Friday, December 30, 2011

Clone2Go Video to MP4 Converter Giveaway

Now you can get Clone2Go Video to MP4 Converter for free!

The only requirement is to like "Clone2Go" on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/clone2go

When you become Facebook fans of Clone2Go, just leave a comment and you will receive the license code and download link within 24 hours.

Here is the giveaway link: http://www.facebook.com/clone2go?sk=app_10442206389

The giveaway expires on Jan 16, 2012.

Monday, December 26, 2011

How to Convert WLMP to WMV/MP4/AVI/FLV/3GP

What is WLMP?

A *.WLMP is a movie project file created by Windows Live Movie Maker, a program that allows users to create their own movies and slideshows with transitions, music, effects, etc. WLMP files can be exported to .WMV files, published to Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr, and burned to DVDs.

NOTE: WLMP files are not video files. They are project files used to create videos.

This article will show you how to convert WLMP to WMV, AVI, MP4, FLV and other popular video formats.

The tool you need is Video Converter Professional.

Step 1. Convert WLMP to WMV in Windows Live Movie Maker

You first open the *.WLMP file in Windows Live Movie Maker by clicking "File -> Open Project".

To convert WLMP to WMV, you just click "File -> Save movie" and then choose a profile to fit your needs.

convert WLMP to WMV

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

Step 2. Convert WLMP to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP

After you have saved the WLMP file to your computer hard drive as WMV video, you can now begin to convert the WMV file to the specific video format you need.

The software you need is Clone2Go Video Converter Professional.

convert WLMP to AVI MP4

The steps are quite simple:

1. Import the WMV file to the program.
2. Choose an output format. For example, if you want to watch the movie on iPad, you can choose "iPad MPEG-4 Video" as the output format.
3. Start to convert.

Source from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-wlmp-to-mp4-wmv-flv.php

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Save $10 on TuneClone Audio Converter during Christmas holiday

The Christmas Day is just around the corner. To celebrate the holiday, TuneClone is offering a $10 coupon to its customers. Now during the Christmas holiday, you can save $10 on TuneClone Audio Converter (for Windows or Mac) with coupon TUNE-P78N.

This page gives the detailed info: http://itunesm4ptomp3.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/tuneclone-coupon-on-christmas/

About TuneClone Audio Converter

TuneClone Audio Converter converts iTunes music to plain MP3 via virtual CD burning. It simulates the burning, ripping and encoding process by installing a virtual CD burner. All you need to do is burn your iTunes playlist to TuneClone's Virtual CD Drive. TuneClone will convert iTunes music to MP3 automatically.

TuneClone Audio Converter

Key Features of TuneClone Audio Converter

1. Remove DRM protection from purchased music files with a few clicks by using a virtual CD burning approach. You can play the converted DRM free music files with Media Player or any MP3 players including Zune, Cell Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, etc.

2. Preserve ID3 tags for artist, album, title, artworks, etc.

3. Converted songs have NO DRM restriction anymore.

4. Easy to install and easy to use with a very handy and clear user interface.

5. Very high speed. Compared with using real CD-R or CD-RW disc, TuneClone's virtual CD burning can use the maximum writing speed and your music files can be converted at a very high speed.

6. Batch convert a large collection of music files.

Availability and Pricing

You can download TuneClone Audio Converter (for Windows or Mac) for a try from its official website http://www.tuneclone.com. Normally, it is priced at $34.95, but you can receive $10 off the regular price during the Christmas season.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Clone2Go Video Converter Professional 20 Licenses to Giveaway on Christmas 2011


Clone2Go Studio is giving away 20 licenses of Video Converter Professional to its Facebook fans. To win a copy of Clone2Go Video Converter Professional, you just leave a comment with your email address and computer OS. 20 winners will be announced on Christmas Day 2011.

Clone2Go Video Converter Professional is an excellent tool for meeting video conversion needs. With this all-in-one video converter, you can convert video files in all popular formats to specific video/audio format for playback on iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry and other mobile players. Besides, this video converter program serves as a powerful YouTube Downloader. You can download videos from YouTube or Google to your computer and even for your mobile device.

How to Win Clone2Go Video Converter Professional (normally priced at USD29)?

1. Like Clone2Go on Facebook
2. Leave a comment with your email address (optional) and computer OS (Windows or Mac)
3. 20 winners will be randomly picked and announced on Christmas Day
4. License codes (Windows or Mac) will be sent to winners via email the next day

Here is the Giveaway page: http://www.facebook.com/clone2go?sk=app_10442206389

Good luck and best wishes for a Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How to Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

In this guide, I'd like to show you how to convert DVD movies for playing on Kindle Fire, a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. First, let's take a look at the content formats supported by Kindle Fire:

Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8

So, in order to view DVD movies on Kindle Fire, you just convert DVD to Kindle Fire compatible video format (MP4) and then transfer the output video to Kindle Fire via the USB port. Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac is the perfect choice for the conversion. Below are the steps:

1. Load DVD Movie

Download the latest version of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac, install and run it.

Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie you are going to watch on your Kindle Fire. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

2. Choose Output Format

Go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format. To convert DVD to Kindle Fire video on Mac, choose the "Genearl Video" from the category. From the subcategory, choose MPEG-4 video as the output format.

Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

3. Start Converting DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert Now" button to start to convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac.

4. Transfer Output to Kindle Fire

After the whole conversion, you can get the output files by clicking the Directory icon in the interface of the program. Then you can transfer the output files to your Kindle Fire via USB cable.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Get Clone2Go Video Converter for free

Now you can get Clone2Go Video Converter for free!

Clone2Go has launched the Video Converter Giveaway on its Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/clone2go.

To get Clone2Go Video Converter (for Windows or for Mac), you only need to Like Clone2Go on Facebook and leave your email in the comment area. Then the free license code will be sent to you via email within 24 hours.



You can first learn about Clone2Go Video Converter from the offical website http://www.clone2go.com.

This promotion ends on Sep 15, 2011. So you should hurry up!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

How to import flv into iMovie for editing

The videos you downloaded from video streaming and video sharing websites such as YouTube, Google, Break, MySpace, Blip and Metacafe are generally saved in .flv format. If you are fond of any of the downloaded videos and want to import it to your iMovie project, you will be faced with the issue that iMovie doesn't accept FLV file format.

Since the video formats supported by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4, this issue boils down to video conversion from FLV to any of the iMovie friendly formats.

So, in the following step-by-step guide, I'd like to show you how to convert FLV to iMovie format using Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac, so that you can import flv into iMovie for editing.

Step 1. Add FLV Files

Download the latest version of Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac, install and run it.
Click the "Add Files" button to browse and import the .flv video clips downloaded to your Mac.

import flv into iMovie

Step 2. Select Output Format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)"

After the flv video files are imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose one of the formats that iMovie supports. Here, just choose "Customized MP4 Movie (*.mp4)".

import flv into iMovie

Step 3. Start to convert

After all the necessary settings, just click the "Convert Now" button to start converting FLV to iMovie format on your Mac machine.

Step 4. Export the output file to iMovie

Launch iMovie, go to "File > Import > Movies...". Select the converted MP4 video then click "Import".

import flv into iMovie

Below are a few tips while using Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac to convert FLV to iMovie format.

Tips 1. Trim video file

Sometimes, you may want only part of the video file. This Video Converter for Mac can help you trim the video file in two methods:

Method 1: Specify the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" under the manager panel within the accuracy of second.
Method 2: Trim the video while previewing it. In the "Preview" window, you can play the movie. Here, you can click the "Trim Begin" and "Trim End" buttons to get the certain part of the video while playing it back.

import flv into iMovie

Tips 2. Customize Profile

You may not be satisfied with the profile provided to you. In this case, you can click the "Customize..." button next to "Profile" box to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Extract YouTube Video as MP3

In this guide, I'd like to show you how to extract YouTube music video as mp3. The only tool you need is Clone2Go Free Audio Converter, which lets you download videos from YouTube without any restriction. Besides, its audio conversion and extraction feature can help you easily extract the downloaded YouTube video as mp3.

Step 1. Download Music Video from YouTube

Download the latest version of Clone2Go Free Audio Converter and install it ( download link ). Launch the program.

Visit YouTube.com and open the YouTube music video you are going to download. Copy the URL of the video.

Click the "YouTube" button on the interface of Clone2Go Free Audio Converter. In the pop up dialog of "Import Video from Internet", paste the URL of the YouTube music video you copied just now.

download YouTube music video

You can add as many YouTube music videos as you want.

download YouTube music video

Double click the YouTube music videos one by one to get the downloading process started. The downloading status is clearly shown on the list.
Note: After the status of all of them indicates "Completed", you can get the downloaded music videos (in MP4, FLV or 3GP format) by clicking the "Folder" button in the interface of the program.

Step 2. Extract Downloaded YouTube Music Video as MP3

To extract the downloaded YouTube music video as mp3, you just need a few additional mouse clicks. Tick the downloaded music videos in the main panel, extend the "Profile" menu, choose "MP3 - MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)" as the output format, hit the "Start Encode" button, Done!

extract YouTube music video as mp3

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

In one of my previous posts, I demonstrated how to download videos from YouTube for free using Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader. The downloaded YouTube videos will be saved in mp4, 3gp or flv format.

If you'd like to backup these video files or watch them with your DVD player, you may choose to burn them to a DVD disc. Photo DVD Burner Professional is a pretty good choice for burning video files to DVD. This program is primarily used for creating photo slideshows. Yet, it also allows you to import video clips into the program so that you can choose to create a DVD slideshow with both video files and photos or burn video files to DVD only.

In the following guide, I'd like to show you how to burn the downloaded YouTube videos (.flv, .mp4 or 3gp) to DVD discs using Photo DVD Burner Professional.

Step 1. Add downloaded YouTube video files

Download and install Photo DVD Burner Professional. Click "Organize" -> "Add Video Clips..." to import FLV files.

Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

Note: Photo DVD Burner Professional only supports .avi video format. You need to convert the videos from flv, 3gp or mp4 to avi first. You may go and download Clone2Go Free Video Converter to help you. Please remember to set the "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2" when using this converter.

Step 2. Choose DVD menus

After the video files are imported, directly go to the Choose Menus tab in the interface of the program to choose a DVD menu template. You can also specify background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.

Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

Step 3. Burn YouTube videos to DVD

Click the Burn Disc tab to go to the burning window. Extend the Output Format drop-down menu and choose DVD Video Disc. Then click the "Burn Now" button to start burning FLV video files to DVD discs.

Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

Note: If you are using a Mac, please go to: How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD on Mac?

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

How to Free Download YouTube Videos

YouTube is one of the most popular websites that offer streaming videos. In the following guide, I'd like to show you how to download videos from YouTube using Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader.

Download the latest version of Free YouTube Downloader via this link. Install and launch the program.

Free Download YouTube Videos

Visit youtube.com and open the YouTube videos you are going to download. Copy the URL of each video. Note: You can get the URL of the video from the address bar of your browser.

Click the "YouTube" button in the main interface of Free YouTube Downloader. In the pop up window of "Import Video from Internet", paste the URL of the YouTube video you copied just now.

Import YouTube Videos

There will be a list of the added YouTube videos.

Free Download YouTube Videos

Tick the videos you are going to download. Right click any of the added video and choose "Download Selected Online FLV" from the drop-down list.

Free Download YouTube Videos

The downloading status is clearly shown on the list. After the status of all of them indicates "Completed", you can get the downloaded videos (.flv, .mp4 or .3gp) by clicking the "Folder" button in the main interface.

Monday, July 25, 2011

How to Transfer DVD Movies to iPad

The iPad is the first tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. It is part of a device category between a smartphone and a laptop computer. In the following guide, I'd like to show you how to convert DVD movies to iPad compatible video files and transfer DVD movies to iPad.

To begin with you need to know the video formats the Apple iPad can play.

The Video Formats Supported by Apple iPad Include

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

Now to transfer the DVD movies, what you need to do is simply rip the DVD movies into a video format supported by iPad. After you have the files in a compatible format upload them into your iPad through the sync of iTunes library.

To convert DVD movies to iPad video files you need to download the Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter.

So are you all set? Let's start the process now.

Step 1

First open the DVD to iPad Converter.

Add DVD files.

If the DVD movie you need to convert is on your disc drive, click on the Open DVD button.

In case you have saved it in a hard drive, click the Add Video button and locate the folder.

Locate the path of the folders VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS. Select the .vob files and click OK.

transfer DVD movies to iPad

Once the DVD has been been imported you can watch it on the main interface.

Here's your chance to pick the DVD you wish to play on your iPad. Select the portion you want to play. Drag from the Start to trim and Stop to trim button to select the segment.

Step 2

To choose the proper profile look for the drop-down list of Profile option on the right. Choose the profile that suits you best. Like for instance if you want to play the video in MPEG-4 choose the iPad MPEG-4 Video from the list of profiles.

transfer DVD movies to iPad

Step 3

Click on the Start Encode button to start ripping DVD's for iPad.

Step 4

After the ripping is complete, go to the Folder button on the main menu to get the converted video files.

You are done. Now upload them into your iPad through the sync of iTunes library and start playing.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Burn YouTube Video to DVD on Mac (OS X Lion)

The following guide is going to show you how to download YouTube video, convert YouTube video and burn YouTube video to DVD on Mac (including OS X Lion) for free. It is composed of the following two parts:

Part 1. How to Free Download YouTube Video on Mac

1. Download Free YouTube Downloader for Mac, install and run it.

Free Download YouTube Video

2. Visit YouTube.com and go to the YouTube video page you'd like to download to your Mac. Copy the video link from the address bar of your browser.

Paste the link to the "Video Link:" box and click the "+Add" button, then it will be added to the manager panel at the top of the interface. To add more videos, just copy and paste the link to the the box and click the "+Add" button again. Then there will be a list of URL of Videos showing in the manager panel.

Download YouTube video for free

3. Choose the output format you need from the "Output Format" options.

Download videos from YouTube for free

4. Click the "..." button to locate to the folder you want to output the downloaded YouTube videos to.

Note: After the downloading and conversion process, you can click the "Folder" button to locate this folder and get the output videos.

5. Click the "Download" button to start downloading and converting YouTube videos.

Part 2. How to Free Burn YouTube Video to DVD on Mac

To burn the downloaded YouTube videos to DVD, you can turn to Apple iDVD, which allows you to add QuickTime Movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player.

Note: The downloaded YouTube videos may not be imported into iDVD project. In this case, it is recommended that you download Video Converter for Mac to convert the downloaded YouTube videos to QuickTime movies first.

1. Launch iDVD and create a new project.

2. In the new project, switch to the "Media" tab and then go to "Movies".

3. In the "Movies" tab, find the downloaded YouTube videos and drag them to the left panel of the project.

burn YouTube video to DVD with iDVD

4. After all necessary settings such as background music, themes, buttons, drop zones, click "File" -> "Burn DVD..." to start burning YouTube videos to DVD on Mac. You may also choose to save the project as Disc Image or VIDEO_TS Folder.

burn YouTube video to DVD with iDVD

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Convert MSWMM and Burn MSWMM to DVD

What is MSWMM?

A *.MSWMM is a project file of Windows Movie Maker; it is not a video file (more like a record file).

How to Convert MSWMM Files?

You can open *.MSWMM file in Windows Movie Maker (click "File -> Open Project Project...") and save the movie to your computer: go to the "Tasks" bar, click "Finish Movie" and then click "Save to my computer".

Open MSWMM File

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

After you have saved the MSWMM file to your computer hard drive as WMV video, you can now begin to convert the WMV file to the specific video format you need.

You may go and download Clone2Go Video Converter Professional to help you.

Convert MSWMM File

The steps are quite simple:

1. Import the WMV file to the program.
2. Choose an output format. For example, if you want to watch the movie on your iPad, you can choose "iPad MPEG-4 Movie" as the output format.
3. Start to convert.

How to Burn MSWMM to DVD?

To burn MSWMM to DVD, you will need DVD authoring software. Here, I'd recommend using Photo DVD Burner Professional. Below is the screenshot of this program:

Burn MSWMM to DVD

Let's take a look at how it performs:

1. Click "Organize" -> "Add Video Clips..." to import the video into the program. Note: Photo DVD Burner Professional only supports .avi video format. So you need to convert WMV (saved from MSWMM) to AVI file first. You also need to set the "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2" before conversion.
2. Go to the "Choose Menus" tab to choose a DVD menu template. You can also specify background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.
3. Go to the "Burn Disc" tab to start burning videos to DVD.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Edit DVD Movie in iMovie

If you are fond of some video clip from a DVD movie and want to edit it in Apple iMovie project, you got the right place! The following tutorial will share with you how to convert DVD to iMovie friendly video format and import DVD into iMovie for editing.

Video formats accepted by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4. In order to import DVD movie into iMovie, you need to convert DVD to iMovie compatible format first. It is very easy and fast to convert DVD to iMovie format using Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Add DVD Movie

Download the latest version of DVD Ripper for Mac, install and run it.

Click the "Open DVD" button to import your DVD movie. Or you can click the "File ->Open DVD Disc/Folder" in the top menu of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac to add the DVD movie.

Convert DVD to iMovie

Step 2. Select Output Format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)"

After the DVD is imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)" as the output format.

Convert DVD to iMovie

Step 3. Start Converting

When all settings are done, click the "Convert Now" button to start convert DVD to iMovie format.

Step 4. Export Output File to iMovie

Launch iMovie, go to "File > Import > Movies...". Select the converted MP4 video then click "Import".

Add DVD to iMovie

That's it! Now you can edit your videos in iMovie. Enjoy making your own movies!

Import DVD into iMovie

Source from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/put-dvd-movie-into-imovie.php

Thursday, July 14, 2011

How to Edit YouTube Video in Windows Movie Maker

The following guide is going to show you how to download YouTube videos for free, convert YouTube videos for Windows Movie Maker and edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker. It is composed of three parts:

Part 1. How to download videos from YouTube for free

I'd like to recommend using the online YouTube downloader called GrabTube to download videos from YouTube. With this online converter, you can download and convert YouTube video to MP3, 3GP, AVI, FLV or MPG. It is as easy to use as:

1. Browse on over to http://www.grab-tube.com/converter where the converter lives and you will see a screen that looks like this:

Download YouTube videos for free

2. The URL bar at the top of the screen lets you simply paste a URL of the YouTube video to download. Drop down the format next to it and hit the download button.

3. You will see the next screen with links to download the file to your computer. With the file, you can then use the service to convert it to another file type.

Part 2. How to convert YouTube videos for Windows Movie Maker

The videos downloaded using GrabTube are in MP4/3GP/FLV format. In order to put them onto Windows Movie Maker, you still need to convert the videos to AVI/WMV format. I always use Clone2Go Video Converter to convert between common video formats including AVI and WMV. Apart from a video converter, this piece of software can also be used to download videos from YouTube. So, back to Part 1, if the size of the video you are going to download from YouTube is larger than 40 MB or if you failed to get a high Internet connection, you can simply use this video converter to download YouTube videos.

Convert YouTube videos for Windows Movie Maker

Note: Windows Movie Maker needs external codec to decode mp4, xvid and mpeg2 video. To skip this trouble, please select "Customized AVI Movie(*.avi)" profile and adjust "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2", "video size" to "Original" to get AVI video accepted by Windows Movie Maker.

Part 3. How to edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker

After you get the output video clip downloaded and converted from YouTube, now you can begin to put it into your Windows Movie Maker.

Click on "File". Then click on "Import into collections". A window will appear. In the window, navigate to the video clip you downloaded and converted from YouTube just now. Then double click on the file. You'll see the icon for the file in your Windows Movie Maker "Collections".

Edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker

About Windows Movie Maker:

Windows Movie Maker is a totally free program that comes with Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista (also called Windows DVD Maker). Below are the media formats accepted by Windows Movie Maker:

Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv

Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .mlv, .mp2

Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff

Windows media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv

MP3 format audio: .mp3

Monday, July 11, 2011

How to import flv into iDVD

iDVD is a DVD creation software application made by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. iDVD allows the user to add QuickTime Movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player. It is often considered the last step of Apple's iLife suite, bringing together all the other iLife applications' results onto a removable medium. It is comparable to its Microsoft Windows alternative Windows DVD Maker.

The following step by step tutorial is going to show you how to convert FLV to iDVD compatible QuickTime movie format so that you can import FLV into Apple iDVD project using Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Add FLV Files

Download the latest version of Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac, install and run it.

Click the "Add Files" button to import the video clips stored on your Macintosh HD. Then you can get the video information in the manager panel.

import FLV into iDVD

Step 2. Select output format

Video formats that work with iDVD include:

Most video files supported by QuickTime;
16:9 widescreen formats;
Any format from iMovie: DV, high-definition video (HDV), MPEG-2 SD, MPEG-2 SD, MPEG-4 SD, MPEG-4 HD, and AVCHD

After the video files are imported, go to the "Output" panel. Extend the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the format that best fits your needs. Here, just choose QuickTime Movie (*.mov)" as the output format.

import FLV into iDVD

Step 3. Start to convert

After all the necessary settings, just click the "Convert Now" button to start converting FLV to QuickTime MOV for importing into iDVD project on your Mac machine.

Note: You may not be satisfied with the profile provided to you. In this case, you can click the "Customize..." button next to the "Profile" box to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

import FLV into iDVD

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Free YouTube Downloader and Converter for Mac

In case that you want to put YouTube videos into your slideshow project, I'd like to share with you a totally free YouTube Downloader for Mac OS X. This Mac YouTube downloader freeware is developed by Clone2Go. It aims to help Mac users to download videos from YouTube as MP4, FLV or 3GP files in a snap. Click here to download it now!

Also take a look at the screenshot of the program:

free youtube downloader for Mac

If you are fond of YouTube videos, you cannot miss this YouTube Downloader for Mac. It sounds great to download all your favorite online movies, TV shows or music videos from YouTube in a batch and enjoy them later on. It helps you to save bandwidth and there are no annoying ads at the beginning of the video any more.

You may also have interest in:

How to create photo slideshow movie for sharing on YouTube?

Monday, July 4, 2011

How to Add iTunes DRM Music to Your Slideshow Project

If you are building a photo DVD slideshow project and want to add iTunes DRM music (m4p) as the background music, you will be faced with the nasty DRM issue. One way to resolve it is to burn iTunes DRM music to an audio CD and rip it back as MP3. Then you will be able to import the output MP3 file into the slideshow and use it as the background music. However, it is a waste of CD discs if you have lots of music tracks needed to be burned and re-ripped.

Another way is to go and download TuneClone Audio Converter to help you easily and quickly convert iTunes music to mp3 via virtual CD burning. There is no need for CD discs and it fully supports batch conversion. The original music tracks in your iTunes library will be kept intact. And the meta information of the music will be well preserved.



Follow this guide to learn how to get your iTunes music DRM free.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

How to convert swf to html5

Swiffy is a new experimental tool from Google that easily converts SWF Flash files to HTML5, making Flash-only content accessible to hardware like the iPhone and iPad in just a few seconds.

The following guide shows you how to convert SWF to HTML5 using Google's Swiffy:

1. Visit Google Swiffy

2. Upload a SWF file

Click the "Browse..." button to choose a SWF Flash file from your local hard drive

Convert SWF to HTML5

3. Convert SWF to HTML5

Click the "Upload and convert" button to start converting SWF to HTML5. Then you can right click the link of the output HTML5 file and save it to your computer.

Please take note the output currently only works in Webkit browsers (Safari and Chrome, for example). And Swiffy currently does not convert SWF files larger than 512 KB.

If you want to create a swf photo slideshow for showing on your website, please refer to this guide: How to create swf photo slideshows for websites.