How to Convert Video to MP4/AVI/MKV and Portable Players on Mac OS .

Do you have at least one of these iPod, iPhone, Walkman, Creative Zen, Apple TV, Nokia, Blackberry, Zune, PSP, etc? Do you feel some trouble that these portable devices cannot accept all formats of video and lots of wonderful video can only be enjoyed on computer? Here I’d like to introduce a powerful converter to you so that you can enjoy your video better.
Nidesoft Mac Video Converter is an excellent video converter for Mac OS X software.
This Video Converter for Mac can convert all popular video format files to other video format files, such as convert AVI to MP4, convert MOV to AVI, convert MPEG to MKV and so on with high quality and super fast conversion speed.

Friendly tips:
This Video Converter for Mac supports abundant input and output format files.
* Support Apple series players: iPod nano, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPhone 3G, iTunes;
* Support Blackberry family: Blackberry Storm, Blackberry Bold, Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl
* Support Nokia series family: Nokia 5800, Nokia N97, N95, N81, N73, Nokia 6300, 3120, 6120;
* Support many other players: PSP, Google Phone, Apple TV, Zune, Creative Zen, Sony, MP4 player and MP3 player, etc.

Guide: How to use this Video Converter for Mac

Step1: Free download Nideosft Video Converter for Mac from: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/video-converter.dmg

Step2: Run this program.

Step3: Load the video files that we want to convert.
Click “Add” button to add video files.

Step4: Select the output format
Click "Format" combo box to select the output format, such as to mp4 for ipod, iphone, zune, psp, creative zen, Blackberry, Nokia, apple TV, etc. If you don’t know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.

If you want to customize the output quality, you could see the “Setting” on the right of the UI. You could set Video Crop, Video Size, Video Bitrate and Audio Bitrate.
Note: Video Crop: The default setting is Automatic. If you want to crop video, you need to select Custom, and then input number in the top, bottom, left and right side of the blank box.

Step 5: Set the output folder
Use the default folder or click" Browse" to select other folder to save .

Step6: Start Conversion.
Click "convert" button, and the converting will be work automatically. After finish the conversion, the catalog kept the output video files will be automatically opened.

The Mac Video Converter is very easy to use with the simple UI. You could download it and have a free try! If you have any questions, you can go to our Websit: http://www.nidesoft.com/video-converter-mac.html, or send email to: support@nidesoft.com. We will solve the problem as soon as possible.

How to enjoy DVD with iPod /iPhone,BlackBerry, MP4 and any other portable devices.

In this era of rapid development of science and technology, several of media portable players emerged and have enriched our daily life greatly. Watching DVD movies has not confined to fixed DVD players. Do you Want to put your DVD movies on your mobile devices like iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, PSP GO, Blackberry(.MP4, .WMV), Palm(.MP4) QuickTime(.MOV), iTunes(.M4V, .MP4), Youtube (.FLV), iMovie(.MP4), Creative Zen or iRiver ? No problem, the easy-to-use DVD Ripper makes it all possible! I strongly recommend you Nidesoft DVD Ripper. This DVD Ripper can rip DVD files to almost all popular video and audio formats in high quality at fast speed.
You may download this software here: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/dvd-ripper.exe
And get more information about it here: http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
After download and install this powerful software, only four steps are needed to complete the conversion.
Step 1: Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive.
Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, and find the DVD folder of the movie. (It is not only load DVD disc, but also could open a disk backup’s directory.)
A DVD may have multiple titles and each title contains one or more chapters. After your DVD movie is loaded, its contents will be listed. Click “+” to show the chapters in a title. Then you can click any title or chapter to preview it in the preview window on the right.

Step 2: Click the "profile" button and select the format for your player.
[red]Tips: If you want to convert your videos into portable players, you'd better select format according to your player. Then the output videos would be much more compatible with your player. For example, If you want iPod movies, select "iPod Video MPEG-4(*.mp4)". Or If you want movies in FLV format , select "YoutTube Video (*.flv)".[/red]

Step 3: make settings for your converting videos: Click the "settings" button, you may set your video resolution, video bitrate, audio channels and audio bitrate for your output video.

Step 4: Click the "convert" button. Please wait before the conversion succeeds!

Ok, you have ripped your DVD movies to other format you want, now just enjoy it.

Frequently FAQ:

Q1: What are the differences between the trial version and the registered version?
The trial version can be used without charge for a period of 2 minutes. The registered version has no time limitation and makes no watermark on the created movies. If you want to continue using this software and convert DVD movies without watermark, please order and register this software.

Q2: Can this software keep the subtitles with movie?
Yes, Nidesoft DVD Ripper does support selecting and adding movie subtitles. After load DVD, you could click one title and drop the subtitle setting box to select the language you want, and the audio language selection is similar.

Q3: How to change my video effect?
If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume”.

Q4: Could I merge or split the videos while rip DVD?

Of course. Select any chapter or title to convert, then you will get the video segment of this title or chapter from the whole DVD file .Or you may trim your video with trim function to get any segment. (Click "Trim" button and you will see the trim window. You can move the slide below the screen or enter the start time and end time on the right to get any segment of the video. The blue line part is the video you will get.)

And if you would like to put several titles or chapters which you select into one output file, please click the check box of the “Merge into one file” before converting. Q5: How to save my favorite pictures from some movies?If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the "Snapshot" option. Just click the "Snapshot" button, the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.

Q6: How can I find the files conversion has finished?
The default path is C:\temp. But you can click the browse button and select a location on your computer for the output video files. Then click the Open Folder button and the folder kept the output video files will be opened. It's very convenient!

Q7: How to get movie and music from YouTube and other video files which are not DVD files?
Don't worry .You may try Nidesoft Video Converter which could convert video or audio files between all popular formats. It can help you! Click here for more information.

Q8:I have a question not listed in the above. What could I do?
You may send email to: support@nidesoft.com. I am glad to help you solve your problem.

How to convert video to your iPod

As being one of the best portable video and audio players in the world, iPod player liberates us from chains of watching movies on a portable DVD player with lots of DVD discs bringing out and become more and more important in our daily life. IPod player support video formats as well as audio formats, as a result, we can enjoy both movies and music on our iPod player. Then the question of how to convert movies and music's format into our iPod player supports. As a iPod fan, I try a ipod video converter which could provides an easy and completed way to convert iPod video, iPhone video from all popular video files.
Here is the guide to how to convert by Nidesoft IPod Video Converter step by step.
download ipod video converter.
Start up Nidesoft iPod Video Converter, you will see the programe UI.
Step 1: Add filesClick the "Add File" button .You could select the files from your PC.Then the file will displayed in the list as an item. Also, you could use the "Delete File" button to delete the file you do not want to convert.

Step 2: You could "Edit" your file with the Video Size, Crop Mode, Video Quality and Audio Quality on the right of the UI.

Step 3 : Select the format: iPod Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4).
ps: This MP4 format is for general use. If you want to convert your videos into portable players you'd better select format according to your player. For example, if you want videos for your iPod Touch Video, you'd better select “iPod Touch Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)”.

Step 4: Click "Convert" button. Please wait before the MOV to AVI conversion success!

Ok, now just enjoy your movie on your iPod player. Wish you enjoy yourself everyday!

Brief Introduction to iPod
Apple Inc has released a series of iPod player including iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle. To get best videos into those players, you need to know what video/audio format they support. Below I will give you the information in details.

iPhone player support the audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV iPhone player video supports MPEG-4 format: 640 *480 pixels, up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, mp4, and .mov file formats.

iPod Touch also support the audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV.iPod Touch video support MPEG-4 format: 640 *480 pixels, up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, mp4, and .mov file formats. It also support for 480p and 576p component TV out.

iPod Nano and iPod Classic support the same audio and video formats as iPhone.

iPod Shuffle support AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps) and WAV. It doesn’t support any video format.



How to use videos on your iPod,iPhone,Windows movie maker and many other players from YouTube

There are all kinds of videos shared on Youtube and we can find any videos we wanted on it. However, when you find it how can you get it and use it? Now I will introduce you a good way that can not only download videos from Youtube but also convert the downloaded video to any format so that you may use it in other ways.
What you need is a wonderful youtube video converter.
download it After install this powerful software I will show you step by step way:
Step 1: Add YouTube.
Click "Add YouTube" button, you may see a another window. You need to copy the link of your favorite video in the IE line. Paste it in the first blank box under "Enter YouTube URL".
After you have rename your video, you need to click "download" button, then the video will be downloaded in a short time.

Step 2: download youtube video
After you have add the links and rename your video, you just need to click the “download” button, then your video will be downloaded in a short time.
Now you have get your video from YouTube website, but this is a “flv” file, if you want to use it in other ways you still need to convert it to other format.
Step3: Select the format which output. You may select "Zune 2 Video - Windows Media Vidoe (*.wmv)".
Ps:This WMV format is for general use. You may choose the profile according to your portable player. For example, if you want AVI videos for your Creative Zen, you'd better select “Creative Zen Player Video (*.AVI)”.
Step4: click “convert” button and the conversion start and will be completed in a short time.
Ok, now you have downloaded the video from YouTue and also converted it to your player, just enjoy it.
Frequently Asked Questions:
(1)Could the YouTube Video Converter only download videos from YouTube websites ?
No. The YouTube downloader function could help you download online videos not only from YouTube, but also from Google Video, Metacafe, Yahoo Video, Myspace, MySpace, Dailymotion, StupidVideos, AOL, MSN, 5min, i'Film and many other online video websites.
(2)Can I watch some jokes from YouTube to my portable player ?
Of course . You not only watch some jokes, but also watch some TV and movies,such as "Titanic","Friends",etc.You can watch them in your portable player in any time and everywhere.

how to play your videos on protable players with video converter

You may have lots of MTV shows with your favorite songs or talk shows with your pursuing superstars, you like their voices so much. If your player doesn’t support videos or you just want to enjoy the wonderful music instead of the whole video, I have good idea to get music from video, just with a wonderful video converter. This converter is a powerful software that can convert between almost all popular video and audio formats in high quality at fast speed and it is easy to use. So it is our best choise to get music from video. You may free download and install it.
After download and install this software I will tell you the step by step way of getting music from video.
Step 1: click "add Files" button and import the videos from your conputer. Nidesoft video converter supports batch conversion so you can import multiple files at one time.
Step 2: Preview
Click a file in the List, you could see the first picture of this video in the preview screen. Now you could use the preview control buttons to play the file.

Step 3: Now you could EDIT the video with the function button:
Crop, Effect, Trim, Options
(1) Crop: this function helps you cut off the undesired area from your movie video and choose your favorite clips to convert.
(2) Effect:
In the “Effect” selection, You could tune the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume to get special effect movie, in addition, you can Select gray effect or Negative effect from Special Effect.

(3) Trim:
this function is to get your favorite segment by setting the “Start Time” and “End Time”. And or you could move the slide below the screen to trim any segment and the blue line will be the captured parts
(4)Options;
If you want to customize the output video’s quality, you can click the “Options” button to open the settings window and set video Resolution, video Bitrate, Audio Channels, Audio Bitrate.
Step 4: Select the outfile format;
click the “format” drop-down list to select the output format. As you want to get a audio file, you may choose a audio format supported by your player:Nidesoft Video Converter could support output many Audio format, including MP3, MP2, WAV, OGG, AAC, RA, WMA, etc. to be played on your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen, Sony Walkman, Nokia, Moto cell phone, Google G1 phone and so on.
Step 5: click the convert button and start the conversion. The conversion will be finished in a short ime and you may view the process at the bottom.

Ok, now you have got music from videos and next what you need to do is enjoy it.

How to Rip DVD to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV, etc.

With the development of technology, various of media portable players emerged and have enriched our daily life greatly. We enjoy our favorite movies and music with all kinds of portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, mobile phone and so on. At the same time, DVD players gradually lost its dominance. People would like to enjoy their movies and music with smart portable players anytime and anywhere rather than just stay at home or carry big DVD players when outside. Thus, we need to convert our DVD movies to our portable players or any other formats. Now I will introduce you good ways of ripping DVD movies to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV and other popular video and audio formats in high quality. What’s more, during the conversion, you may edit your videos with crop, zoom and trim functions.

How to rip DVD to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV and other popular video and audio formats?
To rip your DVD to other video and audio formats, you only need a good software. I strongly recommend you Nidesoft DVD Ripper. This DVD Ripper can rip DVD files to almost all popular video and audio formats in high quality at fast speed.
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After download and install this powerful software, only three steps are needed to complete the conversion.
Step 1: load DVD movies
a. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive
b. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it. (This DVD Ripper can rip copyright protected DVD movies, but you should remember that it’s illegal to rip DVD for any business purposes).

After add your movie, you can click any title or chapter to preview it in the preview window on the right. Then you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by click the check boxes before them. In this way, you can choose to convert DVD with the entire movie or just convert one or several chapters.
Step 2: you may customize the output video with its full functions.
Audio Track: Select an audio track from the available audio tracks of your DVD movie.
Subtitle: Common DVD movies have several subtitles such as English, Chinese, French, etc. You can choose one language you prefer or select “None” to delete subtitle.
Profile: Click the button and show the list of profiles, you can select the profiles you want. For example, if you want to convert your DVD movies to YouTube, just select “YouTube video (*.flv)”. Or you may choose the profile according to your portable player. For example, if you want to convert your DVD movies to your iPod video player, click the “iPod video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)”.

Settings: If you want to customize the output video’s quality, you can click the settings button to open the settings window and set video resolution, video bitrate, audio channels, audio bitrate. Destination: Click the browse button and select a location on your computer for the output video files.

Merge: A regular DVD movie has several chapters, you can convert several chapters into one by click the blank box before merge into one file. Click the check box before any chapter you want and merge them into one file.


Step 3: now you can start your conversion.


After the settings finished, you can just click the convert button to start your conversion. You can view the conversion speed at the bottom. The conversion will be completed in few minutes.

Ok, finished, so easy!