Video converters are an important piece of tool to have. Now days there are so many handheld devices available in the market. Each of those devices supports different types of video formats. Some of them support the new version of the video format only; some of them support only the old ones. Some devices play only a handful of formats. iPhone is a good example for that. It only supports QuickTime and MPEG-4 video formats which mean MOV, MP4 and M4V formats only.
SO, it is kind of important to have a video converter near at hand. But usually video converting presents some problems that are non-negligible. For example, many video converters convert the video fine but heavily lower the video quality. Some of them maintain the quality but the video becomes darker. Sometimes bit-rate is changed. Often a problem occurs that the said output format is not what the converter actually provided. For example, suppose you want to convert WMV to MP4. The converter can convert WMV to MP4 video just fine. You will get the output video file with the MP4 extension as well but you wont be able to play it. The reason is simple. The converter cannot actually convert to MP4, it just says it can.
If you are a Mac user then you are in a bit of a narrow pathway. Mac users are a small percentage of the total computer using population. So it is a bit hard to find a good converter for Mac. For Windows users there are a lot of converters out there. Some are fake, some are original, and some are really good. Some of them are freeware. For example, Kigo Video Converter is a freeware. The last version release was 1.1.0. It is an easy to use tool. It has a good interface. It shows the videos queued to be converted. A small basic player is used for previewing the video. A drop down menu provides you with a list of video format options as output. You can change video size, bit-rate, audio bit-rate, codec etc. Following formats are supported by this player: FLV, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, M2TS, MPEG TS/TP (for HD Video) and M4V. The problem with this converter is it does not support many formats and it is for Windows users only. If you are using a Mac then you have to find something suitable with the Mac.
Wondershares Video Converter for Mac is a powerful yet easy to use converter. It supports a wide selection of video formats. You can convert to and from them. If you are in need of converting WMV to MP4, it wont just show to you that it is converting the video to MP4 but it will actually convert the format. It supports batch conversion. You can convert multiple video files at once. It is fast to save your quality time. It also lets you edit your videos primarily. A live preview will let you determine the best video effect.
You can give it a try first to see if you can work with it. There is no reason not to. It is available at the following address both for trial or purchase: http://www.applemacvideo.com/howtoconvert/wmvmac/wmv-to-mp4-mac.html You can also find links to the converters detail specification on that page.
