Is VLC Media Player going to be available for iPad?

Those who still haven’t satisfied their geeks’ souls with an iPad will have to keep on working to get one. But those who have their brand-new iPads, Apple’s eye-catching tablet computer, will be glad to know that VLC Media Player will soon be available for their recently acquired device.

Yes, that’s right. If this announcement becomes effective, VLC Media Player will be able to play almost any audio or video file in the iPad. But this is still in process, especially because the developers must plan how to turn it into an iPad application, i.e. how to be accepted by Apple when they know VLC can play almost anything, even Flash format files, which Steve Jobs and his people don’t find very appealing.

However, generally speaking, the fact that VLC Media Player finally becomes available for iPad (and, by extension, for iPod and iPhone Touch) won’t require too much work, especially because the playback engine for the tablet PC is similar to the one that desktop PCs use. Nevertheless, everybody knows that, beyond their functionality, iPads don’t have the power of a desktop PC yet, and this could become evident for example when we try to watch HD videos.

However, despite the fact that the iPad may be weak against an HD video or that it can or can’t play Flash files, VLC Media Player will bring countless benefits to the tablet, especially if we think about its abilities for online video and audio streaming and the numerous multimedia formats that are currently left outside IOS operating systems.

It is possible to use Bing on your iPhone or iPod Touch

As we’ve known for quite some time, Microsoft was seriously interested in extending its Bing navigator and Windows Live Messenger for Apple’s portable devices (for iPod as well as for iPhone). The interesting news for the users of these devices and for those who prefer Microsoft’s search engine over Google’s, is that it was moved forward the launch of at least one of these applications and now it is possible to use Bing on Apple mobiles.

This important initiative from the Redmond Company, allows us to use the famous search engine Bing directly on the mobile screen and with the same functionality as in the computer.Moreover, as we got used by Bing.com, it is also displayed on the device screen with the “daily image” as the background.

Being used from an iPhone or an iPod, one of the main advantages of its use in portable devices is that the application allows us to use the voice recognition technology to start a search (although it only recognizes words in English at the moment, it is expected that after its use and popularity increase, new languages will be added). The application also allows the use, of course, of the alphanumeric touch keyboard of the device to search.

One of the standout features by the thousand users that already use this Bing application on their iPods or iPhones is that it can detect our location, allowing us to navigate though maps and search news, images, addresses and shops that are near from where we are.

Another important thing to point out about the mobile Bing is that it offers the possibility to search roads between one point and the other, choosing different alternatives like: the shortest route, the fastest, the one with less traffic (only available on the US at the moment), etc.

As regards the technical parts that makes it easy to use and navigate through the maps using the device, Microsoft highlighted that the application resorts to the SeaDragon technology power to achieve really fluent transactions when moving maps and images or when zooming them, avoiding the annoying loading “frame by frame” (as it happens with Google Maps).

It seems that the complementarity of applications among portable devices and computers is a matter that big companies are taking very seriously to keep them alive on the market. Microsoft and Apple, two of the companies that in other markets seem far way, here they are giving strong steps, and they were able to show that with this launch, which is expected to be the first of many other applications.

iPod VideoConstructor

The great variety of formats has brought a problem to most users. We also have devices that work with a specific format, reason why we need to have additional software like iPod VideoConstructor.

To take full advantage of the iPod and its benefits, we need to have an incredible amount of software according to the functions this device has. iPod VideoConstructor is one of them, since it allows us to carry out different actions with video files, offering the possibility of converting format to play them in an iPod, rip any DVD to the computer and capture videos from a camera or a TV tuner.

An interesting option of iPod VideoConstructor is that has support to convert everything or just part of any video, offering the possibility of getting rid of those part we do not want. Another advantage that is worth mention is the “Preview” option that allow us to watch the video before converting it, to verify how it will be according to the modifications we have made regarding the audio and video quality. It is also important to mention that iPod VideoConstructor has support for most of the popular video formats like AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP4, MPG, and many more.

iPod VideoConstructor has a non original interface although it is very simple and practical, features “Rewind” and “Forward” buttons that makes their use easy, and a direct access to the different elements of the program in a handy drop-down menu. We can also access all these options easily from the left part of the screen, where we found a pleasant module with detailed options. The searcher stands out by its simplicity, through it, we can look for files through out our computer in the search for files we want to convert without the need of closing the software and look it on Windows.

The length of the conversion process might vary from computer to computer, but iPod VideoConstructor consumes very few resources and processes data fast, something that is positive in comparison to other converters. In spite of this, we cannot let mention the annoying that can be the advertisements published on its interface.

As we could see, iPod VideoConstructor is a really interesting software that stands out by its capacity to carry out these three important actions regarding video: converting formats, ripping, and capturing videos. All things considered, we can say that this application is an interesting option when looking for a software that allows converting and ripping your videos.

Convert iPod videos with iSquint

IPod has become the most used portable player. It is not accidental that many programs that integrate their potential with personal computers have been designed lately. In this opportunity we will talk about one of the simplest and practical video converters: iSquint

The use of IPod , the popular Apple portable player, requires a series of additional applications that help us, among other things, to load different contents to our reproducer. A good example of this is iSquint, a useful application that help us when converting the formats of our favorite videos, so that they can be compatible with IPod . A video file that hasn´t being converted with this tool won´t manage to be visualized on IPod .

iSquint will allow us to convert the most popular video formats from PC to MPEG-4 and H.264, so that not only we can enjoy it in our IPod , but also in other player model as PSP. This software features a user-friendly interface and adds new functions like dragged & drop. This function simplifies the loading process of several videos simultaneously and avoids the trouble when searching files in folders and subfolders.

One of the main features of iSquint is the possibility of fitting the video parameters according to the space we have available in our IPod . This way we can resign image and sound quality to reduce the video size according to our preferences. Another function that is worth mention is the one that allow us to optimize the video quality destined to be reproduce in the screen of any home TV.

Continuing with the description of the software, it is important to mention that for advanced users iSquint offer certain options that can be modified manually. For example, those who know about video conversion can set up the number of pictures per seconds, the bitrates, and many other.

An important aspect that iSquint does not offers is the video conversion speed. The process can be slow and does not offer any button in case we want to stop it if we have mistaken.

To sump up, we can say that iSquint is a converter that stands out between other programs thanks to the simplification of the processes it offers. This way, is an excellent option for those IPod and computer users that want to convert any video format.

Yamipod: an essential tool for your iPod

IPod has grown firm as the most usable player of the world. Its audio format makes its users to use specific applications to manage its favorite songs in their computer. An excellent tool for those who got tired of iTunes is YamiPod.

This small application differ from iTunes -the classic tool to manage files- since it runs standalone and can be copied directly to your IPod and run from there. The software fulfills all the basic functions users need to manage the player´s contents, along with other special functions. For example, with this application you will be able to transfer files from the IPod to the PC and vice versa, built-in music player, import reproduction lists (PLS and M3U), search for repeated songs and eliminate them, synchronize the PC and IPod , feature lyrics support and even allow you to search on the Internet those you do not have in your computer.

YamIPod has an interface divided in several modules, within it; we can see all the music we have in our computer. These windows show the album´s title of each track, the artist´s name, the different reproduction´s lists IPod has, the length of the songs in seconds and the size and quality of them. This will be useful so we can always have the information of each track available. On the other hand, the process of adding music to the player or to import songs to the computer can be carried out with a few clicks.

Despite its utility, the software feature some disadvantages, for instance, before using it for the first time it is necessary to synchronize the PC and the IPod by iTunes. In addition to this, the last version of YamIPod is not compatible with Apple software.

One of the advantages of this application is that has it own music player, which enable you not only to manage your music, but also to manage all your photos, videos, notes, contacts and the other options IPod offers. Thanks to these options, YamIPod has becomes a very good option for those who got tired of iTunes or those who never understood it.

The widespread success of iPod -the mobile device developed by apple- lies in its capacity to play audio and video as well viewing pictures. In this case we´ll deal with CopyTrans Photo, an application made for copying images to the iPod quickly and easily.

CopyTrans Photo

One of the many features an iPod delivers is the possibility to take all your photos with you, so that you can see them wherever you want and share them with all your friends. In order to do this, we need a program to manipulate the images and load them into your iPod. A tool that can be of great help is CopyTrans Photo.

This original application will enable you to work with images for you to copy them from your PC to your iPod or vice versa. Moreover, it allows you to create, rename and delete photo albums both from to the PC and the iPod. You can also make backups, create slideshows with your photos, and synchronize your PC with your iPod and much, much more.

CopyTrans Photo delivers an exclusively designed interface to transfer photos from the PC to your iPod easily.The interface features drag and drop support to copy photos between your iPod and your computer with a single click creating image lists quickly and easily.

CopyTrans Photo allows navigating through thumbnails enabling you to manage files quickly and guarantying optimal image quality when converting files. This easy-to-use interface allows all types of users to run the program, both experts and less experienced users concerning iPods and copying files from the PC to a mobile device.

CopyTrans Photo supports all iPod models: iPod: iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Video, iPod Photo, iPod Mini and iPod Shuffle, as well as supporting the brand new multimedia mobiles from Apple: iPhone and iPhone 3G.

Another thing worth mentioning is the support for several image formats, among which we can find the most popular ones such as: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TGA.

Another aspect worth mentioning is CopyTrans Photo´s size, it´s only 1mb! This allows users to run the application on low-end systems.

The only issue stated by some users is that a few antivirus don´t recognize the program and identify it as a “malicious file”. Moreover, there are some un-installation issues and some minor problems when installing a new version.

This handy tool to manage images and synchronize your PC with your iPod is what we had expected, thanks to its simplicity, speed and overall quality.

In short, CopyTrans Photo presents as an efficient tool to manage images and sync the PC to the iPod.

Thanks its user-friendly interface, speed and quality, you´ll get optimal results in
spite of limitations characteristic of its version.

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Most videos we to copy to our iPod are not compatible with the device due to format incompatibility. In these cases, all we need is a video converter to convert most popular videos into iPod compatible format, and Video Constructor is what we need to make that happen.

Convert any video and play it on you iPod

iPod allow us to wear our videos on the move. Problem with this is that the majority of the videos we have are in a format not compatible with the iPod. Therefore, we need some tools allowing us to get the right format for our videos.

One of the greatest tools for this is Ipod Video Constructor .

Installing the application is easy enough for skipping installation details here. We will then focus directly on the format transformation process. First thing to do is to select the “Video Converter” option from the menu on the left of the screen.

Then, click on “Add video file(s)”. This will allow us to browse the computer and select the video file we want to convert. Once the file selected, click on the “Render video” option.

The transformation process will start automatically right after selecting the file. But before that, we will have to specify the location we want the resulting video to be stored in. And at this moment, we will also have to specify the format we want the file to be converted into (on the bottom of the screen, select the desired format).

Bear in mind that video-codecs may also do the image quality loss: compression with the purpose of speeding-up the playback or the file-size customers neglect the quality. That leads to ”artifacts” and “noise” in the video-file etc.

Once the video files have been imported to the list they will appear, enabling you to eliminate any of the in case we added them by mistake. To remove a video from the list, simply click on “delete” button found on the bottom of the box. Ipod Video Constructor allows us to preview the videos we are about to convert with a small player.

When everything is set to convert the videos, click on “render video” –the big button located at the end of the box- to start the conversion process. But before is starts, a message box will tell us to set a save folder for the output files. Also, in this same window, we will select the format for the output video. Just by opening the dropdown menu found in the lower side of the box under the name “type:” we can select among a ranger of video formats.

With just a few clicks away you´ll be able to convert your videos in a matter of seconds. The whole process is as simple as was described above, everything comes down to opening a video file, choose the save folder and select the output format. That´s it! Start converting your videos and enjoy them on your iPod player!

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It´s common nowadays to have issues when transferring music files from our PC to our iPod. To make thing easier, we´ll need an application such as iTunes that will enable users to transfer multimedia files easily and quickly. Therefore, we introduce you to iTunes, a multimedia player that will enable you to copy music to your iPod with just a few clicks.

IPods are the most popular portable multimedia devices due to the handful of interesting features they deliver. However, when we plug our iPod to the PC we run into some complications, we cannot copy files using Windows Explorer as we would usually do for instance.

The solution is installing an application that features the necessary support for your iPod device so you can use it properly with your PC. That application is iTunes, Apple´s most popular application, designed to transfer music, videos and photos to the device. Once we downloaded the file and installed iTunes, connect your iPod to the PC.

First, we must add songs to the “Library” in the music tab. Once music files are there we can work with them or just play them. There are two of ways of adding tracks. You can either add tracks by dragging files of folders to the music tab, or by going to File > Add File/Folder to Library.

When having lots of audio tracks in our library, the next is to create Playlists. We can do it either by clicking on File > New Playlist Folder or by clicking on the + button found on the lower left portion of the screen. Once the Playlist is created we can rename it and drag and drop the songs we want to include in such playlist.

You can also use iTunes Music Store to buy songs or albums. iTunes Music Store has more music titles and genres available than any other music service we’ve seen. The service also offers a strong feature set, including an integrated music player, in-depth information on artists and albums, music videos, audio books, movies, television shows and games.

When you have finally organized your playlist, you can either drag and drop separate songs or the entire playlist to your iPod player. The process may take some minutes depending on the number of songs you are copying to the player.

Even though iTunes may not seem very user-friendly at the beginning, you will realize that adding music to our iPod can be done in a matter of seconds.

Following these simple steps, you´ll be able to load music into your iPod in no time. Its interface may seem a bit confusing at the beginning, but it´s very easy to master and it´s the essential complement for your iPod player.

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If you had trouble visualizing your favourite videos on your iPod, your problem is solved because Aigo Video to iPod Converter will let you watch, even if you’re not an expert. This application achieves excellent conversions, easily and fast.

Aigo Video to iPod Converter

With the surge of the iPod, plenty of new applications for video conversion have appeared in the market. A good example of this is Aigo Video to iPod Converter.

This light but powerful software will easily convert into the iPod video format, any DivX, XviD, AVI, WMV, MPG, MPEG, ASF, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASX, SVCD or VCD file.

As mentioned before, Aigo Video to iPod Converter was designed to prevent users from complications, which is why its interface is aimed at making the conversion process as easy and fast as possible. In this sense, its user-friendly main screen is very useful for beginners who are not familiar with video conversion processes. For example, if you want to change different proprieties of the output file, such as size, definition, bit rate, frame rate, etc., you’ll just have to follow a simple configuration process.

Among Aigo Video to iPod Converter’s many interesting features, we can mention the automatic switch off after format conversion (recommended for big video files that require a lot of time). We can also highlight the possibility of generating bulk conversion processes that don’t demand a direct program/user interaction, since the former automatically executes its operations. If you need to visualize just some parts of your video, Aigo Video to iPod Converter allows you to create video clips from a bigger video file, from which you can specify our segment’s start and ending points.

Aigo Video to iPod Converter output video files offer excellent results in terms of image quality, with no loss if compared with the original file. Probably license limitation is the biggest issue of this application, as it allows only for converting 30% of the video file.

Apple managed to revolutionize the multimedia world by releasing iTunes, a whole new multimedia concept for iPods that combines audio and video playback as well as Radio, TV and podcast broadcasting while purchasing music online. In this report, we’ll analyze this popular player’s potentials.

iTunes

The revolution we are talking about is not unconnected to iPod’s appearance in the market. This Apple mobile device massiveness ended up in the positioning of iTunes as its ideal and essential complement. Nowadays, most iPod users organize their music with iTunes.

The program´s interface differs from other players since it was made for using the iTunes Store, the online shop for purchasing applications, music and videos.

This is –among others- the reason why iTunes is a program that doesn´t require a great deal of computing knowledge, since most of its features are introduced by using a Wizard.

Moreover, files managed by iTunes are automatically sorted in playlists and libraries (depending on file types), inside which the user can easily add, sort and eliminate multimedia files. One thing to bear in mind though, is that iTunes may duplicate files, therefore we have to pay attention to the indications shown during this process.

As previously mentioned, iTunes features a complete audio, video, radio, TV and podcast player, as well as compatibility with most popular formats such as .mov, .avi, .swf, .mp3, .aac, .wma, and more.

Also, it has an equalizer with a wide range of music presets and 10 audio channels to configure manually. Moreover, it includes a large amount of radio and podcast signals for you to listen to radio online, and the possibility of adding streaming TV channels.

iTunes Store has a tab of its own where users can create an account so they can immediately start purchasing and downloading applications, programs and videos from its varied and colorful catalog.

Without any doubt, the greatest issue is the amount of system memory it consumes due to its visual complexity since it´s an interface developed for MacOSX and adapted to Microsoft Windows. We can notice this when launching the program, performing a search or even while playing files.

To sum up, iTunes is a player that emphasizes its original way to manage multimedia files, as well as purchasing online while playing videos or music, listening to radio stations or synchronizing your iPod.