About:Conversion Softwares

I would like us videomakers to discuss about the best video converter you use to kick your video from a codec/wrapper to another.
The point of this is to have a small handful topic for people wondering about video converter - which, why, how much .. oh wait it's free? .
The purpose is also to refine the reviews about the mentioned applications, and of couse discover new ones
Here are the softwares I use often use:
*Freebies :)*
FFmpegX - Free, open source, although shareware. But, the good part of it, it will always works fully. It can converts to and from many types and wrapper, including FLV (Google Video's, Youtube's, etc.).
It can be a little confusing sometimes, and it requires three componments you have to fetch (but hey, google's your friend right :)? )
FFmpeg - mentioning the componments, here's FFmpeg, the command-line app that makes run the previous app. This one though require a command-line knowledge, but works a helluva faster (about 5 times, from someone's experiment).
iMovie - Of course, iMovie can be useful to convert some videos. It uses Quicktime as base, so if you want to export using some Quicktime plug-ins, it will work. Cons is you have to import the movie in iMovie before exporting.
JES Deinterlacer - Sorry to say I don't know much about it. All I know is that is uses Quicktime's processing too, but if you like JES Deinterlacer's interface better ...
MPEG Streamclip - Ha this one too is nice Useful converter with many options, like trimming cutting or joinging movies. Can also directly convert from a Youtube or Google Video (or any internet Flash-based video in fact) by just typing the URL Address. Did I mention it has a big pack of format supported?
mConverter - Has proved itself unsuccesfully working with me. Perhaps some will have a better chance?
*Not free :*
Compressor - Comes with the Final Cut Studio package. I heard it takes some times, but the time is extremely well traded for quality (by example if you de-interlace the video).
Quicktime Pro - **** this is useful! To quickly convert a video, by example you need to send it to a PC friend who cannot play anything else than AVI, say, just open it up, export, smile. You're done. I'm happy with this one, as you can also add up plug-ins, which makes Quicktime export in virtually any format ever made.
Special:
Handbrake. The most useful DVD conversion software (DVD disc, and DVD folders, if you happen to have a dvd stored in folders in your computer). It uses ffmpeg at the base, and it does work extremely fast. It takes me about 45 mins to convert a 2h30 long movie to iPod high resolution format. (Mac Pro quad-core, 3GB RAM)
That is all I know for now. And I'm sure there are even more solutions, so that is why I created this thread, to find them of course
Behave good now everyone!

You can't really recover data from your reformatted mass storage unless of course you have a recent backup which you can use to restore to the phone.
With regards to applications, I would suggest you only reinstall what you use. I actually ake it a point to uninstall applications I don't use. There is no point tying up the phones already limited resources on unnecessary stuff. Tell us what you use and we could help you locate them.

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Gatekeeper has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could find some other way to evade Apple's controls.
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Hi,
Under Domain of a data element of a field, Output Characterestics field 'Convers. routine' is used to create conversion routines, system will do the data changes with in these routines while storing the data into table and retriving the data from table.
Ex: if coversion routine is defined as 'ALPHA' for a standard domain , with this value system will create two function modules.
CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT
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you can also create your own conversion routines by defining the value in this field. i have defined conversion routine to convert NUMC type data to DEC type data with 'ZCNV'.system will generate two FM's. you need to write the code in those FM's according to your logic.
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FUNCTION CONVERSION_EXIT_ZCNV_INPUT.
""Local interface:
*" IMPORTING
*" VALUE(INPUT)
*" EXPORTING
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CONVERSION_EXIT_ZCNV_OUTPUT
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*" EXPORTING
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Hi Deba,
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ALPHA Conversion Routine
BUCAT Conversion Routine
EAN11 Conversion Routine
GJAHR Conversion Routine
ISOLA Conversion Routine
MATN1 Conversion Routine
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PERI6 Conversion Routine
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POSID Conversion Routine
PROJ Conversion Routine
REQID Conversion Routine
IDATE Conversion Routine
Conversion Routine RSDAT
SDATE Conversion Routine
WBSEL Conversion Routine
Check this link for conversion routines and its types...
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/2b/e9a20d3347b340946c32331c96a64e/frameset.htm
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