bricking an electronic device whose hardware is in perfectly good working condition is a special kind of problem, which fortunately iPods don't seem to have. |
So you found some users whose S9 has bricked......
Well, guess what! I found some ipod users who seem to have bricks for ipods.......and it would seem they number in the thousands.......unless this guy is lying...oh, and he seems to be a happy S9 user now.
Like thousands of other people who own iPod Classics, their ipods have been rendered useless if they updated to the new (released in September) iTunes 9. I am one of those unfortunate people. I got an 80 gig ipod classic for Christmas two years ago and have been really enjoying it daily since then. And then I made the fatal mistake of updating my iTunes/iPod software, at Apple's suggestion, of course. Immediately after launching iTunes 9 and hooking up the ipod, I got a sync error message, saying the ipod could not be sync'd--I'd get that or iTunes would hang for hours (literally) on "Syncing ipod." I started investigating this online, specifically at Apple's User's Forum, where I myself became a contributor to the massive list of posts by Classic iPod owners whose iPods suffered a similar fate after they upgraded (?) to iTunes 9. One thread, titled "Itunes 9 ipod classic syncing issues--will not sync," had over sixty thousand (60,000) views and thirty pages of threads from people all over the world whose ipod classics were destroyed by iTunes 9. Apple, interestingly, removed this thread a few days ago, even though it had the most views of any thread on their entire site. Some journalist/tech writer should do a story about this. (Anyone interested in helping me file a class-action lawsuit against Apple, please contact me.) Back to my story . . . when I unplugged the ipod from the computer, 50 gigs of music had been deleted, song titles and album art are all scrambled, shuffle play doesn't work anymore, and, worst of all, I can't add ANY new music to the ipod, apparently ever.
If you look at the Apple discussion threads about this on their own users' forum, you will see hundreds of people complaining and saying things like, "I cannot believe Apple won't or cannot fix this! This is driving me crazy. Please help!!" I posted several comments and shared my story, but several of them were quickly removed by Apple's "community host." So they could find the time and resources to edit/delete my emails if they are unflattering to Apple, but they can't fix this problem.
Finally, at Christmas, I gave up. I realized that I wasn't going to be able to use my ipod in the foreseeable future, since Apple refuses to acknowledge and fix this problem. I spent about a week doing research and reading customer and pro reviews and decided on the Cowon s9. For managing my music library, I use the free software called MediaMonkey, which I like but has some kinks the user has to figure out. I reloaded a bunch of cds into MM as FLAC files and transferred them to the Cowown (this was easy to do).
What people are saying about the audio quality of this player is true. I wasn't unhappy with my ipod classic and a pair of fifty-dollar earbuds, but the sound of the Cowon--and the ways you can tweak the sound--blow the ipod out of the pond. This thing sounds incredible. I love that there is a parametric equalizer that allows you to do many of the things you can only do with a pro equalizer. I'm a musician and an audio engineer/producer, so I can create different eqs for different "listeners" that I can then use for different types of music or even different earbuds/headphones. The audio options are mind-boggling and endlessly tweakable.
In my opinion, this is the best-choice music player for an audiophile that I have found that is relatively affordable. The screen quality is also gorgeous and the touchscreen works great. (I recommend downloading the 2.50 version of the firmware before you use it.)
Listening to music I've heard already many times, I am now hearing new sonic details with the Cowon s9: yes, it really is that good and I consider myself an audiophile (to the extent I can afford it!). Comrade, I urge you to drop the fruit of evil (Apple, who has lost a customer for life here) and go with the Cowon s9! Together we can create a better world! Forward we move in musical Solidarity!
http://www.amazon.com/Cowon-Video-Player-Touchscreen-Titanium/product-reviews/B00267A7QC/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Ipods ain't anything special you know. They're just a popular MP3 player. Like the Toyota Corolla is a well-designed and hugely popular car.
They're well designed, I grant you.....all Apple stuff is....but IMO they're hamstrung by itunes and Apple's arrogant reluctance to support commonly used codecs.
Did you know that the ipods and the S9 uses the same chip for audio decoding? |
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