How to Convert DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry on Mac

The following article is going to show you how to convert DVD to BlackBerry, convert video to BlackBerry and download and convert YouTube video to BlackBerry on Mac OS X using Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac.

This Mac DVD to BlackBerry Converter actually combines three main features into one program: DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac, Video to BlackBerry Converter for Mac and YouTube Video Downloader and Converter for Mac. To convert DVD, video and YouTube video to BlackBerry on Mac, just follow the steps below:

Step 1. Download Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac, install and run it.

Step 2. Add DVD/Video/YouTube Video

1. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie you are going to watch on your BlackBerry. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

2. Click the "Add Files" button to import video files from your Mac HDD.

3. Click the "YouTube" button to open the "Clone2Go YouTube Downloader" window. Then you can start to download and convert YouTube videos simply by copying/pasting the URLs of them. Learn more about how to download and YouTube videos on Mac.

Step 3. Choose Output Format

After loading DVD movie, video files or YouTube videos, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format that best fits your needs. To convert DVD/video/YouTube video to BlackBerry Video/Audio on Mac, choose the "BlackBerry" category from the list. From the subcategory, choose "BlackBerry Tour 9630 MP4 series (*.mp4)" if you want to convert DVD/video/YouTube video to video file for viewing on your BlackBerry Tour 9630.

Step 4. Start Converting DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry on Mac

After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert Now" button to start to convert DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry on Mac.

There are a few Tips and Tricks while using this DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac to convert DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry video/audio format for syncing to BlackBerry Tour, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl, etc.

Tips 1. Trim DVD Title or Chapter

If you only want part of the DVD movie for viewing on your BlackBerry, you can trim the DVD movie in either of the following two ways:

Method 1. Specify the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" under the manager panel within the accuracy of second.
Method 2. Trim the movie while previewing it. You can click the "Trim Begin" and "Trim End" buttons to get the certain part of the movie/video while playing it back.

Tips 2. Customize Profile

If you fail to find the most appropriate output format from the "Profile" list for your player, you can click the "Customize..." button next to it to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

Tips 3. Select DVD Subtitle/Audio Track

A common DVD movie has several DVD subtitles and audio tracks. You can select any available DVD Audio Track and Subtitle to convert. Just extend the "DVD Audio" and "DVD Subtitle" drop-down menu and choose your favorite audio track and subtitle.

Note: If you want to remove DVD subtitle, just select "None" from the drop-down list. Likewise, if you want to rip DVD without audio, you just choose "None" from the "DVD Audio" menu.

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With this Mac Free YouTube Video Downloader + Converter, you are able to download online movies, TV shows, music videos from YouTube.com as FLV, MP4 or 3GP files and even download YouTube HD videos as HD MP4 files if available.

This Free YouTube Downloader and Converter for Mac can also help you download and convert YouTube (HD) videos to popular video format ready for viewing on portable players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Mobile Phone, etc.

Apart from YouTube, Clone2Go Free YouTube Downlaoder for Mac can help you download and convert videos from Google, Break, MySpace, Blip, etc as well.

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How to Convert DVD to iTunes Format on Mac OS X

The following step by step tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVDs to iTunes format, convert DVD to iTunes friendly video/audio format on Mac OS X and transfer DVD movies to iTunes library for syncing to iPod, iPhone, Apple TV using Clone2Go DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Import DVD Movie

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Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie you are going to transfer to your iTunes library. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

Step 2. Choose Output Format

Go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format. To convert DVD to iTunes friendly video/audio format on Mac, choose the "Apple iPod", "Apple iPhone" or "Apple TV" category. For example, if you want to convert DVD for playback on your iPod Touch, just choose "Apple iPod" in the drop-down list. From the subcategory, choose "iPod Touch MPEG-4" and you will get the output video in iTunes friendly format ready for syncing to your iPod Touch.

Step 3. Start Converting DVD to iTunes on Mac

After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert Now" button to start to convert DVD to iTunes format on Mac.

There are a few Tips and Tricks while using this DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac to rip DVDs to iTunes format for syncing to iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.

Tips 1. Trim DVD Title or Chapter

If you only want part of the DVD movie for viewing on your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV, you can trim the DVD movie in either of the following two ways:

Method 1. Specify the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" under the manager panel within the accuracy of second.

Method 2. Trim the movie while previewing it. You can click the "Trim Begin" and "Trim End" buttons to get the certain part of the movie/video while playing it back.

Tips 2. Customize Profile

If you fail to find the most appropriate output format from the "Profile" list for your player, you can click the "Customize..." button next to it to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

Tips 3. Select DVD Subtitle/Audio Track

A common DVD movie has several DVD subtitles and audio tracks. You can select any available DVD Audio Track and Subtitle to convert. Just extend the "DVD Audio" and "DVD Subtitle" drop-down menu and choose your favorite audio track and subtitle.

Note: If you want to remove DVD subtitle, just select "None" from the drop-down list. Likewise, if you want to rip DVD without audio, you just choose "None" from the "DVD Audio" menu.

How to Convert iTunes 9 Music to MP3

Are you annoyed by iTunes DRM? Do you want to remove it because you want to play the iTunes music on non-Apple MP3 players like PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, BlackBerry, PS3, iriver, Walkman, mobile phone MP3 player, etc, use it as background music in a home video, or anything else that DRM limits it to do? You got the right place!

The following article is going to show you how to convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, AAC to MP3, M4A to MP3 with TuneClone Audio Converter and iTunes 9.0.2 so that you can play iTunes music on any MP3/MP4 player or mobile phone music player.

Step 1. Download TuneClone Audio Converter and install it

TuneClone Audio Converter is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (except Vista 64 bit) and Intel based Mac OS X 10.5 -10.6.

Step 2. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter

Click the "Settings" button in TuneClone. In the pop-up dialog, you can specify the "output folder", "output filenames", "output format", etc for the output files.

Note: A Virtual CD Drive will be installed to convert iTunes music files. You must make sure this CD burner is successfully installed. you can check whether it is successfully installed and where it is installed at the bottom left corner of TuneClone interface.

Step 3. Create a playlist in iTunes 9

Create a new playlist, and add the iTunes songs you want to convert to the playlist.

Step 4. Make burning settings in iTunes 9

Right click the playlist you just created and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc".

Or you can select part of songs from the playlist and click the "Burn Disc" at the bottom right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", make the settings as highlighted below:

Note: You need to tick the "Include CD Text" option to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names.

Step 5. Start to burn

Click the "Burn" button to start burning.

After the burning gets started, TuneClone Audio Converter will automatically convert the iTunes music to MP3 files.

You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.

Tip: The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then TuneClone Audio Converter will convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.

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

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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!

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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

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How to Convert M4A to MP3 on Mac?

Below is step by step guide that shows you how to convert iTunes M4A to MP3 on Mac OS X with TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac from http://mac.tuneclone.com and run it.

Note: During the startup, a virtual CD burner will be installed, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.

Step 2. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac

Go to top-left "TuneClone -> Preferences..." a window will appear as below:

Step 3. Make settings in iTunes (iTunes 9.0.1)

Create a new playlist and add the songs you are going to convert.

Right click the playlist you just created and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Or you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the bottom right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", you can make settings as highlighted below:

Note: You need to tick the "Include CD Text" option to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names.

Step 4. Start to burn

Click the "Burn" button to start burning. After the burning get started, TuneClone will automatically convert the iTunes music to MP3 files. You can open the TuneClone manager screen to check out the burning status.

Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.

Note: The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert music files automatically. It is especially easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.

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