[Wine] How to Convert Video to Any Video Formats

Wed Apr 15 01:22:02 CDT 2009

Many people want to enjoy video on their Sansa, iPod MP4, iPhone, Walkman,Creative Zen, PSP. But they often have difficulties in this process because their portable devices usually only support several simple video formats.

Now all is gone. With the release of Tipard Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/video-converter.html) and MKV Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/mkv-video-converter.html), All people can convert video to video supported by iPod, iPhone, Zune. Sansa, Creative Zen, PSP, etc.

This guide shows how to use the professional programs above.

It includes two parts:

Part 1: How to convert video to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP 
Part 2: How to convert MKV to AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, FLV, etc 

Part 1: How to convert video to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP

Step 0: Download and install Tipard Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/download/video-converter.exe)
Step 1.Click the "Add File" button to load video file.

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/import.jpg ]

Step 2. Video setting
Select the output video formats you want from the drop-down list of profile
Note: 
By cicking the "Setting" button, you can set the video parameters and audio tract.
step 3.Click the "Start" button to start conversion. It is very fast and in a short while your conversion will be finished.

Tips
1: Snapshot
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and then click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.
2: Merge
If you want to merge several videos into one file you can choose them and click the “Merge into one file” to do it.
3: Trim
If you just want converter a clip of your video, then you can use the "Trim" icon to set the Start time and End time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position. 

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/trim.jpg ]

5 Crop
By using the “Crop” function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust your video to your Google Phone. 

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/crop.jpg ]

Part 2: How to convert MKV to AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, FLV, etc 

Step 0: Install and run Tipard  MKV Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/download/mkv-video-converter.exe)

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/mkv-video-converter.jpg ]

Step 1:  Add files
Click “Add File” to add your video files.
Step 2: Set output video format
Click “Profile” button from the drop-down list to select the output video format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and WMV. You can click the “Settings” button to set parameters of your output video such as Frame Rate, Bitrate to get the best video quality as you want.

Step 3: Click the “Start” button to start the conversion.

Tips:

1. Trim any segment
There are 3 ways that you can trim your video.
a.You can drag the button to set the start and end time
b.You can preview the video first and when you want to start trim click the left one of the pair button when you want to end click the right one.
c.You can set the exact start and end time on the left side of the trim window.

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/video-trim.jpg ]

2. Crop any play region
There are 3 ways that you can crop your video.
a.We provide 7 modes on our “Crop Mode”
b.You can set your own mode on the left side of the crop window
c.You can drag frame to set your own crop mode

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/video-crop.jpg ]

3. Snapshot and merge into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. 
If you want to make several files output as one you can choose “Merge into one file”.