Introduction
With its easy-to-use interface and powerful features, 4Videosoft Video Converter is aimed at providing professional service for users. It can not only convert video to any popular format including MP4, MKV, M4V, AVI, WMV, 3GP, MOV, DivX, XviD, but also extract audio from loaded video and convert it to your preferred audio format, such as MP3, AAC, AC3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, etc. Outstanding converting quality and fast conversion speed guarantee you a excellent user experience.
This professional video converting software provides you various powerful setting options, such as clip/merge/crop video, convert 2D movie to 3D video, add text or image watermark to the output video. Moreover, it supports batch conversion, which ensures the convenient operation and fast speed.
System Requirements
OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.7 or above (macOS Sequoia)
Processor: Intel® processor and Apple M-series chips (including M3)
RAM: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher
Installation
Follow the steps below to install Free Video Converter:
Step 1: Download Free Video Converter installation file.
Step 2: Double click the downloaded installation file to start installation.
Step 3: Follow the instructions to finish the installation.
How to & Troubleshooting
Click the Preferences option in the menu on the top of the screen to open the Preference window. For General settings, you can set it with the following,
Output: Set the destination for the converted files and snapshot picture, and choose the output format of the snapshot image.
Update Settings: Set to update the program automatically or not.
How to Adjust Profile Settings
Click Settings button to open the Settings window.
You can select Encoder, Frame Rate, Resolution, Aspect Ratio and Video Bitrate to set video and select Encoder, Channels, Audio Bitrate and Sample Rate to set audio.
Tips:
1. For Resolution setting, you can choose the pre-set resolution from the right drop-down list. Also, you can directly input your preferred resolution in the box.
2. You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click Save as... button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the User Defined list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list, also you can delete the profile you defined by clicking Delete button.
3. In the Channels setting, you can choose 5.1 channels while the audio channel of your source file is 5.1.
Click Edit button in the main interace to open the editing window.
Drag the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Volume Effect scroll bars to get the video effect you want. Also, you can click the "Up or Down" arrows on the right side of each scroll bar to set corresponding value.
Deinterlacing: To convert the interlaced source file, check Deinterlacing function to avoid mosaic for the output file.
Click Clip button in the main interace to open the Clip window.
There are four methods to clip your video length:
Method One: Drag the "Start Point" scissors to mark the beginning of the clip, and drag the "End Point" scissors to mark the end of the clip when you preview.
Method Two: Press the "Mark In" button to mark the beginning of your clip and "Mark Out" button to mark the end of your clip.
Method Three: Input the start time in the "Start Time" box, and then input the end time in the "End Time" box and click "OK".
Method Four: Click the up or down arrows to get desired time value.
After you set clip time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.
Click Crop button on the Edit window to to open the Crop editing window.
Keep Aspect Ratio:Choose Original, Crop area, 16:9, 4:3 or just set the position of Left, Right, Width and Height.
Zoom Mode: Define the size of active portion of output video. Choose Letterbox, Medium, Pan & Scan and Full. After you crop your video and set the zoom mode, the result can be previewed in the Output Preview window simultaneously.
Text: Input the text you attempt to use as watermark in textbox. It will appear on the screen of the video file at the same time. Click "Font" button to edit the font of text and click "Color" button to specify the image you attempt to use.
Picture: Check "Select watermark picture" to add image on the screen of the video file.
You can click the up or down arrows of Left, Top, Width and Height or input corresponding values to adjust the position of watermark. Another way is to drag the watermark to any place in the video screen.
Also, you can click the up or down arrows of "Transparency" to adjust watermark transparency.
Check Merge into one file box in the main interface. After conversion, these selected files will be joined into one file.
You can capture pictures when you preview video. Click Snapshot button, the current picture in the preview window will be captured and saved in the specified folder automatically. Click Open Snapshot Folder button to open the storing folder to view the captured pictures. In the preference window, you can set the snapshot format and snapshot folder for captured pictures.
User Support
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us through our E-mail: macsupport@4videosoft.com
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