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1  Guides / User Guides / Re: How to convert DVD, video, limewire and any video to iphone? on: November 09, 2007, 04:49:32 AM
Find a great site for someone who wants to convert DVD, youtube, limewire, myspace and any free video to iTunes for iPhone,iPod touch/classic/nano/video, Apple TV. There are some software which can do the work well:
http://www.dvdtoitunes.net
2  Guides / User Guides / Re: How to convert YouTube, limewire, DVD, flash and any video to iPod touch/cla on: November 07, 2007, 02:03:44 PM
Find a great site for someone who wants to convert DVD and video to iTunes, there are some software which can do the work well:
http://www.dvdtoitunes.net
3  DVD Rip / DivX / XviD / Re: How to convert YouTube, limewire, DVD, flash and any video to iPod touch/cla on: November 07, 2007, 01:45:19 PM
Find a great site for someone who wants to convert DVD and video to iTunes, there are some software which can do the work well:
http://www.dvdtoitunes.net
4  Guides / User Guides / Re: The only iPod guide you need– Youtube, DVD, Limewire, video, flash, game to on: November 07, 2007, 04:50:22 AM
Anyone know if we can convert an iPod Touch from 16Gb to 80-160Gb only replacing the hard disc?
5  DVD Copy / DVD9 To DVD-R Copy Tools / How to Convert DVD, video, limewire, youtube and any video to Apple TV? on: November 06, 2007, 05:27:35 AM

Haven't set up your Apple TV yet, take a look at this guide of how to connect Apple TV to TV and iTunes which is a primary step before you sync iTunes with Apple TV.

The tutorials describe the step by step way about convert/ripping DVDs (either movie DVD or music video DVD) to Apple TV video format(MP4, MPEG-4, H.264), and converting all other popular movie files to Apple TV. The Apple TV converter software is easy to use, works flawlessly. Super fast conversion speed with high quality plus chapters/segments ripping modes give you everything you need to put DVD/video on Apple TV so you want watch them on your widescreen TV.

Before convert DVD to Apple TV or convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, Divx, MOV, XviD, RMVB, DVR-MS, ASF, MPG to iTune, let's take a look at the video formats which the Apple TV plays.

Video formats supported: H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): 640 by 480, 30 fps, LC version of Baseline Profile; 320 by 240, 30 fps, Baseline profile up to Level 1.3; 1280 by 720, 24 fps, Progressive Main Profile. MPEG-4: 640 by 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile
 
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV
 
Part1: How to convert DVD to Apple TV.(Windows)
Part2: How to convert video files to Apple TV.(Windows)

Part3: How to convert DVD to Apple TV.(Mac)
Part4: How to convert video files to Apple TV.(Mac)

Part5: How to convert Youtube Video to Apple TV.(Windwows)



(1) Convert DVD to Apple TV video & rip DVD to Apple TV audio(Windows)

1. First download ‘DVD to Apple TV Converter suite for windows’ (the latest version) , install and run it. For more features about it, you can refer here.



2. Please insert the DVD you'd like to convert to the DVD drive.



3. Click 'File' menu and 'Open DVD', or directly hit 'Open' button to load the DVD. Set the profile to be Apple TV 640*480 mpeg-4 video which is the default DVD video quality.

4. Click around in the DVD's menu to set up DVD playback as you like, select the subtitle and audio sound tracks etc, then begin to play the movie through the software by click the play button.

5. The following window will pop up. Here, you can rename 'Title Name', set 'Save Path' and output quality, then click 'Yes' button to start ripping DVD to Apple TV MP4 or Apple TV H264 video from the point that the movie starts. That is all. Just so easy!



If you'd like to record from certain time point, or want to change some parameters like 'output format', 'video bitrates', 'frame rate', 'audio bitrates', please click 'No' button to close the window.

6. Optional parameters settings
* Select subtitles and languages
Click 'Subtitle' or 'Audio Track' in the 'Setting' menu, choose the related value you like.

* Set output formats
Choose the target file format from 'Profile'. The software supports converting DVD to Apple TV 1024*768 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 h264 video,iPod MP4 video, iPod h264 video, MP3 audio.



* Set the start time to convert
Use the video playback controls to queue up the point at which you want to start ripping. Or click 'Setting -> Go to' and jump to previous/next chapter.

* More parameters
Click 'Setting -> Output video settings', here you can choose different profile, video/audio bitrates, video size, disable video/audio, aspect ratio, frame/sample rate, etc.
If you are not familiar with these options, please view the descriptions listed at the bottom of the window.

* Crop/cut&Resize;the movie
If you want to make the widescreen dvd(16:9) to be outputted as fullscreen(4:3) video, you can use the crop function.
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.



* Direct/batch conversion
If you want to rip you DVD movie into one whole file, please use the direct ripping mode described above.
If you want to rip your DVD by chapters to into separated output files (for example your music DVDs, TV Episode DVDs), you can use the batch conversion rip mode, just ticket out the titles you want to convert and click convert.
You can switch this two modes by clicking on the mode-Direct&Batch;.



7. Hit 'Convert' button, choose the recording time point and quality, then click 'Yes' to begin to convert DVD to Apple TV video or audio quickly.

8. After ripping, transfer the converted files to iTunes, and then sync to Apple TV.


(2) Step by step convert movies to Apple TV video (H.264, MP4, MPEG-4) and Apple TV audio (AAC, MP3), AVI to Apple TV, MPEG to Apple TV, WMV to Apple TV, MOV to Apple TV, DivX to Apple TV, Xvid to Apple TV, DVR-MS to Apple TV, RM to Apple TV, RMVB to Apple TV, ASF to Apple TV, AVS to Apple TV, MPG to Apple TV, AVS to Apple TV, FLV to Apple TV, MKV to Apple TV, NSV to Apple TV, OGG to Apple TV, OGM to Apple TV, TIVO to Apple TV, 3GP to Apple TV.(Windows)
 
1. First download ‘DVD to Apple TV Converter suite for windows’ (the latest version) , install and run it. For more features about it, you can refer here.
 
2. Click 'Open file' button to load the video file(s) you'd like to convert. The Apple TV converter software supports batch conversion mode.



3. The default output format is Apple TV 640*480 Mpeg-4 video. If you'd like to change this, click "Profile" button, set the output format to Apple TV video (Apple TV 1024*768 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 h264 video,iPod MP4 video, iPod h264 video) or Apple TV audio (MP3). Here, you can also set video size, frame rate and more.



4. Hit 'Convert' button to start converting video to Apple TV.

5. Transfer the converted video or audio files to iTunes library and sync them to Apple TV.


(3) How to Convert Rip DVD to Apple TV (for Mac users)?

DVD to Apple TV Converter provides several default Apple TV video profiles, which you can use converting your DVD to Apple TV Video MP4 formats. The profiles will help you get the video you like such as minimal size video, high quality video, etc. It also has many settings you can customize, for example, convert DVD to Apple TV mp4 video by custom file size through setting video bit rate, rip DVD’s any titles or chapters, and select target subtitle and audio track. You can get adjustable video what you want to play on your HD TV through Apple TV.

DVD to Apple TV Converter for Mac also can rip DVD movie to Apple TV straight with high video quality. It supports converting an entire DVD to one video file, and also supports ripping any segment by setting "start time" and "end time".

1.Download the latest DVD to Apple TV Mac Converter , install and run.



2.Insert the DVD movie you'd like to rip into the DVD drive,

3.Click "DVD" button to load your DVD, select the output format and set the optional parameters like audio track and subtitle,

4.Hit 'Convert' to start the iPod DVD conversion process.

 
(4) How to convert videos to Apple TV (for Mac)?

 Apple TV Video Converter for Mac can not only convert AVI, MOV, MPEG, DivX, WMV, VOB, XviD to iPod video MP4, but also extract/convert media files to iPod audio M4a, MP3 on Mac, also it support batch conversion.It is easy to use.

1.Free download Apple TV Video Converte for Mac , install and run..

2.Load your video files by click the 'Add' button



3.Set your the audio channels, video size and frame rate etc or you can leave it to the default setting.

4.Click the "Encode" button, that's it!
Really easy to convert DVD and videos to Apple TV, right?! Enjoy!

Note: Before you start to sync iTunes videos to Apple TV, pls make sure you have the latest iTunes installed, Open your iTunes go to Help->Check for updates or download it directly from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/


(5) Convert Youtube video to Apple TV (Windows)

Apple TV supports MPEG4 and H.264 video, youtube video is flv format. In order to put youtube video on Apple TV, you have to convert it to Apple TV format. Here is an online flv converter, free and very easy to use, just have to copy the youtube video URL to the URL box and click start. here is the online flv converter URL http://vixy.net/



After finish conversion, drag to iTunes library and sync to Apple TV, done!

6  Guides / User Guides / How to Convert DVD, video, limewire, youtube and any video to Apple TV? on: November 06, 2007, 04:52:13 AM

Haven't set up your Apple TV yet, take a look at this guide of how to connect Apple TV to TV and iTunes which is a primary step before you sync iTunes with Apple TV.

The tutorials describe the step by step way about convert/ripping DVDs (either movie DVD or music video DVD) to Apple TV video format(MP4, MPEG-4, H.264), and converting all other popular movie files to Apple TV. The Apple TV converter software is easy to use, works flawlessly. Super fast conversion speed with high quality plus chapters/segments ripping modes give you everything you need to put DVD/video on Apple TV so you want watch them on your widescreen TV.

Before convert DVD to Apple TV or convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, Divx, MOV, XviD, RMVB, DVR-MS, ASF, MPG to iTune, let's take a look at the video formats which the Apple TV plays.

Video formats supported: H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): 640 by 480, 30 fps, LC version of Baseline Profile; 320 by 240, 30 fps, Baseline profile up to Level 1.3; 1280 by 720, 24 fps, Progressive Main Profile. MPEG-4: 640 by 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile
 
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV
 
Part1: How to convert DVD to Apple TV.(Windows)
Part2: How to convert video files to Apple TV.(Windows)

Part3: How to convert DVD to Apple TV.(Mac)
Part4: How to convert video files to Apple TV.(Mac)

Part5: How to convert Youtube Video to Apple TV.(Windwows)



(1) Convert DVD to Apple TV video & rip DVD to Apple TV audio(Windows)

1. First download ‘DVD to Apple TV Converter suite for windows’ (the latest version) , install and run it. For more features about it, you can refer here.



2. Please insert the DVD you'd like to convert to the DVD drive.



3. Click 'File' menu and 'Open DVD', or directly hit 'Open' button to load the DVD. Set the profile to be Apple TV 640*480 mpeg-4 video which is the default DVD video quality.

4. Click around in the DVD's menu to set up DVD playback as you like, select the subtitle and audio sound tracks etc, then begin to play the movie through the software by click the play button.

5. The following window will pop up. Here, you can rename 'Title Name', set 'Save Path' and output quality, then click 'Yes' button to start ripping DVD to Apple TV MP4 or Apple TV H264 video from the point that the movie starts. That is all. Just so easy!



If you'd like to record from certain time point, or want to change some parameters like 'output format', 'video bitrates', 'frame rate', 'audio bitrates', please click 'No' button to close the window.

6. Optional parameters settings
* Select subtitles and languages
Click 'Subtitle' or 'Audio Track' in the 'Setting' menu, choose the related value you like.

* Set output formats
Choose the target file format from 'Profile'. The software supports converting DVD to Apple TV 1024*768 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 h264 video,iPod MP4 video, iPod h264 video, MP3 audio.



* Set the start time to convert
Use the video playback controls to queue up the point at which you want to start ripping. Or click 'Setting -> Go to' and jump to previous/next chapter.

* More parameters
Click 'Setting -> Output video settings', here you can choose different profile, video/audio bitrates, video size, disable video/audio, aspect ratio, frame/sample rate, etc.
If you are not familiar with these options, please view the descriptions listed at the bottom of the window.

* Crop/cut&Resize;the movie
If you want to make the widescreen dvd(16:9) to be outputted as fullscreen(4:3) video, you can use the crop function.
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.



* Direct/batch conversion
If you want to rip you DVD movie into one whole file, please use the direct ripping mode described above.
If you want to rip your DVD by chapters to into separated output files (for example your music DVDs, TV Episode DVDs), you can use the batch conversion rip mode, just ticket out the titles you want to convert and click convert.
You can switch this two modes by clicking on the mode-Direct&Batch;.



7. Hit 'Convert' button, choose the recording time point and quality, then click 'Yes' to begin to convert DVD to Apple TV video or audio quickly.

8. After ripping, transfer the converted files to iTunes, and then sync to Apple TV.


(2) Step by step convert movies to Apple TV video (H.264, MP4, MPEG-4) and Apple TV audio (AAC, MP3), AVI to Apple TV, MPEG to Apple TV, WMV to Apple TV, MOV to Apple TV, DivX to Apple TV, Xvid to Apple TV, DVR-MS to Apple TV, RM to Apple TV, RMVB to Apple TV, ASF to Apple TV, AVS to Apple TV, MPG to Apple TV, AVS to Apple TV, FLV to Apple TV, MKV to Apple TV, NSV to Apple TV, OGG to Apple TV, OGM to Apple TV, TIVO to Apple TV, 3GP to Apple TV.(Windows)
 
1. First download ‘DVD to Apple TV Converter suite for windows’ (the latest version) , install and run it. For more features about it, you can refer here.
 
2. Click 'Open file' button to load the video file(s) you'd like to convert. The Apple TV converter software supports batch conversion mode.



3. The default output format is Apple TV 640*480 Mpeg-4 video. If you'd like to change this, click "Profile" button, set the output format to Apple TV video (Apple TV 1024*768 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 MP4 video, Apple TV 640*480 h264 video,iPod MP4 video, iPod h264 video) or Apple TV audio (MP3). Here, you can also set video size, frame rate and more.



4. Hit 'Convert' button to start converting video to Apple TV.

5. Transfer the converted video or audio files to iTunes library and sync them to Apple TV.


(3) How to Convert Rip DVD to Apple TV (for Mac users)?

DVD to Apple TV Converter provides several default Apple TV video profiles, which you can use converting your DVD to Apple TV Video MP4 formats. The profiles will help you get the video you like such as minimal size video, high quality video, etc. It also has many settings you can customize, for example, convert DVD to Apple TV mp4 video by custom file size through setting video bit rate, rip DVD’s any titles or chapters, and select target subtitle and audio track. You can get adjustable video what you want to play on your HD TV through Apple TV.

DVD to Apple TV Converter for Mac also can rip DVD movie to Apple TV straight with high video quality. It supports converting an entire DVD to one video file, and also supports ripping any segment by setting "start time" and "end time".

1.Download the latest DVD to Apple TV Mac Converter , install and run.



2.Insert the DVD movie you'd like to rip into the DVD drive,

3.Click "DVD" button to load your DVD, select the output format and set the optional parameters like audio track and subtitle,

4.Hit 'Convert' to start the iPod DVD conversion process.

 
(4) How to convert videos to Apple TV (for Mac)?

 Apple TV Video Converter for Mac can not only convert AVI, MOV, MPEG, DivX, WMV, VOB, XviD to iPod video MP4, but also extract/convert media files to iPod audio M4a, MP3 on Mac, also it support batch conversion.It is easy to use.

1.Free download Apple TV Video Converte for Mac , install and run..

2.Load your video files by click the 'Add' button



3.Set your the audio channels, video size and frame rate etc or you can leave it to the default setting.

4.Click the "Encode" button, that's it!
Really easy to convert DVD and videos to Apple TV, right?! Enjoy!

Note: Before you start to sync iTunes videos to Apple TV, pls make sure you have the latest iTunes installed, Open your iTunes go to Help->Check for updates or download it directly from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/


(5) Convert Youtube video to Apple TV (Windows)

Apple TV supports MPEG4 and H.264 video, youtube video is flv format. In order to put youtube video on Apple TV, you have to convert it to Apple TV format. Here is an online flv converter, free and very easy to use, just have to copy the youtube video URL to the URL box and click start. here is the online flv converter URL http://vixy.net/



After finish conversion, drag to iTunes library and sync to Apple TV, done!

7  Guides / User Guides / Re: Topic: Guide: Convert DVD, AVI, MPEG, DivX, MOV, iTunes, YouTube, FLV to Zun on: November 03, 2007, 12:51:47 PM
Anyone know some details about Zune v2?
8  Guides / User Guides / How to convert YouTube, limewire, DVD, flash and any video to iPod touch/classic on: November 02, 2007, 04:48:45 PM

The article includes six parts.

Part 1:Rip DVD movie to iPod touch/classic/nano/video (Windows)
Part 2:Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPod touch/classic/nano/video MP4 or H264 format (Windows)
Part 3: Rip DVD movie to iPod touch/classic/nano/video (Mac)
Part 4:Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPod touch/classic/nano/video MP4 or H264 format (Mac)
Part 5:Convert flash, swf to iPod touch/classic/nano/video (Windows)
Part 6:Convert youtube video to iPod touch/classic/nano/video (Windows)

It is easy-to-use and the converting speed is fast! After testing, all formats to iPod conversion works well, the output audio and image quality is excellent! Let's view the steps.

Part 1: How to rip DVD to iPod (Windows)
1. Download the latest version DVD to iPod Converter + iPod Movie/Video Converter Suite, 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 DVD to iPod Converter + iPod Movie/Video Converter Suite, and install it. You can download about it by referrring 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/windowsmedia/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?
Check that you select the correct DVD driver. If not, please select the correct DVD driver path.

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.

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/

Part 3 :  How to directly convert DVD to iPod video (Mac OS X)


DVD to iPod Converter for Mac can rip DVD movie to iPod straight with high video quality. It supports converting an entire DVD to one iPod video file, and also supports ripping any segment by setting "start time" and "end time".

Download the latest Mac DVD to iPod Video Converter , insert the DVD movie you'd like to rip into the DVD drive, click "DVD" button to load your DVD, select the output format and set the optional parameters, then hit 'Convert' to start the iPod DVD conversion process.



Part 4:   How to convert video to iPod (Mac OS X)

iPod Video Converter for Mac
can not only convert AVI, MOV, MPEG, DivX, WMV, VOB, XviD to iPod video MP4, but also extract/convert media files to iPod audio M4a, MP3 on Mac.

It is easy to use. Just download Mac iPod Video Converter , load your video files and convert by pushing several buttons.




Part 5:  How to convert flash, swf to iPod

 1. Download flash to iPod Converter from here, intall and run.

 2. Click "Add Flash", load your Flash (.swf) movie or video files.
    Tips: You can play the swf file by clicking "Play" button.



3. Click "Convert Now!" to start converting swf flash to iPod mp4 video format.
Tips: (optional) Before converting, you might as well set "Output folder" to somewhere you like.

Trouble Shooting: No audio or the audio is low
If you play the iPod video files you converted and find that audio is a little bit lower or there is no audio at all, please check your Volume control for your audio device and select "Stereo Mix" or "Wave out Mix" as the recording source in the Recording Control window, and then reconvert.
a) Right Click the "Volume" button in the taskbar, choose "Adjust Audio Properties".
b) Go to "Audio" tab, click "Volume" from "Sound Recording" area.
c) Select "Wave out Mix" or "Stereo Mix".



Part 6: Convert youtube video to iPod (Windows)

9  Guides / User Guides / How to convert DVD, video, audio, iTunes, youtube, limewire to Zune? on: November 01, 2007, 07:42:20 AM

The article includes FOUR parts.

Part 1: Natively supported video formats by Zune & Zune software
Part 2: Convert DVD and popular video&audio file formats like AVI, MPEG, DivX, XviD, MOV, ASF, RM to Zune (WMV, WMA) step by step quickly
Part 3: Convert iTunes to Zune, iPod to Zune, M4P to Zune, M4v to Zune
Part 4: Download and convert video from YouTube, FLV, Google, Myspace, iFilm, etc. to Zune WMV/WMA

All conversion supports encoding to WMV and WMA playable on Zune without converting using Zune software again. All software are picked and popular on the internet.

Part 1

1) Natively supported formats for Zune
Microsoft Zune player supports WMV, WMA, MP3, AAC natively. You can sync the following movies and music to Zune device directly without any converting process.

Video: WMV (up to 320x240, 1.5Mbps video bitrate, 30fps frame rate; With WMA audio up to 192Kbps audio bitrate, 44.1kHz sample rate)
Audio: WMA, MP3, AAC, M4A, M4b, MP4 (up to 320Kbps bitrate, 48KHz sample rate)

Hints: To 16:9 widescreen videos, the resolution is 320x180.
Hints: Zune only supports unprotected media files unless they are purchased or downloaded from Zune Marketplace.

2) Straight convert Zune video with Zune software during sync
If the movies you downloaded online or your personally created videos don't meet the limitations which Zune carries (such as any specific parameter is exceeded), but they can be imported into Zune software and played back successfully, then Zune software will convert the media files in the background during synchronization.

Supported formats for Zune software are as follows:

Video: WMV, MP4, M4V, MOV, H.264 with various video sizes, bitrates, frame rates
Audio: MP3, WMA, M4a, M4b, MP4 with no any limitation.

Part 2

--- Convert DVD to Zune video & rip DVD to Zune audio

1. Free download latest version DVD to Zune + Zune Video Converter from here. More information about the great Zune converter is here.

2. Insert the DVD you'd like to convert to the DVD drive.

3. Click 'File' menu and 'Open DVD', or directly hit 'Open DVD' button to load the DVD.


4. Click around in the DVD's menu to set up DVD playback as you like, then begin to play the movie through the software.

5. The following window will pop up. Here, you can rename 'Title Name', set 'Save Path' and output quality, then click 'Yes' button to start ripping DVD to Zune WMV or Zune MP4 video from the point that the movie starts. That is all. Just so easy!


If you'd like to record from certain time point, or want to change some parameters like 'output format', 'video bitrate', 'frame rate', 'audio bitrate', please click 'No' button to close the window.

6. Optional parameters settings
* Select subtitles and lauguages
Click 'Subtitle' or 'Audio Track' in the 'Setting' menu; choose the related value you like.
* Set output formats
Choose the target file format from 'Profile'. The software supports converting DVD to Zune WMV, Zune MP4, Zune H.264, Zune audio WMA, Zune MP3 and Zune TV size.

* Set the start time to convert
Use the video playback controls to queue up the point at which you want to start ripping. Or click 'Setting -> Go to' and jump to previous/next chapter.
* More parameters
Click 'Setting -> Output video settings', here you can choose different profile, video/audio bitrate, video size, disable video/audio, aspect ratio, frame/sample rate, etc.
If you are not familiar with these options, please view the descriptions listed at the bottom of the window.

7. Hit 'Convert' button, choose the recording time point and quality, then click 'Yes' to begin to convert DVD to Zune video or audio quickly.

8. After ripping, transfer the converted files to Zune software, and then sync to your Zune player.

--- Convert movies to Zune video (WMV, H.264, MP4) and Zune audio (WMA, MP3), AVI to Zune, MPEG to Zune, WMV to Zune, MOV to Zune, DivX to Zune, Xvid to Zune, DVR-MS to Zune, RM to Zune, RMVB to Zune, ASF to Zune, AVS to Zune, MPG to Zune step by step

1. Free download latest version DVD to Zune + Zune Video Converter from here. More information about the great Zune converter is here.

2. Click 'Open file' button to load the video file(s) you'd like to convert. The Zune converter software supports batch conversion mode.


3. The default output format is Zune WMV video. If you'd like to change this, click "Advance" button, set the output format to Zune video (Zune MP4, Zune WMV, Zune H.264, Zune TV) or Zune audio (MP3, WMA). Here, you can also set video size, frame rate and more.

4. Hit 'Convert' button to start converting video to Zune.

5. Transfer the converted video or audio files to Zune software and put them on Zune player.

Just so easy!

Part 3

--- How to convert iTunes to Zune WMV WMA

Tunebite can convert iTunes to MP3 file, including converting M4P, M4V, WMA, WMV, AAC, M4A, AA and M4B to unprotected MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV or OGG file.
Note: you can only use the article to make copies of the purchased music and video for personal use or share copies with your closest relatives.

1. Download Tunebite and install the software on your computer.

2. Sound card and recording settings: Launch the program, follow the configuration wizard to set the sound card (there will be some sounds which are necessary to detect your sound system). Click "Next" to config high-speed digital dubbing which can accelerate digital recording.


3. Set output audio formats from MP3, WMA, OGG: Click "Next", select the audio format you'd like to output from MP3, OGG or WMA. Let's take "MP3" for example.

Download MP3 encoder by clicking "Search for lame_enc.dll" or download it from here. Then click "Import lame_enc.dll", browse to the .dll file and load into.


4. Set output video formats from WMV, MP4: Click "Next". If you want to record and convert protected M4V or WMV files, please check "record video, when original music file contains video" and click "Next" to continue. Then select the output video format you like from "MPEG4" (Playable on iPod, PSP, MP4 players) or "WMV" (Most portable media players).


5. Start converting: Add media file(s) or complete folder(s) you want to record by clicking "add" button or by dragging and dropping them into the window. Click "GO" to start recording and converting. If you only want to recode audio, please check "audio only" box.

Done!

Part 4

--- Put YouTube, FLV, etc. Video on your Zune

How to put YouTube video on your Zune? It is very easy. You only need a couple of utilities to accomplish this. One utility is to download video off of YouTube (the FLV file) and another to convert the file to a Zune player compatible video. The following are steps to transfer YouTube video to Zune:

Download YouTube, Google, Myspace, iFilm, etc. video files and save as the FLV file and convert to Zune and other popular file formats

For Internet Explorer (PC) users

Find a favourite video clip, copy the url link which is located right below the video you've chosen and paste it to the “URL:” box from the site . After clicking on the “search” button, [Download Link] would be showed. You only need to right-click the [Download Link] and save the file.
Note: rename the file extension from *.php to *.flv when saving it. So, the FLV video file was saved to your computer.The FLV file isn’t widely used, so you need to download a special player to play the file. Freeware FLV Player is highly recommended. Download FLY Player

For Internet Explorer (Mac) users

Search your hard drive for a file called "get_video". You can use Spotlight to find the file.


Copy it to your Desktop. Rename the file extension from *.php to *.flv.


Please note: There is another method to download videos from YouTube, Google Videos, iFilm, Metacafe, Dailymotion, MySpace, etc. Use the VideoDownloader plugin for Mozilla Firefox to download all your favorite videos.

How to convert the FLV files to Zune wmv

There are many programs to convert the FLV file. Mac users may look at iSquint. It's a free application. It can be downloaded at the site. Windows PC users just download the FLV Converter. It can convert FLV to Zune WMV, FLV to AVI, FLV to MPEG, SWF, iPod, PSP, MP3, M4B, M4A, etc.

---

ImToo Zune Converter is also a nice program which supports converting DVD and various video/audio files to Zune (WMV, WMA). If cucusoft doesn't work great on your computer, take a look at the following guides and download it to have a try.

Convert DVD to Zune WMV, WMA, etc.

1.Download DVD to Zune Converter, run it.

2.Click "Add DVD Folder..." in the File menu or directly click the "DVD" button in the main interface, then select your DVD-ROM in the pop-up window and press the "OK" button.


3. All files from DVD are loaded. If you only want to convert certain chapter(s), press "Show Chapters" button on the main interface and then check the chapter(s).


4. Select the target output format in "Profile" combo-box on the interface. Here WMV is recommended because Zune natively plays the format. If you choose MP4, zune Software will need to transcode it to WMV again, that waste a lot of time.


Tip: The software can also extract audio from DVD and save as Zune audio WMA.

5. After selecting "Zune WMV" as the output format, the right panel will show Zune WMV settings. By clicking certain setting(s), you may specify it. We suggest you to keep the default settings.


Tip: It supports clip or segment conversion. You can convert any clip or segment by setting the start point and duration at will. For example, you want to rip a clip from 00:03:20 to 00:08:00 please click "Start time" to set the starting time 00:03:20 and click "Duration" to specify the length 00:04:40.
Tip: Zune video size: 320x240
Tip: Zune video must be WMV with wma audio.

6. There are other options on the interface you can adjust.
>> In 'Zoom' section, you can find four options. 'Letterbox', 'medium', and 'pan scan' will convert 16:9 format to 4:3 format. The Full option does not correct the aspect ratio. If you have a 4:3 DVD, use the Full option.
>> In the 'Split' drop list, you may select the size of the volumes that you would like to generate.
>> Select the output folder by clicking the "Browse..." button or directly enter a path in "Destination" box.

7. Press the "Encode" button to start converting. You would see the info "Completed" in the status column after a successful conversion.

8. After the files are successfully ripped, you may transfer to your Zune with Zune Software.

Convert video and audio files to Zune WMV, WMA, etc.

1. Download Zune Video Converter, install and run it.

2. Load the file(s): Add the video or audio files you would like to convert by clicking the "Add" button in the main interface or choose "Add" in the "File" menu.

3. Highlight the file(s) you'd like to convert, select the target output format from "Profile" combo-box.


Tip: It supports clip or segment conversion. You can convert any clip or segment by setting the start point and duration at will. For example, you want to rip a clip from 00:02:20 to 00:07:00, please click "Start time" to set the starting time 00:02:20 and click "Duration" to specify the length 00:04:40. For sync problem, you may lower down the video bit rate to have a try. You can also try to solve it by adjusting the frame rate.

4. Finally, press the "Encode" button to begin to convert.

5. Drag the converted Zune video/audio files to Zune software and sync to your Zune player.
10  Other / Video Edit / How to convert DVD, video, audio, iTunes, youtube, limewire to Zune? on: November 01, 2007, 05:21:55 AM

The article includes FOUR parts.

Part 1: Natively supported video formats by Zune & Zune software
Part 2: Convert DVD and popular video&audio file formats like AVI, MPEG, DivX, XviD, MOV, ASF, RM to Zune (WMV, WMA) step by step quickly
Part 3: Convert iTunes to Zune, iPod to Zune, M4P to Zune, M4v to Zune
Part 4: Download and convert video from YouTube, FLV, Google, Myspace, iFilm, etc. to Zune WMV/WMA

All conversion supports encoding to WMV and WMA playable on Zune without converting using Zune software again. All software are picked and popular on the internet.

Part 1

1) Natively supported formats for Zune
Microsoft Zune player supports WMV, WMA, MP3, AAC natively. You can sync the following movies and music to Zune device directly without any converting process.

Video: WMV (up to 320x240, 1.5Mbps video bitrate, 30fps frame rate; With WMA audio up to 192Kbps audio bitrate, 44.1kHz sample rate)
Audio: WMA, MP3, AAC, M4A, M4b, MP4 (up to 320Kbps bitrate, 48KHz sample rate)

Hints: To 16:9 widescreen videos, the resolution is 320x180.
Hints: Zune only supports unprotected media files unless they are purchased or downloaded from Zune Marketplace.

2) Straight convert Zune video with Zune software during sync
If the movies you downloaded online or your personally created videos don't meet the limitations which Zune carries (such as any specific parameter is exceeded), but they can be imported into Zune software and played back successfully, then Zune software will convert the media files in the background during synchronization.

Supported formats for Zune software are as follows:

Video: WMV, MP4, M4V, MOV, H.264 with various video sizes, bitrates, frame rates
Audio: MP3, WMA, M4a, M4b, MP4 with no any limitation.

Part 2

--- Convert DVD to Zune video & rip DVD to Zune audio

1. Free download latest version DVD to Zune + Zune Video Converter from here. More information about the great Zune converter is here.

2. Insert the DVD you'd like to convert to the DVD drive.

3. Click 'File' menu and 'Open DVD', or directly hit 'Open DVD' button to load the DVD.


4. Click around in the DVD's menu to set up DVD playback as you like, then begin to play the movie through the software.

5. The following window will pop up. Here, you can rename 'Title Name', set 'Save Path' and output quality, then click 'Yes' button to start ripping DVD to Zune WMV or Zune MP4 video from the point that the movie starts. That is all. Just so easy!


If you'd like to record from certain time point, or want to change some parameters like 'output format', 'video bitrate', 'frame rate', 'audio bitrate', please click 'No' button to close the window.

6. Optional parameters settings
* Select subtitles and lauguages
Click 'Subtitle' or 'Audio Track' in the 'Setting' menu; choose the related value you like.
* Set output formats
Choose the target file format from 'Profile'. The software supports converting DVD to Zune WMV, Zune MP4, Zune H.264, Zune audio WMA, Zune MP3 and Zune TV size.

* Set the start time to convert
Use the video playback controls to queue up the point at which you want to start ripping. Or click 'Setting -> Go to' and jump to previous/next chapter.
* More parameters
Click 'Setting -> Output video settings', here you can choose different profile, video/audio bitrate, video size, disable video/audio, aspect ratio, frame/sample rate, etc.
If you are not familiar with these options, please view the descriptions listed at the bottom of the window.

7. Hit 'Convert' button, choose the recording time point and quality, then click 'Yes' to begin to convert DVD to Zune video or audio quickly.

8. After ripping, transfer the converted files to Zune software, and then sync to your Zune player.

--- Convert movies to Zune video (WMV, H.264, MP4) and Zune audio (WMA, MP3), AVI to Zune, MPEG to Zune, WMV to Zune, MOV to Zune, DivX to Zune, Xvid to Zune, DVR-MS to Zune, RM to Zune, RMVB to Zune, ASF to Zune, AVS to Zune, MPG to Zune step by step

1. Free download latest version DVD to Zune + Zune Video Converter from here. More information about the great Zune converter is here.

2. Click 'Open file' button to load the video file(s) you'd like to convert. The Zune converter software supports batch conversion mode.


3. The default output format is Zune WMV video. If you'd like to change this, click "Advance" button, set the output format to Zune video (Zune MP4, Zune WMV, Zune H.264, Zune TV) or Zune audio (MP3, WMA). Here, you can also set video size, frame rate and more.

4. Hit 'Convert' button to start converting video to Zune.

5. Transfer the converted video or audio files to Zune software and put them on Zune player.

Just so easy!

Part 3

--- How to convert iTunes to Zune WMV WMA

Tunebite can convert iTunes to MP3 file, including converting M4P, M4V, WMA, WMV, AAC, M4A, AA and M4B to unprotected MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV or OGG file.
Note: you can only use the article to make copies of the purchased music and video for personal use or share copies with your closest relatives.

1. Download Tunebite and install the software on your computer.

2. Sound card and recording settings: Launch the program, follow the configuration wizard to set the sound card (there will be some sounds which are necessary to detect your sound system). Click "Next" to config high-speed digital dubbing which can accelerate digital recording.


3. Set output audio formats from MP3, WMA, OGG: Click "Next", select the audio format you'd like to output from MP3, OGG or WMA. Let's take "MP3" for example.

Download MP3 encoder by clicking "Search for lame_enc.dll" or download it from here. Then click "Import lame_enc.dll", browse to the .dll file and load into.


4. Set output video formats from WMV, MP4: Click "Next". If you want to record and convert protected M4V or WMV files, please check "record video, when original music file contains video" and click "Next" to continue. Then select the output video format you like from "MPEG4" (Playable on iPod, PSP, MP4 players) or "WMV" (Most portable media players).


5. Start converting: Add media file(s) or complete folder(s) you want to record by clicking "add" button or by dragging and dropping them into the window. Click "GO" to start recording and converting. If you only want to recode audio, please check "audio only" box.

Done!

Part 4

--- Put YouTube, FLV, etc. Video on your Zune

How to put YouTube video on your Zune? It is very easy. You only need a couple of utilities to accomplish this. One utility is to download video off of YouTube (the FLV file) and another to convert the file to a Zune player compatible video. The following are steps to transfer YouTube video to Zune:

Download YouTube, Google, Myspace, iFilm, etc. video files and save as the FLV file and convert to Zune and other popular file formats

For Internet Explorer (PC) users

Find a favourite video clip, copy the url link which is located right below the video you've chosen and paste it to the “URL:” box from the site . After clicking on the “search” button, [Download Link] would be showed. You only need to right-click the [Download Link] and save the file.
Note: rename the file extension from *.php to *.flv when saving it. So, the FLV video file was saved to your computer.The FLV file isn’t widely used, so you need to download a special player to play the file. Freeware FLV Player is highly recommended. Download FLY Player

For Internet Explorer (Mac) users

Search your hard drive for a file called "get_video". You can use Spotlight to find the file.


Copy it to your Desktop. Rename the file extension from *.php to *.flv.


Please note: There is another method to download videos from YouTube, Google Videos, iFilm, Metacafe, Dailymotion, MySpace, etc. Use the VideoDownloader plugin for Mozilla Firefox to download all your favorite videos.

How to convert the FLV files to Zune wmv

There are many programs to convert the FLV file. Mac users may look at iSquint. It's a free application. It can be downloaded at the site. Windows PC users just download the FLV Converter. It can convert FLV to Zune WMV, FLV to AVI, FLV to MPEG, SWF, iPod, PSP, MP3, M4B, M4A, etc.

---

ImToo Zune Converter is also a nice program which supports converting DVD and various video/audio files to Zune (WMV, WMA). If cucusoft doesn't work great on your computer, take a look at the following guides and download it to have a try.

Convert DVD to Zune WMV, WMA, etc.

1.Download DVD to Zune Converter, run it.

2.Click "Add DVD Folder..." in the File menu or directly click the "DVD" button in the main interface, then select your DVD-ROM in the pop-up window and press the "OK" button.


3. All files from DVD are loaded. If you only want to convert certain chapter(s), press "Show Chapters" button on the main interface and then check the chapter(s).


4. Select the target output format in "Profile" combo-box on the interface. Here WMV is recommended because Zune natively plays the format. If you choose MP4, zune Software will need to transcode it to WMV again, that waste a lot of time.


Tip: The software can also extract audio from DVD and save as Zune audio WMA.

5. After selecting "Zune WMV" as the output format, the right panel will show Zune WMV settings. By clicking certain setting(s), you may specify it. We suggest you to keep the default settings.


Tip: It supports clip or segment conversion. You can convert any clip or segment by setting the start point and duration at will. For example, you want to rip a clip from 00:03:20 to 00:08:00 please click "Start time" to set the starting time 00:03:20 and click "Duration" to specify the length 00:04:40.
Tip: Zune video size: 320x240
Tip: Zune video must be WMV with wma audio.

6. There are other options on the interface you can adjust.
>> In 'Zoom' section, you can find four options. 'Letterbox', 'medium', and 'pan scan' will convert 16:9 format to 4:3 format. The Full option does not correct the aspect ratio. If you have a 4:3 DVD, use the Full option.
>> In the 'Split' drop list, you may select the size of the volumes that you would like to generate.
>> Select the output folder by clicking the "Browse..." button or directly enter a path in "Destination" box.

7. Press the "Encode" button to start converting. You would see the info "Completed" in the status column after a successful conversion.

8. After the files are successfully ripped, you may transfer to your Zune with Zune Software.

Convert video and audio files to Zune WMV, WMA, etc.

1. Download Zune Video Converter, install and run it.

2. Load the file(s): Add the video or audio files you would like to convert by clicking the "Add" button in the main interface or choose "Add" in the "File" menu.

3. Highlight the file(s) you'd like to convert, select the target output format from "Profile" combo-box.


Tip: It supports clip or segment conversion. You can convert any clip or segment by setting the start point and duration at will. For example, you want to rip a clip from 00:02:20 to 00:07:00, please click "Start time" to set the starting time 00:02:20 and click "Duration" to specify the length 00:04:40. For sync problem, you may lower down the video bit rate to have a try. You can also try to solve it by adjusting the frame rate.

4. Finally, press the "Encode" button to begin to convert.

5. Drag the converted Zune video/audio files to Zune software and sync to your Zune player.
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