How to Convert MP3 to M4R on Mac

Step 1: Click Browse… on the right side of "Input File" to import the MP3 file that you want to make M4R ringtone from it.

Step 2: Click to listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone. Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. Click to pre-listen the converted audio before generating M4R file.

Step 3: Click Browse… on the right side of "Local Output Folder" to choose the output destination.

Step 4: Check Export to iPhone option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly

Step 5: After all the settings are finished, click Generate to begin making your own iPhone M4R ringtone.

Several minutes later, you can enjoy your own M4R ringtone on your iPhone. More information at: Convert MP3 to M4R on Mac.

How to Put Video on a Zune

This guide will show you how to put video on a Zune using Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter, a professional tool support converting MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, VOB, MP4, M4V, RM, RMVB, WMV, ASF, TS, MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MPV, MOD, TOD, MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3, WAV, MID, MIDI, WMA, M4A, RA, RAM to both Zune video and audio files.

Step 1: Add File
Click the “Add File” button to import video or audio files, you can also click the "File" menu to open the following drop-down menu, then select "Add File" to import files.

Step 2: Output video settings
Select the output video format you need from the “Profile” drop-down list. Click “Settings” button to set your video and audio parameters.

Step 3: Start Conversion
Click “Start” button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:

1. Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the video by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.



2. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option and customize your movie.



There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

3. Capture your favorite image and merge several videos into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot

If you want to merge the selected video files into one output file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

How to Backup iPhone Music to Your Computer

Now Aiseesoft Studio provides you the best way to backup iPhone music to your computer- Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer. It can easily transfer files from iPhone to PC, PC to iPhone and between two different iPhone. All of these needs can be met with this only one iPhone Transfer.

Follow the next guide to learn concrete steps of iPhone music backup with Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer.

The guide includes three parts:

1. How to backup iPhone music/movie to PC

2. How to transfer music/movie from PC to iPhone

3. How to transfer between different iPhones

How to backup iPhone music/movie from iPhone to PC

1. Run Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer and connect the iPhone to PC via USB cable. After done, the iPhone/iPod icon and its library and playlists will appear in the Device list.

2. Open the library/playlist that you want to export files, and then check the file(s) you want to export in the file list.

3. Click iPhone to PC to select the destination of the exporting files and start exporting files.

How to transfer music/video from PC to iPhone

1. Run the software, and connect iPhone to PC.

2. Click PC to iPhone to seek the files or folders that you want to import to iPhone and click OK.

How to transfer music/video from iPhone to iPhone

1. Run the software, and connect iPhone to PC.

2. Open the library/playlist that you want to export files. Pick the files that you need to transfer.

3. Click iPhone to iPhone and it will show you the folder of another iPhone that you want to transfer to. Click OK. The transfer can be finished automatically.

How to Convert DVD/movies to DPG

Have you always been thinking convert your movies and play on your Nintendo DS? The wondering can stop now. Here I recommend you you two ways to do that. One way is Moonshell + BatchDPG + AviSynth. This way is really hard to operate but it is free. The other way is really easy to do and it cost you a little: Moonshell + DPG Converter.

DPG - the abbreviation of nDs-mPeG, is a special format of MPEG-1 video specifically for playback using the homebrew Moonshell program for the Nintendo DS. The video is encoded on a computer and then transferred, along with Moonshell, to the DS for playback.

Part 1. How to convert movies to DPG with Moonshell/BatchDPG/AviSynth

There are a few things you need to download:

Moonshell

ffdshow

AviSynth

BatchDPG

Microsoft.NET

Step 1: Download all the programs

Tips: When you download Batch from the link in my post, do not forget to copy "avisynth.dll" to C:\Windows\System32 directory.

Step 2: Input

After you install it and you will see the following interface.

In the Input section, you can load the movie you want to convert and you can also add subtitle file and audio file.

Step 3: Output

In this section you need to select a temporary path and a output directory.

Step 4: Video/Audio

If you want, you can change the setting in the video and audio section. But it is set to a good format by default anyway.

To add your movie file to the queue press the button "add" at the bottom and then you can click "run" to start the converting.

Step 5: Insert you SD Card and transfer the extracted Moonshell files and converted DPG video files from your computer to SD Card.

Part 2: How to convert movies to DPG with DPG Converter

You need to download Moonshell if you don't have it in your SD Card and Download the DPG Converter.

Step 1: Load files

Click "Add File" or "File"> "Add File" to load the video you want to convert.

Step 2: Choose profile and adjust settings

You can choose the output profile from a drop-down list “profile”. This powerful DPG Converter can not only convert videos to DPG format, but also can convert your videos to other formats, such as mp4, wmv, avi, mpeg, mov, mkv, flv, 3gp and other popular video format.

You can adjust the settings of the output video, you can adjust the Resolution, encoder, Bitrate, and other specific settings of the video and you can also save the setting as your own profile.

After everything is done, you can click the “Start” button and later you will get your DPG movie.

Tips: You can also do many video editing works with it:

1. Effect: You can adjust "Brightness", "Saturation", "Contrast" of the output video as you want

2. Trim: Tis function allows you to pick up one part of the video to convert. You can do it in 3 ways, a: set the exact start time and end time to trim b: click the "Trim From" and "Trim To" button when you preview the video c: drag the trim bar below the preview window and choose where to start and end.

3. Crop: You can use "crop" function to remove the black edges on your movie and you can also choose your play area. You can crop your video in 2 ways, a: drag the frame on the preview window b: set the exact crop value

Part 3: How to convert movies to DPG with DPG Converter for Mac

Step 1: Load the video you want to convert by click "Add File".

Step 2: Choose output profile and adjust the setting of the output video

Step 3: Conversion. Click "Start" to begin the conversion.

Part 4: How to convert your DVD movies to DPG format.

Here you just need a DVD to DGP Converter.

Step 1: Load your DVD

Put your DVD to your DVD Drive and click "Load DVD".

Step 2: Choose output profile

You can choose your output profile from a drop-down list "Profile" and also you can adjust the specific setting of the output DPG video, such as encoder, resolution, bitrate and so on.

Step 3: Edit Video

You can edit the effect of the output video including "Brightness", "Saturation", "Contrast" and so on. Also you can "Trim", "Crop", "Merge" video according to your need.

Step 4: Conversion

After all the things done, you can click "Start" button to begin your conversion.

How to Convert MPG to FLV

Some people want to convert MPG to FLV, but they don't have any familiar MPG to FLV converter even don't know how. Actually, how to convert MPG to FLV is not as difficult as you think. Aiseesoft Video to Flash Converter provides you the best and quickest method to finish MPG to FLV conversion

If you are Mac user, please try Aiseesoft Flash converter for Mac!

Now I will share some MPG to FLV tips I gained to help convert MPG to FLV more easily and perfectly.

1 Click "Add File" to add the MPG files you want to convert to FLV. It allows you to load DVD as well.

2 Click "Next" to open the Step 2 video profile window. Check "Enable audio" the converted FLV will have sound. Check "Proportional", when adjusting the width, height will be changed accordingly.

3 Go to Step 3 output settings window by clicking "Next" again.

4 Click "Next" to begin the conversion of MPG to FLV.

Do you itch to have a go? Just try it and I know you must not be disappointed!

How to Convert Videos to iPod

Step 1: Add File
Click ""Add File"" button on the toolbar or "File > Add File" to load files.

Step 2: Choose output format
Choose the file, click "Profile" drop-down button to choose the formats you need, then click ""Browse"" button to choose destination folder for saving output files.

Tip 1: Click "Snapshot" button on main interface to take a snapshot when playing the video and save them as BMP or JPG, GIF.
Tip 2: If you want to do more changes with your video and audio files, please refer to the "Trim, Crop, Effect, Preference".

Step 3: Get started conversion
After choosing the format, you only need to click "Start" button to complete the task.

Ok, the above is the easiest function for your conversion

If you also are interested in Mac Version. You can visit Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac

How to Convert Flip Video

Flip video camcorder is becoming more and more popular among people because of its convenient, fast and easy-to-use. It can help you catch every moment that around you and share them with your friends at home or on line. But Flip video Camcorder records video just only in .MP4 format, how to make it to other formats and understood by Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker, iPod, iPhone, PSP and other PMPs.

All you need is just a Flip Converter which can help you solve this problem. Aiseesoft Flip Converter is the best Flip Video Converter to convert Flip video created by the Flip family: Flip Ultra, Flip Ultra HD, Flip Mino and Flip Mino HD as Flip Mino HD files conversion tool. With this Flip Video Converter, you can convert Flip video to any other video/audio formats MOV, M4V, AVI, 3GP, FLV, HD video and AAC, MP3, OGG, WMA, etc audio formats for all the players.

Here is a simple guide for you to follow and you need a Flip Converter.

Step 1. Files importing

You can load your video by clicking "Add File" button or clicking "File" button, you can choose "add file" on a drop-down list. Or even drag the video and audio files into the file list window directly.

After importing the files, you can click button "a" to preview the video.

Tips: It allows you to capture your favorite pictures when you preview.

Click button "b" the current picture in the preview window will be captured and saved in the specified folder in the image type as you have set.

Click button "c" to open the snapshot folder to view the captured pictures

Step 2: Choose Your Output Profile and Settings

Profile: Select an output format for the selected file

Settings: Click "setting" to open the Settings windows:

Video Settings: Set video encoding settings by selecting an encoder, a resolution, a frame rate and video bitrate.

Audio Settings: Set audio encoding settings by selecting an encoder, a sample rate, channels and audio bitrate.

Tip 1: For Resolution setting, you can choose the pre-set Resolution from the right drop-down list. You can also directly input your own resolution as the form of "XXX*XXX".

Tip 2: You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click the "Save as..." button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the User Defined list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list.

Step 3: Video Editing

1. Effect:

Click "Effect" to open the edit window to adjust the video effects. You can adjust the "Brightness", "Contrast", "Saturation" and "Volume".

2. Trim:

"Trim" function allows you to pick up any part of your video to convert. You can just convert a part of your video that you want.

There are three ways available:

Method 1: Enter the start time in the Start Time box and click OK, then enter the end time in the End Time box and click OK.

Method 2: Drag button below the Preview Windows to mark the beginning of your clip and drag it to mark the end of your clip during the preview.

Method 3: While playing video, click button to mark the beginning of your clip and mark the end of your clip during the preview.

Tips:

Click the second button to preview the video frame by frame.

Click preview button to preview you trimmed clip.

After you set trim time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.

3. Crop:

"Crop" means to choose a certain play area to convert.

Method 1: Crop by adjusting the crop frame. The crop frame is the yellow line around the movie video. There are eight small adjustment boxes on the crop frame. Each adjustment box allows you to crop the movie video from a different position. To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.

Method 2: Crop by setting the crop values. There are four crop values at the bottom of the window: Left, Top, Right and Bottom. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Step 4: Conversion

After finishing all the necessary settings and editing, you can click "Start" to begin the conversion.

If you are a Mac user, here also a Flip Converter for Mac

How to Convert H.264 to AVI

Step 1: Add the H.264 files you want to convert

Click Add File button to add the H.264 file(s) you want to convert.

Step 2: Set output format

In the Profile drop-down list, choose your output format according to your need. Here we choose "AVI – Audio Video Interleaved(*.avi)" as output format.

You can change the target file folder: Click Browse… button and set it in your way. Also to customize the output AVI files, you can set the output video parameters including video Encoder, Video Bitrate, Resolution, Frame Rate in Settings panel.

Step 3: Start the conversion

Just click Start button on tool bar to start H.264 to AVI conversion. The whole conersion will cost you no more than just a few minutes.

Besides converting H.264 to AVI, Aiseesoft HD Video Converter also offers you many other video editing functions, such as Effect, Trim, Crop, Merge, Snapshot etc. If you want to know more about it, please visit: Convert H.264 to AVI.

How to Convert M2TS to MOV

Step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Download, install and run. After launch it a user-friendly interface will pop up as:

Step 2 Click "Add file" button to import your M2TS files, then they can be seen in the play list, you can load one or more files as you like and preview your files before conversion.

Step 3 Choose output format (MOV) and output folder from Profile and Destination respectively.

Tip: Click "Settings" button to customize output video/audio parameters as you like and click "Open folder" to find your after-conversion MOV files.

Step 4 Only click "Start" button at last to realize your conversion dream of M2TS to MOV.

More detailed introduction is contained at how to convert M2TS to MOV.

Aiseesoft DVD to iPad Converter and Aiseesoft iPad Video Converter.

There is another piece of software named iPad Converter Suite.

Videogame Sales Lagged in 2010 Despite Xbox’s High Scores

Microsoft’s Xbox dominated the charts at the end of 2010, despite year-over-year revenue declines for both videogame hardware and software.

The latest statistics released today from NPD Group estimated that consumer spending on game content totaled between $15.4 and $15.6 billion, which was flat to down 1 percent, compared to 2009. Meanwhile, sales of new physical videogame hardware, software and accessories were also down–6 percent, to end the year at $18.6 billion.

Microsoft was able to counteract those industry-wide trends through the successful launch of its Kinect hands-free controller and strong sales of the hit game Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Sales of the Xbox 360 jumped 42 percent year-over-year, and was the only platform to register an increase in unit sales. In fact, December 2010 was the best month ever for Xbox 360 sales after selling 1.9 million units.

After the figures were released today, Microsoft used the moment to toot its own horn: In a statement, it said it had pulled units from its January and February production to keep up with holiday demand for both Xbox and Kinect–and it still sold out in some circumstances. Now it’s scrambling to catch up.

At CES, Microsoft said that roughly eight million Kinects had been sold after being on the market for roughly two months, and that over 50 million Xbox 360s have been sold worldwide over the lifetime of the console.

The videogame industry is very cyclical, with software sales often trailing new hardware sales. Without new console introductions from the usual suspects, Microsoft has tried to increase sales by repositioning the Xbox as an entertainment hub, and relied on the Kinect to make the console appeal to a wider audience outside hard-core gamers.

Nintendo is hoping that its new 3DS gaming handheld will boost sales–however, it doesn’t come out for another couple of months, so it missed the critical holiday season and will face competition from smartphones.

NPD Group concluded that in December the Wii and the 360 platforms generated the greatest dollar sales of all platforms at 32 percent and 31 percent, respectively. That’s across all categories, including hardware, software and accessories.

Other than Xbox, there were some bright spots, but it wasn’t enough to offset overall declines. NPD Group said the highlights included digital downloads, mobile apps, social network games and non-digital stuff, like used games and PC games.

The numbers released today are early estimates. NPD Group said it will issue its final analysis in March.

How to Convert FLV to iPhone

Tips 1: Aiseesoft iPhone Movie Converter provides various advanced editing features such as Effect, Crop, Trim, Snapshot, etc. for seniors.

Tips 2: As powerful iPhone Movie Converter, it can convert other video/audio files among almost all formats such as AVI, MPG, VOB, MP4, M4V, TS, HD video, WMA, AAC, OGG audio, etc.

Tips 3: The intuitive interface and simple to operate process makes it easy enough for everyone: both professionals and beginners.

Why not have a try, you will find more information at: how to convert FLV to iPhone

How to Convert MP4 to AVI on Mac

Some tips for using this MP4 to AVI Converter for Mac OS:

Trim: Trim your video files to select and convert your favorite video clips.

Crop: Crop your video play region to get rid of the black edges or expand video play region to suit your player.

Effect: Adjust your video effects by setting video contrast, brightness and saturation.

After finishing converting MP4 to AVI, now you can enjoy your AVI files on your portable players.

Aiseesoft Video Converter for Mac is definitely a powerful video conversion tool which can also convert between other video formats like WMV, ASF, MKV, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, SWF etc. More information at: Convert MP4 to AVI on Mac

How to Convert ASF to MP4

Step 1: Add ASF files you want to convert

Click Add File button to add the ASF files you want to convert.

Step 2: Set output format

Click and open Profile drop-down list, choose MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4) as your output format. If you convert ASF to portable MP4 player, you can choose a prepared MP4 format for Apple TV, Archos, Creative Zen, iPhone, iPod Touch, iRiver, PS3, PSP etc.

Click Browse… button to set the destination directory if you don't want to keep the default directory. And for skilled users to get customized MP4 video, Aiseesoft MP4 Converter allows you to set video length, video effect, video aspect ratio and more professional parameters in the Settings panel.

Step 3: Start the ASF to MP4 conversion

Click Start button to start converting ASF to MP4 files. When the ASF to MP4 conversion is finished, you can click Open Folder button to find the output MP4 video. Transfer it to your MP4 player and you can enjoy the converted ASF file now.

If you are interested in this ASF to MP4 Converter, please visit: Convert ASF to MP4.

Mac App Store Lacks Social Apps, Save for Twitter

Social apps are few and far between for the grand opening today of Apple’s Mac App Store, meant to be a desktop app marketplace equivalent to the highly successful app stores for Apple devices.

The only big-name social app joining the “social networking” category at launch is Twitter, which contributed an app that it says is designed for the “mainstream” user and is three times faster than the previous version of Tweetie for Mac, the independent app that Twitter acquired. The new Twitter app is quite elegant, with the rounded corners and UI accents of an iOS app rather than something from the desktop world. Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski says that based on his positive experience with it this morning he’s already deleted the two other Twitter clients on his desktop.

Other than that, the category contains an app for Mashable, the blog about social networking. There are some independent Twitter apps such as Tweetings for Twitter and Itsy. There’s an app for MarsEdit, the desktop blogging software.

That’s slim pickings compared to the social networking category for iPhone apps, where the top free apps are Skype, Facebook and Textfree. Meanwhile, the free iPad social networking app category is led by a couple of off-brand Facebook apps and the official Twitter app.

Facebook has neglected development of its own apps on the iPad and other platforms, so it’s not a surprise that the company hasn’t built something for the Mac app launch. And Skype, as you can understand, already has its own desktop app. Various texting and voice services perhaps make more sense in a phone situation. But you’d think there would at least be a LinkedIn, Tumblr or Myspace Mac app.

Maybe they’ll come later–today’s launch included just 1,000 apps. Or maybe the desktop just isn’t a very social place.

(Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like I can link to the Mac apps themselves, as accessing the store requires a software update available only to users of the latest Mac operating system.)