The scenario is rather simple: you have a camcorder or a digital camera able to record short videos and you want to create a DVD to watch your home-made movies on your television. Some camcorders already have software that allows you to create your video compilations, and some video enthusiasts bought a more professional software to do better the work.
But what happens if your camera records videos only in a proprietary format that many video editing software packages can't import? In this case you need a tool to convert your digital video into a more compliant format.
MP4Cam2AVI is a free tool that can help many video enthusiasts to create their video compilations:
MP4Cam2AVI doesn't recompress video, that means no Unlike many converting apps, MP4Cam2AVI doesn't require QuickTime or any codecs to work, it performs all the job itself. |
But what makes this tool interesting? Basically two reasons:
- Your camera records in .MP4|.MOV, and this format is
not supported by most video editing software (i.e. Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle
Studio etc.) With MP4Cam2AVI you can convert videos into a format that can be
imported by these software packages.
- Some cameras already make MPEG-4 AVI's, but these files are not compatible with popular MPEG-4 codecs - DivX and XviD, so most of standalone players aren't able to play these videos. With MP4Cam2AVI now your not-compliant video can be easily converted into a format usable with a standalone.
There are other two big advantages of this tool: it's free and it can be used also without any installation. In fact, this is a full portable software, and can be run also from a USB key memory stick.
More informations on this tool can be found in sourceforge MP4Cam2AVI project website.
Source: Sourceforge
