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MacX Video Converter Pro 4: Review & Tutorial

August 9, 2013 / / 1,591 Comments

How to Convert MP4, MOV, MP3, M4A, MKV, FLV & More on Mac: MacX Video Converter Pro

Click here for a free trial download of MacX Video Converter Pro

This is a brief overview and tutorial video over the new version of MacX Video Converter Pro. This is a premium application for the Mac from www.macxdvd.com. If you’re a Mac user and you’re looking to convert video files to to other video file formats or to audio file formats, if you want to record your Mac screen, if you want to create photo slideshows, then this program is for you. You can try it out for free if you click on the link at the top of this video description. That will start an instant download so you can install it and try it out for free. If you like it you can register for the full version later. If you don’t like it you can delete it, but I’m pretty sure you’re going to like this application.

MacX Video Converter Pro 4.0 Features

Let’s quickly look at the main features: HD video converter, fast speed, high quality, records your iSight camera, records your Mac screen so you can make a screencast, or you can remove DRM from videos. It has a photo slideshow maker. You can edit the video and audio files that you’re going to convert. You can trim them, crop them, even add watermarks, and obviously you can convert any video file to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod compatible format. So without further ado let’s open this app up and play with it. Are you excited as I am?

Here’s the home screen of Mac X Video Converter Pro 4.0. On the top menu you can choose from any of the features that we just went over: the video converter, photo slideshow, download YouTube videos, record your iSight, record your Mac screen, and the trash icon clears out all the jobs that are in your queue. Click the first button to add the videos that you want to convert. Let’s say I have an FLV file that I want to convert on my desktop. I’ll just choose that. Now here’s the output profile window. This is where you choose the file format that you want to convert your video to. I have an FLV video, and let’s say I want to convert it to MP3. I can choose “To Music” MP3 recommended. If I want to convert it to an iPhone video file format I can choose Apple device then iPhone video and choose my iPhone model (same with iPad & iPod). You can convert MP4, MP3, FLV, AVI, WMV, MPEG, MPG, MOV, etc. You can do all kinds of stuff, even convert videos to a compatible format for a Microsoft device, Android tablet, Android smartphone, YouTube video, etc.

So let’s just say I want to convert this FLV file to an MP4 video file so I can put it into iTunes. I’ll just choose Mac general video. MP4 video is automatically selected, the recommended option then click Done. The video is now in the queue ready to be converted. If you click Edit you can see all the editing options that you have. You can adjust the volume, subtitles, trim it down. You can adjust the start and end time. You can crop and expand it, and you can even add a text or image watermark. That’s pretty cool. Click Done.

If you have multiple videos that you want to convert you can add more in the queue. Let’s say I want to convert the FLV file to an MP3 file. I can add it again and click the Settings button and change it to MP3. Alright so now I’m converting FLV to MP4 and FLV to MP3. So I’ll just hit Run, and the conversions will start.

When the conversions are complete the window will pop up and it will have your final converted videos in a folder on your Mac. I can add those into iTunes now and put those on my iPhone, iPod, or iPad. You can do that with other devices as well. That’s the main feature of Mac X Video Converter Pro, but it does have extra features as well like we went over earlier. You can make a photo slideshow, download YouTube videos, record your iSight camera, and record your Mac screen. So as you can see this is a very powerful and useful application. If you’re a Mac user and you want to be able to convert any video file, edit and trim converted videos, record your Mac screen, and do all kinds of other cool stuff then this is definitely an app to have. Again the link is at the top of this description. You can click that, and it’ll start an instant download where you can download and try it out for free!

By Andy Slye

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How to Put Movies on iPhone

August 7, 2013 / / 1,584 Comments

How to Put Movies on iPhone – Copy DVD Movies to Your iPhone

Click here for Windows Download (WinX DVD Ripper Platinum Free Trial)
Click here for Mac Download (Mac X DVD Ripper Pro Free Trial)

In this video I’ll show you how to put movies on your iPhone. Instead of spending a bunch of money on the iTunes store and buying movies through iTunes, you can actually copy any movie from any DVD onto iTunes and then sync it to your iPhone. That’s what I’m going to show you how to do today.

To do this you’ll be using DVD copy software from a company called Digiarty. They make the best DVD copy software out there. It’s by far my favorite – very easy to use, fast, and high quality. The software is available for Windows and Mac. The first thing you want to do is click the link at the top of this description. If you’re a Windows user click the Windows download link. If you’re a Mac user click the Mac download link. That link will start an instant download of this program. Download and install the application from the link above, and you’ll be able to try it out for free. If you like it you can register for the full version right from the program itself and at a special discount.

Once you have this application installed, it’ll be called MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac users. It’ll be called WinX DVD Ripper Platinum for Windows users, but they both work exactly the same so you can follow along. Next, insert the DVD movie that you want to put on your iPhone into your computer’s DVD drive. Then click the DVD button at the top left of the application. The source DVD disc window will pop up, and you should see your movie’s title in the box then click OK. Once it loads your DVD movie you’ll see the output profile window pop up. Since we’re putting the movie on an iPhone you’ll choose Apple device then choose iPhone video, and then choose whatever iPhone model you have that you’re going to put the movie on.

It can put movies on any iPhone model: 3GS, 4, 4S & 5. Choose the “Recommended” option for your iPhone model then click Done. The program automatically selects the main movie file. You can see that Title 1 is selected. Go towards the bottom, and you’ll see a destination folder option. This is the folder where you’re going to copy the movie. If you click Browse you can choose any folder where you want to save the movie then click Open. Now all you have to do is click the Run button in the bottom right, and it will start copying the movie to your computer.

Once the copy is complete it shows up in the destination folder. In order to put the movie on your iPhone you have to put it into iTunes first. Open iTunes then go back to the folder that has the movie and drag-and-drop the video file into iTunes. The movie will be copied into iTunes, and you can verify it by going into iTunes into the Movies section. Finally, sync your iPhone with iTunes by plugging your iPhone into your computer via the USB cable. Once your iPhone shows up in iTunes click on it. Go to the top and click on Movies, and check the checkbox to “Sync Movies” then click Apply. The movie will be copied to your iPhone, and you’ll be able to watch it on your iPhone from the Videos app. That, my friends, is how to copy movies on your iPhone – the absolute best way to do it. Go ahead and give that a try. Enjoy having your favorite movies on your iPhone!

By Andy Slye

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How to Copy a DVD on a Mac – DVD Fab DVD Copy for Mac

July 19, 2013 / / 1,587 Comments

How to copy a DVD on a Mac – Clone & Burn any DVD

Click here to download and try DVD Fab for free!

This tutorial video will show you how to copy a DVD on a Mac using DVD Fab. Click the link at the beginning of this description to go straight to the DVD Fab download page. You can click the Apple icon since we’re doing it on a Mac and then click the Download button. You can try out all the DVD Fab applications for free with this one single download. If you want to register for the full copy you’ll be able to do it at a special discount. Go ahead and download and install it on your Mac. When the install is complete you can start it up from your desktop by double clicking on the DVD Fab icon.

In this video we’ll be utilizing the DVD Copy feature of DVD Fab so when the applications list pops up you’ll choose DVD Copy. Next, insert a DVD movie into your DVD drive. It’ll analyze it and then it will show up in the DVD Fab screen. There are a few different options that you can choose from when you want to copy a DVD on your Mac using DVD Fab. You can choose Main Movie if you just want to copy the movie itself without any of the DVD menus, scene selections, bonuses, etc. I’m going to show you how to use the full disc option so you can copy the DVD on your Mac and then burn the DVD to a DVD-R or DVD-RW. This essentially makes an exact copy of any DVD movie.

So choose the full disc option then go down to the Output section and make sure that it’s set to DVD 5 so you can copy it to a normal DVD-R or DVD-RW blank disc. If you plan on copying and burning the DVD immediately to a blank disc you can leave this as the default, as the Mac DVD drive. Or if you plan on saving the DVD on your Mac as well as burning it onto a blank DVD disc later, you can change it to a folder and save it to that folder then burn it. Next, click Start and it will copy the DVD on your Mac. Once the copy is finished we can burn it to a blank DVD disc

The reason I like DVD Fab so much when it comes to copying DVDs is because it always stays up to date so it can copy any DVD movie, it compresses the DVD so you can burn it onto a normal DVD-R or DVD-RW disc, it’s very fast, and it keeps the quality high. Once the copy is complete, insert a blank DVD into your DVD drive. It should say, “Detecting writable media” then it will automatically recognize your blank DVD, and it will start the burning process. It will burn the DVD movie that you just copied onto that blank DVD. Okay when the burn is complete you’ll have an exact duplicate copy of your DVD. Easy!

You can copy any DVD movie with this application: movies, TV shows, etc. Now you can make perfect backups of all your DVDs so you don’t have to worry about losing your precious DVD collection. Make sure you go ahead and register for the full unlimited version of this application. It’s definitely worth it, and when you register you’ll be able to get that coupon code for a special discount. It doesn’t just do DVD copies either. It has a Ripper as well so you can copy any DVD movie to a video file and put it on an iPad, iPhone, Android smartphone & tablet, etc. Enjoy!

By Andy Slye

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How to Put Movies on iPad – Copy/Sync DVD Movies

July 6, 2013 / / 1,625 Comments

How to Put Movies on an iPad

Mac users: click here to download MacX DVD Ripper Pro

Windows users: click here to download WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

This tutorial will show you how to put movies on your iPad. I’ll show you how to load that bad boy up with a bunch of movies so you can watch them on your iPad wherever you are. Basically there are two main ways to put movies on an iPad. The first way is through iTunes itself by buying them on the iTunes Store. The second way (which I’ll be showing you today) is copying movies from DVDs and putting them into iTunes then syncing them onto your iPad.

To do this you’ll be using DVD ripping software from a company called Digiarty. They have some of the best DVD Rippers for Mac & Windows so whatever operating system you’re on, click the link (links are at the top of this description). Download & install that program. For Mac it’s going to be Mac X DVD Ripper Pro. For Windows it’s going to be Win X DVD Ripper Platinum, but they both work exactly the same so you can follow along no matter what operating system you’re on.

After you’ve downloaded & installed it on your computer, open it up and you’ll see the application’s home screen. Next, insert the DVD movie into your DVD drive on your computer then click the DVD button in the top left of the program. It should display the name of the DVD movie in your drive then click OK. On the Output Profile window, go down to Apple Device and choose iPad Video, then choose your iPad model. Always choose the Recommended option for your device. Recommended just means the application has automatically selected the best quality options for your specific device. Click Done. The main movie file is already detected & selected so the only thing left to do is click Run, and the movie be copied to your Desktop folder in the iPad format. Bonus tip: if you want the movie file to be automatically imported into iTunes when it’s copied onto your computer click “Browse” then go into your music folder, iTunes folder, iTunes Media, then Automatically Add to iTunes and click Open. That way the movie file will be copied to that folder and automatically added to iTunes.

When the copy is complete you’ll see the folder pop up. If you chose to put it in the Automatically Add to iTunes folder you’ll see that this folder’s empty because it automatically added it to iTunes so just open up iTunes, go to the Movies section, and you’ll see it in there automatically. If you didn’t choose to put it in the Automatically Add to iTunes folder, just go to the folder where you copied it to (probably your Desktop) then drag and drop the video file into iTunes.

Now to actually put the movie on your iPad you’ll need to sync your iPad to your computer via the USB cable. Once your iPad shows up in iTunes, click it then click the Movies section and then select Sync Movies. If you want to add all the movies that are in your Movies section you can check “Automatically include all movies” and it will sync all the movies to your device. If you want to manually select certain movies, select each movie and click Apply. Now your movies will sync onto your iPad. That’s how to put movies on your iPad, by far the easiest and fastest way in my opinion to do that. This application can copy any DVD movie no matter what it is, and it can copy unlimited DVD movies so it’s definitely a must-have.

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How to Rip a DVD on a Mac Using Leawo DVD Ripper

July 3, 2013 / / 1,613 Comments

How to Rip Any DVD on a Mac with Leawo DVD Ripper

Click here to download the Mac Leawo DVD Ripper

Ever wonder how to copy DVD movies to your Mac and convert them into high quality video files? This video will show you how to do exactly that! This is a quick video on how to rip a DVD on a Mac using Leawo DVD Ripper for Mac. Ripping a DVD is essentially copying a DVD movie onto your computer so you can have a digital copy of any DVD movie stored on your hard drive.

The first thing you want to do is click the video annotation link on the video or click the link at the top of this description, and that will start an instant download of the Leawo DVD Ripper program. It will download to your Downloads folder, and once it’s downloaded just double-click on the ZIP file. It will extract the installer file then double-click on the DMG file. Drag the Leawo Mac DVD Ripper app icon to your Applications folder. Open your Applications folder and go to Leawo DVD Ripper and click to open it up.

Next, insert your DVD movie into your Mac DVD drive. Once the DVD movie is mounted on your desktop, drag and drop it over into the Leawo DVD Ripper application then click OK. It will analyze your DVD and get ready to rip it. After it gets done analyzing the DVD it’ll show up in the queue, and it automatically selects the main movie file so if you just want to rip the full movie file just click OK. If you want to enter the name of the movie you can do so on this page. If you want to change the file format that the movie’s going to be in once it’s ripped onto your Mac, just click the device or file icon. If the DVD is going on a certain device you can select from many types of devices such as an iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. If you plan on keeping it on your Mac, I suggest choosing HD Video or Common Video then choose the MP4 option.

Now you’re ready to rip the DVD onto your Mac so just hit the Start Convert button, and the DVD ripping process will begin. If you want the application to automatically open the folder where the movie file is located in, you can select Open Output Folder after conversion. The DVD rip will be complete shortly, and the movie file will soon be saved in your Movies folder on your Mac.

That was the short and sweet tutorial on Leawo DVD Ripper for the Mac. Again this application can rip or copy any DVD to your Mac. It’s a useful app to have if you own any DVD video discs, and it’s definitely worth it so check it out.

By Andy Slye

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