Roxio Crunch Win/Mac

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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: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PC1IR2
• Item model number: 234600
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,356 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #23 in	Software > Video & Music > DVD Viewing & Authoring
  #70 in	Software > Video & Music > Digital Video

• 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

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	David Stapleton (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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-)

7 of 7 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

By	Bryan Newman "alaskanoutfitting.com" (St Paul, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freddy, My Babysitter's Dad, Just Loves to Crunch, October 26, 2007

By	Sara Hackett (from the Darkside) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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I had great hopes for Crunch, but they were quickly dashed. Yes it lets me convert my DivX movies to Quicktime, but I don't have an Apple TV or an iPhone, so who cares? Also it won't do anything with DVD movies which are encrypted with copy protection which includes every movie you can legally buy. So I use Mac the Ripper, a free program which does the job for me just fine. However, I can see that if you used Apple TV, you could really benefit from this program, especially if you broke the DRM copy protection on your legally purchased movies.

I should had that the interface is very much like what you'd expect if you've used Roxio Toast. Like most good Mac products, you can figure out how to use Crunch without a manual.

I should also add that I've given my copy of Crunch to our babysitter's dad who does have an Apple TV and he has reported back to me that he likes it a lot. He takes a lot of video and now he's crunched it all up and he claims to have recovered acres of hard drive space. So for the right person this is apparently a great product. Sadly I'm not that person, but since I've seen Freddy (the babysitter's dad) get along swimmingly with Crunch, I guess I have to give it five stars, even though it isn't for me.