Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter

Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter is an application with a pretty self-explanatory name - it allows you to prepare DVD videos for Zune devices. But it can also convert items to MP4, WMV, MP3 and WMA.

The program is packed in a user-friendly interface where you can load a DVD folder by using the folder view. Unfortunately, you cannot process more than one DVD movie in a single session.

You can preview the clip in a built-in media player and check out file properties. If you prefer the default settings, then you can immediately start the conversion procedure by specifying the output profile and destination.

Skilled users can tinker with the audio and video preferences when it comes to the encoder, bit rate, frame rate, size, sample rate, aspect ratio, channel mode and volume level. You can select the thread optimization method and enable bit exact algorithms. You can create a new profile but you cannot restore these parameters to their standard values.

In the "Settings" area you can set Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter to automatically start the conversion task after the main movie is found and to allow the recording of the DVD menu, as well as to pop up a setting dialog before the encoding operation. Options can be restored to default.

The DVD video processing program takes a reasonable amount of time to finish a task while using a high quantity of system resources. It did not freeze, crash or pop up errors throughout our tests. Rookies can look into a help file. However, Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter does a poor job at maintaining the image and sound quality. Plus, you cannot set it to turn off the computer automatically after conversion.