[cathkun]

Part1: How to convert DVD movies and extract audio form DVD for iPod?
DVD to iPod Converter enables you to convert DVD to iPod MP4, iPod H.264 Video, enjoy or listen to DVD movies on iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Video.
iOrgSoft DVD to iPod Converter is an easy and practical Windows DVD to iPod application. Only three steps, you can take your DVD movies anywhere!

Step 1: Import DVD files
There are four methods for you load DVD files. Click “Add” icon, you can directly import DVD folder. Or Click green arrow next to “Add” icon, you can import DVD files from a drop-down list: Load DVD Folder, Load IFO File or hard disk.



Step 2: Output Settings
You can set the output settings for the selected file in the following area.



Click “Settings” button, you can do the advanced video and audio settings. Video encoding settings include video resolution, frame rate, encoder, and bit rate. And audio encoding settings include sample rate, channel, encoder and bit rate.



Step 3: Start to Convert
When all the necessary settings and editing are set OK, just click the “Start” button to begin converting your DVD file.
You can check “Shut down your PC when conversion finished”, the software will automatically shut down your computer after the conversion is completed when you leave.
Check “Open output folder when conversion finished”, when the conversion is completed, the output folder will be opened automatically.



Finally, drag and drop your DVD video to your iTunes, then sync to your iPod or iPhone, so easy!

Part 2: How to Edit, Crop, Effect, Trim DVD movie, and take snapshots for Windows?
1. Trim DVD Title or Chapter
Select any clips of DVD chapter or title which you like most. You can set start/end time by clicking the up-down arrow in the Set start/end time box and click OK. Alternatively, you can also trim video by click left bracket to set the start time and right bracket to set the end time where the DVD is playing. Click arrow-brackets, you can preview your trimmed video clip at the starting time.



2. Crop DVD movie
Crop feature enables you to cut out the unwanted video area, like black sides. Select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. Four choices available: Original, Full screen, 16:9 and 4:3. Click reset button to cancel the schedule as necessary. You can directly drop and drag the dashed line to crop. Alternatively, if want more exact, you can type the values into the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right.



3. Adjust Video Effects
Customize your personality DVD video. Adjust video brightness, contrast or saturation. You can select special effects from the drop-down mean including gray, emboss or old film effect. If want more fun, you can set horizontal or vertical turning.



4. Take Video Snapshots
On the right area of the main interface, you can preview the DVD movie with a simple player. You are allowed to take snapshots of the playing video while previewing with camera icon. Click green folder icon to open the snapshot folder. You can also specify the snapshot save path by click “Option” button. The captured video pictures can be saved as jpeg, bmp, or png format.

[CrayDeng]

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[cathkun]

iPod Video Converter is definitely a good choice for you to convert videos to iPod video files on the latest iPod Nano, iPod Touch,iPod Video and iPod Classic. Being powerful but easy to use, it enables you to convert all popular audio and video files, such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, VOB, DivX, XviD and MP3 ect. iOrgSoft iPod Video Converter has an amazing speed and perfect quality. No need any previous study, you will use it smoothly.



Step one: Add Video File
Click the add icon, the program will let you browse your hard disc. First you should select the format,then the corresponsive files will be found and add the file you want to convert. Click the play button to preview your excellent video. When your video is playing, you can capture the excellent pictures by clicking the camera icon. It will automatically save your favorite video pictures on your computer as jpeg file. You can find the photos by opening the folder on the right of camera icon.



Step two: Video Trimming
Click Trim in the main menu to enter the trim window. Click the start icon to open movie trimming window and do as follows to capture a clip from the selected file:



set start time: You can set starting time by clicking the up and down button in the Set Start Time box and click OK. Or you could click the first icon under the preview window and the start time will be shown in the Set Start Time box automatically.
set end time: You can set ending time by clicking the up and down button in the Set End Time box and click OK. Or you could click the second icon under the preview window and the end time will be shown in the Set End Time box automatically.
After you set the end time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the selected length box for your reference.
Step three: Video Conversion
Click Convert in the main menu and come to the convert window, set video effect.
Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate and a bit rate and encoder as you need.
Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, a bit rate, an audio volume and encoder as required.
format: Set an output format for the selected file.
Output: Click the first icon to specify a folder on your computer to save the converted file. You can also open the output folder by clicking the Open button.
When you finish all the necessary settings, you can click the Convert icon at the bottom of the window to start converting the file. Click the Stop button to cancel the process as required. You can view the conversion progress from the progress bar.

[classicgirl007]

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