In my experience WinX video converters work extremely well, & in fact using today's GOTD, the biggest obstacle to watching video on your cell is likely going to be courtesy of your cell phone carrier -- Verizon for example would like you to buy all content, ring-tones etc from them, & to encourage this they don't make using your own media easy.

That said, while the WinX Cell Phone Video Converter is a limited version of their full product, output frame size is not limited, & you have your choice of mp4 or H264 [AVC] video + mp3 or AAC audio... since those are often the preferred formats for small-framed video, it could be useful for lots of folks -- not just those who want to watch video on their cell.

WinX Cell Phone Video Converter itself takes up ~29MB on your hard drive, & like other WinX converters I've tried is self contained -- running it with monitoring software in the background, it didn't mess with Windows or Windows' registry. With no registration key given or needed, today's GOTD should work nicely as a portable app. Sharing the same GUI design as other WinX converters, using this cell phone version is easy -- once you open a video file to convert, you're shown a play list with the video & audio choices [if there's more than 1 audio track]. To the left of this list is a preview window, with 2 black squares at either end of what looks like a conventional video progress bar -- drag either square towards the center to set the in/out points, trimming your video if or as desired. Then you select a tab for output type or device, select a profile, & optionally make selections from several drop-down menus where you can control bit rate [quality vs. file size], fps, format, frame size etc.

To use the WinX Cell Phone Video Converter with DVD video, I think it's easiest to 1st use the free, DVD Shrink -- copy the DVD to a folder on your hard drive ***after you un-check splitting VOB files in preferences***. This gives you 1, big VOB file [rather than several] in the VIDEO_TS folder that you can easily open in the converter. You should also have Shrink set for DVD9/dual layer so it doesn't re-compress the video -- this sort of direct copy from one place to another should only take a couple of minutes. Blu Ray & AVCHD formats have a .m2ts file you'll find under ...BDMV\STREAM\. Please keep in mind that HD files can be huge, & processing all that data can take a [sometimes very] long time with no visible benefit if/when you're converting to small frame sizes. Of course DVD & Blu Ray discs you buy are likely copy protected, so no converter will work with them as-is.

To use today's WinX converter with other types of video input is just as easy, but in some cases you'll still need to visit a site like videohelp.com... digital broadcast, satellite, & cable streams, while often easy to record, can *package* the audio/video in a way that makes it hard to get at the actual audio/video content.

mike  –  14 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+33)

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There will be no game giveaway again this week, but I have tried to post a good selection of freeware and abandonware games over the last week in the forums that should keep most gamers happy for a while. Check out week 86 and 87 (next weeks games) with titles like, Air Aggression (shooting game), Extreme Warfare Revenge (a text based wrestling sim), Ben Jordans Paranormal investigations (a series of seven point & click adventures), plus some more point & click adventures such as Cirque de Zale, Cosmo Quest I, II & III, Escape from Chaotic City and Eternally Us, and Biohexx 2 : The Bacteria Invasion (board game), plus three versions of a physics based flash game called Ragdoll Cannon (ideal for those odd moments you’re stuck for what to do). Torque an abstract arena shooter and Modern War 2: Red Star a manic shooter. Havarie a submarine puzzle simulator, Nexuis an unreal tournament like shooter, D-Day Normandy a decent FPS game, another Submarine simulation called Danger from the Deep and an couple of old school car games that caused a stir when they were released over 10 years ago called Carmageddon I & II plus I’ll be posting more games over the weekend.

You’ll find all the games via the following link:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/forum/17

Whiterabbit-uk  –  14 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+31)

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PROS:
* Successful download, installation, activation, registration on Vista x32 OS.
* Registration of program was automatic - no need to enter codes into fields.
* registration information shows up in "About" section of program.
* Supports video conversions for: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, 3GP, MP4, Music.
* Clear, simple, step-by-step instructions listed on Main Screen.
* Allows user to set location of output folder for converted videos.
* Provides preview screen for user to view video during conversion process.
* Supports multiple/batch video conversions simultaneously.
* Displays start and end times of video-conversion durations.
* Simple, easy-to-understand, easy-to-navigate User Interface.
* Very easy program operation - i.e., very low learning curve.
* quality of converted videos equals quality of original videos.
* tech-support contact information located within program.

CONS:
* program window cannot be re-sized.
* name of converted video-output file is fixed (no way for user to designate/change file name.)

FREEWARE OPTIONS:

HandBrake
Super
Format Factory

Inas  –  14 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+30)

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Message from the Developer:

Digiarty Software also provided their Mac DVD Ripper for free as an exclusive offer for GOTD users. Its original price is $39.95 but now you can download it without any fee. Seize the chance to download. It allows you to make perfect backup of your DVD movies to hard drive and rip your DVD movies on Mac OS to iTunes, MOV, MP4, FLV, AVI, etc. With it, you can also transfer your DVD files to iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple-TV, PSP and much more.

More information about this DVD Ripper for Mac can be found at:
http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac/

How to get the full version of Mac DVD Ripper for free:
1. Go to the promotion page http://www.winxdvd.com/specialoffer/
2. On the right column of the promotion page, you will find the download link and license code.
3. Download it and register with the license code listed on that page.
4. Any questions regarding the promotion, please contact contact@winxdvd.com.

Giveaway of the Day project team  –  14 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+28)

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Installed fine on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. This has a very pleasing interface. You can choose from the standard output configurations or configure the output manually. All these settings appear in the main window and are laid out in a very simple format.

Given that this supports 3GP and total control over output, this converter should work with all major cell phones that support video playback.

Actual conversion is smooth and produces excellent results. If your video output has an audio synch problem, there is a built-in synch technology and while I didn't have any synch problem with my test file, there is always a potential for this kind of problem with certain media. This is a nice touch.

In all, I find this software very capable and easy to use... the best I've seen. Thus I highly recommend it and give it 2 thumbs up.

As to price, if you rarely use cell phone video perhaps you would opt for a free alternative. But, quite honestly, $19.95 is a reasonable price and with this being as easy to use as it is, it just might get you into cell phone video much more.

Not only is this a keeper for me, it is also a software I will purchase in the near future. Thank you GAOTD and Digiarty Software!

Paul  –  14 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+8)

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