Full iPhone Guide - rip DVD movie and convert free video to iPhone

Step1. Download "Aimersoft iPhone Converter Suite", install and run it. For Windows Vista user, you may have to run this program as Administrator, right click the program shortcut and click "Run as administrator".

Step2. Click "DVD to iPhone Converter" button to run the Aimersoft DVD to iPhone Converter. Load your DVD by clicking "Load DVD" button, you also can load VOB file from your hard drive by clicking "Load File" button.

Step3. Click the drop download list to select the Audio and Subtitle you want, you also can change the output location. A regular DVD movie has several titles, such as MTV DVD, by default, this software will merge all the DVD chapters into one video clips, you can check the click box before the title list to select any DVD clips you want to rip.
As format: This software supports three Apple products: iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. It can rip DVD to MP4, M4A; it also can rip audio from DVD to MP3, AAC. Just select "iPhone Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)"

1. Download Aimersoft iPhone Media Converter, install and run it.Then click "Add" button to load video files. This software supports batch conversion, so you can add several video clips at one time.

2. The operation is similar with DVD to iPhone Converter, You can customize the resolution, video bit rate, encoder, frame rate, audio bit rate, channel, etc in the setting panel by clicking the "Settings" button. The program also lets you create a profile and save it, then you can use different settings for each video clips.

3. Click "Start" button to start the conversion after you finish the settings.

For more iPhone video converters, you can refer this iPhone video Converter review:
http://www.iphone-tool.com/dvd-to-iphone-review.html
http://www.dvd-to-iphone.biz/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_iPhone_Converter

Aimersoft iPhone Converte Suite
http://www.aimersoft.com/iphone-converter-suite.html

Trouble shooting:
Tips: Download iTunes free from
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Notes: iTunes is your best free iPhone software to manage your movie, songs, videos, and pictures. Rip and burn CDs.
To convert RM/RMVB real media files to MP4 for iPhone, you may have to install Real player:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer

1. This DVD to iPhone Converter provides rich video editing functions for you to trim, crop spilt convert and edit DVD movie. If you want to crop the DVD movie, just click the "Crop" button, and then you will see a pop up window. There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges. More over, you can click the Crop drop-down list to select a Crop model you prefer, for example: "Cut off top and bottom black edges". You can even type the number in the box to cut off black border accurately.

2. You can click the "Effect" button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc. You can even apply special effects such as "Emboss", "Negative", "Old film" and "Gray" by selecting an effect from drop-down list.

3. Aimersoft iPhone Converter Suite can capture pictures from DVD movie, there is a small camera icon below the preview windows, click it when you preview the movie, it can save picture as JPEG and BMP.

1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show. Just install iTunes and visit the iTunes store.

2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.

3. Other stream video website such as video.yahoo, Myspace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website
http://www.aimersoft.com/free-download-video-list.html
here is a guide to show you how to download stream video with vixy.net, keepvid.com and Firefox.
http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/free-download-youtube-video.html
the download stream video is flv file, if the free online flv converter couldn't deal with it, you can use try SUPER or Aimersoft Video Converter, and they can convert flv video to any format you want.

4. Rip your own CD to MP3 for iPhone; iTunes can help you to do that. Install and run iTunes, click "Edit -> Preference -> Advanced -> importing tab" to change the "Import Using" to MP3 Encoder, you can also customize the audio bit rate here. Then click OK and put your CD into your disc drive, iTunes will automatically recognize that you've loaded a CD. Now you can either choose individual songs for import by checking only the tracks you want and un-checking all the rest (all songs are selected for import by default). Simply click the Import button on the upper right corner of iTunes and let the software do the job. All of the selected files will be encoded into MP3 digital music files and saved in your iTunes music directory by Artist and Album. (If you're not sure where to locate your files, you can find out by going back to the "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced tab". Here you can see the default iTunes Music folder location,

You need iTunes version 7.30 or later to sync music and video to iPhone.
If you don't have iTunes yet, you can download free from here.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
If you already have iTunes, just create a play list; drag your music and video to the list, connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable, then click iTunes "File -> Sync iPhone", Done.

Step1. Open this website: http://vixy.net/ .It's a free online FLV converter.

Step2. Then go to YouTube http://www.youtube.com and find a video that you loved. Copy the URL that in the Red box. Like this format: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs

Step3. Paste your video file URL to the input box (figure as follow), choose the right format you want. If you want to edit the video, AVI is a good choice. And MP4 is fit for iPod, PSP, Zune, Apple TV and other MP4 players. This online converter also can rip audio to MP3. Then wait for the conversion.

Step4. When the conversion finished, we got the download link of the output video. Click the download link to download the video and save in your computer, remember where you save it in. Done.

For detailed steps, you can refer to this guide
http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/free-download-youtube-video.html

If you have Firefox browser, you can follow these steps.
Step1. Install the videodownloader extension. This is a plug-in for Firefox. It enables you capture streaming video from website. Here is the free download link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390

Step2. After installing videodownloader, restart Firefox. In the bottom right, you'll see a little box. Go to the video you want to download, double click that little box, and select download link. Then you could download the streaming video you want. (Note, you have to rename the file extension from "html" to "flv")

You have to rename the file extension from "html" to "flv" when you save the link. (Make sure your compute is show file extension)

The downloaded video will be FLV format, if you want to convert the FLV video to AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, MOV, DAT, DivX, XviD, MPG, 3GP, ASF, RM, RMVB, OGG, VOB, M4V, M4A, MP3, AC3, AAC, WMA, WAV, etc. You can use this free downlaod Video Converter, it fully supports flv video to any format you want.

Limewire is a free Per to Per software where you can download music and video free from, this time we use limewire to get free video for iPhone.

Step1. Download Limewire, it's totally free. http://www.limewire.com/download/version.php

Step2. Run the Limewire, Just type in some words that you may be interested in, choose the type, and press search, then you can get a lot of files to download.

Step3. Find the just file and click download to get it. You can also download multiple files in one time.
After you download the file, then right-click on the download file and choose "explore", then you can find your file. You can also Option, then you can set the default downloaded directory. Click tool folder for saving your file.

iPhone can play only MP4 and H.264 video, when you finished download limewire videos, you have to convert them to the right format, Aimersoft iPhone Video Converter can help you do that, just follow these steps:
Step1. Download and install Aimersoft iPhone Video Converter, you can free download the latest version from here:
http://www.aimersoft.com/iphone-video-converter.html

Step2. Run Aimersoft iPhone Video Converter, click "Add" button to import your downloaded limewire video, then click "Start" to start the conversion, the default setting works perfect. You can also use it to convert video to MP3 for iPhone.

Step3. Open iTunes, find your converted video on your hard drive, and drag the video to your iTunes library, or click iTunes "File -> Add File to Library" and import your video to iTunes. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable, when your iPhone is detected by iTunes, iTunes will sync the video to iPhone automatically, done.

Step1. Download "iSkysoft DVD to iPhone Converter for Mac", install and run it. On Mac OS X, you can run this program as Administrator, click the program shortcut and sure click "run as administrator".

Step2. Load your DVD by clicking "Load DVD" button; you can also Load IFO file from your hard drive by click the "Load IFO" button. Then you can edit your DVD movie by clicking button trim, crop, or effect to do what you want.

Step3. Setting your Output Filename, and click the drop download list to select the Audio and Subtitle, after setting a Format, you can specify the Output settings. All right, now, have a preview for your files, and start the conversion by clicking "Convert" done.

See the iPhone User's Guide or iPod touch Features Guide for information on configuring Wi-Fi. Check these suggestions if you run into any issues using Wi-Fi. For best results, make sure you are using the most recent iPhone or iPod touch software.

Try renewing DHCP lease at commercial hotspots
If you are having issues using a commercial (paid) Wi-Fi hotspot, like at an airport or coffee shop, try renewing your DHCP lease.
1.Tap Settings > Wi-Fi Networks, then pick the network.
2.In the DHCP panel, select the Renew Lease button.
If this does not resolve the issue, then you might want to try 305740, iPhone Basic Troubleshooting or 306418 iPod touch: Basic Troubleshooting

If iPhone Wi-Fi connection reverts to EDGE

If you're trying to connect to Wi-Fi and it looks like you're connected, but when you access a web page, it goes back to EDGE, it may be due to a known issue if wireless router is using MAC Address Filtering and the iPhone's MAC address has not been entered into the filter list. This may also occur if the WEP password was entered incorrectly.

If you experience this and use WEP Password, on the iPhone tap Settings > Wi-Fi. Then tap More Info ( > ) next to the Wi-Fi network name and tap Forget this Network. Then try accessing the Wi-Fi network again. Alternatively, turn off WEP encryption on the wireless router.

If MAC Address Filtering is enabled on the wireless router, make sure iPhone's Wi-Fi address (in Settings > General > About) is entered into the router's filter. See the documentation that came with your wireless router for additional information.

Weak iPhone Wi-Fi signal
If you are having issues using the Internet, checking email, checking stocks, or other data activity with the iPhone (the possible error message could be "could not connect to server") and the Wi-Fi icon is showing very weak signal, try turning Wi-Fi off on the device so that the iPhone can use EDGE (tap Settings > Wi-Fi and the set Wi-Fi to off).

"Unable to Join Network Failure (error -3)" connecting to Wi-Fi

If you are receiving the error message "Unable to Join Network Failure (error -3)" on the iPhone or iPod touch when attempting to connect or join to your Wi-Fi network, verify your Wi-Fi Network Name (SSID) and Security setting (WEP password, WEP hex or ASCII, WPA, or WPA2) for the device.

On the Wi-Fi Access Point/Router, you should verify if MAC address filtering is turned ON or OFF on the router, whether the security settings on the router match the iPhone or iPod touch (WEP password, WEP hex or ASCII, WPA, or WPA2), and try disabling (QoS) quality of service if that feature is turned ON for the router.

If you are still receiving the error message "Unable to Join Network Failure (error -3)" on the device when attempting to connect or join to your Wi-Fi network after trying the above suggestions, tap Settings > Wi-Fi > Other (under Choose a Network) and then enter the Wi-Fi Network Name (SSID) and select your Security setting and enter your password.

No Internet access when switching networks

If you are switching between different Wi-Fi networks and you are unable to access the Internet on the iPhone or perform other data activities thru Wi-Fi, try turning Airplane Mode on and then off (tap Settings and turn Airplane Mode on and then turn Airplane Mode off). For iPod touch, turn Wi-Fi off and then back on again (tap Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi off and then turn Wi-Fi on). If the issue continues, tap Settings > Wi-Fi > Other (under Choose a Network) and then enter the Wi-Fi Network Name (SSID) and select your Security setting and enter your password.

One of side benefits to the iPod beyond its music-playing capabilities is the fact that you can use it to store files. You can't do this with an out-of-the-box iPhone. But with the help of a $10 program-and a Mac-you can. The app is iPhoneDrive, a small utility from Ecamm Network that displays the free storage area of an iPhone in the manner of a Finder window in Column view. To add files to the iPhone, either click the Copy to iPhone button or drag a file or folder to the iPhoneDrive Window; dragging from the iPhone or clicking on Copy From iPhone puts iPhone files on your Mac. Note that music and photo files for use on your iPhone are off limits. -CHRISTOPHER BREEN

Like any other iPhone function requiring data entry, tapping Safari's address bar summons an on-screen keyboard. However, if you rotate the iPhone horizontally before tapping the address bar, the Safari window will switch to horizontal mode; then, when you then tap the address bar, the onscreen keyboard also appears horizontally. More important, it will also be much larger than the standard vertical keyboard, making data entry a little easier. By the way, Safari is currently the only iPhone application in which this horizontal keyboard appears. (Also worth noting: If you summon the keyboard before rotating your iPhone, then Safari won't rotate.)-DAN FRAKES

With the regular version of Safari that runs on your Mac (and now your Windows-based PC), setting a particular site as your home page is as simple as going to the General tab in Preferences and typing in a URL. You can't do that on the iPhone, however. But you can use this work-around: Add your would-be home page to your bookmarks list and then move it to the top of your bookmarks list. Yes it's an extra tap-first the Bookmarks button and then the bookmark itself-but it will get you to your favorite Web page with a minimum of fuss.

If you want to send the URL of a Web page you're viewing to a friend, tap the Address Bar, then tap Share. A new e-mail message, containing the URL, will open in Mail; just choose a recipient(s), add any comments you want to include, and tap Send.-DF

If you encounter a scrolling box or list when surfing Safari on your iPhone-say you're responding to a post at the Macworld.com forums-and try to scroll using your finger, you'll find that the entire page scrolls, instead of just the box. The trick is to zoom in and scroll such areas with two fingers.-DF

If you find a phone number in Safari that you'd like to call-say the phone number at a restaurant you'd like to make reservations at-there's no need to jump to the phone component. Just tap the number; iPhone will dial it for you. (This is also the case with phone numbers and URL embedded in e-mails and SMS chats; tapping either one will place a call or open a Web page, respectively.)-PHILIP MICHAELS

When in Safari, holding your fingertip down on a link instead of tapping it produces an information balloon that displays the underlying URL. The same thing happens in Mail when you hold a link, which makes this tip much more useful. Now when those "account update" e-mails appear, you can press and hold on the link to find out if you're really going to be taken to the site the e-mail claims.-DF

Don't name two of your e-mail accounts with the same name, as Mail will get confused and copy the settings from one account to the other. And you can't fix the situation by simply renaming one account; you'll need to delete one of the accounts and then recreate it.-DF

There doesn't appear to be a way to the mark a read message as unread on the iPhone, but it's in there. While viewing a message, tap Details, which reveals a Mark As Unread option; tap it, and the next time you view your Inbox, the message will display the Unread indicator.-DF

Say you try to send an e-mail, but the iPhone can't get network access. You might think your message has disappeared completely, but don't worry-it's still on your phone. A temporary Outgoing folder is created, and the message winds up in there. You can access this temporary folder from the main screen of the sending account; the folder will disappear once network access is available and the message is sent.-DF

Well, actually, you can't create e-mail folders on the iPhone. What you can do, however, with an IMAP e-mail account is create folders on the IMAP server-for example, if you have a .Mac account, using the .Mac Web Mail interface. Those folders will then appear on the iPhone, and their contents will-eventually-be synced between the iPhone and the server.-DF

If you want to save a message you're working on so you can come back to it later, tap Cancel. Instead of deleting the message immediately, Mail pops up a dialog asking you to Save, Don't Save, or Cancel. Tap Save and the message is placed in your Drafts folder. If your account doesn't currently have a Drafts folder, Mail will create one. However, don't be alarmed if the message doesn't appear in Drafts immediately; in my testing, it takes a while to show up.-DF

If you've got a Bluetooth headset, incoming calls get routed there automatically-not so when you call up Visual Voicemail. However, an Audio button on the Visual Voicemail screen lets you set where you listen to your message: the handset, the built-in speaker, or a Bluetooth headset.-JIM DALRYMPLE