VideoWizard

VideoWizard includes a video converter and a DVD ripper into a single package, enabling you to obtain clips that can be easily played on portable devices such as iPhones, iPods, iPads, PSPs, Zune or AppleTV.

As its name suggests, the application is designed as a simple wizard that can easily guide you throughout all the steps you need in order to have your videos converted with a minimum quality loss. If the written instructions are not enough, VideoWizard also provides step-by-step video tutorials to help you learn the basics.

VideoWizard can process videos either from your computer or a loaded DVD, ensuring compatibility with the most popular formats, such as MPG, MPEG, AVI, WMV, VOB, MOV or FLV. It supports drag and drop, so adding videos to the list is easy.

Once the input files are selected, the wizard requires you to choose the target device and the output quality and size from drop-down lists. Next, you must configure the audio settings according to your preferences and define the location where the resulting files will be saved.

Optionally, you can instruct VideoWizard to overwrite existing files and open the output folder once the conversion process is complete. If you have a larger collection of videos to encode, the operation might take some time, so the automatic shutdown function should come in handy.

If your portable device does not support a specific video format, then VideoWizard can really come in handy. It makes sure that the resulting videos are optimized for playing on the selected device, providing high conversion speeds and good output quality.