How to Convert Video to AVI/MP4//MP3/WMV/3GP for Mac Users

I believe you all have at least one of these Sansa, iPod, iPhone, Walkman, Creative Zen, Apple TV, Nokia, Zune, PSP. Actually these portable devices cannot accept all formats of video, so lots of wonderful video can only be enjoyed on computer and it is so inconvenient.
Here I’d like to introduce a powerful converter to you so that you can enjoy your video better.
Tipard Video Converter for Mac is dedicated to converting AVI, MP4, MPG, MOD, TOD, MOV, MKV, WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1/2, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, MOV, MPV, FLV, and HD videos(HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, HD WMV, etc to what you want one of above on Mac. It is a great program for you to enjoy video on the portable devices.

The step-by-step guide is shown below.

Step 0: Download and install the video converter for Mac (Intel Version) or (Power PC Version). After the action, you will see the following screenshot:



Step 1: Click the "Add Files" button and add the video files you want to convert.

Step 2: Select the video or audio format you want to convert it to. At the same time, you can set the output parameters of the conversion by clicking “Setting” button to open the Setting window as follows:



Step 3: Click “Browse” button to specify a location to save the converted video or audio. If you want to open the output folder, click “Open” button.
Step 4: Click “Start” button.

Now you can have a cup of coffee to wait for the conversion.

This converter also has powerful editing functions besides conversion. Take some examples below:

1: Snapshot
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option, just click the “Snapshot” button and the image will be saved and then click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.
2: Merge
If you want to merge several videos into one file you can choose them at one time and click the “Merge into one file” to do it.
3:Effect
Click “Effect” button you can do these actions: adjusting brightness, contrast and saturation of the video. You can easily adjust the video through two windows in the same interface.



4:Trim
If you just want convert a clip of your video, then you can use the "Trim" icon to set the Start time and End time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position.



5:Crop
By using the “Crop” function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust your video to your Google Phone.



If you completely read this guide, now you could make full use of it and enjoy your video or audio on your portable devices to your content.

Source ipod video converter.

Windows XP SP3 runs browsers 13% faster than Windows 7 RTM

In a set of comprehensive Windows Web browser performance tests conducted by Betanews on August 7 -- our first test of browsers running on the final Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 distributed by Microsoft yesterday -- the five major families of browsers tended to run 13% faster on Windows XP Service Pack 3 than on Windows 7, and 29% faster than on Windows Vista Service Pack 2.

That reflects a decline in the speed gap between XP and Win7 of about 1%, from tests conducted comparing XP-based browsers to those running on Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100. Some browsers are faster in Windows 7 RTM, although Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 ran just a tick slower.

Our latest complete round of tests shows Google Chrome 3 continuing to make phenomenal gains with each iteration, with developer channel build 196.2 posting another record Betanews index score of18.96 in XP, and 16.09 in Win7. In other words, on the XP platform, Chrome 3 performs with the relative horsepower of about 19 Internet Explorer 7 browsers running on Vista SP2. There's good reason to believe Google wants Chrome 3 to run particularly well on the older XP platform, which has enjoyed a huge resurgence as a result of installations on netbooks where Vista would either under-perform or not even fit. Apple's Safari 4 build 530.19 is the next best performer on XP with a 16.16 score.

There are a handful of trends worth pointing out in this latest round:

• Apple Safari is also concentrating on XP, with a big performance gap between its XP score (16.16) and its Windows 7 score (12.58). On Vista, Safari 4 scores a11.77.
• Opera 10 Beta 2 build 1691 is a speed leader in one and only one heat: page load times. For some reason, with Windows 7, Opera 10 blazes past the others, scoring 4.29 relative to IE7 on Vista on the rendering portion of our test suite, which counts toward 25% of the overall score. Safari 4 is second fastest on Win7 with 4.09, followed by Chrome 3 at 3.86. On Vista, the gap is closer with Opera 10 scoring 3.66 on the rendering test, versus 3.29 on Safari 4 and 3.23 on Chrome 3. But in the same test, Opera 10 crashes and burns on XP, scoring only2.60 versus 4.33 and 4.46, respectively.
• Firefox may yet rival Chrome and Opera in the page rendering department, as speed gains that at one time were planned for version 3.5.1 now appear to be slated for version 3.6, whose development track has now been code-named "Namoroka." Were the latest preview build of the 3.6 alpha not loaded with error correction code -- if it performed as well in error tracking as does the current "Shiretoko" beta of 3.5.3 -- the 3.6 alpha would post Firefox's first solid index score over 10.0 on the Windows XP platform; as it stands, the 3.6 score is now9.55 on XP versus 9.94 for the stable 3.5.2, and 9.96 for the beta of 3.5.2.
• The speed gap between Windows 7 and Vista is 17.1%, with Internet Explorer 8 scoring a 2.23 in Win7, reflecting a speed jump that's right in line with our geometrical mean. If you're running IE7 on Vista now, you should see 223% better performance from your browser when you upgrade to IE8 on Win7.

Source http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows-XP-SP3-runs-browsers-13-faster-than-Windows-7-RTM/1249687071

How to put any DVD and video on walkman

Are you a walkman user? Do you want to enjoy your walkman more easily?
If it is “yes”, this article will be helpful for you.

It includes two parts:
Part 1: How to put any DVD on walkman with 4Easysoft DVD to Walkman Converter
Part 2: How to convert any video for walkman with 4Easysoft Walkman Video Converter

Part 1: How to put any DVD on walkman
Preparation: Down load and install 4Easysoft DVD to Walkman Converter
Step 1:Run this software and click “Load DVD” button to load your DVDs
This converter can support all commercial DVDs, including DVD with the restriction of CSS, Region, RCE, Sony ARccOS. And just“Load DVD” button, you can load your DVD from DVD drive, DVD folder in your PC or IFO file.
Step 2: Set the output settings
You can also choose the audio track and subtitle you need.
From the profile drop-down list, you can choose the output video format you need.
And you can click “Settings” button to set the Video Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, etc
Click “Browse” button, you can select the output path or you can choose the default path of the program.
Step 3: Start the conversion.
Click “Start” button to begin the conversion. It will be finished with high output quality and converting speed.



Editing Tips:
Tip 1.Efeect video.
Click “Effect” button and a dialogue-box pops up, and you can you set the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and check Deinterlacing allows you to optimize the video effect.



Tip 2.Trim video.
Click the “Trim” button, you can set the Start Time and End Time or just drag the slide bar to the position you want and then click “OK” to get any clip you want.



Tip 3.Crop video.
Clik “Crop” button and a dialogue-box pops up, you can crop your videos by selecting a crop mode; setting the crop values; dragging the frame.



Tip 4. Preferences
Click the “Preference” button you can select the output destination, the Snapshot foler, the format of the snapshot image,etc.
Tip 5. Snapshot
If you like the current image when preview video, just click the "Snapshot" button the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.
Tip 6. Merge
If you want to merge several files into one file you can choose them and click the "Merge into one file" to do it.

Part 2: How to convert any video for walkman
Preparation:Download and intall 4Easysoft Walkman Video Converter
Step 1:Run this software and click “Add File” button to import your files.
Step 2:Select the output format.
You can choose the ourput format from the profile drop-down list.
Click the “setting” button, you can set the Encoder, Resolution, Bitrate, etc.
Step 3:Choose the output fold.
You can click “Browse” to choose the output destination, or the default destination is D:\My Documents\4Easysoft Studio\Output
Step 4:Click “Start” button to begin the conversion.



Now you can enjoy any video on your walkman!
More useful tools:
4Easysoft AVC Converter
4Easysoft Total Video Converter
AVI Converter

4Easysoft HD Converter is simple, easy-to-navigate HD file/video Converter to convert HD DV, HD TS, MTS, M2TS, HD MOV, HD H.264, HD RM and other HD videos to standard definition (SD) video, to HD video without the complexity. This HD Converter also assists you to convert among general videos or SD videos, like AVI, WMV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, SWF, ASF, etc.



The HD Converter also has powerful editing functions as follows:
]1. Access to video clips
Trim movies by presetting the exact start and end time, or just dragging the slider bar.
2. Set video effect and Deinterlacing
It allows you to set the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation. Checking Deinterlacing helps you
to convert interlaced video to the progressive video and this function can optimize the video
effect.
3. Merge files into one
It doubles your enjoyment with joining several interesting clips into one.
4. Crop video play region to retain what you want
Crop frame size to remove your unwanted area by using HD Converter like the smart scissors.
5. Smooth picture capture
Take snapshot to capture the image of highlight while previewing movies. It can be saved in
default folder automatically.
6. Customize output settings
Set the Video Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate. You can also directly input your
own resolution as the form of “XXX*XXX”; set the Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channels,
Audio Bitrate. You also can save all the output settings as your preference, which is saved in the
user-defined column automatically.
7. Preview both the input and instant output video effect simultaneously
You can preview the original video and the instant output video for your operation at the same
time.

Free download the best HD Converter and have a try!

Absolute Pitch series (AM2+ mobo)

As for the technical side of things, both of the new Absolute Pitch Hi-Fi motherboards are based on AMD's 785G/SB710 chipset with support for AM2 and AM2+ processors. They can take up to 16GB of DDR2-1200(O.C.)/1066/800/667 memory, have a single PCI-Express x16 slot, two PCI-Express x1 slots and a single PCI slot. DVI, HDMI and D-Sub outputs, five SATA and one eSATA port, Firewire and Gigabit LAN are also on board. The interesting fact is that the back panel I/O has no keyboard and mouse PS/2 ports which are replaced with HDMI and optical S/PDIF ports.


These features include DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC, Envy HD and BD192/24.

The Envy HD offers 10-channel HD audio, while the BD 192/24 brings lossless Blu-Ray audio with support for 192kHz/24-bit.

source: fudzilla.com

ThermalTake Level 10 case to ship in October

ThermalTake has shown its futuristic case,Level 10 at CeBIT and Computex early this year,,which is designed in cooperation with BMW Group DesignWorksUSA. The Level 10 Extreme Gaming Station has won the IDEA®2009 Bronze Award. Now ThermalTake is ready to enter mass production.


It measures 614mm x 318mm x 666.3mm and weighs 21.37kg. Its compartmentalized design makes all the components to mount in chambers that rotate outward on hihges.There is a total of nine drive bays.


Users will find a total of nine drive bays. There is a front I/O panel with one audio, one eSATA and four USB 2.0 ports, and four fans.


The new case is expected to hit stores with a price of $690.

Source:[tcmagazine]

nVidia plans GT300 demos

nVidia plans GT300 demos for late September


After hearing from multiple sources spanning on several continents, we can be fairly certain that the samples of nVidia's first DirectX 11 GPU are going to depart from engineering labs. Just like GT200, GT300 spent several months in the Labs while the drivers were being created.

Given that today's GeForce drivers contain more code than Windows XP core, we aren't surprised that nVidia is taking time to get the product ready for market. Just like some media were suggesting that GT200 taped out in March 2008 [while some developers got the GT200 cards as early as three months before that tape out story], GT300 needs time [and human resources] to finish the development. GT300 is the base graphics architecture not just for the standard desktop or notebook graphics, but also as a future graphics base for the Tegra generation of products. And with recent rumors of nVidia implementing ECC feature into the GPU [which is a given, since GDDR5 comes with ECC], Tesla parts should be quite interesting as well.

But now, we have received words that AIBs are getting time frames forthe demonstrations to their own partners and press, with the firstevents happening in September. The dates are obviously planned to bluntthe katana-sharp market attack from ATI's Radeon 5000 series.

On nVidia's annual gathering of add-in-board manufacturers [happened a while ago], a lot of harsh words were spoken due to renaming policies, OEM positioning and more importantly, how to combat resurgent ATI - it was stated that a lot is expected from the NV70 e.g. GT300 generation.

Now, the only question is how long it will take for nVidia's demo team and software vendors to create traditional launch demos. ATI dropped the practice with the Radeon 4000 series, showing raytraced Ruby in its Cinema 2.0 event, but the demo didn't became available to general public. All in all, computer graphics arena is never boring.

Source : http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...september.aspx

NVIDIA Plans GT300 Demos in September
It looks like NVIDIA doesn't want AMD to drench the media and consumers with enough hype to ensure a smooth, profitable launch of its "Evergreen" family of DirectX 11 GPUs. The party-crasher this time around is NVIDIA's GT300 graphics processor, which sources claim to be continuing on NVIDIA's design methodology of a powerful, monolithic GPU. AMD's itinerary for September looks fairly clear: press-briefings on and around the 10th (we'll be heading to Munich for ours), a number of previews that follow, and launches towards the end of the month, and market availability soon after, in October.

In essence, AMD ends up with all the limelight for the better part of the quarter, in the run up for the crucial November~December shopping season. Meanwhile, the green camp is reportedly readying its own press-briefings of the GT300 GPU. These will be held in late September. To what scale will the briefings be held, or how ready are they with engineering samples is not known as yet, but possibly enough to gain public attention for its DirectX 11 GPUs.

Soruce http://www.techpowerup.com/102608/NV...September.html

Intel 32nm Sandy Bridge appears in Q4 of 2010

When 45nm Nehalem series is popular,32nm Westmere family has not made a formal debut.Intel nex-gen processor has been listed on the release agenda.According to PC makers,Intel plans to launch 32nm Sandy Bridge microarchitecture in Q4 of 2010.


45nm Nehalem quad-core Lynnfield Core i7/i5 will officially released in early September with 5 series chipset P55.P57,H57 is expected to arrive in Q1 of 2010.


32nm Westmere series is set to mass production in Q4 of 2009.Desktop dual-core Clarkdale(Core i3/Pentium) and notebook Arrandale will ship in Q1 of 2010.Desktop six-core CPU will is to debut on Q2.


As the highest-end desktop processor,Gulftwon CPUs is priced at US$1,499.


45nm Nehalem and 32nm Westmere families will coexist before the release of Sandy Bridge.That is to say,quad-core Westmere CPUs wontt appear.Two families are in charge of quad-core and dual-core fields.


32 nm Sandy Bridge four core mode has been taped out in early June this year.It integrates memory controller,GPU and Northbridge module clocked at 3.0-3.8GHz.Coming with 8MB of L3 cache,it has a TDP of 85W.

Source : inpai.com.cn