How to convert all video to MP4 with free video converter?

ng>Leawo Free MP4 Converter can convert all the video to MP4 for iPod/iPhone/PSP/MP4 freely



Leawo Free MP4 Converteris a clean and powerful MP4 Converter. This Free MP4 video converter can easily convert video to MP4 formats for your portable media players, like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, etc.

Besides, with this Free MP4 Video Converter, you are also able to extract music files from popular video formats to convert MP4 to MP3, and also convert video file to M4A, AAC, MP3, etc., and then enjoy the music. With easy-to-use interface and fast video to MP4 conversion, this MP4 video converter can convert video to MP4 file with excellent output quality and without source limitations.

Inputs: ASF, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, RMVB, RM, M4V, DV, 3GP, 3G2, DAT, MPG, MPEG, VOB, MKV, Divx, Xvix, TS, etc.

Outputs: MP4, iPod MP4, iPhone MP4, Apple TV MP4, PSP MP4, PS3 MP4, MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, MP2, AC3, AMR, AIFF, OGG, AU, etc.

How to convert video to mp4 freely with Leawo Free MP4 Converter?

Step 1: Add video.

Click “Add” to add video files to the program.



Step 2: Customize effects.

Click “Customize” to open the “Customize” window. Then you can customize the output audio and video:

Effect: Adjust the video effect for a better visual effect. Simply drag the slides of “Brightness”, “Contrast” and Audio “Volume”. “Flip” is to turn the video upside down, while “Deinterlace” is to improve the TV system video effect when playing on computer system.

Trim: Modify the “Start Time”and “End time” with values directly and click “Apply” and then press “OK”.

Crop: Select a cropping style in “Letter Box”, and do the offset for a precise dimension. Press “OK” to confirm.

Step 3: Settings.

(1) Click drop-down button next to “Style” on the main interface to specify a format as your output format: MP4 or audio file.

(2) Click drop-down button next to “Profile” on the main interface to find the suitable quality for your output.

(3) Click “Settings” to open the “Settings” interface to make detail settings for output audio and video, such as audio and video codec, quality, bit rate, video frame rate, video size, audio sample rate, etc.

Step 4: Convert.

After completing settings, click “Convert button” to start video to MP4, or audio file conversion. This MP4 converter has fast conversion speed.

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Posted in Music Players — admin @ 1:05 am @ November 19, 2010

Ways to Remove Drm From Itunes Music on Windows and Mac

There are many ways to remove DRM protection from iTunes music. On Windows OS, you can remove the DRM from iTunes music using the burn-and-rip method or you can turn to programs like TuneClone and DoubleTwist. On Mac OS X, iMovie is the perfect solution to removing DRM from iTunes music. Besides, freewares like FairGame is also a pretty good choice. So this article is dedicated to introducing several methods of removing the nasty DRM from iTunes music on Windows and Mac OS X. It is divided into the following four parts:

Part 1. Remove DRM from iTunes music on Windows with burn-and-rip method

A. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You’d better use CD-RW disc as it can be used for more than once.

B. Burn your playlist to make an audio CD. You cannot select the MP3 CD option since it requires the protected music files be converted to unprotected MP3 files.

C. After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc to MP3 files.

Part 2. Remove DRM from iTunes music on Windows with TuneClone

A. Download TuneClone from http://www.tuneclone.com and install it.

It is fully compatible with Windows XP and Vista. A virtual CD Burner will be installed. This virtual CD-RW will be used to convert music files.

B. Set the default CD Burner to TuneClon CD-RW at iTunes.

Click menu Edit, select menu item Preferences…, and then select Advanced Tab. In order to keep the artist and title information of the music, the Include CD Text option should be checked.



C. Create a playlist, and then add the files you want to convert into the playlist.

D. Click Burn Disc button at the bottom right of the main screen of iTunes.

While the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert the music file to MP3, WMA or WAV. You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.

The most important step is to choose the cd burner. Then the software can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.

Part 3. Remove DRM from iTunes music on Mac OS X with iMovie



In the iMovie window, select the ‘Media’ tab located between ‘Themes’ and ‘Editing’. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Select the ‘Audio’ tab and locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.



Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline where it says “Drag audio here to build your project.”

 

In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track – iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the ‘Share…’ sub menu item from found inside ‘Share’ in iMovie’s menu bar.

 

Ensure that ‘Expert Settings’ is selected in the “Compress movie for:” drop-down menu. Selecting ‘Expert Settings’ mode will provide the options to export the file as an audio file. Select the ‘Share’ button.

In the Save as… dialogue, select “Sound to AIFF” in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select ‘Save’. Depending on your machine configuration, iMovie will compress and export the movie project as an audio file in 15-40 seconds.

 

Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select “Convert Selection to AAC”. Once completed, ‘Get Info’ on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.

Part 4. Remove DRM from iTunes music on Mac OS X with FairGame

FairGame is freeware to remove DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. It will convert the DRMed songs you bought on the iTunes Store to an unprotected format (using iTunes default encoder) and keep all the original metadata, lyrics and artwork. FairGame doesn’t do lossless DRM stripping. It re-encodes protected AAC files purchased in iTMS into unprotected AAC file using Apple’s iMovie software.

 

What you MUST DO (only once) to get FairGame to work:



Enable “Access for assistive devices” in the “Universal Access” system preference

Select “Place clip in Movie Timeline” in the “Import” preference of iMovie HD



Then you can simply:



Select some songs in iTunes

Click on the “Process songs” button



Don’t touch anything and wait until it’s done…(FairGame is scripting iMovie’s interface to process the songs, don’t interfere)

Posted in Music Players — admin @ 3:00 am @ November 16, 2010

Free Music Downloads For Itunes – Why You Should Avoid Them

iTunes is the worlds favorite personal jukebox from Apple Inc and is being widely used by Apple iPod owners for organizing all their music and videos in one place. iTunes is noted particularly for its ability to synchronize with Apples favorite music player iPod and iPhone, for transferring music. With the emergence of websites which are offering free music downloads for iTunes, iPod users now have the option of getting their favorite music free of cost.

Apart from its use for copying music to your iPod, iTunes also functions as a standalone music player and can also burn audio CDs, video CDS and DVDs. iTunes acts as the main interface between your computer and your iPod, and enables easy copying of all your favorite music to the iPod. The two main methods by which you can incorporate your iTunes with the latest music is either by buying music from online Apple stores or by accessing free music downloads for iTunes.

Most of these websites featuring free music downloads allow users to get free downloads of MP3s and music videos directly to their computer. Once all these MP3s and music videos are downloaded, copying them to iTunes software can be done by simply dragging all the audio and video files to the iTunes softwares interface.

For websites which are offering free music downloads with formats which are not currently supported by iPod, iTunes software has the option for converting them to a format supported by iPod. To make processes simpler, it is recommended to download free music for iTunes from websites which are providing music downloads in popular formats supported by iPod. The formats currently supported by iPod are MP3, MPEG-4, AAC, AIFF, WAV and Apple Lossless.

iTunes is available free for Mac OS and Windows, and therefore both operating system users can access free music downloads for iTunes. Regular file sharing networks can also be used for free music downloads for iTunes. Bulk music downloads, such as downloading an entire collection of songs of a particular artist, are easy through these networks. Always make sure to check that such downloads are legal and the contents are not copyrighted materials.

Thus for your own collection of audio and video music, having your iTunes software updated with free music downloads is the most economical way, compared to buying costly music every time from Apples iTunes online store. With these free music downloads for iTunes, you can enjoy the full entertainment value of your iPod without investing much in buying music.

Posted in Music Players — admin @ 12:25 am @ November 9, 2010