How to Rip DVD, Convert video and Backup your video/audio files on ipod on Mac

Until three months ago, I’ve been being a windows user, and I’m quite good at how to enjoy dvd/ various video on my windows. While, I received a birthday present—an Apple Macbook, from my parent, and at the beginning, it’s really suffering to get used. I don’t know how to enjoy DVD, Video, even can’t backup my ipod’s stuff.
Fortunately, few days ago, I found some useful tools to solve all my problems.
Here, I want to share these experience with more friends.

First, I want to tell this article including three parts:
Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?

Ok, let me explain one by one.

Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Now, I’m using Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Macto do that.
It provides a best and easy to rip dvd to various video formats, so you can enjoy dvd on your portable devices, such as: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune. etc
It’s easy to use, just few click:
Step 0: Download and install the dvd ripper for mac, and you will see the interface as follows:



Step 1: Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.
Step 2: Select video formats from "Profile" drop-download list
Step 3: Set the special settings such as "trim","effect",etc to cater to your need and click "Start" to start your conversion.

Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
You just need AiseesoftVideo Converter for Macto help you.
And I don’t want to talk more, you just can have a try by yourself

Here is how to use it:
Step 0: Download and install this video converter for mac. And you can see the following interface



Step 1: Click the "Add File" button to load your video
Step 2: Select the output profile and output Video settions.
You can cut a clip of your video by using its "Trim" function
You can merge a few videos into one file by clicking "merge into one file"
You can crop the black edge of your video to adjust your video to your iPod screen to get the best view.

Then click the "Convert" button to sart the conversion.


Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?
Easy to solve this problem too.
AiseesoftiPod to Mac Transfercan copy your selected video, audio and image files to your Mac immediately without any loss
Ok, just few clicks, you will finish the work.
Step 0: You need download Aiseeosft iPod to Computer Transfer



Step 1: Plug your iPod to your Mac, and pick up what you want to backup
Step 2: Click “iPod to Mac” and find where to put your iPod info on your Mac and click “Open”
Few seconds later, your iPod songs will be on your Mac.

How to convert HD video to MP4/YouTube/MPEG video

Maybe some people will ask: what is HD video and why it can be widely used?
Answer:
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition (SD) video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1280×720 pixels (720p) or 1920×1080 pixels (1080i/1080p).
Nowdays, HD is becoming more and more popular as the following reasons:
1.HD DVDS, together with equipment to play and record them, are available now, stimulating the public appetite for HD.
2.PC displays with HD quality potential are becoming widely used, which will acclimatise the public to HD.
3.Large flat LCD screen with HD resolution are becoming readily available at prices which the public seems prepares to pay, providing the means to view HD.

While, HD video also has some inconvenience to use, such as, we can’t edit them
in Windows Movie Maker or some other edit software; can’t put them into portable devices directly , like iPod, iPhone, Zune, Creative Zen and so on; can’t share videos with friends on youtube, myspace and other online video website. etc.

Here, I’ll introduce a wonferful tool to solve this problem.
Aiseesoft HD Converter has three uses:
Convert HD video to general video;
Convert general video to HD video;
Convert among HD videos.
So with it, you can enjoy HD video at will.

The following is a simple guide for you:
Step 0: Download, install and run Aiseesoft HD Video Converter.



Step 1: Load Video
Click “Add File” to load the video that you want
Step 2: Choose Your Output Profile and Settings
From “Profile” drop-down list you can choose your output profile according to your need.
You can also click “setteing”adjust the settings of your output video, such as “video/audio encoder”, “Video/audio Bitrate”, “Channels”, “Resolution” and so on..
Step 3: Video Editing
This powerful MTS Converter allows you to do many video editings.
1. Click "Effect" to make special effect for your movie.
You can adjust the “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Saturation” and also you can use “deinterlacing” to improve you output effect.

2. Trim:
“Trim” function allows you to pick up any part of your video to convert. You can just convert a part of your video that you want.

3: Crop:
Cut off the black edges of the original movie video and watch in full screen on your iPod using the "Crop" function.

Step 4: Conversion
After you have done all the steps above you can click “Start” button to start your conversion.

Tip 3:
Here i also recommend you guys a really nice TS Video Converter, which can convert TS file to all the popular standard video and to other HD video easily. It can also do many video editing works, such as trim, crop, merge and so on. It has super fast conversion speed and high output quality.
MTS Converter is also a really nice tool to convert MTS video file to enable you to edit in windows movie maker and other video editing software. And also allows you to upload your HD video to youtube.com to share with your friends. It can convert MTS file to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen, Xbox video.

How to rip Blu-ray to WebM video?

WebM (consists of VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams) is free and open media file format sponsored by Google for use with HTML5 video. The WebM is actually a video compression format based on a profile of Matroska. This promising format is very likely to dominate the video world in the future. Now you can find WebM on YouTube, Google Video, NicoVideo, Daily Motion, MetaCafe, and Revver Video and many more. And in the near future, the WebM will be also supported by mobile phones, tablets and other devices.

Now, if you want to convert your Blu-ray movie to WebM video for sharing it online, you need a professional Blu-ray to WebM Ripper. Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper is exactly the converting tool to help you rip your Blu-ray disc to WebM with outstanding output video effect. Now I will show you how to rip Blu-ray to WebM video step by step.

First, you need download this Blu-ray to WebM Ripper and install it on your computer.

Step 1: Load Blu-ray disc

After running the software, you could see the interface as below. Click the "Load Blu-ray" button to load any Blu-ray disc you want to rip.

Step 2: Edit output video effect

Aiseesoft Blu-ray to WebM Ripper possesses powerful video editing features. With it, you can cut off any segment from your Blu-ray movie, crop video frame, watermark video, modify video brightness/saturation/contrast/hue/volume, and join Blu-ray playlists together.

Step 3: Choose output profile

After the video editing operation, you can choose your desired WebM format from the drop-down list. Here, you can select the SD WebM format or the HD WebM format according to your need.

Moreover, this Blu-ray to WebM Ripper allows users to do some settings on the output video file. Users can adjust Video Encoder, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channel, and Audio Bitrate.

Step 4: Start Blu-ray to WebM conversion

After all these operations above, you can click on the "Convert" button to start ripping Blu-ray to WebM. And you could enjoy your output WebM video or upload it to websites.

Aiseesoft Updates Blu-ray Ripper to Support WebM

The WebM format is a free and open media file format sponsored by Google. It is actually a video compression format consisting of VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams. Now this WebM format has been used in YouTube, Google video and other online video websites. Now, Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper has been updated to support ripping Blu-ray disc to WebM with perfect output quality. This Blu-ray Ripper could remove different copy protections of your commercial BD discs, like AACS, BD+, even MKB V24. Then users can conveniently rip the Blu-ray movie to WebM and any other popular video format.

Besides of supporting outputting WebM video, Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper also offers some other new features:

• Improve the file parsing speed;
• Support the DE, WAV, CUE (including CUE+APE、CUE+WAV、CUE+FLAC) files;
• Improve the TS file decoding technology;
• Update the FLAC decoder;
• Improve the DVD parsing ability;
• Support 5.1 Dolby surround sound;
• Improve the “Crop” and “Merge” features;

Also this Blu-ray Ripper owns powerful video editing features to help you customize output video effect. With it, users can conveniently trim video length, crop video frame, watermark video, join Blu-ray playlists together and adjust video brightness, saturation, contrast, hue and volume.

Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper is the best Blu-ray ripping software to help you rip any Blu-ray to video with super high ripping speed.

if you own an iPad, maybe you need a Blu-Ray to iPad Ripper

hope my artical is helpful for you.

How to transfer music between iPod and Mac without iTunes

Most iPod users are not very good at using iTunes. It is very difficult to use, and you can not transfer your songs back to your computer when your computer crashed down, if it is not purchased from Apple Store. So I had not used iTunes for a long time on my Mac since I found Aiseesoft
iPod Manager for Mac

It can both backup your iPod songs, movie/video and image on your Mac and import your local files to your iPod anytime without worrying loosing other info.
This article aims to show Mac users how to import files to iPod without iTunes and backup iPod info on Mac.

Part 1: How to import songs/video/movie/image to iPod without iTunes. (Take put songs for example)
Step 1: Download and run Aiseesoft iPod Manager for Mac.

For Intel: http://www.aiseesoft.com/downloads/mac/ipod-manager-for-mac.dmg
For Power PC: http://www.aiseesoft.com/downloads/mac/ipod-manager-for-mac.dmg

Step 2: Plug your iPod to your Mac
Aiseesoft iPod Manager for Mac can find it automatically.



Step 3: Pick up the files you want to put on your iPod
1. Click “Music”
2. Click “Mac to iPod” and pick up the songs on your Mac you want to put on your iPod and click “Open”

Few seconds later, it will on your iPod.
(If you want to put video/image, just click “Video”/“Picture” and other operation is the same as putting songs)

Part 2: How to backup iPod info on Mac
Step 1: Plug your iPod to your Mac
Aiseesoft iPod Manager for Mac can find it automatically.

Step 2: Pick up what you want to backup
Just click Music and all of your music on your iPod will be listed, so you can pick up which songs you want to transfer. (Click “Video”/“Picture”, if you want to backup your videos and image.)

Step 3: Click “iPod to Mac” and find where to put your iPod info on your Mac and click “Open”

Few seconds later, your iPod songs will be on your Mac.

How to convert mod to wmv/avi/mp4/mov/mpg for Mac/Windows

Nowdays, more and more people use camcorder to record something happy, such as birthday party, wedding, graduation etc. While, maybe lots of you aren’t familiar with these tools, feeling frustrated about how to convert and import properly those .MOD video files. Now here, I give some little tips and hope it useful to all of you.

First, what’s Mod?

.Mod files are actually MPEG-2 files with AC3 audio, similar to a VOB file on a DVD or the M2T files used on Sony hard drive camcorders, this video file format is used on many digital camcorders, such as the JVC Everio, the Canon FS100 and the Panasonic D-Snap SD-card camcorders.

Second, why and how we convert them to what we wanted video formats?

Because .Mod file is not supported by iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen etc, so if you want to import MOD files from your camcorders to play on iPod, even burn to DVD to keep them, you have to convert them.
Here, I’ll share you with a useful tool to solve this problem.
Part one: For Mac users:

Aiseesoft Mod Converter for Mac can help you convert Panasonic/JVC/Cannon etc. Mod file to AVI, convert Mod to FLV, MPG, MP4, MOV, FLV, 3GP, etc., then you can enjoy edit them, enjoy them on your portable devices.

Now, follow the step-by-step guide and start the conversion.

Step 0: Download, install and run Aiseesoft Mod Converter for Mac
And after a while, you can see the following inferface:



Step 1: Load Video:
Click “Add File” button to browse your computer hard disc and load the MOD/TOD video files you want to convert to the software

Step 2: Set output video format
Click “Profile” button from the drop-down list to select the output video format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and WMV. You can click the “Settings” button to set parameters of your output video such as Frame Rate, Bitrate to get the best video quality as you want.

Step 3: Click the “Start” button to start the conversion.

Tips:
This Mac Mod Converter also provides you with a series of video editing functions, such as crop video size, trim a clip of video, and merge several videos, set video effect.

1. Click "Effect" to make special effect for your movie.

You can adjust the “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Saturation” and also you can use “deinterlacing” to improve you output effect.

2. Trim:
“Trim” function allows you to pick up any part of your video to convert. You can just convert a part of your video that you want.

3: Crop:
Cut off the black edges of the original movie video and watch in full screen on your iPod using the "Crop" function.

4. Merge into one file
If you want to merge several Mod/Tod videos into one file you can choose them and click the “Merge into one file” to do it

Part two: For windows users:

Aiseesoft Mod Converter has the same function

Step 0: Download, install and run Aiseesoft Mod Converter



Step 1: Click “Add File” button to add your video files
Step 2: Set output video format
Step 3: Click the “Start” button to start the conversion.

Tips:
This powerful Mod Converter also allows you to do many editing works, such as “Trim”, “Crop” and “Effect”

After you convert MOD/TOD Video files with Aiseesoft Mod Converter, you can import MOD Movie from your camcorders to Windows Movie Maker, iPod, Zune, etc without problem.

How to Transfer Files from PC to Your iPhone?

Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer is one advanced iPhone tool for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 users. Working as powerful and professional iPhone transfer software, it can transfer from PC to iPhone directly without iTunes. Backup files from iPhone to local disk without loss. Transfer files between two different iPhone.

All of these needs can be met with this only one iPhone Transfer. Because iPod and iPhone have the same function in the field of multimedia, this iPhone Transfer is also applied to iPod.

Next let us learn how to transfer files from PC to your iPhone with Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer.

Step 1: Download and install Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer.

The interface is like:

Step 2: Run the software, and connect your iPhone/iPod to your computer via USB cable.

Step 3: Transfer files

Click PC to iPhone to seek the files or folders that you want to import to iPhone and click OK. The process of transferring will be finished instantly.

Besides, Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer can transfer all video and audio files or folders accepted by iPhone. These formats include MP4, M4V, MP3, WMV. Strong search function can find files you need easily. Possessed of friendly user-interface, it is easy to operate, even for the new users. Just connect it with your iPhone, all the process can be finished in few clicks.

Want to transfer from PC to iPhone fast and conveniently, please try easy-to-use Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer. More information at: Transfer from PC to iPhone.