Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Video Converter iOS App Transfers Video Files to iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch for Conversion and Playback

The iTunes Store offers a variety of movies, music videos and TV shows which you can purchase, download and transfer to your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch devices for playback. If there are some great video files in your PC and you want to play them on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, you have probably noticed that not all of them can be transferred to your device. What's the reason behind? It is due that Apple devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod touch can only support certain .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. For the video formats like AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MTS, M2TS, RM, RMVB, etc., you cannot directly transfer them to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices for viewing.

Anyway, there's indirect way to watch the non-compatible video files on an iOS device. You just need a converter to get them converted to iTunes-, iPad-, iPhone-, or iPod-compatible videos. When you get the converted videos, you just add them to iTunes and sync them to your device. It sounds nice. But don't you think it very troublesome? Besides, the converter will cost you dollars.

So is there a more convenient yet free way to convert local video files for playing on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch? The answer is YES and the solution is Video Converter App.

Video Converter App lets you transfer video files from your computer to your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch device for instant conversion and direct playback. You can choose to transfer video files to your device either by WiFi Upload or via iTunes File Sharing, in queue ready to be converted to iPad/iPhone/iPod compatible video files.

Video Converter App for iPad

Main features of Video Converter App
  • Support most video formats.
  • Support video files captured with HD camcorders such as Sony, Nikon and Panasonic.
  • Support all brand digital cameras' video format.
  • Transferring video to iPad, iPhone or iPod touch via wifi with web interface.
  • Support iTunes File Sharing for large files.
  • Speedy converting with hardware accelerate encoding engine.
  • Intuitive interface and very easy to use.

Availability

Video Converter App is only $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-converter-app/id549355396

Video Converter App is compatible with iOS 4.3 or above and works with iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 4, The New iPad, iPad 2, iPad 1, iPad mini, iPod touch 5 and iPod touch 4.

Monday, October 29, 2012

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How to Convert and Transfer DVD to iPad mini on Mac

DVD to iPad miniThe iPad mini does not have a disc drive, so you cannot insert a DVD movie disc into the device for direct playback. Apple prefers consumers download movies and related entertainment content from its proprietary iTunes Store. If you have some DVD movie discs at hand and do want to watch them on your iPad mini, there is no reason to pay for them in iTunes Store for a second time. The DVD to iPad Converter for Mac allows you to rip DVD movies to multiple iPad mini friendly formats, including MP4, M4V and MOV, on Mac OS X (including Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion).

The following step by step tutorial is going to show you how to convert DVD to iPad mini video using DVD to iPad Converter for Mac.

1. Import DVD Movie

Download the latest version of DVD to iPad Converter for Mac.

Download Link

Run DVD to iPad Converter. Press the DVD icon to load the DVD movie you are going to watch on your iPad mini. 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 iPad mini on Mac

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

2. Choose Output Format

Extend the Profile drop-down list and choose Apple iPad from the category. From the subcategory, choose iPad H.264 Video or iPad H.264 HD Video according to your needs.

transfer DVD to iPad mini on Mac

3. Start to Convert DVD to iPad mini on Mac

After making all necessary settings, press the Start button to start to convert DVD to iPad mini on Mac.

4. Transfer Output Video to iPad mini

When the conversion is complete, connect your iPad mini to your Mac via USB cable and open iTunes. Then you can transfer the converted video to your iPad mini through the sync of iTunes.

P.S.

Video Formats Supported by iPad mini

H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 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 per channel, 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

Audio Formats Supported by iPad mini

AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Source from http://www.clone2go.com/ipad-mini/convert-dvd-to-ipad-mini-on-mac.php

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

How to Burn iPhone Videos to DVD in Windows 7

Did you record several great videos on your iPhone and now you want to make a DVD of the videos to keep them forever? You may be looking for a way to burn iPhone videos to DVD. Actually, this can be accomplished but the process is not easy if you don't want to pay dollors. To burn iPhone videos to a DVD disc on Windows 7, you will need to:

  1. Transfer videos from iPhone to Windows PC
  2. Convert iPhone video (.mov)
  3. Burn iPhone video to DVD in Windows DVD Maker

What you will need:


Using this 3-step method to burn iPhone videos to DVD seems to be very troublesome and does cost $1.99. However, compared with the way of using a $40-50 DVD burning tool, it is well worth a try. By the way, you will find the transfer app very helpful if you need to transfer photos and videos betwen iPhone and computer and even from one iDevice to another from time to time.

Now let's take a look at the whole steps:

1. Transfer videos from iPhone to PC using Wireless Transfer App

1) Download and install Wireless Transfer App to your iPhone

The iTunes Preview Link

2) Make sure your iPhone and your Windows PC are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

3) Run Wireless Transfer App on your iPhone.

transfer iphone video to PC

4) Find the http address at the bottom of the screen.

5) Open a web browser in your Windows PC and type the address exactly as that appears on your iPhone (including the colon and the following port number).

6) The browser will list all the photos and videos in your iPhone.

7) Select and download the videos you want to burn to DVD.

2. Convert iPhone video using Clone2Go Free Video Converter

The iPhone videos transferred to your Windows PC are in .mov format and thus cannot be directly imported into Windows DVD Maker project. You will need to convert the videos from mov to avi, mpg, wmv or other Windows formats. Clone2Go Free Video Converter is an excellent tool to do this.

convert iphone video to avi

1) Click the "Add Video" button to import your iPhone videos.

2) From the "Profile" drop-down list, choose "Customized AVI Movie (*.avi)" as the output format.

Note: You need to set the "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2" in order to get the converted avi files successfully imported into Windows DVD Maker.

convert iphone video mov to avi

3) Click the "Start Encode" button to start to convert iPhone video to AVI.

3. Burn iPhone videos to DVD in Windows DVD Maker

After your iPhone video files are converted into AVI video, you can launch Windows DVD Maker and import the avi files into Windows DVD Maker for burning to DVD.

burn iphone video to dvd

Done.





Monday, July 23, 2012

5 Different Ways to Play WMV on Mac

Windows Media Video (WMV) is a video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. WMV files typically are played in Windows Media Player which cannot be installed on Mac. There is no need to worry about this problem. Plenty of solutions are available to play WMV videos on Mac and you can go ahead. Here are five different ways to play WMV videos on Mac. Of course, it is essential to download a third-party program to do the job.

1. MPlayerX

Play WMV on Mac with MPlayerX

The interface of MPlayerX is a little similar to Quick Time interface but that’s about where the similarities end. MPlayerX can play any videos imported into it with flying colors. WMV is without exception. Since it supports so many popular (mkv, divx, etc) and obscure formats, MPlayer is said tobe one of the best free video players for the Mac machine.

2. VLC

Play WMV on Mac with VLC

VLC can play virtually any video format available. It's cross-platform compatible, quick and free. VLC also works fine with obscure audio formats, and if you would like to stream a video from one computer to another you can easily do that. If you want the video codec support of MPlayerX but with even more features aimed at advanced users, VLC is a good choice.

3. Windows Media Player9 for Mac

Windows Media Player 9 for Mac can play both local and streamed WMV and WMA files. It's free of charge. But there is no plan to be upgraded any more.

In general, this player can meet your needs to play WMV files on Mac. However, the discontinue upgrade decision has caused some trouble for Mac users. This player supports Apple Mac OS X version 10.5 or later. When it was released in 2003, some Snow Leopard OS users find it is really a headache to unzip the player 9 download or to get this player to work normally. So if your system does not support this player, turn to other solutions.

4. Clone2Go Video Converter

This method is involving in video conversion. Then you can play the converted video on your Mac apps. Clone2Go Video Converter can convert WMV to almost all popular video formats, such MOV, MP4, AVI, FLV, etc.

Convert WMV for Playing on Mac

Step 1. Install and launch Clone2Go Video Converter. Then add or drag the WMV files to the converter.

Step 2. Set the output format. You can reset the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" by yourself.

Step 3. Click the "Start" button to begin the video conversion.

Finally, you can play the converted video on your Mac players, such as iTunes, QuickTime, etc.

5. Flip4Mac Components

The last but not least one is Flip4Mac, which is a set of video components installed into OS X which helps QuickTime play WMV files directly. It's a perfectly reasonable solution, but it can only support WMV and WMA files. So it is not so useful as VLC or MPlayerX.

You can choose an appropriate solution to play WMV videos on Mac. If you have installed some players on Mac, and you don't want to download any other players, or you usually do some video conversion, you'd better choose the fourth solution. If you would like to download a WMV video player, you can choose the MplayerX or VLC which are more useful in the long term.

Source from www.clone2go.com

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Download YouTube Videos to iTunes with Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac

If you are fond of watching music videos on YouTube, you will certainly feel very annoyed and frustrated by the embedded ads at the beginning of the videos. Meanwhile, if there's not very high network connection, the video will be buffering from time to time and the watching experience will be quite terrible.

So if you are really crazy about a singer and want to enjoy all his/her music videos on YouTube, why not download them all? No need to pay for the CDs. No need to tolerate the annoying ads.

How to do that? It will be very easy and fast if you have the handy Clone2Go YouTube Downloader app installed to your Mac. This app is totally free of charge. It lets you download any YouTube videos as MP4/3GP/FLV files and save them to your Mac HDD.



After you have all the music videos downloaded to your Mac, you will have full control over them. I used this tool to download 22 videos (about 5 minutes each) from YouTube and chose MP4 as the output format. I also ticked the "HD MP4 if it is availble" option. After choosing all of them for downloading, I went out for lunch. When I came back in about 30 minutes, I found that all the videos had been fully downloaded. I was very happy as I would be able to enjoy them later in the afternoon.

I also tried importing the downloaded videos into iTunes library. To my excitement, all of them were added to the "Movies" section in the library. I then felt no hesitation to connect my iPad with my Mac laptop and synced the videos to the iPad. Within a few minutes, I could watch all the videos on my iPad. So great!

When I shared this method with my colleagues, they also liked Clone2Go YouTube Downloader app very much. And I'd like to give 5-star award to this great app.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

How to Watch DVD's on the iPad

If you have an extensive collection of DVD's lying around, you might be wondering how you can watch them all on your iPad or iPhone. There's nothing quite like watching a movie whilst travelling or when away from home, and the experience can be even better than playing a physical DVD because movies start instantly on iOS. The iPad is an especially good video playback device due to the large screen size and hi-resolution display. HD (1080p or 720p) movies play brilliantly, and it's possible to transfer quite a number of films to the iPad – depending upon the storage capacity you have available.

This article describes the basics of how to watch movies on your iPad.

Introduction

The general process of getting a movie onto your iPad is:

  • Insert a DVD movie into your Mac
  • Download a video conversion application
  • Encode and copy the video to your computer
  • Import the movie into iTunes
  • Synchronise iTunes with your iPad

There are numerous apps that can help you with the conversion process from DVD to iOS. Some of these apps are relatively complicated, but there are many dedicated apps in the App Store with straightforward settings and simple interfaces. Note that many such apps refuse to convert copy-protected DVD's, but there are usually upgrades or patches available which can get around these limitations. Please be aware of copyright laws and make sure that you don't infringe anybody's copyright!

By far the best option is to obtain some software which can copy the DVD and convert to the correct audio and video formats for iOS, rather than more traditional conversion which is limited to files (i.e. not discs) – in that case, you'll need a separate app to copy the movie files off the DVD to your Mac and another to convert them to the correct multimedia format to play on the iPad.

Apps to Convert DVD's For The iPad

Clone2Go DVD Ripper is one of the best applications available in the App Store to copy (sometimes called "rip") DVD's to your computer. If you don't want to shell out any cash then you can also use a combination of VLC Player and Handbrake to achieve the same results, but you might need a little more technical know-how. The benefit of the Clone2Go DVD Ripper app is that it has inbuilt presets to convert the video to the correct format with simple drag-and-drop interfaces, and everything can be done in one program.

Convert DVD's to iPad with Clone2Go DVD Ripper

Website: App Store, Clone2Go

DVD Ripper has a simple interface which makes it a doddle to convert a DVD. There are lots of built-in presets which are already setup for the target device you want to play on (for example, the iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and all manner of other multimedia devices). There are also options to manually tweak the output formats and bit-rates (i.e. the quality of the video) and a choice of multimedia formats (such as H.264 and MPEG-4 video, AAC and MP3 audio) to get the optimal settings. For example, you might want to use a higher quality setting if you feel that the presets aren't good enough. DVD Ripper is also one of the cheaper DVD ripping apps. Once you've copied and converted a DVD, you'll have to import it into iTunes (more on that later).

Clone2Go DVD Ripper app

Copy Your Movie onto the iPad

Once you've managed to convert a DVD to a file in the correct format for iOS, the next step is simply to import the movie into iTunes and perform a sync with the iPad.

From the iTunes File menu, select Add to Library or just hit COMMAND + O and select the movie you want to import. Once that's done, it should appear in the Films section of iTunes. Now, just sync with your iPad in the usual way, and the movie should be there and ready to play!

sync DVD movies to iPad