Archiwum z Luty 2010

How to rip DVD movie to video

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

If you want to watch DVD movies on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, etc or convert DVD to video formats such as AVI, 3GP, WMV, MP4, this tutorial may help you out.

The software you need is Clone2Go DVD Ripper. Free download

Unlike other DVD rippers, Clone2Go DVD Ripper combines the following features into one single program:

1. Rip DVD to video/audio
2. Convert video to video/audio
3. Download YouTube/Google video

However, in the following guide, I’d like to focus on the first feature: rip DVD to video/audio format using Clone2Go DVD Ripper. Let’s take a look at how it performs:

1. Click the “Open DVD” button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click “File -> Open DVD…” to import the DVD movie. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD chapters/titles showing in the program.

2. Extend the “Profile” category to select an output format. For example, if you want to watch DVD on your iPod Touch, you can choose “iPod touch MPEG-4″ as the output format.

3. Click the “Start Encode” button to start to convert DVD movie to AVI, WMV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, SWF, MPG, MOV video file or for your mobile player.

The steps are quite simple, however, there are several tips we can take a look at while using this DVD ripper to rip DVD to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, AVI, 3GP, WMV, MP4, etc.

Tip 1. Merge all DVD chapters/titles into one file

Click the “Options” button on the main interface. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to “DVD” and tick “Do not separate a DVD video disc as titles”. You will get a whole DVD movie rather than separate files.

Tip 2. Customize profile for the output

If you want to customize the output video, you can click the “Video Options” and “Audio Options” buttons below the “Profile” category. There you can set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, video codec, etc.

Tip 3. Specify the output folder

Click the “Options” button on the main interface. In the “General” tab, you can specify the folder for the output file. For your convenience, the output file is easily available by clicking the “Folder” botton in the main interface after the encoding process.

Tip 4. Trim the DVD

If you don’t need the whole DVD movie, you can use the “Trim” function to get the exact clip from the movie.

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Costa Rica: Sick of Home 1- Lonely Planet Travel Video

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010


In this episode of ‘Sick of Home’, Derek and Paul head to Costa Rica where they get to sleep in the trees near Santa Clara, dodge small animals in the road, jump from a helicopter, learn to surf in Nosara, get tossed from a river raft, and Derek tries on a bikini!? Produced by sickofhome for Lonelyplanet.tv

Tum Se hi – Jab We Met (Original DVD quality)

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010


Tum Se hi – Jab We Met (Original DVD quality)

Mirabella V on Travel Channel

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010


Mirabella V on the Travel Channel, March 2007

Latest Books Auctions

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

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How to convert DVD to FLV, SWF?

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

From:   http://www.flash-on-tv.com/article/dvd-to-flash-guide.html

Do you want to share your DVD movie clips in YouTube or your blog? If yes, what is the suitable video format? Any way the video clips must be in high quality and smaller size.

 

As far as we know, flash FLV or flash SWF is the best choice. Flash files usually have small sizes and high video quality. So more and more web clubs use flash FLV to distribute their videos, such as YouTube, Metacafe, Google Video, Yahoo Video, etc.

 

How to create a customizable flash from DVDs ?  Can we select flash player templates, flash skin, insert promotion link, create opening movie or ending movie, etc.? After the trials of several DVD to FLV converters,Wondershare DVD to Flash Converter is one of the high quality converters in DVD to FLV.

Free download DVD to Flash Converter now!

The following is a step-by-step guide to convert DVD to FLV with Wondershare DVD to Flash Converter.

 

Step1  Import DVD Movie

 

Click ” Browse” button and select the DVD movie from your DVD ROM or your hard drive.

 

Step 2  Edit Video

 

After loading your movie, you can set the video brightness, crop video, and capture movie pictures.

Note: Usually, a DVD movie only has one major title, and the above settings can only be done to one title/chapter at a time. If you want to edit another title/chapter, you need to go back to the previous step.

 

Step 3 Encoder Settings

 

You can set video and audio encoding settings, most of which are pretty easy to understand except for the Key Frame option. The most useful feature of a key frame is that when you drag the progress slider of the final Flash file, it will be positioned at each pre-set key frame. You can choose to use the default (automatic) key frame option or set the count of frames between every two key frames.

Step 4 Customize your Flash Template
DVD to Flash Converter lets you choose player templates, flash skins, insert promotion link, create opening movie or ending movie, etc.

Select Player Templates

 

If you choose to use a player template, you can just click on the player template name in the Player Template list. Then you can:
A. Choose to embed video in SWF, this DVD to FLV converter will only create one SWF file.
B. Link External FLV, this DVD to FLV converter will create two files: one is FLV file , the other is a SWF file.

You can directly double click the FLV to play the movie if you have an FLV player. Otherwise, you can double click the SWF file, and the FLV will be called by your Flash player to play the movie. If you want to move the two files, you need to make sure they are in the same folder.
C. Set the playback options. The available options are Auto Play, Auto Rewind, and Repeat as you can see from the above figure. If you click the Advanced button, you can even set to open URLs from the final Flash file on mouse click and after playback.

Choose a flash skin

 

After choosen a general template, you can also add background music, select play mode, choose control bar, even set opening and ending movies.

 

Step 5 Publish Flash Videos

 

 

You can publish your DVD movies in four ways: FLV, SWF (a single SWF file or an SWF file along with an HTML file), Screensaver or exe file as shown in the above figure. If you have a website, you can fill in the FTP Upload information in the FTP Upload pane, and the movie will be directly uploaded to your FTP after conversion.

Wondershare DVD to Flash Converter is a professional DVD to FLV converter. Following this five steps, you can convert all your favorite DVD to FLV, SWF. Then uploading to YouTube, Metacafe or your blog to share with your friends.

 

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Online Travel Business Opportunities

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

Think about it for a minute.  Are there really Online Travel Business Opportunities?  Well, the answer is yes, absolutely.  The hardest question to answer for most people is who, what, where and why ? 

These are exactly the same questions we had here, and so we decided to search out the answers.  We looked at numerous online travel business opportunities.  Some were not opportunities at all, some were over exaggerated opportunities, and one stood out above the rest.  The criteria we used on reviewing online travel business opportunities were simple. We wanted a company with a proven track record, a real future, an easy to use system, extensive connections in the travel industry, a strong management team, and very importantly a company we could make money with and grow with.  As travelers we wanted to be able to book our own travel and earn a commission.  Basically we wanted to get paid to cruise and travel.  But we also wanted to be able to grow our online travel business and keep traveling.  We also wanted to present the opportunity to others as we traveled.  Sounds impossible, but it is not.  It is being done right now.

Ok , so who is the company.  The company that we feel is the best online travel business is YTB   Online Travel. 

What is YTB Online Travel?   YTB Online Travel Business brings you the perfect opportunity to transform your life through combining the fun of travel with the speed of the Internet, multiplied by the power of referral marketing to provide you with the ultimate home-based business solution. YTB Online Travel Business is taking the industry by storm!!  By combining an advantage-rich, home-based business (built around the Internet) with an extremely lucrative (and copyrighted) compensation plan, YTB Online Travel Business has become “The Choice” for thousands of opportunity seekers. In today’s marketplace, myriads of companies seek your time and attention, each claiming that their opportunity is the best.  By combining the powerful information handling capability of the Internet with the world’s most dynamic product (TRAVEL) and the personal touch of independent, home-based business people, YTB Online Travel Business has joined these three trends together in a flawless combination. The Internet is opening the doors to the riches of travel as never before. By utilizing the YTB Online Travel Business simple strategies and proven techniques you will learn how to leverage your time to generate a residual income 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  YTB Online Travel Business leaders work with you from the very beginning to set up and promote  your online travel business.  They  are experts in online marketing.  They teach you the secrets to success.  

Where is YTB Online Travel?  YourTravelBiz.com (YTB), is a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded YTB International Inc., and located in Wood River, IL.  Each YTB Online Travel Business has their own travelsite, maintained and updated for them by YTB.  Reps work from home, everything is completely internet based.  It’s better and easier than “plug and play” hardware.  No computer geeks here and we did it with no problems.  Setup takes only a few minutes.  And YTB Online Travel Business experts do this for you.  YTB International Inc is celebrating their 7th. year in business.  Subsidiary YTB Travel Network is the fastest growing travel company in America and are building for the long run. 

Why YTB Online Travel?  YTB is a top 35 US travel seller, and based on current rate of growth is set to sell $1 BILLION of travel in 2008.  YTB has proven their stability and paid out several million dollar bonuses to its top Directors, which may set a network marketing industry record.  YTB Online Travel Business has grown impressively over the years.    The company is 7 years old and has just entered exponential growth. They’ve grown from 3,209  reps in 2003 to 8,348 reps in 2004, 21,399 reps in 2005, 60,063 reps in 2006 and 132,700 plus reps in 2007.  At present they are well over 140,000 reps. 

YTBI has five times more retail customers the RTAs purchasing their travel.  This is one of the highest customer to RTA ratios in the direct sales industry.  This fact alone makes it hard for anyone or any authority to not recognize the YTB Online Travel Business as a legitimate retailer of travel no matter how the network marketer model is structured.

YTB Online Travel Business is in its seventh year  and the majority of all RTA’s that have ever been with YTB are still active.  That is, every RTA including all six previous years according to YTB Online Travel Business.  That is a phenomenal record in direct sales. 

Although you can start earning fast in the YTB Online Travel Business and earn bonuses up to a million dollars as many Directors have, over and above the commission structure, YTB Online Travel Business wants to be known as the large, long term residual company.  It already has more than 100 Reps earning six figures annually with many earning $50,000.00 a month or more.    In fact, six are earning six figures a month.  That’s right, per month, not just in a year. Of course the phenomenal RTA retention rate contributes to the ease of creating a large, long term residential income.  The above incomes are extra ordinary and being made by a small number of established Directors of YTB Online Travel Businesses and are not indicative or guaranteed as to what you will make.  However the YTB Online Travel Business is still a great opportunity for anyone who likes to travel,  wants to get paid to cruise and travel, wants to earn additional income (YTB has a program that guarantees $6,000.00 first year income)  from an internet home based business, and would like to share this opportunity with others. 

In the nearly ten years that we have been researching MLM or network marketing we have never found any company willing to guarantee “BOTH” the first year profitability and the residual income derived from ones efforts.

In fact, much to the industries detriment, companies all too often made outrageous income and life style claims to lure the unsuspecting into programs where true success was all but impossible except for a select few. These few would be paraded across the stage, given huge bonus checks to perpetuate the dream, or more aptly put, the myth of a success full home based business.

The blame was always assigned to the individual. The most egregious of companies were closed and or failed but the industry as a whole supported, promoted, and taught the flawed approach of “through enough against the wall and some will stick” or “if they fog a mirror sponsor them”. With very few exceptions the industry has never focused on insuring success with a valid business plan nor have they promoted retention by guarantying that the average person would have a chance to leverage their success through duplication.

Sadly, until now, most companies actions showed they cared little for the individual once their application fee had cleared.

Well, we’ve succeeded in making a short story long. We’ve made our point. This is the first instance we’ve found where a company has addressed the above mentioned problems. In our estimation they’ve found a solution. Their product, “travel”, may not be a uniquely differentiated but it can be marketed to every single niche market without exception.

The company is 7 years old and has just entered exponential growth. They’ve grown from 3209  reps in 2003 to 8348 reps in 2004, 21399 reps in 2005, 60063 reps in 2006 and 132700 plus reps in 2007. 

Simply put, this is the easiest opportunity we have ever found to market. One that we can finally say, with full confidence, that any person joining can make a profit without any reservations.

YTB Online Travel Business looks at every RTA who joins the travel company as a group waiting to happen.  Each RTA is a center of influence and brings a warm market to YTB.  The company has an infrastructure in place to help them with family reunions, church groups, fundraising trips, etc.  Over 60 percent of YTB’s cruise business are groups and YTB Travel is working on tools to help its RTA’s with land group sales also.    

For more information on the YTB Online Travel Business Opportunity go to 

www.travelveracity.biz         

 

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An edge tool to convert DVD to FLV

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

From:   http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/05582469248728323882/an-edge-tool-to-convert-dvd-to-flv.html

This article will recommend an outstanding DVD to FLV converter which is an ideal solution to convert DVD to FLV.Today I write this article just because more and more net-friends I met have hundreds of DVD videos and wanna sharing them on the internet, this is a significative thing but many of them are puzzled which DVD to FLV converter is better because there are good and evil thing mixed up if you google “DVD to FLV converter”…

 

After my iterative compare, i finally found the edge tool to convert DVD to FLV—Wondershare DVD to Flash converter.Free download Today!

Key-Function of the Wondershare DVD to flash converter

1. Convert DVD to FLV by choosing chapter or segment freely,this function is useful when you select the wonderful part of ur DVD files to publish;
2.Customizable output effects & unique flash templates assist you to custom flash video by youself;
3.Fast conversion speed with high processing stability;
4.Support watermark and upload the output flash directly to FTP.

How to convert DVD to FLV just 3 clicks

Step1. Click ” Browse” button and select the DVD files from your DVD ROM or your hard drive.

 

Step2.DVD presetting, including choose the target DVD segment, adjust video effects…

 

Step3.set the output format FLV and click button “start”.you will get FLV files in minutes.

 

Final words, wondershare DVD to Flash Converter is a professional DVD to FLV converter. Following this three steps, you can convert all your favorite DVD to FLV. Then uploading to YouTube, metacafe or your blog to share with your friends.

 

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Become a Travel Agent – Why the Timing is Right

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010

The travel industry is a seven trillion dollar industry expected to double to fourteen trillion dollars within the next decade. This lucrative industry is currently growing 23% faster than the global economy.

A key factor in this growth phenomenon is the steady stream of baby boomers who are retiring, or getting ready to retire. In fact, baby boomers are retiring at a rate of one every eight seconds. Travel was rated the number one thing these baby boomers intend to do when they do retire.

There is now an increased demand for qualified travel agents, due to the explosive growth of the industry as a whole. To become a certified travel agent, your options are not limited to the traditional brick and mortar setting.

Many reputable travel agencies are now offering attractive options for the individual looking for a legitimate home based business.

If your goal is to work as an independent travel agent from the comfort of your own home, you may want to consider working as an online travel agent.

Here are some companies that you can research, that offer excellent income opportunities and complete training. Please note, that many travel companies that actively recruit agents to work from home, will hire their agents as employees.

There are also travel companies that recruit independent agents. This option will offer the agent the freedom of being self-employed, and the ability to set their own hours.

To take advantage of this option, be aware that there will be an investment required. The ability to make money will be solely at the discretion of the agent who chooses to invest in this business model.

On a positive note, many agents who have invested in this business model are making a very nice income, so be sure to research this option before ruling it out.

Travel companies that currently offer the independent agent business model include TraVerus Travel Network, Global Resorts Network, and Your Travel Business, also known as YTB.

Make sure to do your due diligence! Be sure to research each company carefully, and make it a priority to fully understand the compensation plan. You will also need to know what training is available, and whether the company will offer you the opportunity to become certified.

Don’t be afraid to ask important questions, such as whether the company has IATA(International Air Transport Association), IATAN (International Airlines Travel Agent Network), and CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) Credentials. This is important information to know, especially if you intend to take advantage of the travel perks and benefits available to those in the travel industry.

Here are some questions to ask – What is the initial investment, if any? Are there any additional costs or fees associated with obtaining licensing, or becoming certified? And finally, if you are considering a work at home position, what kind of support and training is offered?

Next, determine whether you a right fit for the travel industry. Lets break down the qualifications that will determine whether you are suited for this challenging, but rewarding career.

Travel agents should have a minimum of a high school diploma. Agents should have a true love for travel,as well as a sincere enthusiasm and love for working with people, because these traits are crucial elements for success in this industry.

Travel agents should also possess excellent multi-tasking and organization skills. Attention to detail and accuracy are very important, along with great communication skills. In addition, good computer skills will be needed.

Travel agents should possess a professional, courteous demeanor when working with suppliers, and the general public. Sales ability and great interpersonal skills are an added plus.

The benefits of becoming a travel agent are many. I have listed the top three.

Travel agents save up to 80% on travel to many of the worlds exclusive resorts and destinations. These discounts include, but are not limited to:

a. Complimentary upgrades
b. Hotel room upgrades and discounts
c. Car rental discounts and upgrades
d. Cruises
e. Theme park discounts
f. Vacation Packages

FAM trips, also known as familiarization trips. Suppliers will offer access to their facilities at substantial discounts so that travel agents will have first hand knowledge of their facilities. The travel agent will then be able to make recommendations and book travel for their clients based on their personal knowledge and first hand experience.

The supplier will roll out the red carpet for the travel agent to ensure the travel professional has an outstanding time.

There are also tax benefits for individuals who chose to do this profession as an independent travel agent. You should consult with your CPA or tax professional for more information regarding this benefit.

So, how do I become a travel agent? In summary, becoming a travel agent can be a lucrative and rewarding career. Should you decide that you possess the skills and abilities needed for success, you can look forward to a promising career.

In addition to the companies named in this article, you can do further research online at Google or Yahoo using the following keywords – become a travel agent, how do I become a travel agent, travel agent careers, or online travel agent.

Learn more about travel agent careers Alecia Barnes is a successful Internet Entrepreneur and Network Marketing Professional who assists other MLM and Network Marketing professionals to build their home based businesses on and off line. Free Tips and Strategies For Online Success Traverus Travel Information

How Books Get Into Our Brains

niedziela, 28 Luty 2010


Herein Liz responds to claims that, by reminding oneself that the story one is reading is fictional, it is possible to read a novel without being affected by its portrayal of the way things work. She counters that humans have evolved in such a way that no matter how much we consciously assure ourselves that stories don’t reflect reality, subconsciously we still can’t help but incorporate them into our mental models of reality. Also, she discusses the underlying psychology behind You Tube comments. (Response to “Twilight: To Read, or Not To Read”) NOTE: I’m very excited about the discussion that this video has sparked. So many of you have such excellent points to make on all sides of the issue. I encourage continued discussion in the comments, and/or if you want to get into even more in-depth conversation, we’ve now got a forum on this subject at the sistersalad ning: sistersalad.ning.com Check it out!