TuneClone today announced that TuneClone Audio Converter ( http://www.tuneclone.com ) is now available for both Windows and Mac users who need to remove DRM copy protection from purchased music files in iTunes store in a legal way. The basic principle of this piece of music DRM removal software is that it simulates the process of burning an "Audio CD" and ripping it back. TuneClone Audio Converter 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.

Basically, when you purchase music from iTunes store, they are actually DRM protected content (in protected .aac or .m4p format) and you will not be able to play the .m4p files on MP3 players which do not support their formats. In other words, you are not allowed to play them beyond Apple environment, such as iTunes library, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. In such case, the option is to burn those tracks to a CD and then rip them once again to the computer HD wherein the DRM will be removed and you will get the tracks in (DRM free) .mp3 format. After this you will be able to transfer them to a memory card or to most MP3 players or mobile phones.

In case you have purchased a great amount of music from iTunes store, you can go ahead and use TuneClone which acts as a Virtual CD-ROM drive on your PC, and lets you remove the DRM element without having to waste actual CD's.

TuneClone is basically a program that acts as a virtual CD drive that allows you "burn" MP3 from iTunes and "rip" it. TuneClone "lies" to your computer saying that you have a CD-RW drive that it will burn to (like Alchohol 120%). You can use this to move your library of DRM protected music to the MP3 format that you can use on any player out there worth its salt. This is a useful tool for anyone looking to break their relationship with the iPod. The best part is that it maintains all of the music file's metadata.

More and more people are starting to own flip camcorders (flip cameras, flip video camcorders, flip video cameras or whatever you call it) to take videos because they are easy to use, flexible, quick, easy to get and allow you to take videos on the fly with decent quality.

Variants of Flip video include the Flip Ultra, the Flip UltraHD, the Flip Video Mino, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the Flip Video SlideHD.

The standard definition Flip camcorders captures video in 640x480 resolution at 30 frames per second, using the MPEG-4 ASP video compression. The high definition version captures video at 1280 x 720 resolution using H.264 video compression, AAC audio compression and the MP4 file format.

This article shares with you how to convert Flip video to iMovie compatible format using Flip Video to iMovie Converter http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-video-converter.php so that you can import Flip video into Apple iMovie project. Let's take a look at how it performs:

Step 1. Add Flip Video Files

Download the latest version of Flip Video to iMovie Converter http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-video-converter.php , install and run it.

Click the "Add Files" button to import the Flip video files captured with your Flip camcorder. Then you can get the video information in the manager panel.

Step 2. Select Output Format

Video formats accepted by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4.

The following article is going to show you how to rip DVD to AVI, rip DVD to MOV, rip DVD to MP4, rip DVD to FLV, rip DVD to M4V, etc on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard included) using Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-ripper-video-converter.php , complete with a few tips and tricks while using this DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVDs to a specific video/audio format for playback on popular portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, etc.

Step 1. Download Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-ripper-video-converter.php , install and run it. ( free download http://www.clone2go.com/down/clone2go-dvd-ripper-mac-intel.dmg )

Step 2. Add DVD Movie

Click the "Open DVD" button to import your DVD movie. After the movie is loaded, there will be list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

Step 3. Output Settings

After the DVD is imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the format that best meets your needs. For example, if you want to convert DVD for playback on your iPod Touch, just choose "Apple iPod" in the drop-down list. From the subcategory, choose "iPod Touch MPEG-4" and you will get the output video in iTunes friendly format ready for syncing to your iPod Touch.

Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-ripper-video-converter.php is all-in-one Mac DVD ripping and video conversion software specially designed for Mac OS X users.

This all-in-one Mac DVD and video converter can rip DVDs to a variety of formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, and also offers video conversion for a host of formats and audio extraction from DVD and video files in MP3, M4A, AAC or WAV format.

With this powerful Mac DVD Ripper, you can trim video length, choose DVD audio track and subtitle, customize output profile, etc to meet your specific needs.

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1. Rip DVD to a variety of video formats
This DVD Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to a variety of video formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, H.264, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, WMV, etc.

2. Convert between a host of video formats
The Mac Video Converter can convert video files in various formats such as AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, M4V, QT, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, etc

3. Extract audio from DVD and video files
Allow you to extract audio from DVD and video files in MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC or AMR format.

4. Rip DVD for all popular portable players
This Mac DVD Ripper offers optimized settings for all popular portable players including Apple iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Creative Zen, Archos, iRiver, cell phones and other digital video and audio players

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.

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Burn your playlist to make an "Audio CD". You cannot select the "MP3 CD" option since it requires the DRM protected iTunes music files be converted to (DRM free) MP3.
3. After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as MP3 files.

Alternatively, you can use TuneClone http://www.tuneclone.com . 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. Below is the step by step tutorial using TuneClone and iTunes 9.0.2 to convert M4P to MP3.

Step 1. Download and install TuneClone

TuneClone is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (except Vista 64 bit) and Mac OS X 10.5 or above.

(Windows Version | Mac Version)

Step 2. Create a new playlist in iTunes

Create a new playlist, and add the iTunes songs you want to convert to the playlist.

The following article will share with you four ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. You can choose your favorite method to help you convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 or (DRM free) AAC format for playback on MP3 Player, MP4 Player, Mobile Phone Player, etc.

Method 1. Remove DRM from iTunes music with burning-and-ripping method

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive

2. Run iTunes, create a new playlist and burn it to make an "Audio CD"

3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as whatever format (MP3, AAC, etc) you selected in iTunes preferences for importing.

Method 2. Remove DRM from iTunes music with Virtual CD Burner

You will need to download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac http://mac.tuneclone.com first. Run this DRM Removal Software and it will let you install a virtual CD burner, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.

Run iTunes, create a new playlist and add the DRM protected iTunes songs to the playlist.

Right click this playlist and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Alternatively, you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the lower right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", select "CDWriter TuneClone" as default CD Burner, choose "Audio CD" as Disc Format and tick "Include CD Text" ( to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names ).

Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.

You have purchased lots of music from iTunes Store and want to play your music with other mobile devices, such as MP3 Player, MP4 Player, PSP, Mobile Phone? TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac comes to the rescue! It is the iTunes DRM Removal Software that can help you convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4A to MP3, AAC to MP3 on Apple Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) with CD quality at high speed.

Below is step by step guide that shows you how to convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3 on Mac OS X with TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac from http://mac.tuneclone.com and run it.

Note: During the startup, a virtual CD burner will be installed, which will be used to convert iTunes music files. The administrator authorization will be needed to install TuneClone virtual CD burner.

Step 2. Open iTunes and burn playlist to TuneClone virtual CD writer

Create a new playlist and add the songs you are going to convert.

Right click the playlist you just created and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Or you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the bottom right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", you can make settings as highlighted below:

Note: You need to tick the "Include CD Text" option to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names.

Step 3. Start to burn

This guide is going to show you how to remove DRM protection from iTunes music, convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4A to MP3, AAC to MP3 and transfer iTunes music to Zune HD. First, let's take a look at the video/audio formats Zune HD accepts:

Video Support:
WMV
MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video
H.264 video
DVR-MS

Audio Support:
Windows Media? Audio Standard (WMA) (.wma)
WMA Lossless
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov): .m4a and .m4b files without FairPlay DRM
MP3 (.mp3)

So, if you want to play DRM protected iTunes M4P, M4A, AAC music on your Zune HD, you just need to use TuneClone Audio Converter to convert the iTunes music to MP3 format and then transfer the output MP3 to your Zune HD.

Now let's take a look at how it performs to convert the iTunes music to MP3 format for Zune HD using TuneClone Audio Converter:

1. Create a new playlist in iTunes.

2. Add the iTunes songs to the playlist.

3. Launch TuneClone Audio Converter. Click the "Settings" tab. In the pop-up window, you can specify output folder, output file name format, output format, etc for the output files. Note: You can check whether TuneClone virtual CD drive is successfully installed and where it is installed at the bottom left corner of the interface.

4. Switch to iTunes. In iTunes, select the playlist you just created and click the "Burn Disc" button.

5. 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.

This guide is going to show you how to remove DRM from iTunes music, convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3 and sync iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro. First, let's take a look at the multimedia support of HTC Touch Pro:

Video Playback: Windows Media Player
Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, Windows Media Player

So, if you want to play iTunes M4P, M4A, AAC music on your HTC Touch Pro, you just need to use TuneClone Audio Converter http://www.tuneclone.com to help you convert the iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro compatible format and then transfer the output files to your HTC Touch Pro.

Now let's take a look at how it performs to convert the iTunes music to HTC Touch Pro compatible format using TuneClone Audio Converter http://www.tuneclone.com :

1. Create a new playlist in iTunes.

2. Add the iTunes songs to the playlist.

3. Launch TuneClone Audio Converter. Click the "Settings" tab. In the pop-up window, you can specify output folder, output file name format, output format, etc for the output files. Note: You can check whether TuneClone virtual CD drive is successfully installed and where it is installed at the bottom left corner of the interface.

4. Switch to iTunes. In iTunes, select the playlist you just created and click the "Burn Disc" button.

5. 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.

Matroska's MKV "universal" container is described by its developers as "the extensible open standard Audio/Video Container". This translates to a multimedia Container designed to support practically any type of video or audio stream you might care to use. MKV stands for Matroska Video. The project itself is simply called Matroska.

The following MKV video conversion guide is going to show you how to convert MKV to AVI, convert MKV to MP4 and convert MKV to WMV for your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more portable players.

The software you will need is Clone2Go Video Converter Pro. ( free download )

Now let's take a look at how it performs to convert MKV to AVI MP4 WMV with this professional MKV Video Converter:

Step 1. Download the latest version of Clone2Go Video Converter Pro from http://www.clone2go.com . Install and launch it.

Step 2. Click the "Add Video" button to import the MKV file. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Add Video Files..." to add MKV files. You can also batch import MKV files (folder) by clicking "File -> Batch Add Video Files".

Step 3. From the "Profile" drop-down list, you can choose the most appropriate output format. For example, if you want to convert MKV to AVI, you can navigate to "AVI Video" category and choose the format you need from the subcategory.

Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs as shown below: