Mac DVR-MS to MP4 - How to convert DVR-MS to MP4 on Mac?

DVR-MS is short for Microsoft Digital Video Recording, it's a proprietary video and audio file container format. It's friendly for Windows users but not Mac users. Some Mac users don't know how to play the DVR-MS files or even edit these files on Mac with the vdieo editing software. DVR-MS is not compitable well with Mac OS, so it's necessary to change the file format and make it usable. Thus, we need to convert DVR-MS to MP4 on Mac.

MP4 format is a popular video format and it's widely used in many software application on Mac. Mac DVR-MS to MP4 Converter is such a software which can help you to convert DVR-MS to MP4 on Mac. This converter is easy-to-use, and it own powerful conversion functions. MP4 is not the only chocie, you can convert DVR-MS to other video formats like MOV, FLV, MKV, MPG, AVI, WMV, and so on.

In the other hand, this DVR-MS to MP4 Converter for Mac also has many eidting functions. You can crop videos, merge videos, trim videos, add watermark. It's powerful for Mac users to convert DVR-MS files. Once conversion finished, you can play the converted DVR-MS files and enjoy them on some poratble devices like iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, etc. It must be funny.

Follow the guide, you can convert DVR-MS to MP4 easily by using DVR-MS Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Free download, install and launch the Mac DVR-MS Converter.

After running this Mac DVR-MS Converter, then just click "Add" button to upload the DVR-MS videos from your Mac.



Step 2. Select output format and set the destination

Click on the drop-down list of "Format" to choose the output format, Here you can choose MP4 as the output format. Then you can click "browse" to set your converted files destination.

Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start converting DVR-MS format on Mac.

Of couser, if you would like, there are some editig fnctions to allow you make you videos before convert DVR-MS files, like add watermark, trim video, crop video. When all things are ready, just click "Convert" button to convert DVR-MS on Mac.

Get DVR-MS files naturally supported by Final Cut 6, 7 and X

"I needed to edit dvr-ms files, which I could not open with any professional software. It was from a Canon HDV camcorder / ingested into a PC via some standard Windows software. The software which helped me to at least trim the videos and save them in original HDV mpeg2 with an .mpg container was Video Redo, which I had to use in virtual Windows. I would appreciate if the software would be able just to rewrap the dvr-ms (and other) files into another Final Cut Pro friendly container. It would be good if there is a Mac oriented app available…"

DVR-MS (Microsoft Digital Video Recording) is a proprietary video and audio file container format, developed by Microsoft used for storing TV content recorded by Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The format is by no means intended for editing in Final Cut Pro. In order to work with DVR-MS videos in FCP, you need to convert the dvr-ms files to ProRes 422 or LT, which are naturally supported by Final Cut 6, 7 and X.

The tool we need is HD Video Converter for Mac. This is an excellent piece of software for users to convert DVR-MS video as well as various popular video formats (AVI, FLV, AVI, MKV, VOB, TS, etc) to Apple ProRes 422 .mov and iOS optimized MP4 videos. Thus, you can play the DVR-MS in many devices like iPod, iPad, iPhone, PSP, and so on. Just in few steps, the conversion will be finished. All the functions make conversion more easily. The software is compatible with OS X 10.8/10.7/10.6/10.5. PC users may get its Windows version. Follow the guide below to convert DVR-MS to Apple ProRes MOV easily by using this DVR-MS Converter for Mac.

Step-by-step guide: Convert DVR-MS to Final Cut Pro preferred Apple ProRes video

1. Run the HD Video Converter on Mac. Drag and drop DVR-MS video to the converter.



2. Press the “Format” bar and choose the format which you want to convert, you can select "Final Cut Pro" > "Apple Prores 422(.mov)" as output format.



3. You can control output video quality by setting resolution, bitrate and frame rate in “Settings”. For preserving 5.1 channels surround sound, set audio channels to “5.1 channels” instead of Stereo.



4. Click on the "Convert" button to start converting DVR-MS files to Apple ProRes format.

When conversion is completed, you can easily and fast get the Apple ProRes files from its default output folder.

5. After conversion, you can edit the converted videos with FCP on Mac instantly.





More features of HD Video Converter for Mac
1. By ticking off the checkbox before “Merge into one file” option, you can combine all the checked videos into one file.

2. The DVR-MS to ProRes Converter provides customers with several simple editing functions, including cropping, trimming, deinterlacing, watermarking, adding special effects, and audio replacing, which help you do a fast and necessary editing on your footage before importing them to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X.

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