Want to watch movies from your own DVD library on your iPod? With Instant Handbrake, free software for Mac OSX, you can easily make any DVD into an iTunes-compatible movie.
1. Launch Instant Handbrake.
2. Select your DVD source.
3. Insert your DVD. You may need to stop the auto-play.
4. Hit “Continue” in Instant Handbrake. It will begin to scan your DVD.
5. Select the file you want to convert. For full-length movies, this will be the file with the longest duration. For DVDs of TV Shows, please refer to the “Tips” section.
6. Select where you want the converted files to be saved to. It’s a good idea to save it to your “Movies” folder in Mac OSX.
7. For the rest of the options on this screen, select H.264 for the “File Format,” and for the “Picture Format” select “Original.” This will preserve the picture format (wide or full screen) that’s on the DVD.
8. Hit “Convert.” The movie will now be converted and saved to the folder you indicated in step six.
9. Launch iTunes.
10. Navigate to the folder your movie is saved in and drag the MP4 file into the iTunes Movie Folder.
11. Hook up your iPod and sych up – or if you manually transfer from iTunes to your iPod, drag the movie on to your iPod. Now you’re ready to enjoy your movie on the go!Tips & Warnings
- If you have a DVD of TV shows, it’s recommended that you export each individual show. DVD’s have a “Play All” feature, which is all the episodes jammed into one file, this will be the longest duration in the list of files you get in step 5.
- You can also export to PSP format if you’ve got one of those. H.264 is the best quality format for iPod.
- Handbrake is a more robust version of Instant Handbrake. The program offers more options, but the concept is the same. This will work on Windows and Linux as well as Mac OSX
- Copy protection may prevent DVDs from being converted to iPod format.
Some other method for you to rip DVD to iTunes. If you are an Apple Computer User, Please donwload DVD to iTunes Converter Suite for Mac.
Apple unveiled its new iPad yesterday, an iPhone OS-based slate tablet computer capable of running “almost all” of the apps available in the App Store, as well as new apps tailored specifically for the device.
Jan 28, 2010
The iPad physically resembles an oversized iPod touch, with a 9.7-inch, 1024-by-768-pixel screen dominating the front and a black bezel surrounding it. The back is made from a solid piece of aluminum, with a 30-pin dock connector and speaker on the bottom, and volume, sleep/wake, and headphone ports around the other sides.
“iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”
The iPad, on the other hand, is made for the consumption of digital media: games, music, photos, videos, magazines, news papers and e-books. Sure you can use it to check your email or work on a keynote, but the iPad’s primary purpose is to help you consume the ever-expanding amount of digital content on offer.
So in many ways, today is a brand new day for content creators and owners alike. For if we’re smart, all of us — from large media giants such as Fox to upstarts like my little company — will figure out how to build a new magazine/news experience that leverages the iPad’s powerful processor, great graphics, stunning display and most importantly, Internet connection. In fact I’ll go out on a limb and say that today may be the day we start to rethink how we build web sites. Here we offer a full rundown of the iPad’s features:
The Top 10 Highlights:
* There is one single button on the entire device, which I think is just brilliant because it means fewer distractions.
* There’s a sleep/wake button at the top, much like the iPhone.
* There’s a headphone jack.
* I like how the device switches from landscape to portrait mode so quickly in all four orientations.
* The web browsing experience is easy and satisfying, thanks to an ultra-responsive touchscreen.
* The Maps application is pretty stunning, especially the street view, which comes alive on the iPad screen like never before.
* YouTube works as advertised, including the HD videos. It’s a damn shame there isn’t an iPad version of Hulu.
* The iTunes store and iTunes Video work very well, and the music buying experience is no different than, say, on a Mac.
* It’s simple enough to plow through a whole bunch of email very very quickly.
* iPhoto is a much better experience on the iPad than you would imagine, especially the slideshows.
Something maybe you don’t like:
*The screen resolution of 1024 X 768, or about 4:3, is underwhelming.
- *There’s no way to lock the device into either portrait or landscape mode.
- *The decision to work with AT&T for a wireless 3G data is just straight-up dumb. It’s not like Apple doesn’t know how bad the performance of the AT&T network is.
- Additional facts:
The device will work with any Bluetooth keyboard, but not with a Bluetooth mouse. The keyboard dock for the device will cost about $69. A case/stand is going to cost $39.
Apple unveiled its new iPad yesterday, an iPhone OS-based slate tablet computer capable of running “almost all” of the apps available in the App Store, as well as new apps tailored specifically for the device.
Jan 28, 2010
As the new iPad was announced by Apple today during the live Apple press conference in San Francisco, it was made known that one of the programs that the iPad comes with is iBooks, which will enable iPad users to buy, download and read books electronically. Immediately, Internet went into a heated discussion over whether iPad will kill Amazon’s e-reader Kindle. Right now, it seems the net is divided into those who think Kindle will be subdued by iPad and those who think Kindle will survive. Here’s a simple feature-by-feature comparison chart just to make things easier.
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Amazon Kindle |
Apple iPad | |
| Display |
E-ink display. Kindle 2 is 6 inches diagonally; Kindle DX is 9.7 inches diagonally. Not a touch screen. |
9.7-inch LED (IPS) backlit display. Supports multi-touch. |
| Hardware |
Kindle 2 is 10.2 ounces, Kindle DX is 18.9 ounces. Both are 0.36 inch thick, have navigation buttons, a toggle, 3.5mm headset jack, and a keyboard. |
1.5 pounds, 0.5 inch thick, has a Home button, volume controls, a screen lock slide switch, and a 3.5mm headset jack. |
| Store |
Amazon Kindle Store. Books are in Amazon’s Kindle format. |
iBooks store. Books are in the open ePub format. |
| Features |
Able to subscribe to magazines and newspapers. Rudimentary Web browser, PDF reader, and 3G. |
More than just an ebook reader. Has access to iTunes App Store, Safari browser, email, media player, games, and more. Has Bluetooth and WiFi. 3G in some models. |
| Battery life |
4 days with wireless, 10 days without wireless |
10 hours use, 1 month standby |
| Connectivity |
3G with AT&T. |
Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G with AT&T |
| Price | Kindle 2 is $259; Kindle DX is $489. 3G is included./td> | iPads with WiFi only are $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, and $699 for 64GB. iPads with WiFi and 3G are $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB, and $829 for 64GB. 3G data costs $15 a month for 250MB and $30 a month for unlimited. |
Apple founder Steve Jobs said: “Now Amazon has done a great job of pioneering this… we’re going to stand on their shoulders for this. Our new app is called iBooks.” Whether Apple’s New Product will make eReaders obsolete or not is still in the wonder.
Fortunately, there are already ways to get GPS going on my 1st gen, and here’s another one. The G-Fi is a little box that will add GPS to your first generation iPhone or iPod touch. Unfortunately, this one is probably a little too hardcore for me — it creates a mobile wireless point that will spin out GPS locations to any number of devices in the area, up to 200 total. The catch: it requires a specific app called Navmii, selling in the App Store now for $33. That’s in addition to the little box itself, which is $100.
Unfortunately, while this might work for a large number of roaming devices, it’s way more than I need. A single unit add-on like the Magellan kit works with any app that uses GPS and will probably cost less, too. But if this one floats your boat (maybe you have a fleet of bounty hunters rocking 1st gen iPhones who need GPS to track down crooks together?), you can pick it up right now.
Audio books are convenient. You can listen to a book much easier than reading, especially in a car or other traveling spot. Audio books sell for much higher than books in the bookstores today, but there are many sites that have you able to download them at a reduced rate. What beats a reduced rate? Free.
To help you find the best audio content the web has to offer, I’ve compiled a list of resources for free audio books on a wide range of interesting topics. Enjoy! ( From A-Z )
Audible.com – Audible is your home for premium digital audio entertainment and information. Choose from more than 25,000 best-selling digital audiobooks, radio shows, audio versions of popular magazines, daily newspapers, and more. Download your audio programs in minutes and listen using your iPod. Monthly membership start at $14.95 or purchase items separately.
Audio Anarchy – Audio Anarchy is a project for transcribing anarchist books into audio format.
Audiobooks.net – Download audio books! Buy audio books! Rent audio books! Listen to audio books in mp3 format. Audiobooks.net offers a selection of free downloadable audiobooks.
Audiobooks For Free – MP3, iPOD and DVD audiobooks (adventures, detectives, horrors, classics, children, non-fictions, philosophy, etc.) for you to download and enjoy.
Audiobook Store Portal – Quality fiction, nonfiction, business, self-help and religious audiobooks
AudioTreasure – The AudioTreasure site exists to offer audio Bible files for download in as many languages as possible. The bible in MP3 format.
Aurora-Audiobooks – Spoken word, downloadable audio books for the casual listener, the visually impaired and dyslexic
Christian Classic Ethereal Library – christian in content and focus. The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use.
Free Christian Audiobooks – Free Christian audiobook downloads in windows media and ipod audiobook format.
Free Classic Audiobooks – Download free audio books in either mp3 format or audio book format for iTunes and the iPod. Some of our audio books are human narrated Librivox recordings and others are narrated using the latest generation text to speech voices.
Gutenberg’s Audiobooks – 19,000 free but are ebooks (text) rather than audio books
LearnOutLoud Free Audio/Video Directory – LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning. Browse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos.
LibriVox – LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer:
Listen-Here Free Audiobooks – To give you an idea of how easy it is to download an audiobook from Listen-Here.Com and allow you to hear for yourself the fantastic quality of our Audiobooks, simply Download any or all of the Titles below and listen completely FREE!
Made for Success – motivational speakers and content
Many Books – Thousands of free ebooks, pre-formatted for reading on your computer, PDA, Smartphone, iPod, or e-reading device – ePUB, Kindle, eReader, PDF, Plucker, iSilo, Doc, RTF, Mobipocket, Newton Paperback, and zTXT ebooks ready to go!”
Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast – Miette searches the globe and reads you the world’s best short stories, the treasured and the forgotten, podcasting them in a patent-pending purr. Sweet dreams.
NAXOS audiobook download shop – Naxos AudioBooks – The ancient art of storytelling, available on CD and to download
New CCEL Website – Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Podiobooks – Free audio books delivered as podcasts. Subscribe for free to any book and start from chapter one.
Simply Audiobooks – 22,000 Audio Books on Tape, CD, and MP3 Download. Rent Unlimited Books on CD, one low monthly fee. The titles you want – no library late fees.
Smithsonian Global Sound – brings the world to your iPod. Access music and sound from archives around the world. Each track is accompanied by extensive information to aid educators, engage students, and entertain fans.
Soundwalk – A new generation of audio walking tours that combine interviews, cinematic sound effects, music, and ambient sounds around a main narrator who acts as your “best friend” for an hour. Soundwalk is a unique way to follow in the footsteps, and feel inside the skin of a city insider.
Stornory – iPod-ready stories for kids Free audio stories published every week.
Storyline Online – an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud! Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas.
Telltaleweekly – unabridged MP3, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis audio book downloads, starting at 25 cents each via PayPal or Bitpass. Project Gutenberg is well known for offering free electronic versions of famous public-domain texts. Now Telltale Weekly wants to be its audiobook equivalent.” – Pamela O’Connell, The New York Times
The Spoken Alexandria Project – The Spoken Alexandria Project is creating a free Creative Commons library of spoken word recordings, consisting of classics in the public domain and modern works (with permission).
Thought Audio – ThoughtAudio.com offers audio book downloads of philosophy and classic literature audio book titles.
Toldbooks – ToldBooks offers you one of the largest selections of downloadable audiobooks and spoken material anywhere on the Internet – and it’s growing daily!
The Audio Book Store – Download Over 60,000 Audio Books Instantly to Your, iPod, iPhone or MP3 Player.
We understand the need to avoid spending money on the latest mp3 music downloads everyone is buying. Thats why we decided to make a list of free music sites you’ll love. But before we get to that, you’ve got to understand that some music sites are not legal, and it’s a good idea to learn how to download music legally on our free mp3 site. We’d hate to find out that you got suied for using illegal music services to get free music downloads for your mp3 player. It pays to download songs from legal sources. Free song downloads are easy to find on this digital music download site:
Here’s a list of free music downloading sites that are actually LEGAL
Imesh is said to be one of the best websites to download music for free because they are giving people totally free mp3s just for checking out their service. The digital music downloads on their site have no spyware or adware on them. Thats why we think it might be a good idea to check these guys out.
Emusic is known for being one of the coolest free music sites that will actually give you access to 25 emusic downloads just for trying them out. This is what makes the Emusic free trail so irresistible to many people. We strongly recommend taking the emusic free downloads – while their free music download trial is still around. It’s one of best ways to find digital music downloads legally
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Super Pass is one of the top music download websites that will give you instant access to $10 worth of free songs EACH month just for checking them out. We know you’re thinking…..”will legal websites like Super Pass really let me download free mp3 music files the same way peer to peer networks do?” The answer to that question is YES! Learn how to grab Super Pass free music downloads legally – then give the Super Pass free trial a shot.
Find Any Song is a cool music download site that gives people unlimited access to over 1 billion free mp3 downloads. We like this site for that very reason and rate them as one of the best websites to download music for free. You might want to burn and download free music from these guys…there’s a lot to like about them:)
iMusic Access is one of the best places offering totally free music downloads because they let you download anything you want – anytime you want it. They are a cool free music download site with ultra fast mp3 tracks that don’t come with viruses or spyware. If adware and viruses are a major concern for you, it might be a good idea to check these guys out.
Free Ipod Music downloads are easy to find through this music review site. They specialize in finding high quality free ipod music download sites which cater to people looking for the latest free ipod downloads exclusively.
Free Access Mp3 lets you take full advantage of free zune downloads, games, and movies. They are one of our favorite zune music sites because they make it easy to download high quality zune music downloads on their site, and searching for new games is a walk in the park. This makes them an interesting option.
Legal Free Music Downloads is worth checking out because they take the time to educate people about the free mp3 downloads which are offered on their site. We recommend visting their site.
Torrent Freebie is said to be one of the most popular torrent programs that shows people find new music to download off the internet. They have an easy to use interface with incredibly fast mp3 downloading speeds, and many people believe they take away the headache of trying to find free music downloads from MULTIPULE torrent sites. It might be a good idea to try out their service and find the latest free mp3 music downloads on the web.
Free Mp3 Music Downloads has a reputation of being one of the coolest mp3 music download sites on the web. This is mainly due the fact that they give people unrestricted access to free music downloads LEGALLY through iTunes gift cards and free music download subscriptions from Rhapsody & Emusic. We give these guys a high recommendation for that reason.
Get This Tune has high quality free music downloads with no viruses on them. They have millions of free mp3 music download tracks to choose from, and they let you burn free music onto CD at no cost to you. This makes them one of the best mp3 sites offering unlimited access to free music downloads legally.
Napster is the mother of all free music download sites. Many people consider them to be a very useful resource for free song downloads, since they are willing to give you unlimited free Napster music downloads and 5 mp3 credits for as low $5 a month. We strongly recommend taking advantage of the Napster music service because their ” Napster To Go ” program has a lot to offer.
Get Music is a free mp3 download site that gives people unlimited access to good music downloads for free. They have no monthly subscriptions or pay per song fees, plus their site is easy to use.
Free Napster is a cool resource to get detailed info on the Napster 7 day trial. They have a reputation for being one of the best free mp3 sites with a free file sharing music download program that gives you unlimited access to the best free music downloads for itunes or any other mp3 music players.
New Rap Songs is one of the top music websites that have been creating a buzz on the internet recently. The fact that they specialize in free rap music downloads, ringtones, and music videos has made them a quality music site among the hip hop community. You might want to check out the goodies on their website if you’ve been looking for free music sites with a lot of rap and hip hop mp3s.
Beats 365 has a reputation for being one of most unique free music download websites on the internet because their service only offers rap beats and instrumental tracks. You might want to check them out if you’re looking for beats to rap to.
So many video file formats, so many handheld video players, so many online video sites, and so little time. To have your favorite clips how you want them—whether that’s on your DVR, iPod, PSP or desktop—you need the right utility to convert ‘em into the format that works for you. Commercial video converter software’s aplenty, but there are several solid free utilities that can convert your video files on every operating system, or if you’ve just got a web browser and a quick clip. Put DVDs on your iPod, YouTube videos on DVD, or convert any video file with today’s top 10 free video converters, video editors and DVD converters.
10. VLC media player (Open source/All platforms)
Ok, so VLC is a media player, not converter, but if you’re watching digital video, it’s a must-have—plus VLC can indeed rip DVD’s, as well as play ripped discs in ISO format (no actual optical media required.) VLC can also play FLV files downloaded from YouTube et al, no conversion to AVI required. Since there’s a portable version, VLC’s a nice choice for getting your DVD rips/saved YouTube video watching on wherever you go.
9. MediaCoder (Open source/Windows)
Batch convert audio and video compression formats with the open source Media Coder for Windows, which works with a long laundry lists of formats, including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+V2, MusePack, WMA, RealAudio, AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia, ASF/WMV, Quicktime, and OGM, to name a few.
8. Avi2Dvd (Freeware/Windows)
Make your video files burnable to a DVD with Avi2Dvd, a utility that converts Avi/Ogm/Mkv/Wmv/Dvd files to Dvd/Svcd/Vcd format. Avi2Dvd can also produce DVD menus with chapter, audio, and subtitle buttons.
7. Videora Converter (Freeware/Windows only)
Videora Converter is a set of programs, each designed to convert regular PC video files into a format tailored to your favorite video-playing handheld device. The Videora program list includes iPod Video Converter (for 5th gen iPods), iPod classic Video Converter (for 6th gen classic iPods), iPod nano Video Converter (for 3rd gen iPod nanos), iPod touch Video Converter, iPhone Video Converter, Videora Apple TV Converter, PSP Video 9, Videora Xbox360 Converter, Videora TiVo Converter, and Videora PMP Converter. Lifehacker alum Rick Broida used Videora in conjunction with DVD Decrypter to copy DVDs to his iPod.
Honorable Mention: Ares Tube for Windows converts YouTube and other online videos to iPod format.
6. Any Video Converter (Freeware/Windows only)
Convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone with Any Video Converter, which also supports user-defined video file formats as the output. Batch process multiple files that AVC saves to a pre-selected directory folder, leaving the original files untouched.
5. Hey!Watch (webapp)
Web application Hey!Watch converts video located on your computer desktop as well as clips hosted on video sites. Upload your video to Hey!Watch to encode it into a wide variety of file formats, like H264, MP4, WMV, DivX, HD Video, Mobile 3GP/MP4, iPod, Archos and PSP. Hey!Watch only allows for 10MB of video uploads per month for free, and from there you pay for what you use, but it’s got lots of neat features for video publishers like podcast feed generation and automatic batch processing with options you set once.
4. VidDownloader (webapp)
When you don’t want to mess with installing software to grab that priceless YouTube clip before it gets yanked, head over to web site VidDownloader which sucks in videos from all the big streaming sites (YouTube, Google Video, iFilm, Blip.TV, DailyMotion, etc.), converts ‘em for you to a playable format and offers them for download. Other downloaders for online video sites buy you a Flash FLV file, but VidDownloader spits back an AVI file.
3. iSquint (Freeware/Mac OS X only)
Convert any video file to iPod-sized versions and automatically add the results to your iTunes library. iSquint is free, but Lifehacker readers have praised the pay-for iSquint upgrade, VisualHub, which offers more advanced options for a $23 license fee. Check out the feature comparison chart between iSquint and VisualHub.
2. DVD Shrink (Freeware/Windows only)
Copy a DVD to your hard drive and leave off all the extras like bonus footage, trailers and other extras to save space with DVD Shrink. Download Adam’s one-click AutoHotkey/DVD Shrink utility to rip your DVDs to your hard drive for skip-free video play from scratchy optical media.
Honorable mention: DVD Decrypter (beware of advertisement interstitial page), which Windows peeps can use to copy DVDs to their iPods.
1. Handbrake (Open source/Windows, Mac)
Back up your DVD’s to digital file with this open source DVD to MPEG-4 converter app. See also how to rip DVDs to your iPod with Handbrake.
What’s your favorite way to convert video to the right format? Did we miss any good ones in this list? Let us know in the comments.
How to get songs, pictures and videos from iTunes, iPod, iPhone to computer and then to zune?
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How to share iTunes Music and videos between two computers for free
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