[Wine] How to Fully Enjoy DVD and Edit Video on Your iPod Touch/Nan

nice874 wineforum-user at winehq.org
Wed Apr 1 19:46:57 CDT 2009


iPod is now very popular among anyone. You love to put video or audio on it as possible as it can.
However, the problem is that iPod only supports MP4 and H.264 format. So your many favorite DVDs, videos and audios can only be put aside because of the format.

Here I would like to share you three software tools to solve this problem. 
They are Tipard DVD to iPod Converter (http://www.tipard.com/dvd-to-ipod-converter.html), Tipard iPod Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/ipod-video-converter.html), Tipard All Music Converter (http://www.tipard.com/all-music-converter.html). 
This guide includes three parts:
Part 1: How to enjoy DVD on iPod 
Part 2: How to enjoy video on iPod 
Part 3: How to enjoy music on iPod 

Part 1: How to enjoy DVD on iPod 
Step 0: Download Tipard DVD to iPod Converter (http://www.tipard.com/download/dvd-to-ipod-converter.exe).

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/dvd-to-ipod-main.jpg ]

Step 1: Load DVD.
Click "Load DVD" to add your DVD contents.
Step 2: Set output video format
Click "Profile" button from the drop-down list to select the exact output video format that is the most suitable for your iPod. Besides, you can click the "Settings" button to set parameters of your output video such as Resolution, Video Bitrate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, Sample Rate, etc. to get the best video quality as you want.
The setting interface is as follows:

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/all-music-converter/settings.jpg ]

Step 3: Click the "Start" button to start the conversion.

Tips: 
1: How to join your selected chapters
If you want to merge several chapters into one file you can choose them and click the "Merge into one file" to do it.
2: How to split your video
The "Trim" function also servers as a video splitter for you to get any time-length video episode. You can set the "Start Time" and "End Time" to set the time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position. 
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/tutorial/dvd-to-ipod/trim.jpg ]

3: How to crop off the black edges and adjust the size of video play region
By using the "Crop" function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust the video play region to fit for your mobile devices. 

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/tutorial/dvd-to-ipod/crop.jpg ]

4: How to save your favorite picture
If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the "Snapshot" option. Just click the "Snapshot" button the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.

Part 2: How to enjoy video on iPod 

Step 0: Download and install Tipard iPod video converter (http://www.tipard.com/download/ipod-video-converter.exe)
Step 1: Click “Add File” to load your video

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/ipodvideos.jpg ]

Step 2: Click the “Profile” button to select your favorite iPod video
Step 3: Click “Start” to start your conversion.

Tips:
You can also use the powerful editing functions such as using “Snapshot” to catch your favorite image and “Trim” to get any clip of your video and so on..

Part 3: How to enjoy music on iPod 

Make Preparations:  Install and run Tipard All Music Converter  (http://www.tipard.com/download/all-music-converter.exe).

Step 1. Load Songs 
You can load your songs by clicking “Add File” button or clicking “File” button, you can choose “add file” on a drop-down list.

[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/all-music-converter/add-file.jpg ]

Step 2. Output format and Settings 


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