Zune is a portable media player first released on November, 2006. Now its products have upgraded from generation to generation, from Zune 4, Zune 8, Zune 80, Zune 16, Zune 120, to now Zune HD. Zune’s native file compatible formats are:
* JPEG for images;
* WMV is supported on all models, and MPEG-4 and H.264 are supported for video on all models except the Zune 30. The MPEG-4 and H.264 formats are automatically transcoded to WMV by the Zune software when syncing to a Zune 30;
* MP3, AAC (.m4a), Zune Marketplace (restricted and DRM free), WMA Pro (2-channel), WMA Standard, WMA lossless for audio.
If you have other video formats, such as FLV files, download from YouTube, Google Video, and Yahoo Video etc. you need to convert these FLV formats to WMV or MPEG-4 formats for playback on your Zune. Don’t know how to convert? OK, following, we will use Aneesoft Video Converter Pro to show you the process step by step.
Things you’ll need
1. Aneesoft Video Converter Pro (Free for download trial version)
2. FLV video files
Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft Video Converter Pro
We’ll be using the very nice video converter software called Aneesoft Video Converter Pro for converting FLV videos to MPEG-4 or WMV format for playback on Zune, head over here and download the free trial version. Next step is to install the program.
Step 2: Run Video Converter Pro and add FLV video files
Now run Aneesoft Video Converter Pro and click the big button "Add..." to add FLV video files on your computer, you may add as many videos as you want to convert to videos. Only the titles you checked will be converted. So if there're some videos you don't want to convert, you need to uncheck them or 'Remove' them from the right-click menu. 'Clear' in the right-click menu means remove all titles in the list.
Step 3: Edit videos: crop, trim, add effects, add watermark
Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? You may add a watermark in Aneesoft Video Converter Pro. Just select the title you'd like to add watermark, then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. If you want to crop video or add some special effects, click the first two tabs. You're able to add a text watermark or an image watermark (you may call it logo) on the output video. Adjust the 'Transparency' to make the watermark look better.
Step 4: Merge some separate FLV videos to 1 single MPEG-4 or WMV file
Click on the video titles you'd like to merge to 1 single file, then click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate files if you just need the single merged video file. Here 'click on the video titles' is not just check the options, you need to click them to make them highlight. You may see the image below to have an idea.
Step 5: Change the output settings to convert videos with best quality
Choose the most suitable MPEG-4 or WMV output format as you want. Besides to MPEG-4 and WMV format, there are almost all common video formats available for you to choose to convert. You may convert FLV videos to different video formats for video editing or playback on your mobile devices, such as iPhone, PSP, cellphone, etc. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually video with bitrate as 768 is acceptable for watching.
Step 6: Start converting FLV videos to MPEG-4 or WMV videos
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting FLV videos to PSP MPEG-4 or WMV videos. Once the convert is complete, Aneesoft Video Converter Pro will place a new version of your video. Double-click the new MPEG-4 or WMV file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect.
