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Convert AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, WMV... to iPhone 4

Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 4 after a couple wild, unprecedented months of leaks. The new 3.5-inch “Retina” IPS LCD display sports 326 pixels per inch, and is 960 by 640 pixels. Thanks to this outstanding features, videos or movies will do look great on the new device, and it’s a lot easier to carry around than a laptop or other portable device. But the problem is, what formats supported by iPhone 4, and how to convert video formats had to the iPhone 4 compatible formats. As a iPhone fan, after searched and read many articles and reviews, I write out this article on how to convert popular video/audio formats to iPhone 4 supported. The following tutorial I will show you how to convert avi, flv, mkv, mov, wmv...to iPhone 4 compatible video/audio files.

iPhone 4 Supported Video and Audio Formats

Video Formats iPhone 4 Supported

• H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
• MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
• Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Music & Audio Formats iPhone 4 Supported

• AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV

Convert the videos to iPhone 4 compatible video/audio files, first you should choose the suitable conversion tools, here I recommend the $19.95 Aneesoft iPhone 4 Video Converter, which provides a complete solution to convert iPhone 4 video from all popular video formats, including AVI, FLV, MKV, WMV, MP4, MOV, VOB, ASF, RM, RMVB, 3GP, 3G2 for your iPhone 4, also can extract audio from videos to MP3, WAV or M4A.

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft iPhone 4 Video Converter

Download the free trial version of Aneesoft iPhone 4 Video Converter from its official pageor download site, then install it to your PC.

Step 2: Run iPhone 4 Video Converter and add videos

Now run the program and click the big button "Add..." to add videos that you wanna convert from your hard disk, you may add as many videos as you want to convert to H.264 videos for watching on iPhone 4. Only the titles you checked will be converted.

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Step 3: Edit & merge videos: trim, crop, add effect, add watermark

Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? You may add a watermark in Aneesoft iPhone 4 Video Converter. 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. File:22.jpg

Step 4: Change the output settings and start converting

You'll find a wide range of preset video setting options avaiable for Apple iPhone 4. You may select "iPhone MPEG-4 Video(*.mp4)" for converting AVI or MKV or others to iPhone 4. Remember that the output file size and converting speed mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size and longer convertion time. File:Iphone4output.jpg

After all are ready, just click the big button "Start" to begin converting videos to iPhone compatible video files. Once the convert is complete, Aneesoft iPhone 4 Video Converter will place on your Desktop a new iPhone format version of your video that will play on the iPhone. Double-click the new file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect.