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How to Convert DVD and Video on Mac (Snow Leopard)?

Kindour — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:48 GMT

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD's to all sorts of video/audio formats and convert all popular video formats from one to another for all portable players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using iMedia Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Download and Launch iMedia Converter for Mac (Free Download)

Step 2. Add DVD or Videos

Drag and drop the DVD disc image or video file(s) to the grey area. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Load DVD" or "Add Video/Audio files" and navigate to the files you want to add.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Click the output format icon to open the output format window.

Output File: The default output file name is the same as source file; you can rename it by yourself.
Format: Click the format to open the output format drop-down list and choose an output format you need. It provides optimized output settings for iPod, iPhone, PSP, iMovie, iDVD, Apple TV, YouTube, etc.
Video & Audio settings: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate; set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

There are several Tips and Tricks you need to pay attention to while using this iMedia Converter for Mac to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine. You can split DVD movie or video clips, crop DVD movie or video clips, merge several titles or chapters into one, capture pictures (BMP, JPG) from video, add image or text watermark to DVD movie or video, etc. For example, if you just want part of the DVD movie or video, you just move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video and choose "Split" from the pop-up menu. Or you can go to "Edit" menu and choose "Split". Then drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click the "scissors" button.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is to hit the "Convert" button to fire up this powerful conversion machine!

How to Convert DVD to iTunes Mac (Snow Leopard)

Kindour — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:19:09 GMT

The following DVD to iTunes Mac guide is going to share with you how to convert DVD to iTunes format, transfer DVD to iTunes Mac for iPod and iPhone using DVD Ripper for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you need to pay attention to while using this Mac DVD Ripper to convert DVD to iTunes video on your Mac machine (including Snow Leopard).

Step 1. Launch Mac DVD Ripper and add DVD Movie (Free Download)

Click the "Load DVD" button, and navigate to the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open DVD folder, select VIDEO_TS folder and click OK.

Or, click the "Load IFO" button, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all IFO files and click OK.

After you add your movie, you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by ticking the check boxes before them. So that you can copy and convert the whole DVD movie or just convert the selected titles or chapters. You can choose to convert certain segment of the DVD movie using trim function.

Step 2. Output Settings

iTunes supports .mp3, .aac, .aiff, .m4a, .wav music and .mp4, .mov video. Select one format that best meets your needs in the "Format" drop-down list as the output format. This Mac DVD Ripper can also rip DVD to MP4, AVI, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV on Mac OS X and convert DVD from PAL to NTSC.

Step 3. Start Conversion

When output settings are done, click the "Convert" button to start converting your Movies. You can choose to shut down your computer or open the output folder after the conversion.

Tip & Trick 1. Trim movie clips

Tick the Check boxes of the chapters or titles you want to trim, and click the "Trim" button to open the Trim window below:

Drag the slider to set the starting time and ending time, click OK.

Note: You can preview the trimmed movie clip before conversion in preview window.

Tip & Tricks 2. Crop movie clips

Check the chapter or title you want to trim, and click the "Crop" button to open the Crop window.

Select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3.

Note: You can enter the crop values manually or drag the rectangular selection frame round the video to select the displaying area.

Tip & Trick 3. Merge several titles or chapters into one file

You'll find "Merge into one file" at the bottom of the program window, after you select the titles and chapters you want to rip and finish the output settings, you can tick the check box of "Merge into one file" to merge several titles or chapters into one. This allows you to merge all movie titles into one output file so that you can enjoy a long movie without breaks.

It is recommended that you choose iMedia Converter for Mac (perfect combination of Mac DVD Ripper and Mac Video Converter) if you want to both rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

How to Rip DVD and Convert Video on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)

Kindour — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:33:28 GMT

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD and convert video to all sorts of video and audio formats on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using only one tool - iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you can't miss out on while using this iMedia Converter to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

Step 1. Download iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac, install and launch it.

Free Download ( Intel Version | Power PC Version )

Step 2. Add DVD or Video

You can click "Load DVD" button to load DVD or click "Add Video" to import video files for conversion.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Choose the output format you want. After you choose a format from the "Profile" list, it is the time to check out the Setting panel:

Profile: Click here to know which formats iMedia Converter supports.
Settings -> Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate.
Settings -> Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

Tip:
You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click the "Save as" button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the "User Defined" list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list.

Apply to All: Check this option to apply the current profile to all the files.
Merge into one file: Check this option and the program will convert all the selected video files into a single file.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is clicking the "Start" button to start ripping DVD and convert video on your Mac machine with this powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

Tips and Tricks:

Before clicking the "Start" button, you can do a lot more DVD/video editing jobs like DVD movie/video length trimming, video cropping, adding special effects, adding watermark, capturing images during previewing, etc. For example, If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, you can click the "Edit" button to open the "Trim" window and trim the current title or chapter.

In "Edit" panel, there are 3 methods to do the trimming job:

1. Input value. Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually.
2. Drag the sliders in the playback progress bar to set start time and end time quickly:
3. Insert trim start and end flags when you are previewing an video file in Edit panel.

Note: If you are using Windows OS, it is recommended you try Aimersoft Video Converter Pro to help you rip DVD and convert video to your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more mobile players.

How to rip DVD and convert video to AVI M4V MP4 MOV MKV on Mac

Kindour — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:30:25 GMT

Step 1. Download iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac, install and launch it.

Free Download ( Intel Version | Power PC Version )

Step 2. Add DVD or Video

You can click "Load DVD" button to load DVD or click "Add Video" to import video files for conversion.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Choose the output format you want. After you choose a format from the "Profile" list, it is the time to check out the Setting panel:

Apply to All: Check this option to apply the current profile to all the files.
Merge into one file: Check this option and the program will convert all the selected video files into a single file.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is clicking the "Start" button to start ripping DVD and convert video on your Mac machine with this powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

Tips and Tricks:

In "Edit" panel, there are 3 methods to do the trimming job:

How to Rip DVD on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard)

Kindour — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:36:34 GMT

The following guide is going to show you how to rip DVD's to all sorts of video and audio formats on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you need to pay attention to while using this Mac DVD Ripper to rip DVD on your Mac machine.

Step 1. Launch iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac and add DVD Movie

Free Download ( Intel Version | Power PC Version )

Click the "Load DVD" button, and navigate to the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open DVD folder, select VIDEO_TS folder and click OK.

Or, click the "Load IFO" button, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all IFO files and click OK.

Step 2. Output Settings

At the bottom of the main window, you can select a format according to the name of your player. For example, you can select 'MOV-QuickTime (*.MOV)' when you want to rip DVD to QuickTime on Mac, and the default setting works great. This DVD ripper for Mac can also rip DVD to MP4, AVI, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV on Mac OS X and convert DVD from PAL to NTSC. You can select MOV or MP4 when you rip DVD to iMovie on Mac. iMovie supports MOV and MP4 video. It is easy to rip DVD to iMovie on Mac.

Step 3. Start Conversion

When output settings are done, click the "Convert" button to start converting your Movies. You can choose to shut down your computer or open the output folder after the conversion.

Tip & Trick 1. Trim movie clips

Tick the Check boxes of the chapters or titles you want to trim, and click the "Trim" button to open the Trim window below:

Drag the slider to set the starting time and ending time, click OK.

Note: You can preview the trimmed movie clip before conversion in preview window.

Tip & Tricks 2. Crop movie clips

Check the chapter or title you want to trim, and click the "Crop" button to open the Crop window.

Select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3.

Note: You can enter the crop values manually or drag the rectangular selection frame round the video to select the displaying area.

Tip & Trick 3. Merge several titles or chapters into one file

It is recommended that you choose iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac (discout suite) if you want to both rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

How to import DVD into iMovie project (Snow Leopard compatible)

Kindour — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:21 GMT

If you are fond of some video clip from a DVD movie and want to edit it in your iMovie project, you got the right place. The following article will share with you how to put both commercial and non-commercial DVD into Apple iMovie project.

Video formats accepted by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4. If you want to import commercial DVD to iMovie, you need to convert DVD to the video format iMovie supports first. I would recommend using DVD Ripper for Mac to DVD to MP4 or QuickTime Movie. It supports converting encrypted DVD's. Just follow these steps to convert and import DVD to iMovie:

Step 1. Install and Run DVD Ripper for Mac. (free download)

Step 2. Load DVD movies

Insert your DVD movie into your DVD drive. Click the "Load DVD" or "Load IFO" button to load your DVD.

Step 3. Convert DVD to iMovie on Mac OS X

After you add your DVD movie, you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by ticking the check boxes before them so that you can choose to convert DVD with the entire movie or just one or several chapters at will; or you can choose to convert a segment of the DVD movie .

Then select the the iMovie friendly file such as MP4 as the output format. After setting the output settings, you can just click the Convert button to start converting your Movies.

Step 4. Import the output MP4 files into iMovie.

Open iMovie and choose File -> Import Movies to import the converted Mp4 video. And then you can edit the movie according to your needs.

If you are going to import non-commercial DVD into iMovie, you just:

1. Insert DVD.
2. Open Disk Utility.
3. Select the disk and then select "New Image". Save the disk image wherever is convenient, such as the desktop.
4. Once the disk image is written, open iMovie.
5. Mount the new disk image. A "Camera Detected, Scanning Contents" window will appear in iMovie, followed by an import window. You can now import the DVD contents and start editing away.

How to Convert DRM Protected WMV to DVD?

Kindour — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:50:12 GMT

The following step by step guide will share with you how to remove DRM from protected WMV and at the same time convert DRM protected WMV to DVD for backup, enhancement or playback on traditional TV sets, home DVD players with Media Converter Ultimate.

Step 1. Download Media Converter Ultimate, install and run it. (free download)

Step 2. Remove DRM from protected WMV

Click the "Add" button to load DRM WMV files. After making some necessary settings, click the "Start" button to begin the conversion.

Step 3. Burn iTunes movies and TV shows to DVD

After the conversion, there is a pop-up dialog asking you to either "Burn to DVD" or "Copy to Devices" (media transfer). Choose the former and a window will pop up, with the (DRM free) files you just converted listed ready to be burnt.

Click "OK" to go to the next "Burn to DVD" window, where you can choose a menu template, set background image/music, etc for the output.

Click "Next" to make further DVD burning settings. You can choose to burn to DVD drive (insert a DVD disc first), burn to ISO file or burn to DVD folder. You can also specify the output path for the ISO file or DVD folder, choose TV Stardand (NTSC or PAL), Aspect Ratio, etc for the output. Besides, the software will estimate result file volume for you. Click "Start" and the whole DVD burning progress gets started.

The burning status will be clearly shown in the progress bar. After the whole burning process, you can get the output files and start to enjoy your favorite WMV files on a DVD player.

Extracted from http://www.softdiggs.com/howto/convert-protected-wmv-to-dvd.php

How to Make .M4R iPhone Ringtones with iPhone Ringtone Maker?

Kindour — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:00:42 GMT

There is an way of making custom ringtones for iPhone using only iTunes. However, you can only follow this method to make iPhone ringtones using DRM free music in iTunes library. If you want to custom a .m4r ringtone with protected iTunes M4P or DRM protected WMA music, you'll have to turn to a DRM removal software to get it DRM free first. What's more, if you are fond of some audio/sound clip from a video file and want to set it as your iPhone ringtone, the iTunes method fails to help too. What's going to do next?

ImTOO iPhone Ringtone Maker comes to the rescue! This piece of iPhone ringtone creator software can help you turn virtually any music/sound source into iPhone .m4r ringtone. It can also trim audio clips from video files (in all popular video formats) as iPhone ringtones. Now let's take a look at the detailed steps:

1. Download ImTOO iPhone Ringtone Maker, install and launch it.

Free Download

2. After the main interface pops up, click the "Browse" button to select the video or audio file with which you want to custom an iPhone ringtone from the dialog box that pops up and then click the "OK" button. You will see the file path and name are displayed in the "Input File" text box.

3. Click the "Play" button to listen to the music before creating an iPhone ringtone and locate the part you really want, then drag and drop the start & end sliders to get the music clip. Or you can directly input the start & end time in the "Start Time" and "End Time" text boxes respectively.

4. Set output folder by clicking the "Browse" button on the right side of the "Local Output File" label.

5. If you want ImTOO iPhone Ringtone Maker to help you transfer the ringtone to iPhone directly after conversion, check the "Export to iPhone" option.

6. After finishing the steps above, click the big button at the right bottom to start creating your own iPhone ringtone. During the creation, you can check the process by the progress bar at the bottom.

Just in a few minutes, you can make your own iPhone ringtone with the music/video you love.

Note: If you are running Mac OS X, you can choose this Mac iPhone Ringtone Maker to help you create ringtones for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS on your Mac machine.

How to Download/Convert YouTube Videos

dvdmmm — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:02:08 GMT

Cucusoft YouTube Mate (Downloader + Player + Converter, all in one) A free YouTube Download and playback software.
Cucusoft YouTube Mate - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. It is free for downloading videos any playback.
YouTube Mate helps you download, convert, play and manage your favorite YouTube videos... and it's very easy to use. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube Mate!

You can download at http://www.dvdtoipodsoft.com/cucusoft-youtube-mate.html

How to Use

Part 1: Download YouTube Videos with this YouTube Downloader

Firstly, Free download YouTube Mate here and install it.
Then, Click "Download" button, copy the Youtube url address to cucusoft youtube Mate, then click "Ok" button. (Note, you can set the output video path under "save to " option, the default root is under C:\YoutubeDownload, All the downloaded youtube videos shall be stored under the "save to" path you point to). If you open YouTube videos and copy the url, the Download settings panel will pop audo indeed. It's totally a free YouTube Downloader

The whole process is very easy and fast !!! You could download unlimited videos at the same time. Just copy past and click OK.
Part 2: Convert YouTube Videos & Preview flv Videos with this YouTube Converter, YouTube Player
Convert YouTube videos .flv to various video formats, including avi, DivX, XviD, rm, rmvb, MOV, MPEG, MPEG4 AVC, H.264 and WMV, VOB, VCD, SVCD and DVD Format .mpg;

Convert downloaded YouTube videos .flv to a format compatible with your favorite portable device, including iPod Video, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, PDA, Apple TV, as well as video capable MP3 players, 3GP mobile phones, and Pocket PC.

Part 3: Output Profiles - YouTube Converter helps you convert YouTube flv to ( detail information )

YouTube Mate can NOT ONLY download YouTube videos, convert YouTube .flv videos, BUT ALSO convert AVI, mpg, MPEG, WMV, ASF, MOV, RM/RMVB, MP4, MKV to FLV, etc all output formats. Such a powerful YouTube Video Converter, free YouTube Downloader, it's worth of owning YouTube Mate for Flash videos collecting and YouTube fans like you.

Tags: Free Download YouTube Videos, Convert YouTube videos, Convert FLV videos, YouTube Video Converter

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Share : how to rip DVD and convert Video to iPod

dvdmmm — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:21 GMT

Share : how to rip DVD and convert Video to iPod

This is wonderful conversion software .now I recommend them to you . I hope these messages can help you,you can try them .It is a good choice. you can convert both DVD’s and video files to your iPod video. You can enjoy your favorite DVD’s and video movies on your iPod as a portable DVD Player.

How to Use

The article includes two parts.

[1]How to rip DVD to iPod (Windows)

1. Download the latest version DVD to iPod Converter + iPod Movie/Video Converter Suite for free (Support iPhone, iPod touch, Apple TV, and iPod video nano as well) and install it.

2. Run the DVD to iPod Converter, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu. One or several titles appear in the list after loading DVD.

3. As usual, the longest title is the main file of the movie. You can remove the title you don't like to convert by unchecking the title. Set 'Subtitle', 'Audio Languages' to what you like.
4. To 'Output Folder', Enter the full pathname or choose the path where you want to save your video files by clicking the related button.
5. Click 'Convert' button to start the iPod DVD conversion.
6. Find the .mp4 file that DVD to iPod converter created and drag it into your iTunes library, or select 'Add File to Library' from the 'File' menu and select the encoded movies. Now you can watch it with iTunes or Quicktime Player on your PC.
Tips: Download iTunes 7+quicktime Player package from Apple - QuickTime - Download

7. Load the MP4 files to iPod by clicking 'File -> Update iPod'. Now, you can enjoy the movies on your fifth generation video iPod anywhere and anytime

[2]How to convert iPod video, such as AVI to iPod, WMV to iPod, MPEG to iPod, RM to iPod, RMVB to iPod, ASF to iPod, MPG to iPod, DivX to iPod, XviD to iPod video using "cucusoft iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Suite". (Windows)
1. Download the latest version iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Converter Suite for free, and install it.
Related download
* To convert RM/RMVB real media files to iPod, Maybe need to install Realplayer:
RealPlayer - The best audio and video player - Real.com
* To convert WMV, ASF to iPod, Maybe need to install Windows Media Player:
Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource
2. Run iPod Video converter component. And load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button.

Click 'Output' and choose the pathname where you want to save your video files. Click 'Convert' to start converting video to iPod MP4 or H264 files.
Tips: Before converting, you can click 'Advance -> Video settings' to set 'Video format', 'Resolution', 'Framerate', 'Output Quality'. If you'd like to convert video to H264 files, please set 'Video format' to 'H.264 FQ Variable Bitrate'. 'MPEG4(.mp4) FQ Variable Bitrate' is the default value. Certainly, you can also set 'Audio Bitrate', 'Channels', 'Sample Rate' and 'Volume' in 'Audio Settings' page.

As usual, we set "Resolution" as "320x240" (i.e. default settings), certainly you can also choose other video sizes you like.
3. After converting, you can open the output folder to check and play the iPod video files (.mp4 or .mov) using Quicktime Player (Freeware, Quicktime Player+iTunes downloading address Apple - QuickTime - Download ).
4. Transfer the iPod videos to iTunes by draging or clicking "File -> Add File to Library". Now, you can enjoy them on iTunes. Then hit "File -> Update iPod" to sync to your iPod.

More detail information at http://www.dvdtoipodsoft.com/cucusoft-ipod-video-converter-suite.html

Share : how to convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune,PSP , etc

dvdmmm — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:59:16 GMT

Share : how to convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune,PSP , etc

How to Use

The article includes two parts.

Part 1: Convert DVD movie to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
1. Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite for free at HERE, and install it.

2. Run the Ultimate DVD Converter, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu. One or several titles appear in the list after loading DVD.

3. Profile select. You can choose all video formats: iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C and so on. iPod MPEG4 Movie(.mp4) is the default DVD for iPod video quality. Set the appropriate format as you like.

4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters.

5. Choose the pathname where you want to
save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting.
Tips:
Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode
Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need
Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle.
Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band.

Tip3: Mode
Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly.
Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert
Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG, etc to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
1. Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite for free at HERE, and install it.
2. Run the Ultimate Video Converter, load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button.

3. Profile select. You can choose all video formats: iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod video nano, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C and so on. iPod MPEG4
Movie(.mp4) is the default DVD for iPod video quality. Set the appropriate format as you like.
4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters.
5. Choose the pathname where you want to save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting.
Tips:
Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode
Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need
Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle.
Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band.
Tip3: Mode
Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly.
Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert.

You can download at http://www.dvdtoipodsoft.com/cucusoft-ultimate-dvd+video-converter-suite.html

How to Use Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes transfer

dvdmmm — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:57:33 GMT

Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes Transfer is an easy to use iTunes utility designed to help you backup/recover/transfer your whole iTunes library and media files. It's a simple way to keep your iTunes in sync everywhere. You can use "iTunes to iTunes Transfer" to backup your own iTunes library or synchronize multiple iTunes on different computers. The backed up library file is pretty easy to transfer to other iTunes, and it's easy to manage. So with this iTunes Transfer software, you can manage your iPod/iPhone/... on different PCs.

How to Use Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes transfer

As an iTunes user, you must face the problems about transfering iTunes songs, iTunes library, iTunes video and etc to different computer or multimedia mobile devices. How to solve these questions? With Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes transfer, all your annoyances of backup iTunes library, restore iTunes library and transfer iTunes will be solved neatly.

How to solve the problems with iTunes transfer?
Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes transfer is your first and best choice of iTunes transfer. This iTunes transfer can help you to transfer iTunes songs, iTunes library, iTunes playlists, and so on to different computer, or other popular multimedia player, such as iPod, iPhone and etc. All you need to do during the iTunes transfer process is only a few clicks. Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes transfer can make your iTunes transfer much more easily and quickly.
How to backup iTunes songs with iTunes to iTunes Transfer?
Step1:
Backup iTunes songs, launch the iTunes to iTunes Transfer, to set up the Options.
Launch the Cucusoft iTunes to iTunes Transfer, if you still not install the software, you can download the trial version
for free, and then there will be a window pop up, to remind you to set up the options before backup iTunes songs.

Tips: The window of option contains the selections for both language and the folder you want to backup iTunes songs, after setting up, click OK to continue.

Step2:
Backup iTunes songs, Input backup info.
You can click the backup button on the interface of the backup iTunes songs software, then there will pop up a dialog window, you have to make sure the backup name, and typewrite the name for backup iTunes songs of the creator, then click “OK” to continue.

Step3:
Backup iTunes songs, start to Backup iTunes songs.
In this step, the backup iTunes songs software will scan your iTunes library of PC, if there is no problems, backup iTunes songs will start then automatically.

With the full version, you can :
Backup iTunes songs and keep your iTunes in sync everywhere.
Synchronize your iTunes library with an existing backup job.
Create multiple backup jobs including backup iTunes songs.

You can download at http://www.dvdtoipodsoft.com/cucusoft-itunes-to-itunes-transfer.html

How to transfer DRM protected iTunes M4P to BlackBerry Storm

terry007 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:33 GMT

"With a unique touch screen and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone makes a great impression as you travel across town or to almost any corner of the world."

One of the great new features I am starting to enjoy on my BlackBerry Storm is the ability for it to play multimedia files and specifically audio (music).

First let's take a look at the video and audio formats supported by BlackBerry Storm:

Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus

Basically, when you buy music from iTunes, it comes with a copyright protection called DRM. These DRM-protected songs are locked so that they only work with Apple MP3 players. That means that if you have a BlackBerry Storm, you cannot use iTunes music.

So, what is the solution? You have to burn a CD. When you do this, the DRM is removed (because the music is converted to a non-DRM-compatible media). After you burn the CD, you can rip it to your PC as an MP3 file which no longer has DRM.

Alternatively, you can use TuneClone. TuneClone makes a virtual CD-ROM drive, tricking your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM is removed without wasting a CD.

Here is a link to a tutorial using TuneClone and iTunes 8:
http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php

After you get the output MP3 files, you can now begin to transfer them to your BlackBerry Storm:

1. Connect your BlackBerry to you computer via the USB cable.
2. If you have properly enabled your Blackberry as a Mass Storage Device, your Blackberry's microSD card will show as a removable drive on your computer.
3. Double click on the Blackberry folder.
4. Double click on the music folder.
5. Copy your music files to your BlackBerry.
6. Disconnect your Blackberry from the USB cable and go to the "Multimedia" icon on you Blackberry. You need to disconnect when you use the Mass Storage device method as it disables direct access from the BlackBerry when connected to the PC via the USB cable.
7. Click on the Music icon.
8. Click on the Media Card folder.
9. Select your Music folder.
10. Select your Song.
11. Play and enjoy.

Done.

Windows 7 shipping

Tpaquette — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:36:13 GMT

Just recieved my 3pk home premium upgrade from Proadvantage.

How to Remove DRM from Protected WMA WMV?

Kindour — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:25:59 GMT

I have recently purchased a movie and I downloaded it to my PC. The movie is a great movie and my sister asked if I could put it on her mp3 player. The thing is, I know from the website that the movie will have DRM. Can I remove the DRM? I mean I purchased the movie legally. I really don't think DRM was meant for consumers like me.

Has this problem frustrated you too? If so, just follow the step by step guide below to learn how to remove DRM from purchased WMA WMV files so that you can play them on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, burn them to DVD discs, etc.

The only tool you need is Daniusoft Media Converter Pro, which acts as a DRM Removal, a Video Converter, an HD Video Converter and an Audio Converter.

Step 1. Download Daniusoft Media Converter Pro (free download), install and launch it.

Step 2. Add protected WMA WMV files

You can import DRM protected WMA WMV files in three ways:

a. Load files by clicking the "Add..." button.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the left main window.
c. Right click on the left main window, click "Add files".

Step 3. Select the output format

By clicking the "Convert audio to:" or "Convert video to:" box, you can select the output format for the source WMA WMV files. For example, if you want to watch the DRM protected WMV video on your iPod Touch, you can choose "iPod" from the profile category list and choose "iPod Touch MPEG-4(*.mp4)" as the output format.

Note: This DRM Removal Software also allows you to customize the video/audio parameters for the output files if you are not satisfied with the default settings or cannot find the most appropriate output format for your specific mobile player. Just click the "Settings..." button to make the settings.

Step 4. Start to convert protected WMA WMV files

Click the "Start" button to begin to convert DRM WMV WMA files. Then, you can enjoy WMV WMA files without any limitation.

Extracted from http://www.softdiggs.com/howto/remove-drm-from-wma-wmv.php

How to convert MSWMM to AVI/WMV/MP4/YouTube/iPod and burn MSWMM to DVD

Kindour — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:19:26 GMT

The following step by step guide will show you how to convert MSWMM to AVI, MSWMM to MP4, MSWMM to 3GP, MSWMM to MPG, MSWMM to WMV, convert MSWMM to YouTube FLV Video, convert MSWMM to iPod video and burn MSWMM to DVD disc. It is composed of the following three parts:

Part 1. How to save MSWMM as WMV file in Windows Movie Maker?

A *.MSWMM is a project file of Windows Movie Maker; it is not a video file (more like a record file). You can open *.MSWMM file in Windows Movie Maker ( click "File -> Open Project Project..." ) and save the movie to your computer: go to the "Tasks" bar, click "Finish Movie" and then click "Save to my computer".

Then Windows Movie Maker will ask you to enter a file name for your movie and choose a folder to save your movie. The movie will be saved as a WMV file in the PC.

Part 2. How to convert MSWMM to AVI WMV MP4 3GP DVD YouTube iPod?

You may wonder how to upload your Windows Movie Maker project (.*MSWMM) to YouTube or watch the movie on your iPod. All you need to do is convert MSWMM to video file. After you have saved the MSWMM file to your computer hard drive (in the folder you chose in "Part 1") as WMV video, you can now begin to convert WMV to the specific video format you need.

The software you need is Aimersoft Video Converter Pro ( free download ).

The steps are quite simple:

1. Click the "Add" button to load video files or you can also load the files by clicking the "Files ﹥Add files" on the toolbar;
2. Choose your file, and click the "Profile" drop-down menu and choose the output format as you want;
3. Click the "Start" button to start converting MSWMM to AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, YouTube, iPod.

Part 3. How to burn MSWMM to DVD?

If you want to burn MSWMM to DVD, you will need DVD authoring software. Here, I'd recommend using Nero or Xilisoft DVD Creator. After you have saved the MSWMM file to your computer hard drive (in the folder you chose in "Part 1") as WMV video, you can now use this Video to DVD Burner to burn the WMV video to DVD disc.

How to Remove DRM Protection from iTunes M4P M4V

Kindour — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:11:23 GMT

"Is there a program that can remove the iTunes DRM protection from my purchased M4V files? And be able to convert them to MP4? Does such a software exist? I'm tired of resorting to a screen recorder to get my files into Windows Movie Maker."

Has this problem frustrated you too? If so, just follow the step by step guide below to learn how to remove DRM from iTunes purchased music and video files so that you can play them on non-Apple portable players like Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, import them into your Windows Movie Maker project, etc.

The only tool you need is Daniusoft Media Converter Pro, which acts as a DRM Removal, a Video Converter, an HD Video Converter and an Audio Converter.

Step 1. Download Daniusoft Media Converter Pro, install and launch it.

Step 2. Add iTunes M4P M4V files

You can import the DRM M4P M4V files in three ways:

a. Load files by clicking the "Add..." button.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the left main window.
c. Right click on the left main window, click "Add files".

Step 3. Select the output format

By clicking the "Convert audio to:" or "Convert video to:" box, you can select the output format for the source M4P M4V files. For example, if you want to watch the DRM iTunes M4V on your PSP, you can choose "PSP, PS3" from the profile category list and choose "PSP Video MPEG-4(*.mp4) as the output format.

Note: This DRM Removal Software also allows you to customize the video/audio parameters for the output files if you are not satisfied with the default settings or cannot find the most appropriate output format for your specific mobile player. Just click the "Settings..." button to make the settings.

Step 4. Start to convert M4P M4V files

Click the "Start" button to begin to convert M4P M4V files. Then, you can enjoy the iTunes music and video without any limitation.

How to Convert DVD Movies to Zune HD WMV MP4

terry007 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:16:02 GMT

Zune is a product line of portable media players manufactured by Microsoft. The line also includes Zune software and the Zune Marketplace services sold by Microsoft, which provide online music, video, and podcast downloads. Zune players come in two variants, one hard-drive based and the other flash-memory based. Both play music, videos, and podcasts, display images, and receive (but not record) FM radio. You can share files wirelessly with other Zunes and via USB with Xbox 360s and Windows PCs. Any Zune can also be synced wirelessly with a Windows PC.

The following guide will show you how to convert DVD to Zune compatible video/audio format so that you will be able to watch DVD movies on Zune, Zune HD. Let's take a look at video/audio formats Zune HD supports first:

Video Support:
WMV
MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video
H.264 video
DVR-MS

Audio Support:
Windows Media? Audio Standard (WMA) (.wma)
WMA Lossless
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov): .m4a and .m4b files without FairPlay DRM
MP3 (.mp3)

The software you just need is Clone2Go DVD to Zune Converter. It is very easy to convert DVD to Zune video/audio format for Zune HD:

Step 1. Import DVD movies

Insert the DVD disc into the disc drive, click the "Open DVD" button to import it. Or if the DVD movie is saved as a folder on your computer, you need to click the "Add Video" button to locate that folder, which is composed of two separate folders: VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS. From the VIDEO_TS folder, select the .vob file to import and then click "OK".

Note 1: You can also use this DVD to Zune Converter to convert video files for your Zune HD. You just import videos stored on your PC by clicking the "Add Video" button and then click "OK". The supporting formats are shown as follows:

Audio Files (*.mp2;*.mp3;*.wav)
Windows Media Files (*.avi;*.wmv;*.asf;*.dvr-ms;*.ms-dvr)
MOV/MP4 Files (*.mov;*.mp4;*.3gp;*.m4v;*.qt)
Real Media Files (*.rm;*.rmvb)
Flash Video Files (*.flv)
MKV Video Files (*.mkv)
AviSyth Scripts (*.avs)
Other Video Files (*.mpq;*.dv;*.vob;*.m1v;*.m2v;*.dat;*.amv)

Note 2: You can also use this DVD to Zune Converter to download YouTube/Google videos for your Zune HD.

After the DVD movies have been imported, you can preview it on the main interface. You can also capture a part of the movie to convert, choose audio track and subtitle, customize video size, bitrate, audio bitrate, sample rate, etc before converting DVD to Zune HD.

Step 2. Choose output format

In the drop-down list of "Profile", navigate to "Zune" subcategory and choose the most appropriate profile as the output format.

Step 3. Start converting DVD to Zune HD and transferring DVD to Zune HD

Now you can click the "Start Encode" button to start converting DVD to Zune HD.

Note: The output files are easily available by clicking the "Folder" button on the interface.

After you get the output video files, you can now begin to transfer them to your Zune HD with the sync of Zune Software.

Extracted from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-dvd-to-zune-hd.php

Agility a key ingredient to Success in Retail Industry

ramukumar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:27:38 GMT

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Online business is too difficult for me to maintain. How can I succeed in such a big online marketplace? I am surviving pretty well within my local region and do not have a need to go online or do any kind of online business.

You will probably disassociate yourself from the above kind of retailers but the fact is Survey done by Forrester in Year 2002 had 80% or more surveyed persons in UK(with an error percentage of 3-5% ) having the same or similar opinions as listed above.

Since then, over the period of last five years, things have changed drastically. Businesses today not only realize the benefits and necessity of being online but also are going online or doing some kind of business online.

To speak of the sales volume, in Year 2008, total online sales in UK surpassed GBP 59.8 Billion (source Reuters) up more then 28% over 2007.

Having had gone online, Retailers seem to ask the following questions

I am not able to sell online through my website. What should I be doing?
What are the benefits of being online?
How can a customer be led to my website and to my online store to purchase?
How much should I spend on my online business on a monthly basis?

All these are valid and are very important questions and I will attempt to answer to a certain degree in this article. We at RiteCart (www.ritecart.co.uk / www.ritecart.com ) will provide you with free consultancy, input or help on any or all of the points listed above. RiteCart is one of the leading ecommerce and a Multi Channel solution provider in the market today.

Further more, I would like to stress upon that retailers should consider Online business at an equal level if not at a higher level then their retail stores. What does this mean?

Online business would need your time and attention
Online business would need significant investment (although much lower then any of your retail store)
Online business would need significant monthly expense for maintenance and marketing activities
Finally, Just for any other investment, You will have to Sow before you Reap

Coming back to questions,

On point 1- I am not able to sell online through my website. What should I be doing?

Being able to sell online and to maintain selling online, retailers will require focusing on the following three major aspects

Website Design. Design your website keeping customer usability in mind. Web-Usability guideline is a good starting point to begin with. A good tool will not only help with the presentation but will also take care of what needs to be presented to user based on user behavior on the online store
Marketing. Your website needs to be known and should bring customers and sales inbound. Sending out mail/ email shots, Being able to analyse customer behavior and demographics in your tool, Optimizing your store for Search engine, Having affiliates and stalls, Using Web 2.0 techniques, having presence in popular marketplaces like Ebay, Amazon, etc goes a long way in having both inbound customer and sales
Customer Service. How is the customer treated before and after Sales? How prompt and detailed is the Technical Service provided by your Service Provider? In-fact Customer Service happens to be the single biggest factor to have repeat business. Remember it is easier (statistics say 6 times easier) to generate sales from repeat customer then from a new customer

On point 2, what are the benefits of being online?

Definitely, More Sales and More Revenue.

It may not necessarily mean sales through online store only. Having a store online not only helps you to sell online but also helps you to build your credibility with your existing and prospective customers.

Point is, online store goes a long way as a very effective marketing channel which may result in increase in your retail store sales. Most of the retailers have ignored or are unaware of this fact.

On point 3, How can a customer be led to my website and to my online store to purchase?

Having an ecommerce website is necessary for retailers but is not enough. It is very important to think about ways to increase your sales. Your website is a potential unknown entity in the world of internet and is and will be quite an arduous task to make it a known one.

So some of the possible ways to increase sales are

Having your presence in marketplaces like Ebay, Amazon and other market places. Remember, these marketplaces are quite popular with your current and your prospective customer base. So make them your ally
Support for Tele-sales
Sending promotional mail and email shots to your current / prospective customers
Using Web 2.0 Techniques
Having commission based affiliates and Stalls for everyone (Ritecart provides an innovative way of extending your ecommerce business to stalls, which can be placed in Blogs, Articles, practically anywhere on the web)
Optimizing your website for Search engine like Google, Yahoo, MSN and others
Being able to add new marketplaces channels with ease and with very little effort
Cross marketing your multiple channels of business (All online and offline channels). Helps to increase customer confidence and your credibility in the market

On point 4, How much should I spend on my online business on a monthly basis?

There is no single $ amount to answer this question. But this point was put down to emphasize the need of significant spending on a monthly basis to maintain and run your ecommerce solution

At a high level, I would split these costs into following category

Infrastructure cost – Cost of hosting and other regular third party services
Maintenance and support cost – application support and maintenance cost
Marketing cost – SEO, Ecasting services, other marketing activities
Customer Support and Service

It is needless to mention that all of the above factors are critical and are very essential elements to your success.

To bundle up, it is quite clear that businesses need to reach their current and prospective customers in a channel of his/her liking. Today, more and more businesses are doing that or trying to do that.

It is also clear that as the industry evolves; more and more new channels will be required to be added to business so as to be able to reach their current and prospective customers and to make the sale happen.

Agility of the business would be therefore be a very critical factor for businesses to thrive and succeed; And Multi-Channel solution goes a long way in helping businesses to do that.

Author, Tony Mercer, is UK regional sales director for RiteCart ecommerce and Multi-Channel (www.RiteCart.co.uk) solution business.

Is Multi-Channel solution more attractive then ecommerce?

ramukumar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:25:57 GMT

Having worked as a retail industry expert in ecommerce industry for more then a decade now; I have presented quite a lot number of times, case for going ecommerce to several of my business customers. Different cases were meticulously prepared based on customer profile, market segment, turnover and lot of customer business specific variables. Even then, every time I sit in front of customer, I have had a strange inkling in my stomach, for those un-prepared questions, which make my job of converting prospects into sales all the more difficult and sometimes even impossible. Over the years, I have had my share of good success and some good failures as well.

In my engagement with RiteCart (www.ritecart.co.uk) multi channel and ecommerce solution Provider Company, I had learned to realize that my job of converting prospects into customers has been easier compared to what it was maybe a couple of years back. This realization was after; I looked back into the ratio of my approached prospect to the converted customer. Seasoned statistician may disagree with my conclusions and can weigh in lot of factors, which will make any logical conclusions blur. But since I am not a statistician, I am going to attribute this change in the conversion rate to the following attributes

Ecommerce is a proven industry now
Economy had been booming
Ah-Uhh! I have been selling Multi-Channel solution (www.ritecart.co.uk)

I think the first two factors definitely form a large share of my reason to have the increased conversion rates but personally I am interested to know more about the effect, the third factor had on conversion rates.

Ecommerce conversion has always been about convincing customers for adding a new prospective line of business, an additional channel for generating revenue, a channel with a very low initial investment and more importantly at the end of pitch having them convinced and acknowledge that it is their business of future.

All that said; the act has been always trying to paint the beautiful picture of future and to make the customers imagine how it will look like once they go online. Any sales-men would tell you that selling imagination to customer is much more difficult then providing what the customer needs or at-least thinks he needs.

Things have been different with Multi-Channel solution. It has been taking me a quite a less effort to convince customers to go for multi-channel (www.ritecart.co.uk) solution, even though they are priced way higher then a stand-alone ecommerce solution. Before I go into my analysis of the reasons, let me try to briefly describe what Multi Channel is and how a small to a very large business can benefit out of it.

Multi- Channel business (sales) can be defined as a business having more then one channel for selling its goods (products/services) to its prospective customers. These channels can be retail stores (one or many epos systems), ecommerce stores (one or many), EBay stores, Amazon stores, Other Multi-Channel stores, Telephone sales (using IVR), etc.

Multi-Channel solution like RiteCart multichannel solution (www.ritecart.co.uk) can be described as a solution, which supports all the above channels and has an architecture that allow to keep on adding new channels as and when they develop.

To keep it short, let us quickly look at some of the key benefits a Multi channel ecommerce solution can provide to any business

Allows business to integrate its offline Point of Sale solution with its Online ecommerce solution
Allows business to have a single administration tool to control, manage, view its inventory (stock) level and the stock movement across different warehouses
Allows business to define products once and use it across different channels
Gives decision maker a complete picture of his entire organization. Allows generation of various reports and provides analytics to plan future sale
Reduces time spent on definition of products, stocks, warehouses and sale by having single administration tool across different channels
Allows business to add new channels like Ebay, Amazon and other market place solutions and provides a single administration tool to control and manage these channels
Reduces learning curve for the usage of the tool, as the same tool can be used for new channels as and when they are added in business
Increases productivity, efficiency of work and reduces time spent in administration and handling of the system

If you go through point 1- 8, you will see that, I haven’t even mentioned about how adding multiple channels to a business can bring an increase in your business revenue or sales. All the benefits described are on easier management of business, optimization of time spent, increase in productivity, better visibility of overall business, ability to add new channels and ability to manage your business better.

Whether you are small or large, most of you realize that you need to have an ability to add new channels and support your current multiple channels of business. In the past, people have used different tools and solutions to handle multiple channels, with Multi Channel solution like RiteCart multi channel and ecommerce solution (www.RiteCart.co.uk); you can handle all of your sales channels in one single solution.

Most of the business have one or more channels of business already and do realize that the agility that multi channel solution like RiteCart Multi channel solution provides, can go a long way to increase their bottom-line and make their business successful and competitive in the market.

Author, John Lollis, is US regional sales director for RiteCart ecommerce and Multi-Channel (www.RiteCart.co.uk) solution business.

Blackberry tour vs Nokia N97: compare them in the process of making decision

misgreen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:15:14 GMT

This summer there are some very strong devices out there including Blackberry Tour, Nokia N97, HTC Magic, iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre. Some may prefer iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre, but at last I have narrowed down my choices to Blackberry Tour and Nokia N97, and I’ve had a really tough time choosing between the two:

Blackberry tour:
· Supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev
· Non-touchscreen, a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard for fast and precise typing
· Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
· 256MB Flash memory, support cards of up to 16GB
· Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry Maps
· Allowing users to edit Microsoft(R) Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
· Easy mobile access to Facebook(R), MySpace and Flickr(R), as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! IM, AIM(R), Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger
· Support for BlackBerry App World, as well as third-party mobile applications
· BlackBerry Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts
· No Wi-Fi, it is said to be added in the future.

Nokia N97:
· Sliding QWERTY keypad and touchscreen display
· Memory – 32GB Internal memory, 128 MB RAM, microSD up to 16GB
· Camera – 5 MP (Carl Zeiss optics)
· OS – Symbian
· Battery – 6.6 hours talk-time and 430 hours standby
· Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter
· Widescreen – 16:9, 3.5in TFT, 640 x 360 pixels
· 802.11b/g; USB; Bluetooth with A2DP; GPS with A-GPS
· 3.5mm audio jack
· Handwriting Recognition
· A little expensive, at about $650

That’s the simple information I have got about the two phones. Here I should explain my smartphone requirements. I’m looking for a device to serve as my personal telephone, media player, mini computer and business assistant. For personal telephone, it is used for daily contact, to make calls and receive calls. Both Blackberry tour and Nokia N97 were easy to use and very convenient to dial a number.

For multimedia, both of them are advanced media player for videos, music and pictures. Blackberry tour supports video formats including MPEG4, H.263, H.264 (encoding and decoding 30fps), WMV and audio format including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA. Nokia N97 can play mp4 and 3gp videos with up to 640*360 pixels resolution. Personally I prefer to watch movies with Blackberry tour. In the meantime I go to Nidesoft Inc to get programs Nidesoft Blackberry Converter Suite, which rip DVDs and videos into Blackberry-friendly files. Just copy the converted file to memory card, pop it into phone’s card slot, and enjoy. Or use program Nidesoft Nokia video converter if you would like to choose N97 as media player.

As for connectivity, the Nokia N97 looks like a good all-rounder, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an Infrared port. The BlackBerry Tour features Bluetooth as well, (with A2DP) but is somehow lacking Wi-Fi (just like the much-derided BlackBerry Storm). Although the rumor said that the Blackberry Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi. N97 also features an FM radio, which the Tour doesn't.

If you always travel around for work then Blackberry can be a wonderful assistant. The BlackBerry Tour smartphone provides the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking together with built-in GPS. I like type emails and message with the full-QWERTY keyboards fast and easily. N97 also have GPS and can send emails, but the business-oriented Blackberry tour is better for business assistant.

In the end, I make up my decision. The Blackberry tour won out, it made the most sense to me as media player and business assistant. But as I’ve noted the Nokia N97 was also pretty impressive and could be a viable option for many others.

How to play iTunes M4P music on HTC Touch Pro

terry007 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:34:52 GMT

This guide is going to show you how to remove DRM from iTunes music, convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3 and sync iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro. First, let's take a look at the multimedia support of HTC Touch Pro:

Video Playback: Windows Media Player
Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, Windows Media Player

So, if you want to play iTunes M4P, M4A, AAC music on your HTC Touch Pro, you just need to use TuneClone Audio Converter to help you convert the iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro compatible format and then transfer the output files to your HTC Touch Pro.

Now let's take a look at how it performs to convert the iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro compatible format using TuneClone Audio Converter:

1. Create a new playlist in iTunes.

2. Add the iTunes songs to the playlist.

3. Launch TuneClone Audio Converter. Click the "Settings" tab. In the pop-up window, you can specify output folder, output file name format, output format, etc for the output files. Note: You can check whether TuneClone virtual CD drive is successfully installed and where it is installed at the bottom left corner of the interface.

4. Switch to iTunes. In iTunes, select the playlist you just created and click the "Burn Disc" button.

5. In the pop-up window of "Burn Settings", select "TuneClon Virtual_CD-RW" from the "CD Burner" drop-down list, click the radio button next to "Audio CD" and tick "Include CD Text" option. Click "Burn" to start burning.

6. Upon the completion of burning the disc and encoding the music, you can open the TuneClone manager screen to show all the converted music files. To locate the output folder, simply click the "Folder" tab on the interface.

After you get the output music files, connect your HTC Touch HD or Touch Pro to computer via the USB cable, darg and drop the converted music to the music folder, then you can play the iTunes M4P music on your HTC Touch HD, Touch Pro at ease.

Extracted from http://www.tuneclone.com/play-itunes-m4p-on-htc-touch-pro.php

Sansa player review and best solution of putting DVD onto Sansa Fuze

misgreen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:36:22 GMT

IPods are great music players. But there are also other options. SanDisk has dipped its toes into the media player market and released a series of portable players. Looking at SanDisk’s product lineup and pricing structure, it is clear to see that the Sansa’s target audience would be people looking for a lower-proced media player compared to devices such as the iPod.
The Sansa Fuze is an iPod Nana competitor. On the outside, it looks like the iPod Nano; on the inside, however, it packs a lot more functionality. The robust feature list includes support for subscription services such as eMusic, Napster, and Rhapsody To Go. You can display video and images on its 1.9-inch screen. The player also has an FM tuner, a voice recorder, and microSD expandability. The Fuze performed very well on its audio and video playback.
Sansa Clip is good for people who use subscription music services, people who still listen to the radio, and people who want a small MP3 player with a screen. The Clip has been (and will continue to be) compared to the iPod Shuffle. The Clip is a perfectly capable digital audio player that can be clipped to your clothing like the Shuffle yet it has features the Shuffle doesn’t, such as an FM tuner, voice recording, subscription music compatibility, and a screen.
The Sansa View is SanDisk’s flagship flash MP3 player with the ability to playback video on its 240*320 64k color screen. What makes the Sansa View interesting is its high capacity flash memory along with memory expansion putting it in close rivalry to hard drive bassed players. The other thing going for the View is the “band for the buck” factor. It may not be a high end player, but it is one of the best values on the market.
The SanDisk Sansa e200 series combines copious features such as subscription compatibility, an FM tuner/recorder, voice recording, and photo and video playback into a compact and durable device. The user-removable battery and the Micro SD slot are nice touches, and the device has decent sound quality, processor performance, and battery life. Finally, the Sansa e200 series e280 has a maximum base capacity of 8GB, and it offers a competitive price in the high-stakes world of high-capacity flash players.

Common video and audio files can be used in Sansa players.
Sansa View: supports most audio formats, including MP3, protected and unprotected WMA, WAV, DRM-free MP3 downloads. Video compatibility with MPEG4, WMV, H.264 formats; Smooth video playback at 30 frames per second.
Sansa Clip: plays MP3, WMA, secure WMA and Audible audio file formats. Up to 15 hours of playtime with internal rechargeable battery.
Sansa e280: support WMA, MP3 audio files; AVI, WMV, ASF, MOV, MPEG, MPEG-4 format videos.
Sansa Fuze: it support audio formats including MP3, OGG, FLAC, WMA, secure WMA, WAV, Audible. For videos, the official Sansa website said it support MP3G4 videos, however, when I convert an mp4 videos and convert it into Sansa Fuze with SMC, my player can't play the video. Again I found a post in abi forum:
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27460 it said that Sansa Fuze support AVI format video. I have been confused about it for a long time and haven't got the clear answer until now. Should I use mpeg4 videos or AVI format videos in Sansa Fuze?
Luckily, I have found a way to get Fuze compatible video with a DVD to Sansa converter, as this converter not only converts videos for common Sansa player, but also convert Sansa Fuze compatible videos. I can convert Fuze videos directly with it. What’s the format and video code? Who cares？
See the below:

The “Sansa Fuze MP4 Movie (*.mp4)” profile is set for Sansa Fuze videos. So what we need it do is load DVD file by press the “Open DVD”button, choose the “Sansa Fuze MP4 Movie (*.mp4)” profile and click “convert” button, then you get the Fuze compatible video.
Convert the video files into Sansa Fuze with SMC and enjoy.
Options: if you have no DVD, you can get Fuze videos from any other video formats file with Sansa converter, which also support “Sansa Fuze MP4 Movie (*.mp4)” profile, and you can convert videos into Fuze video directly.

Thought at Walkman's 30th birthday: why did iPod dominate the media market nowadays?

misgreen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:55:38 GMT

Sony Walkman has turned 30 years old today. Thirty years ago, the device was revolutionary changed the way people listened to music. Sony sold 30,000 Walkmans in the first two months after its launch, and 50 million within a decade. It created the portable media player market. Three decades on, however, Sony is struggling against rivals such as Apple, which has enjoyed immense success with its iPod music player. Apple iPod might be the market leader today. While people celebrate Walkman’s 30th birthday, I wonder what makes iPod became dominance in the media player market instead of the original Sony Walkman?

Sony Company has always been developing its video and audio products. Sony Walkman’s latest flagship model, the NW-X1060, packs noise canceling, a bright touch screen display, mobile TV, and the ability to surf the Internet With the storage of 32GB, it can hold 8,000 songs (128kbps mp3) or 120h video playback (at 384kbps). It support all major file types includes MP3, MP4, WMA, AAC, Linear PCM, AVC, WMV, JPEG.
The Sony PSP Go will come in fall of this year. It is a much smaller, sexier device that drops the UMD, adds 16GB of flash RAM and Bluetooth, and compresses the older PSP’s brick-like form factor to a narrower, sleeker size and shape. It’s got a huge amount of storage space for you to store music, videos and games. The files support MPEG-4, AVI video format and MP3 audio format.
Besides the multimedia player, Sony’s phone also has powerful multimedia function. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is convergence of multimedia entertainment and mobile web communication. It has a 3.0 inches TFT touchscreen with shades of 65K internal screen colours and gives a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. This let the users to play games and watch video clips on its wide screen easily. The video resolution support 640x480 pixels and video format support MPEG-4. The music format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eACC+, WMA (including protected WMA).
By the way, a lot of people don’t know where to get videos and songs when they take a Sony multimedia device. Some may purchase music and movies online. If you still don’t know where to get or don’t want to buy online, you may use Nidesoft DVD to Sony Xperia Converter to convert DVD files into your Sony device, or use Nidesoft Sony Xperia Converter to convert all other video files into Sony device. It can be used for all Sony products.

After look into Sony product, let’s turn our attention to iPod. Apple first released the original iPod in late 2001, and it was quickly destined to be a huge success. It was exactly what people wanted. It has simple interface, large capacity, fashionable, and visually attractive.

Simple Interface - The Apple iPod has an extremely simple interface, needing only a few seconds of use to be able to master it. It is very easy to use.

Large capacity - The current regular iPod has 8GB or 16GB capacity. It can holds large amount of songs and movies, enable you to enjoy them.

It's visually attractive – The appearance of iPod was fashionable. They made it look very sexy, appealing to just about everyone, and is now extremely recognizable.

Windows and Mac compatibility - When they crossed over to the windows market, they more than tripled their market, literally reaching anyone that owned a computer.

These are the things that really make the Apple iPod dominate the mobile MP3 player market, reaching over 70% of the market share. Apple never simply wanted to dominate the market with one product though, they're still releasing new products at an alarming rate, each of which are doing extremely well. From iPod Mini to iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, from first generation to second generation, third generation. The Apple iPod will never stop giving us surprise by improving its iPod products, and I think that is the most important reason why iPod lead the media player market.

iPhone 3G S vs. iphone 3G: the new iPhone looks promising

misgreen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:44:35 GMT

source: http://bestvideoconvertersoftware.blogspot.com/2009/06/iphone-3g-s-vs-iphone-3g-new-iphone.html
The competition in the mobile phone world will never stop. On June 6th Palm have published its new competitive phone Palm Pre. Then on June 8, Apple has unveiled new iPhone at WWDC - the iPhone 3G S. It announced that new iPhone 3G S will sell on June 19th. The price of iPhone 3G 3.0 has slow down to 99 dollars and the rumor said that new iPhone will sell at 199 dollars of 16GB and 299 dollars of 32GB. Besides the price strategy, the new iPhone will largely improve its function as well as bring many new features to compete with Palm Pre. Then let’s have a close look at the new iPhone 3G S: How does the new iPhone improved compare with the original iPhone 3G 3.0?

Appearance: unchanged
From the picture we can found that there is not much change on iPhone’s appearance.

Battery life: longer
The new iPhone battery life last longer than the original iPhone 3G: for talk time, iPhone 3G can last up to 10 hours on 2G and iPhone 3G S is 2 hours longer; On Internet use, iPhone 3G can last up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi, and iPhone 3G S can last 9 hours on Wi-Fi; For audio playback iPhone 3G S can last up to 30 hours while iPhone 3.0 24 hours, and for video playback, iPhone 3G S can last up to 10 hours, 3 hours longer than iPhone 3G.

Storage capacity: bigger
The rumors said the capacity of new iPhone would be bumped to 16GB and 32GB. Much bigger than the 8GB of iPhone 3G,

The Speed: Faster
Apple is promising faster performance — the "S" in 3G S signifies "speed." Apple claims it'll render Web pages and launch applications twice as fast on average as the iPhone 3G. So the new iPhone would be faster to use.

New features of the new iPhone:
iPhone 3G S Camera
With 3 Megapixel, auto-focus camera the new iPhone will allow you to tap on the part of the photo you want to focus, and it will automatically do so. It will also be adding the ability to automatically handle exposure, white balance and better low-light sensitivity. If you want to get close to a photo subject, say up to 10cm away, the new camera will also have an auto-macro.
iPhone 3G S Compass
With the new iPhone you may always be able to find north, and if you double-tap the screen, it will show you your current orientation, even in the Maps app.
iPhone 3G S Voice Control
Why bother with touching your phone when you can just voice command it? Hold down the home button for a second and you will be prompted to start issuing voice commands which can include making calls, asking your device what song is playing, telling it to find similar songs and so on.

More multimedia functions:
Record video
The new iPhone camera is going to be able to shoot video! The new feature will allow you to record at 30 frames per second (fps) at VGA resolution with audio, auto-focus, auto-white balance and auto-exposure.

Edit video on the go
With the new iPhone you needn’t to wait until you’re at your computer to start editing your mobile movies. You may trim your footage right on iPhone. Just drag to select start and end points on a filmstrip.

Audio playback
iPhone 3G S supports audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Video playback
As video files, the iPhone 3G S supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
If you haven’t H.264 or MPEG-4 videos on your computer, you may use Nidesoft DVD to iPhone Converter to convert DVD files into iPhone 3G S compatible formats or use Nidesoft iPhone video converter to convert all other video files into iPhone 3G S, just follow the step by step guide.

Share video anywhere
With the new iPhone 3G S, you may send your video via MMS, or select video from the Camera Roll and let iPhone add it to a new email message. You may also publish videos to YouTube to share your videos.

So, after the comparison, the new iPhone 3G S seems more promising than the iPhone 3.0 to hit the new Palm Pre. Of course, nobody knows the result before it is published, let’s just wait for its official release date of June 19th.