Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Convert DVD to iPod touch 2, iPod nano 4 - Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper now released

Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper is an excellent solution for iPod users to convert DVD to iPod video and audio formats for iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod nano and convert DVD to iPod touch 2, DVD to iPod nano 4. And recently, it has new upgrade to convert DVD to iPod touch 2, DVD to iPod nano 4.


Wondershare software is a worldwide profession DVD Ripper, Video Converter, DVD Burner software supplier, now it has new upgrade DVD to iPod converter - Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper. Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper is a professional lossless DVD to iPod Converter which as professional iPod nano 4 converter can convert DVD to iPod/iPod touch/iPod touch 2/iPod nano 4/iPod Classic with just a few intuitive clicks and provides you with powerful options to edit your DVD movie.

Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper comes with a very easy and intuitive interface and various powerful functions. This professional DVD to iPod Touch Converter allows you to select DVD movie audio tract and subtitle, select any DVD chapters/titles to convert, trim your DVD chapters/titles to only convert your favorite clips, and crop DVD video and so on. Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper is the best partner for you to enjoy your DVD movies on different types of iPods, even DVD to new iPod Touch 2 and DVD to iPod nano 4.
And the same as Wondershare Video to iPod Converter, Wondershare iPod Video Suite.

Try Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper for free now



Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper Key Features:
1. Built in iPod File Manager

It is integrated with an iPod file manager that can help you manage iPod video and iPod music. With this special tool, you can easily transport music, video, movies and TV shows between your iPod and your computer and safely backup these files.

2. Fully support dual-core and multi-core processors.

3. Support all iPods including iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod touch and new iPod Touch2, iPod nano 4.

4. Capture movie screen, Trim movie length, Crop videoCapture your favorite movie screenshots and save them as jpeg or bmp format and put them on your iPod or as your iPod wallpaper; trim the length of any DVD chapter or title to capture your favorite clips, and you can also cut off the black sides of your DVD movie and enjoy your DVD on iPod with full screen.

5. Convert audio from DVD to iPod MP3, M4A and AAC.

6. Convert and Merge DVD chapters/ titles Let you choose to select any DVD titles/chapters to rip, and merge all selected into one file.

7. Multiple output aspect ratiosSupport various video aspect ratios including 16:9, 4:3 and full screen.

8. Automatically shut down your PC after conversionLet you choose to automatically shut down your computer after converted. Then you won’t have to wait around your computer for the conversion to be finished.

9. Easy to use iPod nano 4 converterA friendly user interface that let you convert DVD to iPod, DVD to nano 4, DVD to iPod touch 2 and with just a few intuitive clicks.


Pricing and Availability

Wondershare DVD to iPod Ripper is available now for only $29.95 at http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/dvd-to-iPod.html. For more information, please e-mail us.


About Wondershare Inc.,

Established in 2002, Wondershare software is a multimedia software company creating and marketing multimedia Windows applications for both business and home users, as professional software, they are easy to use and lossless. Color your digital life with Wondershare products!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

To Download Free, Legal MP3 music for new iPod touch 2, iPod nano 4

When got new iPod touch 2, ipod nano 4, what to do first ? Download free music!

About how to convert DVD video to new iPod touch 2, iPod nano 4, please go here.

In the interest of helping our readers stay out of jail and avoid massive fines, here are a bunch of places you can get tunes without fear of finding a summons in your mailbox. There's plenty of good, free, and legal music on the net for you to download.


iLike is a social music site which allows you to discover new music with a little help from your friends. Free downloads and the buddy system, what could be better?
Altsounds has a lot of streaming content, but there are quite a few quality mp3 downloads mixed in, including bands like Anberlin, Panic at the Disco, 10 Years, and Underoath.
bt.etree.org tracks live recording torrents of "bootleg friendly" bands. You'll be able to find all kinds of FLAC downloads from performers like Ben Harper, Jerry Garcia, Blues Traveler, Trey Anastasio (I smell a trend here, or at least some patchouli), Radiohead, Primus, and even Tenacious D.
Legaltorrents is still in its early stages, but there are still a number of music and audio books available from their site.
Stereogum has been offering free, legal mp3s since 2006. They're all still available, along with zip and torrent file archives of previous months. The Gum Mix streams music to you while you browse, and all the tracks it plays can be downloaded.
SXSW is a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is, they only have one torrent file for download. The good news? It contains over 700 mp3s of bands that performed in 2007 for a whopping total of 3.1 gigs of audio. Change the year in the subdomain to get the 2006 and 2005 downloads.
Unsigned Band Web is a palce for, well, unsigned bands to share their music and get noticed. Just about every genre you can imagine is offered here, and they maintain charts to show you what's hot. Apparently electronica is hot. Maybe I'll stick to genre browsing. Bottom line: tons of free mp3s to download.
Soundclick's music page will hook you up with a ton of downloads, including more unsigned acts - like my favorite new addiction: German hip hop. I blame my scarf-wearing co-worker.
Honc "if you love music. The site isn't much to look at, but there's still more undiscovered goodness to be found here.
Garage Band is also worth checking out for more diamonds in the rough. Rub it in your friends' faces that you "heard them first."
Indie Rock Cafe offers more up-ad-coming music, blog style. There's no centralized download page, so you'll find the tracks sprinkled around the blog post.
DMusic has been offering indie musicians a chance to be heard since 1998. Top 20 charts are maintained for each of the 20+ main genres (which are broken down into several sub-genres as well).
Fuzz offers - oh crap - a mixtape feature. The interface is cool as hell, and there's a ton of great, free music to discover on the site.
iCompositions is dedicated to music created with Mac's Garage Band software. You'll need to register in order to download songs.
The Internet Archive has a massive audio section, including audio books as well as music. Be sure to check out the open source section, with over 150,000 Creative Commons licensed items.
Jamendo rocks for one big reason: they offer both direct downloads and a torrent tracker. 555 pages multiplied by 20 items per page equals a veritable crapload of music. You'll find lots of international music too, from exotic places like Brazil and er...Canada.
Peoplesound is similar to Jamendo, but you'll find some major label artist offerings. Registration is required to download, and you'll have to browse the genres/artists to find the mp3 files, but they have plenty up for grabs.
Epitonic is "your source for cutting edge music." You'll find tracks by artists like The Strokes, Carl Cox, Pavement, Peaches, Guided by Voices, and Yo La Tengo.
I love me some punk music, and fortunately punk labels love to share their music. Fat Wreck Chords, Hellcat Records, Subpop, and Epitaph all have tons, and usually offer two or three fulls songs from a CD. Oi!
Stereokiller has even more punk/hardcore/metal goodness for you. According to the guy that runs the site, it's "better than damn MySpace." Well, no argument there.
Anti's slogan is "real artists creating great recordings on their own terms." Downloads galore from guys like Michael Franti and Spearhead, Greg Graffin, Nick Cave, and Billy Bragg.
3hive's bloggers pass on links to some excellent free mp3s on their site. It's got a nice, personal feel to it, though there's not the tidal wave of music you'll find at some other on this list.
itsfreedownloads is worth a bookmark for iTunes users. It's a site that keeps tabs on the weekly freebies in the iTunes store. You may get sick of looking at all the ads, but the free music will help soften the annoyance.
mp3.com has a pretty huge collection of free tunes as well, with offerings from almost 1,400 artists. Most can be both streamed and downloaded.
Purevolume.com is loaded with streaming music, but there are plenty of downloads as well. Click the search link, then search or browse to "discover new music." It's the quickest way to the freebies.
Music.download.com. What can I say, they've got a ton of MP3s. I'm not much of a CNET fan, but free is free.
Last.FM has free downloads, too. It's not just for streaming.
Stage.FM used to be Audiri, and still offers streaming and downloads for independent artists.
iSound offers another large catalog. Head to the mp3 page for free downloads, as some artists only offer streaming - including Our Lady Peace frontman Rayne Maida, who I was disappointed to see had no downloads.
we7 is offering all kinds of free tunes - if you're ok with a brief advertisement being appended to the track. They're legal, they're free, and you'll find bands that you'd normally have to pay for to get full mp3s.
SpiralFrog is doing the ad-supported thing, too (if you can get to it).
Blentwell is "an ongoing document of the evolution of blended music." Tons and tons of DJ mixes, categorized by genre.
MTV offers a new group of about a dozen downloads on a somewhat regular basis. A drop in the bucket, but still free.
Anyone with a toddler or three at home will apprciate Free Children's Music. You'll find tons of great, kid friendly tunes there.
Classic Cat maintains a massive listing of free, classical mp3s available on the internet. Files aren't hosted there, but it's an easier way to find works by Bach and Beethoven than searching yourself.
At Spinner (AOL Music), our chums have been giving a free MP3 away every day for the past two+ years. Will more major artists give free music a shot? Radiohead's In Rainbows is no longer available as a free download, but Trent Reznor is still in a giving mood. NIN fans can still grab The Slip for free from his web site.

Review of new iPod touch 2

Different new iPod touch:
New iPod touch 2 gets new volume control buttons, full Nike+ integration and a built-in loudspeaker. It's not a radical change, but it's better.

New iPod touch 2




When Apple first released the iPod touch, it was with its Wi-Fi capabilities and touchscreen interface - much more than an iPod. With new iPod software updates, Apple brought the apple iPod touch 2’s applications in line with the iPhone.

And there is also third party iPod software update as new iPod apps: Wondershare iPod Video Suite, which convert DVD and all popular video formats to iPod Nano new, new iPod Touch, iPod Classic and iPhone.

Price:
The latest iPod touch 2 model:
8GB capacities for $229;
16GB costs $299;
32GB costs $399
They also ship with the latest iPod touch 2.1 software.

Nike+ iPod integration:
First and foremost I love the Nike+ iPod integration.
The iPod touch 2 is quite thin and would work well as a small waist - or arm-banded device for workouts and not having to have a tiny little dongle hanging off the end is excellent.
Apple will also be selling the little Nike+ pucks separately now.

New iPod touch 2 game:
The second chance is gaming. This is a great opportunity for Apple to enter the casual handheld gaming market as a winner, not an also ran. Some of the other Apps are hit or miss, but it’s nice to have choice.

Volume controls and built-in speaker:
1. Volume controls
Press the top of the rocker switch and the volume goes up. A press at the bottom of the switch causes the volume to decrease. Apple’s headphones that carry the Play/Pause switch and microphone— the Play/Pause switch works with new iPod touch 2. (It doesn’t on older iPod touches, even with the new 2.1 software.)


2. Built-in speaker
As Steve Jobs said, this speaker is for “casual listening.” It clearly sits on the bottom left of the device and is fairly directional, the sound from the iPod touch 2 comes from no particular location—it seems to just seep out of any holes on the device.




In the Sound setting, where you can find the addition of the New Mail, Sent Mail, Calendar Alerts, Lock Sounds, and Keyboard Clicks entries. You can also hear a camera sound when you take a screenshot of the display by pressing Home and Sleep/Wake. It's less springy, more plasticky, and noisier.


The Genius playlist:
1. What’s Genius playlist
Genius playlist is one of the marquee features of the new iPod nano and iPod touch 2. It is a scheme for selecting a track in iTunes library or iPod and intelligently creating a playlist of related music. The Genius feature is also available from within the Now Playing screen.
You can read more about the Genius feature in this first look at iTunes 8.

There is a list of all the songs on your iPod touch, when you first invoke the Genius playlist. Tap the Music icon at the bottom of the Home screen, tap Playlists, and at the top of the Playlists screen you can see a Genius entry. Tap a track and the iPod creates a list of 25 related tracks and starts playing the track you originally selected.

2. Create Genius playlist?
How to create a different Genius playlist based on that same track?
Just tap Refresh and the playlist is created. And you can also select this playlist and edit it by tapping the Edit button. How much the playlist is refreshed depends on the tracks on your iPod touch 2.
Note: The new iPod touch is possible to stump the Genius.

After creating a Genius playlist you can refresh it with new material based on the same source song or start over by tapping New.

When you sync your iPod with your computer, any Genius playlists you’ve created are synced to the computer and appear under the Playlists heading in iTunes’ Source list.

The new iPod apps:
The new iPod touch 2 includes the iPod touch 2.1 software, which is a free update for those who’ve purchased the 2.0 software update and a $10 update for those running the older 1.x update.

It’s availables for both the original iPod touch and the new iPod touch 2, software 2.1.1 introduces the Genius automatic playlist generator to the device, as well as complete Nike+ integration.


More:
Apple claims that the 2G iPod touch offers better battery life than the original touch. I haven’t had the 2G iPod touch long enough to test its alleged audio playback time of 36 hours and video playback of 6 hours, but will as I delve deeper into the device in preparation for my full review.


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Apple New iPod nano, touch, iTunes 8 and MORE

New design for the nano, iPod touch gets thinner, "gem" called Genius playlist and then some. Apple has just announced updates to their iPod lineup and other important stuff surrounding the iTunes, App Store, etc. Plus, we've a brand new version of iTunes to download giving access to a new feature called "Genius" - which helps you create a playlist of related songs instantly from your own library. iPod nano:
Also announced were the fourth generation iPod nano - the thinnest iPod ever till date with a sleek new design, curved aluminum and glass enclosure. Available in 8GB and 16GB version, there are nine vibrant colors to choose from ...including a (PRODUCT RED). 4G iPod nanos will incoporate Genius playlist feature and Cover Flow while still offering 24 hours of audio, 4 hours of video battery life. It also includes a built-in accelerometer, eco-friendly components, voice recording capability and 'shake to shuffle' awesomeness. Shipping as you read, the 8GB and 16GB 4G nano will retail for $149 and $199 respectively. But video to iPod nano is H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.

iTunes 8:


Available for both Mac & PC immediately, iTunes 8 includes the new breakthrough Genius feature, allowing you to automatically create playlists from songs in your music library that go great together with just one click. You can even create Genius Playlists on-the-go with the new iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod nano and iPhone. The Genius sidebar appears right in iTunes and recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don’t already have, based on the songs you select. iTunes 8 also offers a new visual browsing interface which displays your music and video libraries using your album and video covers, and also provides a great way to navigate your movies, TV shows, iPhone apps, podcasts and audiobooks.

iPod classic:


Apple has discontinued the thicker 160GB iPod classic and even the older 80GB model. Now there will be only a single 120GB iPod classic available in either black or white. Design is more or less similar to the older 80GB model but the new 120GB unit will support the Genius playlist feature and Cover Flow. Pricing is firm at $249 a pop for both the 120GB black and 120GB white models. Still cool to convert DVD to ipod classic.

iPod touch:


Second-gen iPod touch also went official featuring a thin contoured metal design compared to the predecessors. The screen, WiFi, Multi-touch, accelerometer, etc. are still intact but Apple has thrown in the much needed volume control buttons and built-in speakers (already found on iPhone). More interesting and graphic intensive games should be hitting this new "console". And so as DVD video to iPod touch, it supports for 480p and 576p component TV out, H.264 video with 640 by 480 pixels and AAC-LC audio.

The new iPod touch also features built-in Nike + iPod support making it an incredible workout companion. Users simply place the optional Nike + iPod sensor ($19 US) in their Nike + shoe to seamlessly connect with the new iPod touch to track miles run or sync with the latest generation gym equipment. As you'd except, the iPod touch also works with the new iTunes 8 Genius feature. 2G iPod touch will also come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB models for $229, $299 and $399 respectively.

Other minor tit bits:
NBC Universal returns to the iTunes store. So you can now enjoy Heroes, The Office, Battlestar Gallactica and other great shows through iTunes. Pricing - $1.99 per episode for SD and $2.99 per episode for HD.
Also revealed that App Store has gone through the abuse of 100 million app downloads from iPod touch and iPhone users.