I have a friend who downloads bittorrent files. I would never do that! Usually, those files are encoded as XVid AVI’s. He has an AppleTV, and he’d like to get watch them on AppleTV. Can you recommend an application to convert files to be AppleTV ready?

Mac Users:
If you have Quicktime [...]

June 19th, 2007
Categories: appletv, conversion, divx, mac, software, video, windows, xvid . Author: Cali . Comments: 5 Comments

You’ve mentioned free iPod converters before on the show. Any word on a free Zune video converter?

To watch video on a Zune, you’ll need a WMV file. The SC Free Video Converter converts AVI and MPEG to WMV, among other options. You might need to play around with your settings to [...]

April 24th, 2007
Categories: conversion, dvd, pmp . Author: Cali . Comments: 2 Comments

How do I convert existing files to play on my iPod and AppleTV?

For PCs:
MPEG Streamclip is a free converter for both PCs and Macs. It converts to QuickTime, DV/DV50, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4.
iPod Video Converter is also a free converter, but it’s PC only.
For Macs:
iSquint is a free converter that simply converts to iPod-friendly files.
VisualHub [...]

April 24th, 2007
Categories: appletv, conversion, ipod, video . Author: Cali . Comments: 5 Comments