Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day on the third Saturday of May. It is a day to honor Americans in uniform who served their country in times of war and peace. Many events take places on this day. CloneDVD launched its Armed Forces Day Deal to show their respect to those who fight for peace.

How to Use the Coupon Code?

• 1. Get the coupon code AVIOCODE from the promtion page.
• 2. Go to the homepage, choose the desired product from “All Products”.
• 3. Click “Buy Now”, you will enter the “Buy” page.
• 3.1 Checkout with Swreg. Enter the coupon code and update cart.

• 3.2 Checkout with Avangate. Check “I have a discount coupon”, enter the code in the box and refesh.

• 4. Finish other information and submit order.

That’s all for the detailed instructions. Enjoy your shopping!

Though adding a DVD burner is not expensive or difficult, DVD burners are usually pre-installed in a notebook or computer. A DVD burner is an internal optical device used to encode or burn information to a blank DVD. You DVD drive run abnormally due to the physical problem with the DVD burner, then you need to fix the DVD burner.

Fix DVD Burner

• 1. Power off the computer and remove all the connection cables from the PC case. Get a screw driver to remove screws from the case and remove the side panel to open the tower.
• 2. Remove the interface and power cable of the burner. Check the connectors to see if there is physical damage. Clean the dust by a canned air. Reinstall the cables, case, etc.
• 3. Use a lens cleaning disk to clean the lens.
• 4. Try to play several different types of DVDs, like movie DVD, data DVD, to see whether the drive can play them normally.
• 5. Try to burn a DVD using the DVD burning software to see if it has been fixed, and use different burning software to see if there is an issue with the compatibility. If it still has problem to burn a disc, the laser calibration may be set incorrectly or the laser lens may be damaged. Then you need to replace it.

Note: The drive’s physical connections may have been loose or there may be dirt on the lens. Try to tighten those connections or clean the lens before contact the manufacturer.

The subject of region coding on DVD has suffered controversy. It is done to stop piracy, but it limits people’s enjoyment on DVDs. A region-locked DVD means it can only play in selected regions of the world. For example, a DVD produced in Canada (Region 1) will not play on equipment manufactured in England (Region 2).

Sony’s PS3 is coded in the same way as a regular DVD player. It only play DVDs produced in the same region as the PS3 itself. How to play a different region’s DVD on PS3? Well, there is an easy way to make PS3 DVD region free. Just follow the guide as below.

Make PS3 DVD Region Free

• 1. Take the DVD from another region that you want to play on PS3, put it into your computer’s DVD drive.
• 2. Launch your DVD copy software you have installed in your computer. Example would be CloneDVD, or anything that can make a copy of your DVD.
• 3. Use the DVD copy software to make a copy of the DVD. CloneDVD can make direct copies of commercial DVDs, so they’ll work perfectly on any playback equipments. Creating a copy will remove any region coding on the DVD and effectively make it “Region 0,” or “all-region.” As long as you own the DVD you have copied, you can do whatever you want except distributing them in public. See the guide on how to make a copy of a DVD.
• 4. Put the DVD copy into the PS3 disc tray. It will start to play.

See? It is very easy to make PS3 DVD region free. Regardless of the place where the disc is produced, the copies you made will work well for this purpose as the original ones.

Want to rip your DVD movies to video or audio files in Windows Vista? DVD contains files playable on DVD players but not computers. Once you explored a DVD on your computer, you will see a VIDEO_TS and an AUDIO_TS folder which is included in most DVDs.

The AUDIO_TS folder is empty and the VIDEO_TS contains VOB, IFO, and BUP files. The .vob files are actually the .mpeg or video files and only these files contain video. If you don’t have a DVD player installed on your Windows Vista computer, you can’t play the .vob files.

Trick to Play VOB Files

There is a trick to play .vob files. Each file has an extension. We can not use a file if there is no corresponding software installed in our computer. Sometimes, if we change the file extension to another one, maybe it can be opened.

Change File Extension

• 1. Copy the .vob files to a folder on your hard drive.
• 2. Change the file extension to .mpg. Note: Don’t change the file name, just change the extension.
• 3. Play it with a media player.

This can’t guarantee the successful working of the .vob files, it depends the codec you have installed in your computer. But in most cases, it works.

Solution to Solve the Problem

If the above trick doesn’t work, there is another solution which can solve the problem – rip DVD in Windows Vista. Using a DVD ripping tool, convert DVD to AVI, MP4, etc, these more compatible formats.

Rip DVD in Windows Vista

• 1. Download a DVD ripping program, install it on Windows Vista.
• 2. Load the DVD. Launch the program and insert the DVD into DVD drive.
• 3. Output settings. Choose copy as “Movie File”, “Common Video – > AVI”. Select a folder to save output videos.
• 4. Choose a copy mode.
• 5. Start to rip DVD in Windows Vista.

That’s all for ripping DVD. If you are interested in this DVD ripping software, please visit: CloneDVD.

Are you interested in programs that help you convert and rip DVDs to your portable devices, or make some copies to play in different DVD players? If you have kids, you certainly own some family friendly or kid’s movies. And those DVDs usually are destroyed due to various things like spilling juice, scratches, etc.

So, DVD backup is essential. Backup every DVD and keep them away from the kids’ reach. If there is a car DVD system, you won’t like to play the original DVDs in the car, then, you can make some copies and keep them in the car so that you can rotate them out for long trips.

This is why DVD copy software comes. DVD copy and ripping programs allow you to rip DVDs to AVI, 3GP or MP4 for media devices, or just backup your DVD to another DVD. There is amazing software for copying DVD – CloneDVD, which quickly and efficiently rips movies and back them up so that you can keep the original ones in good conditions.

With CloneDVD, backing up DVDs couldn’t be easier, and you can set whatever video size you want with its cropping feature when you rip the DVD movie. You can even choose the specific segments of the movie for special uses, such as clipping a 30-second segment for presentation in a blog or in a lecture.

This software for copying DVD doesn’t cost too much, only $69.95 for a lifetime use and regular updates.  Free trial is available which allows users to burn up 3 copies for free.

Piracy of movies led to the enforcement and encryption of DVD protection technology. Each DVD is encrypted with something called Content Scrambling System (CCS) and many other protections. DVD companies put software on the disc to prevent the copies of copyright materials from being shared with others. The disc itself doesn’t say in text it is protected, but it is embedded in media as a code. Only when you try to make a copy, you will know whether it is protected or not. Otherwise, you will need to use DVD encryption identification software to determine what’s on it.

Identify DVD Encryption

Search on Google and visit a website that has a free program you can use to identify the DVD copy encryption on your DVD, there is an example – BurnOut.

• 1. Download and install BurnOut for free.
• 2. Launch the program and insert the DVD that has DVD encryption you’d like to identify.
• 3. Click on the drop-down menu and select your DVD drive when it begins.
• 4. Click “Search” and wait for a few seconds. The result will load automatically under the “Protection” heading. From there you will know what kind of encryption is used on your DVD.

Break DVD Encryption

After you identify what kind of DVD encryption is used, you will want to know how to break it. To break DVD copy protection, you need a DVD copy software package to help you remove copy protection. CloneDVD has the capability to remove all copy encryptions being used on your DVD.

• 1. Download and install CloneDVD for free.
• 2. Run the program and insert the disk into DVD drive.
• 3. Finish all the settings, like output format, target, mode, audio & subtitle selection.
• 4. Start to break the encrypted protections.

Whether you select to copy the disc content to a blank one, or to movie file, ISO file onto the hard drive. The output file is free to use.

In order to keep users from copying the DVDs they have purchased, media distributors implement kinds of DVD copy protections during the producing process. This is supposed to stop piracy, but also brings inconvenience for people who want to make backup copies of their DVDs. Luckily, several programs allow DVD owners either circumvent or remove copy protections, so that they can get full control of their DVDs that they legally bought. Once the DVD copy protection is disabled, they can burn or convert their DVDs to a new format.

Decrypt Protected DVDs

To decrypt protected DVDs, DVD decrypter software is necessary. Just as the name implies, DVD decrypter is software that circumvents the disc’s CSS code by creating a mirror image of a DVD’s data. Then the following are the instructions of decrypting protected DVDs.

CloneDVD

• 1. Download CloneDVD from clonedvd.net; install it on your Windows computer.
• 2. Launch the DVD decrypter and insert your copy-protected DVD into your DVD drive.
• 3. Do all the settings (target, output format, copy mode) and start to decrypt.

CloneDVD supports to copy DVD to blank DVD, hard drive, portable devices. It carries out all the decryption activities in the background without your notice.

DVD Ghost

• 1. Download this DVD decryption software from clonedvd.net; install it on Windows.
• 2. Once you launch the program, it will minimize in System Tray, double click or right click DVD Ghost icon, you can activate the Main window or perform the desired operation.
• 3. Insert the disc into DVD drive.
• 4. Enable all the restriction-free in “Region” window.
• 5. Select a folder as the DVD target in “Copy DVD” window and start to copy.

DVD Ghost is a small region-free utility resizes in system tray and removes all protections in the background. It allows you to decrypt any DVD protection and copy your DVD content to hard drive.

Need to burn a DVD fast? DVD burning has never been easy. No more wasting time trying different DVD burning software, just download CloneDVD free trial version and take it for a spin.

Many DVD burning software are unnecessarily complicated. If you are not a technician or starting on with something that is not your idea of a good time, then, leave all the troubles behind with CloneDVD.

Free Software to Burn DVDs

CloneDVD supports to copy DVD to DVD in 1:1 ratio. It won’t waste time or system resources. It writes data from the original DVD to the target DVD in the fastest possible time. To burn a DVD, just finish all the setting (output format, target, mode), then click the big “Start” button. All things will be done in a while.

Don’t still waste money on expensive DVD burning software. Give CloneDVD a try. The free trial version allows you to freely burn up 3 copies. Download it now!

Download CloneDVD

• 1. Click “Download” button below and save the “CloneDVDSetup.exe” file on your Windows computer.
• 2. Run “CloneDVDSetup.exe” file and follow the pop-up wizard to finish the installation.
• 3. Once installed, tick “Launch CloneDVD” and click “Finish”, the Interface of this free DVD burning software will appear on your desktop.

Many people will think the protection of DVD is quite common. However, we probably overlook the fact. DVD is fragile. It can be scratched, damaged and even become unreadable. Chances are that we play a brand new DVD smoothly for the first time, and the next time when we play it, it fails to work normally. How upset to find a favorite DVD fails to work! Nobody is willing to see that. Fortunately, we can avoid the frustrating situation from the very beginning. And the following are some tips on how to protect DVD that you have to pay attention to.

Protect DVD Discs

• Tip 1. Handle the disc by the outer edge and center hole. Keep the disc away from dirt, fingerprint, liquid, smudges, etc. Use a clean fabric to clean it if it is dirty. Notice that wipe it in a straight line from the center to outer edge.
• Tip 2. Store disc upright, like books on the library shelf, of course, with its original outer cases. Don’t place it horizontally for a long time.
• Tip 3. Leave disc in its cases to avoid effects caused by environment changes. Store it in cool, dry, and dark place with temperature at 4-20℃ and humidity at 20-50%.  Don’t expose discs to sunlight or rain.
• Tip 4. Don’t write or mark the data area where laser reads. If you want to mark a disc, use a permanent marker to mark the label side.

Enhance DVD Discs

Protecting discs is very essential, while maximizing their value is of greater importance. So, you can make a further step to enhance them. Creating DVD backups is a good way to enhance their values. It is easy to backup homemade DVD but commercial DVDs are copy protected. However, we need to some copies for personal use. Thus, we have to ask help from professional DVD copy software.

Some programs only support to copy DVD to DVD. But if there is one which can rip DVD to some popular devices, say iPhone, iPad, 3GP phones, that would be awesome. We can play these movies whenever we want.

Considering these factors, I made a search on Google, and CloneDVD came to my attention. It can complete all the tasks in one package. What attracts me most is that it supports various video and even audio formats. Moreover, it offers lots of pretty good video editing functions. For instance, if you want to get a short clip from a DVD movie, just try its clipping function. (Note: Don’t use this technology for piracy.)

• Tip 5: CloneDVD offers free trial version, click here to free download to backup DVDs.

After you read this article, you sure have some certain amount of cognitions on how to protect DVD. Or, do you have better ways to enhance your DVD discs?

Many people would ask these questions:

* How do I put DVD movies on my iPod?
* What video format does an iPod support?
* How to rip DVDs to my iPod?

An iPod supports MP4 video with 320*240 resolution. You can’t directly put DVD movies on an iPod because an iPod neither has a DVD drive on nor supports MPEG-2 format. This article will show you how to put DVD on iPod using Aviosoft DVD to iPod Converter, a professional tool for iPod video.

The Goal

Take whatever DVD source you want to use and rip it to MP4 (320*240) video that is supported by an iPod.

1. Load DVD movie

Download DVD to iPod Converter, install and run it on Windows. Insert the disc into the DVD drive. The converter will auto load the disc, and display all the information including video size, video quality, audio, subtitle, titles, etc.

2. Convert DVD to iPod

2.1. Set output format.
Click to choose a resolution. Here, we choose “High Quality (320×240)”. You can also customize the video.

2.2. Choose a conversion mode.
There are 4 conversion modes available, select your desired one.

2.3. Start conversion.
Start DVD to iPod conversion by clicking the “Start” button on the right bottom corner.

Tips: If you just want to rip a chapter, just choose the “Customize” mode and uncheck other titles.

3. Put DVD on iPod

After the conversion finishes, you will get a file that is ready to be played on iPod. But do you know how to put DVD on iPod? Here is the way:

3.1. Click open after the conversion finishes.
3.2. Find the file in the destination folder and transfer it to iTunes.

Finally, you can enjoy the DVD movie on your iPod freely. If you want to learn more, please visit: DVD to iPod Converter.