Monday, September 28, 2015

How to Play Blu-ray movies with VLC on a PC/MacOS Sierra

Summary: There is a brief tips given below help you solve the problem about how to play your Blu-ray collections on VLC on PC/MacOS Sierra.

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I want to backup my Blu-ray discs then watch most of my Blu ray films on VLC Player in full screen. So how to convert my bluray movies to a file format that unlocks the aspect ration?

All we know that VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

However, VLC can’t read Blu-ray too. There I would recommend you a professional Blu-ray to VLC ripper-- Pavtube BDMagic. It is such a magic tool that can remove the copy protection and help you roll off your Blu-ray protection and rip Blu-ray to best MKV HD for playback on VLC with perfect aspect ratio. MacOS Sierra 
version is available here; well support MacOS Sierra Mavericks: Pavtube BDMagic for Mac.

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper-mac/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-76177782.html

How to Play Blu-ray movies with VLC on a PC/MacOS Sierra

Step 1. Run Best Blu-ray to VLC Converter and import disc.

Click "Load file" icon to load Blu-ray disc from ROM, or Blu-ray folder, ISO images files.



Step 2. Chooseformat.

Click”Format” drop-down list and choose “HD video> MKV HD Video (*.mkv)”; it’s the most widely used format which will be supported by your VLC Player.You can also choose other formats for other portable devices.



Step 3. Adjust video specs or change aspect ratio (Optional)

If you are not satisfied with default specs, then click “Settings” to enter Profiles Settings windows; here you can customize video frame rate, bitrate,size and other settings freely.



If you want to trim, crop, edit audio/subtitles or adjust aspect ratio, click the pencil-like icon and switch to “Crop” tab. Choose Advanced mode, lock the “Keep Ratio” and you can free change aspect ratio. (Usually it will be set to “Original”).

Step 4. Start conversion.

Clickthe big red “Convert” to start converting your Blu-rays to H.264 MKV HD. After the conversion, click “Open output folder””to quick locate converted files; now add the converted Blu-ray movie in MKV to your VLC Player for watching in PC/MacOS Sierra. Enjoy your movies with your friends and family!

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

How to NEL Editing DVD Files with Apple ProRes 422 on Windows 10/8.1/8/7

Summary: There is another choice for DVD fans to have a high quality to save or edit. This article gives you the guide to convert DVD files to Apple Prores 422

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Prores is the lossy video compression format developed by Apple Incorporation for use in post production. It can provide an unparalleled combination of multistream, real-time editing performance, impressive image quality and reduced storage rates. It supports any frame size including SD, HD, 2K, 4K and 5K at full resolution.

If you are a DVD fans, and would like to edit DVD clips or customize the profile for sharing or collecting, I would say that there is no better formats than Prores for you. In some different case, you really need a certain project with Prores format file, what should you do?

Although Apple has licensed and certifies Prores for specific software, cameras and hardware devices only on Mac OS X. For Windows users, you will need to consider the purchase of a product that helps you encode or decode Apple Prores. You could convert DVD disc PC and transfer it to your Removable HDD and NEL editing while available.

As one of the most popular video formats in professional video production and post-production, Apple Prores codec is designed by Apple for high-quality and high-performance editing in Final Cut Pro X. Does it impress you? I think you do. Okay, here is a very powerful DVD ripper-- Pavtube DVDAid Converter for you to make your thought come true. With it, you can transcode all the DVD files to Apple Prores for usage on Windows 10 and its previous version. Follow the guide steps below and convert DVD files with Apple Prores.

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/dvd_ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-DVDAid/3000-7970_4-76158510.html

How to NEL Editing DVD Files with Apple ProRes 422 on Windows 10/8.1/8/7

Step 1: Load DVD files.

Put DVD disc into DVD drive on your PC and then click "File", from its drop-down list, select "Load from disc" to import vob files to the program.



Step 2: Choose Apple Prores output file format.

The program allows you to output 4 types of Apple Prores format from "Final Cut Pro" extended options, you can select "Apple Prores 422 (*.mp4)" .



Step 3: Set output profile parameters.

Technical specifics of output video codec, size, bitrate, frame rate and audio codec, sample rate, bitrate and channels can be flexibly adjusted according to your own needs.



Step 4: Encode Apple Prores codec on Windows.

When all the setting is completed, press the right-bottom "Convert" button to start the Apple Prores encoding process in PC.

After the conversion, you can find generated Apple Prores codec by clicking "Open output folder" on the program interface.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

How to rip Blu-ray ISO image files to H.265/HEVC MKV for playing

Summary: With double the data compression ratio compared to H.264/HEVC AVC at the same level of video quality, H.265 can be the ideal compression codec for storing Blu-ray image files movies in small file size while remain the same video quality.

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With the development of more and more video codec types, recently, the H.265/HEVC codec has become the hottest one online, do you have any message about it? H.265 (also known as HEVC, short for High Efficiency Video Coding) is a video compression standard whose predecessor is H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. H.265 HEVC ensures to deliver video quality identical to H.264 AVC at only half the bit rate. The idea of HEVC is to offer the same level of picture quality as AVC, but with better compression, so there’s less data to deal with. 

It is a very nice news for Blu-ray fans, could they watching Blu-ray movie on their portable devices via transfer? The answer is absolutely yes!

To output H.265 MKV from Blu-ray image files, what you need is a powerful Blu-ray to H.265 encoding program. Pavtube studio has just upgraded its Blu-ray software with H.265 encoding support, here you can download Pavtube BDMagic, which can efficiently rip Blu-ray image files to H.265 MKV Mac format to store with high quality in small file size, transfer and play on VLC, Divx player, PotPlayer and Cyberlink PowerDVD 14 Utra or stream on line with Wowza Streaming Engine. If you are running on Mac, Pavtube BDMagic for Mac is also available. Let’s see how it work!

BDMagicfor Windows:

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

BDMagic for Mac:

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper-mac/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-76177782.html

How to rip Blu-ray ISO image files to H.265/HEVC MKV for playing

Step 1: Load Blu-ray from optical drive.

Click the "Folder" icon on the top menu bar to load your Blu-ray disc to the program



Step 2: Select H.265 MP4 as output file format.

Tap on the "Format" bar to select "HD Video" > "MKV HD Video(*.mp4)" to output, then hit "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, under Video settings panel, click "Codec" drop-down selection, choose "H.265" as your final output file codec.



Step 3: Change output file resolution.

If you want to play converted Blu-ray/DVD movies on 4K TV, you can upscale the output file resolution to 3840*2160 from "Size(pix)" in the "Profile Settings" window.



Step 4: Convert Blu-ray to H.265 encoded HD MKV format.

Hit the "Convert" icon on the right-bottom to start the conversion process. Get ripped Blu-ray/DVD files by clicking the "Open output folder" button.

Then you will be able to save all your precious Blu-ray/DVD movies with subtitle languages and audio tracks well reserved for playing on various H.265 capable players with rich media experience.

NEWS!!! Recently, Pavtube Studio has upgraded its top-ranked Pavtube BDMagic to version 4.9.0.0 with supporting the most advanced hardware acceleration NVIDIA CUDA & AMD APP by H.264/H.265 codec, which can give users 30x video transcoding speed than before.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Sony BRAVIA HDTV 3D Video Converter - Watch 3D on Sony TV

Sony Bravia HDTVs are very popular in the HDTV market, the Bravia HDTV offers stunning images with the most advanced X-reality PRO technology which improves picture details in everything you watch. It’s great for you to watch 1080p on Sony Bravia TV. With the prevalence of 3D movies, even YouTube serves 3D videos. You may have purchased many movies in 2D, or want to put 3D disc movie on USB flash drive and then watch 3D on Sony TV via USB. How can I watch 3D movies on Sony Bravia TV? Hold on reading...

If you don’t have a anaglyph 3D glasses and don’t want to pay for a new one, or your downloaded 3D videos has format incompatibility issue with your Sony BRAVIA HDTV, what you should do to achieve the playback of 3D video on Sony BRAVIA HDTV? In this case, you will need a Sony TV 3D Video Converter to convert 2D/3D movies to 3D, and then you can copy 3D movies to USB flash drive or memory card, and play 3D movies/videos on Sony Bravia TV. 

Here, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to change 3D video to Sony BRAVIA HDTV supported 3D SBS MP4/MKV/AVI video so that you can freely watch 3D video on Sony TV without needing anaglyph 3D glasses. it enables you to adjust the video resolution in profile settings like resetting the video parameters to 1080p to get better 3D video playback on Sony BRAVIA HDTV.(Read its review to learn more functions)

If you are a Mac user, Please turn to the equivalent product iMedia Converter for Mac.

Free download and install Video Converter Ultimate on PC:

          

Other Download:

- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html

How to change 3D video to 3D SBS MP4 with 1080p for Sony BRAVIA HDTV?

Step 1: Load 3D video

Launch Video Converter Ultimate on your computer, and import 3D video into this app by clicking "Load file(s)" button.



Step 2: Choose output format

For outputting 3D SBS MP4 for Sony BRAVIA HDTV, you can choose "MP4 Side-by-Side 3D Video(*.mp4) " under "3D Video" category. In this category, it has other 3D format, like 3D MKV, MOV, etc. So you also can choose output 3D MKV for your Sony BRAVIA HDTV



Step 3: Set video resolution

For getting 1080p 3D video for Sony BRAVIA HDTV, you can click“Settings” to open profile settings window. Click video size to select “1920*1080” to get the better video quality. 



Step 4: Start to turn 3D video to 3D SBS MP4

After finish the above clicks, now you can hit the "Convert" button on the main UI to Transfer your 3D video to USB as MP4 Side-by-Side 3D video for playback with Sony BRAVIA HDTV. 

With format transformation, you can more easily watch 3D video on Sony BRAVIA HDTV. So if you have some 3D videos and want to watch them on your 3D devices, you’d better to do some video processing before watching them.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Play over 500 DVDs via Seagate Wireless Plus while travelling

We travel a lot an have over 500 DVDs in hand, so I bought a 2TB Seagate Wireless Plus then my family members don't have to fight over the laptop for watching DVD movies. In fact, we can get together with friends and family to enjoy DVD movies via Wireless Plus, the question is: how to convert DVD for uploading to Seagate Wireless Plus?



Here what you need is to make use use of a professionally designed DVD to Wireless Plus converter to rip Seagate Wireless Plus video files. And Pavtube DVDAid would be your best choice, which can easily rip DVD movies to Wireless Plus compatible H.264 video, MPEG-4, and Motion-JPEG for video, and AAC, MP3, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4), Apple Lossless, A IFF, and WAV for audio quickly with excellent output video quality.

Besides converting DVD files, it can also compress a DVD to smaller file size, saving the space for your console if you need. In addition, the built-in editor allows you to customize your DVD videos to get the very part and effect you want with ease. I have tested it, now after perfectly ripping DVDs, I can get my DVDs uploaded to my 2TB Seagate with ease and freely watching on my mini iPads, 1 kindle and 1 nook. The equivalent Mac version is DVDAid for Mac. Just get the right version and copy DVD to Wireless Plus with ease. (Windows 10 or Mac Yosemite are supported). 

          

Other Download:

- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/dvd_ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-DVDAid/3000-7970_4-76158510.html

1. Load DVD movies

First, insert your DVDs into DVD Drive, and then drag the DVD files to the program; Or you can get to "File" Menu, click "Load DVD" to draw into DVD movies you want to rip. DVD folder and ISO image files are supported as well.



2. Select Seagate Wireless Plus compatible formats

Click the Format bar to select output profile for your Wireless Plus, say "H.264 Video(*.mp4)" from "Common Video".



3. Convert DVD movies to Seagate Wireless Plus

After all necessary settings, you can just click the "Convert" button to start converting your DVD movies. After the conversion, click Open to get the output files for your Seagate Wireless Plus.

4. Connect Seagate Wireless Plus to computer for uploading

Now you can copy the converted DVD files to your Seagate Wireless Plus via USB.

Tip: Free apps are available across Android, iOS, and Kindle for download, and after downloading the app, users can view available wireless networks and select the Seagate Wireless. And content can be played in many different ways, via the Media app on iOS, Android, or Kindle Fire, via any browser, via Apple Airplay or to any DLNA devices via minidlna, which is built into the OS.



To play your converted files on your mobile devices, your just need to tap the movie file and play it. Now you have successfully carry your entire DVD media library with you with the Seagate Wireless Plus Portable Hard Drive. Just enjoy while traveling with your family!

Want to get more DVD entertainment? Rip DVD to your Nexus 6/9iTunes 11/12 library or Drobo 5n and TV

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Enjoy MKV files on Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 5 sells globally on August 21. It is slim, shiny, large-screened luster, with a redesigned stylus to match which attract many buyers eye. It was designed with 5.7-inch display, 2560×1440 pixels (518 pixels per inch), while carrying Samsung Exynos 7octa-core processor and have a 32GB/64GB storage options. You can transfer many high quality movies into your note 5 for playing when you are free. Besides, Galaxy Note 5 can support 4K video resolution, so you must eager to shoot some wonderful beautiful moment via your Galaxy Note 5. 

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However, to play MKV on Galaxy Note 5 smoothly is not so easy as you think. MKV is a container format developed by Matroska and it has a lot of different codec, recently it is becoming more and more popular since it can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. 
   
From Samsung official website, we know the Galaxy Note 5 supported video format are: MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV formats with H.264/H.263 codecs. So in order to watch MKV movies on note 5 fluently, you need to convert MKV to Galaxy Note 5 support formats like MP4. If you want to watch MKV movies or videos like MKV(downloaded online), MTS, M2TS, MOV, VOB, Xvid, Dvix and newly emerging H.265/HEVC encoded ones, on Galaxy Note 5.  
  
In order to play MKV videos on Galaxy Note 5,  Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended for Note 5 users. It could be a functional tablet converting assistant for all MKV Videos to Galaxy Note 5. Thanks to High-Quality Engine, cutting-edge Hyper-threading Technology and Multi-core utility. Equipped with 300+ video/audio codec, incl. latest H.265/HEVC encoder, this best MKV Video converter for Galaxy Note 5 can also convert any videos to MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG to other tablet devices. For Mac users, turn to iMedia Converter for Mac

          

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Third, follow the step-by-step guide: Convert MKV Videos to Galaxy Note 5

Step 1. After the successful installation, click “Load file(s)” or “Add video”to load video file you want to convert in your PC into the program. It supports batch conversion, you can you can add movies in different formats like MKV Videos at one time. 



Step 2. Click the drop-down list besides Format, you can find many presets for different devices, editing programs and media player. Let’s choose “Samsung” in left area and select “Samsung Galaxy Note(*.mp4)” as target video format for Galaxy Note 5. For others? You can drop down the list and find more. And the video/audio parameters can be reset in “Settings” to achieve a satisfying playback in Galaxy Note 5. 



Step 3. Hit the big button “Convert” to get the cork started. If you follow several steps mentioned above, after easily transferring files to Galaxy Note 5 tablet, we can enjoy the MKV Videos nicely with high definition. Would you like to have a try? 

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Watch Blu-ray/DVD ISO files to Tesco Hudl 3/2 and Hudl

Sure, if you’re looking for the absolute best image quality on a tablet screen then look towards the bigger, brighter screens on the iPad Air or Samsung Galaxy Tab S, but for the money, the Hudl 2 is more than adequate. As the successor to the supermarket giant's first tablet the Hudl, Tesco Hudl 2 is a great budget device with a solid operating system, stylish looks, way above average display and a strong price tag. Even your have some Blu-ray/DVD ISO image files in computer, cause Tesco Hudl video format is limited few formats,What shall we do then?
  
Well, no need to worry. If you want to open and watch Blu-ray/DVD ISO Image files on your portable devices such as a new Tesco Hudl 3/2 and Hudl tablet, Blu-ray/DVD ISO Image file decompression is futile, for your Tesco Hudl 3/2 and Hudl tablet fails to support Blu-ray/DVD ISO Image file, let alone handle the playback.

In order to get Blu-ray, DVD, DVD ISO , IFO movies playable on Hudl 3/2/1, you need to rip Blu-ray/DVD to Android supported video formats like MP4 first before transferring them to your device. Pavtube BDMagic is a good choice for ripping Blu-ray movies to Android phones or tablets compatible video files with fast ripping speed and excellent output video quality. Plus, it has the optimal presets for Xoom, Transformer Prime, Kindle Fire HDX, Nook (HD/HD+) Tablet, Toshiba Thrive, Google Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S III, HTC One X, etc. Read the review.

If you are running on Mac OS X, please turn to the equivalent Mac version entitled Pavtube BDMagic for Mac. Now just download it and follow step-by-step guide to freely copy your favourite Blu-ray movies to your Hudl 3/2/1 for smoothly playback.

Convert Blu-ray/DVD ISO files to H.264 MP4 for Hudl 3/2/1 Tablets 

          

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

1. Run the best BD ISO Ripper for Hudl 3/2/1 program, and add your Blu-ray/DVD ISO image files to the software by clicking "DVD IFO/ISO" icon. Select the movie title you want to convert, and preview the file you just selected from the movie in the preview window if you want. Then select wanted subtitles and audio track if necessary.

 

2. Select an Hudl 3/2/1 friendly format, e.g. H.264 .mp4 for conversion. There are optimized format for Galaxy Tab, Xoom, Acer Iconia Tab, Asus Transformer, Google Nexus 7, Kindle Fire, etc. Basically the "Android >> Android Tablets 720P Video(*.mp4)" is an universal format for Android tablets and smartphones. And to get HD quality, select "Android Tablets 720P Video(*.mp4)".

Or depends on your device, you can choose a suitable video format from "Android" catalogue. (Android Support Video/Audio Formats

 
Not a Hudl 3/2/1 users? It doesn't matter, the Pavtube BDMagic also supports "common" video formats like MOV, M4V, MP4 and has presets for all the models of iPad Air 2, iPhone 6 plus, iPod 5 and Apple TV 3, so you should be able to create files compatible with your iOS basd devices, as well as BlackBerry and Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface RT/Pro, etc. 

Tips: You can adjust the output parameters of the video by click 'Settings' button. Please remember the file size is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. 

Plus: Tips for How to Edit DVD files 

Click the “Edit” button and edit your movies before conversion. There are main seven functions available: Trim, Crop, Text Watermark, Image/Video Watermark, Effect, Audio Editor, and Subtitle. 
  • Trim: Select video durations by setting the start time and the end time.
  • Crop: Cut off black edges and unwanted areas.
  • Text Watermarking: Add text to the video as watermarks.
  • Image/Video Watermarking: Add image or video to the source video as a watermark.
  • Effect: Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation of the video, and add special effects including 3D effect to the video.
  • Audio Editor: Enable you to replace the original audio track with your specified sound track. Or choose to remove the audio. Plus, it’s freely to set audio fade in or fade out.
  • Subtitle: Add plug-in SRT, ASS, SSA subtitle to videos.
3. Click the big Convert button to encode Blu-ray/DVD ISO to MP4 videos for Hudl 3/2/1  

The software will do the rest automatically. When the conversion finishes, you can click 'Open' to access to the converted MP4 videos. In this way, you can transfer converted videos to your Hudl 3/2/1 for watching anywhere you like. 

What's more? 

1. To convert Blu-rayDVD and video (including MKV, AVI, Tivo, VOB, FLV, MPG, ISO, IFO, etc.) to Android devices, a software can be completely solved, it is Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate

2. In addition, if you bought many videos from iTunes, Amazon, or BBC iPlayer store, you will find these videos are protected, here I highly recommended a DRM removal software

3. Android tablets only recognize SD cards formatted in FAT 32, this limits a single file size less than 4GB. If you worry about getting a big video file larger than 4GB, you can use split feature in Pavtube software to split a large 1080p/720p file into multiple chunks under 4GB. 

Learn to split a large video file into several small files under 4GB for Android device

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