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Giveaway of the day — Mobile Video 2.0

Mobile Video is a video converter for your mobile electronic companion!
$24.99 EXPIRED
User rating: 182 33 comments

Mobile Video 2.0 was available as a giveaway on August 30, 2012!

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Mobile Video converts video-DVDs and video files for numerous mobile devices, among them Sony PSP, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod touch and iPhone, portable multimedia players of various providers, navigation devices and Android-based mobile and smart phones.

The software helps to convert DVD-videos (or single chapters) in the same quality as nearly all common MPEG-4-video files (e.g. DivX, Xvid and x264). The converter with its ingeniously easy and immediately accessible interface creates exactly those video formats in precisely the resolution that you require for the respective device.

It only takes a few mouse clicks to create video clips for your respective device from DVD-videos (or single chapters) or from video files of various formats and resolutions.

Don't miss a 75% Discount on selected items from Engelmann Media!

System Requirements:

Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8; .net 3 Framework (will be automatically installed, if not available); an MP3 Codec must be present on the system; MP3 Codecs from Windows Media Player 10/11/12 as well as lame_enc.dll are supported

Publisher:

Engelmann Media GmbH

Homepage:

http://www.engelmann.com/eng/mobilevideo.php

File Size:

30.5 MB

Price:

$24.99

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#31

Number 19 - I dont know why citing freeware is meaningful, it doesnt make it better, faster or somehow more superior.

The reason why is that the comments make the point that the free stuff does the job as well as or better than the commercial versions.

Reply   |   Comment by Craig  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#30

This program does work as intended but its current program code seems a bit unstable as I've encountered several times the message of "this program is not responding"

It seems that it slightly handles computers with more then one processor core not as optimally as it should. They need to work on this.

Also I did not care for the current interface of the program, it was to bland and boring to look at, I can use the word simplistic, but sometimes that means in a way that still may confuse the user as on how to operate the software.

I'm not saying this is a bad piece of software I'm saying that its poorly optimized and I can't find anymore explanation on why it is. Perhaps in version 3.0 they can rewrite their code and make a prettier to look at interface that implys simplicity , but easy to use and more feature rich.

Reply   |   Comment by Little Bear  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#29

installed input S/N NO further action! It just sit there and do nothing!
Please help!!

Reply   |   Comment by TestSW  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#28

Gotta say, I've never had an issue installing GOTD offerings, but with only a couple hours left I still haven't received an email... I'd like to test it out and give an opinion, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Reply   |   Comment by Paul  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#27

Well folks, I endured the insane registration procedure (you don't even have to go through hurdles like that even for software costing many thousands of dollars). I ignored the developer's advice to disable my firewall and anti-virus ......... what a nerve of them! If they can't code within usual parameters I am NOT going to make my system vulnerable for some lousy video converter. At that point I was just going to say "forget the whole thing, sorry I offered to evaluate this piece of shoftware ( ;) )

Okay... I calmed down. Installed just fine... both emails went to my SPAM folder (I think that tells one something about the company's reputation). Then I was ready to take it for a spin.

Using a short AVI clip, I found that it did indeed create a good result with audio and video synching just fine. However, here are my more critical observations:

- the original audio was AAC stereo. This software by default offered to make it MONO... no thanks. Go to "Advanced Settings" and choose Stereo. At this point I was hoping to see that I could leave the audio as AAC or choose MP3 + bitrate etc. Nope. No such control. The output ended up being MONO anyway !

- the initial choice of devices to convert to is extremely limited as all you get are the choices of several brand name devices. Don't have an iPhone, or Android, or Palm device? Too bad, you're SOL.

- but hey, they have a choice of skins! Uglier ones I have never seen before. Sorry Mr. Developer, you didn't mention that you are visually impaired or colour-blind

I have to admit that this is one of the worst travesties of PC programming I have ever seen foisted upon a paying market.

Now you may well disagree with me on my opinions, and that's totally fine. But in the final analysis, this just does NOT work for me, so right after I hit "submit comment" ... I am submitting Mobile Video 2.0 to the oblivion of the trash bin with no hope of ever being revived.

Reply   |   Comment by Paul  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#26

The application cannot proceed!
An internal error occured. Please contact your administrator and describe the steps you took before you encounter this error message.

Error msg: Unable to connect to the database. Please make sure the database information specified in admin/includes/config.php are correct.

Reply   |   Comment by tom  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#25

Attn: GOTD Team -- Re: Your Comment #3: No VideoMizer Discount

I was very pleased by your comment stating that the developer offered a 75% for VideoMizer and PhotoMizer. But I think you are mistaken.

I tried to buy VideoMizer for the discount...but no discount seems to be offered.

I clicked on the '75% Discount' ad listed first under "More titles from Engelmann Media". It ultimately took me to an order form listing these titles: freeTunes, MakeMe3D, CDRWIN 9, Simply Good Pictures, Android Converter, DVR Converter 3, and CinemaHD 2. VideoMizer and PhotoMizer were absent from the list of discounted titles.

I clicked on the VideoMizer ad under "More Titles", but it took me to the developer's web page offering VideoMizer for FULL price at Euro $49.99. Clicking on the Buy button took me to an order form charging full price.

Again, I don't see any discount offered for VideoMizer and PhotoMizer.

GOTD Team, if the Developer meant to offer a discount, please arrange to make that discount available to me and your GOTD audience.

Thank you!

Reply   |   Comment by Preston Mitchell  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#24

XP SP3
Video v2.0, Version 2.11.713

(i had to use a copy downloaded from engelmann as the GAOTD version
will not install sandboxed on XP)

uses MSI installer

during setup, the "theme" pictures & the selector orders are reversed.
picture order: green, blue, orange
selector order: orange, blue, green

installs into directory of your choice, 3 MB
PLUS:
a 1.3 MB installer in \Windows\Installer
& 41.2 MB codec related files in \Program Files

windows /is/ resizeable

/includes/ CHM HELP file

geared towards sizing to a specific device
rather then having generic "sizes" (resolution, bitrate, ...)
that you can manually choose, so makes this less "generic" or
at least harder to use in a generic fashion
there is some leeway (it varies) depending on your selected
output device format

has a bitrate/file size "calculator" (estimator)

it is not limited to a DVD source (as my impression from the
website gave me)
you can open a local file in various formats

would be nice if the "Quality:" slider showed the actual
settings it was choosing

bitrate calculator should be smarter, like if your source
is only a few minutes, it should preset the Duration (because
unless you cut a clip or add more, it isn't going to change)

once you start the conversion, it does display some of this
information, but it would be nice to have had it ahead of
time

selecting Quality "high" for an iPad chooses a bitrate of 1600
which may or may not be appropriate given the source file
bitrate - it could be way overkill

it took a 33 MB mov & converted it to a 4 MB mp4, & it looks
fine & audio was in sync

no timeline on the cut/snapshot preview

it will automatically increment the filename on an overwrite
condition

only does one cut (per file?)

converting a 1.8 GB mov to mp4 looks like its going to take
some time on my computer, using ~67% cpu (dual core)
finally - output to a 157 MB mp4, looks OK to me

works
noted above is the tie-in to the machine hardware
can't say that would sit well with me

Reply   |   Comment by therube  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#23

Expensive commercial software that's going nowhere from a German developer which at this rate will also be going nowhere. There is neither need nor niche for this kind of paid-for app any more, not when a host of freeware apps already use the same root technology and do exactly the same thing (up to and including Engelmann's much-vaunted 'bespoke' settings -- aw, c'mon, from Handbrake through to FormatFactory it's long been possible to determine one's own preferences and parameters. And as for those new to this kind of software, it takes no more than a couple of minutes on Google to ask, what is the ideal setting for this, what is the ideal setting for that, etc etc.)

Engelmann (today's developer) has been around for a while but its days are numbered if its CEO and coding team think that anyone with a functioning brain cell would pay even $2.00 for this, never mind $24.99. Thanks GAOTD, but definitely, no thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by MikeR  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#22

As usual, Giovanni, so helpful. Thanks for the FREE alternatives and your insight.

Reply   |   Comment by Elaine  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#21

Still waiting for the serial # for the pass 6 hours

Reply   |   Comment by Al  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#20

i don't have any new modern communication devices except my old nokia. i don't want to replace it, because it has sentimental value to me. so i bypass this one. anyway, thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by ta  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-39)
#19

another freeware alternatives: MakeMKV beta (Blu-ray and DVD support.only beta version freeware.full version non-free), Freez DVD Ripper, AutoMKV, DVDx, TEncoder, EncodeHD, D2MP (for video to DVD, DivX, Blu-ray or AVCHD), AVCHDCoder(AVI,M2TS,MKV,MP4,WMVHD files and Blu-ray to AVCHD/Blu-ray), MkvMagic.note:FormatFactory>adware>
I don't suggest:SUPER(adware), koyotesoft's all tools, Any Video Converter Free Version

@Giovanni; "Movies converted by ALLConverter free version have watermark. If you want to remove it or be able to put your own, order ALLConverter PRO." check>http://www.allconverter.org/order-form


thanks to freeware/open source developers !!

Reply   |   Comment by maynak00  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+20)
#18

Is there any free video convertor with provision for color depth conversion ??

Reply   |   Comment by Vinod  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-13)
#17

Hope that it'll of much help to mobile phone users this era

Reply   |   Comment by Luwang  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-22)
#16

I dont know why citing freeware is meaningful, it doesnt make it better, faster or somehow more superior.

Maybe the GOTD alternative is just a better commercial tool.

Reply   |   Comment by jon  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-40)
#15

I use and like Iwisoft Free Video Converter. It has one annoying feature: Every time it starts up, it opens my web browser to its homepage. But I can live with that because it does everything else right.

Reply   |   Comment by Neil from Ohio  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-20)
#14

Once again Giovanni identifies a wealth of alternative software... thanks!!!

Reply   |   Comment by Walrus  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)
#13

25 bucks??

Come on...what great additional features does this GAOTD have to justify its price, compared to these award-winning FREEWARE??

Can anybody reply to me?? LOL!!

* XMedia Recode (Portable version available on te developer website)
An all-in-one video conversion and audio conversion tool: can even convert for FREE and at high speed any DVD and Blu-Ray movies into any format you like, giving you also the option to pick your iPhone model. With this FREE cool app advanced users are also able to modify bitrate, keyframe interval, framerate and the rate control mode of both videos and audio chapters. Can't figure out why this awesome software is free!

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/XMedia-Recode.shtml

* (Portable) VEMoDe
Cool free app which helps you encode almost any kind of multimedia files for almost any kind of portable devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, PlayStation Portable, Sony PSP, Windows Mobile devices etc...)

http://code.google.com/p/vemode/

* Free 3GP Video Converter
It can convert your 3GP files stored on your mobile phone to enjoy on your PC and/or your PC movie collection to watch on your mobile: cool, isn't it?

http://www.koyotesoft.com/video-software/free-3gp-converter.html


* WonTube Free Video Converter (Windows & Mac)
Excellent app to convert and enjoy videos for free to iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Sony PSP, PS2, PS3, BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung, Xbox, Apple TV, Android mobile devices and smart phones.

http://www.wontube.com/free-video-converter.html

* Convertilla
Terrific FREE Video Converter tool designed to convert almost any kind of video and music files (MP4, FLV, MKV, MPG, AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP, MP3) for Android, iPod, Blackberry, Sony PSP and PS3, Microsoft XBOX 360 and Zune, Nokia N-series and many more.

http://convertilla.com/


And of course the ubiquitous....

http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com
http://formatoz.com/index.html
http://www.easy-video-converter.com/
http://www.pazera-software.com/products/vcsuite/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/WinX-Video-Converter.shtml
http://gromada.com/best_video_converter/
http://www.sabsoft.com/TotallyFreeConverter.htm

Not happy yet?? Ok, how about a FREE TOOL capable of merging any video files to play on any iPhone/iPod with subtitles?? Too good to be true?? Certainly not!!

http://www.allconverter.org/
http://www.selur.de/

YES, even the VIDEO CONVERSION "field" is SATURATED nowadays, meaning there's no need to pay anything anymore!!!

Do you agree with me dudes?? LOL!!

My 2 cents for today's giveaway.....

Ciao
Giovanni

Reply   |   Comment by giovanni  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+119)
#12

The only converter you'll ever need:
http://www.formatoz.com/

Reply   |   Comment by Thom Porter  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#11

I wrestled through the fiendishly complex registration process and tried my first DVD to MP4 conversion so I can watch a film on my phone. Mobile Video informed me that it can't handle copy protected DVDs. So I uninstalled it and used HandBrake instead.

Reply   |   Comment by Dave  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+35)
#10

All Thumbs down!
Why?
1. - Because software does the same as 100 Freeware-Tools
2. - Because software uses a hardware-specific lic. So its a one-way-2-trash-application.

Very sad, that such stuff is "made in Germany"

Reply   |   Comment by Ursula vdL.  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#9

can this do the revese and covert MP4 and FLV videos to DVD? Thank :-@

Reply   |   Comment by Stortch  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-23)
#8

As I said in an earlier comment, that was not published, this will not register at hotmail.com, and was not in the spam folder. It did register at my knac.com account.

Reply   |   Comment by VaughnF  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#7

The serial key is in SPAM mail. Please check spam

Reply   |   Comment by Shalabh  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-14)
#6

Checked my SPAM folder in Outlook. Checked also my mailbox directly on mail.google.com. Nothing...
Have uninstalled that program.
Sorry

Reply   |   Comment by ayubowan  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)
#5

In the compatability advertised it shows Windows 8 but I just tried a number of times to install it and it crashes each time. ME thinks maybe it's not been tested too well on Windows 8 yet...8(

Oh well...

Rakos

Reply   |   Comment by Rakos  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)
#4

I had download Mobile Video 2.0 and tried to convert 7 minutes long video, the conversion speed is not fast compare with the snowfox dvd & video converter which I have used for several months. But output format supports most popular portable devices and this is very useful.

Reply   |   Comment by shara  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+20)
#3

freeware alternatives: XMedia Recode, Freemake Video Converter, Format Factory, Mobile Media Converter, FFCoder, Handbrake(can rip encrypted DVDs with libdvdcss), MeGUI, VidCoder, MediaCoder, StaxRip, RipBot264, MiniCoder,SGI's Video Converter, iWisoft Free Video Converter, AviDemux, Miro Video Converter, Mobile Media Converter, XviD4PSP

thanks to freeware/open source developers

Reply   |   Comment by maynak00  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+50)
#2

Developer Englemann -- You Offered A Discount for Wrong Software!

I tried Videomizer. I like it. But you failed to offer a discount for your other products featured on GOTD.

Please offer a discount today for Vidomizer and Photmizer.

Thank you!

Reply   |   Comment by Preston Mitchell  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-62)

Dear Preston,

thank you for your comment. The Developer actually provides a 75% discount for selected products (the latest version of Photomizer is included). You can find the link in the description and among the ads.

--
Sincerely,
GOTD team

Reply   |   Comment by Giveaway of the Day project team  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+19)
#1

Downloaded, unzipped, installed and registered.
One hour later, no registration key received...
Doesn't sound very serious.

Reply   |   Comment by ayubowan  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Hello ayubowan (and everybody not seeing the key in Inbox after request),

we have just checked the registration procedure and everything worked fine. The only problem is that the letters landed in SPAM folder.

Please check it.

Regards,
GOTD team

Reply   |   Comment by Giveaway of the Day project team  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+16)
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