iriver (formerly iRiver) is a brand and division of ReignCom, manufacturer of digital audio players and other portable products. A lot of people choose iriver as their MP3 player to kill time when they are free. iriver provide its user an important function is to play videos. Some people know how to put dvds and videos on it, some not. In the following text, I will show everyone who has an iriver and want to enjoy videos on their players.

Before reading the guide, I need iriver users to know a few general parameters.

File Extension: AVI

Video Format: Compatible with MPEG 4 SP(Simple Profile)

Resolution: QVGA(320x240) or less / 15 Frames per second or less / 384 Kbps or less

Audio: MP3 128kbps, 44.1KHz CBR

Now I will explain how to put dvds and videos on iriver.

I divide this article into two parts:

1.       How to put dvd on iriver

2.       How to put video on iriver

To complete this process, I need a tool called 4Videosoft DVD to iRiver Suite

Part 1:   How to put dvd on iRiver

Step 0: Download and install 4Videosoft    DVD to iRiver Converter

Step 1: Import DVD.

Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.

Step 2: Video settings.

Select the output video format you want from the “Profile” drop-down list.

Step 3:  Place video

Click “Open Folder” button to open your output destination file.

Step 4: Start conversion

Click the “Start” button to start your conversion and in a short while it will be finished.

Part 2: How to put video on iRiver

Step 0ownload and install 4Videosoft [b] iRiver Video Converter

When you finished the download process, run the .exe file to install it.

Step 1:   Click “Add files” button to import videos.

Step 2: Extend the "Profile" category to select an output format.

Step 3: Click “Open Folder” button to open your output destination file.

Step 4: Click the “Start” to convert.

Tips----- Basic functions for all the 4videosof:

1. How to change your video effect

If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume”.

2: How to crop off the black edges and adjust the size of video play region

By using the "Crop" function you can crop off the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust the video play region to fit for your mobile devices

3: How to split your video

The "Trim" function also servers as a video splitter for you to get any time-length video episode. You can set the "Start Time" and "End Time" to set the exact time-length of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the position you want.

4: How to join the videos

If you would like to put several files into one output file, please tick the check box of the “Merge into one file”.

5: How to save your favorite picture

If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the "Snapshot" option. Just click the "Snapshot" button, the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.

Enjoy video on iPod, iPhone, Archos, Sansa, PSP, Walkman, Palm

Enjoy YouTube video, camera video and other video files on iPod, iPhone, Archos, Sansa, PSP, Walkman, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, Palm, Cell Phone such as Nokia, Sony XPERIA, Google Phone, BlackBerry and other portable players.

4Videosoft Video Converter Platinum is the most advanced video converter which can convert between any video formats including MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, VOB, MP4, M4V, RM, RMVB, WMV, etc and extract audio from these video.

Key Functions:

1. Support the mutual conversion between all the popular video and audio formats

4Videosoft Video Converter Platinum supports all the video and audio formats. Then it can convert them into any other formats.

2. Extract audio from video

Convert video to only the audio for your listening.

3. Video Splitter

4Videosoft Video Converter Platinum has the trim function. It means that you can get any time-length video clips from your video sources.

4. Video Cropper

Adjust the size of video play region and the output aspect ratio to get the perfect playing effect.

5. Video Joiner

Merge your selected video sources into one file after conversion for you to enjoy successively.

6. Take Snapshot

Capture your favorite pictures when you preview. It can be saved in the default folder automatically.

By the way, if you want put DVD on your portable player, 4Videosoft DVD Ripper Platinum is a nice choice. It can Rip DVD to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, 3GP, MP3, WMA etc for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune, BlackBerry etc

If you have other portable players, you can try MP4 Video Converter. It can convert all the mainstream video and audio formats MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, VOB, RM, RMVB, WMV, MOD, TOD, MP2, AAC, AC3, WAV to MP4, AVI, MP3, which is playable on all the MP4 MP3 players, such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Creative Zen, iRiver PMP, Archos, PS3, Xbox.

iPod Mate
1. Rip DVD to iPod video/audio
2. Convert all popular videos to iPod MP4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC(.mp4), MOV video
3. Manage iPod to iPod, iPod to PC, PC to iPod
4. Make iPhone M4R ringtone from any video/audio resources

Sansa Video Converter
Sansa Video Converter is the professional video converter for Sansa players. It can convert all the video to MP4 video and MP3, OGG, WMA audio formats that are all accepted by all the Sansa devices including Sansa Fuze, Sansa Clip, Sansa View, Sansa slotMusic Player. This Sansa Video Converter is also available to to convert video for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Xbox, Sony Walkman, etc.

Walkman Video Converter
Walkman Video Converter is the professional Sony Walkman Converter designed to convert all video to MP4, MP4 AVC(.mp4)video and MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA audio for all the Sony Walkman players like Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, Walkman Bean, Walkman Buzz, Walkman Fitness, Sony XPERIA, even PSP, PS3, etc.