Watch The Hunger Games DVD Movie on iPad

The Hunger Game is no doubt one of the hottest films in 2012. Released in March 12, 2012, The Hunger Game is a great box office success. As of July 4, 2012, it has earned for a worldwide total of $677,700,278. The Hunger Game received generally positive reviews. Based on 258 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 84% "Certified Fresh" rating and an average score of 7.3 out of 10.

It is a science-fiction movie, the story is taken place in a nation called Panem, a new country after the world is destroyed. The wealthy Capitol selects one boy and one girl from the 12 poorer districts to attend the Hunger Games as punishment for their former rebellion. Jennifer Lawrence plays the girl Katniss Everdeen, who has to attend the Hunger Games, an arena controlled by the Capitol until only one remains alive.

Besides watch the movie in cinema, you can also enjoy it on your iPad on the go, like on the bus or during a trip. Even though DVD formats is not directly supported by iPad currently, you can still view the Hunger Games on iPad with the help of DVD Ripper.

Below we will show you how to rip DVD movie and convert DVD to video in video formats that iPad support like MP4, MOV, etc.

Step 1: Add the DVD movie to the DVD Ripper.

Run the program and click "Load DVD" button to import the Hunger Games DVD for converting to iPad video.



Step 2: Output setting.

Click "Profile" drop-down list to select iPad supported formats (MP4, MOV) as the output format. And then choose the destination folder to save the generated video files.



Click "Settings" icon to reset output profile. Parameters like video codec, audio codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, video size, channel, etc. are modifiable.



The DVD videos are separated into several parts, so you'd better merge them into one file for watching on iPad. Remember to check the "Merge into one file" option on the main interface.



Step 3: Convert DVD to iPad video.

After all settings done, you can click "Convert" button to rip and convert DVD to MP4 video for your iPad.

By ripping DVD as video, you can freely enjoy the Hunger Games on iPad as you wish. Free download this DVD to iPad Converter and convert the Hunger Games DVD movie to iPad videos for watching on iPad yourself.

OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/NT

Retail Price: $29.95

Link: http://www.flash-video-mx.com/dvd-ripper/

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How to Create and Share Photo Slideshow on YouTube

A lot of people have asked this kind of question: how to create a photo slideshow to share on YouTube. You know that YouTube accepts only video formats so you should first turn your photos into photo slideshow in movie style and then you can upload it to YouTube. Today I will introduce you a wonderful photo slideshow maker.

DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe has hundreds of free movie styles and effects for you to add to your photos. Besides its name “DVD”, you can also save the photo slideshow as video or directly upload to your YouTube Account within the program.

How to create and share photo slideshow on YouTube?




Step 1: Add photos.

Select a photo to YouTube movie slideshow creating mode and click Add Files to import the photos you prepared.

Step 2: Edit slideshow.

Click Personalize tab to add movie styles to your still photos. Hundreds of movie styles are already embedded for you to choose. Just select one movie style and click Apply to use it. You can preview the photo effects on the right. In the editing area below, you can add background music or record your own voice over.

Step 3: Upload photos to YouTube.

Click Create tab on the top and you can you choose to burn photos to DVD, save as popular video formats or directly share to YouTube. Here click Share to YouTube, enter account information and video information, and then click Publish to upload photos to YouTube directly.

Easy to use, isn't it? Have a try yourself and create your own photo slideshow to share on YouTube using this photo slideshow maker.

OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/NT

Retail Price: $59.95

Link: http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/dvd-photo-slideshow-maker/

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6 Ways to Convert YouTube to MP3

We all know that YouTube is a video share website that accepts only video formats. But for me, the most visited Channel is Music where all kinds of newly released songs or hot songs are there. I like the top 10 list for I can find out which songs are most popular on YouTube, or probably over the world.

If you're like me who want to get these songs, not the video, for playing on MP3 player or iPod, the following introduced methods will help you to convert YouTube to MP3 audio.

1. Youtube-mp3.org

YouTube-mp3.org is a great online service for converting YouTube video to MP3 audio. You do not need an account, the only thing you need is a YouTube URL. Just paste the YouTube URL and click "Convert Video", very soon you will get the download link of the convert MP3 file. All the conversions will be performed in high quality mode with a bit rate of at least 128 kbps.

This website is really great and in case it is prohibited someday, below I will list more such online websites to convert YouTube to MP3 in cloud.

2. listentoyoutube.com

Another website to extract the audio from YouTube video as a downloadable MP3. All you need is a YouTube URL, and the website will transfer the video to MP3 and give you a link to download the audio file. The conversion is much slower than YouTube-mp3.org, but it offers you choice to change the output MP3 quality.

3. youtubemp3.tv

This website has not only much better interface, but also additional functions. As you can here in the screenshot, you can choose which part of the video you want to convert to MP3 and select the output MP3 quality as high as 192 kbps.

4. vidtomp3.com

This website has very fast converting speed too and you can also choose the output MP3 quality. Besides, it supports to convert MegaVideo to MP3.

5. YouTube to MP3 Add-on for Firefox

This is Firefox add-on created by http://www.video2mp3.net. The advantage of using Firefox add-on is that you can directly convert YouTube video to MP3 on the YouTube page. After installed the add-on, there will be two additional buttons above the YouTube video: one is standard quality and the other is high quality.

6. Download YouTube video and convert to MP3

Of course you can download the YouTube video to your computer and then convert to MP3 video. This method is good for those who want both the video and the MP3 audio of the YouTube video. See detail in this article.

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Microsoft Surface: Office on Tablet Directly

The announcement of Microsoft Surface gives me the thought that finally there is one tablet that I can use to take place of my laptop.

For a long time, people are arguing whether the tablet could take place of desktop or laptop computers. Just iPhone, released in 2007, open the new era of Smartphones and left cell phone king Nokia behind. The first iPad, released in 2010, marked the beginning of real portable computing. Tablet, ever since its debuting, is considered as a portable computer. The iPad tablet has almost all the hardware that a computer should have: CPU, RAM, memory, graphics card, USB and better high-density screen. Usually tablet is operated with your fingers on the touch screen, ever since Asus Eee Pad Transformer, equip your tablet with a keyboard dock becomes popular. The new Microsoft Surface originally comes with a beautiful keyboard.

Let’s take a look at what Microsoft Surface looks like:


Microsoft Surface really looks wonderful, but what really attracts me is the full compatibility of desktop Windows programs. That means we are able to play desktop games, use Adobe Photoshop, view PowerPoint with all original effects and more. A previous survey indicates that over 40% percent of people would like to see Microsoft Office running on tablets. This function would help a lot for businessmen, teachers and students. I have seen a lot of students ask whether they should buy a laptop or tablet for school and they want it to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Now I can suggest Microsoft Surface.

Microsoft Surface will have two editions: the Standard edition is running Windows RT and the Pro edition is running Windows 8. Only the Pro edition can run all the desktop Windows programs. The Microsoft Surface RT can only run Metro applications and it has a special version of Microsoft Office – Microsoft Office 2013 RT. Below is the differences between the two Microsoft Surface editions:

	Surface for Windows RT	Surface for Windows 8 Pro
OS	Windows RT	Windows 8 Pro
Light	676g	903g
Thin	9.3mm	13.5mm
Clear	10.6-inch ClearType HD Display with 16:9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass 2 technology also included.	10.6-inch ClearType HD Display with 16:9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass 2 technology also included.
Processor	ARM-based by NVIDIA	Intel Core Ivy Bridge
Energized	31.5 W-h battery	42 W-h battery
Connected	microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae	microSDXC, USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae
Productive	Offce '15' Apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover	Touch Cover, Type Cover, Pen with Palm Block
Practical	VaporMg Case & Stand, edges angled at 22 degrees	VaporMg Case & Stand, edges angled at 22 degrees
Configurable	32 GB, 64 GB	64 GB, 128 GB

In order to view PowerPoint on Microsoft Surface RT with all original effects, you may need to convert PowerPoint to video first.

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How to Set Songs as Background Music in PowerPoint 2010

Today I want to share with a useful PowerPoint 2010 trick, add songs in PowerPoint 2010 and set as background music. You know PowerPoint is made up of several slides and when you insert a song, it is inserted on one slide. When you advance to the next slide, the song will stop. How to fix it? Keep reading …

Step 1: Open your PowerPoint 2010 document, and click "Insert" > "Audio" > "Audio from File" to insert the music. PowerPoint 2010 supported audio formats: AIFF, AU, Mid, MIDI, MP3, WAV and WMA.

Step 2: Select the music icon and you will see the "Audio Tools" on the tab. Click the "Playback" tab, and choose start "Play across slides". By doing this the song will play across slides until the last slide or the song end.

Step 3: If the length of the song is short than the PowerPoint slideshow, you could check the "Loop until Stopped" option to make the song play continuously till the end of the PowerPoint slideshow.

Step 4: If I want to play music1 from slide 1 to 5 and music2 from slide 6 to 10. What to set it? Click "Animations" > "Animation Pane", right click on the song and choose "Effect Options".

Step 5: Under the Stop playing section, set the music to stop playing after 5 slides.

Step 6: Then add the second song to slide 6, refer to Step 1, 2, 3.

Step 7: That's it. Click F5 to preview the PowerPoint slideshow and check whether the background music settings are working.

For PowerPoint 2003 & 2007, the steps are a little different, you can check here for detail.

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Father's Day Poems for Card, PowerPoint and Video Slideshow

Is it bothering on what gift to choose for Father's Day this year? No matter you are going to send dad a card, or DIY a Father's Day video slideshow or buy some other gifts, you can always read these heart-touching Father's Day poems to dad to say how much you love him. The idea behind these cute and some funny Poem for Father's Day is to say Thanks to your Father for all his care, sacrifices and affection for you.

Poem 1: F. A. T. H. E. R. S.

"F" aithful.

"A" lways there.

"T" rustworthy.

"H" onoring.

"E" ver-loving.

"R" ighteous.

"S" upportive.

Poem 2: What Makes a Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,

The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,

The comforting arm of night,

The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,

The faith of a mustard seed,

The patience of eternity,

The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,

When there was nothing more to add,

He knew His masterpiece was complete,

And so, He called it ... Dad

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Father's Day PowerPoint Background

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Poem 3: Father's Day


Over the years

As we grow old,

We remember our father

So brave and bold.


In the garden,

Leaning on the plow,

He would listen to me;

I see him now.



He would give advice

And understand;

He was always there

To lend a hand.


God made fathers

Strong and firm,

For he knew our lives

Would have great concerns.


So he gave us fathers

To teach us to pray,

And guide our lives,

And show us the way.


So on his day

Let's take the time

To say "Thanks, dad.

I'm glad you're mine."

Poem 4: A Little Girl Needs Daddy

A little girl needs Daddy

For many, many things:

Like holding her high off the ground

Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music

That tells her all is right

When she awakens frantic with

The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain

That rises in her heart

And shows her how she might get home

When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love

That is her sea and air,

So diving deep or soaring high

She'll always find him there.

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Poem 5: Fathers Can Be Solitary Mountains

Fathers can be solitary mountains,

All their love rock-like, steep, and strong.

Though warm and caring, somehow they belong

Halfway home to mothers' bubbling fountains.

Each of us needs love that knows no quarter,

Reminding us of bonds that cross a border,

Strengthening our sense of right and wrong.

Poem 6: Parent's Murphy's Law

1. Parenting is a 24-hour-a-day job with no salary, no raises, no promotions and very few

vacations.

2. Parents are responsible for everything that happens to their children.

3. Guilt and self-blame are occupational hazards.

4. Parents don't get worker's compensation or any other fringe benefits.

5. Parents can never retire -- even when their kids ask them to.

6. Parents "don't get no respect" --until they die--and then it's too late.

Poem 7: Happy Father's Day


Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's day means more

than have a happy day

It means i love you first of all

Then thanks for all you do

It means you mean a lot to me

and that I honor you.

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Free Father's Day PowerPoint templates

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Poem 8: Daddy you are the Best


Daddy you are the best,

although you live in the west.

stay the way you are,

while you're driving your sports car.


You couldn't be a better dad

oh yeah, don't go driving around mad

I love you forever

'cause you're really clever


Even though i puss and shove

I will still show all my love

Poem 9: My Daddy


My Daddy is a mountain

My Daddy is a sea

My Daddy smiles again and again

I love my Daddy

And I know he loves me

'cause my Daddy is a ray of lite

that warms a winters' eve

My daddy is very special to me

I could not live without my daddy

as he could not live without me.

Poem 10: Important Dad

Dad, I remember when I skinned my knee,

You chased away my tears;

If things were hard in school for me,

You helped me through my fears.

When I was old enough to drive a car,

You patiently taught me how;

Your loving care was my guiding star;

You cared then, and you still care now.

So on Father's Day I'll say a prayer,

To thank the Lord that you were there.

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Video Corrections in PowerPoint 2010

Click Insert → Video → Video from File, and you can import videos ot PowerPoint 2010, like AVI, WMV, MP4 or FLV. For MP4 and FLV you may need to install QuickTime Player on your computer.

After insert video to PowerPoint 2010, you may need to do some correction adjustments:

1. to compensate for problems with the original video clip. The original video clips may be too dark or too bright so you need the video correction.

2. to make it look better on another computer or projector. Projectors are typically not as bright as computer screens, and some adjustments may help.

The Corrections function in PowerPoint 2010 allows you to adjust the Brightness and Contrast of the video clip.

More PowerPoint tips @ http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/blog/category/knowledge-tips-skills/

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