December 15th, 2009
As YouTube has never stopped providing web users with various sorts of real-time video materials, it has got more and more appreciation from video fans, many people are fond of downloading video resources on it to do other use, like adding to portable devices for playback, enjoying on local computer, uploading to personal blogs or websites for sharing with everyone else, or burn to a blank DVD as private collection.
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However, until now, some people have not mastered a correct way to download YouTube videos, not to mention how to burn them to a new DVD disc. For the purpose of breakthrough these issues, this thread will introduce you how to download YouTube videos and import them to iDVD for DVD authoring in detail, please read on it at will.
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1. Download, install and launch Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac
This program will do downloading and conversion work at the same time, therefore it will absolutely save time and energy for you. As soon as you launch it, the following interface will emerge:
2. Import YouTube URL, select iDVD format and set destination folder
Click on the button “Add URL” in the main interface, after that, the following window will pop up. Copy and paste the URL of the YouTube videos which you want to download and convert into the text box after “URL“, and then press the drop-down button of “Convert To” to select an iDVD compatible format, here I choose MP4 for instance.
At the same time, you are allowed to type in your wanted file name to the text box after “Save As“, if not, this converter will produce one automatically. Moreover, you can click “Browse” to decide where to locate the output .mp4 files for iDVD, otherwise, this program will export the resulted files to a save path set by default. By the way, if you need save the original FLV files of YouTube, you can tick checkbox before “Save FLV File” to realize it.
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3. Custom
Click “Custom” button, and then you will go to the following interface. It allows you to adjust the video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, etc, so that you can control the image quality by your own. Generally speaking, the larger inserted values, the better produced quality, but the larger generated file size as well.
4. Download and convert
After all settings are finished, you can click “OK” to start. The interface below will present you the downloading and conversion process clearly, so as to manage your time in a proper way. As soon as the process is completed, you can click “Open” button in the lower right corner to find the output MP4 and FLV files with ease.
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Well, now you can add the MP4 files to iDVD for DVD authoring smoothly, here I attach a simple guide for it, hope all my info are helpful:
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December 15th, 2009
Have you ever encountered troubles while downloading YouTube videos and importing them to Final Cut Pro for further editing? If so, you may find what you want in this article, because it aims to solve the two problems in detailed steps, just feel free to comply with it.
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Part one: How to download YouTube videos?
Factually, we can download FLV videos from YouTube via web browser Safari directly. It can be done in several simple steps:
1. Open YouTube.com or other video viewing websites in Safari
2. Open Activity window in Safari by Pressing Command-Option-A, or by selecting “Activity” option in Safari’s “Window” menu on the top of the screen.
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3. Then scroll to find out the biggest file size which is obviously the video file in Activity window, double-click it, even if it is still loading, after that, Safari will download it.
4. When the download is over, you will find a file named get_video, and you must add the extension .flv to it, by the way, the part before .flv can be replaced by any other text.
Now the download is finished, while Final Cut Pro does not support FLV files directly, thus we need a helpful converter to do us a favor. Please read on the following part.
Part two: How to import YouTube video to FCP for editing?
Personally, I usually use Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to convert YouTube FLV files to MOV for FCP. Its operating process is as following:
1. Download, install and launch Pavtube Video Converter for Mac
2. Import YouTube videos, select FCP format and set save path
Click “Add” button to input FLV files downloaded from YouTube to this program, after that, select an output format for FCP by clicking the drop-down list of “Format“, here I select QuickTime MOV for example.
Also, you are allowed to click “Browse” to decide where to export the output MOV files, if not, the converter will save them to a destination folder set by default. By the way, if you want to join several YouTube videos to be a single file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file” to achieve it. After conversion is completed, you are able to find the converted files via pressing button “Open“.
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3. Set advanced settings
Suppose you are good at adjusting audio and video parameters, then you can press “Settings” to do this. You can reset all the items on the following window, like codec, bit rate, frame rate and so on.
4. Convert
After all the necessary settings are ready, you can click button “Convert” to start the conversion. Pavtube Video Converter for Mac can give you an estimated size of the final generated file, so that you can know if you have enough space to save the output files. Moreover, you will see it also shows you clearly how much time it has spent or how much time it will possibly cost to convert the rest part. The converting window is as below.
Some people may ask if there is a program that can process downloading and conversion at the same time, so that they do not spend too much time and energy on it. In fact, there is, and in Part three it will be introduced in detail.
Part three: How to download and convert YouTube video files for FCP simultaneously?
Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac
Pavtube is capable of processing downloading and conversion simultaneously. As soon as you launch it, the interface below will show up.
Step 2: Import YouTube URL, select FCP format and set store path
Hit button “Add URL” in the above window, and then the following interface will appear. Just copy and paste the URL of the YouTube video file which you want to download and convert to the text box of “URL“. Then select a workable format for FCP by clicking the drop-down list of “Convert To“. Here I choose MOV for instance.
Afterwards, you can insert the storage file name in the text box of “Save As“, otherwise, the program will generate a file name automatically. Meanwhile, you are allowed to hit “Browse” in the opposite side of “Save To” to specify where to locate the output MOV files. By the way, if you want to save the original FLV files, you are allowed to tick the checkbox “Save FLV File” to achieve this goal.
Step 3: Custom
This program enables you to adjust video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, etc, so that you can change them randomly according to your own requirements. Generally speaking, the larger values, the better quality, but the larger file size. Do remember click “OK” to save your custom settings.
Step 4: Download and convert
Once all the settings are done, you can click “OK” button to start. The following window will show you the progress of downloading and conversion, so as to manage your time properly. If batch downloading and conversion are under way, you can even go out for a walk or take a nap. After downloading and conversion are completed, you can click button “Open” to find the output MOV and FLV files.
Well, as soon as YouTube video conversion is finished, you can import the output MOV files to FCP to do further editing easily. My post seems longsome, but I sincerely hope it is informative.
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December 15th, 2009
YouTube always provides people with raw video materials on all sorts of things happened worldwide in real time. Video lovers are fond of downloading these files as private collection, even using video editors like iMovie to do further editing of their favorite ones, so as to import them to portable devices like iPod, iPhone, PSP, Blackberry, etc. for playback, or upload to their own websites to share with others, or do something else as they like.
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However, not all the people have found a proper way to download YouTube videos, not to mention how to add these files to iMovie for editing. YouTube videos are in the format of FLV, which is not a workable format in iMovie, so if you want to import YouTube videos to it without trouble, you should convert FLV files to iMovie compatible formats such as MPEG-4 and MOV in advance. With the special intention of solving these two problems, this guide will show you how to download YouTube videos and import them to iMovie for editing step by step. If you are in need, just feel free to go along with it.
Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac
This converter can process downloading and conversion simultaneously. Once you launch it, the interface below well pop up.
Step 2: Add URL, select output format and set save path
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Press tag “Add URL” in the above interface, and then the following window will appear. Just copy and paste the URL of the YouTube video file which you want to download and convert to the text box after “URL“. Then select a supportable format for iMovie by clicking the drop-down list of “Convert To“. Here I choose MOV for example.
Afterwards, you can insert the storage file name in the text box of “Save As“, if not, the program will generate one automatically. Here I save my file as “mycollection”. Meanwhile, you are allowed to hit “Browse” in the opposite side of “Save To” to specify the destination folder. By the way, if you want to save the original FLV files, you are allowed to tick the checkbox “Save FLV File” to achieve this goal.
Step 3: Custom
This program enables you to adjust video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, and channels, so that you can change them randomly according to your own demands. Generally speaking, the options which refer to values are always in condition of the larger values, the larger file size, but better quality. Do remember click “OK” to save your custom settings.
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Step 4: Download and convert
Once all the settings are done, you can click “OK” button to start. The following window will show you the progress of downloading and conversion.
Step 5: Import the output MOV files to iMovie
As soon as the YouTube video files have been downloaded and converted to MOV or other iMovie workable format, you can click “Open” at lower right corner of the above interface to find out the output files. Afterwards, launch iMovie, and click File>Import to add the output files to iMovie for editing.
All right, this guide is ending up now; hope it will do you a favor while downloading video files from YouTube as well as importing them to iMovie for further editing.
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December 15th, 2009
Nowadays, our digital multimedia lives are full filled with different sorts of portable devices like iPhone, iPod, PSP, BlackBerry, Gphone, cell phone, smart phone, Zune, etc. and various kinds of video resources. For these mobile devices are all having limited memory space, thus users always need a helpful tool to assist them to compress the file size of their on-hand videos, so that they can import them for playback successfully. This thread will concentrate on this point, and show you how to compress the video size in detail via the help of Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. If you are a Mac user, you can read on the step-by-step instruction to get what you need.
1. Download Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, install and run it.
2. Import video files, set output format and location
Click button “Add” to load the video files you want to convert from your Mac. Then, select the output format from the drop-down list of “Format”. There are specified formats for nearly all portable devices, including iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, BlackBerry, Creative ZEN, PSP/PS3, Xbox 360, Zune, etc, so you can select one according to your own requirements at will. Here I choose iPhone for instance:
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After that, you should hit the button “Browse” to choose the destination folder to load output files, otherwise, the program will export the resulted files to default save path automatically. By the way, if you want to join multiple files to be one file, you can check “Merge into one file” to realize it.
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3. Compress file size via setting advanced settings
Click “Settings“, then you will see the following interface, you can realize the goal of compressing file size by adjusting the video and audio parameters, like image pixels, bit rate, frame rate, and sample rate, to smaller values. The smaller inserting values, the smaller file size.
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4. Convert
After all the necessary settings are ready, you can click button “Convert” to start the conversion. The following interface will give you an estimation of the final generated file size, so that you can realize if you have enough space to save the output files on your portable devices. If not, you can go back to the former step to reset video and audio parameters to be further smaller.
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December 15th, 2009
Video resources has become an absolutely necessary part of our daily lives, we can get them from various ways, such as downloading from video sharing websites, purchasing from DVD resellers, recording via digital cameras or camcorders, copying from a friend, or some ways else. Besides acquisition, as well, we are willing to upload our handy video files onto YouTube for sharing with everyone else. To upload videos to YouTube successfully, we often need compress file sizes and transfer video formats, because YouTube has limitations on the two aspects.
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Generally speaking, YouTube allows standard account holders to upload videos in length not more than 10 minutes, and in file size not more than 2GB. Hence, we need compress these files to meet the requirements before uploading.
Moreover, YouTube accepts videos uploaded in formats including WMV, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPEG, MP4, DivX, FLV, 3GP, and OGG. If your videos are out of this scope, you should convert them to these formats previously.
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Personally, I usually use Pavtube Video Converter to transfer and compress the file size of my videos. Now I will give a detailed guide here to show you how to compress video file size via this converter, hope it helps.
1. Download Pavtube Video Converter, and then install and run it.
2. Import video files, set output format and destination folder
Click button “Add” to load the video files you want to convert from your PC. Then, you will see such an interface as below, you can click the drop-down list of “Format” to select the output format, do remember choosing one in the range of WMV, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPEG, MP4, DivX, FLV, 3GP, and OGG. Then, you should press the output folder to decide where to place the resulted files, otherwise, the program will export them to the folder set by default automatically. Furthermore, if you want to combine multiple files into a single file, you can tick checkbox “Merge into one file” to achieve it. Here I add my m2ts files as an example, and select AVI as the output format.
3. Compress file size by setting advanced settings.
This step is the key point of this guide. Press button “Settings“, and then the following interface will show up, you can adjust the video and audio parameters like image pixels, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate to change the output file size. The smaller values produce the smaller file size.
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4. Convert
After all the above settings are done, you can click “Convert” to start conversion. The following interface will give you an estimation of the output file size, so that you can ensure whether your files are surpassing the limitation of 2GB. If not, you can cancel the conversion, and go back to “Settings” to reset the parameters, until the output files are suitable for uploading onto YouTube.
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December 15th, 2009
Rich video resources on YouTube are definitely attractive; therefore, there are numerous people to download these files as their own collections everyday, meanwhile, you will notice that it is not an easy thing to find a proper YouTube converter to work for you, especially to get a freeware or a nice consumer converter for Mac. If you Google it, you will get many freeware for Windows, while for Mac, there is rare. For doing some favors to Mac users, I have tried a number of YouTube converters for Mac, and written a summary here, hope you can find what you want among them.
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Top 1: Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac
It is unbelievable easy-to-use for Mac users (including the newest Snow leopard users).Import the URL of YouTube, click OK, and then choose an output video format. Yes, finished! It supports outputting a wide range of formats, such as MP4, 3GP, MPEG-4, AVI, MPG, MOV, 3G2, VOB, MP3, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A, etc. for playback on popular gadgets like iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G cell phones, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, iRiver, Zune, etc.
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Compare with the other converters, the obvious advantage of Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac is that it can ensure audio and video match very well, so users do not need worry about the converted video quality. In addition, this converter adopts multithreading technology, which enables its downloading and conversion speed to be faster than any other YouTube converters.
Moreover, it also supports batch conversion for YouTube videos, just choose the tasks you want to convert as many as possible, and then you can let the program convert multiple files simultaneously, which will remarkably save your time and energy.
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Top 2: Freeware Tube TV
TubeTV is a free program designed for Mac, it can not only enable users to search for, and save YouTube and many other flash videos, but also can convert these videos to other format suitable for playback on portable devices like Apple TV, iPhone, and iPod.
A built in search bar and web browser help you conveniently locate your favorite videos from YouTube or other video sharing sites. If desired, TubeTV can add exported movies directly to iTunes and set appropriate comment tags enabling you to create a smart playlist. Alternately, double clicking on a converted video file will open it in iTunes or drag and drop a saved video file on to QuickTime Player to view it locally.
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Comparatively, it is compatible well with iTunes, however, when it comes to batch conversion speed and the range of output types of video formats, it is inferior to Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac.
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Top 3: Free YouTube Converter for Mac
Free YouTube Converter for Mac is undoubtedly a great choice to convert YouTube videos to popular video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MPEG, H.264/AVC, MOV, RM, 3GP, 3GP2, VOB, AAC, FLV and other video and audio formats. Download YouTube videos and then convert them via this converter. After that you can enjoy these YouTube videos on various portable devices such as iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, Apple TV, Black Berry, DVD Player, Sony, LG and other 3GP mobile phones.
Free YouTube Converter for Mac has more output formats than Tube TV, while it lacks powerful support for batch conversion, besides this, its conversion speed also needs improvement. But because it is free, we may give more forgiveness to it.
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Top 4: Free YouTube to iPhone Converter for Mac
Free YouTube to iPhone Converter can easily convert YouTube videos to iPhone on Mac, and its output formats including WAV, M4A, AAC, MPEG, and H.264. What is more, it also can convert YouTube to videos that can be played not only on iPhone but also on iPod, iPod touch, iPod Nano, Apple TV, MP4 Player, and MP3 Player.
Compare with the above three programs, this one is uniquely designed for transferring YouTube video files to iPhone, and although it announces that the resulted files are also workable on iPod, Apple TV, MP4 Player, and MP3 Player, the fact that the numbers of its output file formats is limited can not be changeable.
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Top 5: Free YouTube to iPod Converter for Mac
Free YouTube to iPod Converter for Mac is a nice choice for assisting iPod fans to enjoy YouTube videos. Because it is capable of converting YouTube videos to iPod compatible formats including MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, and MP4, so that iPod users would not be troubled by format issues.
The same with the above mentioned Free YouTube to iPhone Converter for Mac, this converter is also specially designed for converting YouTube video files to a certain device, not for iPhone, but for iPod only, and the output formats of it are also not as many as that of the above mentioned former three converters, thus, this point has limited its application scope to some extent as well.
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During the course of my test, I have not found any spyware and adware in these above mentioned software; therefore you can download them according to your own preference at will.
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December 15th, 2009
For YouTube fans are full of enthusiasm about downloading and editing YouTube videos for their personal use, this post will focus on discussing the topic of how to download YouTube videos on Mac and import them to Final Cut Express for editing.
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Before doing video editing via FCE, first of all, we should master a proper way to get the original materials, namely the YouTube video files. In fact, not all the people are good at YouTube downloading, because they may lack the assistant of correct downloading tools. Therefore, now I’d like to introduce some free YouTube downloaders in advance. Please find one which is the best for you from the following lists:
Free YouTube downloaders for Mac:
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Free Video Downloader for Mac
Web Video Downloader for Firefox (also available for Windows and Linux)
Certainly, besides using the above mentioned free YouTube downloaders, you can also choose a free online dowanloader and converter to work for you. There will be a collection below, please feel free to select one:
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Now let’s go back to how to import YouTube videos to FCE for editing. It is obviously, the only thing you need do is transfer the YouTube videos in the format of FLV or F4V to this program worktable formats, after that you can edit them with FCE quite easily. Factually, the above mentioned online converter can do this to some extent, while the range of their output formats are narrow, even the first one which I believed most powerful among them can only export files into few formats, in addition, some of them are for Windows only. You can have a preview of the output formats:
As a matter of fact, if you have higher expectation of the output format types and image quality, you’d better consider using a professional converter like Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac to handle your YouTube videos before importing to FCE, since it enables you to custom video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, frame rate, image pixels, etc, so that the video quality can be controlled by yourselves.
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Undoubtedly, as long as the output files are in good quality, while importing them to Final Cut Express for editing, it will save you much time and energy to do further adjusting of your video files. And also, the editing and authoring effects will be as excellent as you wish.
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December 15th, 2009
Nowadays, more and more HD video files are compressed by DivX codec, while most handheld devices, like PS3, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, etc. are lack of native supports to it. Therefore, movie lovers often meet troubles while enjoying DivX files on their favorite portable devices. In purpose of solving this problem, I will give a step-by-step solution to the question of how to convert DivX videos into MP4 for playback on PS3 via the help of Pavtube HD video converter.
Step 1: Launch Pavtube HD video converter, and import DivX files to it.
Make sure you have installed this program, and then run it to add DivX video files through clicking button “Add“.
Step 2: Select output format and set store path
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Click the drop-down list of “Format“, you will be led to the following interface, notice that there is a option called “PSP/PS3″, just put your cursor on it, and it will pop up several more options, and then just select a PS3 format according to your own decision.
At the same time, you need specify the save path for the output MP4 files via clicking the folder icon in the opposite side of “Output“, if not, the program will export them to the folder set by default automatically. Moreover, if you ant to join multiple DivX files together to be a single file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file” to achieve it.
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Step 3: Set advanced settings
If you want to save space for your PS3, you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters like screen size, bit rate, frame rate, etc. to reduce the file size by hitting on button “Settings“. The smaller values produce the smaller file size accompanying with video loss.
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Step 4: Convert
After all the above steps are finished, now you can press “Convert” button to start conversion. As soon as the conversion is done, you are able to find the output MP4 files by clicking button “Open” with ease.
The above version is for Windows only, if you are a Mac user, just have a try about Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac. The operation procedure is similar as Windows version. Two more related guides for Mac you may need:
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December 15th, 2009
Recently, I have read a lot of data about cracking Apple TV, and achieved it finally with my Apple TV 2.3. Now I would like to share all of you my method. If you have an Apple TV 2.3, and do not want to waste too much time on converting on-hand DVDs or videos to MP4 format, this article may do you a favor with my own experience. By the way, because I am a PC user, so the following words are only for PC users:
1. Download atv-win-1.0.b11.zip from http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/downloads/list, and then decompress it.
2. Click the “Start” menu, and input cmd to “Run“, and then “enter“. Find out the folder you have decompressed, and run mk-atv-xbmc-ssh.bat.
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3. After the bat file running has been completed, you will find that a few more files appeared in the folder you have decompressed just now. Then Plug in a USB disk, and then run “USB Image Tool” in the folder. If you are a vista user, remember to select “Run as administrator” by right click to run this file. (Note: Apple TV does not recognize all USB disk, you may have to try several)
4. Choose “Device Mode” in the upper left corner of software interface, find your USB disk and select it, and then click “Restore” and select “atv-xbmc-ssh.img” in the pop-up window. A moment later, your cracking USB disc is done.
5. Plug the USB disk into your Apple TV, and at the same time press “menu” and “-” on the remote control for a few seconds until Apple TV restarting. 5 or 10 minutes later it will be displayed completed.
6. Cut off the power and remove USB disc, and then plug in the power to restart Apple TV.
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Now the ssh service of your Apple TV has been opened. Then you need software PuTTy and WINscp. Both are free software, the download pages are
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html（PuTTy）
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php（WINscp）
Next, we will install nitoTV Take Two to let Apple TV support divx, rmvb and some other formats.
1. Download nitoTV Take Two from http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/NitoTV_Take_2, and decompress it. Open the folder and change the name of nitoTV Take Two folder to any names without spaces, “nito” is recommended.
2. Open WINscp, fill Host name with the IP address of your Apple TV, it can be find in the menu “Settings-General-About-IP Address“. Port number is 22, need not change. User name and Password are both frontrow. Choose SFTP when it comes to File protocol, and then login. After login, load the former “nito” folder to the root directory of Apple TV: directly drag it to the right-hand column in the open window.
3. Open PuTTy, Host Name is also the IP Address of Apple TV,
Connection type select SSH. The following is a scary-looking interface, do not be afraid, input username and password, both are frontrow, and then run the following command one by one:
cd nito
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chmod +x installme
sudo ./installme
input the password again: frontrow
4. Installation complete. Power off and restart. And then install various plug-ins and software inside “nitoTV-Settings-Install Software” in the menu. Recommend at least install mplayer Codecs and Update Couch Surfer.
5. Use WINscp to upload movies to Apple TV for watching. It supports almost all video formats and plug-srt subtitles. MKV file sometimes can not be supported well for hardware reasons.
Next, select Update in Launcher menu. Click in to upgrade and install XBMC and Boxee.
Well, the most important steps have been completed, next make your own efforts to do further studies, because Apple TV really has great playability.
What’s more, if you think cracking Apple TV is too complicated for you, you can also get some specified software to convert your movies to MP4 directly. Some software I knew is recommended for you (only for PC users):
Rip DVDs:
Pavtube DVD Ripper
Convert videos:
Pavtube Video Converter
Pavtube HD Video Converter
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December 15th, 2009
At the present time, it is normal to see people having DVD collections more or less. Nevertheless at the same time, people often have various needs to deal with these DVDs in these or those ways, for instance putting some DVD clips to their portable devices like iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, etc. for playback; importing to video editors to do further editing; or just copying some they believed precious as backups, etc. Actually, nearly all the above things require the assistant of a correct DVD Ripper to achieve, therefore, my thread here will focus on these things, especially on how to backup the specified chapters of a DVD, because lots of people have not found out a proper method to reach this goal until now.
DVD Converter Software converts DVD movies to AVI, MPEG, WMV, XviD, DivX, iPod, PSP. 3GP, MP4, VCD and SVCD formats.
The DVD Ripper in this post I will use is called Pavtube DVD Ripper, and now let’s go through with its step-by-step instruction together.
Step 1: Launch this program and import DVD files to it.
Fast, easy to use DVD ripper to rip DVD, convert DVD to DivX, DVD to Xvid.
Download, install and launch Pavtube DVD Ripper, meanwhile, you can add DVD files to this program via three ways, namely pressing “DVD Rom“, “DVD Folder“, and “IFO File“.
Step 2: Select output format, set store path and specify which chapters will be converted.
After the DVD files are imported, next, you can hit the drop-down list of “Format” to decide which format the generated files will be. Meanwhile, you are allowed to specify where to locate the output files; otherwise, this program will export the produced files to the destination folder set by default automatically. By the way, if you want to combine multiple chapters to be one file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file” to enable this function available.
Next, let’s focus on how to select the specified DVD chapters. As you can see in the above window, all the titles of DVD are checked by default while importing, and all the chapters are all hidden; now I will present you how to uncheck them all and show all the chapters so that you can easily choose the chapters you want to rip. Factually, you just need right-click on any title, and then an option interface will pop up as following. Now you can click “Uncheck All” or “Show Chapter” to make your selection easier.
Many of you may wonder why there’s a need for a DVD to iPod converter.
Step 3: Convert
As soon as you have all the selections done, now you can press “Convert” button to start conversion work. After that, you can click “Open” button to find the ripped DVD clips with ease.
See, it is so easy, hope my post helps, best regards!
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