After the huge success of portable MP3 players, it was only ever going to be a matter of time until mobile video took off in the same way. As portable movie players become more and more popular, the temptation to buy one of these sleek, spanking new devices becomes almost unbearable! But wait! As the proud owner of a Pocket PC or Palm PDA, you probably already have the hardware necessary to enjoy video on-the-hop. All you need now is a piece of reliable, free software to convert and optimise your movie files for mobile use. PocketDivXEncoder is that piece of software.<\/p>\n
The installation procedure for this application was a breeze, mainly because there wasn\u2019t one! It was refreshing to see that a simple program didn\u2019t need to touch the registry in order to run, let alone force us to restart the computer (as all Nokia\u2019s apps do). So as soon as you download the program, you\u2019re ready to go. The program itself was pretty easy to use, with controls and settings which should be familiar to anyone who\u2019s even come close to thinking about video compression in the last five years. For those who haven\u2019t, all you really need to do is tell the program which device you\u2019ll be using and it\u2019ll do all the work for you.<\/p>\n
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Experts will likely balk at the lack of fine-tuning tools available in PocketDivXEncoder but its \u2018advanced options\u2019 dialogue allows for greater control over such features as 2-Pass Encoding, XviD Compression, audio Live Effect and more. A really impressive little feature is the live clip resizing tool which allows you to preview your video while changing its dimensions – handy if you\u2019re working with a device which doesn\u2019t have native support from PocketDivXEncoder.<\/p>\n
The most important factor in video conversion and compression tools is the quality of the end product. It\u2019s no good reducing a movie to 4MB and rendering it completely unwatchable in the process. PocketDivXEncoder performed admirably when converting our (fairly high quality) test video, achieving good video compression without losing much detail. Small changes we did notice was a slight alteration to colour and brightness balance on the picture and an almost imperceptible shift in audio-video sync. These issues reflect the fact that this is not a professional level tool but then again they\u2019re almost impossible to spot without really hunting for them.<\/p>\n
Working with PocketDivXEncoder is on the whole a pleasing, simple and rewarding experience. That a free application can offer such reliable performance and high quality \u2013 at levels often missing from other, highly priced software \u2013 says a lot about what a good freeware program should look like. If you\u2019re looking to convert video to fit your PDA, all you need is PocketDivXEncoder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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