Was looking online for video converter…
Was looking online for video converter software. The reviews from this site (Trustpilot) were very negative. However, I was surprised that the reviews for this converter at the Apple store were favorable. I first tried buying through the Apple store, unfortunately it did not work for my needs. I wanted to import data onto my Mac from old home movie DVDs (DVD-R, that I converted from 8mm tapes years ago) using an external hard drive. That software would not recognize my ext drive. After that I realized that software converter advertised on the Apple site was limited to data already on my computer. I then tried the "free" download of the Iskysoft Video Converter Ultimate which quickly and easily captured the video on my external hard drive. As expected the software would not download my entire 2-3 hr length movies: only 1/3 for free. But, I realize nothing in this world is free and I bit on a one yr license. Thus, far I have converted 20 DVDs (takes about 30 min each, which is relatively fast) to MOV format with good quality with minimum problems. (Had to repeat conversion on a couple of DVDs, but suspect problem may have been related to the old DVDs.) I realize the license will only last one yr, but for the price (and I have a ton of old home movies: my kids could not sneeze without me taking a picture) it has been worth it. Sorry others have not had my success. However, I am not being fancy: just converting to Apple MOV format. No splice and dice. I may try a different format ie MPG4, for my Window family, later before my yr is up.