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November 9, 2006

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ViddyUp podner!

Posted Nov. 9, ’06, 12:30 PM PT by Collin Allen
Category | Software

ViddyUpSplasm Software’s excellent iPod video converter has been renamed (presumably due to “pod” related legal pressure) to ViddyUp!, however not much else has changed. iPod 5G owners continue to enjoy the ease with which ViddyUp converts dropped videos to an iPod-compatible format, with an adjustable quality/size tradeoff, and the ability to choose which kinds of metadata (TV, Movie, etc.) gets associated with the finished video.

ViddyUp! makes use of QuickTime’s quality-preserving compression abilities without requiring a Pro license, which I’m sure many avoid shelling out $30 for. Offering standard MPEG-4 and high quality H.264 encoding, ViddyUp! enables you to choose the encoding settings you prefer while keeping endless tweaking down to the bare essentials: a one-window interface with just the right controls and a single “go” button. For videos that require a little wrangling, controls for cropping and poster frame setting are available at the click of a button. An affordable $9.95 will rope you a copy of ViddyUp! and enable you to build iPod-ready videos with minimum fuss.


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