How to watch DVD movies on Nexus 7

Obviously, this is a total guide to tell you how to convert DVD movies to Nexus 7 for watching anywhere. As we known, Google Nexus 7 is the first Android 4.1 tablet from Google sporting a 7" Back-lit IPS display with 1280x800/1920*1200 resolution and Scratch-resistant Corning glass protection, NVIDIA’s Tegra 3/Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, 1GB/2GB of RAM, 1.2MP front-facing camera and 8/16/32 GB internal storage. This tablet is not only easy to carry but also good for video enjoying.

Well, there comes a question. There is not DVD driver on Nexus 7, how can we enjoy DVD movies with Nexus 7? It can be solved with ease. What we need is DVD Ripper, AKA DVD to Nexus 7 Converter. It can rip and convert DVD disc to Nexus 7 supported video format rapidly.

Nexus 7 supported video format: 720P/1080P HD video MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and DivX

Before the final tutorial start, you should prepare 3 stuffs: a computer with DVD driver and Windows OS (Windows XP/Vista/7/8), your lovely DVD movies (DVD discs or DVD folders) and DVD Ripper.

 

The next operation is quite simple. The full guide of DVD to Nexus 7 conversion could be concluded into 3 steps: import DVD disc or folder, set output file format and parameters, convert DVD to Nexus 7.

Step 1: Import DVD disc or folder into this program
Insert your DVD disc into your DVD driver, and then run this program -- DVD Ripper. Click "Load DVD" button to load DVD files. It also support to import DVD folders.

Step 2: Set output video format and parameters
1. Above the “Profile”, you can select the output audio track and subtitle if your DVD disc supported.
2. Click the “Profile” drop-down list to choose a video format you prefer to output. As we know Nexus 7 Support MP4 video format. So we can select “MP4-MPEG-4 Video” in “Common Video” partition.
3. Click the “Setting” button which next to Profile to set output video parameters. You can select the Quality as “High”, and the video size as “720*480”.

Step 3: Get the DVD to Nexus 7 conversion started
OK, after those preparations, we can continue to convert DVD to Nexus 7 now. Click the “convert” button on the right bottom of the main interface to start converting DVD to MP4. After conversion, you can transfer the converted files to your Nexus 7 for unlimited playback.

That’s the entire guide to teach you how to convert DVD to Nexus 7 for watching, easy but practical. Hope you can have the good time with your Nexus 7 and DVD movies!

 

Best YouTube Video Downloader

There are so many videos on YouTube, and I always want to download the videos I like. But YouTube didn't provide a offerical downloader, so where can I download the YouTube video.

I wrote a article about Free Online Video Converter before, and this time, I will list some useful youtube downlaoder software.

4. Free YouTube Downloader

A free YouTube downloader, very easy to use, copy the video url into the blank, and choose the output format as iPhone4 video (H.264 MP4), click Download, then the software will help you to download the YouTube video automatically.
PS: Program bundled Realplayer, of course you can choose install or not. And the install process is a little time-consuming.

3. Free YouTube Download - Free Studio

Free downloader from dvdvideosoft.com, it's a freeware, and the usage is also very easy, copy a YouTube link and paste it into the big blank. Then choose output format(you can do some advanced settings on video/audio codec and bitrates, click the Download, and it will download the video for you.
PS: When you install the software, it's going to install a toobar of dvdvideosoft.com, to set the website as your IE homepage and default search engine. Of course, you can cancel that. Further more, if you want to accelerate your video downloading and playing, you can pay for the acceleration service.


2. Wondershare Free YouTube Downloader

Friendly UI, Easy to use, download the YouTube video fast, a good freware for downloading. Just copy the YouTube url, and paste it into the blank, or click the button "Paste URL". Then the program will automatically analytic the url, and download the video.
PS: This software is bundled with babylon toolbar, it will ask you to install it, to set babylon as your homepage and SE. Luckily, you can choose whether to install or not.
And if you want to download video from other video sites, like hulu, the program will ask to upgrade, just need $19.


1. Leawo YouTube Downloader

This program integrates an IE, you can use it to watch the YouTube video. And when you watch the online video, the software will download it automatically(of course after some settings).
You can use it to download from other video sites include YouTube.com, like veoh, myspace, facebook, etc. It's free.
And it is different from those above, it dosen't bundle anything, totally clean.
PS: If you don't want it to download the video automatically, you can change the setings by click the "Menu". And I tried to download from hulu, but it doesn't work, maybe you will have a good luck.

13 Things You Need to Know About Chrome for Android

“After a lot of hard work, I’m really excited to see us launch Chrome for Android Beta today,” said Sundar Pichai, Google SVP of Chrome and Apps, in a Google+ post. “We set out to bring the full capability of desktop Chrome to Android and rethink the browser from the ground up for phones and tablets with a touch interface.” Chrome for Android Beta is now available for free through Google’s Android Market. It requires phones and tablets to be running Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized web browsing experience with you wherever you go, across devices. Well, you may also have some questions about Chrome for Android. Here I listed some FQA for you to know more details on Chrome for Android.

Is Chrome for Android Beta open sourced?
Due to the ICS schedule, deriving from Chromium, Google currently has not started the project of open source for Chrome for Android. As more functions to be inserted in the future, Google would make Chrome for Android open source in steps.
Will Chrome for Android upgrades synchronously to the Chrome browser?
Yet not. Google is currently considering how to branch Chrome, which means that in the future there might be Chrome for Android Stable, Chrome for Android Dev, or even things like Chrome for Android Canary.
Will Chrome for Android update automatically?
Yes. Set automatically update in Android Market.

What is the difference between Chrome for Android and Android browser?
Chrome for Android provides faster, safer and more stable browsing experience just like your PC Chrome browser. It also supports more HTML 5 techniques.
Does Chrome for Android support expanding and web application?
Currently no. The Chrome Web Store is also not supported. Google has no plan for this yet.

Which Flash version does Chrome for Android support?
The Chrome for Android doesn’t support Flash for Adobe has claimed to stop developing portable Flash products. Google will adopt HTML5 for more powerful networking and cooperate with Adobe for the future network standard.

How to hide Omnibar address bar?Currently the Omnibar address bar couldn’t be hidden. Google would monitor customers’ hobbit to decide how to handle Omnibox.

What’s the similarity between Chrome for Android and PC Chrome?
Both of them are based on the same source code, while Chrome for Android would take advantage of PC Chrome browser.

Does Chrome for Android support Canvas hardware accelerating, WebGL and Native Client?
Chrome for Android currently supports only Canvas hardware accelerating, not WebGL and Native Client.

What User Agent does Chrome for Android adopt?
Google adds CrMo to recognize mobile Chrome: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android-4.0.3; en-us; Galaxy Nexus Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7 on Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Galaxy Nexus, and Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android-4.0.3; en-us; Xoom Build/IML77) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7 on Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Xoom tablets.

Will Google continue to improve the default browser of Android?
Both Chrome for Android and the default Android browser derive from Chromium. Google would keep evaluating them to adjust the developing process.

Does Chrome for Android also adopt SandBox technology?
Currently the single tag page has no sand box, and supports no Safe Browsing.

Is it true that Chrome for Android operates only on 4.0 OS?
Yes.

Hope this FAQ list would help you.

Source: Leawo

What is MP4 Format

MP4 or MPEG-4 Part 14(formally ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003) is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It may also be referred to as MPEG-4 AVC, which stands for Advanced Video Coding. As the name suggests, this is a format for working with video files and was first introduced in 1998. The MPEG refers to Motion Pictures Expert Group who is responsible for setting the industry standards regarding digital audio and video.

MP4 allows a combination of audio, video, subtitles and still images to be held in the one single file. It also allows for advanced content such as 3D graphics, menus and user interactivity.

An MP4 file uses separate compression schemes for audio and video. Video is compressed by using the MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264), MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 encoding algorithm, while the audio is compressed in  AAC compression format. But since MP4 is a container format, it can also contain an MPEG-2 AAC or an MP3 bit stream. These different formats are given in the header of an MP4 file, specifying the exact object types in the container.

The MP4 container format can be used by iTunes, and with all portable devices, like: iPhone, iPod, iPad, PS3(PSP), Zune, Android Phones, etc. And it can be played back with many softwares, like: KMPlayer, Media Player Classic,  MPlayer, QuickTime Player, VLC media player, Windows Media Player 12, XBMC Media Center, etc.
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External links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4

How to Convert VOB files to MP4?

1. What is VOB format?
A VOB file (Video Object) is a container format in DVD-Video media. It can contain video, audio, subtitle, menu and navigation contents multiplexed together into a stream form.
Except VOB file, there are other DVD files include IFO and BUP files. IFO (Info) files contain all the information a DVD player needs to know about a DVD so that the user can navigate and play all DVD content properly. BUP (Backup) files are an exact copy and backup of IFO files in case of corruption. VOB files without IFO or BUP files do not allow DVD menu navigation. Images, video and audio used in DVD menus are stored in VOB files.

2.How Can I Convert VOB files to MP4 Format?
As mentioned above, VOB files always come with IFO files and BUP files and VOB files cannot stand alone. So How do I convert them into MP4 format? I just want to download some videos to my iPod Touch.

Well, we will discuss how to convert VOB to MP4 by using Leawo VOB to MP4 Converter.

Things we need
Video Converter - support all popular formats.
Click here to download.

Steps
1. Download the install file and setup.
2. Run the program, click“Add” button to add VOB files, they are usually in video_ts folder.

3. Click profile and select a output format, here we choose MP4 format for my iPod Touch.

4. Click "setting" button and do some advanced settings, such like video codec, quality, resolution, bitrate, framerate and aspect ratio etc. you can optimize a video as your wishes.(Tips: Trail version will output a watermark)

Now, if you have done all the steps above, what you need to do is only to click the "Convert" and wait for the converting finished.

Well, convert VOB files to MP4 format is just so easy!

Why My iMovie Can Not Read AVI

Import the AVI files to iMovie from Sony digital camera, flip video camera, or some AVI movies downloaded from the Internet, can be a painful experience for many Mac users. Because we will usually get into some troubles, like it played well in  Quicktime, but when importing to iMovie, it just goes through the copying process, but nothing showed up in the screen. Or imported it into iMovie, but without sound or image.

How does it happened? Because the iMovie can only reads AVI files that both the audio and the video were compressed by using a codec that it can recognized. If iMovie can' t recognize your AVI video files, that would be the codec used to create the AVI file is not supported by iMovie, even if you have installed Perian, a component that can let you play AVI files in QuickTime.

So if you want to edit AVI files in iMovie, the easiest way would be converting them to an iMovie compatible format.

Related Post: How to import AVI files to iMovie

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Top 5 Converter Giveaway in Coming Halloween

As the Halloween is coming, those software companies have moved out for their Halloween Party and Promotion. They want to take this opportunity to attract more people to be their fans and promote their own products.
Okay, I went to those sites to see what they are going to do on Halloween and wrote down my reviews here, you can take a look and at and judge which is more attractive.


The companies below displays in the alphabetic order:


1.Aunsoft
Aunsoft will giveaway their MTS/M2TS Converter for Win, which is $29 in full price. what you need to do is just launch their facebook fanpage and click "Like".
And the promotion has a discount up to 50%. This activity will expires on Nov 4.
Link: http://www.aunsoft.com/halloween/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aunsoft-Software-Fans/143601159011039

2.Leawo

Compared with the Aunsoft, Leawo send more surprises, they are going to give away their all-in-one video converter from Oct 31 to Nov 1,two days, which can solve almost all video formats converting.

Their promotion is also attractive, iAM Total Converter for Mac,at a reduced price $40 now, while the original is $70, it includes Mac Video Converter and Mac DVD Ripper, I think that would be a nice tool for Mac users.

All of these discount only for their fans, you have to "Like" them on facebook first.

Link: http://www.leawo.com/software-giveaway.html
http://www.facebook.com/Leawo?v=app_7146470109

3.Pavtube

Maybe Pavtube's promotion is not the most attractive, but it would be funniest. The Halloween page on their site is full of Halloween atmosphere. You have to click the pumpkins to get a discount for their products, it's all depends on your luck, but you can try again after you failed. If you have good luck and patience, you may have a discount up to 90%. And I found a funny thing there, their employee made a mistake that give the wrong discount with the price. such as original price is $45, 10% discount, but only take $4.5.

Link: http://www.pavtube.com/halloween/halloween.html

4.Wondershare

Wondershare take an interesting mode in this Halloween promotion. Their treat hold from Oct 25 to Oct 31, offer two star products everyday, and the price is out of control, using a countdown mode, the price will reduce from $7.9 to $0.0 day by day.

Link: http://www.wondershare.com/topic/halloween/

http://www.facebook.com/wondershare?v=app_11007063052

5.Xilisoft

Xilisoft never make any giveaway, so does this Halloween. They give a discount up to 40% about 9 products. In general, there is no new things.

Link: http://www.xilisoft.com/holiday-promotion.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Xilisoft/118104983583

Okay, are you interested in any Halloween promotion above? Move your mouse!

You may want to read Top 10 Halloween iphone apps.

Freemake - A Friendly Freeware

Although I have used so many converters, but I think Freemake's UI is the best. It dosen't has many magnificent pictures and effects, but only friendly to users. It has a very lovely UI while the icons are easy to read, I promise that you can understand the meaning of the buttons as soon as you saw them. Actually，it's really a very easy-to-use ware. 
Okay, here are two videos of its video converter and video downloader, great guide videos. Let's enjoy them.

How to convert FLV files to MP4

Flash Video is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet. It has quickly established itself as the format of choice for embedded video on the web. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Hulu, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, metacafe, Reuters.com, and many other news providers.
But FLV format is not supported by some devices like iPhone, iPod and HTC phones,etc. So it makes some trouble when we want to watch the video on our phones that downloaded from YouTube. We just need to convert it to suit our portable devices.
Now we have known how to download the YouTube Video(20 Free Ways to Download Any Video off),and the rest is how to convert FLV files to MP4.


Things we need
Free MP4 Converter, a freeware that can convert FLV files to MP4. Click here to download



Steps
1. Download the install file and setup.
2. Run the converter, click“Add” button to add the original FLV files.
3. Click profile and select a output format. You can find many formats in "Common Video" menu, choose the one which you are going to convert to.
4. Click "setting" button and do some advanced settings, such like video codec, quality, resolution, bitrate, framerate and aspect ratio etc. you can optimize a video as your wishes.(Free version can't do this)
If you have done all the steps above, what you need to do is only to click the "Convert" and wait for the converting finished.

Well, convert FLV files to MP4 is so easy, just 4 steps, and you can also convert FLV files to AVI, MOV, etc. by using this tool.

Leawo Free MP4 Converter

I have posted some crack and freeware before, xilisoft, cucusoft and format factory. Today, I recommend another freeware - Leawo Free MP4 Converter. We can know something about it from its name. First, it's a freeware, clearly free, no watermark, no timelimits. And second, it support various format input and output, like FLV to MP4, MP4 to MP3, FLV to WMV/AVI, AVI to MOV, you can see the detailed information below.

References

Output Device Support
iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Archos AV500, Archos AV700, Creative Zen, iRiver PMP, Zune
Input File Format
FLV, WMV, ASF, WMA, AVI, RMVB, RM, RA, MOV, QT, MP4, M4V, DV, 3GP, 3G2, DAT, MPG, MPEG, MP3, VOB, MKV, MKA, MTS, M2TS, F4V
Output File Format Support
Video	AVI, MOV, MP4
Audio	AAC, M4A, MP3
Image	JPEG, THM, BMP

What's New

1. Optimized the menu display pattern.
2. Optimized the encoding speed of Xvid and H.264.
3. Convert FLV files to MP4 is available.
4. 6 languages optional.
5. Add support to MKV format.
6. RMVB decoding is optimized.
7. Support adding image and text watermarks.

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Download: http://www.leawo.com/video-converter/free-mp4converter.html

20 Free Ways to Download Any Video off the Internet

It seems like everyone these days is downloading, watching, and sharing videos from video-sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, Veoh, Break, and a ton of other similar sites. Whether you want to watch the video on your iPod while working out, insert it into a PowerPoint presentation to add some spice, or simply download a video before it’s removed, it’s quite essential to know how to download, convert, and play these videos.

There are basically two ways to download videos off the Internet and that’s how I’ll split up this post: either via a web app or via a desktop application. Personally, I like the desktop applications better simply because you can have many more settings for the video, although the web application is easy to use and you don’t need to download any software.

Free Web services for downloading videos from video-sharing sites

	ClipNabber allows you to download videos from YouTube, Metacafe, etc by simply copying and pasting the URL. You’ll then get a link whereby you can download the file to your computer, iPod, iPhone, or any other media player. You’ll need to have an FLV player for the YouTube videos. Quick and very easy to use!
	Zamzar is a free online file conversion web application that can not only convert videos off the Internet to AVI, MPEG, 3GP, MP4, MOV, etc, but also converts between audio, image, and document formats. Paste the URL into Step 1 and then convert the file to your favorite format.
	VideoDownloader is a FireFox extension, but also allows you to paste in any URL from many sites such as Blip.TV, iFilm, and even social networking sites like MySpace. You can also download a free FLV player from their site to play the videos.
	Vixy.net is another site that not only downloads online videos, but will also convert them AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, or MP3 (if you want to extract the audio from the file). Using this site, you don’t have to worry about downloading a FLV player as you can convert it to Windows format. (Same as Zamzar)
	KeepVid also supports just about any video sharing site out there and the only difference about this site is that it also has a Top Videos section, so you can quickly download the most watched videos around the web.
	Media Converter is similar to ZamZar and vixy.net, but requires you to create an account and log in. Also, it seems like it only supports downloading and converting videos from YouTube. You can also download their video download program, but it only supports 5 sites.
	Hey! Watch is an online video encoding web service that encodes video into different formats including HD very quickly. The graphical interface is very nice and there are lots of features and options, such as the ability to transfer any video from the web directly to an FTP server or to online storage.
	YoutubeX, as the name suggests, allows you to download videos from YouTube. Obviously, it only supports YouTube, but it has a couple of other features, such as the ability to play your video on the site and find popular videos quickly.
	VideoRonk searches across multiple video-sharing sites such as Google Video, YouTube, MetaCafe and DailyMotion to find the most popular videos on each of them. You can either watch them on VideoRonk or download them to your computer in FLV format.
	VidDownloader supports about 10 sites including the major ones and can download the videos in DivX AVI format. It’s very easy to use and can also extract only the audio from a video by choosing “Just Audio” on the download page. You don’t have to worry about having an FLV player since it converts the files to Windows format.
	Kcoolonline, according to their web site, they support more than 98 video sites including MySpace, CollegeHumor, iFilm, etc. You’ll have to rename the files you download from YouTube with the .FLV extension at the end.
	Download videos is a foreign site, but is easy to use and supports most of the major sites. You can also download a free FLV player off their site to play videos from YouTube.
	DownThisVideo has a nice tag cloud at the top that you can click on to find videos quickly. From what I could tell, this site is mostly used by Japanese because the popular videos are mostly Anime, etc. However, you can still use it to download any YouTube video.

Video Downloaders for your PC

If you prefer to have a desktop application that can download videos for you, check out the following list:

1. YouTube Downloader - A good video downloader and accelerator software, it can help you watch video fast. And it packed a brower which provide some HD movies watching free online.

2. Orbit Downloader – This is by far the best desktop application I have seen for downloading any type of social media off the Internet. It can download videos and music from MySpace, YouTube, Pandora, Rapidshare, and lots more. It has a great interface and carries a very small foot print.

3. VDownloader – A small little application that can download videos from many sites and converts them to AVI or MPG format.

4. VideoDownloader – A useful FireFox add-on that supports more than 60 video sharing sites. It can also download other objects on a web page, such as movies, MP3s, flash files, and Quicktime movies directly.

5. Ares Tube – Another popular video download application that is very small and very easy to use. You can download videos in batches by entering URLs into a queue and Ares Tube can convert them into different formats such as iPod, MP4, MPG, etc.

6. YouTubeGrabber – Not a very fancy program, it simply takes your URL and downloads the file. No conversion is done and you’ll need to install an FLV player to watch the videos.

7. KeepV – Downloads videos from YouTube, MySpace, and Google and converts them to either MOV, 3GP, AVI, iPod, or PSP format.

Hopefully, using one of the tools above, you can download the video you want! I’m sure the arsenal of web services and desktop apps will grow, so this list will be updated as needed.

Top Free Online Converters

Maybe you are tired of use converter on PC. Maybe you are going to somewhere so that don't have enough time to wait for the video converting finished. Maybe you are in a strange surroundings and don't have your PC beside. Maybe you are afraid the converter which have to be downloaded will take virus. Maybe...so many conditions.
You should try some online converter, follow me and see the top online converters


Zamzar
Zamzar is a free and all-inclusive (video, music, images, documents) online file converter. In 4 quick steps you can convert almost anything to anything else; 
(1) simply enater a file you want to convert by pointing to its location on your local drive or address on the web(ex; youtube video), 
(2) select output format(eg. PDF, doc, 3GP mobile, iPod, PSP…), 
(3) enter email address where it should send converted file and 
(4) convert it.
Special features:
◆supports all popular video, music, image and document formats. More details
◆provides browser bookmarklet(Firefox, IE) which lets you convert and save files from any webpage.
◆convert and save any video while you are watching it(supports Youtube, GoogleVideo,  Myspace, Revver, PutFile, Break.com, Apple, Trailers, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm, Grouper, Blip.tv)
◆file size can’t exceed 100 MB.


Media-Convert
Media-Convert also lets you convert all types of files, i.e. video, music, images, docs and archives. It’s also free and supports almost all conceivable file formats. Procedure is pretty much the same; select the file, specify output format and let it do the rest. Once it’s done with a file, it will provide you with a link from where it can be downloaded.
Special features:
◆each converted file remains accessible for 6 more days, so if you want to share it with friends you can forward them a link to download page.
◆input file format auto-detection(no need to specify input format)
◆additional option to adjust conversion settings(like fps, bitrate, codec, audio rate, etc..)
◆download file directly to your mobile via WAP or GPRS.
◆file size can’t exceed 150 MB.


Mux
Mux lets you convert youtube and googlevideo videos to following formats; mpeg-4, Quicktime, iPod(m4v), flash video, windows media, mpeg-1/2, windows avi, 3gb mobile and OGG Theora. It’s not as powerful as above mentioned zamzar or media-convert however it has some handy features that you won’t find with others (see below).
Special features:
◆for more demanding users there is a power mux which allows users set additional settings on output file(bitrate, fps, file length…etc).
◆there is also a mux mobile which lets you convert web-videos to mobile format(3GP, AMR) and instantly forward them to any mobile for free.

Vixy

Vixy is a professional FLV file converter,it can only support converting Flash video or FLV files. The procedure is very easy, just input the url of the YouTube video or the FLV files, then choose output format, click "Start". it support output in AVI for Windows, MOV for Mac, MP4 for iPod/PSP, 3GP for Mobile, and MP3 only.
Special features:
◆It is using a compressed domain transcoder technology . It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical transcoder.
◆When you submit a URL, it will download and convert to the video format, and then you can download the converted file.
◆FLV to MPEG4 Conveter engine is now OpenSource. You can download the source code via subversion:http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=183657