No other way to put this… Simply the best at what it does!!
I was using a combination of apps to convert my TV Shows/Movies from .mkv format to iTunes compatible .m4v. Xilisoft’s Video Converter Ultimate (to convert into .mp4) and iDentify (to pull metadata and add my own). All of a sudden, my AppStore purchased version of iDentify stopped working and their support site is useless (basically a blog and no way to directly contact the developer), so I began looking for other options.
Seeing iFlicks 2 I was wondering if I should invest the rather high $25 price tag for the app, but since I use this at least for 2-3 shows a day, I decided that I’d take the plunge.
The interface is quite simple (at the beginning this turned me off, since I was used to iDentify’s more complete format), but simply dragging and dropping files work great. Positive things in my case (which I’m uploading TV shows constantly).
- Saved time: I don’t know how it does it, but instead of converting the .mkv files that take about 20-30 minutes per episode (and significant processing power even on my maxed out 2015 Macbook Pro) it now “repackages” it, which takes seconds.
- Squared TV Show art: iTunes stopped supporting rectanguar TV Show artwork, so I had found a page where I could download my own artwork and then include manually on iDentify. iFlicks actually finds squared artwork (if you’ve selected this option), which is a huge time saver! In the worst case, if a TV Show doesn’t have squared artwork available, then it will take the rectangular one and resize to make it squared.
- Amazing accuracy to get content: In my case, some of the TV Shows I have actually include the air date (Judge Judy and Real Time with Bill Maher) and/or omit the season/episode information, which in iDentify would create problems. This meant I’d have to go and either add the season/episode information manually and/or delete air date. With iFlicks none of this is needed, as it justs takes this and I guess finds which season/episode a TV Show corresponds to.
So yeah, the price is high, but the simplicity and almost “set it and forget it” way of working makes this the best $25 I’ve spent on my Mac for quite some time. Way to go!!
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