But why do I need to convert a particular video from one format to another? Let’s say I wan to convert a movie into a format that it can fit into my mobile phone or iPhone. It’s small little needs like this that makes me hunt for a way to convert videos in different video formats. Very, recently I came across a software, which does this flawlessly. What best it’s free!

This software is called Xvid converter. It can convert Xvid video format to AVI, MPEG, MOV, WMV etc. The good part about this software is that it’s interface is so simple and doesn’t need an instruction manual.

Some of the features of Xvid converter are:

• User-friendly interface that is easy to use.
• Convert between Xvid video and popular video formats.
• Convert Xvid video files for your iPhone, IPOD, Mobile, PSP, Zune or any other MP4 devices.
• Save and extract Xvid audio streams as audio MP3 or WAV.
• Convert Xvid video files for your mobile device.
• Freeware, Xvid is free so this software is free too.

Various formats supported by Xvid Converter are:

• AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG-4, Uncompressed and other)
• MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video, VCD and SVCD, PAL, and NTSC)
• MPEG-4 format (iPhone, MP4, IPOD, Mobile, PSP, Zune, MOV 7, M4V)
• 3GP format (3GP, 3G2)
• WMV (Windows Media Video)
• ASF format
• QuickTime MOV, QT format
• RM (Real Networks Video)

You can try this software for yourself. Download Now.

Then there is also availability of wonderful open source softwares which cater to all your video demands. VideoLan-VLC media player is one such project that would solve many of your video related problems. Let’s see what VLC Media Player is:

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. It doesn’t need any external codec or program to work.

This makes this video media player one of the first choices of a lot of users.The current edition is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac and is fully loaded media player. The stats speak for the popularity of this versatile media player. World wide 3.6 VLC Media Players get downloaded every second and has over 5 million downloads till date.

Did you know?

Did you know that with VLC player you can have 400% volume output compared to the normal players. Don’t believe me! Use CTRL+UP arrow to see for yourself. This feature can be a life saver when your laptop has poor sound system.

If you did not know, VLC media player has a lot of skins available. This gives you a flexibility to skin this software according to your OS theme or according to your liking.

You can download the latest version VLC media Player for Windows 2000 and later here. If you are using Windows, Me/98/95 you can download the compatible version of VLC media player here. In order to install VLC Media player on Windows, just double click the downloaded file and follow the onscreen instructions.

In order to download the Linux version of media player please check this page. The installation instructions for each Linux distro are mentioned in the respective download page.