Music purchased from Rhapsody is under DRM protection, which stops customers from playing the downloaded music with other incompatible devices like Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune. If you don't continue to pay, you won't keep the music when the subscription expires. As we all know, iPod is one of the most popular and successful MP3 players. iPod owners can purchase various music songs from iTunes Store and listen to them with their iPods. However, if you prefer Rhapsody and find some songs in Rhapsody that are unavailable in iTunes store, yet you do want to enjoy these songs with your new iPod, you are meeting the headache of Rhapsody being incompatible with iPod. So the following tutorial should be the solution.
The tools you will need:
TuneClone Audio Converter
Rhapsody Software
iPod
iTunes Library
1. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter
Download TuneClone (fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista) from http://www.tuneclone.com and install it. After launching TuneClone, click the "Settings" button. In the pop-up dialog of "Options", you can specify the "Output Folder", "Output Filenames", "Output Format" (here we choose MP3), etc. for the output files.
Tip: You can get the output protection removed MP3 music folder by clicking the "Folder" button after the whole process.
2. Create a new playlist in Rhapsody
In the center left panel of Rhapsody, navigate to "Playlist". Then in the bottom left corner, click "New" to create a new playlist.
Click "File" and select "New Playlist" to create a new playlist in Rhapsody.
Drag and drop the music you are ready to burn to the new playlist from Rhapsody Library.
3. Make CD burning settings in Rhapsody
Click "Tools" and select "Preference..." from the drop-down list. Click "CD Burning" from the list in the left panel. In the "CD Burner Options", choose TuneClone virtual CD drive as preferred CD burner.
4. Start to burn
Click the "Burn CD" button to start the burning and encoding process.
After the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert the music file to MP3. You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.
The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.
After you get the output MP3 files converted from the Rhapsody music playlist in your Rhapsody, you can now begin to transfer the MP3 files to your iPod with the sync of iTunes.
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 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:
Step 4. Click the "Start Encode" button to start to convert MKV to AVI, MKV to MP4 and MKV to WMV.
After the conversion is complete, you can click the "Folder" button in the main interface to access the output files.
Apple iPod accepts MP4 format, so you just need a converter that will go from DVD to MP4 if you want to watch DVD movies on your iPod. After you get the output iPod compatible MPEG-4 videos converted from DVD’s, drag them to your iPod with the sync of iTunes. Below is the step by step tutorial showing how to convert DVD to iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod classic.
The software you will need is Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. ( free download ) Let’s take a look at how it performs:
1. Download Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. Install and run it.
2. Click the “Open DVD” button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click “File -> Open DVD…” to import the DVD disc. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD titles showing in the program. Note: If your DVD movie is saved as a folder in your computer hard drive, you need to click the “Add Video” button to locate and import the movie.
3. Tick the longest DVD title from the list. Double click this title and you will preview the movie in the program.
Note: If you want to merge all the DVD chapters/titles into one single file, you need to click the “Options” tab in the Clone2Go interface and make the settings as shown below:
4. Choose the most appropriate profile from the “Profile” drop-down list according to the brand of your iPod (iPod touch, iPod nano or iPod classic). Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs.
5. Click “Start Encode” to start to convert DVD movie to iPod video.
6. Add the output files to iTunes and sync them to your iPod.
Done.
Extracted from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-dvd-to-ipod.php
There are many ways to remove DRM protection from iTunes music. On Windows OS, you can remove the DRM from iTunes music using the burn-and-rip method or you can turn to programs like TuneClone and DoubleTwist. On Mac OS X, iMovie is the perfect solution to removing DRM from iTunes music. Besides, freewares like FairGame is also a pretty good choice. So this article is dedicated to introducing several methods of removing the nasty DRM from iTunes music on Windows and Mac OS X. It is divided into the following two parts:
Remove iTunes DRM on Windows using TuneClone
A. Download TuneClone from http://www.tuneclone.com and install it.
It is compatible with Windows XP and Vista (except Vista 64 bit). A virtual CD Burner will be installed. This virtual CD-RW will be used to convert music files.
B. Launch TuneClone. 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 in the bottom left corner of the interface.
C. In iTunes, create a new playlist and add the iTunes music files you want to remove DRM from to the playlist.
D. Select the playlist and click the "Burn Disc" button. 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.
Upon the completion of burning the disc and encoding the music, you can open the TuneClone manager screen to show all the converted music files. To locate the output folder, simply click the "Folder" tab on the interface.
Remove iTunes DRM on Mac using iMovie
In the iMovie window, select the 'Media' tab located between 'Themes' and 'Editing'. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Select the 'Audio' tab and locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.
Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline where it says "Drag audio here to build your project."
In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the 'Share…' sub menu item from found inside 'Share' in iMovie's menu bar.
Ensure that 'Expert Settings' is selected in the "Compress movie for:" drop-down menu. Selecting 'Expert Settings' mode will provide the options to export the file as an audio file. Select the 'Share' button.
In the Save as… dialogue, select "Sound to AIFF" in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select 'Save'. Depending on your machine configuration, iMovie will compress and export the movie project as an audio file in 15-40 seconds.
Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select "Convert Selection to AAC". Once completed, 'Get Info' on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.
M4P to MP3 Converter is a DRM protected audio and music conversion software which can convert protected iTunes M4A, M4P Files, DRM WMA, DRM protected AAC to plain Audio MP3, WAV, WMA files ready for use on any computers or mobile music devices such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, MP3 player and car MP3 CD players, etc.
This M4P to MP3 Converter uses the Virtual CD burning technology which emulates the whole workflow of burning music to normal CD-R/RW disc: CD ripping, CD burning, MP3 encoding are automatic and with the fastest speed. Its ability to convert DRM protected music files into regular MP3 files makes it a perfect solution for people who purchase their music online but have compatibility issues with their MP3 player.
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