How to import DVD movies clips into Apple iMovie

If you are fond of some video clip from a DVD movie and want to edit it in Apple iMovie project, you got the right place! The following tutorial will share with you how to convert DVD to iMovie friendly video format and import DVD into iMovie for editing.

Video formats accepted by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4. In order to import DVD movie into iMovie, you need to convert DVD to iMovie compatible format first. It is very easy and fast to convert DVD to iMovie format using Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Add DVD Movie

Download the latest version of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac, install and run it. ( Free Download )

Click the "Open DVD" button to import your DVD movie. Or you can click the "File ->Open DVD Disc/Folder" in the top menu of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac to add the DVD movie.

Step 2. Select output format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)"

After the DVD is imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)" as the output format.

Step 3. Start converting

When all settings are done, click the "Convert Now" button to start convert DVD to iMovie format.

Step 4. Export the output file to iMovie

Launch iMovie, go to "File > Import > Movies...". Select the converted MP4 video then click "Import".

That's it! Now you can edit your videos in iMovie. Enjoy making your own movies!

Clone2Go intros Mac DVD Ripper & Video Converter v1.0.1

Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac is all-in-one Mac DVD ripping and video conversion software specially designed for Mac OS X users.

This all-in-one Mac DVD and video converter can rip DVDs to a variety of formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, and also offers video conversion for a host of formats and audio extraction from DVD and video files in MP3, M4A, AAC or WAV format.

With this powerful Mac DVD Ripper, you can trim video length, choose DVD audio track and subtitle, customize output profile, etc to meet your specific needs.

Key features of Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac

1. Rip DVD to a variety of video formats

This DVD Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to a variety of video formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, H.264, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, WMV, etc.

2. Convert between a host of video formats

The Mac Video Converter can convert video files in various formats such as AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, M4V, QT, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, etc

3. Extract audio from DVD and video files

Allow you to extract audio from DVD and video files in MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC or AMR format.

4. Rip DVD for all popular portable players

This Mac DVD Ripper offers optimized settings for all popular portable players including Apple iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Creative Zen, Archos, iRiver, cell phones and other digital video and audio players

5. Trim DVD/video clips

You can trim DVD movie or video file to get video or audio clips and just rip certain segment you need.

6. Customize an output profile

You can customize the video/audio parameters such as video bitrate, size, frame rize, audio bitrate, sample rate, etc and save it as an output profile for further use.

7. Select DVD audio track and subtitle

Allow you to select any available DVD audio track and subtitle you prefer

8. Batch select video files for conversion

9. Preview the DVD or video files

Availability and Price

Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac v1.0.1 is available at http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-ripper-video-converter.php. You can free download it directly via this link http://www.clone2go.com/down/clone2go-dvd-ripper-mac-intel.dmg. Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac costs USD39.95 to register. You can know about other Clone2Go products from http://www.clone2go.com

How to convert iTunes Plus to MP3?

The other day Apple announced that it was making about 80% of the iTunes store DRM free, with the remaining 20% to follow shortly. DRM-free iTunes means that in theory you should be able move your music to other computers and devices easily...

But... iTunes Plus DRM-free music comes in .m4a format which is based on the MPEG-4 part 14 standard. Problem is, far more devices don't recognize what to do with .m4a than do (and its video sibling, .m4v). MP3 is a far more popular format.

So, can you convert .m4a files into.mp3 files? Yes you can, and you can do it all from within iTunes (iTunes 8)! Here's how:

1. Click on Edit -> Preferences.... From the General tab click on Import Settings... button.



2. Change the Import Using drop down box to MP3 Encoder.

3. From the Settings drop down box select Custom... and choose a Stereo Bit Rate of 256Kbps.



4. Click OK, OK and OK.

5. Now find a file that you want to convert, right-click on it and select Create MP3 Version and an MP3 copy will be created.

Note that you'll have now both versions of the song in your library, so you’ll have to do a little housekeeping.

Note that if you want to upgrade your previously purchased iTunes tracks to DRM free, you need to pay 30 cents per song. You can't pick and choose which tracks to upgrade. Start by going to the iTunes Store home page, and clicking on "Upgrade My Library" under the "Quick Links" heading. Once there, you'll see a list of all the songs and albums that are available for upgrading, with a price next to each. But the important number to look at is the price next to the buy button, since that's how much it'll cost to upgrade your library.

So if have an extensive music collection with many songs (i.e. 500 songs) purchased from iTunes and wanted to get them freed from DRM protection, you will have to pay USD150 for the upgrade. And in order to listen to them with your MP3 player or mobile phone music player, you still need a further step - convert the AAC music to MP3 one by one (as the steps show above). It not only messes your iTunes library up but also costs you a great deal of time and money. Therefore, if you really want to play the previously purchased music tracks from iTunes Store with MP3 players or mobile phone music players, you just need to get TuneClone Audio Converter to help to remove the iTunes DRM protection and convert the iTunes music to the popular MP3 format. Also, if you get iTunes Plus DRM-free music files and want to play them with the MP3 players or mobile phone music players incompatible with Apple AAC format, you can still use TuneClone to turn them into MP3 format, saving the time to create MP3 version for the songs one by one.

How to play iTunes protected AAC (M4P) music on PS3?

"Can I play iTunes (that I have stored on my computer) on my PS3? I know I can't just hook up my iPod to it or stream from my PC. I read something about transferring music to USB and then put that flash drive in the PS3, will this work? I want to play my iTunes on my home theater but I have no other way than to play it through my PS3. I have a yamaha 5990 receiver and it is not iPod compatible. Any options here? Thanks in advance."

As the music in iTunes is encrypted with DRM, you cannot directly transfer it to your PS3. The easiest way is to burn the music to an audio CD and then rip it back to Windows Media Player or a similar program as an MP3.

Or you can get some software to help you. TuneClone is a pretty good program to get the iTunes protected AAC (M4P) music burned to MP3.



And this page demonstrates how to remove DRM from iTunes music and convert iTunes DRM protected AAC (M4P) music to MP3 for Sony PlayStation 3(PS3) using these two methods:

1. Burn an audio CD and rip it back to MP3
2. TuneClone

And below is the tutorial page:
http://www.tuneclone.com/how-to-import-itunes-music-to-playstation3.php

So now you can listen to iTunes music while playing games with your PS3.