Tips to Make Successful Video Conversion

Tips to Make Successful Video Conversion
Have you encountered the following problems:
a. The video won’t play when you make an important presentation before your boss or clients;
b. You download some funny YouTube clips, but PSP shows “invalid format” when you show off to your friends;
c. Someone emails you a video attachment that you can’t watch;

You must feel like ants in one's pants in those embarrassments. In this article, we will provide five useful tips about how to make successful video conversion:

Tip 1 - Understand Some Basic Knowledge

Most video files have at least two different types: the container, and the codec. A video can be thought of as being made up of numerous snapshots, called frames. Frame rate is the number of still pictures per unit of time of video, and most often expressed in frames per second (fps). Motion pictures shot on film do so at 24 FPS. Both video and audio file resolution is measured in kilobytes per second (kbps) — that is, how many thousands of bytes it takes to store one second of sound or videos. This figure is known as the bitrate. A higher bitrate allows better video quality.

Aspect ratio describes the dimensions of video screens and video picture elements. All popular video formats are rectilinear, and so can be described by a ratio between width and height. The screen aspect ratio of a traditional television screen is 4:3, or about 1.33:1. High definition televisions use an aspect ratio of 16:9, or about 1.78:1. The aspect ratio of a full 35 mm film frame with soundtrack is 1.375:1.

Video is made up of static pictures being flashed before us in rapid succession. When we talk about picture resolution we are referring to the elements, pixels, which make up the pictures. For example, iPod classic video is 320*240.

Tip 2 - Find and Buy One Good Video Converter

A good video converter is vital to whether you can successfully finish video conversion. We summarize four criteria when evaluating video converter software:

* Input Files- It should accept a wide variety of input files especially your source video formats.
* Output Files- You may only need to output to a handful of formats, whereas the number and breadth of output files typically determines the strength of the converter’s overall performance.
* Features- The features includes the ability to adjust multiple options including video size, codecs, bitrates and frame rates, to ensure high quality. You may think those features are reserved for advanced users, not to a video rookie, but as we introduce below, a broad feature set which is readily available and easy to find is also important to your conversion success.
* Ease of Use- The software interface should be intuitive and non-threatening to the novice user. Most video conversion tasks should be done in several clicks.