Now a days recording can be done from typically any device that supports photography. I have put down some devices and the formats into which they store the video.
| Device | File Format |
| Digital Cameras | MOV, AVI |
| iPhones | MOV |
| Mobile Phones | 3gp, 3gpp |
But the format that we need to play on PC’s or on VCD’s or DVD players is MPEG. So there is always a need to convert these files from one format to another.
You can get a lot of paid versions of these software. But why not get a free software that promises to do all this. This way we can keep our memories intact. We can copy the contents to a CD, USB and give it to our friends to play those who don’t want to use computers.
One good software I found was Pazera Converter. You can search on google for other Pazera converters from any to any format. Download and install it. (Small file of < 5MB). Run the program. Please see the screen shots
| 1 | Drag and drop your files that need to be converted |
| 2 | Select the format you want (for eg PAL-DVD) |
| 3 | Select the destination folder where you want to put the files after converting |
| 4 | This will get highlighted when you copy the files. Click this to begin the convert process. You can alternatively press CTRL+E. |
| END | Once converted use your favourite player. My fav player is VLC Media Player another opensource gem. |
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