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Media
Coder
This week’s download is a little specific and a little bit of a
more involved program. It’s called Media Coder and
what it does, is allow users to convert video/audio formats to other formats
for specific reasons. For example, to play on your iPod or PSP. This process
is called transcoding and if you like to dabble in video/audio editing,
this might be a very useful tool for you.
Sometimes, the video
format you have for a particular file is not compatible with certain devices
that you wish to view it in, such as your DVD player in the living room,
for example. Well, that’s when Media Coder steps in. It allows you
to take one format, such as an AVI file, for instance and convert it into
another, such as an MPG4. This is just the tip of the ice burg though.
There is an unbelievable set of options and settings that you can configure,
allowing you to better tailor your output file to exactly what you need.
File types
for specific devices:
Media Coder has many
different settings as well. In fact, they can easily get lost in the sheer
number of options available. The creator makes the point that this program
may be best suited for those with a little more experience with the whole
world of transcoding. But, you have to start somewhere and this program
has tons of resources to get you up to speed. Also, it’s 100 percent
free! So, after a few shots at conversions and ripping, it will be apparent
that Media Coder is as complicated as you make it out to be. On Media
Coder’s Web site, you will find a useful set of FAQs
and an active forum,
full of great threads and stickeys. Media Coder even has its own user
guide.
Media Coder
features include:
- Convert to and
from many audio and video compression formats and remultiplex into various
container formats, on the fly, in a batch form.
- Give you the control
over the transcoding process and all the parameters of the transcoded
files, so you can learn about, compare among and play with various codecs.
- Specific user
interfaces for specific devices with device plug-ins and extensions.
- Fully stand alone.
Not dependent on any media player, filter or codec and no registration
of any components into the system.
- Extensions
to expand custom features and user interfaces.
Typical Applications
- Improving compression,
reducing file sizes.
- Converting for
audio/video portable devices (digital audio player, MP4 player, mobile
phone, PDA, PSP, VCD/DVD player, etc).
- Extracting audio
tracks from video files.
- Ripping audio/video
discs.
Like I said before,
there is a definite niche market for this program, but if you have been
looking for something that can dynamically and flexibly convert your media
files from one format to another, one at a time or in a huge batch form,
it may benefit you to take a closer look at Media Coder.
You can download Media
Coder here
and take a look at the world of transcoding. Have some fun!
~ Chad
Stelnicki
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