Convert DVD movies or video to Apple TV on MAC

Let’s say you’ve purchased a movie on DVD, and you want to watch it on your Apple TV. You could buy a computer-friendly copy from the iTunes Store—if it’s available, that is. Or you could download batch videos from internet, you get many videos such as MKV, AVI from your friend. You want to play the videos on Apple TV. However, Apple doesn't exactly make it simple to watch content that's not purchased from iTunes, and the Apple TV was clearly meant to be an iTunes portal for the living room. The Apple TV's spec page indicates that it supports a very limited number of file formats: anything from the iTunes store, H.264/AVC movies, and MPEG-4 video. For the average user, these will likely be fine, and it's not hard encoding one's own movies to fit one of these formats.

Here, we are writing about how to rip DVDs and convert other video files into formats that will play on Apple TV in the help of iFunia DVD to Apple TV converter and Apple TV Video Converter, then you can enjoy from the comfort of your couch in the best possible quality.

How to rip or convert DVD to Apple TV on Mac?
There are plenty of converters you can find can do the conversion for Apple TV on the market, but the quality different. We’ll be using the very nice professional Apple TV converter called iFunia DVD to Apple TV converter, compared to others, this soft has rapid conversion speed, high output quality, what's more, it is quite easy to use, to a novice, and this is the most suitable converter. It is positioned specifically as a simple, "one button" converter for Apple's devices that sync with iTunes: the video Apple TV.

Step1. Get iFunia DVD to Apple TV converter and Load DVD files
Download iFunia DVD to Apple TV converter and run it on MAC. In the program main panel, click the button "Load..." to load your DVD movie, you may see the name of DVD movie disk if you insert DVD before running this DVD ripper tool. A movie DVD usually has several titles, just select the titles you would like to convert.


Step2. Select output format and set up the conversion parameters
In "Destination Setup" you can use the "convert to" drop-down menu to control the output format. Select Apple TV MP4 output format and adjust the Resolution, Bitrates, Frame Rate and Audio Codec in section Export Settings. Then go to "Save to" to specify a directory on MAC to save the output files.


Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size.

Step3. Start DVD to Apple TV MP4 conversion
Finally, convert your DVD to Apple TV MP4 by hitting the Start button. Tick "Shutdown when done" check box - if needed. The convert progress bar shows you how much of the encoding is completed. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing and the bitrate you set.

Steps on converting video files to Apple TV on MAC
The steps on converting video files to Apple TV on MAC are similar to rip DVD movies. First, run the iFunia Apple TV Converter, and click the "Add..." button to add video files. Next preset the output settings, adjust wanted parameters and then click "Start" button to start the ripping.



Optional step. Edit videos: crop, trim, add special effects or add watermark and deinterlace
Wanna add a personalized watermark on the output video files? iFunia DVD to Apple TV and Apple TV converter both allow you add a text watermark or a image logo. Just select the titles/chapters you'd like to add watermark, then click the button 'Edit' to open video editing window. If you want to crop DVD movies or video files and add some special effects, click the first two tabs.


After all are done, you just get the wanted DVD movies or video files on MAC, and sync them to your Apple TV for playback on-the-go!

Tips&Tricks
* Batch conversion. iFunia DVD to Apple TV Converter and Apple TV Converter both can convert multiple videos to Apple TV compatible format in one pass to save time.
* HD video conversion. The two programs also can rip HD DVD and HD video to watch them on your wide screen HDTV.
* iFunia Apple TV Converter also can convert AVCHD (M2TS, MTS), MOD to Apple TV MP4 video format.
* You can built-in DVD player or preview the video by selecting the video and clicking Play in the preview pane with this two iFunia Apple TV converter. You can also take snapshot and save them as jpg, bmp file while preview.
* If you are a PC user, please just refer to iFunia DVD to Apple TV Converter and Apple TV Video Converter for Windows.

Apple's iPad - why it's iBad for business IT

The iPad is an amazing innovation and I applaud the creative thinking that has gone into it. The only unchanging element of IT over the past 25 or so years has been the keyboard and mouse but now these tablet technologies are spawning a complete rethink.

However, it is also an immense headache and a complication for business IT. The product is not mature enough to be a viable alternative to traditional workstations.

The iPad will once again turn IT into the naysayers who are seen as not adopting the new technology or at the very least as the people putting rules in place to limit iPad exposure in our work environments.
Market-threatening tactics
First, Apple's model of deploying applications and its overprotective, market-threatening tactics to restrict certain software, such as Adobe Flash, on their devices restrict integration and are a drain on support.

Even if I wanted to accede to those who want to use the iPad as a work device, doing so carries far too many implications. I am as frustrated as anyone at the inability of business environments to exploit new and creative technologies.

And of course there will be a time and place, not to mention a few monster apps for the iPad that will greatly benefit businesses in the months and years to come.

Also, those who consider me part of the old school that doesn't want to see new technology and innovation implemented need to recognise that the problem is Apple and other vendors, not your local IT department.

Consumer-targeted technology
When companies release technology aimed at consumers and not at businesses, they are the ones who are creating the issues related to proper workplace integration, not us.

The fixation with consumables and gadgets appealing to a consumer sub-culture of these manufacturers means they do not care...

COMMENT...about integrating these devices into business environments. All they care about is selling volume to pimply-faced teenagers looking for the next big thing. It is not in their business model and so it can't be in ours.

They restrict technology, application deployment and set rigid standards meant to limit competition of competing software and applications. This practice results in IT professionals being forced to be the gate-keeper and saying, "Not in our environment, not now".
Applications support
If you think I like these circumstances you are wrong. I would like nothing more than to be able to say, "Apple has created a great product and thought about how it can be applied in our business and how it can support our environment and applications."

The obsession now with consumer-driven technology and the focus of these companies on delivering to the consumers more than business, are driving a wedge into our ability to innovate applications and services. It's not getting better but rather worse.

As suppliers flock to what they believe is quick cash and yearly product cycles, it is impossible for businesses to drive a development and application plan to utilise these devices except in a business-to-consumer world but not internally or, in most cases, between businesses.

I feel marginalised by these innovators. They care little about developing products that will help business applications. They don't care and yet users feel it is me and my department who are the problem.

Until Apple and the other vendors driving new technologies acknowledge business requirements, there is little we can do except say no.

Have you faced similar problems to the Naked CIO in your IT department? Post a comment below.

source: Naked CIO: Apple's iPad - why it's iBad for business IT

Convert video to playback on iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, Creative ZEN, Zune, BlackBerry...

Got a ton of videos files from YouTube or taken by camera and want to watch them on your portable video player? Or maybe you'll have one of this problems, want to watch videos in different formats on iPad? Don’t know how to convert/transfer/put/import videos to iPad? You have a Sony PSP and would like to watch your favorite home video using it? But you do not know how to convert your files into PSP compatible format?

Get a blackberry models, want to enjoy some videos on the trip, but find that although all current BlackBerry models support video playback, format restrictions make it very hard to get your videos onto the device. iFunia Video Converter Pro for Windows, designed as an all-in-one video converter for Windows with ready-made presets for converting to popular video/audio formats and support changing video formats for Sony’s PSP and PS3, Apple’s iPad, iPhone(iPhone 4), iPod and Apple TV, the BlackBerry, Xbox 360 and other portable players, enables you to transfer your home video library to a necessary format with a few mouse clicks.

What you will need:
1. A portable device capable of video playback
2. iFunia Video Converter Pro for Windows
3. Favourite video files want to convert

Just follow the step-by-step guide to convert your video to playback on iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, Creative ZEN, Zune, Blackberry...
Step1. Download and install iFunia Video Converter Pro
Download the video converter pro from iFunia homepage or downloadatoz.com. After the download is finished, run the ifunia-video-converter-pro.exe file and follow the installation wizard instructions.
Step2. Run iFunia Video Converter Pro for Windows and Add your input video file
Now run the iFunia Video Converter Pro and click the big button "Add..." to add videos from your hard disk, you may add as many videos as you want to convert to needed videos for watching on portable video player. Only the titles you checked will be converted.


Step3. Edit & merge videos: trim, crop, add effect, add watermark and deinterlace
Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? You may add a watermark in iFunia Video Converter Pro for Windows. Just select the title you'd like to add watermark, then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. If you want to crop video or add some special effects, click the first two tabs. And you also can do deinterlace the videos.


Step4. Set up output settings and the conversion parameters
Set the output setting as your wish, from the "Convert to" drop-down list, choose a wanted output format , you'll find a wide range of preset video setting options available. And adjust the Resolution, Bitrates, Frame Rate and Audio Codec in section Export Settings. Then go to "Save to" to set the output directory.


Step5. Start the video conversion
Finally, click the big "Start" button to start converting videos, the conversion will take some time. If you don't want to wait around during the conversion, just check "Shutdown when done".

Tips
* Allows preview original video and fixed video in real-time while editing.
* If needed, can merge all clips from a conversion batch into one movie for easy sharing on YouTube.
* After conversion, you can sync the videos to iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, iPod via iTunes, or transfer the videos to ZEN, Zune or Blackberry.
* If you are a MAC user, please just refer to iFunia Video Converter Pro for MAC.

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Download and convert YouTube videos on MAC

YouTube is pretty much the one stop shop for videos online. In case you are interested in downloading YouTube videos to your Mac computer so that you can play them on iPad or iPhone 4 or some other portable devices.

"I'd like to download some YouTube videos to my phone. I use a Firefix extention to download .flv files, but I can't use them. All the converters I googled were Windows only. I'd also love to convert YouTube flv to MP4 on Mac." Does anyone have the same problem as me? Wanna download and convert YouTube videos to other format? Well, I found a very good tool called iFunia YouTube converter to make it easily! Now, I'd like to share some simple practical tips which I collated on the course. The steps listed below will help you quickly and easily get the favourite YouTube videos and convert to other formats on your Mac OS.

Things You Will Need
* A Mac computer
* iFunia YouTube Converter for MAC
* Network and portable player
* Favourite YouTube videos

Step 1. Download and run iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac
Download the YouTube Converter for MAC from iFunia and install it on MAC. Now run the program on your Mac. It's really easy to use yet powerful. You may use iFunia YouTube Converter to download any favourite videos from YouTube as many as you want.

Step 2. Add video URLs to download videos from YouTube
In the "Download" channel, there is the field for a Video URL, the field for an output path. Simply copy-n-paste a YouTube or Google URL to the Video URL field. The URL looks like: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=uTJAsZP2iLk. You can batch download multiple videos by adding multiple YouTube video URLs. And then specify a directory on your computer to save the output FLV files.


Step 3. Open YouTube FLV video files to convert and select output profile
After downloading the YouTube videos, then switch to "Convert" channel, in the program's main window click "Add..." button on the toolbar to add FLV videos that you want to convert to the needed compatible video formats. Select the output profile in "Convert to" from the dropdown menu in the lower part of the window.




Step 4. Convert YouTube *.flv videos
Finally, click the big "Convert" button to start converting YouTube FLV videos. You also can batch convert multiple videos.

YouTube video Technology
YouTube uses Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos. Viewing YouTube videos on a personal computer requires the Adobe Flash Player plug-in to be installed in the browser.
In January 2010, YouTube launched an experimental version of the site that uses the built-in multimedia capabilities of web browsers supporting the HTML5 standard. This allows videos to be viewed without requiring Adobe Flash Player or any other plug-in to be installed. The YouTube site has a page that allows supported browsers to opt in to the HTML5 trial. Only browsers that support HTML5 Video using the H.264 or WebM formats can play the videos, and not all videos on the site are available. So one of the best options for enjoying YouTube videos is download and convert them to the needed formats, then playback on iPad, iPhone 4, PSP, or some other portable devices on-the-go.

Tips
* The iFunia YouTube Converter will switch to "Convert" channel after downloading the videos automaticly.
* This YouTube Converter from iFunia enable you to download and convert YouTube videos to a wide arrange of video formats including MP4, M4A, MOV, MP3, etc, enable them to be played on iPad, iPhone(iPhone 4), iPod, Apple TV or Quick Time Player.
* Doubles as a YouTube HD video downloader and converter. It helps you download and convert YouTube HD video to HD MP4, HD MOV, HD AVI and more.
* Allows you extract soundtracks from online videos.
* Save time by downloading or converting multiple videos at the same time.

How to convert video and DVD movies to iPad or iPhone 4 on MAC

If you got a bunch of videos from HD camera or somewhere, or numbers of favourite DVD movies and want to watch them free on the go, what should you do? Just stored or buy the DVDs from iTunes again?

Well, with the portable device player flourishing developing on the market, you can just put the videos and DVD movies on them and playback as desired. The new released iPad, with 9.7-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1024-by-768-piexl resolution, the HD feature makes watching DVD movies an utterly new experience. As well as iPhone 4, thanks to the Retina display, it's pixel density is so high, your eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels. And the remarkable 960x640 resolution screen of iPhone 4 will make your movie watching experience unbelievably sharp and crisp. So it’s wise to convert the videos and kinds of DVD movies to your new iPad or iPhone 4 for entertainment.

To help Mac users watching videos and DVD movies on iPad or iPhone 4, this article will focus on this point to show you a solution on how to convert, rip videos and DVD movies to iPad or iPhone 4 on Mac OS. Just read on to find this step-by-step tutorial from the following contents.

What You Will Need
* Bunch of videos or DVD movies
* iFunia MediaConverter Bundle
* iTunes

Step-by-step guide: how to convert video to iPad or iPhone 4 on Mac OS

Step1. Add video to convert
Download iFunia MediaConverter Bundle and run the Video Converter Pro, click Add…button to select and open the video file you wish to convert. iFunia MAC Video Converter Pro is an all-in-one MAC video converter, a groundbreaking Mac video format converter you can use to convert video of all popular formats like AVI, WMV, AVCHD, MKV, FLV, H.264/AVC, MP4, MOV, 3GP,etc. for playback on iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, Apple TV and other portable devices.


Step2. Select an output format
In the Destination-Setup section of the interface, choose the right preset for your iPad or iPhone 4 devices in the Convert-to drop-down menu.


Step3. Adjust audio and video parameters
In the Convert to settings, you can get the following window will pop up. This iFunia Mac Video Converter Pro allows users adjusting video and audio parameters like codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels to optimize the playback quality on iPad or iPhone 4.



Please notice that the parameters you changed should not be out of the format restrictions of iPad and iPhone 4, otherwise, the output files may not playable. Following are iPad and iPhone 4 all Supported following Video Format.

* H.264 video (up to 720p, 30 frames per second; main profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats)
* MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
* Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.

Step4. Click the “Start” button to start conversion on OS X
Bingo! That’s it! When the conversion is done you can transfer the video to your iPad or iPhone 4 via iTunes and enjoy it anytime and everywhere!

Steps on ripping DVD movies to iPad or iPhone 4
The steps on ripping DVD movies are similar to convert videos. First, run the DVD Ripper Pro from the iFunia MediaConverter Bundle, and click the "Load..." button to load IFO files. Next preset the output settings, adjust wanted parameters and then click "Start" button to start the ripping.



After all are done, you just get the wanted DVD movies on MAC, and sync them to your iPad or iPhone 4 for playback on-the-go!

Additional tips:
* iFunia MediaConverter Bundle allows you convert HD videos and rip DVD movies to all popular formats.
* Batch conversion. Convert multiple videos in one pass to save time.
* Save video and DVD movies for iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3G(S), Apple TV, PSP, Zune, Archos, BlackBerry, cell phone and more.
* You can join multiple video files to create a single movie via merge the video files.
* You can do simple editing like trimming, cropping, adding special effects, watermark to video and deinterlace video by clicking "Edit". Real-time preview provided while editing.
* You can preview the video by selecting the video and clicking Play in the preview pane. You can also take snapshot and save them as jpg, bmp file while preview.

How to convert video to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV…on MAC

I got some favourite videos and would like to watch them on my phone everytime eveywhere on the go. But the videos I downloaded are .FLV video format which could not be supported by my phone. I would like to find a video converter to convert FLV to 3GP videos. Do you have the same conversion problem too? Maybe you got lots of video and would like to import them into Windows Movie Maker for editing.

But the videos downloaded are .MKV video format which could not be supported by Windows Movie Maker, then you need to convert the MKV to WMV videos first; or you got some AVCHD videos by HD camera, and just wanna upload them to YouTube for sharing, but found that YouTube only support several video formats, this time you may need to convert the AVCHD to FLV files for uploading.

Nowadays, people have so many kinds of portable music/video players, and they play different video formats, so how to convert video from one popular video format to another is a question. Now I will give you a excellent All-in-one video converter: iFunia Video Converter Pro that can do all popular formats conversion in few clicks. The process is relatively simple, so even if you are not technically savvy, you should be able to convert all popular video formats to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV…on MAC without an issue. Well, read on.

Step1. Download and install iFunia Video Converter Pro
Download the All-in-one video converter from iFunia homepage or download sites, and install it on MAC.

Step2. Add video files to the converting program
Run the program iFunia Video Converter Pro on your Mac and click the button "Add.." to add video files, you may add as many videos as you want for batch conversion.


Step3. (Optional) Edit videos: crop, trim, add effects, add watermark
This step is optional step. But when you come to review the video your taken and find it's too dark or the focus is blurred, you may wanna fix these flaws and apply artistic effects with the Edit Video module of the program. Plus, with just a few clicks, you can crop the video to remove black sides, trim the video and add text or image watermark easily as below.


Step4. Set the output formats and other settings
From the "Convert to" drop-down list select output format for each video file and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually video with bitrate as 768 is acceptable for watching.


Step5. Start the converting
After all the preset done, you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting videos to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV that which one you need. The convert progress bar shows you how much of the encoding is completed. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing and the bitrate you set.

Tips
* You can preview the video by selecting the video and clicking Play in the preview pane. You can also take snapshot and save them as jpg, bmp file while preview.
* Supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc.
* If you are a PC user, please just refer to iFunia Video Converter Pro for Windows.