How to Play Divx on Zune

Play mpeg,divx and xvid formats on Zune? did you know that you can play divx movies on zune?

zune software will not support or transcode mpeg,divx and xvid formats there is a registry hack developed by zune scene forum members to over come this problem which is simple and allows videos to be added to zune software

Windows Registry Editor Version5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\Zune\Extensions\.avi]
“Extension.Handler”=”Microsoft.Zune.1.AVI”"MediaType.Description”=”Video Clip”
“MediaType.Icon”=”C:\\Program Files\\Zune\\ZuneLoc.dll,-736″”Extension.MIME”=”video/avi”"AlreadyRegistered”=”no”
“Runtime”=dword:00000007″PerceivedType”=”video”
“Permissions”=dword:0000000f
“UserApprovedOwning”=”no”
@=”"

save it above code in a file and save it has zunehack.reg and double click the file and then restart your computer and another method is to rename the divx files to .wmv extension and pace them in your zune player once it is in the player you can rename it to .avi and sync which then automatically converts to zune format....

and another method is to use windows media encoder to convert divx to wmv this works well if divx is converted with low viddeo and audio quality

How to Extract audio from youtube videos and convert it to Mp3

youtube to mp3, Rip you tube videos to any format,Many dont know that we can extract youtube videos in any format ranging from flash(flv),mp3,wmv,3gp etc using many third party desktop and web applications easily this will be very helpful if you do not find some rare videos anywhere else except on you tube.... below are some of the free and paid alternatives that makes your youtube ripping task easier.....

youtube music downloader

youtube music downloader Is a share ware you can download and convert youtube into many supported format ranging from mp3,mov,avi etc as show in above picture though this is a share ware i got this software in giveawayoftheday site for free...... i tested this software it is very easy to use and you tube videos get converted very quickly and speed depends on your internet connection....



Vixy also has the same same type of functionality as above converter except it is a web based application just submit a URL, it will download and convert to the video format, and then you can download the converted file.d esktop version of vixy.net is available now. It looks like this site and the usage is almost same as this site. It's free but with Ads. It's still in BETA release so it will expire at Jun/30/2008. so grab your copy before it becomes regular version.




Free YouTube to MP3 Converter. this is like a youtube downloader but it can convert only to mp3 format and it is a free ware if you want only the mp3 version of youtube video you can use this instead of paying for the youtube downloader or any other share ware
Convert *.flv video files to *.mp3.

Extract MP3 Songs from DVD (VOB) Files

Extract MP3 from DVD, Extract MP3 from VCD using Jodix
Recently i got the trance CD which was in DVD format i searched for the Free DVD to MP3 ripper and luckily i found jodix free software to rip MP3 audio from movies and music videos stored on DVD or VCD.


Though it is free ware it supports lot of good features and ripping is easy below are the features

• It supports DVD movie files(*.vob), VCD/SVCD movie files(*.dat) and MPEG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2) files(*.mpeg, *.mpg).
  
• By choosing the start and end point visually, you can fine tune the selection of the source video file to extract into MP3.
• It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries to encode MP3.
  
• It's not affected by any DVD copy protection.

But what i feel it lacks is it rips everything to single mp3 files and does not rips each and every title separately...........not only jodix but many rippers i downloaded lacks this feature of ripping each title separately............. but there are some paid versions which can do this job easily you can download jodix dvd ripper by clicking below download link Download

Free Video Editing and Video Mixing Software

Like all others i was looking for a video editor to add titles, music and some cool transisions for home made video.... after searching on net i came across various options from Window Movie Maker which is free to some paid paid tools such as sony vegas,nero, pinnacle studio and ulead etc..

if you have bought the high end video camera look for the dvd/cd which is shipped because you might have been provided with some basic or decent video editing and mixing software..
Windows Movie Maker

The windows movie maker is a free tool and is a part of windows service pack 2 and has some impressive collection of transistion and video mixing tools.... it has the drag and drop interface and clips can be dragged and dropped on any time line clips can be duplicated split deleted or moved to any position Right-clicking any clip brings up the range of editing options....

If you are a new bie an AutoMovie feature offers predefined editing styles (titles, effects and transitions) for quickly creating movies.Windows Movie Maker only supports Windows Media formats or DV AVI format

Cons it supports only limited formats avi and wma a support for other formats would have been a added advantage

Apple iMovie

iMovie is a video editing software used to edit their home made movies it was released in 1999 and i bundled with Mac OS and unfortunately it is available only for mac os....

the latest features are

* Much better HD output, and more formats to convert to.
* A completely redesigned interface with an iPhoto style library.
* A new feature called skimming for quickly previewing video in the library at a user controlled speed.
* A feature that allows one to highlight parts of video clips just like highlighting text.
* More exportation formats with support for iPhone size video and many other sizes.
* Support for non-tape based HD or non-HD video cameras such as DVD camcorders and HDD camcorders.


Avid FreeDV


Avid FreeDV is available for both Windows and MAC it has quite decent capabilities for adding real time effects and it is a awsome editing software and pretty tricky to use but its like a play if you are ok with it....

unfortunately it is discontinued and if you can get hand on the software any where you can use it and fortunately their site is up and still provides some useful resources....


Jump Cut

Jumpcut.com is a online video editing software portal it work just like any desktop video editor except you have to upload your clips to their portal for editing first you have to register for using the editing facility it has a quite good collection of special effects and transistion you can also import photos and clips from other site and edit as needed....

only cons about this utility is it isnt handy if you have a limited bandwidth or usage....


Though above are some of the good and free video editors you can find some of the paid version which has the features which is unparalled with those of free versions if you can spend few bucks and want to make some professional quality videos you can have a look at pinnacle studio,sony vegas,ulead and adobe...

Complete Codec Pack for Windows 7 , vista and windows xp

Codecs are one of the essential part of every computer system... even though windows is shipped with most of the codecs it lacks some codecs without which we cannot play some movies and music With windows Codec Package installed, you won't need to install any other codec or filter. Many user suggested default settings are implemented. It does not contain a media player. It does not associates file types. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player (limited only by the players capabilities) to play DVD's, movies and video clips of any format. Streaming video (real and quicktime) is supported in web browsers.

Click here to download

Latest Features:

* MP4 playback supported.
* Improved Nero product compatibility.
* Allows thunbnail views for rmvb,mp4,flv,mov,mkv and many more formats.
* Several redundant files/filters are removed from installation.
* DVD Playback in WinXP is seamless.
* FFDshow is updated to support 1283 unicode.
* AC3Filter updated to 1.45b with Language files.
* Haali components updated to 1.7.189.11
* MPEG1 files handled by microsoft decoders itself.

Now you need not worry for any media file from NOT playing on your Windows Vista PC. The website has seperate downloads for 32 bit Vista and 64 bit Vista.