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SimpleMovieX can change the format of a movie. This operation is called Convert or Export.

Here, for example we take a DivX avi movie and convert it to Windows Media (wmv format).


Do File>Export...

The pop-up list of export formats is populated by the codecs that are installed in your system. See List of recommended codecs for more information.

Most of the export formats in the list have parameters that can be adjusted by pressing the Options button.

Here, for example, we see Flip4Mac WMV Export Settings. Note that this window, the settings and the codec are technically not part of SimpleMovieX.

For any support or information request about a particular export format or codec, please go directly to the vendor of this component.


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Batch Export

In your day to day workflow, you'll probably need to convert several or a lot of movies to the same final format. This is possible in one shot with File>Batch Export.

Note that the original movies can be from different formats and codecs, but at the end you choose one format for them all and SimpleMovieX does the rest.


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The first step is to Select the files to convert. As seen in picture above, you can either drag from Finder to the table, or double-click in the file browser. To delete a file, you check the Skip box corresponding to this file.

Based on the Export Format chosen, SimpleMovieX calculates an estimate of disk space and time required to perform this operation. Time column can either show duration or clock time of finished operation.


The Convert button is still not enabled because the Export Folder has not been chosen yet. This is what we do in the picture below after pushing Select...

The folder can be selected from the files browser or can be created as seen in the picture.


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Now the Convert button is enabled and SimpleMovieX indicates the free disk space and required disk space.

Everything is ready, just press Convert.


If the free disk space is not enough to perform the operation, you cannot start as the Convert button remains grayed. You can choose another Export Folder, change the format to a less space consuming, or check some rows in the table to skip the corresponding files.


Note that disk space prediction can be enforced or disabled through a Preferences setting.


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Split and Convert

We have seen above how to convert a batch of movies to a new format.

A useful variant to this is "Split and Convert": You have a long movie that you want to split in sequences, and all sequences have to be converted to a new format.

For example, you have recorded a music concert and you want to convert songs to individual AAC files.


SimpleMovieX does it in 3 easy steps:

1. Remove unwanted footage and create one chapter for each song.

2. Split by chapter into RefMovies

3. Drag the RefMovies to Batch Export window, select the format and do Convert.