How to convert video to iPad MP4 files on Mac?

Apple's newly released iPad tablet with its battery delivers up to 10 hours of Web surfing via Wi-Fi, music listening, and even watching video. That's quite perfect, especially for frequent travelers or people who take video and enjoy on the go. And thanks to its bigger screen and high definition display, they all make watching video entertainment an utterly new experience. And put video files on iPad and you will enjoy them at will, first thing you need to do is to convert video to MP4 format files that are compatible by iPad. We introduce iMacsoft iPad Video Converter for Mac and following tutorials will show you the detailed solution on how to convert video to iPad MP4 files and put them on iPad fast and easily.
1: Load video files
Directly click "Add" button or choose "Add..." option in the top "File" menu, you will see a dialog window pops up, and select video files from your Mac hard drive. When it is done, press "Open" button to load video files.

2: Set output files format
In the left "General" panel, you can click "Profile" and select the option of "iPad MPEG-4 (*.mp4)" for output iPad MP4 files from video files. The software allows setting different output formats according to different files.

3: Adjust some parameters
1)After selecting certain output format, you can choose "General" tab on the right top which will show its general standard. You may set "Video Quality", "Audio Quality", "Output filename" by clicking "General" button.
2)After that, you can also choose "Advance" tab on the right column which will show its advanced standard. You may set "Start Time", "Video Size", "Bit Rate" by clicking certain settings.

4: Set destination and start ripping
Clicking the "Browse..." button and select the output destination for saving in the pop-up window or directly enter a path of Mac HD, in "Destination" drop down list box, and then select videos in the file list you want to convert and press "Convert" button to start video to iPad MP4 ripping. You can view converting process in the progress bar.

Tips: How to put MP4 videos to iPad?
(1) Please click "Open" button in the software interface after the conversion is complete.
(2) Locate the converted files in the destination folder and add those video files to iTunes library.
(3) Connect iPad to Mac, you will see the video files have already shown in iTunes library of "Movies" option. When your iPad is successfully recognised by iTunes, all iPad items are displayed in iTunes list. Click iPod touch icon, and choose "Movies" option to select several or whole video files you want to sync. After everything is finished, press "Sync" button to complete video to iPad transferring.

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Tips: How to trim video segment for output?
Select one video in the file list, click "Trim" button in the toolbar to open "Trim" window. You can clip the original video into several parts, then convert and output them separately or as a whole one. Set start point and end point, you get the segment you want to convert and output. If you don't satisfy with the clips you trimmed, please press "Reset" button to set accurate start and end point again.

Tips: How to take screenshot when previewing video?
You are capable to make a stylish album using the snapshots taken from the video with this software. Click "Capture Frame" button at the left top of the main interface to take snapshot when playing the video and save as BMP, click "Open Snapshot Folder" to check the snapshot. You can also define the destination in your hard disk to save the snapshots.