MPEG Streamclip is a powerful video converter, player and editor. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. It can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL. MPEG Streamclip is a converter for QuickTime files, MPEG-1/2/4 files and transport streams (.ts and .m2t). It provides high-quality conversion of movies and MPEGs into several useful formats. It is compatible with most editing applications and DVD authoring tools. More details are available in the download pages.
Rated 40/50 by SistaWeotch at Apr 1, 2008
Got this because my still camera uses a codec that my video editing software doesn't support. Very easy to open files and convert to a workable format. Wish there were batch conversion and output naming convention settings that would stay in memory, like with Irfanview. You can open multiple videos to convert at one time, but they seem to all get put in one final output video. If there is another output option, it is not obvious. Also, the presets for output are not remembered from session to session. Once program is closed, you have to manually reload your last preset.
Rated 10/50 by SENSUAL24 at Jul 21, 2008
"It Didn't do what it said" nothing at all I tried to use it and it just wouldn't work with my movies and they are the kind it is supposed to work with. None of the features worked for me and there is no help file at all.
Rated 20/50 by ZZDaikun at Aug 27, 2008
"It needs more." Great for merging and converting certain movie files to other formats. Basic cutting is very precise. Wide variety of compression types. Can't import AVIs, although it can export them (figure that out). Lacks a lot of useful editing features. Doesn't fix the sizes for multiple clips with different resolutions. Only merges clips in alphabetical order, for some reason. It's still too young. If you just want to snag some quick clips from your favorite podcasts, this is right up your alley. However, if you're looking for a potential alternative to Windows Movie Maker, move along.
Rated 30/50 by janos_arrakoski at Sep 28, 2008
"It did the MP4 to AVI conversion I needed" Did what I expected it to do, converted the MP4 file to AVI while another well rated software (Format Factory) did not. I have not used it more yet. Did not come with an installer, you can add the icons yourself but it's nice if the software does it for you. The conversion was quite slow. I have not used it more yet.
Rated 50/50 by fubidou at Nov 27, 2008
Does exactly what it says it will. No fussing about. Installs in seconds. Appears to be very light on CPU. Very easy to use, don't need to read the instructions (apart from the READ ME FIRST file - you do need to read that!) Didn't let me drag the file into it. Had to go via the menu. But not a problem. READ ME FIRST file says you need to have QuickTime or equivalent installed to run the program. But that is not a problem - most people have this. No flashy graphics, upgrade offers, doesn't assume it knows what I want, doesn't eat my CPU. Just converts the file from what it is, to what I want it to be. Saves it where I want it to be saved. Nothing more. Nothing confusing. The best kind of software out there.
Rated 40/50 by sbtf064 at Dec 29, 2008
"Easy to use" It is great for downloading youtube videos and is very easy to figure out. It is also very light on system resources. You have to Quicktime in order for it to work.
Rated 50/50 by Jayayess1190 at Jun 8, 2009
Love it, though there is a much newer version available.
Rated 40/50 by JLMalaquias at Jan 6, 2011
It knows a great number of codecs, it is easy to use, and it works fine most of the times It is a little Apple-centric, requiring you to have QuickTime. Also, it had some problems with specific codecs.A bit slow Great deal, considering that it's freeware.If you have a nasty codec compatibility problem, this may be the way to solve it.