If you were lucky enough to receive a new portable player or cell phone this holiday season, chances are it has video capability. So just how do you transfer movies, TV shows and home video clips to it?
With Creator 9, of course! Creator 9 includes a universal video converter that translates between all standard formats, including MPEG1 (Video CD), MPEG2 (DVD), MPEG4 (Video iPod), MPEG HD, MPEG Transport Streams, 3GP (cell phone), DivX, WMV, MOV (QuickTime), TiVo, and Media Center PC TV recordings. So you can convert pretty much anything to the portable format used by your device. Presets for popular players like the iPod and PSP take the guesswork out of format settings. You can even batch convert a whole folder full of video files at once.
To start, click the Video tab in the main Creator window, and choose Convert Video to open the DVD Copy and Conversion module. Click the Add Movies button to make a list of all the video files you'd like to convert, then choose the appropriate output format (such as 3GP for your cell phone) and location. You can send video directly to supported portable devices if they’re attached. Be sure to save your export options as a template, so you can use it every time you send video to your device.
Hot Tip: Want to put a YouTube video on your iPod? You can’t download videos directly from YouTube or most other streaming sites, but some cool free software is out there to help. Just drop a link into KeepVid.com or Javimoya.com, and they will record it for you, or install the Firefox extension.