Converting composite video into separate signals is relatively easy but I'm not sure why you want to do it.
This happens without converting the actual audio or video, so it's not that slow.
The article was about converting video for a specific format and only covered doing it on the Mac.
Perhaps the title of the article 'How to convert video for the iPhone 4's high-res display' is misleading?
It has been suggested that this difficulty in converting video for the device diminished the Zodiac's success.
Sonic Foundry is a software firm that makes it possible to convert audio and video for the Web.
FormatFactory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter that can convert video, audio, and picture files.
Sandisk includes the Sansa Media Converter to convert video and photos for use on the player.
At the very least, film-out can be understood as the process of converting interlaced video to 24p and then scanning it to film.
The same or better film look effect can be achieved by converting regular interlaced video into progressive format using computer software.