As Steve Jobs announced on 1st Sept that an iPod touch will be Retina display, Led Flash, with this new and cool feature, enjoy movies and video on iPod touch will be an utterly new experience! Well, but iPod only support limited movie and video formats. So you'll need to convert or rip the movies to iPod touch for playing back. There are many DVD ripper tools that are capable of ripping and converting DVD movie to iPod supported video format. Many of them are general purpose toolkits that can convert almost any kind of video to almost any other popular formats. Some of them are good tools, but they make the process a bit complicated.

I recommend a Mac DVD ripping software called iFunia DVD to iPod Converter for Mac. This software is a free trial application for Mac OS X that accomplishes this task quickly and easily. It even has iPod touch preset format options to set up for different resolutions automatically. It is easy to use and converts the video in a single pass, ready for transfer and sync to your iPod.

Step1. Download, install & run iFunia DVD to iPod Converter for Mac
We’ll be using a very nice DVD Ripping tool for Mac OS called iFunia DVD to iPod Converter for Mac to rip DVD movies and convert DVDs to iPod compatible video files. Head over here and download the free trial version. Next step is to install the program.

Now get your DVD movie disc and insert it. Then run iFunia DVD to iPod Converter on your Mac and click the big 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.

Step2. Select the titles you'd like to convert
A movie DVD usually has several titles. The shorter titles on the DVD are usually the video backgrounds used in the DVD menu screens and DVD extras like movie trailers. Unless you are a graphic artist, you probably don't want to convert these titles.
* Movie: If you are ripping a movie, the longest title is usually the main feature.
* TV Shows: If you are ripping a DVD containing TV shows, you should see a list of several titles all about the same length.


Step3. Edit videos: crop, trim, add special effects or add watermark
Wanna add a personalized watermark on the output video files? You may add a text watermark or an image logo using iFunia DVD to iPod Converter for Mac. 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 add some special effects, click the first two tabs.


Step4. Change the output settings to convert videos with best quality
iPod supports H.264 and MPEG-4 video only. You may learn more details about iPod supported video formats here. If you'd like to watch movies on iPod touch without black bars, just make sure the resolution of video is 640*480 or 960*640 to get the best quality.


Here I set the output video format to 'iPod touch MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)', Video Codec as 'H.264', Resolution as '640*480', Bitrate as '768', Frame Rate as '30', Audio Codec as 'AAC' by default. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size.

Step5. Start converting DVD movies
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting DVD movies onto your hard disk. The Convert progress bar shows you how much of the convert process is completed. The longer your movie and the larger it's Bitrate, the longer the convert will take. The ripping 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, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4) and the bitrate you set.

Once the convert is complete, iFunia DVD to iPod Converter will place on your Mac a new version of your movie that will play on the iPod. Double-click the new file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect and sync videos to iPod via iTunes.

Tips:
* Batch conversion. iFunia DVD to iPod Converter support with multithreading and batch DVD to iPod conversion to save time .
* iFunia DVD to iPod Converter allows extract audio from DVD to MP3, M4A, AIFF, WAV formats.
* You can enjoy the built-in DVD player and take snapshot in iFunia DVD to iPod Converter.
* If you are using Windows and want to convert or rip DVD movies to iPod on PC, you can refer to iFunia DVD to iPod Converter for Windows.

In July 2010, YouTube officially announced that it had launched a range of HD videos in the new YouTube 4K video format, which is a standard resolution for films that measures 4096x3072 pixels. This resolution is too large for watching on your Mac or iPad. So if you'd like to download and store the YouTube 4K videos on Mac or iPad, you need to convert YouTube 4K video to smaller HD video resolution first.


What is the YouTube 4K video format?
The YouTube 4K video format is a next generation standard for rendering very high quality HD video for digital cinema applications. Essentially, this YouTube 4K resolution is twice as powerful as the current 2K HD YouTube video format in digital cinemas today. The advantage of YouTube 4K HD video, aside from the even crisper detail, is that it can offer better fast-action and larger projection surface visibility.

How to download and converter YouTube 4K HD Video?
In order to enjoy 4K-resolution YouTube video on your Mac or iPad more comfortable, you need a YouTube video downloader with convert function. iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac is one that can download YouTube videos and convert them to the appropriate video format for you. The program also features a handy batch mode which allows you to download several YouTube videos at one time, making this process more efficient. Below is the step-by-step guide about how to download and convert YouTube 4K video with iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac.

Step1. Download YouTube 4K HD videos with iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac
Download the iFunia YouTube Video Converter for Mac, and open the tool. After that go to the YouTube website and select the YouTube 4K video you want to watch. Click 360P to drop-down the menu then copy the YouTube 4K video URL. Click Add button in iFunia YouTube Video Converter and paste the YouTube HD video URL. After the YouTube 4K video URLs have been added, click "Download" button and start to download the YouTube 4K videos. The download timing depends on your internet boardband.


Step2. Convert YouTube 4K Video to Mac or iPad supported format
After the YouTube 4K HD videos are downloaded completely in iFunia YouTube Video Converter for Mac, you can now convert the 4K HD videos to the Mac or iPad supported video formats that you want. The program allows you to convert 4K YouTube video to any other formats. For example, MPEG-4 is more friendly for Mac and it is also a iPad supported video format. Click the "Gear" button at the right side and change the output format you like from the "Convert to" drop-down menu list. Select the best video format for each video file and specify a directory to save the YouTube 4K HD video files. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually the default profile given is configured with good quality output.


Step3. Start converting YouTube 4K HD video
Now you may click the button "Convert" to begin converting the YouTube 4K HD video. The conversion progress bar will show you how much of the encoding is completed. The converting time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the YouTube 4K video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected and the bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size and longer converting time.

Conclusion
This professional YouTube Video Converter for Mac is specially designed for downloading and converting YouTube videos, and now you can also download and convert YouTube 4K HD videos with this handy tool. Get the free trial and starting your YouTube videos downloading now.

This article is about .M2TS which is commonly used for high-definition video on Blue-Ray Disc and AVCHD. After reading this article, you will know what’s M2TS? How to play M2TS files? How to convert M2TS to mainstream video format AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, FLV etc.

What is M2TS?
A .M2TS file is a Sony high definition video file type. M2TS files are raw AVCHD videos recorded using Sony's camcorders, such as the HDR-SR1 and HDR-SR5 models. Panasonic, Canon and other brands of AVCHD camcorders also record in M2TS format.
Currently, M2TS files can be played using the Picture Motion Browser, which is an application video player provided with Sony AVCHD camcorders. M2TS files can also be played with Mplayer, Windows Media Player and other media players if there is a codec for DVD playing installed. But the file type .M2TS is not always automatically associated with the player, so it may be necessary to open it from the player. That's to say, it's not convenient to play and enjoy your M2TS video.

What's more, this format cannot be usually played on your computer or portable players. So firstly you need convert the format to the common video formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, FLV, SWF, DivX, XviD etc..

How to play M2TS file?
AVCHD camcorders are shipped with software designed to playback the files on your computer. Sony’s HDR-SR1 and the newer HDR-SR5 both record video in AVCHD format and they are shipped with the Picture Motion Browser, which plays back AVCHD files on most computers. If you purchased one of the Panasonic AVCHD camcorders, the included HD Writer should allow you to playback video recorded with your camcorder.

How to convert M2TS to AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, MKV, etc.?
What software can do this and how to convert M2TS files to AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, MPEG, etc.? To solve these problems, I find a number of related software which can convert M2TS files to popular video formats, such as iFunia M2TS Video Converter for Windows. Here, I would take iFunia M2TS Converter for Windows as an example on how to achieve the conversion.

Step1. Source Setup
Download and run iFunia M2TS Video Converter on your computer, then click the "Add..." button to browse your computer hard disc and add the .M2TS files you want to convert to the program. Batch conversion is supported by this HD video converter, so you can load several M2TS files at one time.


Step2. Destination Setup
After you added M2TS files, you can select AVI output format and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files. iFunia M2TS Converter also supports comprehensive video formats including MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, XviD, 3GP, FLV, etc. You can also change the video bitrate, size and frame rate for a desired quality or compression in the setting window below.


Step3. Start Conversion
Click the "Start" button to start conversion and then you can just go out for a walk or take a nap, and the conversion may have been finished when you come back : )

Optional: Edit your M2TS files
When you come to review the HD video you're taken, how often do you find it's too dark, or the focus is blurred? Now you can fix these flaws and apply artistic effects with the Edit Video module of the program. iFunia M2TS Video Converter can help you set video brightness, contrast, saturation, crop video, trim video and even merge multiple files into one single file before the conversion.


Trim Video:
This M2TS Video Converter for Mac allows you to trim your video, so you can capture your favorite video clips.
Select the video you want to edit, and then click the "Edit" button on the top. A Edit window will be prompted. Click the Start Point and End point to keep your favorite parts of video in iFunia M2TS video converter.
Crop Video:
To watch your movies on your portable players in full screen, you can also remove the black edges around your video with this iFunia M2TS Video Converter. Click "Crop" tab to open the Crop Video window, and then tick the "Enable Crop" option box.
Set Effect:
If you want to adjust the video effect of your movie, you can click the Effect tab and then tick "Enable Effect" option box.
Drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness and contrast. You can also choose a special effect from the Effect drop-down list to apply to your movie.
Add Watermark:
If you want to add watermark on your video, you can click Watermark tab and then tick "Enable Watermark" option box.

Tips
* iFunia M2TS Converter run well on Windows 7 and other windows version.
* It also a HD Converter, can convert between popular HD video formats, including HD AVI, AVCHD M2TS, MTS, TS, HD MOV, HD WMV, HD MP4, HD FLV, and more.
* The iFunia M2TS Converter allows down-convert HD video to standard definition.
* If you are a MAC user, please just refer to iFunia M2TS Video Converter for MAC.

"I am trying to find the most cost effective way to convert YouTube flv files to AVI for Mac OS X with which I can make it simple to play FLV on my computers / DVD players... plz suggest a solution which is free to download and is fully working ...even on a trial basis?"

With some tricks, it's now possible to download the videos that hosted and shared on online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video, instead of just watching the video embedded on the websites.

Some video files that are downloaded from these online video hosting sites may be in the format of Flash Video (.flv). For whatever reasons, such as prefer to view and store the videos in MP4 format, or want to play the offline video clips in portable player such as iPad and PSP, or simply don't like to view it with FLV Player, then there is a need to convert the .flv video format to another format such as avi, mov, wmv and .mpg. It’s easy to convert FLV files to WMV, AVI or any other format you prefer with some tools and conversion utilities like iFunia FLV Converter that can be used to do the media format conversion.

If you are looking for Desktop conversion software then iFunia FLV Converter for Mac is the best one. This one is fully compatible with Snow Leopard. It can handle FLV to AVI conversion and can convert also FLV to nearly anything you would want on Mac. The program also supports batch conversion so you can add multiple FLV video in a queue and quickly grab a cup of coffee while the program converts them to the desired AVI format. Here are the easy steps.

Step 1. Run iFunia FLV Converter for Mac and add FLV video files
Download and run iFunia FLV Converter on your Mac and click the big button "Add..." to add FLV video files, you may add as many FLV videos as you want for batch conversion.


(Optional) Merge some separate FLV videos to 1 single file
This is optional. But if you want to output one single file for easily sharing with your friends, simply click on the video titles you'd like to merge , then click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate files if you just need the single merged video file. Here 'click on the video titles' is not just check the options, you need to click them to make them highlight. You may see the image below to have an idea.


Step 2. Select the prefer format from the output format list
Select a prefer output format for each video file, here I choose "avi". And then specify a directory on your computer to save the output files.If you’re familiar with the 'Xvid/DivX' compression format used for those TV-shows rips, you might know how nicely compressed those AVI videos are. Here we set the output video format to XviD AVI format which provides a best compromise between file size and video quality. 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.


Step 3. Start converting FLV videos
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting FLV on Mac. 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:
* iFunia FLV Converter comes with two modes of conversion: convert FLV to video and convert video to FLV, you can choose the model at the beginning.
** FLV to Video mode helps you convert FLV files to all popular video and audio formats, such as converting FLV to AVI, FLV to MP4, FLV to WMV, FLV to MP3, FLV to MOV and more.
** Video to FLV mode helps you convert all the main-stream video formats to FLV video, such as converting AVI to FLV, MP4 to FLV, 3GP to FLV, WMV to FLV, MPEG to FLV and more.
* 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.

AVCHD is a high definition (HD) digital video camera recorder format recording 1080i and 720p signals onto MiniDVD discs, MiniDV tape, Hard Drive, and digital camera Memory Cards. AVCHD recordings made on MiniDVD discs can be played back on some Blu-ray disc players, however, AVCHD with a .M2TS and .MTS file extension cannot be played back on standard DVD players and most portable players.
As a Sony AVCHD camcorder user, I’d like to share my experience about how to convert AVCHD videos to standard video such as avi, mp4, flv videos, so you can play the converted AVCHD videos on Computer, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, Zune, PSP etc, or even upload AVCHD videos to YouTube and share with your friends. This article consists of the following three parts.
Part I. How much do you know about AVCHD video?
Part II. Why convert AVCHD video to standard Video formats such as AVI, MP4?
Part III. How to Convert AVCHD video to popular video and play on iPad, iPhone, PSP?

Part I. How much do you know about AVCHD video?
AVCHD is short for “Advanced Video Codec High Definition”, it is the newest HD format to be released for inexpensive HD video production. And AVCHD (AVC-HD, AVC HD) video is recorded by AVCHD camcorder such as Canon VIXIA HG20, Sony HDR-UX5, and Panasonic HDC-SD1 etc using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression codec.


AVCHD Videos usually memory on recordable DVD discs, memory cards and hard disk drives. And AVCHD specification support all three high definition formats: 1080i, 1080p and 720p.

Part II. Why convert AVCHD video to standard Video formats such as AVI, MP4?
If someone used to have AVC HD videos, he would be frustrated that there are so little devices which support AVCHD video. Normally, you can only play your AVCHD videos directly from a camcorder on a HDTV with a HDMI, or burned onto DVD disc, then played from most Blu-ray Disc player, or on a computer, playing from the camcorder connected via USB as an external storage device.

However, have you imagined playing your AVCHD videos on your PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Zune PSP or any other portable mp4 players? Or even uploading your AVCHD videos to YouTube, MySpace, Facebook etc to share with all of your friends?

In order to find out a workable method to do that, I have searched relate questions on Google. Finally, I got an answer which certainly can do that – Convert AVCHD files to standard video formats such as avi, mp4, mpg, wmv, flv…etc. So that you can put the converted AVCHD videos to your iPad, iPhone, iPod, Zune, PSP etc or even upload it to YouTube. And the key step to do that is to use AVCHD video converter.

Part III. How to Convert AVCHD video to popular video and play on iPad, iPhone, PSP?
Here I take iFunia AVCHD Video Converter as an example to show you the step-by-step guide to convert AVCHD videos to popular video formats such as convert AVCHD Video to avi, convert AVCHD Video to mp4, convert AVCHD Video to wmv, convert AVCHD Video to flv …etc.

Step1. Get AVCHD files off HD camcorder to Mac
Connect the AVCHD camcorders to your MAC with cable(USB/WiFi). Select mode of camcorder such as PC/Computer mode. It is desirable that you copy the videos to your MAC's hard-drive before converting or editing it. iMovie will automatically detect when you have a FireWire camcorder connected. If you see the message No Camera Attached, make sure your camera is turned on and properly plugged in to your computer via a FireWire cable and that your camcorder is set to VCR, VTR, or Play mode.

Step2. Download iFunia AVCHD Video Converter
Here we use iFunia AVCHD Converter to show the AVCHD video conversion process. In addition, this AVCHD Converter also can convert hd (high definition) videos such as mts, m2ts, tod, ts, mod to standard videos including avi, mp4, wmv, flv, mpeg, rm etc.
You can download free trial Version here: iFunia AVCHD Converter, then install and run this program on your MAC.

Step3. AVCHD videos source setup
In the iFunia AVCHD Converter main panel, click the "Add..." button to select AVCHD video files from your computer hard disc. Batch conversion is supported by this AVCHD converter, so you can load several AVCHD files at one time. Here you can also preview AVCHD video files and take snapshots.


Step4. Customize output Settings
After you finishing video source setup, you can now select an output profile in the drop-down box, here we select iPad MP4 as output format, so you can put the converted AVCHD video on your iPad. And remember to specify a directory on your MAC to save the output files.


There are various format/bit rate/screen resolution options in the Setting window. Different file formats result in different video compression rates. Bit rate refers to the number of bits processed per unit of time, the larger the number, the more bits processed and the better the quality. Resolution refers to the number of pixels handled by the device display.


Step5. Start the conversion
Finally, click the "Start" button. The Progress bar shows the status of the converting task. The program will prompt you when the converting task is completed, then click OK.

Step6. Copy the converted AVCHD video to your iPad and enjoy it.
Connect your iPad with your MAC via iTunes, copy the converted AVCHD video (iPad Video MPEG-4) to your iPad, so you can enjoy the AVCHD video on the go.

Tips:
* This AVCHD Converter for Mac fully supports Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
* iFunia AVCHD Converter allows you to manually set video resolution, bite rate, codec and frame rate to get perfect output videos. To set that please follow step 4.
* iFunia AVCHD Converter is also a light-weight AVCHD editor. It offers you simple video editings like cropping / trimming video, adding watermark and special effects, including deinterlace to remove the movies black area.
* This program can merge all clips from a conversion batch into one movie for easy sharing on YouTube or iTunes.
* It supports AVCHD footage from various AVCHD camcorders or DVs like Canon Cameras, Panasonic Cameras, Sony Camcorders, JVC Camcorders, etc.

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.

"I am looking for a program to convert DVD to AVI or WMV or other formats for web use. What would be the best recommendation?"
Got tons of DVD movies and want to rip your DVD movies to AVI or other formats? Want to rip DVD movies to your portable devices like iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, Zune, PSP and a lot more other mobile devices, so that you can enjoy movies without any limits? Well, as DVDs are high quality and you can rip them to your PC, they do have drawbacks, such as large file sizes(4-9 Gigabytes per movie) and obscure file-naming. By ripping a DVD to an AVI or other file, you benefit from small and portable file sizes, your own file naming. Also, the files can be used for video editing. This tutorial will teach you how to make a nearly identical DVD ripping with iFunia DVD ripper Pro for Windows that you can archive and play in your set top DVD player or iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, Zune, BlackBerry and so on portable player devices.

Necessary Preparation
* DVD movies
* iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows
* Portable movies player

DVD video info
The video on DVDs is in a special format called mpeg2, sort of similar to mp3 for audio files. Mpeg2 makes video files small enough to fit on DVDs (they are actually even bigger than these very large DVD files. Before we can deal directly with the video information, DVD's have a number of copy prevention mechanisms. When you rip the DVD you strip off those mechanisms, but copy the rest of the video unadulterated. This means that the ripped DVD will take up as much space as the files on the DVD itself. In order to successfully complete this process, you need to have a minimum of 5 gigs free after you copy the DVD(s) to your hard drive. Unless you run out of free hard drive space, you can keep ripping DVDs to hard drive.

How to rip and convert DVD movies to all popular videos step by step
Step1. Run the DVD Ripper Pro for Windows program and load DVD files
Launch iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows to load DVD files: Click "Load..." to find the DVD disc you want to convert. You also can load DVD/IFO from your hard disk.


Step2. Edit videos: crop, trim, add special effects or add watermark
iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows can not only rip DVD but also a best dvd ripper enables you to copy DVD to avi video and almost all other video and audio formats, plus, it is a video editing program:
Crop – Set the video zoom to 16:9/4:3/full screen.
Effect – Make special effect through brightness, contrast, saturation, built-in effects.
Watermark – Add text or pictures on the video.
Deinterlace – Remove the movies black area.


Step3. Change the output settings to convert videos with best quality
In the Destination-Setup section of the interface, select AVI format or other format from the profile dropdown list. If you want to put the DVD movies to playback on your iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, Zune, PSP or other popular portable device, just select an output format according to your device name.


Step4. Start ripping
Click the big button "Start" to begin converting DVD movies onto your hard disk. The Convert progress bar shows you how much of the convert process is completed. Please note the ripping 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, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4) and the bitrate you set.

Tips:
1. HD video ripping. iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows also can rip DVD to HD video such as HD MOV, HD FLV, HD AVI, etc.
2. You can adjust settings for channel, bitrates, brightness, contrast, and more in the in section Export Settings
3. If you want to cancel the converting process, just click "stop" button to do this.
4. If you are a MAC user, please refer to iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for MAC.

Warning: Ripping DVDs that do not belong to you is illegal!

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.

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.