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Create videos using video editing software and convert them to the best video formats.



Convert Your Vidoes

Free Online Video Converters

There are a number of websites which allow you to convert the format of your videos online. These sites are good if you only have one or two you want to convert to different formats.

Using these sites are slower than using software for conversion on your computer, but they are handy none the less.

Zamzar
Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. (via and url or a file from your computer)
It supports conversion of videos in the 3gp, avi, flv, gvi, MPEG-4, mov, mp4, mpg, rm, vob, and wmv formats.

Media Convert
Media Convert is free. No software is needed, and you don't have to register.
Video formats supported are: 3G2, 3GP, AMV, ASF, AVI, DV, FLI, FLV, GVI, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPG, OGM, RM,
 SWF, VOB, WMV 

Mediaconvertor
Mediaconvertor converts files from your computer online or converts directly from an url such as youtube. (some functions require signing up to the site)
Video conversion formats supported:
3gp, avi, flv, m4v, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, psp (only encoding supported), rm, wmv

Vixy.net
Vixy.net allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.

Download videos via urls in flv format
These two sites below allow you to download flash files from popular video sharing sites in flv format.

Video Downloader
KeepVid

Video Conversion Software

Kate's Video Converter
Kate's Video Converter is a free tool which helps you convert videos from one format to other.
Supports AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, ASF, 3GP, MP4, DVD, VCD, SVCD

Replay Converter
Replay Converter has an interface which is very easy to use and you can both convert files to different formats and also choose the quality of output.

It supports a wide range of video conversion outputs

replay convertor screen shot


Video Editing Software

Avidemux (free)
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.






Zwei-Stein (free)
This program is a fully functional, 256-track video editor and composition tool that will produce files in the latest Real Video and Real Audio formats.






Windows Movie Maker (free with windows service pack 2)
An easy way to edit and create videos easily
A stack of Windows Movie Maker Tutorials can be found here.
There is some useful hints and tricks here too!






Premiere Pro Creative Suite 3
Capture, edit, and deliver video to disk, web, and mobile devices.
Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Suite is Rolls Royce of video editing software






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