Video converters are
computer program
A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. Computer programs are one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components.
A computer program ...
s that can change the storage format of digital video. They may recompress the video to another format in a process called
transcoding
Transcoding is the direct digital-to-digital conversion of one encoding to another, such as for video data files, audio files (e.g., MP3, WAV), or character encoding (e.g., UTF-8, ISO/IEC 8859). This is usually done in cases where a target devic ...
, or may simply change the
container format without changing the video format. The disadvantages to transcoding are that there is
quality loss when transcoding between
lossy compression
In information technology, lossy compression or irreversible compression is the class of data compression methods that uses inexact approximations and partial data discarding to represent the content. These techniques are used to reduce data size ...
formats, and that the process is highly
CPU intensive.
This article compares video converters that have their own article on Wikipedia.
Overview
Input
Output
Features
Help and support
See also
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Container format
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Comparison of video container formats
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Comparison of video editing software
General information
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
Active
Discontinued / inactive
Definition
* professional: used for full length Hollywood movies;
* professional (small): mainly used for paid ...
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WikiCommons' Theora video conversion help page
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Comparison of DVD ripper software
This article lists DVD ripper software capable of ripping and converting DVD discs, ISO image files or DVD folders to computer, mobile handsets and media players supported file formats.
General information
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References
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video converters