Sometimes you might need to convert your home video and save it into a format compatible with your portable video player or a mobile phone. It often should also be of a certain size and for sure have exact parameters so that the device could playback it with no trouble. It can quite easily be done using AVS Video to GO. It has a very simple user-friendly interface and does the conversion of your video for you in just several easy steps. It will also upload the resulting file to the portable device and the only thing you will have to do is to take it along to watch.

Read step-by-step instructions below on how to convert your video and upload to a portable of yours using AVS Video to GO.

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Click here to download it. After the download is finished, run the AVSVideotoGO.exe file and follow the installation wizard instructions.

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First you need to choose what file type you would like to convert: DVD video or other video file. To do that click the Browse... button and select the appropriate source from the list:

Make sure that the All video files option is selected so that you could find your video file in the files list:

After loading the file you want to convert some details (such as size, frame and bit rate, duration etc) will be displayed under Video and Audio Parameters captions:

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If you are sure that you want to convert the entire DVD movie or video file then simply proceed to the next step by pressing the Next>> button.

But usually it is better to try and see the result of so to speak "test conversion": when you choose a small part of a movie and convert it into the selected format. After that if you are satisfied with the output and made sure you can playback it on the chosen device you can convert the whole movie with the same settings or change the settings if you see something wrong. Partial conversion is also useful when you want to cut the scenes from the movie or select only a part of a movie, for instance a music video clip.

To do this move the slider to the place where you want your conversion range to begin, then click the button. After that set the conversion range end and press the button. If you want to see on the slider where the conversion range starts and ends, use the following buttons: and . To play back the conversion range, press the button. If you changed your mind and decided to convert the entire DVD movie or video file, you can click the button.

After you determined the conversion range press the Next>> button to proceed.

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At the next step you will only need to point out which device you are going to use to watch the movie after you converted it, type of the storage for the output file and its capacity. The other video settings (audio and video formats, bit rates, video frame rate, frame size, encoding type, audio frequency and number of audio channels) will be adjusted automatically according to the chosen device preset. The conversion speed will depend not only on the source video file type and the chosen conversion range, but also on the chosen device: video will be converted faster for portable devices that have smaller screens with lower resolutions (video with smaller frame sizes), and slower for the devices that have larger screens.

To edit some of the advanced settings you should click the Switch to custom mode button. Note, that if you change some of the settings the output file might become not playable on your portable device.

After you select the device, type of file storage and its capacity press the Next>> button to continue.

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During the next step you can specify the path for the output file and its name:

Here the Path can be selected either from the pull down list or (if you choose Browse) you can specify a folder on your PC where the output file will be created. Note that you will need enough free hard disk space to store the output file. It depends on the file size you selected in Step three (simple or custom mode - 512 to 1500 megabytes). You can also change the File name to any you like or leave it unchanged.

If you are satisfied with all the parameters press the Start button to start the conversion process.

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The fifth step is the longest in the conversion process. It takes up to several hours depending on different parameters: movie duration, CPU strength and file and codec settings. In this window you can choose to preview the conversion process marking the Preview box:

You will see the Overall progress in percentage and on the progress bar. The Elapsed time shows how much time has gone since the beginning of the conversion process and the Remaining time shows estimated time left till the conversion finishes.

You can press the Stop button to cancel the process.

After the conversion is over you will be offered to upload your file to the device selected:

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Connect your portable device to your computer with the help of a cable. Turn on the device.

When you press the Send to DVR button the AVS Mobile Uploader will start to let you upload the converted video to your mobile device:

If your portable player is not displayed in the list you should press the Find Devices button to search for it.

When you click the Upload>> button the upload process itself will take place. It will take some time depending on the output video file size.

Now you can watch your video using the portable device of yours.

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