How to convert Video to iPod nano chromatic

This step-by-step guide will show you how to convert video to iPod video/iPod nano chromatic/iPod touch/iPod Classic and how to convert video/audio (3GP, AVI, ASF, FLV, MKV, MPEG, TS, TP, TRP and M2TS, etc) to iPod MP4, M4V, MOV and MP3 etc for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic video with Daniusoft Video to iPod Converter. The whole guide includes the following two parts:

1. How to convert video to MP4, M4V and MOV for playback on iPod Video/Touch/Nano/Classic?
2. How to perform advanced functions (cropping, trimming, effect adjusting, designing watermark and merging files) while conversion?

Please download Daniusoft Video to iPod Converter, install and run it.

Part 1: How to convert video to MP4, M4V and MOV for playback on iPod Video/Touch/Nano/Classic?

Step 1: Import video files

Click “Add” button, you are allowed to import versatile video/audio files. Here below are all the supported formats.

Step 2: Edit Video files.
Click “Edit” button, you are allowed to edit video by cropping, trimming, adjusting effect and editing watermark.
Step 3: Customize output settings.

Click “Settings” button in the output settings area, you are allowed to customize the output parameters, specify output folder and select output format.

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  Step 4: Start conversion.
  Click “Start” button on right bottom of the main interface, you are allowed to start conversion. All the tasks of conversion will be finished at fast speed and high output quality.

  
  
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  Part 2: How to perform advanced functions (cropping, trimming, effect adjusting, designing watermark and merging files) while conversion?

  
  
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  Daniusoft Video to iPod Converter provides you a lot of advanced functions to help you make perfect conversion. Here some tips on how to perform these advanced functions.

  
  
  
  
  • Crop video size
    
  • Clip video segment
    
  • Adjust video effect
    
  • Design watermark
    
  • Merge multi-files into one file
  
  

  Crop Video size
  After importing video files, click “Edit” button and you can adjust video size by clicking “crop”.
  You are allowed to finish cropping by the following three ways:

  
  
  
  
  • Dragging cropping frame
  
  

  Move your mouse cursor onto one of the eight small adjustment boxes on the cropping frame (the dashed line) and drag the crop frame to crop the DVD file such as cutting off top and bottom black bar. The cropped result will be shown on the Output Preview at the same time.

  
  
  
  
  • Selecting aspect ratio
    You are allowed to select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom drop-down list. There are six choices available: Keep original, Full screen, 16:9, 4:3, Letter box and Pan & Scan
  Setting the values
  Type the value directly or click to set the value in “Left”, “Right” and “Cropped area size” area to set the position of the cropping frame.

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  Clip video segment
  If you want to split your video into segment, you can click “Trim to make trimming of video by the following three ways:

  
  
  
  
  • Dragging the slider
  Drag below the Preview Windows to mark the beginning of your clip and drag to mark the end of your clip during the preview.
  
  
  
  • Controlling “Mark in” and “Mark out” button
  Press to mark the beginning of your clip and to mark the end of your clip during the preview.
  
• Note: You can click to play frame by frame to make a precise trimming.
  
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  • Setting start and end time
  Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually and click to trim a clip from the video as you like.
  

• Note: You can click to preview the clip. Click under the process bar to remove the selections.
  

Adjust video effect

If you want special effect to your video, you can click “Effect”. Then you are allowed to adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of video by dragging.

You can also select a special effect from the Effect drop-down list for the video. The available choices are Gray, Emboss, Negative, Old film and No effect. Besides, you can select the suitable option from Repeat odd field, Repeat even field, Odd interpolate and Even interpolate in the deinterlacing drop-down list to adjust the picture's quality, if there are some pixels, lines, mosaics or stripes on the picture.

Note: You can check “apply to all” option to apply the current effect adjusting of one file to all the selected files.

Design watermark
If you want to add some personal information either in text or image form as watermark to decorate your video, you can realize it by click “Watermark” .

Image watermark editing

1. Check image watermark option to edit image watermark.

2. Click to specify the image you attempt to use.

3. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging .

4. Resize the height or width by inputting numbers in image size area or dragging .

• Text watermark editing

1. Check text watermark option to edit text watermark.
2. Type the text you attempt to use as watermark in text watermark area.

3. Click to edit the font of text. You are allowed to edit the font style, size, effects etc of text in the following menu.

4. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging.
Merge multi-files into one file

If you want to join multi-files into one file, you can check “Merge into one file” option at the bottom of the main interface, and then all the files listed in the file list window will be automatically merged into one file. You can click to locate the merged file saved in your specified target output folder.