Best Way to Share Your iPod/iPhone Files

iPod/iPhone have become an irreplaceable assistant of our daily life. While I have to say, compared to other portable device, iPod/iPhone also have some inconvenience, such as
Can't directly backup your video/ audio files to computer to avoid your files lost;
Can't share music and videos with your friends and family at will;
Have to use iTunes to add music and videos into your iPod/iPhone. Etc
So, here I will share some several useful tools to solve all your problems in this article.

Part one: solve the three problems with one tool-- Aiseesoft iPod Transfer
This Powerful iPod transfer can help you to backup files from iPod to PC , transfer files from one iPod to another one directly, and import video, audio files or folders from PC to iPod without iTunes,. And it supports all model of iPod and provides lifetime upgrade for free.
Free download it and have a try, it is totally clean- no adware/spyware/virus.



First usage: Import video and audio files or folders from Computer to iPod without iTunes
Step 1: Run the software, and connect your iPod/iPhone to your computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Click "Button 1" to seek the files or folders that you want to import to iPod and click OK.The process of importing will be finished instantly.

Second usage: Backup your iPod/iPhone files to your computer.
Step 1: Run the software, and connect your iPod/iPhone to your computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Open the library/playlist that you want to export files, and then check the file(s) you want to export in the file list.
Step 3: Click "Button 2" to select the destination of the exporting files and start exporting files.

Third usage: Transfer files from one iPod to another iPod
Step 1: Run the software, and connect two iPod/iPhone to your computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Open the library/playlist that you want to export files. Pick the files that you need to transfer.
Step 3: Click "Button 3", it will show you the folder of another iPod that you want to transfer to. Click OK. The transfer can be finished automatically.
If you are mac user, you can visit Aiseesoft iPod Manager for Mac

Part Two: Just need backup video/ audio files to computer to avoid your files lost
You can have a look Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer



It can backup iPod video/audio files to computer, you don’t need to worry about losing
anything.
Step 1: Connect your iPod to your computer
Step 2: Choose files
Choose the songs, videos and other things that you want to backup at the top of the window
Step 3: Start to transfer
The most important and the last thing you need to do are to click the “export to pc” button .After
you click “export to pc” button a pop-up window will appear and with it you can choose where
you place your iPod songs and videos. Few seconds later you will have your iPod songs, videos
and other things on your computer.
If you are mac user, you can visit Aiseesoft iPod to Mac Transfer

Part Three: If you are iPhone user, share two similar tools for you: Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer, which can import video and audio files on PC to iPhone directly without iTunes. Backup files from iPhone to local disk without loss. Transfer files between two different iPhone.
and Aiseesoft iPhone to Computer Transfer.

How to transfer music from iPod with iPod Rip and iPod Rip for Mac

Basically, there is a need for you to transfer music from iPod with iPod Rip and iPod Rip for Mac to avoid your files are lost. Now, I guide you how to rip your iPod to hard drives with Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer. So you don’t need to worry about losing anything.



Step 1: Download Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer and install.



Step 2: Launch the program
Double-click the icon to run the software; or launch it from the “Start” Menu.
Step 3: Rip iPod files.
1)Run the software, and connect your iPod/iPhone to your computer via USB cable. After done, the iPod/iPhone icon and its library and playlists will appear in the Device list.
2)Open the library/playlist that you want to export files, and then check the music/movie you want to export in the file list to your computer.
3)Click the "Export to PC" button to select the destination of the exporting files and start ripping files
Otherwise, you could also choose the Export to local option from the Actions menu, and then export the files from your iPod/iPhone to actual device.

Tip: Use “Track filter” function to help you quickly browse your library by genre, artist and album. If you are using Mac, please use the iPod Rip for Mac software. Click here to download Aiseesoft iPod to Mac Transfer

How to extract and rip audio from DVD to MP3 for iPod nano, shuffle and other MP3 players?

Aiseesoft DVD Ripper can extract and rip DVD audio track to MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, AAC, M4A and so on, if you want to rip the music from DVD to your MP3 players such as iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Creative Zen, Zune and so on. After you load your DVD movie, in the main interface, select the output format as MP3, and then start conversion. If you want to get better music quality, you can select a higher audio bit rate and sample rate in the settings window. After the conversion, drag the audio file to iTunes library, connect your iPod nano or iPod shuffle to your computer, and click iTunes "File -> Sync iPod", OK. If you don’t have iTunes, you can download it for free from Apple official site.
http://www.apple.com/itunes
For PSP, just copy the music to the "Music" folder on your memory stick.
For Zune, drag the music to the Zune software, and click "start sync".

How to trim, crop, join video for PSP?

Step1. If you want to cut the edges off your video, you can click the “Crop” button to open the crop panel. There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut off the sides you don’t want. You can also type in values in the four Crop value boxes to crop your video more accurately



Step2.PSP Movie Converter allow you to trim your each video file so you can capture your favorite clips from your video files. After you click “trim” button, you can Preview your the selected video file in the Preview window and estimate what part of the movie you want to convert. Then enter the start time and the end time to the time box in the left side or drag the start/end time bar below the Preview window to set the clips you want to convert, then click “OK’ to start the conversion..




Step3. If you want to join several video files into one file, on the main interface, click the check box “Merge into one file”, and you will only get one output file instead of multiple files.



Tips
Here are some tips which may help you to solve problems resulted from the conversion process and make your conversion more perfect.

1. How to convert free limewire music and videos to PSP?
Aiseesoft PSP Movie Converter fully support video or music downloaded from Limewire. For the detailed information, you can refer to this guide:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/article/limewire-to-ipod.html
After you download video from limewire, just load it into Aiseesoft PSP Movie Converter and convert it to MP4.
If you use iTunes to convert limewire video, the output video may have no sound, because iTunes cannot convert muxed video (muxed videos are video files whose audio and video are on the same track, and QuickTime or iTunes cannot properly process this kind of videos). You can learn more info about muxed video by visiting: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588 If you have problems converting muxed videos, you can try Aiseesoft PSP Movie Converter, and it very well support muxed videos.

2. How to download free YouTube video to PSP?
Video files downloaded from YouTube are stream videos (flv). You have to convert them to MP4 video to transfer them to your PSP. If you don’t know how to download YouTube videos to your computer, you can refer to this guide:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/article/free-download-youtube-video.html

After you download YouTube videos to your computer, convert them with Aiseesoft PSP Movie Converter and use iTunes to transfer the converted videos to PSP. You can also choose to transfer the PSP files using the built-in transfer tools of Aiseesoft PSP Movie Converter.

How to convert DVD/movies to DPG

Have you always been thinking convert your movies and play on your Nintendo DS? The wondering can stop now. Here I recommend you you two ways to do that. One way is Moonshell + BatchDPG + AviSynth. This way is really hard to operate but it is free. The other way is really easy to do and it cost you a little: Moonshell + DPG Converter.

DPG- the abbreviation of nDs-mPeG, is a special format of MPEG-1 video specifically for playback using the homebrew Moonshell program for the Nintendo DS. The video is encoded on a computer and then transferred, along with Moonshell, to the DS for playback.

Part 1. How to convert movies to DPG with Moonshell/BatchDPG/AviSynth
There are a few things you need to download:

Step 1: Download all the programs
Tips: When you download Batch from the link in my post do not forget to copy “avisynth.dll” to C:\Windows\System32 directory.



Step 2: Input
After you install it and you will see the following interface.

In the Input section, you can load the movie you want to convert and you can also add subtitle file and audio file

Step 3: Output
In this section you need to select a temporary path and a output directory.

Step 4: Video/Audio
If you want, you can change the setting in the video and audio section. But it is set to a good format by default anyway.
To add your movie file to the queue press the button “add” at the bottom and then you can click “run” to start the converting.

Step 5: Insert you SD Card and transfer the extracted Moonshell files and converted DPG video files from your computer to SD Card.

Part 2: How to convert movies to DPG with DPG Converter

You need to download Moonshell if you don't have it in your SD Card and Download the DPG Converter.



Step 1: Load files
Click “Add File” or “File”> “Add File” to load the video you want to convert.

Step 2: Choose profile and adjust settings
You can choose the output profile from a drop-down list “profile”. This powerful DPG Converter can not only convert videos to DPG format, but also can convert your videos to other formats, such as mp4, wmv, avi, mpeg, mov, mkv, flv, 3gp and other popular video format.
You can adjust the settings of the output video, you can adjust the Resolution, encoder, Bitrate, and other specific settings of the video and you can also save the setting as your own profile.
After everything is done, you can click the “Start” button and later you will get your DPG movie.

Tips: You can also do many video editing works with it:



1.Effect: You can adjust “Brightness”, “Saturation”, “Contrast” of the output video as you want

2.Trim: Tis function allows you to pick up one part of the video to convert. You can do it in 3 ways, a: set the exact start time and end time to trim b: click the “Trim From” and “Trim To” button when you preview the video c: drag the “trim bar” below the preview window and choose where to start and end.

3.Crop: You can use “crop” function to remove the black edges on your movie and you can also choose your play area. You can crop your video in 2 ways, a: drag the frame on the preview window b: set the exact crop value.

Part 3: How to convert movies to DPG with DPG Converter for Mac



Step 1: Load the video you want to convert by click “Add File”
Step 2: Choose output profile and adjust the setting of the output video
Step 3: Conversion. Click “Start” to begin the conversion.

Part 4: How to convert your DVD movies to DPG format.
Here you just need a DVD to DGP Converter.



Step 1: Load your DVD
Put your DVD to your DVD Drive and click “Load DVD”.

Step 2: Choose output profile
You can choose your output profile from a drop-down list “Profile” and also you can adjust the specific setting of the output DPG video, such as encoder, resolution, bitrate and so on.

Step 3: Edit Video
You can edit the effect of the output video including “Brightness”, “Saturation”, “Contrast” and so on.
Also you can “Trim”, “Crop”, “Merge” video according to your need.

Step 4: Conversion
After all the things done, you can click “Start” button to begin your conversion.

How to Rip DVD, Convert video and Backup your video/audio files on ipod on Mac

Until three months ago, I’ve been being a windows user, and I’m quite good at how to enjoy dvd/ various video on my windows. While, I received a birthday present—an Apple Macbook, from my parent, and at the beginning, it’s really suffering to get used. I don’t know how to enjoy DVD, Video, even can’t backup my ipod’s stuff.
Fortunately, few days ago, I found some useful tools to solve all my problems.
Here, I want to share these experience with more friends.

First, I want to tell this article including three parts:
Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?

Ok, let me explain one by one.

Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Now, I’m using Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Macto do that.
It provides a best and easy to rip dvd to various video formats, so you can enjoy dvd on your portable devices, such as: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune. etc
It’s easy to use, just few click:
Step 0: Download and install the dvd ripper for mac, and you will see the interface as follows:



Step 1: Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.
Step 2: Select video formats from "Profile" drop-download list
Step 3: Set the special settings such as "trim","effect",etc to cater to your need and click "Start" to start your conversion.

Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
You just need AiseesoftVideo Converter for Macto help you.
And I don’t want to talk more, you just can have a try by yourself

Here is how to use it:
Step 0: Download and install this video converter for mac. And you can see the following interface



Step 1: Click the "Add File" button to load your video
Step 2: Select the output profile and output Video settions.
You can cut a clip of your video by using its "Trim" function
You can merge a few videos into one file by clicking "merge into one file"
You can crop the black edge of your video to adjust your video to your iPod screen to get the best view.

Then click the "Convert" button to sart the conversion.


Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?
Easy to solve this problem too.
AiseesoftiPod to Mac Transfercan copy your selected video, audio and image files to your Mac immediately without any loss
Ok, just few clicks, you will finish the work.
Step 0: You need download Aiseeosft iPod to Computer Transfer



Step 1: Plug your iPod to your Mac, and pick up what you want to backup
Step 2: Click “iPod to Mac” and find where to put your iPod info on your Mac and click “Open”
Few seconds later, your iPod songs will be on your Mac.