ViddyUp! for Mac

Wondering how to make the most of your video-capable iPod®? Looking for an easy way to make your video clips work with iTunes®? Need a general-purpose MPEG-4 and H.264 export tool? Not sure how to get the best results from QuickTime® Pro? Say 'howdy pardner' to ViddyUp!, the iPod video wrangler.

ViddyUp! makes moving your video clips to iPod a cinch! Just drag your clips to the ViddyUp! window, tweak a setting or two (if you want), then let ViddyUp! get to work. iPod-compatible versions of each clip show up in a special playlist in iTunes, ready for you to synchronize with your iPod.

ViddyUp! is faster than QuickTime Pro's Movie to iPod (320x240) option, easily handles dozens of files with its batch processing mode, and even works with MPEG muxed audio. And with the Custom settings option, it's not just for iPod. Create MPEG-4 and H.264 files for iPod, iTunes, Podcasts or the Web. It's up to you.

Here's what ViddyUp! can do:

• Works with all QuickTime-compatible files, and then some, but doesn't require QuickTime Pro.
• Creates MPEG-4 and H.264 files for iPod. You decide between MPEG-4's quick processing and average quality and H.264's slower performance and outstanding quality.
• Batch processing
• MPEG muxed audio support
• Cropping - choose from automatic 4:3, constrained 4:3 and manual.
• High-quality presets for iPod
• Low-quality presets for Podcasts
• H.264 single-pass and multi-pass, with better multi-pass performance than other QuickTime-based solutions.
• Sets each video clip's poster frame during encoding
• Sends each file to a special ViddyUp! playlist in iTunes.