If you’re looking to convert M1V videos to MP3s and play on your MP3 player, I will tell you one approach, But before we move on to cover how to convert the files, let’s go over the main differences between M1Vs and MP3s.

M1V ( MPEG-1 Video ): MPEG-1, The most common implementations of the MPEG-1 standard provide a video resolution of 352-by-240 at 30 frames per second (fps). This produces video quality slightly below the quality of conventional VCR videos.

MP3 (MPEG-1, Layer 3): MP3s are small, high quality audio files that can be played on MP3 players or software. MP3s can be easily created using a home computer, a ripper program that copies a song from a CD to your computer, and an encoder that converts your music to MP3 format.

Generally speaking, MP3s are for audio files used on MP3 players and software, and M1Vs are for audio/video files used for internet streaming. (more…)