Guide Center Download videos and enjoy them offline!
Step 1 Load and Edit Source Video
Click "Add" to add source video file. You can add different formats of video to the conversion list.
Select a file and click "Remove" to remove the files from conversion list.
Select a file and click "Move Up" and "Move Down" to change the conversion order.
Select a file and click "Play" to activate a player to preview the video.
Select a file and click "Crop & Trim" to crop and trim the video. 
Crop and Trim
Crop
- Left & Top
The left-top point on picture is considered as origin. Give Left and Top value to define the position of cropping area.
- Width & Height
Give Width and Height value to define the cropping area.
- Aspect Ratio
Custom/4:3/16:9/2.35:1/1.85:1
- Mouse Action
You can drag the red rectangle outline (when the cursor is an arrow) to select the area you want to be converted.
You can also define an area by giving Width and Height, and then move red rectangle outline to any position (when the cursor is a cross arrow).
Trim
On this panel you can see the "Duration", "Start time", "End time", and the navigated time at the side of navigation slider.
You can move the sliders on the trim bar to trim the video. But please note that the trimmed video clip should be longer than 1 second.
Start time slider - Drag it to set start time.
End time slider - Drag it to set end time.
Navigation slider - Drag it to navigate the source video.
You can use keyboard to control the position of slider.
- Left/Right - go back/forth 0.001s each time
- Page Up/Page Down - go back/forth 1s each time
- Up/Down - switch to the slider you want to move
Step 2 Specify the Settings
Output Directory
Select a path that you want to save the created iPod videos. Each output iPod video will be automatically named by the program.
For example, if the given name is superman.wma, then the created files will be named as superman.mp4.
Audio Settings
Specify the audio and video settings for the conversion.
- [Audio format]: AAC
- [Sample Rate]: 11025 to 48000 Hz
- [Bit rate]: 40 to 160 kbps
- [Channels]: Mono/Stereo
- [Gain]: (This function is for you to adjust the audio volume. ) -5.0 to 30.0db.
Video Settings
- [Dimension]: There are 7 different dimension settings. Please make sure which one is suitable for your iPod.
- [Bit rate]: 128 to 2500 kbps
- [Frame rate]: Change the frame rate from 5 to 30 fps. Keep the same Frame rate is suggested.
- [Zoom Mode]: LetterBox/Pan&Scan/Stretch
Zoom Mode
LetterBox - If you adopt LetterBox mode, the picture will be shrunk to fit the target dimension while preserving the aspect ratio of source video, and black bars will be added to fill the gaps.
Pan & Scan - Only parts of the source video would be converted with Pan & Scan mode. The program will cut out some detail around the picture, which is not considered that important, to make the width or height fit.
Stretch - With Stretch mode, the whole video will be recorded at full dimension for preserving all the fine details, but the picture will lost the original aspect ratio and be literally squashed out of shape.
Conversion Process
status
During the conversion process, the program will show the detailed conversion status, including:
- Current file - path and name of the file being converted.
- Estimated overall time - the estimated time that the whole conversion would take.
- Elapsed time
- Time Left
- Overall progress - the progress of the whole conversion.
Post-processing Options
And the operations you can choose to let the program do after the conversion:
"Play a sound when conversion is finished" - Let the program tell you that the conversion is done by playing a sound.
"Load the created files to iPod" - Let the program automatically insert the created videos to your iTunes library.
"Shut down the computer when all tasks are finished" - Let the program automatically shut down your computer when all conversion tasks are done.
Upload Video Files
Conversion Result
When the conversion is finished, the program would automatically load the created videos to your iTunes Library, if you have selected "Load the created files to iPod" in the previous step.
And the program would give a result summary, which shows the number of total source files, successfully converted files, and failed files. Click "Open Folder" to open the folder where converted videos are saved.
Click "Finish" to back to convert other videos.
Click "Exit" to exit the program.
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