5.11.2009

How to play YouTube video to iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc. on Mac

What is FLV?
Video download from video-sharing website mostly is FLV format. Flash Video (FLV) is the name of a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player and has extension FLV. The most recent public release of Flash Player supports H.264 video and HE-AAC audio. Flash Video content may also be embedded within SWF files. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, Reuters.com and many other news providers.

How to play .FLV files on Mac?
If you want to play FLV (Flash Video) files on your Mac, you'll need to use a player that can handle FLV files. Here are two recommendations (both of them are FREE):

VLC Media Player
The VLC Media Player is a free, cross-platform media player that supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs. It can handle FLV, WMV and VOB files to name a few.

Perian
Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular media formats including FLV, MKV, AVI, DivX, 3ivX, FLV1, FSV1, Flash ADPCM and many more.

How to play YouTube video on iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc
1. Convert FLV to MP4, AVI, etc

Software required:
Aimersoft Video Converter ($39, Free try)

As we know, YouTube video is Flash Video (.FLV). For whatever reasons, such as prefer to view and store the videos in mpeg format, or want to play the offline video clips in portable player such as PSP, iPod, and iPhone, or simply don’t like to view it with FLV Player, so you need to convert the .FLV video format to .avi, .mov, .wmv and .mpg using this Mac video converter.

Furthermore, it is enable to choose the output format as iPod, iPhone, PSP, ect, directly just by click “format” drop-down list.


2. Transfer converted videos on iPod, iPhone, or PSP
Launch iTunes, go to menubar iTunes > File > Add File to Library to import target movie from output folder into iTunes; or just drag and drop the movie into iTunes.

There are many ways to transfer converted video to iPhone through iTunes after it's connected with your computer via USB cable.
1) Press the Sync button under Summary tab. This will sync the videos as well as other items like music, TV shows, podcasts, audiobook, photos and applications;
2) Under Movies tab, select Sync movies > All movies, and press Sync button;
3) Under Movies tab, select Sync movies > Selected movies, choose the video in the pane, and press Sync button.



After a while, the sync will be complete. Now, check your iPod or iPhone.

4.28.2009

How to make iPhone ringtone on Mac for free

Users have to pay Apple $1 for a song, plus an extra $1 to convert that song into a ringtone. Though it is a little money, the content provider may does not have the range of music which the user desire or the time and money involved with the process may act as a source of discouragement. In that case, use Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac to make iPhone ringtone enjoy your digital life. This is how you can go about doing this.

Free download:
Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac
Intel version   PowerPC version

Step 1. Load video or audio and trim it
Click the "Add Files" button to browse your computer hard disc and add the video files you want to convert to the program. After video loaded, click 'trim' button to open the Trim window, then set the start time and end time by dragging the start time and end time slider to convert a clip from your movie on Mac OS X.


Step. 2 Convert video or audio to AAC and change the file extension to M4R
After shorten the video or audio, you need to select an output format as AAC format, just by click “Format” pull-down list.


Then start “Convert”, after finished the convert, click “Open” button to quick find the converted .aac audio. Open a File Explorer window and browse to the iTunes music folder. Search for the M4A file: this is the music you have converted. Change file extension to M4R.

The .m4r file is now a ringtone file

Step3. Set the song as your ringtone
As soon as you change the file’s extension, it’ll appear as an iTunes ringtone that you can import into iTunes straight away with just a double click. The new ringtone will be show up on the iTunes interface, ready to be synced to your iPhone.

2.18.2009

TS Video Converter for Mac----How to convert TS,M2TS,MTS video to MP4, AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, MP3, etc. on Mac OS X?

For all we know, TS format is one of the HDTV (high-definition) video formats, the video quality is joyful, but TS video is not accepted widely by portable devices (iPod, iPhone, PSP.) or multimedia players such as QuickTime.

Now the problems we're facing: If you want to put a TS Video to iPod, TS Video to iPhone,TS Video to PSP... and so on players, or you get some problems in putting TS video files (HD video) that taken by your digital cameras or downloaded from Blue-Ray DVD to your mobile players or playing them with QuickTime on your Mac, what should we do?

The professional TS Video Converter for Mac provides you with the perfect solution.

1)Install Video Converter for Mac

Free download and run TS Mac Video Converter. Click the "ADD FILES" button to load your TS (MTS, M2TS etc.) videos.



Optional:Merge HD video and DVD into one file on Mac as commemorate

2)select Output Formats:

Click the drop down list and select the output format you want, such as Mp4, Mov, AVI etc. Here I take AVI as an example. (You could also choose the one according to your mobile devices).



Optional:personalize your video (trim, crop, effects and add amazing watermark on videos) on Mac OS X?

3)Start conversation

Click "CONVERT" and start the conversation! And after finishing, you could put the video to your mobile devices and enjoy them anytime and anywhere.

2.12.2009

Free iPod Touch Wallpapers for Valentine's day

A collection of Valentine images for the iPod Touch and Apple iPhone wallpaper.
All wallpapers are collected by me on the internet.

Enjoy!




You can get all wallpapers from here:
Download the full wallpapers

2.09.2009

With a JVC Everio ,how to convert MOD Files on Mac or import MOD Files into imovie

Mod file format: MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the ".MOD" file extension, except on the Amiga where the original trackers instead use a "mod." prefix scheme, e.g. "mod.echoing". A MOD file contains a set of instruments in the form of samples, a number of patterns indicating how and when the samples are to be played, and a list of what patterns to play in what order.

If you have a camera which is JVC Everio with 30gb hard drive ,how do you convert MOD Files so I can import them into imovie?

There are two methods to slove it:

Method1:
Connect the camera and then launch iMovie 7 or above. It will "see" your camera and offer to import the file.
Visit the video demo to know how to use it.
Method2:
iMovie supports limited formats, such as 3GP, AVI, DAT, MOV, MP4 and MPG, if you have other video formats, you can use video converter for mac to convert videos to these formats, then import to iMovie. Follow finish your job.

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When you browse or edit your DV recorded videos on computer, you may find the DV video is .Mod file and computer can not read it directly. So youu should convert Mod to other popular format video, for example convert Mod to AVI, then you can browse your DV videos normally.

Video Converter for Mac can convert between all popular video formats. So you can use the MOD converter for Mac to convert MOD to AVI, convert MOD to MPEG, convert MOD to MPG, convert MOD to MOV, convert MOD to MP4, etc. even edit the MOD file with the powerful editing functions. (Crop, Trim, Adjust video effect). Download MOD Video Converter for Mac before converting MOD(MOI) files.

More Details about "How to Convert MOD files from JVC Everio with 30gb hard drive to AVI, MPEG, MP4, MOV for iPod,iPhone on Mac"

Step1. Import MOD files
Install and run Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac, click the "Add" button to import your MOD files. This Video Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time.



Step2. Select output formats for MOD file
Click the "Settings" to select the output formats, such as AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4, etc. If you need put MOD files on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, CellPhone, you can just select the format according to the device name.



PS, you can select "Merge into one file" to join multiple MOD files to one file, so you can play them easily.

Step3. Convert MOD files



If you don't need edit your MOD files, you can click the "Convert" button to convert them. Then you can put the converted files into iMove, iDVD or portable devices.

2.02.2009

What's Mod format , How to play or Convert MOD file on mac

Mod file format: MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga where the original trackers instead use a “mod.” prefix scheme, e.g. “mod.echoing”. A MOD file contains a set of instruments in the form of samples, a number of patterns indicating how and when the samples are to be played, and a list of what patterns to play in what order.

Q1: What is a MOD format and how do I play MOD file on Mac ?

A:

.MOD files are JVC's implementation of MPEG-2 transport streams, similar to a VOB file on a DVD or the M2T files used on Sony hard drive camcorders.

If you just want to play back .MOD video files on your Mac simply rename them as .MPG or .MV2 and you should have no problem in opening and viewing your video clips in VLC, MPlayer OS X or Quicktime.

Q2: How can I convert MOD/MOI files to AVI, MPEG, MP4 or MOV files on Mac ?

A:

You can use a Mac Video Converter tool to convert MOD to AVI, convert MOD to MPEG, convert MOD to MPG, convert Mod to MOV. Visit the guide of MOD Converter for Mac

Q3: How do you convert MOD Files so I can import them into imovie.......The camera is JVC Everio with 30gb hard drive

A:

Method1:
Connect the camera and then launch iMovie 7 or above. It will "see" your camera and offer to import the file.
Visit the video demo to know how to use it.

Method2:
iMovie supports limited formats, such as 3GP, AVI, DAT, MOV, MP4 and MPG, if you have other video formats, you can use video converter for mac to convert videos to these formats, then import to iMovie. Check the MOD Converter for Mac Guide finish your job.

Q4: I have a JVC HD camcorder that uses MOD/MOI files but cannot transfer them to DVD ?

A:

Method1:
If you use iDVD to create a DVD slideshow, you should use a video converter to convert MOD to iDVD supported formats. Check the Mac MOD Converter Guide to convert MOD files, then use iDVD.


Method2:
use a Mac DVD Creator that support various video formats (MOD, WMV, MOV, HD video, MP4, etc) to burn them to a DVD. Follow the guide of DVD Creator for Mac.

Q5: Which camcorders do record in MOD video format ?

A:

JVC MOD camcorders

2004: GZ-MC100 (SD), GZ-MC200 (SD)
2005: GZ-MG30 (HDD), GZ-MG70 (HDD)
2006: GZ-MG37 (HDD), GZ-MG77 (HDD), GZ-MG505 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)
2007: GZ-MG130 (HDD), GZ-MG155 (HDD), GZ-MG255 (HDD), GZ-MG555 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)
2008: GZ-MS100U (SD/SDHC card)
2008: GZ-MG7230 (30 GB HDD, MicroSD)
2009: GZ-MG630 (60 GB HDD, MicroSD), GZ-MG670 (80 GB HDD, MicroSD), GZ-MG680 (120 GB HDD, MicroSD)

Panasonic MOD camcorders

2003: SV-AV100 (SD card)
2005: SDR-S100 (SD card)
2006: SDR-S150 (SD/SDHC card)
2007: SDR-S10 (SD/SDHC card), SDR-H18 (HDD, SD card), SDR-H200 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)
2008: SDR-H40 (HDD, SD/SDHC card), SDR-H60 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)
2008: SDR-SW20 (SD/SDHC card)

Canon MOD Camcorders

2008: FS100 (SDHC), FS10 (SDHC), FS11 (SDHC)