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What T.V Show Are You Watching Right Now?

2005-09-17T23:44:35-08:00

Nothing right now. Been watching Stargate SG1.

What is your favorite Crime-Solving TV show?

2008-06-01T01:16:06-08:00

Our of the following, which is your favorite and WHY… don’t forget the WHY!!

1)CSI

2) CSI: Las Vegas

3) CSI: New York

4) CSI: Miami

5) Criminal Minds

6) NCIS

7) Cold Case

8) Without a trace

Mine is probably a tie between criminal minds and NCIS… what about you?

The Family Guy thread!

2006-02-26T19:28:21-08:00

<big fan.

Enjoy Your iPod with More Movies: from Youtube, DVDs, and Movie Maker

2008-08-24T18:55:15-08:00

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 download movies and music into our iPod player appeared. As a iPod fan, I collect three ways of downloading movies and music into our iPod player and now share it with all the iPod fans.
WayⅠ: to download movies from YouTube for free.
Way Ⅱ: to get movies and music from your DVD collection.
Way Ⅲ: to edit your video with windows movie maker and transfer it to your iPod player.

WayⅠ: To download movies from YouTube for free.
Step 1: you should download the free video from YouTube on your PC.
There are several websites for you to download free video on line such as YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo. Today, we take YouTube video for example.
1. Open the website: http://www.techcrunch.com/get-YouTube-movie/ this is a free Online YouTube Video Download Tool and you can download free video on here.
2. Go to the YouTube website: http://www.YouTube.com. Find the video you like, click �more share options�, the link will show out, copy the link under the video. Or, you can just copy the link in the IE line. Like this link in the red box: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=YJEViAD9M3U

3. Paste the link in the box on the website: http://www.techcrunch.com/get-YouTube-movie/

4. Click the button �Get Video� next to the box and download the video in flv formats in your computer.

Note: to download the video in flv format, you should rename the file by add �.flv�.
Well, have downloaded your video in your PC, now continue with step 2.
Step 2: convert the video into your iPod player.
1. Please download the Nidesoft iPod Video Converter. You can download it here:
http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/ipod-video-converter.exe
and get more information about it here:
http://www.nidesoft.com/ipod-video-converter.html
2. Install and run Nidesoft iPod Video Converter. Click �add� button to import your video from your computer. Nidesoft iPod Video Converter supports batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at one time.

3. Then click the �Format� drop-down list to select the format you prefer. If you don�t know which format to choose, just select the format �iPod Video MPEG-4 (*.MP4)�

4. Click the �convert� button and start the conversion. The conversion will be finished in a short time and you can view the speed at the bottom.
Notes: you could customize the output video according to your will by a few clicks on the right. You could set the video size, choose the crop mode to cut off the black edges, set the video and audio quality.

WayⅡ: To get movies and music from your DVD collections.
Follow the steps listed below and you won�t be worried any longer when facing your big DVD collection.
Step 1: you may download the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter and load DVD movies first.
a. Download and install the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter by the link:
http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/dvd-to-ipod-converter.exe
and you can get more information about it here:
http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-to-ipod-converter.html
b. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive
c. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it.

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 your iPod video player, click the �iPod video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)�.

Note: you can choose the profile according to your player. For example, if you want to rip DVD movies to iPod Nano, select iPod Nano MPEG-4 (*.mp4) which is the most suitable.
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.

Step 3: now you can start your conversion.
After the settings finished, you can just click the convert button to start the conversion. You can view the conversion speed at the bottom. The conversion will be completed in few minutes.

You can also edit your output video by your own, several tips are shared below to let you make the perfect video.
Tips 1: 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.

Tips 2: you can cut off the black edges of the DVD movie to watch in full screen by click the crop button. A window will be opened and you can customize the size of screen by you

How-to enjoy YouTube videos on iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone

2008-07-11T00:11:06-08:00

Billions of people watch YouTube videos on-line every day.But only a few of them can enjoy YouTube videos on their iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone .

Most people often have difficulties in downloading videos from YouTube and converting them to the playable formats supported by iPod/PSP/iPhone.
Now all has gone. Cucusoft YouTube Mate is born for the solution of the questions above.

With it you can download, convert and put videos from YouTube on your iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone easily by taking the steps as follows.
[B]Make preparations:[/B]
1 : Download and install Cucusoft YouTube Mate.
2 : Download YouTube videos.

Click the �download� button. A dialog pops up and put the video URL in the �video URL� text.
Finally click �OK� button. In a short while the video will be downloaded.

[B]Part 1: Convert downloaded videos [/B]

[B](1) For iPod/ iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone[/B]

[B]Step 1:[/B] Click the �Add� button and select the downloaded videos and Select the iPod MPEG-4 Movie for iPod or iPhone MPEG-4/H.264 Movie for iPhone from the �profile� drop-down list. In addition you can also select the formats for Zune and Mobile phone from the drop-down list.

[B]Step 2: [/B] Click the ��button to select the output of your videos and then click the �convert� button to start the conversion. In a short while it will be finished.

[B](2) For PSP[/B]
You need a special converter to convert the downloaded videos to the PSP playable videos. You can take the following steps.

[B]Step 1: [/B] Download and install iSkysoft Video Converter.
[B]Step 2:[/B] Run the software and click �Add files� button to load videos.
[B]Step 3:[/B] Choose PSP formats from drop-down list.

[B]Step 4: [/B] Select the destination of video from the output drop-down list and click �Convert� button to start the conversion.

[B]Part 2: Put the videos on iPod/PSP/iPhone .[/B]

[B](1) For iPod/iPhone[/B]
You can upload the videos to the iTunes and then put it onto your iPod/iPhone.
[B](2) For PSP[/B]
You should create a new file named MP_ROOT under the root directory and then create a file named 100MNV01 under the MP_ROOT file. Put your video in the 100MNV01 files and you can enjoy your video on PSP.

Now you can enjoy any videos downloaded from YouTube on your iPod/PSP/iPhone. Have fun!

Mac Tips: How to Play DVD Movies on iPhone 3G/iPhone/iTouch

2008-08-28T23:01:42-08:00

I am using a Mac machine and I would like to share a guide for Mac users about how to convert DVD moives onto iPhone 3G with DVD to iPhone 3G app.

Install Wondershare DVD to iPhone 3G for Mac, and follow the three steps below to convert DVD to iPhone 3G:

Step 1: Import DVD Movie

Click the Load DVD button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the movie is on your disc drive, you can just select the drive and click OK. Or click the Load IFO button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK.

After the movie is imported, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.

Step 2: Output Settings

Before the conversion, there are a few settings you could make:
1. Select the iPhone 3G Video format from the Format drop-down list (Besides iPhone video and iPhone audio, this software also supports outputting video and audios for iPod and Apple TV).
2. Click the Settings button to set encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.
3. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters.

Note: You can check the “Merge into one file” option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.

Step 3:
Click the Start button to start the conversion. And now you can just go for a walk and wait till the conversion is completed. After that, you can just transfer the created files to your iPhone 3G with iTunes.

Tip 1: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture a clip. In the Trim window, you can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

Tip 2: Crop Video
If you DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).

Tip 3: Movie Effect
If you are not content with the original effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from effects including Gray, Emboss and Negative.

Hope the above info will help you put your movies on your iPhone 3G.
For more conversion tool and tips, you can visit this blog for mac users: dvd and video conversion studio.

Who Knew Making News Was So Fun?

2008-08-26T10:27:10-08:00

With the original reality series Making News: Savannah Style, TV Guide shows viewers the behind-the-scenes world of local news coverage. Is every station plagued by the same budget issues, staffing concerns and equipment failures? No - but every station isn’t a reality show, either. Will the Savannah news team boost themselves out of the last-place ratings position...or will the station crumble?

Some Problems of Ripping DVD to ipod Players

2008-08-13T01:38:56-08:00

Are you still confused when facing your favorite DVD collections but have no way to convert them to your ipod player? Are you unhappy because you can�t enjoy your favorite movies and music anytime and anywhere? Don�t worry, this guide will help you to solve all your problems by introducing effective ways of ripping DVD to your ipod players.

How to rip DVD movies to ipod players?
Step 1: download the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter and load DVD movies
a. Download and install the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter by the link:
http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/dvd-to-ipod-converter.exe
and learn more about it here:http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-to-ipod-converter.html
b. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive
c. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it, select the VIDEO_TS folder and click ok. Or, click the Load IFO button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie, open the DVD folder, open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files and click ok.

After add your movie, 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: output settings
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: Press 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 your iPod video player, click the �iPod video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)�.

Note: you can choose the profile according to your player. For example, if you want to rip DVD movies to ipod Nano, select ipod Nano MPEG-4 (*.mp4) which is the most suitable.
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.

Step 3: start conversion
After the settings finished, you can just click the convert button to start the conversion. You can view the conversion speed at the bottom. The conversion will be completed in few minutes.

How to edit video during the conversion?

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.

Crop: Cut off the black edges of the DVD movie to watch in full screen by click the crop button. A window will be opened and you can customize the size of screen by your will.

Effect: Click the Effect button to set special effect including gray effect and negative effect. You can also set the brightness, contrast, saturation and volume.

Trim: as you have selected the clips to convert, you can trim any segment of the clips by click the trim button. You can move the slide below the screen or set the start time and end time to trim any segment.

If you still have other problems, you can get more information on the Nidesoft website
http://www.nidesoft.com
Or sent emails to: support at nidesoft dot com

Tips: Rip official DVD movie is illegal, so make sure you are authorized before you rip them

What Summer Movies Are You Anticipating!?

2008-06-24T14:19:55-08:00

I personally am stoked for Wanted, and Batman.

Of course everyone is looking forward to Batman, its going to be an incredible movie. Wanted also looks great. Angelina Jolie was always a good actress in my opinion. This movie seems to have a good action storyline and from RottenTomatoes reviews it looks to be shaping up nicely. Will definately be checking it out this weekend!

Batman, is just going to be incredible. The first one was one of my favourite comic book adaptations. Ironman officially took the title though.

Hellboy 2 also seems to be pretty interesting. Wish it would have come out earlier as I have completely forgotten what the first movie was about.

How to Rip and edit DVD to iPhone 3G, iPod , AVI and other Portable Players..

2008-07-30T02:20:31-08:00

With the release of the new iPhone 3G, many fans of Apple will have the interest to have a new experience. Also, most users would like to watch video on iPhone. And with the 3G wide band network, it is possible to share the video with your friends now. Also, many people now have their iPods. But they often get difficulties when they want to convert DVD movie into video files and play on iPod.

This article will show you a professional software - Nidesoft DVD Ripper,
which converts all kinds of DVDs to iPhone 3G, iPhone,iPod and many other Portable Players with high speed and perfect quality.

Step 1: Download the new version of Nidesoft DVD Ripper for free from the website below:
http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
and install it on your PC. The software could support Windows XP or Vista.

Step2: Place the DVD into your DVD drive and run the software.
Click the �Open DVD� button and select the DVD drive, then you could see
DVD movie structure have been displayed in the tree window(Step 3).

Step 3: Now you could click the Titles and Chapters to preview the move sections as you like. If you want to convert some of them, you could check it:

Step 4: Now you could EDIT the video with the function button:
Crop, Effect and Trim.
(1) Crop: this function enable you to �Cut� the video as you like and stretch it
To your favorite ratio, such as 16:9, 4:3 and so on.

(2) Effect: If you want to get special effect movie, please click this button.
You could tune the Brightness, Contras, Saturation and Volume, in addition, you can
Select gray effect or Negative effect.

(3) Trim: this function is to get a part from one title or chapter. You could set the �Start time� and �End time�, just so easy. And this is often used to get some music sections from an entire move.

Step 5: Now you need to select the profile. The profile is the format you want.
Nidesoft DVD Ripper provides so many profiles, such PSP, Creative Zen, Xbox, AVI �and you could try them as you need.

Step 6: OK, it is the last step, you only need to click the �Convert� button and the software will do all the conversion work for you!
Also, this software still have may other functions not included in the guide, if you have problems, you could open Nidesoft Studio website to find more. Wish you to enjoy it!

support email:support@nidesoft.com

tips: Rip official DVD movie is illegal, so make sure you are authorized before you rip them