hi, iv,e had this for a few weeks and only just looking into it properly, i bought it as a media recorder for recording from component source for better quality recordings.i thought it would act as an instant recorder so was immediately dissapointed to see what a fuss it is to get into recording mode,i then found that a hdmi to component lead i bought doesnt work from a sky hd box nor does a scart to component(obviously not the fault of the tv+ box)i have tried svideo from 2 sources(with output set to svid on source box)but cannot get a colour picture from any of the tv+ outputs.(so this prob is down to the tv+.) unless i select the recording source as composite.i networked it ok with twonky media manager on my pc and playback is quite good but there are lipsync probs. my previous instant recorder/ stand alone media player is a zengo 500gb, this only has composite in/out so by the time its gone through a hub(3 different sky/freeview boxes)the quality isnt great.finally i already have the cinema plug in for my 504 player so have tried loading that on tv+ without success.. any input from other tv+ users welcome.

Probably the wrong place to post, but here goes. When I go to you-tube and select a film to view all I get is the flash logo and number 9 on it. Where can I get the flash software to view films
any help appreciated ta

I have the "bad update (code 207)" error when trying the update the firmware.

How do I delete whatever was downloaded and provoke this error?

Thanks and cheers from Canada.

My archos device does not show the features menu, and is not recognised by my pc. Anyone know how to solve this one...

Flv convreter for mac is designed for mac user who want to convert FLV to AVI, XviD, MPEG, MPG, DAT, MOV, ASF, FLV, MP3, AC3, AAC, M4A, etc. on Mac OS X(Leopard supported). The output formats can be put on iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Archos, Sandisk, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.Besides this,FLV Converter for Mac also allows you to convert among almost all popular video formats such as convert MPEG to AVI; convert AVI to MP4,etc and extract audio from FLV files.So you need not to look for any single Mac AVI Converter or Mac MP4 Converter.


In addition,the advanced editing funcation of FLV Converter for mac provide you set video brightness, contrast, saturation, select DVD subtitle and audio
rack, trim DVD and video,preview your movies in real-time, merge multiple files into one file and so on.

Support various formats:

FLV, AVI, XviD, MPEG, MPG, DAT, MOV, ASF, FLV, MP3, AC3, AAC, M4A, etc.

Support all popular players:

iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Archos, Sandisk, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.

Powerful video editing function:

Support video cropping, trimming, merging and effect adjustment. You can customize the brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.

Easy to use

You can finish your converter and edit just a few clicks


FLV converter for mac support FLV to AVI ,FLV to MP4 ,FLV to MPEG ,flv to 3GP ,FLV to M4A ,FLV to MP3 ,FLV to XviD ,FLV to MPG ,FLV to MOV ,FLV to ASF,etc.compatible with FLV to iPod ,FLV to Zune ,FLV to iPhone ,FLV to Apple TV ,FLV to PSP ,FLV to PS3 ,FLV to Xbox 360 ,FLV to Archos ,FLV to Sandisk ,FLV to iRiver ,FLV to Creative Zen ,FLV to Archos , FLV to MP4/MP3 Player ,FLV to Mobile Phone,etc. on Mac.

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DVD Ripper for Mac is an all-in-one and eay to use DVD ripping software that designed for Mac users (support Mac OS X Leopard). This best Mac DVD Ripper can help you copy DVD to computer and rip DVD to various video formats (including MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV) and audio formats (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, APE, etc.) so you can easily rip DVD movies to iPhone/iPod/Zune/PSP/Apple TV/Cell Phone and other devices on Mac OS X.


This DVD Ripper for Mac provide you a series of powerful functions.It can copy all of your DVD movies to computer by 1:1 perfect Video & Audio quality. You can select the chapter/subtitle and audio track you want, trim any video, cut off the black edge of the movie and merge more than one DVD chapters into one file on Mac OS X.

Key Features:

Output video formats: MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV

Output audio formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, APE, MP3, AAC, etc.

Support all sorts of mobile players: iPod touch/Nano/Classic/Video, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, YouTube (web), Creative Zen, iRiver PMP, Archos, all kinds of video cell phones and digital video and audio players on Mac OS X.

allow you to select DVD chapter and audio track.

powerful DVD editing functions.

You can trim excrescent or special parts of movies, cut off the black edges, adjust brightness, contrast, audio, etc.

Merge several DVD chapters into one file, and you can also rip the chapter you want.

All encoders/decoders are built in.

Support photo capturing from DVD movie and save as jpeg, bmp.

Very easy to use that you can finish DVD conversion with just a few clicks on Mac OS X.

Support multi-language.

Free e-mail technical support, provide the best and quick service for you.

dvd ripper for mac can dvd to MP4 for mac, dvd to AVI for mac, dvd to M4V for mac, dvd to MOV for mac, dvd to 3GP for mac, dvd to MPG for mac, dvd to FLV for mac, dvd to MP3 for mac, dvd to M4A for mac, dvd to AAC for mac, dvd to WAV for mac, dvd to OGG for mac, dvd to APE for mac.

Free download have a try Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac

Flv convreter for mac ( http://www.dvd-video-mac.com/flv-converter-mac.html ) is designed for mac user who want to convert FLV to AVI, FLV to MP4, FLV to MPEG,flv to 3GP,FLV to M4A,FLV to MP3,FLV to XviD,FLV to MPG,FLV to MOV, FLV to ASF,etc for iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Archos, Sandisk, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.Besides this,

In addition,the advanced editing funcation of FLV Converter for mac provide you set video brightness, contrast, saturation, select DVD subtitle and audio track, trim DVD and video,preview your movies in real-time
merge multiple files into one file and so on.

Support various formats:

FLV, AVI, XviD, MPEG, MPG, DAT, MOV, ASF, FLV, MP3, AC3, AAC, M4A, etc.

Support all popular players:

iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Archos, Sandisk, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.

Powerful video editing function:

Support video cropping, trimming, merging and effect adjustment. You can customize the brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.

Easy to use

You can finish your converter and edit just a few clicks

FLV converter for mac support FLV to AVI, FLV to MP4, FLV to MPEG, flv to 3GP, FLV to M4A, FLV to MP3, FLV to XviD, FLV to MPG, FLV to MOV, FLV to ASF,etc.compatable with FLV to iPod, FLV to Zune, FLV to iPhone, FLV to Apple TV, FLV to PSP, FLV to PS3, FLV to Xbox 360, FLV to Archos, FLV to Sandisk, FLV to iRiver, FLV to Creative Zen, FLV to Archos, FLV to MP4/MP3 Player, FLV to Mobile Phone,etc.


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Feel frustrated when you are trying to copy your favorites DVDs to hard disk on your PC? All genuine DVDs are encrypted with Content Scrambling System or simply called CSS protection. Want to enjoy the movie in a more free way? I would like to share a helpful and powerful freeware with you, DVD Shrink. If you want not only the DVD video back up, but also have the need to convert the DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, 3GP etc, you also need a video converter.

DVD Shrink is a freeware DVD transcoder for Microsoft Windows which facilitates decrypting and backing up DVD movies, and can automatically re-compress video, to as little as 39% of its original size, depending on the aspect ratio of the original DVD (with a corresponding loss in quality) to allow it to fit on a standard DVD±R (W), a Dual-Layer DVD+R, or any user-defined custom size.
Featuring a decryption algorithm, DVD Shrink is able to remove the CSS copy protection, User operation prohibition, and also allows the copy to be either made region-free or set for any region code.
Here is a simple guide about how to use this versatile, smart yet particle DVD Shrink.

Step 1 Importing DVD movies.
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Click on the button of “Open Disk”, a list of all available DVD drives on your computer will be shown. Select the one containing the movie.

If you have already ripped the DVD in file mode (thus you have a collection of .IFO, .BUP and .VOB files on your HD) press the Open Files button to browse and select the folder where your VIDEO_TS directory resides.

Once you've selected the source disc, or IFO file, DVD Shrink will perform a quick analyzing pass over all the video items.
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This bar indicates the size of your project. If it contains a red part, your project is too large and won't fit onto a DVD±R disc. By default, DVD Shrink automatically selects a compression ratio to make your movie fit onto the allocated space.

Now you are able to see how the DVD video consists of, generally, there are three main categories, Menus, Main Movie and Extras.
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On the right column, you are able to choose video compression, audio track and subpicture. Or you can right click the preview window to choose an audio track.
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After you have finished all the settings, you can choose to decrypt and backup the videos. In this way, you can make a functionally identical backup copy without changes with this “Full Disk” mode. You can also choose the mode of “re-author” to choose specifically which DVD elements such as Main Title, audio tracks and subtitles, and Special Features to retain on the "shrunken" DVD.

After you have got the backup DVD, you are free to copy the DVD or convert the DVD to video that you can play on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune or Creative Zen player etc. And to achieve so, you need a video converter to convert the decrypted and shrunken DVD to videos. You can try [URL=http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/]Pavtube Video Converter[/URL]. It is easy to use and it converts fast, what’s more, it allows users to crop, trim and even do effect settings. Besides,Pavtube video converter is 50% discounted and you can buy Pavtube video converter only for no more than $15.

You may think this is a little bit of complicated, and you can try all in one DVD Ripper, take [URL=http://www.pavtube.com/dvd_ripper/]Pavtube DVD Ripper[/URL] for example, and you can rip the DVD to video of whatever files types you need, but the trouble is you cannot back the DVD videos, and thus you are not able to copy the DVD to another disk. By the way, Pavtube has just launched a discount this week and all Pavtube Products are 50% discounted, Pavtube DVD Ripper is of no exception, meaning that you can buy a DVD Ripper just with no more than $18.

So, to sum up, you need to choose software according to what you need and what you want exactly.

DVD is short for Digital versatile disk and was initially intended to substitute for VHS tapes, since it is inconvenient to carry it about people. And it quickly came up as portable data storage device just as expected. As DVD is more and more popular, DVD ripper extends its market and plays more and more important role in our daily life.

So below are some common problems about a DVD Ripper and how to solve the problems in an appropriate way. I just would like to list Pavtube DVD Ripper(For Windows) for instance.

1. Do I have to install codec for conversion?
You do not have to install codec, as the ripper has been bundled with the decoders and encoders to support the conversion. However, if you want to play specific format on your computer, you shall install the related player to play it.

2. I converted DVD to XVID Video (*.avi). There is only sound when playing in Windows Media Player, no image.
Please make sure you have installed XviD codec on your computer. It is free for you to download and install the XviD codec. Then, you can watch XviD video with Window Media Player.

3. Among the formats in the ripper, which is the better encoder to keep video quality?
To keep the video quality without compression, it is recommended that you use the profile "Lossless uncompressed avi". Generally, formats like WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG has been highly compressed, and some of the frames will be lost during the compression. AVI is the less compressed format. With the same settings as other formats, the AVI files will keep more data and perform completely as the original files.

4. How to speed up the conversion?
You can click on the "Settings" button, and then choose a lower video bit rate, a lower frame rate, a smaller dimension for the video size, such as 320x240, 176x144, etc. However, the settings will influence the output quality. Please choose the most convenient settings for your conversion.

5. An error message pops up, about AVW object for encoding.
This error occurs when the output folder can not be written with data any more. Please check the properties of the output folder, and the disk space of the driver, which the output folder locates. Alternatively, you can choose another folder for the output files.

6. I get the error message: The DVD cannot be imported or the IFO file cannot be imported.
Please make sure the following points:
1. The IFO file is in the same folder with the VOB file.
2. The names of the files follow the DVD naming convention. The folder should be VIDEO_TS. There is VIDEO_TS.IFO, VTS_01_0.IFO, VTS_01_1.IFO, VTS_01_0.VOB, VTS_01.0.DUP, etc.
3. The IFO file or the VOB file has not been destroyed. To test this, you can try if the video can play on DVD player.

7. I want to change the settings for the file to play on my iPod, what kinds of parameters can I change?
Select the file you want to convert, and click on the "Settings" button. Choose the profile for iPod, and then you can change the video codec, video bit rate, video size, frame rate, audio bit rate, and sample rate according to the iPod supported video formats. The following is the settings for the fifth generation iPod:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
If you want to get the audio file, you can choose AAC, MP3, and WAV as iPod music with sample rate from 16 Kbps to 320 Kbps.

convert flv to AVI, MPEG, MOV on Mac :

Step1. Install and run Aimersoft flv Converter for Mac(http://www.flv-to-video.com/aimersoft-converter-for-mac), click the “Add” button to import your flvs. This flv Converter for Mac support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time.



Step2. This software can convert flv to various flv formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc. Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.



If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you can set resolution, frame rate, flv bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc. Since Aimersoft flv Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, you can use different profiles for the added flv files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the default settings will just work perfectly.



After all you finish the above steps, click “Start” to begin the conversion.

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trim, crop, join and edit flv

If you want to cut the black edges off your flv, you can click the “Crop” button to open the crop panel. There is a frame in dashed line around the movie flv; you can drag it to cut off the sides you don’t want. You can also type in values in the four Crop value boxes to crop your flv more accurately.


If you want to join several flv files into one single file, on the main interface, tick the check box “Merge into one file”, and you will only get one output file instead of multiple files.



This flv converter provides rich flv editing functions, you can click the “Effect” button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast; volume, etc on the Effect panel. You can even apply special effects such as “Emboss”, “Negative”, “Old film” and “Gray” by selecting a special effect from its drop-down list. If you want to remove the original audio, you can convert your flv with 0% volume.



Download YouTube FLV to iPod, iPhone, Zune and cell phone on Mac?

FLV files downloaded from YouTube are streaming FLV. You have to convert them to MP4 or WMV for transferring them to your iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune or cell phones. If you don’t know how to download YouTube FLV to your MAC computer on Mac OS X, you can refer to this guide:

http://www.flv-to-video.com/flv-solutions-for-mac

After you download YouTube FLV to your MAC computer, convert them with FLV Converter for Mac and use iTunes or Zune software to transfer the converted FLV to iPod, PSP, Zune and cell phone. See the detailed information here:

http://www.flv-to-video.com/convert-flv-to-ipod-on-mac-os

Convert FLV to MP3 and WMA on Mac

If you want to convert FLV to MP3 or WMA for your portable player such as iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Creative Zen, Zune, cell phone and so on, this software can extract audio tracks from your FLV to MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, AAC, and M4A etc. supported by these players. After you load your FLV files, in the main interface, select MP3 as the output format, and then start conversion. If you want better music quality, you can select a higher audio bit rate and sample rate in the Settings panel. See more Mac solutions by visiting the following URL:

http://www.flv-to-video.com/mac-video-converter-player

After the conversion, drag the converted audio files to iTunes library, connect your iPod Nano or iPod shuffle to your MAC computer, click iTunes “File -> Sync iPod”, and click OK. If you don’t have iTunes, you can download it for free from Apple’s official site:

http://www.apple.com/itunes

For PSP, just copy the files to the “Music” folder on your memory stick.

For Zune, just drag and drop the files to your Zune software, and click “start sync”.