14 DAY TRIAL // Users of Macvide's useful conversion utility for Mac OS X, iPod Converter, should be glad to learn that the company has just updated the software to version 2.4. The release is a maintenance update, which existing users are encouraged to download and install.
Macvide iPod Converter can convert video and audio files such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, VOB, DivX, XviD, AAC, AC3, MP3, etc. to formats supported by the iPod, including the MP4 format. With this fast and versatile application, you can convert video to MP4 for playback on all recent generations of the iPod or other portable MP4 players, iPhone and Apple TV. The user can set different settings for his / her video files, such as cropping video areas, altering the bit rate, frame rate, and even video resolution, but also choosing the exact video footage he / she wants.
Main features of Macvide's iPod converter include support for all popular Video formats (AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, ASF, DivX, etc.); the ability to convert video to MP4 for multiple players (convert video to MP4 on Mac OS for playback on multiple players including iPod, iPhone, PSP and Apple TV, Creative Zen, Archos, etc.); the ability to crop videos (crop your video area to remove the black video sides) and powerful video/audio output settings, such as setting video resolution, video frame rate, video bit rate and audio bit rate.
Registered users can upgrade to the new version of Macvide iPod Converter for free. iPod Converter costs US$29.95 for new users. The demo / unregistered version of Macvide iPod Converter is fully functional and you can use it for free, for an unlimited period of time. The only limitation is a Macvice iPod Converter logo on the result video. To remove the logo, simply purchase a license for the full version of Macvide iPod Converter.
The app requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard and is a Universal Binary good to run on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs alike.