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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Watch a BRD/DVD movie for watching on TV via AC Ryan Player

Have you ever wanted to watch a BRD/DVD movie on AC Ryan Player for watching on TV, but not want to lose any video quality? This article mainly tells you how.

Now A.C. Ryan is looking to fix that with the new Playon! HD media player, and if the specifications are anything to go by it's onto an absolute winner. It supports every video format in popular use, including not just MOV and MKV but also such rarities as ASF, FLV and RMVB, all at up to 1,080p over both HDMI and component - and for home cinema buffs there's even 1,080p 24 support. However, you can't view DVDs/BRDs on TV via AC Ryan Player (similar to Apple TV) directly. Now with this simple tutorial, you will learn how to rip BRD/DVD to TV on Mac for easily playback on TV with your friends and family.

To play Blu-ray/DVD on TV via AC Ryan player, what you need is a professional Blu-ray Ripper for Mac (now is 30% off) that can help you to remove the protection of Blu-ray/DVD and then convert to AC Ryan player supported videos formats like MKV, MOV etc with outstanding video quality. Below is the users point of view:

After searching the best workfow for ripping blue ray/dvd on mac, I find Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac. Then I purchase its products and found them competitive and reliable. Ease of use and reliability in ripping many many different discs. Biggest improvement of this program is that I would welcome would be the ability to estimate output file size based on ripping parameters so I could quickly check how big the final file would likely be. Previously I have used RipIt for Mac and Handbrake/Jack the Ripper. Biggest problem with these was that they didn’t always read discs. Never had that problem with the BD Ripper for Mac from Pavtube. I have HTC One, iPad mini, Phone used as phone, data collection device, emails, messaging and games and iPad for MPD control, surfing and emails, Pavtube offers many presets for these devices.

Download Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and install it. It is the ideal software to you. It will help to rip and convert Blu-ray to a mass of videos formats with fast speed and high video quality. Moreover, you can choose the desired subtitle for output and select forced subtitles for some foreign languages.

Read on the detailed guides below:

Rip BRD/DVD disc to TV via AC Ryan player on Mac

Note: Put Blu-ray onto Blu-ray drive before ripping Blu-rays.

Step 1. Run the software and load Blu-ray.

Click "Load file" button to import Blu-ray. It will take only few seconds to rip Blu-ray. Then the software will recognize the real main title of Blu-ray and pick it automatically. You do not need to look for the main title manually.

Click the selected main title you can preview the whole Blu-ray movies on the preview window on the right, which works like a media player.

Tips: You can check forced subtitles for output.

"Forced subtitle" is optional and uncheck by default. Go to check "Forced subtitles" for output.

Take note that it will output forced subtitles only if it is checked. And you can choose the desired subtitle and audio tracks in the "Subtitle" and "Audio" drop list.

Step 2. Choose output format for TV/AC Ryan player.

Choose TV/AC Ryan player supported formats in the "Format" dropdown list. You can go to "Common Video" or "HD Video" options to find what you like. MKV(Matroska) Video (*.mkv) or MKV HD Video (*.mkv) format is better for wathing or streaming on TV/AC Ryan player. It will remain the high quality of Blu-ray and suffer less quality loss.

Tips: For some advances users, you can go to adjust video and audio parameters like bitrate, resolution, channels, etc. Click "Settings" button you can go to check and change them as you like.

Step 3. Convert Blu-ray to TV/AC Ryan player on Mac

Before conversion you can go to "Browse" your computer to find the folder for output files. Then click "Convert" button to get conversion started. After a while, you can find the generated files quickly via "Open" button.

Now turn on your TV and then import the converted video to TV for convenient playback via AC Ryan player.

Tips:

If you simply want to back up Blu-ray to external hard drive, here are two solutions:

1. Click the "computer" icon on the top to output 1:1 Blu-ray file exactly the same as original.

2. Select "Copy>Directly Copy" in format list to output an intact m2ts file of the main title.

3. I used another Pavtube program called ByteCopy for Mac to backup my Blu-rays without quality loss. Meanwhile, several audio tracks and subtitles are preserved so I can switch language when watching movies.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Convert and Copy Blu-ray movie to Galaxy Tablet/Phone

This guide shows you the easiest way to rip and convert Blu-ray to Galaxy Tablet and Galaxy Phone compatible video formats with best HD video quality so that you can watch Blu-ray movies on Galaxy freely.

I have some blu-ray movies, to be able to copy movies to my harddrive and watch them on my galaxy tablet and galaxy phone when I travel out of the country. What software can do this best? Any suggestions would be appeciated!

If you want to watch Blu-ray on Galaxy Tablet and Galaxy Phone, you will need a tool to convert Blu-ray to Galaxy supported video formats first. There are many programs out there that allow you to convert your Blu-rays to Galaxy playable videos. You may be confused about choosing a most suitable tool. If so, I recommend you try Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, which is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality for Blu-ray to Galaxy Conversion.

The Blu-ray to Galaxy Converter can help you rip and convert all the Blu-ray/DVD Discs even Blu-ray/DVD iso/ifo image files. I saw the ratings on some websites and it is regarded as the top Blu-ray Ripper in 2013. The output quality is very excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. Meanwhile the audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too. I have 2 android phones and one galaxy tablet I watch the videos on my galaxy tablet and galaxy phone, this converter can works well for both.

If you're a Mac user, please turn to the equivalent Mac version - Blu-ray Ripper for Mac. Just get it now and follow the steps below to copy Blu-ray movies to Galaxy Tablet and Phone for smoothly playing!

How to Rip Blu-ray movie to Galaxy Tablet and Phone?

Step 1. Run Blu-ray Ripper, as the Blu-ray to Galaxy Converter. Click "Load Files" to import Blu-rays.

It will recognize Blu-ray discs from ROM, Blu-ray ISO/IFO and Blu-ray folders automatically.

Step 2. Choose Samsung Galaxy Tablet/Phone compatible format.

Click "Format" drop-down list to locate all the profile; choose "Samsung -> Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Video (*.mp4)" or "Sumsung Galaxy S III Video (*.mp4)" or other Galaxy format.

Step 3. Customize video specs.(Optional)

Click "Settings" to set up video size, frame rate, bitrate and other settings.

Tips: If you think the video size and image quality are not suitable for your Samsung smartphone, you can first choose any one of the provided types, then change the settings. Please remember the file size is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in bigger file size, and lower visible quality loss.

Step 4. Start the Blu-ray to Galaxy Tablet/Phone conversion.

Now hit to big "Convert" button to start the Blu-ray to Galaxy Tablet/Phone MP4 conversion. Wait for some moments, then click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted MP4 file.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Convert "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray” to HD MP4 format

Summery: This article will show you how to convert "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray” movie to HD MP4 format so that you can watch the HD movie thru Home Theater System with family members or friends.

"Despicable Me 2":a great family movie

Blu-ray disc is protected by DRM (Digital rights management), you need a tool to remove the protection at first, then convert the blu-ray to MP4 HD format with a conversion software. Here I recommend a tool which can complete the conversion process simultaneously.Blu-ray Ripper is the perfect tool to rip and convert Blu-ray movie to MP4 with high ripping speed and excellent HD-quality. You can also Copy the entire blu-ray structure and contents to hard drive lossless. Convert Blu-ray movie to various video formats for some popular smartphones and tablets as well as editing software.
How to convert "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray” movie to MP4 HD format？
Requirements:
A "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray”disc
A PC or Mac
A Blu-Ray Drive.
Blu-ray Ripper or Blu-ray Ripper for Mac （Free download and instal it ）
Step 1.Load Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray files
Inserted Blu-ray disc to your Blu-ray drive. Then click the "Load file" button to import the Blu-ray files

Step2 Choose output format.

Click "Format" menu to get the output video format list. Choose "HD Video>H.264 HD video(* .mp4)".

You can adjust the parameters like video codec, video bitrate, frame rate by click “Settings” button as you wish.

Tips: If you want to backup your blu-ray movies with keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams, just try to use Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows or Mac.

Step 3.Convert "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray” to HD mp4.
Click "Convert" button to start convert "Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray” to HD mp4. After the conversion finishes, click “open” button to get the MP4 videos in the output folder. Then watch the Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray movie on your Home Theater System via hard drive or connection line. Enjoy the movie life!

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Rip Blu-Ray to ProRes for FCP Editing on Mac

This guide is aim to show you how to rip blu-ray movie to Apple prores for Final Cut Pro editing on Mac.

“I am busy preparing for the filmfestival recently, and I encounter a problem about ripping a short blu-ray movie to prores for FCP editing, the movie is used to playing at the beginning of the filmfestival, who can giving me some suggestion?”.

For ripping blu-ray movie to prores,you need a Blu-ray ripping tool Pavtube Blu-ray to ProRes Converter for Mac is the best choice. With it, you can rip/convert Blu-ray movies to Apple ProRes for FCP without quality loss in a fast speed on your Mac. Follow the guide below to get Blu-ray movies transferred to Final Cut Pro smoothly.

Requirement:

1. Get a Mac

2. Connect Blu-ray Driver to your Mac

3. Download Blu-ray to ProRes Converter for Mac

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movie

Install and run the Blu-ray to ProRes Converter for Mac, click "Add Disc" icon to add source Blu-ray/DVD Disc from disc driver. Or load from BD/DVD folder or IFO/ISO file.

Step 2. Choose output format.

Click the Format button, and choose "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as best codec for FCP

Tip: If you like, click on the “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters, such as Bitrate, Size, frame rate, etc to your own requirements.

Step 3. Convert Blu-ray to prores for FCP editing.
Click the “Convert “button to start conver blu-ray to Prores Converter for FCP under Mac. Clicking "Open" icon, you can find the converted prores files then transfer the prores files to Final Cut Pro for editing freely.

And if you prefer to work with multiple audio tracks, another Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac software can do this for you, it supports to preserve multiple audio and subtitle streams and leave out unwanted ones, retain chapter information, allow editing videos, etc

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

How to rip Blu-ray/DVD files to Nexus 5 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Description: In this article you will get brief instruction about how to rip Blu-ray/DVD files to Google Nexus 5 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the tenth major release of OS X, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. Sadly, OS X 10.9 Mavericks still doesn’t support Blu-ray playback like the previous generation. You need a ripping tool to convert the Blu-ray/DVD to Nexus 5 compatible format for playing.Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is the most professional one I've ever used in multitude of tools. It can help you convert Blu ray DVD to MKV, MP4, AVI, 3GP, MOV, WMV, FLV, SWF, MP3, etc. All popular formats are perfectly supported. What's more, using the Mac Blu-ray ripping software, you can easily put Blu-ray into Nexus 5.

Requirements of Ripping Blu-ray/DVD on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

1. Blu-ray/DVD
2. A Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks)
3. An External Blu-Ray Drive (you can purchase it from Amazon)
4. Blu-ray Ripper for Mac (Free Download)

Following I will show you the Detailed steps

1. load blu-ray files

Connect the Blu-Ray disc drive with your Mac, insert the Blu-ray disc to your Blu-Ray disc drive, and then click the "Blu-ray disc " icon to navigate to the videos you want to convert. You can also add DVD ISO/IFO image files.

2: select output format

Click on “Format” in Output Profile, choose “Common Video”, and find out the most proper profile “H.264 Video (*.mp4)” for your New Nexus 5 tablet. If you want to set video and audio parameters like video codec, bit rate, size, frame rate, etc, click the setting button you will see the profile settings, so you could customize the output video and audio quality in your own way.

Note: You can also Select the subtitle, audio track you want to keep on the Main Interface.

Step3. Start Blu-ray to Nexus 5 Conversion.
Before starting the transfer, you may want to change the location just clicking the button and selecting the place of storage. Then You can hit the big red “Convert” to start converting Blu-ray to MP4 with best video settings for Nexus5. After the conversion, click “Open output folder” in the conversion window, or “Open” in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Rip “The Croods Blu-ray” to Kindle fire HD

Description:

My doughter love the movie “the croods” very much, so I bought the Blu-ray disc on blu-ray website for her playback, but she unwilling watch the movie at home alone, she would like to share the movie with her school classmates, I am considering of converting the Blu-ray disc to MP4 format for Kindle fire HD playing, so that she could take the Kindle fire HD to her friends’ home viewing the converted movie together with them.

Blu-ray ripper is a powerfull tool i used frequently,I often use Blu-ray rippe to backup BD/DVD and convert various of videos. It is my wonderful helper.

Following I will show you the Detailed steps.

Free download Blu-ray ripper or Blu-ray ripper for Mac

1.Load Blu-ray files

Inserted Blu-ray disc to your Blu-ray drive. Then click the "Load file" button to import the Blu-ray you want for Kindle Fire HD, You can also add DVD disc, ISO file, IFO file or DVD folder.

2.choose output format

Click “Format” bar, here I recommend Android >> Amazon Kindle Fire HD H.264(*.mp4) as target format for your Kindle Fire HD

Tip 1: If you like, You can also click “Settings” to change the video encoder, frame rate, resolution, etc. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. According to my experience, for watching videos on the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch, 1280×720 / 1280×800 (Full Screen) with 1500~2000kbps is just all right and 1920×1080p with 2500~3000kbps for Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch screen.

Tips2: you can click “Edit” button to edit your videos by cropping, trimming, adding watermarks, etc. you can choose the subtitles and audio track for the target video on the main interface.

Step 3. Start the conversion

Just press the “Convert” button to start the conversion .It will not take much time. Just wait for the conversion process to get done. when the conversion is finished, you can click ”open” button to copy the converted MP4 video files to Kindle Fire HD for playing.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Convert “Starbuck”“Delivery Man” Blu-ray movie to iPad Air for watching

Question:

“A comedy movie named “Delivery man” will be released in thanksgiving holiday. “Delivery man” is a remake of the 2011 French-Canadian film “Starbuck” which was also directed by Scott. I love the “Starbuck”, so I have high expectation of “Delivery man”. I have collected the “Starbuck” Blu-ray Disc in my storage room ,Today I would like to relive the film's storyline before I go to see the “Delivery man” in cinema, unfortunately I find out my Blu-ray player is broken. However I got the new iPad Air recently, is there any way rip the Blu-ray Disc to iPad Air for watching?”

Answer:

As we all know, iPad Air doesn't have a Blu-ray drive. So iPad Air cannot support playing Blu-ray movies, but there is a powerful tool could help you. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper is an easy-to-use tool to convert Blu-ray to iPad Air playable video files.

Free download the Blu-ray to ipad air converter or（Blu-ray to ipad air converter for Mac）

1.Load Blu-ray files
Inserted Blu-ray disc to your Blu-ray drive. Then click the "Load file" button to import the Blu-ray you want for iPad Air.

2.Choose video format for iPad Air.
Click "Format" menu to get the output video format list. Choose "iPad Air HD Video" from "iPad" option for output. You also could click “Settings” to edit output parameters like resolution, frame rate, encoder, etc. as you like.

Tips: If you want to backup your blu-ray movies with keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams, just try to use Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows or Mac.

3.Convert Blu-ray for iPad Air.
Click "Convert" button to start convert Blu-ray to iPad Air. After the conversion finishes, you can get Apple iPad Air supported MP4 videos in the output folder.

Tips: It has powerful edit functions such as trim video for your needed length, crop video to cut off unwanted cineframe, add text/image watermark and add subtitles. For example, if the original Blu-ray movie has no subtitle or the subtitles you undesired, you can download the subtitle from website and then add it into the output videos with this software.

Is it useful to you? Go to have a try, Connect your iPad Air to computer and add the converted video to itunes library and then sync to ipad air. So You can enjoy the movies on iPad Air.

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Rip “Delivery Man” Blu-ray Movie to Nexus 5 for watching

After several days of consideration, I choose the Google Nexus 5 smart phone and give up the iphone5, The former with reasonable price and large screen catch my heart. “Delivery Man” is a film I'm looking forward to, I am going to converting “Delivery Man” to Nexus 5 for watching. (or backup to hard driver)

There are some problems with converting “Delivery Man” to Nexus 5 for watching.

What’s the best video format for Nexus 5?

From Google Nexus 5 official website we know that The Google Nexus 5, running on Android 4.4 KitKat, features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 4.95-inch Full HD 1080p display with a pixel density of 445ppi.All that make the Nexus 5 perfect for movie-watching. And the best supported format for Nexus 5 is H.264/MPEG-4 codec AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, Videos in these codecs and formats will be played smoothly.

Which software is the most suitable?

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, one of the best BD/DVD disc handling tools on the market, it could Convert Blu-ray discs to 2D files in the format of MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, WMV, etc.

How to rip and convert “Delivery Man” to Nexus 5 for watching ?

Firstly free download the Blu-ray Ripper, and then install and run it.

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movie.

Click the load File icon to add Blu-ray movie, You can also add BD folder or ISO file directly.

Step 2: Set output format

Firstly, select the output format, Click the Format option and you will find the android group, Choose the Google Nexus 4 H.264 video (.mp4).

Secondly, Select the destination folder, click the browse button then choose folder to saved the converted video.

Thirdly, set video and audio parameters including video codec, bit rate, size, frame rate, etc under “settings” option, so you are able to customize the output video and audio quality in your own way.

Step 3: start conversion

Click "convert" button to start ripping Blu-ray movies to mp4, when the conversion is finished, you can click ”open” button to copy the converted files to the Google Nexus 5.