In what format do you convert video?

Converting a video or, more simply, translatingvideo files from one format to another require two cases: when the file takes up too much disk space or when the original format is not readable by the video players installed on the computer. There are several convenient video formats, and now we will tell you which format to convert the video in this or that case.

Features of Conversions

Here, of course, the mainoutgoing file format, and the ability to compress, that is, reducing the file size. And it is very important that with such a reduction there is no significant loss of video quality. It happens that for those who need to convert something - the video format is decisive, most of all, from the point of view of preserving the quality of the recording. All these tasks allow solving the formats described below.

Format .avi

Practice shows that the most readable format for all video players is format ^*avi. Translate the video into this format, you can almost without affecting the quality of the file, but the format ^*avi has one significant drawback - the file size ^*avi can not exceed 2 GB. Therefore, too large files when converted to ^*avi you have to split into several parts, even if in the converter program you choose not too high quality when converting video to another format.

Formats .m-jpeg and .mpeg-2

Convert to popular format ^*m-jpeg is required when you need to convert a video from some rare, illegible format with full preservation of image quality. Files ^*m-jpeg is ideal for those users,which are not used to save disk space, and for which the priority is to preserve the quality of the file, because these files take up to 50 GB or more on the disk, and 50 GB, while the video lasts no more than an hour. Regarding the format ^*mpeg-2, then it is best used forvideo conversion, which has a large frame size and high frame rate (or video bitrate). This format is used mainly to create DVDs with high quality video. With the question, in what format to convert the video, we figured out, now let's talk about converter programs.

Software for converting video

There are many such programs,soul free program Format Factory. This wonderful universal program is ideal for translating from one format to another video, audio and graphic files. It is, moreover, very easy to use. After downloading and installing, select the desired section (video, audio, photo) from the menu on the left and click on the desired file format that you want to get at the output (for example, "All in AVI"). Next, in the opened window click on "File", find the desired file, click on it, and it appears in the window processing. Using the "Configure" button, we select the quality of the finished file in the new format. From the bottom, you can select the folder where you want to place the processed file. Then click on the upper right "OK" and go to the general menu. All that is left for us is to click on the green triangle where the "Start" is written and wait for the end of the process of the conversion.