Movavi Video Converter Reviewer's Comments
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Movavi accepts most common file inputs and will output to several portable devices. You can also rip movies from DVDs with the help of a integrated encrypter. However, Movavi Video Converter can not convert FLV files downloaded from the Internet.
Perhaps our favorite feature of the Movavi Video Converter is, with the help of an integrated decrypter like DVD43, you can rip DVDs directly from your DVD drive. There is a button clearly labeled on the toolbar to add DVD files. And unlike the other products you are not faced with a list of meaningless VOB files, Movavi Video Converter tells you exactly where the main movie is located and converts the whole movie at once. Unfortunately, when we tested this feature our movie’s video and audio was out of sync. It felt like we were watching a old dubbed foreign film.
Although it supports DVDs, it can not convert VOB files already located on your hard drive.
Movavi Video Converter outputs to common files types including WMV, AVI, MPEG 1 and 2, MOV, FLV and 3GP. Movavi even has options for HD WMV files and video podcasts. For those with less popular media players an AVI or WMV conversion with a resolution adjustment would work just fine.
We found that files converted to MOV QuickTime, is only designed for iPods. You can adjust the resolution size to make the video bigger, but it will be extremely pixilated.
If you feel comfortable adjusting advanced settings you can change video and audio codecs, video and audio bitrates, framerate, sample rate and more. However, for the novice user this could feel intimidating and complicated. We suggest sticking with the default settings.
With Movavi Video Converter you can also capture images of your video like your son sliding into home, or your daughter’s first smile. Images can be saved as BPM, JPEG, GIF or PNG.
We didn’t find anything particularly spectacular about Movavi’s help and support. They include email support, a user guide and FAQ. Unfortunately, it took Movavi several days to return our email inquiry and we had to download the help files, most of which the index section didn’t work. However, the overall in-program help guide answered most of our questions and the program is so easy to use, it’s likely you’ll never have to use the help.
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