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Free Online Converter

January 22, 2009 — Mrs. Mecomber

My kids have discovered the delights of digital video. I have a Samsung digital video recorder that I use for business, so I don’t like them to use it. But my cell phone has a video recorder, and the latest craze amongst the kids is taking short “Lego animation” videos with it. Problem we’ve encountered is that the cell phone video format is .3gp, while our computers will only read .avi, .wmv, .wav, and .mpeg3 and mpeg4. I have no good converting software, and we were out of solutions until one of the kids found some online converting software. It looks pretty cool! It’s free to use– just beware of the pop ups when you click the site. Have your pop-up killer ready, lol.

It’s ZamZar. It was able to convert the .3gp file into a .wmv file easily enough. So the kids are happy. This is a good site to keep bookmarked!

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MPEG Encoder Software

August 15, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

FINALLY! Boy, these things are hard to find. I’ve been on the hunt for quality video encoding software for months. I am beginning to do a lot of video and audio work here at home, and the kids are experimenting more with it, too. My four children are becoming excellent musicians, and are starting to lean toward making their own audio and video files. I am also looking to expand my travel blogs with more video. I’ve been displeased with some of the encoding software, because so many of them are SO difficult and complicated to use. This Blaze Media Pro that I found looks very good. This is from their website:

Blaze Media Pro is powerful, all-in-one media converter, editor, burner, and ripper software application supporting all popular media formats, audio and video conversions, audio CD ripping, video construction, video decompiling, audio editor and recording, audio and data CD burning, video CD (VCD and SVCD) burner, video DVD burner…

It does everything but boil eggs. Yowsa. The cost of the product is $50, but there is a free 15-day trial period; the link is here. I haven’t downloaded it yet, but I think I will. I’ll give an update when I do. Check it out yourself, and feel free to leave a comment.