The 4Media iPod Video Converter for Mac has uniquely simple interface which allows users to convert files with extreme ease. With supported input file types including WMV, MOV, MP4, AVI, MP4, VOB, AAC, AC3; the software can convert a wide range of videos so that they can be run on your iPod. The software also gives you full control over the properties of the output file such as video size and resolution etc.

Performance wise, the 4Media iPod Video Converter for Mac is most definitely one of the few video converters that can actually utilize the true potential of the variety of new dual core processors which are released by Intel and AMD.

Utilizing these optimizations for the processors, an approximately 200% increase in the performance can be observed as compared to other un-optimized softwares.

With these host of features packed in a single package that can be used with great ease, and all at a price of just $29, you cannot expect to find a better iPod video converter for the Mac. I would rate it as a definite 9 out of 10.

The iSkysoft DVD Ripper allows you to rip DVDs and save the video or even selectively just the audio from DVDs in a variety of file formats. This Mac software is designed to have a very user-friendly interface, which allows you to do a variety of modifications to your videos and audio files with extreme ease. With a few clicks, you can crop videos, trim video and audio files, preview videos and even change the color effects of the files.

The software allows you to rip videos and audios of DVDs directly into different file formats such as:

Audio Formats like- MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A and many more
Video Formats like- WMV (Windows Media Video), MOV (Quicktime video), RM (Real Media), 3GP, FLV (Flash Video), AVI, MPEG 1/2/3, and many more. iSkysoft DVD Ripper also allows you to interconvert these wide range of file types or even extract the audio out of video files.

This easy to use, inexpensive video converter is the best to convert video and audio files for your media player devices such as the iPod, PSP, Creative Zen, iRiver, Xbox 360, PS3, Archos, PMP, PDA, Pocket PC, Smart Phones like Blackberry and many more devices.

I would give iSkysoft DVD Ripper an overall rating of 9.5/10 because of the variety of file types, which it supports, the interface, which is charming to the eyes, and its low resource – high performance system of conversion.

The additional functionalities which come along with the package which makes it stand out as a powerful converter are many. With a higher conversion rate than most other converters, thanks to its support for the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, makes it lightening fast for the conversions. Settings for both basic and advance functions can easily be changed for the video and audio outputs by simply a few clicks. It also allows you to trim or crop certain regions of the media, so you can choose the length and period you want.

The advanced settings include the ability to modify different parameters of video and audio files such as bit rate, frame rate, video size and video resolution, making it very flexible with the output file size. You can also take screenshots of the videos by utilizing its Snapshot feature. If the process of conversion is lengthy you can also pause and continue the process later or even stop the conversion in the middle without any slowing down. Previewing the file to be converted is also simple. It also allows you to change ID3 tags of various files.

The user-friendly interface of the 4 Media Video Converter makes it easy software for anyone’s use. With low system requirements, it can run on almost any Mac. The only drawback which I could think of is its lack of support for flash video files. But otherwise, it offers all major file types which anyone would need for conversion. And for a price of just $49, anyone can purchase it easily. It would definitely deserve 9 point out of 10 on a rating.