Have you make full use of ipod?

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle. A lot of people are ipod fans. We use ipod to listen to music and watch videos. Has anyone asked such a question? Have we make full use of ipod? In fact, the answer is negative. We just use the tools which are apple company offered, such as iTunes, iTunes Store... Can we use other tool to manager ipod? Yes, we can. Now I will show everyone here how to use a tool called iPod Mate to make full use of ipod.

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The following text will be divided into three parts.

First: How to put dvd on ipod?
Second: How to convert video for ipod?
Third: How to transfer ipod files to Computer, import PC file or folder to ipod and transfer files between two ipods?

Tips: How to make wonderful DVD/video editing (Merging, Trimming, Cropping, Effect adjusting, Capture picture)

Before the article, I will explain general knowledge about ipod.

The iPod line can play several audio file formats including MP3, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audiobook, and Apple Lossless.

The iPod Photo introduced the ability to display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNG image file formats.

Fifth and sixth generation iPod Classics, as well as third generation iPod Nanos, can additionally play MPEG-4 (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) and QuickTime video formats, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data-rates

First: How to put dvd on ipod with DVD to ipod Converter

Step 0 . Run 4Videosoft
DVD to ipod Converter .

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Step 1: Import DVD.
Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.

Step 2: Video settings.
Select the output video format you want from the “Profile” drop-down list.

Step 3: Place video
Click “Open Folder” button to open your output destination file.

Step 4: Start conversion
Click the “Start” button to start your conversion and in a short while it will be finished.

Second: How to convert video for ipod with ipod Video Converter

Step 0: Download and install 4Videosoft ipod Video Converter

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When you finished the download process, run the .exe file to install it.

Step 1: Click “Add files” button to import videos.

Step 2: Extend the "Profile" category to select an output format.

Step 3: Click “Open Folder” button to open your output destination file.

Step 4: Click the “Start” to convert.

Third: How to transfer files between two ipod , transfer ipod files to Computer, import PC file or folder to ipod and with ipod Manager

3.1. How to transfer songs and videos and other data between two different iPods.

Step 1: Download and install 4Videosoft ipod Manager

Step 2: Connect ipod
Connect your two ipod to your computer via USB cable.

Step 3: Find your data.
Open the library/playlist that you want to export files. Pick the files that you need to transfer.

Step 4: Transfer data
Just click “ipod to ipod” button and it will show you the folder of another ipod that you want to transfer to. Click OK. The transfer can be finished automatically.


3.2. How to backup ipod data on your computer. [/b]

Step 1: Connect your ipod.
Run the software, and connect your ipod to your computer via USB cable. After done, the ipod icon and its library and playlists will appear in the Device list.

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

Step 3: Backup files
Click “ipod to computer” button to select the destination of the exporting files and start exporting files.

3.3. How to transfer songs and videos from computer to ipod without iTunes. [/b]

Step 1: Connect ipod.
Connect your ipod to your computer via USB cable.

Step 2: Find data
Click “computer to ipod” button to seek the files or folders that you want to import to iPod and click OK. The process of importing will be finished instantly.


Tips: How to make wonderful DVD/video editing (Merging, Trimming, Cropping, Effect adjusting, Capture picture)

1. How to change your video effect
If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume”.

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2: How to crop off the black edges and adjust the size of video play region
By using the "Crop" function you can crop off the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust the video play region to fit for your mobile devices

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3: How to split your video
The "Trim" function also servers as a video splitter for you to get any time-length video episode. You can set the "Start Time" and "End Time" to set the exact time-length of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the position you want.

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4: How to join the videos
If you would like to put several files into one output file, please tick the check box of the “Merge into one file”.

5: How to save your favorite picture
If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the "Snapshot" option. Just click the "Snapshot" button, the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.

By the way, iPod Mate also has a tool called iPhone Ringtone Maker for iPhone users to convert MP3 to iPhone Ringtone, even convert any video/audio to iPhone M4R Ringtone, including 3GP, AVI, MKV, RM, MOV, XviD,MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, MP3 to M4R iPhone Ringtone.

Enjoy video on iPod, iPhone, Archos, Sansa, PSP, Walkman, Palm

Enjoy YouTube video, camera video and other video files on iPod, iPhone, Archos, Sansa, PSP, Walkman, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, Palm, Cell Phone such as Nokia, Sony XPERIA, Google Phone, BlackBerry and other portable players.



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1. Support the mutual conversion between all the popular video and audio formats
4Videosoft Video Converter Platinum supports all the video and audio formats. Then it can convert them into any other formats.
2. Extract audio from video
Convert video to only the audio for your listening.
3. Video Splitter
4Videosoft Video Converter Platinum has the trim function. It means that you can get any time-length video clips from your video sources.
4. Video Cropper
Adjust the size of video play region and the output aspect ratio to get the perfect playing effect.
5. Video Joiner
Merge your selected video sources into one file after conversion for you to enjoy successively.
6. Take Snapshot
Capture your favorite pictures when you preview. It can be saved in the default folder automatically.


By the way, if you want put DVD on your portable player, 4Videosoft DVD Ripper Platinum is a nice choice. It can Rip DVD to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, 3GP, MP3, WMA etc for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune, BlackBerry etc

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