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    <created-at>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:29:27 -0800</created-at>
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    <title>How To Choose a Powerful Video Converter</title>
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      <![CDATA[For there are so many converters and rippers provided in the market, and often, you are so confused about which is the best one that are right for you. I would say everyone have their own opinion to that. Here, I would like to share a good Total Video Converter Pro for Mac OS users. Hope it can be helpful to you when choose a converter. I will take 6 points into review.]]>
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          <![CDATA[1. Cost/Performance
Everyone wants to gain more with less money. iMovie Total Video Converter Pro for Mac offers you a competitive price with powerful conversion function. It can convert video files between almost any formats, like MPEG to MP4, AVI to MPEG, MKV to AVI, AVI to MPEG, FLV to MP4, WMV to AVI, MP4 to AVI, etc.
It can also easily convert video files to popular audio files like converting MPEG to MP3, MP4 to MP3, FLV to MP3, MKV to AAC, etc. 

You can learn more details about it by visiting: http://imoviesoft.com/products/total-video-converter-mac.html 


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          <![CDATA[<p>1. Cost/Performance<br />
Everyone wants to gain more with less money. iMovie Total Video Converter Pro for Mac offers you a competitive price with powerful conversion function. It can convert video files between almost any formats, like <span class="caps">MPEG</span> to MP4, <span class="caps">AVI</span> to <span class="caps">MPEG</span>, <span class="caps">MKV</span> to <span class="caps">AVI</span>, <span class="caps">AVI</span> to <span class="caps">MPEG</span>, <span class="caps">FLV</span> to MP4, <span class="caps">WMV</span> to <span class="caps">AVI</span>, MP4 to <span class="caps">AVI</span>, etc.<br />
It can also easily convert video files to popular audio files like converting <span class="caps">MPEG</span> to MP3, MP4 to MP3, <span class="caps">FLV</span> to MP3, <span class="caps">MKV</span> to <span class="caps">AAC</span>, etc.</p>
<p>You can learn more details about it by visiting: http://imoviesoft.com/products/total-video-converter-mac.html</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[2. User interface
A Converter no matter how powerful it is if the operation is complicated, it still can’t be considered as a good converter. I think most of you can agree me on this. So this Converter provides you with a User-friendly interface, so you can handle it easily no matter you are veterans or beginners. 

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          <![CDATA[<p>2. User interface<br />
A Converter no matter how powerful it is if the operation is complicated, it still can’t be considered as a good converter. I think most of you can agree me on this. So this Converter provides you with a User-friendly interface, so you can handle it easily no matter you are veterans or beginners.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[3. Conversion Speed
If you have multiple videos to be converted, a high speed converter would be your best bet, this Total Video Converter Pro for Mac at super fast speed and support convert multiple videos at one time with a task list.
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          <![CDATA[<p>3. Conversion Speed<br />
If you have multiple videos to be converted, a high speed converter would be your best bet, this Total Video Converter Pro for Mac at super fast speed and support convert multiple videos at one time with a task list.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[4. Output Video Quality
This Converter output without any loss in the video and image quality of the exports. 

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          <![CDATA[<p>4. Output Video Quality<br />
This Converter output without any loss in the video and image quality of the exports.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[5. Further Edit Function Meets Personal Demands
The "Trim" function is provided as a Video Splitter for you to get any time-length video episode. The "Crop" function can help you crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust the video play region to fit for your players. It can also be used like a Video Joiner, by clicking “Merge into one file”, you can merge several videos in the task list into one output.
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          <![CDATA[<p>5. Further Edit Function Meets Personal Demands<br />
The &#8220;Trim&#8221; function is provided as a Video Splitter for you to get any time-length video episode. The &#8220;Crop&#8221; function can help you crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust the video play region to fit for your players. It can also be used like a Video Joiner, by clicking “Merge into one file”, you can merge several videos in the task list into one output.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[6. Take Small Hard Disc Room and Low CPU Utilization
The Program is total 16.8MB and Low CPU occupancy rate, so you needn’t to worry about it takes too much of your hard disc or your CPU.

If you have a same need as me or just need such a converter for your Mac, you can download it here: http://imoviesoft.com/packages/imovie-total-video-converter-pro.dmg 

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          <![CDATA[<p>6. Take Small Hard Disc Room and Low <span class="caps">CPU</span> Utilization<br />
The Program is total 16.8MB and Low <span class="caps">CPU</span> occupancy rate, so you needn’t to worry about it takes too much of your hard disc or your <span class="caps">CPU</span>.</p>
<p>If you have a same need as me or just need such a converter for your Mac, you can download it here: http://imoviesoft.com/packages/imovie-total-video-converter-pro.dmg</p>]]>
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