RockPod optimizes videos for your iPod, PDA, PSP or Zune

There are probably hundreds of programs that let you convert video files from one format to another. RockPod 08 Lite is another one of them, but it has a few features which make it an ideal choice for anyone looking to cram a few videos on their mobile device.

First of all, RockPod features profiles for common mobile devices like iPods, PDAs, Zunes, PSPs, iPhones, and the Eee PC. The last one's a bit silly since the Eee PC is basically a small computer which can handle any video, but all of these settings are kind of arbitrary. Essentially the RockPod developers picked video resolutions and codecs that they thought would work well on each device.

Second, instead of wading through a series of menus to choose the frame rate, bit rate, and other settings, RockPod lets you pick a file size. That's it. Want the finished video to be 64MB or 768MB? Just choose your preferred file size from the drop down menu and RockPod will do the rest. Obviously the larger your file, the higher quality the audio and video will be. But if your goal is to fit as many videos as possible on a small memory card, by all means, try to squeeze Fellowship of the Ring onto a 64MB memory card.

If you like to have a bit more control over your video settings, we'd recommend checking out another encoder like PocketDivXEncoder, MediaCoder, Super, or VirtualDub. But for ease of use, it's hard to beat RockPod.

[via Eee PC.Net]

Tags: compression, encoder, freeware, rockpod-08, rockpod-08-lilte, video-compression, video-encoder