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Fri, 23 Sep 2011 Video Monkey review

Convert, encode and tag videos with metadata at the same time

Jonathan Seff

Manufacturer: Video Monkey
Pros: Can convert video and add metadata; offers Apple presets
Cons: Confusing, plain interface
Price: Free
We rate this 4 out of 5.Star rating:

There are many applications that can convert video into formats that are friendly to iTunes and the iPhone, iPod, iPad, or Apple TV. Of those, there’s an interesting subset – including Video Monkey – that can not only encode files, but also tag them with TV show or movie metadata at the same time.

To convert video, Video Monkey offers a number of Apple-centric presets, designated by the type of device they’re meant for. The presets differ in the frame size, frame rate, bit rate, and audio quality they provide.

In addition to iTunes presets, there’s also a section called Video Format, which offers presets for AVI, MP4, QuickTime, WMV, Flash, MPEG, and D.

To get Video Monkey to automatically look up metadata based on a file name, you need to go through several steps as a one-time setup. If Video Monkey finds the information for your file, it will populate as many fields as it can – for exam ple, TV show episode, TV series title, episode number, description, media kind, and so on. The info is similar to what you’d get purchasing content from the iTunes Store.

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