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If you have moved from Apple iPod to Microsoft Zune, you probably have some songs that you purchased from the iTunes Music Store that you would like to move to the new device. You will run into a hurdle if you try to transfer the files directly as Apple’s copy protection prevents the song from playing on another device. There is a workaround to this however…
- Create a new playlist in iTunes.
- Add the protected songs to your playlist until you have 72 minutes of music.
- Click the “Burn Disc” button.
- Click the radio button next to “Audio CD” and tick “Include CD Text” option.
- Upon completion of burning the disc, rip the songs to MP3 using Windows Media Player.
- Open the Zune software and sync the newly created MP3’s to your Zune device.
Alternatively, you can use TuneClone Audio Converter. It automatically generates a virtual CD-ROM drive during the installation. The virtual CD drive tricks your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM protection is removed without wasting a CD and the speed is very fast. Below are the steps:
- Create a new playlist in iTunes.
- Add the protected songs to your playlist. Since iTunes burns the protected music with TuneClone virtual CD drive, there is no limit as to music length so long as you have enough hard drive space.
- Launch TuneClone. Click the “Settings” tab. In the pop-up window, you can specify output folder, output file name format, output format (Here we can choose MP3 or WMA since Zune accepts MP3 and WMA music), etc. for the output files. Note: You can check whether TuneClone virtual CD drive is successfully installed and where it is installed in the bottom left corner of the interface.
- In iTunes, click the “Burn Disc” button.
- In the pop-up window of “Burn Settings”, select “TuneClon Virtual_CD-RW” from the “CD Burner” drop-down list, click the radio button next to “Audio CD” and tick “Include CD Text” option. Click “Burn” to start burning.
- Upon the completion of burning the disc and encoding the music, you can open the TuneClone manager screen to show all the converted music files. To locate the output folder, simply click the “Folder” tab on the interface.
- Open the Zune software and sync the music in the output folder to your Zune device.
Done.
Written by treese on January 7th, 2009 with no comments.
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You may have at hand many fantastic DVD movies and video files, which you definitely love very much. Also, you have a smart BlackBerry Storm and you really want to watch these DVD movies and video files on your BlackBerry and take them on the road.
However, BlackBerry Strom only supports:
Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus
Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter comes to the rescue! This DVD to BlackBerry Converter has the following three features:
1. Rip DVD movies to BlackBerry (DVD ripper)
2. Convert videos files to BlackBerry (video converter)
3. Download YouTube videos to BlackBerry (YouTube downloader)
So, you just need Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter to help you rip DVD movies, convert video files and download YouTube videos to the video format accepted by BlackBerry Storm and then transfer the output video files to your BlackBerry Storm. Now let’s take a look at how it performs:
Step 1. Import DVD movies, video files and YouTube videos
Insert the DVD disc into the disc drive, click the “Open DVD” button to import it if you are going to watch the DVD movie on your BlackBerry Storm. Or if the DVD movie is saved as a folder on your computer, you need to click the “Add Video” button to locate that folder, which is composed of two separate folders: VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS. From the VIDEO_TS folder, select the .vob file to import and then click “OK”.
You can also import videos stored on your PC by clicking the “Add Video” button and then click “OK”. The supporting formats are shown as follows:
Audio Files (*.mp2;*.mp3;*.wav)
Windows Media Files (*.avi;*.wmv;*.asf;*.dvr-ms;*.ms-dvr)
MOV/MP4 Files (*.mov;*.mp4;*.3gp;*.m4v;*.qt)
Real Media Files (*.rm;*.rmvb)
Flash Video Files (*.flv)
MKV Video Files (*.mkv)
AviSyth Scripts (*.avs)
Other Video Files (*.mpq;*.dv;*.vob;*.m1v;*.m2v;*.dat;*.amv)
If you want to watch YouTube videos on your BlackBerry Storm, click the “YouTube” button on the main interface. In the pop-up window, copy and paste the URLs of the YouTube videos one by one.
There will be a list of the added YouTube videos, which will be downloaded automatically one by one. The downloading status is clearly shown on the list. After the status of all of them indicates “Completed”, you can tick whichever videos you want to watch on your BlackBerry Storm.
After the DVD’s, videos or YouTube videos are imported, you can preview it on the main interface. If you only want a clip of the DVD/video, you can drag the “Start to trim” and “Stop to trim” buttons to get the certain segment.
Step 2. Choose a proper profile and start encoding
From the drop-down list of “Profile”, you can select the most appropriate profile:
Now you can click the “Start Encode” button to starting ripping DVD movies, converting video files and converting YouTube videos for your BlackBerry Storm.
Step 3. Transfer output videos to BlackBerry Storm
After you get the output video files, you can now begin to transfer them to your BlackBerry Storm.
Written by treese on January 4th, 2009 with no comments.
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“With a unique touch screen and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone makes a great impression as you travel across town or to almost any corner of the world.”
One of the great new features I am starting to enjoy on my BlackBerry Storm is the ability for it to play multimedia files and specifically audio (music).
First let’s take a look at the video and audio formats supported by BlackBerry Storm:
Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus
Basically, when you buy music from iTunes, it comes with a copyright protection called DRM. These DRM-protected songs are locked so that they only work with Apple MP3 players. That means that if you have a BlackBerry Storm, you cannot use iTunes music.
So, what is the solution? You have to burn a CD. When you do this, the DRM is removed (because the music is converted to a non-DRM-compatible media). After you burn the CD, you can rip it to your PC as an MP3 file which no longer has DRM.
Alternatively, you can use TuneClone. TuneClone makes a virtual CD-ROM drive, tricking your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM is removed without wasting a CD.
Here is a link to a tutorial using TuneClone and iTunes 8:
http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php
After you get the output MP3 files, you can now begin to transfer them to your BlackBerry Storm:
1. Connect your BlackBerry to you computer via the USB cable.
2. If you have properly enabled your Blackberry as a Mass Storage Device, your Blackberry’s microSD card will show as a removable drive on your computer.
3. Double click on the Blackberry folder.
4. Double click on the music folder.
5. Copy your music files to your BlackBerry.
6. Disconnect your Blackberry from the USB cable and go to the “Multimedia” icon on you Blackberry. You need to disconnect when you use the Mass Storage device method as it disables direct access from the BlackBerry when connected to the PC via the USB cable.
7. Click on the Music icon.
8. Click on the Media Card folder.
9. Select your Music folder.
10. Select your Song.
11. Play and enjoy.
Done.
Written by terry007 on December 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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Basically, when you buy music from iTunes, it comes with a copyright protection called DRM. These DRM-protected songs are locked so that they only work with Apple MP3 players. That means that if you bought a Microsoft Zune, you cannot use iTunes music.
So, what is the solution? You have to burn a CD. When you do this, the DRM is removed (because the music is converted to a non-DRM-compatible media). After you burn the CD, you can rip it to your PC as an MP3 file which no longer has DRM.
Alternatively, you can use TuneClone (http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php).
TuneClone makes a virtual CD-ROM drive, tricking your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM is removed without wasting a CD.
Here is a link to a tutorial using TuneClone and iTunes 8:
http://itunesm4ptomp3.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/convert-itunes8-music-to-mp3/
Written by terry007 on December 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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Music purchased from Rhapsody is under DRM protection, which stops customers from playing the downloaded music with other incompatible devices like Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune. If you don’t continue to pay, you won’t keep the music when the subscription expires. As we all know, iPod is one of the most popular and successful MP3 players. iPod owners can purchase various music songs from iTunes Store and listen to them with their iPods. However, if you prefer Rhapsody and find some songs in Rhapsody that are unavailable in iTunes store, yet you do want to enjoy these songs witn your new iPod, you are meeting the headache of Naspter being incompatible with iPod. So the following tutorial should be the solution.
The tools you will need:
TuneClone Audio Converter
Rhapsody Software
iPod
iTunes Library
1. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter
Download TuneClone (fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista) from http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php and install it. After launching TuneClone, click the “Settings” button. In the pop-up dialog of “Options”, you can specify the “Output Folder”, “Output Filenames”, “Output Format” (here we choose MP3), etc. for the output files.
Tip: You can get the output protection removed MP3 music folder by clicking the “Folder” button after the whole process.
2. Create a new playlist in Rhapsody
In the center left panel of Rhapsody, navigate to “Playlist”. Then in the bottom left corner, click “New” to create a new playlist.
Click “File” and select “New Playlist” to create a new playlist in Rhapsody.
Drag and drop the music you are ready to burn to the new playlist from Rhapsody Library.
3. Make CD burning settings in Rhapsody
Click “Tools” and select “Preference…” from the drop-down list. Click “CD Burning” from the list in the left panel. In the “CD Burner Options”, choose TuneClone virtual CD drive as preferred CD burner.
4. Start to burn
Click the “Burn CD” button to start the burning and encoding process.
After the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert the music file to MP3. You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.
The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.
After you get the output MP3 files converted from the Rhapsody music playlist in your Rhapsody, you can now begin to transfer the MP3 files to your iPod with the sync of iTunes.
Written by treese on December 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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Music purchased from Napster is under DRM protection, which stops customers from playing the downloaded music with other incompatible devices like Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune. If you don’t continue to pay, you won’t keep the music when the subscription expires. As we all know, iPod is one of the most popular and successful MP3 players. iPod owners can purchase various music songs from iTunes Store and listen to them with their iPods. However, if you prefer Napster and find some songs in Napster that are unavailable in iTunes store, yet you do want to enjoy these songs witn your new iPod, you are meeting the headache of Naspter being incompatible with iPod. So the following tutorial should be the solution.
The tools you will need:
TuneClone Audio Converter
Napster Software
iPod
iTunes Library
1. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter
Download TuneClone (fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista) from http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php and install it. After launching TuneClone, click the “Settings” button. In the pop-up dialog of “Options”, you can specify the “Output Folder”, “Output Filenames”, “Output Format” (here we choose MP3), etc. for the output files.
Tip: You can get the output protection removed MP3 music folder by clicking the “Folder” button after the whole process.
2. Create a new playlist in Napster
Under “My Playlist”, click the “New Playlist” button to create a new playlist. Drag and drop to the playlist the music you are going to burn from your Napster Library.
3. Make CD burning settings in Napster
Click “Tools”, and select “Preference…” from the drop-down list. In the left panel of “Options”, navigate to “CD Options”. In the right panel of “CD Options”, choose TuneClone virtual CD drive as the preferred CD burner.
Note: Please tick “Burn CD Text” to preserve the metadata of the music.
4. Start to burn
Click the “Burn Disk” button to start the burning and encoding process.
After the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert the music file to MP3. You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.
The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.
After you get the output MP3 files converted from the Napster music playlist in your Napster, you can now begin to transfer the MP3 files to your iPod with the sync of iTunes.
Written by treese on December 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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There is an in-depth review of TuneClone Audio Converter software. The author gives an average score of 4.5 out of 5.
So what do you think of this review? Is it fair and honest? Now let’s take a look at the highlights of this review:
iTunes has invaded pretty much all musical use on the computer anymore, people who don’t really know much about computers hear about iTunes and assume that’s what they’re supposed to use for their music on their computers. Case in point, a friend of mine does not own an iPod, but yet he and his girlfriend used iTunes to transfer all of his music over to his computer and it’s kinda stuck there now. Well he’ll be the first to admit that he really doesn’t know much about computers at all, so seeing as iTunes was so popular that’s what they decided to use for his music, of course they didn’t ask me anything at all. They transferred over many, many songs, and of course his mp3 player, a Sandisk, can’t play them so he was stuck with what to do next. So he called me for help, mind you though, most of his music isn’t copy protected/copy righted etc, he’s actually a world renowned Waltz or Ballroom Dance instructor, so he’s got tons of music he uses for that kind of stuff, and once they spent the hours to put it in his computer via iTunes he was basically stuck, it was either re-do it all through another program, buy an iPod or figure out another way to get his music to his Sandisk player converted to Mp3 format.
So there are a few free versions out there that will help my friend out, but I needed something that was easy to use, very easy to use and I found TuneClone, which is very easy to use so that’s what I’ve got for review today. TuneClone is a program to convert you iTunes or other music services music over to mp3 format, quickly and easily. It essentially creates a virtual CDRW drive on your computer and virtually burns the CD from the main program, iTunes of other and then TuneClone automatically rips it to mp3 format for you, so in a few easy steps you’ve got music that is easily transferred and played on any device.
Tech Specs, Features or the Basic Info:
Note: The information in this part is from TuneClone homepage, so please go to http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php to get to know about tech specs, features and basic info of TuneClone Audio Converter.
Installation, Testing and Comparison:
TuneClone is a download, so there are no box shots etc, just download and install, very easy to do.
There’s really not much to do on the end user part of this program, most is done automatically. Load up TuneClone and hit the ‘Open Media Player’ button and your iTunes or whatever will open for you. If you wish you can change the output directory, and other settings like bitrates etc, but for most the default settings are fine.
To use TuneClone you just burn a CD with your program, I’m using iTunes of course, you just have to make sure the destination drive is the TuneClone virtual CD, other than that there’s nothing else to change really.
As soon as you hit burn, your CD will start to burn virtually and then TuneClone goes to work converting the files to MP3 format for you automatically.
That’s it, there’s really nothing much more to it, very easy to use for even someone who doesn’t know much about computers.
Summary and Comments:
TuneClone is a great way to free your music from one of the music services out there, it works well, it works fast and it’s very easy to use.
DragonSteelMods gives TuneClone Audio Converter Software a 4.5 out of 5 score.
Pros:
-Easy use
-Fast
-Works well
Cons:
-Expensive
The full review is available at http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10186&Itemid=38
Written by treese on November 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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“My laptop HDD recently failed, so I replaced it with an iMac. Fortunately, my iTunes library was on an external HDD, so I have copied it across to the iMac. However, the songs that I have purchased from iTunes do not seem to be available. They have copied across, but are ‘greyed out’. I have authorised my new computer to play purchases. Is there anything else I am forgetting?”
It is relatively painless to switch over from Windows to Mac as Mac has support for a lot of commonly used files like Microsoft Word documents, Powerpoint slideshows and Adobe PDF files. So, compatibility is hardly an issue. What you do have to take note of however while switching over to Mac are your iTunes library and WMAs. Note: This tutorial was written under the assumption that you are running the latest version of iTunes ( iTunes 8 ) on both your Windows and Mac.
1. Add WMAs to iTunes on Windows
iTunes for Windows is built with Windows Media Audio (WMA) support - it is able to play and convert WMAs. However, because WMA is a proprietary codec, it isn’t available in iTunes for Mac. If you’re not careful, you’ll be left with a lot of WMAs which will be unplayable on your Mac.
The easiest way to dodge this problem is to convert all the WMAs you have while you’re still on your Windows machine. In your iTunes General preferences, under ‘Import settings’, make sure to have AAC or MP3 selected. Configure the bit rate if you like but because you will be converting from one lossy codec to another, there’s bound to be a profound loss in quality.
However, if the WMAs are DRM protected, it will be a little bit difficult. One method of dealing with the DRM protected WMAs is to get an audio converter. Make a simple Google search and you will get a lot of converters that can convert WMA to MP3. However, those that can convert DRM protected WMA to MP3 are rather limited. The one that attracts my attention is TuneClone Audio Converter (fow Windows only), which isn’t free but very well worth a shot if you have lots of DRM protected WMAs ready to be switched to Mac. TuneClone Audio Converter is capable of removing DRM protection from WMA files and convert WMA to iTunes (both Windows and Mac) compatible MP3 format by installing a virtual CD burner. Here is the guide: http://www.tuneclone.com/how-to-convert-wma-to-mp3-for-ipod.php
Apart from that, TuneClone Audio Converter can also be used to convert iTunes M4P (protected AAC) to MP3 for non-Apple MP3 devices. Here is the guide: http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php
After getting the protected WMAs converted to MP3, add to your iTunes library the MP3 files, which will be transferred to Mac along with all the music in iTunes library.
2. Backup iTunes library on Windows
In Windows, open iTunes. Consolidate your library from the ‘File -> Library’ menu.
This will move all the music files into the iTunes Music folder and sort them by artist and album.
Navigate to your My Music folder. It’s typically found at C:\Documents and Settings\~username~\My Documents\My Music.
Copy the iTunes folder to the Desktop of your new Mac. Depending on the size of your library and the method of transfer, this could take a while.
3. Organize iTunes on Mac
If you are running iTunes on your Mac for the first time, you’ll be prompted with the initial welcome setup procedure. When it asks to search your drive for music files, make sure to decline. At the end, you’ll be presented with a fresh, empty iTunes library. Now, quit iTunes. By default, it would have already set up its own iTunes Music folder located in ~/Music. Go over to this location and delete the iTunes folder then copy and paste your iTunes Music folder from the desktop into it (the one which you have just brought over from your Windows computer). After all this is done, launch iTunes and you’ll be rewarded with your old, personalized iTunes library.
Written by terry007 on November 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Clone2Go Free Audio Converter is a powerful yet easy to use freeware application for extracting audios from video files and converting video/audio files to some audio format.
Click to download Clone2Go Free Audio Converter
With Clone2Go Free Audio Converter, you can easily and quickly extract the audio tracks from video clips in formats such as MOV, WMV, FLV, MPEG-4, MPG, RM, RMVB, AVI, VOB, ASF, DV, 3GP, M1V and M2V and convert video/audio files to popular audio formats including WAV, WMA, OGG, MP3 and AAC for playback on portable entertainment devices such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Mobile Phone, Pocket PC, to name just a few.
What’s more, Clone2Go Free Audio Converter allows you to extract audio files from online YouTube/Google videos and convert YouTube/Google FLV video to the specific audio format you need.
Key features of Clone2Go Free Audio Converter:
1. Very user-friendly interface and easy-to-use style.
2. Input video formats supported: MOV, WMV, FLV, MPEG-4, MPG, RM, RMVB, AVI, VOB, ASF, DV, 3GP, M1V and M2V.
3. Output audio formats supported: MP3, WAV, OGG and MP2.
4. Mobile devices supported:
Mobile Phone Series - Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, iPhone, Motorola, Blackberry, Dopod, LG, etc.
Apple Series - iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iPod touch, etc.
Windows Mobile - Zune, Pocket PC, HP iPAQ, Dell Player, etc.
PSP Series - PSP, PSP3, etc.
Other Players - Xbox, Creative Zen, etc.
5. Support download YouTube/Google video and extract audio from online YouTube/Google video.
6. Support batch converting video/audio files to the specific audio format you need.
7. Customize output video frame size.
Availability:
Clone2go Free Audio Converter is totally free. You can download it from http://www.clone2go.com/down/audio-converter-free-setup.exe.
If you want to know more about Clone2Go Free Audio Converter, please visit the official website http://www.clone2go.com.
Written by treese on November 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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“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.
Written by terry007 on November 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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