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What are the best tools for converting any video format to iphone compatible? Extra points for GUI tools. This is intended to be used by a senior citizen with low patience for "computer stuff". So, easy of use is a must. Oh, and I should mention, this would be for windows.
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Handbrake is fanstatic. It has an iPhone preset that yeilds pretty good size (about 350Mb per hour of video) which looks great on my OG iPhone and also on my 36" 720p TV. Not sure how it'll scale to 1080p. Handbrake is really easy to use but offers a ton of extra features if you need them. I just stick with the preset, though. It runs great on Intel Macs and Windows, but if you have a PowerPC-based Mac, it runs on the slow side. One caveat is that it works best with MPEG sources, but you may be able to use other sources as well. Not sure about Windows Media formats. It also (no longer) works with DRM, so you need another program (like Ripit) if you are consuming DVDs. | |||||||
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iPodME is fantastic if you just want to drag a video into the input area and hit convert. I recommend it to all my non-techy friends. | |||||||||
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I use FormatFactory for all media conversions. It is free and not so hard to use... Has defaults for iphone video... | |||
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I use this shell script on linux/osx but it should work with cygwin It requires ffmpeg and current x264 and facc libs. There is more on ffmpeg here | |||
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