gHacks technology news » mp4 http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Avi To Mp4 Converter http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/28/avi-to-mp4-converter/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/28/avi-to-mp4-converter/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:50:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13946 microsoft windowsThe avi video format is probably the most popular video format with the exception of flv which dominates the market for smaller videos. Almost every software player can play the avi format but barely any mobile device (like iPods, iPhones or other cell phones) can. Users who want to watch movies on their devices that do not support avi need to convert them into a format that is supported by it. A popular format that is supported by many devices is the mp4 format.

An avi to mp4 converter can be used to convert the videos so that they can be played on these devices. Probably the easiest to use avi to mp4 converter is Convert Avi To Mp4 which can convert avi videos with minimal user interaction to the mp4 format.

avi to mp4 converterThe main advantage of this software program is that it supports a wide variety of input formats ranging from avi to mpeg, wmv, divx and xvid. All of these formats can be converted to mp4 without the need for external programs or codecs. Everything is built in and it only takes a few seconds to start the conversion.

Convert Avi to Mp4 is compatible with most Windows operating system including Windows XP and Windows Vista. Some users might find the avi to mp4 converter to easy to use as it does not come with any settings or parameters that can be changed. Users who simply want to convert a video format to mp4 without having to set any conversion parameters will find Convert Avi To Mp4 the perfect companion for that undertaking.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/28/avi-to-mp4-converter/feed/ 15 How to join, split and create mp4, mov and 3gp files http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/29/how-to-join-split-and-create-mp4-mov-and-3gp-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/29/how-to-join-split-and-create-mp4-mov-and-3gp-files/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:37:16 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/29/how-to-join-split-and-create-mp4-mov-and-3gp-files/ A long timer reader asked in the forum if I knew of a program that would be able to join mp4 files. I was not able to give the answer immediately but after a short research I found a program called Yamb which is able to join, split and create mp4, mov and 3gp files. You do need the mpeg 4 converter mp4 box because Yamb uses it for the conversions.  Yamb is mainly a gui for mp4 box, the hardcore users could simply use the command line to work with mp4 box, all others should better use Yamb.You

need to add the path to mp4 box in the settings before you proceed to use some of the options that yamb offers. You may choose the creation or edition tab to use Yamb afterwards. The creation tab lets you create mp4 and 3gp files by adding other movie files such as divx ones. Created files can be further customized by splitting the output files for instance.

More important is the edition tab which lets you split and join mp4, mov and 3gp file and convert subtitles to the right format. Joining mp4 files is as easy as splitting them. Drop the files that you want to join in the correct order into yamb and select the output file. Please note that the output file has to exist, otherwise Yamb will abort the process.

Just create a blank file with the mp4 extension and everything should work out fine. Joining mp4 files is a fast process, it took Yamb 13 seconds to join two 60 megabyte mp4 files together.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/29/how-to-join-split-and-create-mp4-mov-and-3gp-files/feed/ 12 How to remove the DRM from iTunes music http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/07/how-to-remove-the-drm-from-itunes-music/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/07/how-to-remove-the-drm-from-itunes-music/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:09:57 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/07/how-to-remove-the-drm-from-itunes-music/ Itunes is the most successful music store in the world, if you do not count stores that have their office in Russia. One of the biggest disadvantages if iTunes is that the music that you purchase has DRM protection build into them. This protection makes it impossible to play those files on other mp3 players than the ipod for instance. This turns out really bad if you want to buy a new mp3 player which is not manufactured by Apple.

So, where is the alternative to deleting the files because they are basically useless to you ? You could try some programs that rip the DRM out of the music files to be able to transfer and use the music on your new mp3 player. Please note that using those programs might be illegal in the country where you are living, make sure you know what you are doing before downloading and using them. Not that someone would be able to find out.. The world needs more disclaimers like this, don’t you think ?
The first program that is able to remove the DRM is QTFairUse. It can be downloaded from Rapidshare, the link was published on the forum thread that I linked to. The second tool is myFairTunes which does the same and converts the mp4 file to mp3 as well. I do not think that it makes much of a difference which program you will be using. I suggest you download one and if it does everything the way you want it you stick with that.

I don’t need them at all because I do not buy music, videos or other media in stores that add DRM to the files or demand a ridiculous amount of money for the media.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/07/how-to-remove-the-drm-from-itunes-music/feed/ 2 iTube download and convert movies for your video iPod http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/27/itube-download-and-convert-movies-for-your-video-ipod/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/27/itube-download-and-convert-movies-for-your-video-ipod/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:21:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/27/itube-download-and-convert-movies-for-your-video-ipod/ If you ever wondered if there was a fast and easy way to download and convert movies from sites such as youtube to make them playable on your video iPod you are reading the right article. iTube does exactly that. It downloads videos from a page you specify and converts the video either into mpg which plays on most, if not all, computers or mp4 format which plays on video iPods.

The free version supports only youtube but that should probably be enough for most users out there. The author offers plugins for five video sites that cost $7.99: dailymotion, blip.tv, google video, metacafe and myspace. Most users probably don’t need the plugin to enable the other websites.

iTube will automatically import any downloaded and converted movie to iTunes. The movie will then automatically sync with your video iPod (if you have one). You can still play the files in iTunes if you don’t have a video iPod.

Itube needs the .net framwork from Microsoft. It will check if the framwork is installed on your system, ff you do not have it installed it will prompt to download it.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/27/itube-download-and-convert-movies-for-your-video-ipod/feed/ 0 Burn Audio CDs from exotic audio formats http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/14/burn-audio-cds-from-exotic-audio-formats/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/14/burn-audio-cds-from-exotic-audio-formats/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:46:53 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/14/burn-audio-cds-from-exotic-audio-formats/ Most burning tools that support the creation of audio CDs support only the most common formats by default. Those formats are normally mp3, wav or wma. Some suits support other formats as well but I never found a burning suit that supported all of the formats that I needed. One way to solve this issue would be to use plugins that would increase the supported formats, one plugin pack for Nero can be downloaded here. (Click on Nero Audio-Plug-Ins..)

If you do not have a software that supports plugins you could use the excellent freeware Burrn which supports many formats which are: wav, mp3, mpc, ogg, aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u, pls and fpl playlists and cue sheets as well as embedded cuesheets for ape, wv and flac files. It reads the tags automatically and adds them to the burning process. Burrrn is really easy to use, it supports drag and drop and direct editing of song title and artist.

You will have to choose a burner the first time it starts. Once this is done the main window opens and you may add new songs to the CD by dragging songs or cue sheets to the main window.  If you want a certain order for your files you have to drag them one at a time. Last but not least it offers a way to adjust the replaygain for all songs before the songs are burned to the audio cd.

 

 

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