Thursday 13 December 2012

Bigasoft Giveaway MP3 Converter and Offer Big Discount for Christmas



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Bigasoft will giveaway MP3 Converter for Mac (Dec.12th—Dec.28th).   
With it, you can easily achieve:
Convert audio FLAC, OGG, WMA, WAV, M4A, MP2, AAC, AC3, DTS, QCP, SHN, AMR, AIFF, APE, PCM, TTA, MPC, VOC and etc to MP3

Increase audio volume to any desired level

Convert video MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, MKV, VOB, ASF, FLV, F4V, SWF, MPG, AVCHD, RMVB, MXF, MTS, H.264, WebM and etc to MP3

Convert video or audio to FLAC, OGG, WMA, WAV, M4A, RA, AU, AIFF, MP2 and etc

Bigasoft will offer 50% discount Windows and Mac version of  DVD Ripper, iPhone Ringtone Maker and YouTube Downloader Pro  (Dec.12th—Jan.12th).

With Bigasoft iPhone Ringtone Maker, you can easily:
Make free iPhone Christmas ringtones from audio/video or increase Christmas ringtone volume for iPhone

Make Christmas iPhone ringtone longer than 30 seconds or even longer than 40 seconds

Make free iPhone Christmas text tones from ringtones/audio/videos or make iPhone Christmas text tones longer than 5 seconds



With Bigasoft DVD Ripper, you can easily:
Rip DVD for import DVD to iTunes for play DVD in iTunes (11) or sync DVD to iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV

Convert DVD to WMV, MPEG or AVI for play DVD in PowerPoint/Windows Media Player or edit DVD in Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas

Convert DVD to DV, MP4, MOV, H.264 and etc to play DVD in QuickTime/iTunes or edit DVD in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express

Convert and rip DVD, Mini DVD for easy playback on other portable devices like Kindle File, Kindle File HD, Google Nexus 7, Google Nexus 10, Microsoft Surface, PS3, PSP, Android, Xbox 360, Zune and more.

With Bigasoft YouTube Downloader Pro, you can easily:
Download and convert YouTube FLV, F4V, WebM to Mac MOV, MP4, MP3, M4A to play YouTube in QuickTime/iTunes or edit YouTube in iMovie/FCP/FCE on Mac

Download and convert YouTube to iTunes (11) so as to transfer YouTube video/audio to iTunes/iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV successfully

Download and convert YouTube to WMV, AVI, MPEG, MP3, WMA on Windows 8/7/XP/Vista so as to play YouTube in Windows Media Player or edit YouTube in Windows Movie Maker

Wait no more, simply get the giveaway and big discount at http://www.bigasoft.com/special/christmas2012.html
 

Wednesday 12 December 2012

How to Compress Video AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV, WMV, MOV, FLV, VOB?

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When try to upload video to YouTube, Vimeo and other video sites or send video by email, only to find the video file size is too large to upload or send. And in this case, we need to compress the video to a smaller file size. Though there are many Video Compressors, they either compress video in poor output quality or support few video formats.

This article just aims to introduce a powerful video converter and compressor and a step by step guide on how to reduce the file size of various video with almost no loss of video quality.

Introduction of the Powerful Video Compressor
Besides acting as a professional video converter, Bigasoft Total Video Converter is also a powerful video compressor which can fast and easily compress all popular video to a smaller file size with high output video and audio quality. It can not only compress video to remain the same output video format, but also compress video to get a different output video format.

This powerful Video Compressor supports compress video in whatever video formats like compress AVI, compress MP4, compress MPEG, compress MKV, compress MOV, compress FLV, compress WMV, compress VOB, compress AVCHD, compress 1080p, compress MPEG2 and etc.

Step by Step Guide on How to Compress Video?
The following will introduce a step by step guide on how to compress MKV, MPEG, AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, VOB, FLV, MPEG2 and more video with the help of the powerful Video Compressor.

Make Preparation: Run Video Compressor
Free download the powerful Video Compressor - Bigasoft Total Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.
The Powerful Video Compressor
Step 1 Add video which you want to compress
Click "Add File" button to add the video file which you want to compress. (This ideal video compressor supports to compress MPEG, MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, MPEG2, MOV, VOB, FLV, 1080p, AVCHD, WTV, MXF, MVI, and more video formats.)
How to Compress MKV, AVI, MP4, MPEG, MOV, FLV, WMV, VOB?

Step 2 Set output video file size and quality
Method 1: Set the output video format as H.264 MP4
Click the small triangle to the right of "Profile" to select H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video(*mp4) as the output video format.
Tips:
  • This method suits the video you want to compress is in MKV, MPEG, WMV, VOB, MOV, DV, HDV, AVCHD, MXF, MVI, FLV and more video format, and your media player, portable digital device, or video editing software supports to play or edit H.264 MP4.
  • It also suits the video you want to compress is used to upload to YouTube, Vimeo and other video sites or send by email.
  • This method can compress video to relative small file size as well as keep the output video in relative high quality. To keep the output video format the same as the original video format or to compress video to much smaller file size, you may refer to method 2.
Method 2: Set desired output video bitrate
Click "Setting..." button, the "Advanced Settings" Window will pop up right beside the main window. In the "Advanced Settings" Window, click "Advanced" tab, and then go to "Video Bitrate" column, click 1200 tab on the right side of "Video Bitrate", and choose desired video bitrate from the drop-down list. It is also allowed to overwrite any desired bitrate like 325,350.
After setting the desired output video bitrate, you can click the small triangle to the right of "Profile" to select preferable output video format just like the above method 1: You can either keep the output video format the same as the original video format or change the output video format to any other video format like MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, MPEG, MKV, VOB, FLV, WebM and so on.
Tips:
  • This method suits to compress video in whatever format.
  • This method can reduce the video file to any desired video file size
  • A bitrate of 300-350 is about okay for a web video. Usually the smaller the bitrate, the more you compress the video and the worse the video quality gets. So it is recommended to balance between video file size and quality.
Step 3 Compress video
Click "Convert" button to start and finish compressing video to a smaller video file size.

Conclusion
It is just easy to reduce the video file size with the above powerful Video Compressor and the step by step video compression guide. Wait no more, just free download this ideal Video Compressor to compress MP4, MPEG, MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, VOB, FLV, AVCHD, and more video for uploading to YouTube, Vimeo and other video sites or for sending by email.

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Monday 10 December 2012

How to stream video from PC/Mac to Apple TV

Step-by-Step Guide to Stream video in MKV,AVI,WMV,DivX,MPEG from PC to Apple TV or from Mac to Apple TV

Overview

AirPlay, developed by Apple Inc. makes it possible for us to wirelessly stream video from PC to Apple TV/Apple TV 3/Apple TV 2 and stream video from Mac to Apple TV/Apple TV 3/Apple TV 2 to watch movies on the wide screen HD TV.

However, Airplay is limited to many video formats. Airplay can only work with those files that can be added to iTunes including MP4, MOV, and M4V. Any format iTunes cannot support like AVI, MKV, WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG, and FLV video format, Airplay will not steam. Even you steam your video by the help of some Airplay app; problems always occur when playing the movie files, such as airplay only audio and no video at all.

This article introduces an easy way to steam various video such as stream AVI, MKV, DivX, XviD, MP4, MOV, MPG, F4V, FLV, 3GP, MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD, WebM, OGM, MXF, WTV etc from Widows PC to Apple TV and from Mac computer to Apple TV.

This guide is applied for:

  • Stream video in AVI, MKV, DIVX, XVID, MPG, WMV, etc from Mac/iMac/MacBook to Apple TV via Airplay
  • Stream video in AVI, MKV, DIVX, XVID, MPG, WMV, etc from PC to Apple TV via Airplay
  • Convert HD video, AVCHD video to 720p to stream AVCHD, HD from PC/Mac to Apple TV/Apple TV 2 via Airplay
  • Convert HD video, AVCHD video to 1080p to stream AVCHD/HD video from PC/Mac to Apple TV 3 via Airplay

Make Preparation: Run Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter

Free download the professional Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter - Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter (Mac Version, WindowsVersion), install and launch it.

Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter is professional all-in-one converter for iTunes! Benefiting from the most advanced conversion and efficient performance technology, Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter can convert various videos to iTunes video MP4, MOV with fast speed and high graphic and sound quality. Adding any movie files to iTunes 10.6 and the earlier version iTunes is never so fast and easy! It optimizes ready high quality video for all models and all types of Apple devices including iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

Step 1 Add files

Click "Add File" button to import files that Airplay cannot stream. 

Step 2 Set output profile

There are several situations according to your source video and how you choose to airplay your videos.
  • To stream stand definition AVI, XVID, DIVX, WMV, etc from Mac/iMac/Mac book/PC to Apple TV/Apple TV 2/Apple TV 3 via AirPlay, select Apple TV H.264 Video (*.mp4) from "Apple TV" category in the "Profile" drop-down.
  • To stream HD, AVCHD video from Mac/iMac/Mac book/PC to Apple TV or Apple TV 2 via AirPlay, select Apple TV H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) from "Apple TV" category in the "Profile" drop-down.
  • To AirPlay 1080p video to the new Apple TV 3, select Apple TV 3 H.264 1080p Video (*.mp4) from "Apple TV"category in the "Profile" drop-down.
 

Step 3 Start Conversion



Click the button of "Convert" button to finish the conversion. 

Step 4 Stream the converted video files from your PC/Mac/iMac/Macbook to Apple TV

To Airplay movies from PC/Mac/iMac/Macbook to Apple TV, when the conversion is complete in Step 2, click "Open Folder" to locate the converted video files.

Start iTunes, and then choose File -> Add File to Library to import the converted video files to iTunes or simply drag and drop the converted files to the iTunes Movie Library.

Hit on "Play Movie" button in iTunes. The movie will start playing. You'll notice an AirPlay icon AirPlay iconin the bottom right corner of the iTunes application show up. Click it, select "Apple TV" and your video will begin streaming from Mac/iMac/Macbook/PC.



Conclusion


To airplay AVI, MKV, DivX, MP4, MOV, FLV and other Apple TV won't support format video from PC to Apple TV and from Mac to Apple for playing on television is so easy with the help of Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter. Free download the program now to enjoy fantastic movies right now. 

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Best Apple Compressor Alternative - ProRes Converter

Bigasoft, the world's leading multimedia software provider for Mac OS X, today announces the release of the professional ProRes Converter which helps Final Cut Pro users to fast and easily import Camcorder AVCHD to Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Pro X and import Final Cut Pro unfriendly Video files in various video formats by fast convert to ProRes MOV.  The Release of Apple ProRes Converter is also considered an excellent Apple Compressor alternative which makes fast converting Apple Final Cut Pro project RroRes MOV to multiple formats realizable as well.



Final Cut Pro X, a major breakthrough in video editing, makes video editing faster and better with motion graphics and file-based workflow, offers a new way to organize. However, users still are unable to import movies in FLV, AVI, WMV, WebM, VP8, MKV, ASF, SWF, VOB, muxed MPEG-1/MPEG-2, YouTube, Some MP4 and MOV files and more formats to Apple Final Cut to enhance their masterpiece. Even the AVCHD raw videos with extension of .mts, .m2ts,  .mod, or tod, from many popular camcorders such as Canon, JVC, Sony, Panasonic, Flip and more are not available to be imported and edit with the professional editing program. 

Bigasoft senses people’s needs of importing any formats videos for edit in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X. Bigasoft is excited to announce the release of ProRes Converter. Users can choose to convert their movies, recorded video to Apple ProRes MOV for fast import to Final Cut Pro. By the release of Bigasoft ProRes Converter, be whatever formats of the movies, they will definitely be able to be imported to Final Cut Pro for edit.

Bigasoft ProRes Converter is considered a fast and smart Apple Compressor alternative. For quite a long time, Final Cut Pro users are suffering slow encoding process of Apple project and are limited to encoding Apple project to only several video formats. Now with the Apple Compressor alternative, Final Cut Pro users now can fast encode Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 4444 to any video formats including WMW, HD WMV, AVI, FLV, WebM, MKV, 3GP, RM, RMVB, OGM, F4V and more.

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