There are so many handheld multimedia players, that it is somehow difficult to have DVD movies in the appropriate format for the MP4 player, the iPod, the iPhone, or any other device. Thanks to its user-friendly interface and great usability, Clone DVD Mobile runs all the conversion process, without requiring any knowledge about codecs, formats, pixels or compression rates. Simply select the original file and the receiving device (from a complete preloaded list). Then, follow the instructions on every screen. Easier is not possible.

The application also allows viewing the original video file. This way, it is possible to monitor the conversion process.

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When we talk about recording on optical supports like CDs, DVD, Blu-Ray, or HD-DVD, one of the programs that almost always shines is Nero. And now even more so, after consolidating itself as a complete disk and multimedia content authoring and burning suite. It doesn’t try to replace specialized video or image editing programs, but nor does it fail to offer a little bit of everything. However, it does stand out for video recoding in its own Nero Digital format and in playing multimedia files. It also offers the proper tools for creating slideshows from photo collections, along with an image editor that is enough to touch up snapshots with problems with color, exposure, or incorrect framing. In addition to these multimedia functions, Nero 8 includes a tool to create backup copies of the system or specific files that need to be protected against accidental deletion or a hardware problem.

As a burning application, it is compatible with practically all current standards, including virtual units and new formats like Blu-Ray and the now defunct HD-DVD. The interface is the usual “drag and drop” and it has a “simple” mode along with a more polished version to give you total control over the process of sending your data to the optical disk or a CD. Nero 8 also captures video from external sources for later editing and use in your own creations, and can process sound and music with specific audio authoring tools.

On the whole, Nero 8 is the perfect complement for any computer that records not only optical disks: multimedia, images, backup copies, or video and audio authoring are some of the other extremely valuable functions of this program.

You can download the program at: Nero.

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With the price of hard disks as low as they are right now, it’s not a bad time to consider the possibility of transferring all those DVDs you have to one of these disks so that you can comfortably watch them on your computer or even on a TV in the lounge with a Media Centre computer or a multimedia hard disk.

As well as being a much faster medium than traditional DVDs, they are more versatile too, since you can store and carry around dozens of films without the hassle of lugging them around in their cases or risking them getting damaged, mainly due to the inherent fragility of optical media such as CDs and DVDs.

DVDFab is an incredibly fast and easy-to-use tool that lets you copy either the whole DVD or just the film with its audio and subtitles. This version has many features disabled, which are only made available with the Platinum version. But if all you need to do is transfer your DVDs, this program will be fine.

What’s more, the copying tasks run very quickly and without bothering you. This is an application that cuts right to the chase and does its job elegantly and well.

The program is available at: DVDFab HD Decrypter.

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YouTube is becoming the new television for those generations growing up during the Internet revolution. The difficult part about using YouTube has always been wading through the many, many videos to find exactly the one you want amongst the multitude of similar ones. As such, ‘zapping’, or channel surfing, has become the norm on YouTube but it’s still annoying not to be able to save some of those videos so that you can carry them around with you on your multimedia player or mobile phone, where Internet access isn’t as easy, quick or cheap as it is at home.

Now, with Easy Video Downloader, you can do just that; all you need to do is copy the web address of the YouTube (or MySpace) page, paste it into the corresponding dialog box and select the video’s destination folder and its format. You can choose between a high-quality format and another adapted for mobile devices and multimedia players.

Once you’ve followed these steps, just click on the start button and, in a matter of seconds or minutes (depending on your Internet connection, the speed of your computer and the type of file you’ve chosen) you’ll have the YouTube or MySpace content saved in the local folder on your computer.

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Despite its fairly minimalist appearance, this program is one of the most complete when it comes to downloading videos from web pages such as YouTube or MySpace. As well as letting you use the URL of the videos as the download source, it also has a built-in mini-browser which directly accesses the web pages of the online video services, along with a handy button to start downloading to your hard disk the video that is playing in the main window of whichever of the compatible multimedia portals VDownloader is using.
It is compatible with sites ranging from YouTube and MySpace to others such as Stage 6 (recently closed down), 123 Video, Google, Lulu TV and MegaVideo, among others. As if that wasn’t enough, it also provides a menu with options for selecting the video format to use when saving the video downloaded from the online source to your hard disk. The choices range from the un-encoded format, as downloaded from the web page, to formats specific to iPod or other portable devices such as the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, not forgetting the format optimised for PSPs and those for generic 3G mobile phones. It’s also possible to only encode the audio, into MP3 format, which is a very useful option if you’re learning a foreign language and just want the audio to help you improve your listening skills. This is practically a must-have program for all addicts to the “new television” of the Internet.

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