How to edit, crop, split, combine and convert video on Mac OS X

This step by step guide is dedicating to demonstrate how to edit, trim, cut, split, combine and convert video on Mac OS X (Leopard supported). It includes the following four parts:

1. How to convert video to MKV, MP4, AVI, M2TS, FLV, MOD, WMV, ASF, MPEG, 3GP, TOD, MOV, TS/TP, MP3, etc. on Mac OS X?
2. How to trim, split, merge, crop, join and edit video on Mac OS X?
3. How to download limewire music and video to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, PSP, Zune on Mac OS X?
4. How to download YouTube video to iPad, iPod, iPhone, iPhone 4, PSP, Zune and cell phone on Mac OS X?

The tool you need is Video Converter for Mac, which you can download it directly for free from here

Part1. How to convert video to MKV, MP4, AVI, M2TS, FLV, MOD, WMV, ASF, MPEG, 3GP, TOD, MOV, TS/TP, MP3, etc. on Mac OS X?
Step1. Install and run Video Converter for Mac, click the “Add” button to import your videos. This Mac video converter support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time.



Step2. This software can convert video to various video formats for iPad, iPod (iPod touch 4 supported), iPhone (iPhone 4 supported), PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc. Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.



If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you can set resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc. Since this Video Converter for mac supports batch conversion, you can use different profiles for the added video files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the default settings will just work perfectly.



After all you finish the above steps, click “Convert” button to begin the conversion.

Part2. How to split, cut, trim, crop, merge, join and edit video on Mac OS X
If you want to cut the black edges off your video, you can click the “Crop” button to open the crop panel. There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut off the sides you don’t want. You can also type in values in the four Crop value boxes to crop your video more accurately.



If you want to split/cut/ trim video, Click the “Trim” button to open the Trim window below:



Drag the slider to set the starting time and ending time, and then click “OK”.
Note: You can preview the trimmed video clip before conversion in preview window on the program’s main interface.

If you want to join several video files into one big single file, on the main interface, tick the check box “Merge into one file”, and you will only get one output file instead of multiple files.



This mac video converter provides rich video editing functions, you can click the “Effect” button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast; volume, etc on the Effect panel. You can even apply special effects such as “Emboss”, “Negative”, “Old film” and “Gray” by selecting a special effect from its drop-down list. If you want to remove the original audio, you can convert your video with 0% volume.



Part3. How to download limewire music and video to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, PSP, Zune on Mac OS X?
Mac Video Converter fully supports video or music downloaded from Limewire. After you download video from limewire, just load it into Mac Video Converter and convert it to MP4 or WMV. Then you can use iTunes or Zune software to sync the video to your portable device.

If you use iTunes to convert limewire video, the output video may have no sound, because iTunes cannot convert muxed video (muxed videos are video files whose audio and video are on the same track, and QuickTime or iTunes cannot properly process this kind of videos).

Part4. How to download YouTube video to iPad, iPod, iPhone, Zune and cell phone on Mac OS X?
Video files downloaded from YouTube are stream videos (flv). You have to convert them to MP4 or WMV video to transfer them to your iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune or cell phone. If you don’t know how to download YouTube videos to your computer on Mac OS X, you can refer to this guide:

After you download YouTube videos to your computer, convert them with Mac Video Converter and use iTunes or Zune software to transfer the converted videos to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, PSP, Zune and cell phone.

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