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Today's how-to will take you through the steps of getting from DVD to the new iPod (with video) on the Windows platform. Happy portable watching! To convert DVD to iPod MP4 files, please do according to the following steps : Step 1. Download the DVD to iPod converter software from dvdXsoft DVD to iPod Converter Product Page , and install it on your PC. Step 2. Insert your DVD into your DVD-ROM and Launch dvdXsoft DVD to iPod Converter. Step 3. Click "Open" button to open DVD and you'll see chapters in list box. You can see the interface as follows: Step 4. Select chapters, subtitles, audio from listbox. Step 5. Set output folder, select output format and resolution. Step 6. Open options dialog and set output parameters. Step 7. Check "Convert button" to start converting. You may also preview the DVD movie in the Preview Display. Step 8. When the conversion is completed, the folder where you save the converted file automatically opens. Step 9. Launch iTune and choose "File -> Add File to Library". Choose the .mp4 file you have created. Load it on your apple iPod and start enjoy your movie now! Notes for veterans: We offer a wide range of advanced options for veterans. E.g. you may choose to convert any segment of a DVD movie; you may adjust DVD video and audio properties. Just click "Settings" button for more choice.

Joy RingTone Converter enables you to create your own ringtones by convert MP3, WAVE files and CD tracks to the most common Ringtone format, including MP3 TO SMAF, MMF, AMR, MP3, MIDI, WAV, AAC, 3GP and MP4. Mobile Music Polyphonic Mobile Music Polyphonic is a polyphonic ringtone composition and converting software. it allows you Change MP3 to Polyphonic Ringtone, Convert Wave Midi MP3 to MMF, Convert MP3 to SMAF. What 's the SMAF format? It's for which mobile phone? SMAF is the data format specification designed by YAMAHA, which has a main purpose to define the data expression of the multimedia contents for mobile device (mainly used in cellular phone). The basic portion of SMAF specification is designed to play the sound data conveyed by YAMAHA LSI sound chip. It is now mainly used as an the ringing alert melody of a cellular phone. SMAF also supports an extended feature which can define display sequences of texts and graphics. SMAF can synchronize the sound sequence with pictures and texts easily. With this feature, it is now used as data expression of the multimedia contents including Karaoke. Moreover, since SMAF has a very flexible structure like a container, SMAF has a specification which can be expanded for future use..

MovKit iPod Video Convertor The handy and powerful video convertor tool for Apple iPod Video and iPod Audio, supports Convert MKV to MP4 for iPod, MKV to iPod Audio MovKit Batch Video Converter Designed to meet all your needs of convert video file between WMV, AVI, ASF, RealVideo, MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG1, VCD, SVCD, DVD, MKV, QuickTime formats. River Past Video Cleaner Easy to use and fast video conversion software. Convert video AVI, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, DIVX to AVI or WMV. Convert Matroska MKV to AVI, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMV, DivX, XviD, or DV etc. Crazi Video for iPod River Past Crazi Video for iPod is the easiest way to put video on iPod. It accepts a wide range of video formats. support convert video to MKV. .MKV A .mkv file is a Matroska video/audio multimedia file. It is a container like MOV and AVI, providing support for a huge number of different video, audio and subtitles compression formats. It is not really intended for media content distribution on a large scale, but is achieving it anyway. This is partly due to its incredible support for several subtitle formats including SRT, SSA and USF text subtitles, or VobSub streams coming directly from the DVD. The team is also currently working on a DVD-like menu structure for the format There are several video converter tools for Matroska files available to download from bestshareware.net.

SoundTaxi Converter - Convert DRM protected M4P to MP3 SoundTaxi is an easy-to-use M4P Converter tool can convert M4P to MP3, convert all copy-protected WMA songs to MP3, convert M4P files from Apple's iTunes store that are DRM protected with 1 click in CD quality. also convert MP3 files to a.g. AAC files or M4P files. Tunebite Platinum - Convert protected M4P, M4V, M4B, WMA, AAC, WMV legally converts DRM copy-protected music, itunes music, audio books and video clips in formats like WMA, AAC, WMV, MP4, M4P, M4B, and M4V to unprotected MP3, OGG, WMA, WMV or MPEG4 files you can use anywhere! WMAConvert Platinum A fast and excellent M4P Converter which can convert wma, mp4, m4p, mp3, aac, wav, ogg, rax, ra, aa, snd, aif, audio books etc. to unprotected MP3, CD, iPod - easily, fast, with excellent quality. 5star freeTunes provides an easy and completed way to convert MP4 to MP3, M4A, AAC, WMA etc. legally copy all your protected music, audio books, podcasts and video clips by parallel playback from WMA, WMV, M4P, AAC, MP4 and M4V formats into your choice of any of the MP3, OGG, WMA or WAV formats. , It is a M4P Converter. You can convert M4P to MP3 easily. M4P format is "protected AAC". It is a format of purchased music that can be listened to only through the iTunes softer or an iPod. .m4p .m4p as an file extension is almost identical to .m4a and .m4b extensions, thus being a MPEG-4 file container for encoded audio. The encoding (==compression method) of the audio can be virtually anything, but the AAC -based encoding is currently the most common one. The one big difference between .m4a and .m4p is the fact that .m4p is copy-protected with DRM mechanisms, so it can't be played by unauthorized users at all. Virtually all of the .m4p files nowadays are audio tracks bought from Apple's iTunes music store.

Itunes to MP3 Converter - Convert Itunes to MP3 SoundTaxi Converter - Convert Itunes Music to MP3 Easily Convert Itunes to MP3, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed and CD quality- legally. SoundTaxi is also a wav converter, wma converter, music converter and mp3 converter. It can convert itunes to mp3 files. Furthermore it can convert wma to wav sound files. TUNEBITE Platinum - Convert Itunes to MP3 Tunebite lets you record copy-protected music, Convert Itunes to MP3 by playing them and save them as unprotected MP3, OGG, WMA, WMV or MPEG4 files you can use anywhere! Simply import your protected WMA and Itunes M4P music files into Tunebite. Tunebite then plays them with Windows MediaPlayer or Apple iTunes, records them lightening-fast using High-Speed Digital Dubbing and automatically saves them as unprotected MP3, WMA or OGG files. 5star freeTunes - DRM protected music, Itunes music to MP3 Legally copy all your DRM protected music, Itunes music, audio books, podcasts and video clips by parallel playback from WMA, WMV, M4P, AAC, MP4 and M4V formats into your choice of any of the MP3, OGG, WMA or WAV formats. 5star freeTunes can convert all of your audio and video data that currently only plays in your iTunes or Windows Media Player.

Spyware and other unwanted software can invade your privacy, bombard you with pop-up windows, slow down your computer, and even make your computer crash. Here are several ways you can help protect your computer against spyware and other unwanted software. On This Page: Step 1: Update your software Step 2: Adjust Internet Explorer security settings Step 3: Use a firewall Step 4: Explore and download more safely Step 5: Download and install antispyware protection Step 1: Update your software If you use Windows XP, one way to help prevent spyware and other unwanted software is to make sure all your software is updated. First, visit Microsoft Update to confirm that you have Automatic Updates turned on and that you've downloaded all the latest critical and security updates. To get the latest updates: 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools and then click Windows Update. 2. Choose right programs you need to update your windows system. Step 2: Adjust Internet Explorer security settings You can adjust your Internet Explorer Web browser's security settings to determine how-much or how-little information you are willing to accept from a Web site. We recommends that you set the security settings for the Internet zone to Medium or higher. To view your current Internet Explorer security settings: 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools and then click Internet Options. 2. Select the Security tab. Step 3: Use a firewall While most spyware and other unwanted software come bundled with other programs or originate from unscrupulous Web sites, a small amount of spyware can actually be placed on your computer remotely by hackers. Installing a firewall or using the firewall that's built into Windows XP provides a helpful defense against these hackers. Also, you can visit our firewall software site: Personal Firewall and Business Firewall to choose the right software for you. Step 4: Explore and download more safely The best defense against spyware and other unwanted software is not to download it in the first place. Here are a few helpful tips that can protect you from downloading software you don't want: * Only download programs from Web sites you trust. If you're not sure whether to trust a program you are considering downloading, ask a knowledgeable friend or enter the name of the program into your favorite search engine to see if anyone else has reported that it contains spyware. * Read all security warnings, license agreements, and privacy statements associated with any software you download. * Never click "agree" or "OK" to close a window. Instead, click the red "x" in the top right corner of the window or press the Alt + F4 buttons on your keyboard to close a window. * Be wary of popular "free" music and movie file-sharing programs, and be sure you clearly understand all of the software packaged with those programs. Step 5: Download and install antispyware protection Bestshareware currently offers antispyware software for you; more information is available on our Bestshareware AntiSpy Software site. Additional security tools to help detect, block, and remove unwanted software from your computer are available on our Security resources page.

This document will show you how to rip DVD movie to Zune video format and the easy way to put DVD on Zune. After these jobs, you can watch the DVD movie on the Zune. Here we recommend a dvd to zune tool, called dvdxsoft DVD to Zune Converter from www.bestshareware.net . This tool will help you rip dvd movie to Zune format files quite easily! How to rip DVD to Zune Video Format through dvdxsoft DVD to Zune Converter? 1. Download the fastest DVD to Zune Ripper software dvdxsoft DVD to Zune Converter from http://www.bestshareware.biz/zune/dvdxsoft-dvd-to-zune.exe , and install this software. 2. Insert any DVD disc into your DVD-ROM and launch dvdxsoft DVD to Zune Converter. Click "Open" button button to load DVD and show chapters in list box. The concise interface is as follows: 3. Select chapters, audio, subtitles from listbox you want to convert. 4. Click "Output folder" button to select an output path, or you can use the default path:, select output format and resolution. 5. Click "Convert button" to Start convert and rip DVD format to Zune video 6. When Converting is finished, you can directly put the converted video to your Zune. Just enjoy your favorite DVD movie on your Zune.

Many methods of copy music from your iPod to the computer involve programs such as PodUtil. This method is simple and there are no outside programs to use. See Step-to-Step Guide: 1. Plug your iPod in and wait for the computer to recognize it. 2. Open up 'My Computer' and under 'Devices With Removable Storage', double click and open apple iPod. 3. Click on 'Tools' at the top of the window and drag down to 'Folder Options'. 4. Under the 'View' tab, find the subfolder called 'Hidden files and folders'. 5. Select the option 'Show hidden files and folders'. 6. Click 'OK'. 7. Double click on the newly shown 'iPod_Control' folder and open up the folder called 'Music'. These folders are named randomly and your music is impossible to find individually. 8. Select all the folders and copy them to a new folder on your hard drive. You are now done with your iPod. Eject it if you wish. 9. Open up iTunes. In the new folder you created, open up each individual folder labeled 'F##' select all the music files in the folder and drag them into your library in iTunes. iTunes will already have the tags stored for these songs so renaming them should not be an issue. 10. Alternatively, Press F3 to enter search, and enter "*.mp3" (no quotes) to find all the MP3 files at once, then press CTRL+A to select all the found files then copy them to a folder on your computer. This way all the music files are in the same folder which makes it far more simple to import them into iTunes. (If any of your files are in MPEG4 format, you can search for "*.m*" to generate a list of all your songs.) (see Warning below) Tips * You can't drag a whole folder into iTunes. It will not recognize the file tags and you will not know which song is which. * The detailed folder view in Windows XP will read the tags off of the mp3s and display the proper Artist, Title, and Album information. The columns should show up by default, but can be added if they do not. This may work for other versions of Windows (someone please verify). * FYI: One more thing to note, If you have bought songs from itunes and the computer you are storing the songs on is not the computer you have purchased the songs from they will be copied but may not be played because of AAC format. This format is protected and may not be played on and other computer unless purchasing a licence which is the same price as the song in the first place Warnings If you follow the step #10, to copy all the songs at once, you may run into trouble if multiple songs in different 'F##' folders have been given the same random name. For example, you may have several different songs given the same name '01Track01.m4a'. When you try to copy them all to the same new folder on your computer, you will either not get all the songs from your iPod, or you will have to manually copy over all the duplicate named ones into separate folders, which is very time-consuming. It may turn out to be faster to use the first method above (copying each F## folder to iTunes separately). Related Software * iPod Access for Windows - transfering songs from your iPod to your Windows PC. * iPod Access (Mac OS X) - application for copying songs from your iPod back to your Mac computer. * Virtual iPod - Quickly transfer your music from your iPod to your hard disk for safe keeping, with award winning Virtual iPod. * iPodSync - keep your Microsoft Outlook calendar. contact, tasks, notes and email synchronized between your PC and your iPod. * iPod 2 iPod - allows you to transfer your music and video between them. http://www.bestshareware.net/howto/how-to-copy-music-from-ipod-to-computer.htm

This document will show you how to rip vinyl albums to CD, vinyl albums to MP3 or vinyl albums to iPod. Required Equipment You need AIPL Singulator, an RCA to PC sound card cable, a recordable CD drive with software to burn CD-Rs (if you want to burn to audio CDs), software to turn WAV files to MP3, WMA or iTunes AAC (if you desire these formats), and a turntable and amplifier to record albums, or a tape player to record tapes. Aside from Singulator, you probably already have most of these items or can download the software to compress audio for free. If you don’t have the cable, it is available at Radio Shack and many music stores. Connect to PC rip vinyl albums to CD, MP3 or iPod For tapes, you connect your tape deck’s PLAY (a.k.a. Playback or Line-Out) RCA jacks directly to your PC sound card’s Line-In. Most likely, your sound card has 1/8” stereo inputs (although some are USB). Alternatively, if your amplifier (a.k.a. stereo) has dual tape recording capbailities, you can leave your tape deck connected to your amplifier, and connect your amplifier’s REC (a.k.a. Record or Line-Out) RCA jacks for Tape 2 to your PC sound card’s Line-In. rip vinyl albums to CD, MP3 or iPod For albums, you leave your turntable connected to your amplifier/stereo (e.g. Phono inputs), and connect the amplifier’s REC (a.k.a. Record or Line-Out) RCA jacks for Tape to your PC sound card’s Line-In. Most likely, your sound card has 1/8” stereo inputs (although some are USB). You must use your amplifier since it has a pre-amp that is required for turntables. Thus, do not connect your turntable directly to the PC as the sound volume will be too low. In other words, these settings are identical to recording an album to a tape, except the tape recorder is replaced by the PC sound card. Finally, do not connect to the microphone input of the PC sound card, unless absolutely necessary, since that will create mono recordings. A common error is to accidentally connect to the sound card’s Mic rather than Line-In input. You can also use the headphone jack for your tape deck or amplifier/stereo (e.g. with turntable attached) and connect it to the PC sound card’s Line-In. For optimal sound quality in this case, both the headphone volume and PC sound card Line-In volume should be at similar levels (not one at 3/4 volume and the other at 1/4 volume). You should start both in the middle, and change both volumes slightly, keeping them equal, to obtain the proper levels as described below. This configuration will require a 1/4” stereo to 1/8” stereo plug converter and cable with two 1/8” stereo plugs (available at Radio Shack and many music stores). Start AIPL Singulator You can simply just click on the Record button and Singulator will record with the default settings. Alternitively, you can select a new base file name (and folder) by clicking on the New button, or use the default, My Music/Song.wav (or Desktop/Song.wav if the My Music folder does not exist such as for Win9x or 2k). The program will then save the singles by adding a 01, 02, 03, etc. to the end of the base file name, in front of the .wav extension. Then, you click the record button. If any of the first 20 tracks will overwrite an existing file, Singulator will warn you. While separating your analog audio, Singulator displays the filename, recording level, clipping, song length, and total time information. Set Recording Levels Singulator uses Windows mixer to record. If you want to change the recording levels, select the "Record Mixer" button to bring up Windows Recording Controls. (These Recording Controls are part of Windows Mixer, and provided by your sound card manufacturer not AIPL.) To start with, Line-in should be selected, and the volume should be in the middle. Then, start recording in Singulator (and leave the Windows Recording Controls open in the background) and watch the recording meters in Singulator. The peak recording level, displayed as the top single illuminated LED, should never reach the red clip LED, but should usually be in the upper half of the yellow LEDs. The average level, displayed as illuminating all LEDs below its level, should rarely reach the yellow LEDs, but should usually be in the upper half of the green LEDs. These levels leave some head room by recording below saturation. Thus, they are preferable since you have head room to compress, normalize, de-hiss and de-click your digital wave file. We recommend AIPL WarmTone for increasing sound levels and harmonic structure before converting to MP3, WMA or iTunes AAC. If the levels are too low, too high (i.e. too many clipped points), or nothing is recorded, adjust the Line-In volume slider in the Recording Controls of Windows mixer. You can adjust the Recording Controls while Singulator is recording; thus, you don’t have to keep starting and stopping Singulator to set the correct levels. If you closed Windows mixer window, you can open it by selecting the Record Mixer button in Singulator, even while recording. If you have problems, check out FAQs, No Sound Recorded for step-by-step directions. If Singulator is not recording any sound after playing with the Recording Controls, select the “Auto-Config Rec-Mixer” button to automatically configure your recording mixer. This button does not affect your playback controls (and will not affect Windows Media Player or other PC jukebox software). In addition, double check that your tape deck’s PLAY or amplifier’s REC RCA jacks are connected to the PC sound card’s Line-In (and not Mic inputs). Singulator also allows you to change the playback levels (i.e. what you are hearing). This does not affect the recording levels. You can change the playback levels by selecting the “Playback Mixer” button. The Windows Volume Controls appear and can be changed. There are step-by-step directions in FAQs, No Sound Heard. Singulator saves the music as WAV files that can be burned to a CD-R or ripped to MP3, WMA or iTunes, as described below (software not included with Singulator). Optimize Settings The following rules of thumb for custom settings will help optimize song separation. The custom settings are viewed by selecting the Customize Button from the main window. This is as much an art as a science, and there may be some songs that Singulator cannot correctly find, especially if the fade-out of a song is overlapped with the fade-in of the next song. The presets save the custom settings so when you find ones you like, you can save them and easily recall them from the Singulator’s main window using the presets drop down box. The presets do not affect the recording or playback mixer, only the Singulators custom settings. If each of your songs are divided into several files, you first want to lengthen the Gap Size by around 0.2 seconds and then decrease the Gap Level by 0.2 to 0.5 dB. You may also increase the Minimum Song Size. The exact values are difficult to estimate since every piece of music is different. Starting with the “Album/Tape-Clean Classical” preset is a good starting point. If multiple songs are included within one file, first make sure that the song is not shorter than the Min Song Size. If so, shorten the Min Song Size so it is less than the shortest song on the album or tape. You may also want to shorten the Gap Size by around 0.2 seconds and increase the Gap Level by 0.2 to 0.5 dB. For old albums and tapes, the gap level should be increased (dB closer to 0) to account for the additional noise including pops, hiss and clicks. The exact values are difficult to estimate since every piece of music is different. Starting with the “Album/Tape-Noisy Rock” preset is a good starting point. If Singulator does not stop at the end of the album or tape, the inherent noise in the system is too loud, and you should shorten the End Gap. You may also need to increase the Gap Level, but you don't want to change it too much because that may cause problems with song separation. If Singulator stops before the album starts, or if it stops between songs, you need to increase the End Gap, assuming you start Singulator recording immediately before the album or tape starts playing. Reduce noise, burn a CD, rip to MP3, WMA or AAC, or Podcast For noise reduction, any major audio editing software will have noise reduction. For CD burning, your recordable CD drive should have come with software to burn the WAV files to the CD. Remember to burn as audio (e.g. Red Book Audio) to a CD-R disk. Don’t burn as a data CD or CD-RW, as neither format will play in an audio CD player. For MP3, WMA or MP4/AAC ripping of WAV files, you can use third party products as listed at our Audio Converters web page. For Podcasting, use Apple iTunes to convert the WAV file that Singulator created to AAC as described in iTunes help (search for “Saving a copy of a song in a new file format”). Then, search in iTunes help for Podcast to learn how to setup a Podcast. Please make sure you have proper copyrights to Podcast the audio.

DRM is an acronym for Digital Rights Management, a broad term used to describe a number of techniques for restricting the free use and transfer of digital content. To remove DRM (Digital Rights Management) features from a WMV file, you will need a drm remover software that plays the WMV file and re-records it in another format. using the latest version of Tunebite you can now also remove DRM from WMV (Windows Media Video) files. Use Tunebite to instantly record the movies and record them back without DRM. The easiest and quickest solution to remove DRM from WMV files. Simply import your DRM protected WMA and M4P files into Tunebite. Tunebite then plays them with Windows MediaPlayer or Apple iTunes, records them lightening-fast using High-Speed Digital Dubbing and automatically saves them as unprotected MP3, WMA or OGG audio files and MPEG4, unprotected WMV, MP4 video files. Here is For full Step-By-Step instructions to removing DRM from .wmv files: 1. Install and Launch the Tunebite, follow the configuration wizard step-by-step to config the sound card and high-speed digital recording. 2. Select the output audio and video formats you like. Hints: 1) Supports converting to MP3, WMA and OGG music files. If there is no MP3 encoder on your PC, please download it here and import lame_enc.dll into the program. 2) Support recording to WMV and MPEG4 (MP4) video files. Check "record video, when original music file contains video" and click "Next" to select the output movie format you like from "WMV" or "MPEG4" (Playable on Apple iPod, MS Zune, Sony PSP, MP4 player).