Frequently Asked Questions
What is Digital Media Converter?
How can I get rid of the message in the middle of my
converted files?
What are audio and video compressors?
Which compressors does Digital Media Converter support?
What compressors provide the best quality AVI files?
What is bit-rate?
What is Microsoft DirectX?
Where can I download Microsoft DirectX?
Q. What is Digital Media Converter?
Digital Media Converter is a program that can convert between all the
most popular media file formats.
Q. How can I get rid of the message in the middle
of my converted files?
The message appears only in the trial version. If you
purchase the program, there will be no text or other messages in
your converted movies or audio files.
Q. What are audio and video compressors?
A video is a sequence of images displayed one after another to
produce the illusion of motion. Video compressors reduce the size of a
video file by compressing each frame and by making some frames use
information from previous frames, to avoid sending an almost identical
image. Audio compression reduces the space needed to store sound
information in comparable ways.
Using audio and video compression can reduce a file's size by over
90%. You can choose to use very high compression or very high quality,
or a point in between, using Digital Media Converter.
Q. Which compressors does Digital Media Converter
support?
Digital Media Converter detects and uses all the audio and video
codecs (COmpressor/DECompressors) installed on your computer
automatically.
Q. What compressors provide the best quality AVI
files?
Here are some compressors that are generally known to provide very
good quality:
XviD MPEG-4 Video Codec
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
Xvid is an MPEG 4 video compressor. It is completely free of charge,
and can be used to create AVI files compatible with the DivX compressor
at no cost. Xvid compression produces small AVI files with extremely
high video quality.
Q. What is bit-rate?
We use the term “bit rate” when speaking of video or audio quality
and file size. The bit rate is the amount of data used per second to
describe the audio, the video, or both together. A media file's bit rate
is the total of the audio and video bit rates. For instance, if the
audio bit rate is 128 Kbps (kilobits per second) and the video bit rate
is 512 Kbps, the file's total bit rate is 630 Kbps. The higher the bit
rate the better the quality and larger the file. Selecting the proper
bit rate for your conversions depends on the purpose of the file. For
example, if you’re making a VCD for playback on a VCD/DVD player, the
video must be exactly 1150 Kbps and the audio 224 Kbps.
All media files have a bit rate, but AVI files and some MPEG files are
not described in those terms. Instead, you can choose the quality
directly and the program will calculate the bit rate. On the other hand,
Windows Media files are always created by specifying a bit rate.
Q. What is Microsoft DirectX?
Microsoft DirectX® is an advanced suite of multimedia Application
Programming Interfaces (API's) built into Microsoft Windows® operating
systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for
Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized
hardware features without having to write any hardware-specific code.
DirectX is a recognized standard for multimedia application development
on the Windows platform.
In simple terms, DirectX is a Windows-based technology that enables
higher performance in graphics and sound when you're playing games or
watching video on your PC. You must have DirectX 8.1 or higher
installed, to be able to use Digital Media Converter.
Q. Where can I download Microsoft DirectX?
Windows 98 (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me),
Windows 2000 , and Windows XP users can download the latest version of
DirectX from the Microsoft site. Windows Vista comes with the latest
DirectX already installed.
Click here to download the latest version of DirectX.