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Rip DVD and convert Video to iPod

reallyone — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:28:21 GMT

The article includes two parts.
Part 1: Rip DVD movie to iPod (Windows)
Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPod MP4 or H264 format (Windows)

How to rip DVD to iPod (Windows)
1. Download the latest version [b][url=http://www.iphone-converter-soft.com/ipod/index.htm]DVD to iPod Converter[/url][/b] and [b][url=http://www.iphone-converter-soft.com/ipod/index.htm]iPod Video Converter[/url][/b], and install it. You can download about it by referrring here.

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 http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html

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.

Part 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, and install it. For more features about it, visting here

Related download
* To convert RM/RMVB real media files to iPod, Maybe need to install Realplayer:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk
* To convert WMV, ASF to iPod, Maybe need to install Windows Media Player:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...a/default.mspx

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 http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html ).

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.
Troubleshootings (Windows)
1. Why occour a message: 'MPEG2Dec: Error during decoder initialisation' or 'unable to read from E:\VIDEO_TS\vts_01_1.vob' everytime I put any DVD in?
First, Check that you select the correct DVD driver. If not, please select the correct DVD driver path.
Second, quite a few users encountered this error and have solved by using PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter or dvdXsoft DVD to iPod Ripper, Xilisoft DVD to iPod Converter. Plz download to try out.

2. Audio is out of sync with the video or no audio
There are several posts which says audio is out of sync with the video or no audio at all when they used videora ipod converter, cucusoft dvd to ipod converter or pqdvd dvd to ipod video converter. It seems that there is no software can work well for ALL users and ALL DVDs.
In fact, you might as well resolve the problem trying the following one by one.
A. DVD to iPod Converter: Click "Setting -> Input settings".
(a) Check "Audio/Video Synchronisation".
(b) Set "Deinterlace filter" to "None".
(c) Set "Output frame rate" to other values.
B: iPod Video Converter: Click "Advance", change 'framerate' to 23.976 or 29.97 in 'Video settings'.
If it doesn't work, might as well change a DVD movie to test. If still doesn't work, try another softwares like PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter or Xilisoft DVD to iPod Converter.
Load your DVD movie, set the mode you'd like to rip, and Click 'Record it'.

3. Still doesn't Work
iPod official support page: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/
iTunes official support page: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

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goodfriend — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:56:23 GMT

Hello all friends , try these guides .

Powerpoint to DVD

reallyone — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:00:47 GMT

Wondershare [url=http://www.iphone-converter-soft.com/powerpoint/wondershare-ppt2dvd.htm][b]PowerPoint to DVD[/b][/url]
works as a stand-alone program under Windows. After you installed it in default settings, the PPT2DVD icon should be found on your desktop.

Launch Powerpoint to DVD, then you see the welcome page (if you use the trial version, you should see a prompt window before you see the welcome page).

1. Choose a format (to create DVD, please choose DVD or HD-TV) from the drop down list, then click Next to continue. You see the Working process on the left of the window.

2. Import file

Click “Browse” to select the PowerPoint file you want to import from your hard driver.

Click “Remove” button to remove the specified PowerPoint file from the file list.

PPT2DVD will process files one by one in the order that shows on the list. Choose a file, and click ↑ or ↓to change the sequence of the current file. Click properties to change the path or title of a certain file. The title you changed here only shows on the list, the name of converted file is same as the one of the original file.

3. Video settings.

Choose a TV color encoding system from "Standard" field. If you are not sure of which system your country employs, please click “Country” to choose your country from the prompt window, and the program will automatically choose the proper TV standard for you.

From the "Format" drop down list, choose a DVD format for your presentation. You may click
“Details” to view the specification of a certain format. Also, you may select an aspect ratio of the output video.

Note: If the aspect ratio you choose is different from the one of the original PowerPoint file, your presentation will look distorted.

You may refer to "More Settings...", "Preferences...", "Layout..." for more information about those settings.

4. Play Options

You may need to specify the playback mode for DVD in this step. Some options in this step shows only when you have multiple files to be converted. Please choose a PowerPoint file which you want the settings to apply to. If you want to apply the settings to all PowerPoint files, after you confirm your settings, click “Apply to All”.

Play the slides automatically, If you check this option the slides will advance automatically, and you may check "Loop Play" to loop your presentation. Besides, you may add a delay at the end of each slide. All of the slides in your presentation will advanced automatically under this play mode, thus, if you did not set transition timing in your presentation, the converted video will look a little rush. PPT2DVD adds 1 second delay at the end of each slide by default. Also, you are allowed to change the delay to up to 900s, (00'00.0'').

Note: If you have set transition time in PowerPoint, the time you set here will take no effect. PPT2DVD uses the transition time in original file.

Play the slides manually, If you choose to play the slides manually, all slides of your presentation will advance manually. With this play mode, a DVD menu (called Main Menu) will be created, and you may choose to start from which slide, and when it will advanced to the next one, just like you use PowerPoint to view the presentation.

Note: In manual play mode, all animations in a slide will play automatically, but once the animation completes, it will not advance to next slide until you press the "Play" button on DVD remote control.

Display slides in thumbnail view, If you choose this option, the program will create a DVD menu, which displays the play mode and thumbnail view option, and a thumbnail for each slide.

Display slides in list view, If you choose this option, the program will create a DVD menu, which displays the play mode and list view option, and a list of all slides.

Tips: You may choose to display slides in both ways, if so, the Main Menu displays the options both. Please refer to "Edit Ending Page” to get more info about how to customize the Main Menu.
Add the Ending Page, If you choose this option, the “Edit Ending Page” is available. You may click it to edit the Ending Page, which shows the actions that you want to take at the end of the presentation. Please refer to “Edit Ending Page” to get more info about how to customize the Ending Page.

If you have selected more than one PowerPoint files to convert, you should see “Edit Title Menu”, which displays all the presentations. You choose a title of one presentation to go to the Main Menu of the presentation then decide how it plays. You may refer to “Edit Ending Page”
for more info of how to customize the Title Menu.

5. Output

The output folder is the default folder that stores the output videos. You find the converted videos in the folder, and transported them to your devices. There is a temporary folder under the output folder. It is used to store temporary files, which will be deleted after you exit the program. Since those files can be unexpectedly large, it is recommended to reserve enough free space for the output folder (5GB or larger is recommended).

In this step, you may choose a burning software and a DVD burning device to burn your disk, or decide whether create DVD image files or not. From "Program" you choose a burning software, you may use the one that comes with PPT2DVD or a third party software like Nero. The burning device on you computer is listed on "CD/DVD Burner", you may choose one to burn your disc. The "Volume Label" is the name that displays on your optical driver when you insert the disc.

Note: The "Burn to Disc" option is only available when you have DVD burner properly installed on you computer. This is the last step of settings, you click "Next" to start converting.

6. Processing

You see the processing progress in Task list, which shows all the tasks those are completed and being processed. The time displayed below the progress bar will notify you how much time has spent of processing. If your find the system process takes long time to finish, you can check the option at the bottom and let your computer shut down when process completes. The processing time varies a lot due to many factors, such as the configuration of your computer, the complexity of the PowerPoint file, the working condition of your system and more. It is highly recommended that close all unnecessary programs before conversion starts.

When the Finish pane appears, it means the program has finished the processing progress. You may click play to view the output video, which requires Windows Media Player 10 or later is properly installed on your computer.

You may like to know how to make videos from PowerPoint files.

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