Thursday, June 24, 2010

How to convert YouTube FLV files to iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4G compatible formats





Have you downloaded loads of your beloved video files from YouTube? If so, what’s your commonly used way to play them back? Watch them on your PC, or experience them on your handheld devices like iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4G? Since Apple has strict format restrictions, the FLV files downloaded from YouTube or other video sharing websites such as Metacafe, Dailymotion, and Yahoo! Video are unplayable on its portable devices like iPod, iPhone, even the new released iPhone 4G. The good news is that Pavtube Video to iPhone 4G Converter will absolutely do you a favor on this side, so that you can successfully watch YouTube FLV videos on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 4G whenever and wherever you want. Please feel free to read this tutorial to get a solution on how to convert YouTube FLV files to iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4G compatible format.



HOW-TO:

1. Download, install and run this YouTube to iPhone converter.

Once you launch it, click “Add” button to import your downloaded YouTube FLV files to this program.







By the way, this FLV to iPhone converter supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple FLV YouTube files to it at a time. If you’d like to combine several files into a single file, you can tick off the checkbox “Merge into one file” to realize this goal, so that there are no intervals when you play them back on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 4G.



2. Select output format for iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 4G

Click on the drop down list of “Format”, and then hit “iPhone” preset, after that you will see there are different types of formats specially designed for iPhone. Which one to choose is totally depending on your own needs.







3. Customize audio and video parameters

If you do not want to use the default settings, then you can click “Settings” button to enter the following interface, all the parameters shown on it are changeable, including codec, size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel. For example, if you wanna set a higher aspect ration 960*640 for your iPhone 4G, you can click “custom” to input your needed pixels.







4. Start converting YouTube FLV files to iPhone compatible format

Click “Convert” button to begin converting FLV files to iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 4G workable formats. This YouTube to iPhone converter will finish conversion at a super high speed with excellent output quality, which will never let you encounter audio and video out of sync issues. As soon as the conversion task is completed, you can click “Open” button to get the final files for your iPhone effortlessly. What you need to do next is just syncing videos to iPhone with iTunes. Have fun.



Learn more: http://www.pavtube.com/ipad-ipod-iphone-tools/convert-youtube-flv-to-iphone-iphone-3g-iphone-4g.html

Sunday, June 20, 2010

How to rip DVD movies to your portable devices like iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, etc?

Supposing you have quite a lot of DVD movies, what would you like to do with them? You must have choices such as local playing them with your computer, using DVD players for direct playback via your wide screen TV, or ripping them for backup with another blank DVDs. Have you ever thought of loading some of the DVD clips which are attractive enough into your portable devices like iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, etc. so as to enjoy them during your staying time at bus stop or airport, or sharing them with your friends, or something else? If so, this article will show you clearly how to rip DVD movies to your various sorts of portable devices step by step, and both Windows and Mac users can find out a solution here.



Part 1: For Windows users-How to rip DVD movies to your portable devices?



Step 1: Download, install and launch Pavtube DVD Ripper



As soon as you run this program, the following interface will appear:







Step 2: Import DVD, select output format for your portable Devices and set destination folder



There are three ways to import DVD files, namely through pressing "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder", or "IFO File". After importing the DVD files, now click the drop-down?list of "Format" to select a video format for your mobile devices. The output formats are all listed below, and just make a choice according to the types or compatible formats of your portable players.



Besides this,you can click the folder icon on the?opposite side of "Output"to specify where to locate the output files, otherwise,

Pavtube DVD Ripper will use the folder set by default.Moreover,if you want to join multiple DVD chapters to?be one file, you can check "Merge into one file" to realize it.







Step 3: Set advanced settings



This converter allows you to adjust video and audio parameters, including video codec, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio and so on. Generally speaking, the larger inserted values will produce the better video quality, while the file size will be enlarged.







Step 4: Convert



After you set all the settings, you can click "Convert" to start conversion. Once the conversion is completed, you can click "Open" to find out the output files.



Tips: Some more editing functions you may need:



Select a file, and click on the "Edit" button, and then you can change the video and audio effect directly.



1.Effect: adjust Brightness, Contract, Audio volume, etc.



Drag the slider bar of Brightness, Contrast, and Volume to change the effect,at the same time,you can preview the effect?on the right pane.If the DVD image does not display correctly,you can tick?the checkbox "Flip" to get it right. When you find the effect is better after changing the settings, you can choose to apply the effect settings to other files.







2. Trim: choose video duration time



Click on the "Trim" tab,and you will face the window below.Enter the time?point for the start time and the end time.You need click the "Apply" button after changing; otherwise,the change will not be valid. Alternatively, you can drag the slider bars to change the start time and end time.







3. Crop: cut off black edges or the unwanted part of your video



Click on the "Crop" tab, and you?can change the image pixels in the following window.Select an option under the?drop down list of the "Letter Box",drag the dashed frame on the preview pane, or enter value into the boxes of the?four positions to set the pixels you want to cut off.If the file you select to customize is a title, you can tick the checkbox of "Apply to Child Chapters" to get other files with the same settings.



How to convert DVD to iPod in the easiest way?

iPod has been a must for young people, who cannot go without hit music. Well, have you ever thought about enjoying your favorite DVD movies on the big toy iPod? It costs money to download music or movie from iTunes, while it costs you nothing to enjoy DVD movies on your iPod. Why? There is DVD to iPod Converter which can help you convert DVD movies to iPod video, and thus you don’t need to pay for the movie again. You are free to carry your favorite Harry Porter all around you in such a smart iPod. It is amazing. I am going to show you step by step how to convert DVD to iPod video and then how to transfer the converted MP4 video to iPod.

I am going to take Pavtube DVD to iPod Converter for example, because I am using it. It is easy to use, and has brilliant interface with all the options and buttons well-suited to task.



First, launch the program and import the DVD movie to the files list.





Second, choose an output format and do detailed settings of the profile you have selected.





Third, do customization through cropping the image, trimming the DVD movie and adjust the effects like brightness, contrast and volume etc.





Fourth, if you don’t want to convert the entire movie, you can split the movie into different chapters and choose some of them to merge into one file.





Fifth, hit the big "Convert" button to start converting.

Now that you have got videos for your iPod, the rest of the work goes to transferring the video to iPod.



First, install and launch iTunes, and search Files Lite.

Second, turn on wi-fi

Third, launch files lite and enter your IP address and your monitor port.

Fourth, get your computer wirelessly connected, and add a new network place, take Windows XP for example.

Hit the icon of "Network Place", and execute "Add a network place". Choose a network place and enter the IP address and port (http://<ip>:<port>). Set a name and click "Ok".

Fifth, Double click your newly created Network Place to visit your iPod Touch and drags the videos files in. Voila, it is done. Good luck!

Backup BD movies to the hard drive of Popcorn Hour.





As DVD movies and Internet videos have become increasingly popular, digital entertainment enthusiasts have searched for a way to make the rich media content stored on their PC hard drives and home networks available through their TV. Popcorn Hour is such a powerful utility that designed for meeting people’s this need. For movie resources are various, this article will only focus on how to backup Blu-ray movies to the hard drive of Popcorn Hour without video and audio loss, so that you can archive your BD movies in orders and enjoy them with your families via TV or home entertainment system.



Software you need:



Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper



Okay, now, let’s start.



1. Download Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, install and launch it



2. Import Blu-ray files, select "Directly Copy", and set save path



Load Blu-ray files to this program. There are three ways: clicking on button "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder", or "IFO/ISO". Hit the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to save the output .m2ts files. If you want to play them without intervals, I recommend you to tick checkbox "Merge into one file", in that case, all the chapters will be combine into a single file.







Select "Directly Copy" via clicking on the drop-down list of "Format". In this way, the Blu-ray will be directly copied to the hard drive of your PC without any quality loss, and remained in the format of .m2ts, so that you can enjoy them with your family on your TV or home theater systems via Popcorn Hour in totally full high definition quality.







3. Backup Blu-ray



As soon as the above steps are all finished, you can click "Convert" button to start copying.



After backup work is completed, you can directly connect your PC with TV or HT system via Popcorn Hour to enjoy the Blu-ray movies, or you can copy the Blu-ray backups to the hard disk of Popcorn Hour, which potentially expands the device's capabilities for archiving your movie, video and music collections, to manage them in a proper way, and then play them via TV and other home entertainment system.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

How to rip DVD movies to iPad/iPad Wi-Fi+3G supported file formats on Mac



Has your heart ever been touched by the good and evil of the humanity unveiled in "Avatar"? Have you ever been moved by the unremitting efforts made by Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness"? Have you ever wept for the extremely beautiful but tragic love in "Titanic"? Have you ever been motivated by the movie dialogues like "A strong man can save himself; a great man can save another" in "The Shawshank Redemption"?

So there are hundreds of movies in your DVD collection, wanna rip the classic ones for playback on your new iPad or iPad Wi-Fi+3G in 720p quality? If so, this article will show you how to convert DVD movies for watching on your iPad with excellent quality. Go to find the details from the following paragraphs.

The software you will need is Pavtube DVD to iPad Converter for Mac.

This program is good at removing commercial DVD copy protections, so you can feel free to load almost all of your DVD movies to it to do format conversion, even the latest released ones. More than that, with advanced audio and video in sync technology, it will guarantee the output files well in sync while playback on your big screens iPad/iPad 3G.

Step 1: Once you run this program, click "DVD Folder" or "IFO File" to load DVD files



All the DVD movie files are checked by default while loading, you can right click on the file to "Uncheck all" or "Check all", so as to select your needed files to convert in an easy way.

Step 2: Select output format for your iPad/iPad 3G
Actually, there are three iPad presets specially optimized for iPad, you can choose anyone of them to satisfy your needs. Every one of them will definitely ensure you a perfect playback quality on your iPad/iPad Wi-Fi+3G.



To see the default video and audio parameters, you can click "Settings" button, and all of these items including codec name, bitrate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels will be clearly presented as below. If you are professional at changing these items, you can adjust them to meet your higher expectation, otherwise, just let them be. Because they are good enough to output a nice quality file for your iPad. User Interface Flash Tool Tip Components Classic Tooltip.



If you still want to try your luck, please follow iPad supported file formats to do your changes.

iPad Supported Video Formats
  • H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 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;
  • Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

    iPad Supported Audio Formats
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported:HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

    Step 3: Click "Convert" button to start ripping DVDs to iPad/iPad 3G video
    Just take a few seconds to do selection, and after that, you can sit back and relax, the entire DVD ripping task will be finished by this iPad Mac DVD ripper at fast speed. Once the conversion work is finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output DVD movies for your iPad with ease.


  • Tuesday, May 11, 2010

    How to use Pavtube Mac iMedia Converter?

    The tutorial aims to give you a general idea about how to use Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac before getting started. The iMdedia Converter for Mac is specially designed for Mac users to enjoy the videos, DVD and blu-ray movies on Mac and multiple mobile devices.

    Basically, Pavtube iMedia Converter helps you to directly backup DVD and blu-ray movies from disc and folder to hard drive, rip DVD ISO image file to desired video and audio formats, convert HD footages such as MTS (M2TS, M2T), TOD, MOD and MOV files to desired formats for editing and playing back, convert DVR TiVo files to lossless MPEG files and other desired formats, and convert among other common videos such as flash videos, Quicktime videos, CD files, digital video files, Matroska files, etc. and extract audio tracks from the source discs and clips. Besides, the converter features editing facilities such as trimming, cropping, watermarking, flipping, etc.

    To learn more information about this app, you may visit iMedia Converter for Mac or download the free trial of iMedia Converter and try it out. Please note that the trial version output video with a watermark on the screen and the Disk Copy option is restricted to use three times only.

    Now let’s see how to use the powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

    Import source disc/ folder/ file


    Accepted sources includes blu-ray disc, blu-ray folder, DVD, DVD folder, DVD ISO image file, and Video clips. For ripping blu-ray disc you need to connect an external BD drive with your Mac. To add video files, please click ‘Add Video’ button and browse to source video files or drag and drop the files in the ‘Getting Started’ area. To load blu-ray disc, DVD, blu-ray folder, DVD folder, please click ‘DVD/ BD Folder’ and browse to the disc or directory. To import DVD image file, please click ‘IFO File’ and browse to the file you’d like to convert.



    The file list is composed of five columns: Check box, Name, Duration, Trimmed Length, and Destination File.



    Check Box: Click to check/ uncheck all files in the list.
    Destination File: The name of the converted file. By default it is same with the original file. If you’d like to specify a different name for output file, double-click it in Destination File column and type in favorable name.




    Common video files are listed for you to organize; the blu-ray or DVD movie shows up as a directory. Expand the directory and you will find all the chapters are in numerical sequence. You can convert the whole disc to movie collection or select single chapter for conversion. An excellent MKV Converter for Mac OS X software to convert MKV video on Mac.

    For blu-ray movie, there are Title Mode and File Mode. By default the files are listed in Title Mode, all the chapters are in numerical sequence for you to check individually. For checking the subordinate chapters of certain sequence, please click its plus sign. Generally, ‘Title001’ contains the main movie, and other Titles are commentary, menus, titles and ads. By default all the Titles are selected for editing and ripping. If you want to rip the main movie and nothing more, do uncheck other sequences. If you would like to retain everything in the blu-ray disc, simply use the default settings. If you’d like to switch to file mode, please select the blu-ray movie directory and click ‘ViewMode’. And you can check and preview each individual segment. In File mode all the m2ts files in file list are checked by default. If you want to select but the main movie, a fast way is to right-click and choose ‘Uncheck All’ in shortcut menu and then check the main movie (longest m2ts file). Or simply check the small box in the title bar of the file list to check/ uncheck all.

    When a blu-ray or DVD movie is loaded, you can find the Subtitle and Audio option under the file list are activated.



    Subtitle: Click to view available subtitles of selected chapter and set desired subtitle from drop-down list. Note that some chapters have no subtitles at all. And you can specify subtitle of different languages for different chapters.
    Audio: Click to view available audio tracks selected chapter and set desired audio from drop-down list.

    Best MOD to iPad Converter

    Best iPad Video settings

    Follow the optimal settings to get excellent playback quality.
    Video:
    Codec: H.264
    Size: 640*480 or 1280*720
    Bitrate: 2500kbps
    Frame rate: 30fps
    Audio:
    Codec: aac
    Sample rate: 48khz
    Bitrate: 160kbps
    Channels: Stereo

    Pavtube MOD to iPad Converter is an ideal tool for people who are using digital camcorders, such as JVC Everio, the Canon FS100 and the Panasonic D-Snap SD-card camcorders. It can edit and convert the recording video MOD from your digital camcorder to other popular video and audio formats like MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPG, MPEG-4, FLV, MOV, 3G2, VOB, MP3, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A etc. for playback on portable devices like iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, cell phones and edit in Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Power Director etc.



    What's new
    - Fixed for the out of sync issue when merging multiple trimmed files together.

    - Improved the GUI to be more user-friendly. A checkbox is added for users to check/ uncheck all chapters; the main movie of source disc is marked out; and slider bars are added so as to adjust the position of crop area and text/image/video watermark more conveniently. Select the convert tool for your recipe.

    - Upgraded the Profile Manger, and improved the profile list to be more friendly, intuitive, and flexible. The software will memorize the profile settings and apply it when it is updated to the later version.

    - Added support to iPad, including three more optimized formats.

    - Added scale value to Brightness, Contrast and Saturation facility contained in Effect tab.

    Learn more: Best iPad video conversion tools