Roxio Crunch Win/Mac

by Roxio

Product Features

• Convert your movies and shows from almost any format including DV, AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DivX, DVD-Video, Video_TS folders, and more
• Automatically add converted video to your iTunes library for easy syncing with your Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone
• Save time by batch converting multiple video files in one step
• Powerful award-winning video conversion technology from the leaders in digital media
• Choose between standard and high-quality output; customized settings

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000PC1IR2
• Item model number: 234600
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,787 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Roxio Crunch is the essential video converter for your Apple TV, iPod, and iPhone. It's a one-stop shop for all of your video conversion needs. Batch export will make your life even simpler: converted video will be automatically added to iTunes for syncing. Don’t just convert it, Crunch it!

• Convert DV, AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DivX, DVD-Video, Video_TS folders, and more
• Automatically add converted video to your iTunes library for easy syncing with your Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone
• Powerful award-winning video conversion technology from the makers of Toast

Flexible Inputs
Supports the widest range of video file formats available including QuickTime files and popular non-QuickTime video file formats such as DivX and MPEG-2 files.

DVD-Video Support
Convert DVDs and VIDEO_TS folders. Maximize video quality and save space by selecting individual video titles and languages.

Device Profiles
Choose from multiple MPEG-4- and H.264-quality settings tailored specifically for use with your Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone. Easily choose between standard and high-quality output, or customize your own quality settings.

Batch Conversion
Save time by adding multiple videos files and have them converted in one step. Mix and match content with both 16:9 widescreen and 4:3 full-screen aspect ratios.

Features:

General

• Batch video conversion makes it easy to convert all your video in one step
• Custom DVD-Video source options--include only movie and extra content you want
• Select audio track to use for each source DVD-Video title
• Preview DVD-Video titles prior to export
• Custom MPEG-4- and H.264-quality settings
• Capture screen shots of DVD video during preview

File Support

• Non-encrypted DVDs, disc images, or valid VIDEO_TS folders
• Convert QuickTime movies, such as MOV and AVI
• Convert popular non-QuickTime video file formats, such as DivX and MPEG-2

Output Options

• Convert video to high quality MPEG-4 or H.264 formats and save hard-disk space
• Device optimized video quality presets for iPod
• Device optimized video quality presets for Apple TV
• Device optimized video quality presets for iPhone

Product Description

Roxio Crunch helps you easily convert your DVDs, movies, and TV shows for use with Apple TV, iPod, and iPhone. Powerful award-winning compression and conversion technologies work together to bring content from almost any source into the living room or the palm of your hand. Roxio Crunch includes both Mac and PC versions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should be crunched under my car tires, September 22, 2007

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David Stapleton (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roxio Crunch Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

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Installation proceeded uneventfully, requiring no more time than expected, although it did require a reboot, which I found a little surprising for this sort of application. The interface, while a little confusing to start with, did not take much time to figure out: 'Add Movie' to a 'Compilation', select the target configuration and 'Save As' that configuration.

That, however, is about all of the good news. Sure I figured out how to do the conversion process, but then I had to figure out just what I could convert. After trying a large random selection of DVDs from my 500+ disk collection, from early black and whites to current releases to documentaries to TV shows, I drew a complete 0% that I could convert. Wanting to at least have converted something when I wrote this review, I chose a 256Mb mpg file of my wife's graduation (about 5-10 minutes elapsed play time). Conversion time on my 2GHz AMD 64 system required just shy of 10 minutes. Running at normal priority effectively locked up my system as Crunch hogged 99% of the processor, in background priority it left me able to write this review while I reran the conversion. The resulting file was playable on my iPod with reasonable resolution and Crunched to 32Mb.

So what is the bottom line? If all that you are looking for is a tool to convert your home movies to watchable format on your iPod or similar device, Crunch, while a little slow in my opinion, will do the job. If, however, you are looking for a way to backup your DVD library or even make some of the movies available for portable devices, this is not the tool for you. Given what it can do, I have to conclude that Crunch is either over priced or under featured.

[I have to agree with another reviewer that AoA DVD Ripper does indeed seem to be a fine choice for those interested in backing up their DVD collection.]
P-)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Home Movies on iPod - YES, Easy to Use - YES, Shrek for the Road Trip - NO, September 26, 2007

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Bryan Newman "alaskanoutfitting.com" (St Paul, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roxio Crunch Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

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When I saw this product it looked perfect for what I was hoping to do. I was hoping to get my wife a Video iPod and load some home movies of the kids as well as couple of our kid's DVD's so they could watch them on long drives. There are plenty of kludgy shareware options out there, but I was looking for drag and drop simplicity.

What I got was most of what I was expecting. The ease of use is great, it allows her to select her file and convert it to the format she needs easily. Getting video of the kids onto the ipod was great and straightforward. It took time, but she now has a video gallery of our kids to show to friends and family.

What I didn't understand was the definition of "your DVD's." This actually means DVD's you have created yourself, not DVD's in your video library. This is not a tool for ripping copyrighted DVD's. Somehow I was thinking it was like iTunes where you can rip your personal CD's for use on your iPod. In hindsight, this makes sense, but it didn't seem to be a limitation in the description, nor was there any disclaimer.

While it didn't live up to its "One-stop shop for your video needs" claim, it is what it is; an easy way to massage your personal videos into an iPod format. For that part, it lived up to my expectations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for converting videos for both iPhone and iPod, October 2, 2007

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Cathy Stucker "IdeaLady.com" (Sugar Land, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roxio Crunch Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

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As has been noted by other reviewers, Crunch will not allow you to rip DVDs containing copy protection. And, like other video rendering software, it is slow and clunky. It has, however, solved a problem for me that makes it worth using.

I recently tried to sync videos to my iPhone and found that many videos that played fine on my iPod would not transfer to the iPhone. These included a couple of movies I had transferred using Handbrake Lite and several QuickTime videos I had downloaded as part of an online course. The QT videos had been converted to iPod format using iTunes.

After doing some research online, I found this was a common problem because of slight variations in the encoding for iPod and iPhone video. Although some videos will play on both, others (including some converted through iTunes) will not.

The files converted by Crunch in standard iPhone format play in iTunes, and sync with both the iPod and the iPhone. I was able to successfully convert files that had previously played only in iTunes and on the iPod, and get them to work on the iPhone, too.

I tried this software on both a Windows XP PC and a Mac. Both worked well. The Mac interface is a bit cleaner and might be considered easier to use, although both are simple. The main advantage the PC version has is that in addition to a bar showing the progress of the file conversion, the percentage complete is displayed. It makes it easy to estimate the time remaining in the conversion.

So this is not the software you want to back up your collection of DVD movies. (Try Handbrake for that if you are on a Mac.) But if you want to convert video files to play in iTunes, and on both your iPod and iPhone, this will do what you need.