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Monday, September 23, 2013

Sync Amazon Videos/Movies to iTunes for iPhone 5S/5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod 5...

Amazon Store offers instant streaming on the Kindle Fire, as well as PC, Mac, Roku, and hundreds of TVs and Blu-ray players. All of your videos are stored in Your Video Library, so you can access them anywhere you go. Good news is that Amazon Instant Video is now playing on your iPad. Videos you've purchased or rented are already available on your iPad. However, you can not transfer Amazon Videos to iTunes for synchronizing with more iOS devices like iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod 5, etc. The problem is that video files purchased from Amazon Instant Video are usually DRM-protected WMV (Windows Media Video) files. To sync Aamzon videos to iTunes, you may have to fix two things:

Since DRM limited your use on iTunes, so you'll need to strip DRM from Amazon Videos so as to play them on more non-authorized devices.
WMV is a not an iTunes-supported format. You'll need to convert it to either .mov, .mp4, or .m4v that is supported by iTunes.

As you see, the DRM-protected Amazon movies are not eligible for transfer or playback, but but that's expected from a non-official solution along with some help from third-party softwares. To achieve your goal smoothly, below is simple tutorial for you, guaranteed to transfer Amazon Instant Videos to iTunes for playback smoothly.

How to Get Rid of DRM restriction and Convert Amazon WMV videos to iTunes friendly format?

The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet intuitive ChewTune app(or ChewTube for Mac) which lets you quickly remove DRM protection and convert Amazon Videos to iTunes-compatible formats – as well as AVI, MKV, FLV, etc. Just download it and follow the step-by-step guide to upload Amazon Videos to iTunes.

Note: Before the process, please make sure you have the Amazon Instant videos downloaded onto your computer before importing. If you don't know the detailed process of purchasing and downloading Amazon Instant Videos, please refer to how to get Amazon Videos downloaded with Amazon Unbox Player.

Step 1. Add Amazon video files to ChewTune.

After downloading, install and launch the DRM Removal Converter, then click "Add" button to import Amazon DRM WMV video files to the program. You can add multiple files at a time thanks to the batch conversion.

Step 2. Select iTunes friendly format.

You can select M4V, MP4, or MOV from "Common Video" as output format for iTunes or directly go to "iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iPad" to get the optimized videos for playback on a certain Apple device. You can click "Settings" button to customize size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel to your required ones.

Step 3. Start the Amazon Videos to iTunes conversion.

When all the settings are OK, hit the "Start" button on the main interface to start removing DRM from Amazon and converting Amazon movie to iTunes.

When the conversion completes, you can add the files to your iTunes and sync the videos to your iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, Apple TV 3, etc. and just enjoy the movies on the go!

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Are you an iPhone 5S person or an iPhone 5C person?

An employee shows the the backside of a new Apple iPhone 5c (R) and iPhone 5s (L) at a Verizon store in Orem, Utah, Sept. 19,

As has become tradition in Apple kremlinology, techies have spent the past week trying to decipher what the "C" and the "S" stand for in Apple's new smartphones, the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S.

Guesses both serious and sardonic for the proudly plastic, kaleidoscopic "C" include "cheap," "color" and "Chinese"; common wisdom says the "S" stands for "sensor" or "scanner" or "security."

My editor, however, had a different idea.

"Maybe C and S stand for ‘Class Struggle,'" he joked, after aggregating a list of dozens of Twitter users who had deemed the iPhone 5C "for poor people" after its unveiling.

Maybe Jason is right.

Sure as the iPhone 5 fades into obsolescence, Apple devotees know they're going to need new phones: the iPhone 5S or the iPhone 5C. What's less clear is which one. We could start retabulating the virtues of each one, but why bother? No one really needs help choosing between Apple's "forward-looking" 5S and the "colorful" 5C, both of which go on sale Friday.

Rather, put it this way: If you think you need help deciding — if you just want one more perfect article comparing the specs of the two phones — then you've already secretly decided: You're a 5S type.

Because 5S people love specs. They like to read about the 5S velocity, as speed-demons in earlier days might have shopped for Porsches. They savor the new camera numbers as if they were Diane Arbus, needing levels of pixelation not seen in nature. 5S people pore over and memorize the iPhone spec lists just so they can savor the glories of their pricey new phones in advance, and drop in pixel density and contrast ratio counts during early autumn dinner conversations.

By contrast, 5C types only ever needed one spec: $99.

The 5C crowd are people who till now considered iPhones either out of reach or overly precious. It makes sense that Apple has cast these 5C types as colorful — the multihued not-quite-middle-class identified with Rainbow Coalitions and, internationally, with the United Colors of Benetton.

(Not that the iPhone 5C is really as bargain-bin as some had expected, nor that the $100 discount will really make much of a financial difference over the course of a four-figure two-year contract. But there is no doubt that the iPhone 5C has been painted, fairly or not, as the "cheap" iPhone, of the pair.)

Moreover, 5C types are those of us who are happy with our iPhone 5 and, heck, our 4s or 4 or 3GS, too. We wish we didn't have to upgrade at all. We may even have been casting glances at the Apple off-ramp. So we're not going to get back in with Apple with the spec-manic 5S only to make the jump, months from now, to an HTC One or a Galaxy or to some other heretical artifact that wasn't even designed in California.

We are willing to put up with the infantilizing colors, with plastic phones that look like teething toys, in order not to be the dreaded spec people: pontificating to anyone who will listen about the speed and security of the 5S, conspicuously waving it about on the subway and in meetings, fingerprint-unlocking their devices not because they have anything to do on their phones, but because they enjoy the novelty, and the prestige.

Oh, but this sounds chippy. See what Apple has done? With its two phones, it has created a world where you either have to be a colorful clown — do I amuse you? — with that iPhone 5C, where you have to sign on to the fun of frugality; you can't just have a cheap phone that says, "This is all I can afford," which at least has some dignity to it.

At the same time, with dippy 5C, you renounce your right to be "forward-looking": an early adopter of the faster phone. Instead, you're upgrading — to a backward phone. And through your happy clown smile, you have to pretend you're not missing out! That you couldn't care less about the amazing, eye-popping camera or the hushed Jason Bourne palate of the muted, sophisticated thoroughbred, the iPhone 5S.

But if you get the 5S — well, you're the chick who had to have the best. Because her texts are world-historic and can't be left to slow, insecure phones. Or the gaudy plastic of her tartier 5C sisters.

This is how they divide us, these massive tech companies. How they create the illusion of an identity choice: print or e-book; high-def or standard; pro or free; s or c.

Maybe in this mobile cycle, you could ask yourself what you need more of right now: money or specs. If you're going Apple, let the money/specs question guide you to the 5S (specs) or the 5C (money). And then just be quiet about it. Don't overthink; don't regret; and don't begrudge anyone else his choice.

You may have bought in as a clear, confident act of self-expression, but that conceals the fact that you're just buying — and from the same company, for Pete's sake.

Source: YAHOO! News

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

How to Play AVI videos on Google new Nexus 7 (2013)?

Cannot play AVI videos on Google Nexus 7 (2013)? Wanna watch AVI videos smoothly on your New Nexus 7? This article will provide a quick and effective solution.

Since new Nexus 7 has been released by Google joint with Asus, it is favored by those who watch movies a lot especially for HD movies. That is because of the sharpest 7 inch screen and 1920x1200 high-resolution and more. So it has become one of the most popular Android portable devices.

But it supports limited videos formats such as H.264 AVC, H.263, MPEG-4, VP8 and AVI video is not included. AVI is a multimedia container format mainly using DivX and XviD codecs. So you it is not easy to play AVI on new Nexus 7 (2013) directly.

Although you may have got a powerful MXplayer installed, there are still some AVI videos that cannot be played well on new Nexus 7. Maybe the player can’t support the full HD video very well or maybe it’s because of the Nexus 7 processor. The most effective way is to convert AVI to new Nexus 7 natively supported formats. It is not so complicated. Find easy-to-use third-party software to convert AVI to new Nexus 7 quickly and smoothly.

If you use Pavtube AVI to Nexus 7 Video Converter (AVI to Nexus 7 Video Converter for Mac) to resolve this problem, it’ll be a breeze. It will provide you an optimized preset for Google New Nexus 7 and fast conversion speed. If you need, you can adjust video and audio parameters like bitrate, resolution, channels to change the videos size or to make it fit Nexus 7 best. In a word, it will make AVI videos fully compatible with New Nexus 7.

How to convert and smoothly play AVI videos on New Nexus 7 (2013)?

1. Add AVI videos to the Nexus 7 Video Converter.

Launch the popular Nexus 7 Video Converter you will be brought to the main interface. Then click “Add Video” or “Add from folder” button on the top left to import AVI source files, or directly drag and drop the AVI files into the software. And you can preview the whole video in the preview window on the right.

Tips: If you want to combine several AVI videos into one big output video, select the titles you desired and check the “Merge into one file” for conversion.

2. Choose the preset format for Nexus 7.

Open the “Format” dropdown list to go through various output formats. Hit the “Android” catalogue to select “Google Nexus 7 H.264 Video (*.mp4) ” as the output format. It is the optimized preset format that is fully compatible with Nexus 7.

When you want to check and change output video parameters like bitrate, frame rate, size, etc, go to press “Settings” button on the interface. There you can adjust the output file size and picture quality by adjusting bitrate and size. Keep in mind that the default setting is all right for output as well.

3. Convert AVI files to new Nexus 7.

Click the big “Convert” button to get conversion started. If you do not like the default path for output files, just click “Browse” button to find a new folder that is convenient for you before conversion.

4. Transfer output videos to new Nexus 7 for playback.

Simple click “Open” button to quickly find the output files, and then get your Nexus 7 connected to the computer via USB cable. Drag or copy the output files from the output folder to Nexus 7. Now you can fully enjoy AVI videos on your Nexus 7 as you like.

More features about the Pavtube Video Converter:

Support convert nearly all HD/SD video and audio formats
Support convert MKV, AVI, Tivo, VOB, WMV, MPG, FLV, F4V, etc. Videos for playing on Android, Apple and Windows RT/Pro tablets and phones
Support transcode any media files for playing back on HD Media Players
Support encode any HD Videos and Camera Videos for editing in Avid Media Composer, Xpress, Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, CyberLink, Windows Movie Maker, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro HD, etc.
Support add srt, ass and ssa subtitle to any videos or movies.
Capable of editing videos like trim, merge, crop, video effect, etc.

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Super Easy and Ultrafast Convert Blu-ray to LG G-Pad for playback

Do you want to play Blu-ray movie on new LG G-Pad? The article will show you detailed guide to super easy and ultrafast convert Blu-ray to LG G-Pad for playback anywhere.

(Tips. If you want to put and play MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M4V, WMV, MPG, FLV, F4V videos onto LG G-Pad, please refer to the guide: How to play any videos on LG G-Pad?.)

LG has just announced new super-small Android tablet LG G-Pad 8.3. It is fitted out with an 8.3-inch screen with a better-than-full-HD display at a resolution of 1920*1200 and powered by Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. A quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7 GHz, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage with micro SD slot are built in. A healthily-sized 4,600 mAh battery is claimed to support playing videos for 7-8 hours. And Q-pair can sync note, memo, SMS, etc from your phones to LG G-Pad. Compared with new Nexus 7, larger display, better processor with 1.7GHz quad core and longer battery life is more desirable.

It will become a great handy device for watching HD movies wherever you are. However, it is hard to enjoy your favorite Blu-ray movies on the go with LG G-Pad. Without Blu-ray drive LG G-Pad cannot play Blu-ray directly for copyright protection of Blu-ray like region code, AACS, BD+, etc, prevents from copying the digital copy to LG G-Pad. In this case, ripping and converting Blu-ray to LG G-Pad supported format is a good idea.

What you need is proper third party software to remove Blu-ray copyright protection and convert to LG G-Pad friendly video format. Pavtube BDMagic (BDMagic for Mac) is an ideal tool. It is specialized in ripping the latest Blu-ray, and then converting to videos with high quality for portable devices. And you can adjust the video parameters like bitrate, audio channels, resolution, etc.

How to super easy and ultrafast convert Blu-ray movie to LG G-Pad friendly format?

Download the best Blu-ray to LG G-Pad Ripper and install it on your PC or Mac.

Step 1. Load Blu-ray to Blu-ray to G-Pad Converter.

Launch Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, Click “Load file” button on the top left to import Blu-ray source. To rip Blu-ray to LG G-Pad will just take few seconds and then you can preview the entire movies on the preview window on the right. Then go to “Subtitle” and “Audio” drop list to select the desired tracks for output.

Load blu-ray movie

Note: The real main title can be recognized and picked up automatically, which is what some other Blu-ray rippers like Leawo cannot do. Some Disney movies contain a fake main title with similar duration and file size but chaotic contents, and it is difficult to manually choose real main title without previewing it.

Step 2. Choose H.264/MPEG-4 MP4 format for LG G-Pad.

Click “Format” dropdown list to go through video formats. Choose a compatible format for LG G-Pad from “Common Video” or “HD Video” option.

You can choose compatible “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” under “HD Video” option. H.264 MP4 will create files with less quality loss. For the high quality of videos, the output files will be with big file size. If you want to get a smaller file, “MPEG-4 HD Video (*.mp4)” is available.

Choose output file format

Step 3. Adjust video and audio parameters. (Optional)

Click “Settings” button to check and change video and audio parameters like bitrate, size, codec, etc. Generally bigger bitrate will create higher image quality and bigger file size, and vice versa. And there is a balance between bitrate and resolution. Take note that default settings is sufficient enough for most of users.

Customize output file parameters

Step 4. Convert Blu-ray to LG G-Pad.

“Browse” your computer to find a new folder for generated file. Then click “Convert” button to start super easy and ultrafast converting Blu-rau to MP4 for LG G-Pad. Once completed, you can click “Open” button to locate the generated files for LG G-Pad.

Connect LG G-Pad to computer and copy the generated files to it. It is time to enjoy Blu-ray on your LG G-Pad.

Tip: If you need an easy-to-use and all-in-one video and audio converter software, consider Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. It is good at converting various video formats to other format you need, at the same time, ripping and converting latest DVD and Blu-ray disc is also an important function. In a word, it can help you to deal with both various videos and backup DVDs/Blu-ray discs. It’s supported by CUDA/AMD acceleration technology. Have a try!

Best Mac Blu-ray Ripper Review for iOS (iPad Air, iPhone 5S/5C, iPad Mini 2, iPad 3/4, iPod 5, etc.)

Do you want to sync Blu-ray movies to iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPhone 5S/5C, iPad 3/4, iPad Mini, iPod 5, etc. iOS devices with iTunes on Mac? Try Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and read the guide, it will provide an easy but effective solution.

Blu-ray disc, known as one of the newest and most featured optical disc storage media, is widely accepted by video enthusiasts for its efficiency and video quality. It is used to store high-quality audio and video as well as high-capacity data. However, like DVD, Blu-ray has to be played with an exclusive Blu-ray player. And the copyright protection prevents users to copy the digital content in the disc directly.

Since a series of iOS devices like iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad Mini, iPod 5, etc. are designed and marketed by Apple Inc, more and more people love them and use them to watch videos for the portability. Because iOS devices have no Blu-ray dive, Blu-ray cannot be played directly. If you want to watch your favorite Blu-ray movie on iOS devices, what should you do to achieve it?

The most important thing is to get a powerful Mac Blu-ray Ripper for iOS Devices to help you to convert Blu-ray movies to iOS devices like iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPad Mini, iPod 5, etc. Support format. In this way, you can watch your Blu-ray movies at any time without carrying the physical Blu-ray disc. Most of you may consider using excellent free Handbreak which is good at ripping standard Def DVDs excluding commercial DVDs. while the latest version of the software has added SOME support for reading Blu-ray folder structures, it cannot yet decrypt the Blu-ray discs the way it can with regular DVDs for ripping your Blu-ray. So you need to find a more professional one.

(Note: Please read Best Blu-ray Ripper Review if you are running on Windows 8.)

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is the best tool for you. It can help you to remove Blu-ray protection and convert it to iOS devices compatible formats like MP4, MOV, etc with great quality. And you can customize videos via editing function including trim, crop, effect, add subtitle, etc and optimize the output video by adjusting parameters like bitrate, size, channels and so on. Due to fast speed and easy-to-use workflow, you will finish converting Blu-ray to iOS devices quickly in only few steps.

(Tips: If you want to keep multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams when ripping Blu-ray to MKV, MP4 and MOV, you can try to use Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows or Mac.)

Download Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and install it on your Mac. Now there is a Back to School Promotion, and you will get 30% off for Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Windows/Mac if getting it right now.

Then follow below brief guide to make Blu-ray playable on iOS devices.

1. Insert Blu-ray on Blu-ray drive and Load Blu-ray to the software.

When you launch this Best Blu-ray Ripper for Mac software, you should make sure that you have inserted Blu-ray to your Blu-ray drive. Then click the “Load file” button to import the Blu-ray you want for iOS devices.

After loading Blu-ray successfully, the actual main title will be picked by the software and you can preview the entire movies on the preview window and take snapshot. Now go to choose the subtitle and audio you need for output for default setting for subtitles is none.

2. Choose video format for iOS devices.

Click “Format” menu to get the output video format list. A mass of formats are listed. Go to choose iOS devices directly in the list like iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc for output because they are the most compatible formats.

If you want to check and choose the codec, bitrate, channels, etc for output videos, you are free to click “Settings” button to get it done. Take note that the default settings are also made for high quality output videos if you are not good at it.

3. Convert Blu-ray to iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPhone 5S/5C, iPad 3/4, iPod 5, etc.

Click “Convert” button to get it started. Once completed, “Open” button will help you to get output files quickly.

Tips: It has powerful edit functions such as trim video for your needed length, crop video to get rid of annoying black edges, join multiple video clips into one, add text/image watermark and add subtitles. For example, if the original Blu-ray movie has no subtitle or the subtitles you need, you can download it from website and then add it into the output videos for full enjoyment with this software.

Now it’s time to transfer Blu-ray to your iOS devices. Copy the generated video to iTunes and then sync to your portable devices. Go to enjoy it.

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