iFunia Video Converter Pro throws in the ability to perform some trim edits, add filters and a watermark. Functionally, it's perfectly adequate. Unfortunately, that's where the good points end.
iFunia does its job sufficiently well, but it suffers from a crippling lack of polish. The user interface looks like the lovechild of OS 9 and Windows 3.11.
It's not completely without merit from an accessibility standpoint, but it is ugly and off-putting. The Convert to option is a particular blight on the eyes, which is a shame, since it's actually got a gratifyingly comprehensive list of options.
Having said that, the button to begin conversions does actually say 'Start' on it in nice big letters, which almost single-handedly trumps Roxio's offering.
The editing option works, but is pretty much bottom of the class. Bizarrely, you can't set the start and end trim point while the video is paused, so you'll always be imprecise. And if anyone ever uses the built-in filters we'll eat our collective hats.
Probably most damning is the fact that iFunia was the slowest video converter we tested.
It took 1:20 to transcode a two-minute video from Xvid to H.264. QuickTime X took 0:55 for the same task, while the completely free Handbrake took just 0:44. Popcorn and QuickTime 7 Pro both took 1:01, and therein lies the rub.
QuickTime X may be stripped down, but QuickTime Pro is still around and beats iFunia hands down in every way, and for less money.
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kerryzeng
December 29th 2010
4. leawo video converter 3.2 released, add many useful functions.
http://www.leawo.com/leawo-video-converter/
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oposky2006
June 10th 2010
3. Why shall we choose Pavtube Video Converter for Mac(http://www.pavtube.com/video-converter-mac/)?
The following details attracted us:
Enjoy videos like TiVo, M2TS, MOD, VOB, AVI, WMV, MKV, Flash videos etc everywhere with portable devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone, Blackberry etc.
Faster conversion speed, saving you at least half time to convert a same file.
Better output video quality without any audio and video sync issues.
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sploogeboy
May 10th 2010
2. iFunia is an absolute piece of ****. yeah, it may work, but certainly not very well or very fast. it loses it's brains and can take 9+ hours to do some simple dvd's on a multi-processor pc. find something else.
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leehoom
February 22nd 2010
1. Excellent, I consider it is best Mac video converter, ease to use, clear interface and stable conversion quality.
I like it, thanks!
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