This step-by-step guide will show you how to convert video to MPEG/WMV/AVI and other popular formats as MP4, FLV, 3GP, ASF, MOV, M4V, MPG, VOB, XviD, and how to extract audio from various video format.

From this detailed guide, you will have a clear understanding of the following procedures:
• 1. How to convert video to MPEG/WMV/AVI/FLV/3GP/ASF/MKV etc?
• 2. How to extract audio from video to MP3/M4A/WMA/MKA etc?
• 3. How to perform advanced functions while conversion?
• 4. How to capture pictures from video while previewing.

Part 1: How to convert video to MPEG/WMV/AVI/FLV/3GP/ASF/MKV etc?

First, please download Daniusoft Video Converter, install and run it.
Now, let's follow the following four steps to get started using Daniusoft Video Converter to make conversion between video formats.

Step 1: Import video files

Click "Add" button, you are allowed to import versatile video/audio files.

Step 2: Edit Video files.

Click "Edit" button, you are allowed to edit video by cropping, trimming, adjusting effect and editing watermark.

Step 3: Customize output settings.

Click "Settings" button in the output settings area, you are allowed to customize the output parameters, specify output folder and select output format.

Step 4: Start conversion.

Click "Start" button on right bottom of the main interface, you are allowed to start conversion. All the tasks of conversion will be finished at fast speed and high output quality.

Part 2: How to extract audio from video to MP3/M4A/WMA/MKA etc?

Daniusoft Video Converter allows you to extract audio from video and convert it to the format of M4A, MP3, AC3, WMA, WAV, OGG, OPE, MKA and AC3 with only three steps.

Step 1: Import video files.

Click to import video files or you can drag the files into the file list window directly.

Step 2: Customize output settings.
Click " in the "Convert to" area in the bottom of the main interface to select audio output format in the categorized output format list.

After selecting audio output format, click to adjust audio parameters as Resolution, Frame Rate, Encoder and Bit Rate.

Step 3: Start conversion.

Click to start conversion.
By following the three steps above, you can perfectly extracted audio from video to your designed format for playback on your iPod MP3 player.

Part 3: How to perform advanced functions while conversion?

Daniusoft Video Converter provides you a lot of advanced functions to help you make perfect conversion. Here some tips on how to perform these advanced functions.

• Crop video size
• Clip video segment
• Adjust video effect
• Design watermark
• Merge multi-files into one file

Crop Video size

After importing video files, please click "Edit" button and you are allowed to adjust video size  by clicking "crop".
You are allowed to finish cropping by the following three ways:

Dragging cropping frame

Move your mouse cursor onto one of the eight small adjustment boxes on the cropping frame (the dashed line) and drag the crop frame to crop the DVD file such as cutting off top and bottom black bar. The cropped result will be shown on the Output Preview at the same time.

Selecting aspect ratio
You are allowed to select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom drop-down list. There are six choices available: Keep original, Full screen, 16:9, 4:3, Letter box and Pan & Scan

Setting the values
Type the value directly or click to set the value in "Left", "Right" and "Cropped area size" area to set the position of the cropping frame.

Clip video segment

If you want to split your video into segment, you can click "Trim to make trimming of video by the following three ways:

Dragging the slider
Drag below the Preview Windows to mark the beginning of your clip and drag to mark the end of your clip during the preview.

Controlling "Mark in" and "Mark out" button

Press to mark the beginning of your clip and to mark the end of your clip during the preview.

Note: You can click to play frame by frame to make a precise trimming.

Setting start and end time

Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually and click to trim a clip from the video as you like.

Note: You can click to preview the clip. Click under the process bar to remove the selections.

Adjust video effect

If you want special effect to your video, you can click "Effect". Then you are allowed to adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of video by dragging.

You can also select a special effect from the Effect drop-down list for the video. The available choices are Gray, Emboss, Negative, Old film and No effect. Besides, you can select the suitable option from Repeat odd field, Repeat even field, Odd interpolate and Even interpolate in the deinterlacing  drop-down list to adjust the picture's quality, if there are some pixels, lines, mosaics or stripes on the picture.

Note: You can  check "apply to all" option to apply the current effect adjusting of one file to all the selected files.

Design watermark
If you want to add some personal information either in text or image form as watermark to decorate your video, you can realize it by click "Watermark" .

Image watermark editing

1. Check image watermark option to edit image watermark.
2. Click to specify the image you attempt to use.
3. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging .
4. Resize the height or width by inputting numbers in image size area or dragging .

Text watermark editing

1. Check text watermark option to edit text watermark.
2. Type the text you attempt to use as watermark in text watermark area.
3. Click  to edit the font of text. You are allowed to edit the font style, size, effects etc of text in the following menu.

4. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging.

Merge multi-files into one file

If you want to join multi-files into one file, you can check "Merge into one file" option at the bottom of the main interface, and then all the files listed in the file list window will be automatically merged into one file. You can click to locate the merged file saved in your specified target output folder.

Part 4: How to capture pictures from video while previewing.

Daniusoft Video Converter allows you to capture any picture from video while previewing. There is a "Snapshot" button below the preview pane on right of the main interface:

Click and the current picture in the preview pane will be captured and saved in the specified folder in the image type as you have set.

Click  to open the snapshot folder to view the captured pictures.

Note: You are allowed to specify the output folder to save the captured pictures and the output format of pictures. Here is how to specify the output folder and format for captured pictures.

Click "Options" on the top of the main interface -> Click "Format" in Options window -> Specify the folder to save captured picture/select output format of captured picture.

Sounds Good?