Friday, September 17, 2010

How to rip, convert DVD to iTunes and sync to iPhone 4

A lot of guys are purchasing movies, TV shows, podcasts, audio books and music from iTunes online store, However, the iTunes store videos' volume is too low and they don't have subtitles, so many people have been converting DVD and video files on their Windows PC and Mac computer, then sync to their iPhone 4 so that they can enjoy the content wherever they are and whenever they like. This is a tutorial on how to convert DVD movie to iTunes and sync to iPhone 4 on windows PC.

Things you'll need
1. Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter (Free for download trial version)
2. iTunes installed on your computer
3. DVD video files

Below is the step by step guide on how to convert DVD to iTunes and sync to iPhone 4

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter
To convert dvd videos for iPhone 4, you need a video converter. Download and install Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter from this link . With this powerful converter, you can convert your DVD videos to iPhone video MP4 format, and rip DVD to iPhone audio formats like MP3, M4A, WAV and AIFF for playback on iPhone.
Notice: If you are using Mac OS and want to Convert DVD to iTunes, you can refer to Aneesoft DVD to iPhone converter for Mac .

Step 2: Run Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter and load DVD disk to convert
Run DVD to iPhone Converter in the following main panel, click "Load..." button on the toolbar to load DVD IFO files or DVD movies from the hard drive.



Step 3: Output Setting
Select output video format as .mp4 from the "Profile" drop-down list. You can also adjust other settings such as video quality, audio quality, output path, etc.



Step 4: Convert DVD to iTunes for iPhone 4 MP4
When the settings are done, click the button "Start" to start conversion. And then the program will automatically start DVD conversion.

Step 5: put DVD to iPhone 4 via iTunes
Connect your iPhone 4 to Windows and sync the converted DVD video to your iPhone 4 with iTunes. Now you could watch your favorite DVD movies on your iPhone 4. That's all, with four steps you can convert any DVD movies to iTunes and sync it to your iPhone 4. It's easy enough for everyone. Enjoy watching DVD with your iPhone 4 anytime and anywhere!

Edit your video file (optional): crop, trim, add effects, add watermark (optional)

Trim Video:
This Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter allows you to trim your video, so you can capture your favorite video clips. Select the video you want to edit, then click the "Edit" button on the top. An Edit window will be prompted. Click the Start Point and End Point to keep your favourite parts of video in Aneesoft DVD to iPhone Converter.

Crop Video:
To watch your movies in full screen, you may crop videos to remove the black edges around your video with this DVD to iPhone Converter. Click "Crop" tab to open the Crop Video window, then check the "Enable Crop" option box. There are two methods available to crop your video: crop by a adjusting the crop frame and crop by setting the crop values. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, you can preview the final visual effect on the right "Output Preview" in real-time.



Set Effect:
If you want to adjust the video effect of your movie, you can click the "Effect" tab and then check "Enable Effect" option box. Drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness and contrast. You can also choose a special effect from the Effect drop-down list to apply to your movie.

Add Watermark:
If you want to add watermark on your video, you can click "Watermark" tab and then check "Enable Effect" option box. You may add Text or Image watermark onto your video. If you want to add Text watermark for your video, click the Color or Font button to set the color and font your text. Drag and drop the text to anywhere you want. If you want to add image watermark, just check the Image option and select the image you want to add as watermark.

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

TUAW Mailbag: your iOS 4.1 tips and tribulations


The first one (above) is actually a bug with iMovie 1.1, although the app was updated yesterday and requires iOS 4.1. As you can see, reader Sean P. is still seeing a glitch in iMovie for iPhone that makes clip trimming a haphazard affair.

Eric B. reports that the headphones he received with his "iphone 2g" (we're thinking he meant the 3G) now work, whereas before 4.1 but after 4.0 they did not.

John T. tells us "the iOS4.1 upgrade somehow 'recovered' clued 2+ weeks of lost voicemails that I really wish I had received, well, 2 weeks ago." He reports others have seen this as well -- have you?

Joseph T. says there's good news for Bluetooth headset users who jam out on their headsets: "...the new AVRCP profile allows Bluetooth headsets to FINALLY skip forward and rewind."

A few of us noticed it, but Jonathan L. wrote in to point out the icon for "deleting" an email in Gmail accounts has changed to indicate that you're not deleting, you're archiving the email. Instead of a trash can, you now have an arrow pointing to a file cabinet. If you want to go back to trashing email, however, you can set this in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > choose the account (Gmail only) > Turn OFF "Archive Messages."

Jeff V. reports a welcome enhancement regarding app updates on the phone: "Guys, I haven't seen anyone cover this yet, nor do I know if it is a really big deal, but now in iOS 4.1 you can download and install more than one app at a time. Up to three at a time from what I see. I noticed this while updating some apps on my iPhone after updating to 4.1. I had twelve updates, told it to download all, and then it started downloading 3 of the apps at the same time (I have a screenshot showing the three blue install bars at the same time). Again, I thought this was nice, and I wasn't expecting it, so I figured I would pass it along in case you hadn't noticed."

Reports from our commenters on the next page.
Confucious says, "On my camera, it actually did appear to fix the yellow tint issue in low light situations."

Stephen notes, "Finally my (3G) phone works properly again, after weeks of getting more and more interested in Android by the day. I can even make phone calls again."

EIM takes the good with the bad:
"The 3G update works great on my wife's phone. Much faster and less crashes! However, the 4.1 on my 3GS seems to have picked up an interesting feature - the Power/sleep/hold button works sporadically - usually not working. I can't seem to turn it off - I'll be attempting a restore shortly to see what happens." and follows up with, "Finished the Restore and the button still isn't working - time to go see Apple..."

Michael M. sends this list:
"Done earlier today. So far, impressed with a couple of things. on my updated iPhone 4:
a. Look MA the bars stay on and there's a LOT of them. With the deathgrip in a known deadzone, was able to not only use the phone, but also to use the web as well to access facebook, foursquare, etc. Very nice.
b. Did not have the proximity problem so that's nothing I can report on.
c. seems zippier as well.
d. HDR...not happening for me. Love the Pro HDR app and will continue to use that one until the next rev when Apple figures this out.
e. Game center...have not even launched it.
Watching the app updates come in and well...let's go from here."

lens42 sends another list:
"For those wondering about moving from 3.1.3 to 4.1, I upgraded my wife's 3G to 4.1, and left my 3G at 3.1.3. Here are the results. All the tests were done with WiFi. Two 8GB 3G iPhones tested side by side.

Full Power Down - 4.1 is 1s to 3s faster
Power Up - 4.1 is about 5s faster!
Slide to Open - 4.1 is 1s faster
Safari Open - tie
Mail Open - tie
Loading Engadget - 4.1 is a bit under 1s faster
Opening Settings - 4.1 is 1s SLOWER
Opening Google Earth - tie
Spinning globe in Google Earth - 4.1 is very slightly jaggier, stutters a bit more than 3.1.3. Can't quantify.
Opening Youtube - tie
Starting Youtube Clip - 4.1 about 2s SLOWER"

A number of apps like Contacts, Remote, iCamcorder, iPod, and others load about 0.5s slower on 4.1, but they also close about 0.5s quicker.

In summary. It seems like 4.1 holds it own vs. 3.1.3 in responsiveness except for starting Youtube video and Google Earth animations. I'm not a software guy so I can't explain any of it. I did most of these tests a few times. Some of the longer time differences varied from test to test. The numbers I show are sort of an eyeballed average."

Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

Apple iOS 4.1 update: proximity sensor fix, Game Center, more

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

How to convert video to iPod touch

Apple has just unveiled its 4th-Gen iPod touch, which is a new version of its popular media player with wireless internet access and other touch screen features found on the iPhone 4. If you have got the iPod touch 4th-Gen and would like to watch all your videos on your new iPod touch, just get Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter to rip and convert videos to iPod touch video/music format.

Things you'll need
1. Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter
2. Video files
3. iPod touch

Step 1. Download & install Video to iPod Converter
Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter allows you to convert almost all popular video formats to iPod touch video and music formats ; besides, it also supports the latest released new iPod touch.

Step 2. Add videos to the Video to iPod Converter
Open Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter and click the big button "Add" to add video files on your computer. This software supports batch conversion, so you can add several video clips at one time.



Step 3. Edit videos: crop, trim, add effects, add watermark
To personalize your iPod touch videos, you may add picture or text watermark with customized transparency, size and position in your videos in the Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter. Just select the title you'd like to add watermark, then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. You can also adjust the frame brightness and contrast, and even add some artistic effects like old film etc.



Step 4. Merge some separate videos to 1 single iPod video file (Optional)
This is optional. But if you want to output 1single file for easily playing on iPod touch, simply click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate files if you just need the single merged video file. You may see the image below to have an idea.



Step 5. Change output settings in Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter
Click the "Profile" drop-down menu to choose which output format you want for your iPod touch; Click the "Save to" menu to find the destination folder for saving output iPod video file.



Step 6. Start converting videos to iPod touch video format
After you finish the settings, you can click on 'Start' button to start the conversion. Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter runs fast in video to iPod touch conversion, taking advantage of its support for batch and multi-processing. It is clear to see the progress with estimation of remaining time on display.

Tips:
* Simplify video and audio quality setting. Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter allows you set the video and audio quality just after the output profile selection. The default Normal quality gets the best compromise between file size and video quality.
* Preview and take snapshot. You can preview your source video before you begin the conversion in Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter. You can also capture your favorite pictures when preview. It can be saved in the default folder automatically.
* If you are a MAC user, then please refer to Aneesoft Video to iPod Converter for MAC .

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Top 10 Free Games for the iPod Touch

There are plenty of great games for the iPod Touch and many of them are free. Here's my top ten list of the best free games developed for the iPod Touch.

Free and Awesome Games

After spending so much on an iPod Touch, why would you want to spend extra money on games? Well, you don't have to because the iPod Touch has plenty of awesome games for free. Here are my top ten, in no particular order.

Pac-Man Lite

Pac-ManYes, you read that correctly. Pac-Man for the iPod Touch. It even looks like the original arcade version of Pac-Man, complete with a virtual control stick for you to toggle. No wonder it looks so retro, it is made by Namco. Check it out for some classic gaming action! Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Jelly Car

The name implies it all. You must drive a car, of jelly-like consistency, through a jelly world and make it to the exit. The purposefully bad graphics, which look like something a 10 year old drew, are actually more endearing than annoying. Jelly Car is available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Tap Tap Revenge 2

A rhythm game in a similar vein to Guitar Hero. Tap through the beats of more than 40 free songs. Tap Tap Revenge 2 is available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

iBowl

Go bowling with your iPod Touch. If you like bowling this game allows you to bowl at anytime and anyplace, and you don't even need proper footwear. Check out the complete iBowl review to find out more. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Cannon Challenge

Developed by the Discovery Channel, shoot cannons at targets and try to hit them. It's more fun than it sounds, trust me. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Labyrinth Lite Edition

Roll a little metal ball through a wooden labyrinth while avoiding holes. Labyrinth Lite is a classic game with 10 levels. The full version of Labryrinth as well as the lite version are both available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Lux Touch

A Risk-like strategy game of global domination. Control the blue army and take over the world. This is for all of you out there with a Napoleon complex. Lux Touch is available on both the iPod Touch and iPhone.

Tic Tac Free

Exactly what it sounds like. Tic Tac Toe for your iPod Touch. No one ever out grows this simple game. Tic Tac Free is available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Sol Free Solitaire

No game list is complete without Solitaire. It is a Mac classic and now it is available for the iPod Touch. Go ahead and enjoy your alone time. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

Brain Toot Free

It's time to put on your thinking cap and see how smart you really are. With four different games to train your brain's memory, visual, thinking and math skills you'll learn and have fun. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.
All games are available from the App store inside of the iTunes store. For more games, check out the latest iPod Touch and iPhone games here on Bright Hub.

How to convert videos & DVD movies for the iPod touch

iPod supported video, audio and music format
How to convert DVD to iPod touch
How to convert AVI to iPod Touch
How to convert video to iPod touch


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Monday, September 13, 2010

iPod supported video format & audio format

Quick Links

Apple unveiled the 4th generation iPod touch on September 1, 2010. It adds an improved chip, a better display, and two cameras. So, most iPod touch users like to play music and watch movies on this beautiful handset. However, there is a minor issue here; the device does not support all formats of videos. And according to iPod touch's official page, there are many technical specifications as follows for iPod touch video file format & iPad touch music format.



iPod touch video/movie format

  • 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 per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

iPod touch audio/music format

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit

iPod touch TV Format

  • Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable

 

iPod touch video/movie format

  • 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 per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

iPod touch audio/music format

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit

iPod touch TV Format

  • Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable


Convert videos to iPod touch

Hopefully you now have a clear idea of which videos you can play on the iPod touch. But what if this rules out a majority of the videos in your collection because of format-incompatibility? If the video files you want to view are in a format that is not supported by iPod touch, you may be able to convert them into iPod touch video/audio format.

If you have got an iPod touch and would like to convert videos to iPod touch supported video format, you may try Aneesoft Video Converter Pro.

If you would like to watch your DVD movies on your iPod touch, just get Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro to rip/convert DVD movies for iPod touch.

Now get Video Converter Suite and save 35%! This Video Converter Suite includes two programs: Aneesoft Video Converter Pro and Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro.

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

How to convert and rip DVD movies to iPad, iPod, iPhone for playback

These days many people are asking how to get the videos on their DVD library onto their iPod, iPad or iPhone. With nearly everyone in the developed world have more than one Apple media device on which you play videos—a click wheel iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, people are losing patience with media that plays on only one kind of device. Chief among that media is the commercial movie DVD. If you want to rip a DVD you own or encode a video on your hard drive just once—for all your Apple devices—what’s the best option? In this article I present one of options - Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro for converting these DVDs to a format playable on your iPad, iPod, and iPhone.

Well, someone maybe put Handbrake forward. Yep, HandBrake is a powerful tool, however, it limited in converting to only MPEG-4 and MKV files. If you need to convert to other devices support formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, DIVX, XVID, WMV, 3GP, WMA etc, for your Xbox, PSP, 3GP, or upload to YouTube, Google Video, it will be useless to looking forward to help from HandBrake. Fortunately, Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro fills the blank left by HandBrake. Besides rip DVD to MPEG-4, DVD to MKV, Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro can also rip to almost all popular formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, DIVX, XVID, WMV, 3GP, WMA, RM, and HD etc. Compare to Handbrake, it's more easy to use with distinct interface, easy to understand, easy to set yourself. Moreover, if you want to edit your videos to be more personalized, like crop, trim, merge, add watermark, set special effect to your videos, Aneesoft will be your great choice. Here will walk you through convert and rip DVD movies to iPad, iPod, iPhone step by step like following.

Things you’ll need
1. Apple media device - iPod, iPad, iPhone
2. Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro
3. DVD video files

Step1. Run Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro and load DVD disk to convert
Download and install Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro on your PC, launch setup and follow instructions on screen. Then run the DVD Ripper Pro in the following main widow, click "Load..." button on the toolbar to add videos that you want to convert to Apple media device video formats.



Step2. Edit your video file (optional): crop, trim, add effects, add watermark and deinterlace
Trim Video:
This Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro allows you to trim your video, so you can capture your favorite video clips. Select the video you want to edit, and then click the "Edit" button on the top. An Edit window will be prompted. Click the Start Point and End Point to keep your favourite parts of video in Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro.

Crop Video:
To watch your movies in full screen, you may crop videos to remove the black edges around your video with this DVD to iPod Converter. Click "Crop" tab to open the Crop Video window, and then check the "Enable Crop" option box. There are two methods available to crop your video: crop by a adjusting the crop frame and crop by setting the crop values. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, you can preview the final visual effect on the right "Output Preview" in real-time.

Set Effect:
If you want to adjust the video effect of your movie, you can click the "Effect" tab and then check "Enable Effect" option box. Drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness and contrast. You can also choose a special effect from the Effect drop-down list to apply to your movie.

Add Watermark:
If you want to add watermark on your video, you can click "Watermark" tab and then check "Enable Effect" option box. You may add Text or Image watermark onto your video. If you want to add Text watermark for your video, click the Color or Font button to set the color and font your text. Drag and drop the text to anywhere you want. If you want to add image watermark, just check the Image option and select the image you want to add as watermark.

Deinterlace:
To remove the DVD movies black sides, just click the "Deinterlace" tab and then check "Enable Deinterlace" box, set up the Start time and End time.



Step3. Output Setup
Choose the most suitable output settings you want.



Step4. Start ripping and converting DVD
Finally, click the big "Start" button to start converting DVD. The Convert progress bar shows you how much of the convert process is completed.

Tips&Tricks
* Batch conversion. Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro support for multi-core processing, multithreading and batch conversion, you can convert multiple files easily and quickly.
* Rip DVD movies to HD video formats(HD AVI, HD WMV, HD FLV, HD MOV, HD MP4, etc) made easy with this great DVD ripper.
*Extract DVD soundtrack to any audio format. Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro can convert/extract DVD soundtrack to any audio format, including AAC, MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA, etc.
* Preview and capture snapshots from DVD movies. You can preview your source video before you begin the conversion. While you're playing back the DVD movie in Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro, you also can capture some screenshots from the DVD movies.
* The version used in this article is based on Windows, if you are a MAC user, then please refer to Aneesoft DVD Ripper Pro for MAC .

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