Tuesday, November 5, 2013

How to make iTunes movies playable on ASUS Fonepad 7?

Question:
"Hello, I want to convert M4V files on my iTunes so i can transfer them to my Asus Fonepad 7 which I just got today as birthday gift. Any program can achieve this task? "
“I have a movie that I bought on iTunes back in 2010. How do I put it on my Fonepad (7 inch)? The format won't work, and iTunes won't allow me to convert it?”

Answer:
“iTunes movies are to be used only on Apple devices officially. You can't watch iTunes movies on Android tablets, without removing the DRM protection. And if you want to watch them in Fonepad 7, there’s another work you need to do: converting to another format with proper video size. In your case, MP4 is most widely used.”

As we know, M4V videos purchased from iTunes store are protected by Apple’s DRM and can’t be transferred or played on non-Apple products. Well, in the case above, Asus Fonepad 7 is no exception. Moreover, as the answer mentioned, M4V is not a format that Fonepad 7 appreciates.

So if you really want to watch iTunes DRM video on Asus Fonepad 7, you need to go through two steps: 1. Remove the DRM protection, 2. Convert M4V to Fonepad supported video format: MP4.

To accomplish this goal, Pavtube iTunes to Fonepad 7 Converter is highly recommended for its easy-to-use interface, straight workflow and reliable video quality. It can remove the DRM protection from iTunes downloaded video, and transfer it to various video formats including MP4 profiles for Fonepad 7.

Now just download this software and follow the tips below to make your iTunes movies playable on ASUS Fonepad 7.

A command window will pop up during the installation to install specific audio driver, do not shut down and let it running until the installation completed.

How to remove DRM and record iTunes M4V video to Asus Fonepad 7? 

Step 1. Add video and choose target format.

Drag and drop your videos to it directly, or you can click icon to import them as below.


Let’s click the drop-down-list besides “Format” and choose “Common Video> H.264 Video(*.mp4)”. Or move to “ASUS” column and choose “Asus Fonepad Video (*.mp4)” as output format for your Fonepad 7.



Step 2. Customize target video specs.

Click “Settings” to enter Profile Settings window, you can find settings for video size, codec, bitrate and frame rate. For Fonepad 7 playback, you are suggested to set the Size to 1280*800 or 1280*720; and bitrate will be fine from 1500 to 2500 kb/s.

Step 3. Start conversion.

Now click the big red icon to start converting iTunes M4V videos to Asus Fonepad 7 in batch; this converter will activate your media player automatically and start to play this video. The player windows cannot be removed or closed.

In the meanwhile, it will start to record this video in MP4 real-time. The conversion time is equal to the video length itself; you can do other tasks during the converting the process.

Note: the system volume could turn off temporally during this period; no worries, do not touch it to get perfect DRM removed video.

After the conversion, click “Open output folder” to quick locate the converted video.

Tips:

1. The DRM removing process may mislead your anti-virus software to falsely report virus/worm. Please ignore the report to keep on ripping.

2. This product cannot convert unplayable video (damaged, unauthorized, etc).
  
Now, connect your Fonepad 7 to computer with USB, and transfer the recorded iTunes videos to Fonepad 7 for watching. (Note: To change your device's USB connection options, touch Settings > Device > Storage > Menu > USB computer connection.)
  
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Monday, November 4, 2013

How to convert 1080p/720p MKV movies to Galaxy Note 3 without issues

The Galaxy Note 3 sports a 5.7-inch, full high-definition screen, a slight boost from the Note 2′s 5.5-inch display. But despite the bigger screen, the Note 3 is thinner and lighter, measuring 8.3mm and weighing just 168g. It's easy to hold in one hand.



Galaxy Note 3 is really great for users who just want a product between tablet and smartphone. Moreover, the amazing display really wonderful for us to enjoy videos. However, more and more users find Galaxy Note 3 isn't friendly with the most common and popular MKV videos. Why? First of all, let's learn about what's MKV.

MKV (Matroska Video) is a file format for online video distribution. It is an open and free container format which can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks inside a single file. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only. The most common use of .MKV files is to store HD video files.

Due to its complexity, few media players can handle it well. Or only can play some of the MKV videos, but not all. In order to make unplayable MKV videos viewable on Galaxy Note 3, you'd better transcode MKV to Note 3 compatibled MP4 format. Then, you won't have any playback issues.

What do you need:
The app deals all kinds of HD 1080p and 720p MKV videos. No matter how you get the 1080p HD MKV videos, whether from MKV Bit torrent download site, or rip from Blu-ray discs or others, you can convert HD MKV to Galaxy Note 3 compatible videos with minimal loss of video quality.

How to convert MKV to Galaxy Note 3 friendly format?

Step 1. Load your source 1080p 720p MKV videos into the Galaxy Note 3 video converter.


Step 2. Select Samsung Galaxy Note 3 compatible format.

Click the drop-down list and choose "Samsung -> Samsung Galaxy Note(*.mp4)" as the best profile for Galaxy Note 3. 



Note: If you prefer 16:9 aspect ratio with 1280x720 in resolution, just press "Settings" button and set "Size" to 1280*720 instead. For better quality you can set video bitrate up to 2000 to 3000kbps.



If you wish, you may modify the Size as 1920*1080 to get full hd video quality.

Step 3. Click on "Convert" button to start converting MKV to mp4 for Galaxy Note 3.

As you see, just 3 steps you have done the process of MKV to Galaxy Note 3 conversion. Really simple and based on its built-in CUDA and ATI stream Acceleration Technology, after a short time, you will get the converted mp4 file. Then, transfer it to Galaxy Note 3. Now, you are ready to play MKV videos on Galaxy Note 3.

It will not take much time. Just wait for the conversion process to get done. After the conversion, you can click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted video.
Additional Tips:

If you are looking for a powerful all-in-one ultimate video converter software to convert 2D/3D Blu-ray and DVD movies to your tablet & phone with multi-tracks or SBS 3D effect for enjoying, simultaneously saving time and effort, the best Pavtube ByteCopy program will be a nice choice for you. If you are running a Mac OS X computer, ByteCopy for Mac is the alternative.

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Convert DVD ISO/IFO to Kindle Fire HD 7/8.9 on Windows/Mac

Description: A detailed instruction of how to convert DVD ISO IFO to Kindle Fire HD 7/8.9 supported video formats, so that you can play DVD movies on Kindle Fire HD on the go.
“I got a Kindle Fire HD tablet for Halloween and thought it would be great if I could copy some of my DVDs to the device so that I could watch on the train. However, I have backed up all my collection to ISO files while some of the original discs are lost. How can I put DVD ISO on the Kindle Fire HD tablet?”
Both the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD's beautiful 1,280x800-pixel screen and the 8.9-inch model's 1,920 x 1200-pixel screen are great for watching DVD movies.

However, as you may realize, Kindle Fire HD (7-inch and 8.9-inch) does not have a virtual drive to let you mount the ISO image files and playback DVD ISO on it. Surely you can mount the DVD ISO/IFO on computer, but how to put them to Kindle Fire HD?

No worries for this, here an easy solution on both Windows and Mac: all you need is a simple and easy-to-use DVD to Kindle Fire HD Converter to convert DVD ISO/IFO image files to MP4 that works beautifully on Kindle Fire HD.

Tips:
1. Get the Mac version here: DVD to Kindle Fire HD Converter for Mac;
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3. If you want to get multiple languages or 3D video, try this DVD Ripper Pro.

To achieve your goal smoothly, below is a simple tutorial for you, guaranteed to get DVD ISO/IFO to your Kindle Fire HD 7 or 8.9 for smoothly watching on the go. 

How to Convert DVD ISO/IFO to Kindle Fire HD 7/8.9-inch? 

Step 1. Add ISO/IFO files to the program.

Import ISO image files by dragging and dropping, or clicking "ISO/IFO" button. As you can see, added files can be previewed on the right viewing window. You can adjust the video volume and take snapshots of your favorite movie scenes. 


Step 2. Choose format for Kindle Fire HD.

Click the Format drop-down list, choose “Android -> Amazon Kindle Fire HD(*.mp4)” as the most compatible preset for Kindle Fire HD. Or you can submit “kindle” in search box at the bottom right corner to quick locate this preset.



Step 3. Customize video specs (Optional).

Your can click “Settings” to free change video size, bitrate, frame rate and others. If you own a 16GB version and do not want to keep videos in large size, you can lower the bitrate settings to get smaller files.

Tips: You can click "Settings" to tweak the detailed video and audio encoding settings. Or click "Edit" button to trim video into several segments by setting a specific output file size, append special effects, crop video screen area, add text/picture watermark. 

Step 4. Start Conversion.

Now hit the big red “Convert” to start converting DVD to MP4 for Kindle Fire HD. After conversion, you can click “Open output folder” to quick locate the converted video.
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How to transfer HD videos to Android Tablet & Phone for playback

This Videos to Android tablet/phone conversion guide will show you how to convert MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, MTS, FLV, F4V videos to your Android tablet & phone support formats, so that you can easily play carious videos on Android devices. Only 3 steps using the best Android Video Converter and Convert Videos for Android devices.

Google's Android mobile OS is considered one of the best alternatives to Apple's iOS  when it comes to tablets computers and smartphones. More and more people are getting fond of Android OS to watch video and movies on their tablets including Kindle Fire HDXGalaxy Tab 3Galaxy Note 3Google new Nexus 7Sony Xperia Z1, Moto X, Galaxy S4, HTC One, Google Nexus 4, HTC One X and so on.



We're not really surprised, and have seen this trend with our client, colleagues, friends and family members because of its open-source nature and powerful system equipments. Nowadays, it's common to have loads of 1080p/720p HD videos and movies stored on your HDD or home server. These 1080p/720p video materials always come from Blu-ray backups, camera footage, TiVo recordings, downloaded movie torrents, etc. Due to format restrictions, Android-based devices do not have native support for all these videos in different file types. (Read Supported Video Formats for Android)
Question 1: Which is the best setting for movie playback on my Kindle Fire HDX? I was able to download the MKV movie onto the Kindle Fire HDX easily, but the movie is jumpy when I watch it on the Kindle, while it is fine on my computer. I was wondering if this is something I can fix? And if so, how? Thanks in advance.
Question 2: I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and am looking for the software to convert my Tivo and AVI files to watch on the move. Which product is best for my purpose and how long does it take to transfer, other trial copies from other suppliers I have used seem to take ages.
If you attempt to watch videos in your Android device unsupported file format, you need to do format conversion previously. The following guide demonstrates how to convert MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, MTS, FLV, F4V videos to Android Tablets or Phones on Windows or Mac. 

Required Tools:

If you are running Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, you can give Pavtube Android Video Converter Ultimate a shot.

If you are running Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), or Mountain Lion (10.8), you can try out Android Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.

(Note: Both are 20% off now at Pavtube 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer).

The above mentioned two programs have the same operation procedure, but running on different platforms. Here we run Pavtube Android Video Converter Ultiamte Windows Version to guide you through how to convert any 1080p/720p HD videos to Android devices for playback.

How to convert videos to Android Tablet or Phone friendly formats 

Step 1: Load video files.

Download the best Android Video Converter Ultimate.

Then install and run it, click "Add video" or "Add from folder" tab to load your video files.


Step 2: Click format menu to choose output format for your Android tablet or smartphone.

Most Android devices support below video and audio formats:

Video Codec: H.264
If there're universal codecs for Android devices, they must be H.264, MPEG-4 and H.263. Among them, H.264 is regarded as the most advanced codec and is widely used accepted.

Audio Codec: AAC/MP3
Every smartphone plays AAC and MP3 audio, but I'll suggest you choose AAC for better audio quality.

Video Format: MP4
MP4 is recommended because it is a most widely accepted video format for portable devices. Indeed, MKV and AVI video are OK for most Android tablets and phones, but MP4 can not only be transferred to Android handsets, but also be put onto iPad, iPod Touch, PSP and over majority of portable media players.

Pavtube software comes with optimal format presets for Android devices developed by different brands, so that you can select a target format for your Android device directly in an easy way.

Step 3: Click "Convert" button to start 1080p/720p video and movie to Android conversion. When finished, click "Open" button to get the generated video files for playing with your Android tablets or phones.  

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Share Halloween 2013: What You Need To Know?

Here we round up all that you need to know about Halloween 2013 including the best tips for costumes, pumpkin carving and food.
 


How to carve your pumpkin

If you are having problems carving your pumpkin we have a video guide which illustrates how to do it.

Pumpkin grower Tony Finch has revealed the secrets to getting the most striking designs, from using the right tools for the job to ensuring the eyes and mouth are large enough to allow sufficient light through, and the best way to keep the lantern looking at its best for as long as possible.



People in the US have found unusual ways to have fun with their pumpkins.

What to eat and drink

From spider-web shortbread to chocolate orange cake, there are plenty of Halloween themed recipes to get you in the mood.

Pumpkin pie and 'scary' cake pops are just a few of the popular foodie choices.

Restaurant chain Leon has tweeted this photo of their impressive Halloween coffee creation- a witch on a broomstick drawn into the froth.



Where to go

We have compiled a list of the best Halloween themed events and activities taking place across Britain.

You could also stay at one of the world's scariest hotels or stately homes if you are looking for things that go bump in the night.

If you are looking for somewhere to scare you over a longer period, take a look at our gallery of homes for sale in spooky locations. 

How best to Trick or Treat

If you are venturing out to go trick or treating this halloween, be aware of the best and worst spots for sweet hunters.

Weather wise it is looking like a wet and windy night according to the BBC.



What to wear

Some celebrities have chosen to embrace the spirit of Halloween while others use it as an opportunity to flash as much flesh as possible.

Here are some of the best Halloween celebrity costumes we have seen so far. Some are also donning colourful halloween wigs.

A make up artist can show you how to get the best zombie makeup for Halloween night or you could take a look at the best Halloween beauty buys.

While the pressure is on to go all out on your halloween outfit, there are alternatives to the skintight catsuit or skimpy nurse's outfit.

Who is in the Halloween spirit?

Halloween has been celebrated with a Google Doodle which lets you become a witch and create your own potion in her cauldron.

You can also take a look at our Halloween greetings video.

Who is stearing clear?

Ed Cumming asks: should we even bother with the Halloween charade?

Source: Telegraph

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