10 best free video gadgets today

If you've loved a video clip, you'll want it to be available on both the web, computer, phone, iPod, etc. to see it again. Unfortunately, videos have so many different formats that making them difficult to watch. The 10 free utilities below help you record, view and convert them easily with the same quality of professional software.

1. VLC Media player :

As an open source software, VLC Media player can run on a variety of operating systems. VLC can play a variety of formats with DVD burning utility. In particular, this software can play the disc immediately in ISO format (format to store CDs and DVDs on the hard drive) without a real disc. VLC users can also view the FLV flash file right away on the video sharing site like YouTube without conversion.

Currently, VLC has a mobile version and you can transfer your favorite DVD movie in your trip.

2. Media Coder :

Another open source product, but Media Coder only runs on Windows platform. This software can switch between most popular audio and video formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC + V2, Muse Pack, WMA, RealAudio, AVI, MPEG / VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia , ASF / WMV, Quicktime, OGM, . in a snap.

3. Avi2Dvd :

This small utility is a free software (freeware) for Windows. Its use is to convert AVI, OGM, WMV, DVD files into DVD, SVCD and Video discs. Although compact, Avi2Dvd has all the features when creating DVD such as chapter creation, audio channel, subtitles, .

4. Videora Converter :

This is not a product but a collection of small software to transfer your video files to portable devices. In the current list, the Videora Converter series has video conversion software for viewing on devices: iPod Video (5th generation iPod - 5th Gen), iPod classic Video Converter (6th generation iPod), iPod nano Converter ( 3rd generation iPod nano, iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Xbox 360, TiVo, PMP, .

5. Any Video Converter

The freeware software is extremely fast to convert between formats, mainly from user community such as DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 formats on devices. handhelds like iPods, PSPs, MP4 players, mobile phones, etc. In particular, Any Video Converter allows converting multiple files at once and putting results into a pre-selected folder, suitable for transfer. change short clips for mobile phones.

6. Hey! Watch

Not on your computer, you can use Hey! Watch here at any time because it's a web software. Moreover, Hey! Watch not only converts video clips that are on your computer but also the above videos on other websites. The output format is very rich, from H264, MP4, WMV, DivX, HD Video, 3GP / MP4 (mobile), iPod, Archos, PSP .

In addition to being a conversion software, Hey! Watch is also a video sharing website that allows ordinary users to upload 10MB of videos for free each month. Quite a lot of services are included for users to share their favorite video clips.

You can refer to the features of this website here.

7. VidDownloader :

Video sharing websites often have software for people to watch clips on their computers without going to the website, unfortunately they can't be used together. And if you are a fan of watching videos online, you have to install a lot of 'miscellaneous' software of this type. VidDownloader was born to solve that problem.

This is also a web application, you will not have to install anything on your computer. VidDownloader works with most flash-sharing websites (FLV) that convert them to a format that can be viewed comfortably on computers like AVI and invite you to download them to your computer.

Website of this software here.

8. iSquint :

iSquint is one of the rare software for Mac. Their effect is to convert different formats into viewable formats on iPod, and add them to the iTunes library on your computer.

This free software is quite good, but Mac users still prefer its upgrade version called VisualHub, even if it costs an additional $ 23.

9. DVD Shrink

Bring the DVD movie warehouse with you will help make the weekend more interesting and long trips will be less lonely. However, a huge pile of discs will make you difficult. DVD Shrink will solve this problem completely, allowing you to copy your favorite movies to your computer easily. The software has options to reduce the file size such as removing subtitles, advertising trailers, etc.

10. Handbrake

This is the pride of open source software circles. Handbrake can run on both Windows and Mac. In order to save time, users can select each small segment (chapter) on DVD to convert it into a file instead of having to transfer the entire movie disc. The output will be a clip small enough to play on a mobile device.

Hung Hai