Solve MakeMKV No Disc Issue

The "No Disc" issue of MakeMKV to Rip Blu-ray/DVD

"I've ripped over 40 blu-rays and DVD's so far, however I have stumbled upon a few of them giving a "No disc" error. I have searched and found that it could be an issue with the drive, but some of the movies have been just out of the foil and the drive still rips other Blu-rays without issues. The issue is only regarding the blu-ray discs. Specs below:
OS: Win10 Build 14393
BD-ROM: USB3.0 Slim drive ECD008-SAU3
Movies affected: Expendables, Martian, Bourne series + some other movies.
MakeMKV version: 1.10.2 Beta

Not sure if the pc specs are necessary but the rig is with a 5960x cpu and 32g of memory. I don't have any other BD-ROM's, but I've thought of getting another "real brand" one to verify with. Just not entirely sure why it wouldn't read some specific discs? Could it be the encryption? Neither MakeMKV or the OS sees this."

Why no disc when using MakeMKV to rip Blu-ray/DVD disc?

"No disk" means MakeMKV asked the operating system about the status of the drive, and the OS said "No disk". While encryption issues give different errors - either that the access key used to read the disk was not acceptable (Key exchange failure), or debug errors because unexpected results were returned. Since MakeMKV relies upon the operating system telling it there is a disk in the drive, and allowing it access to it. If the operating system says "no disk", it will block MakeMKV's access to the drive.

Solution to fix MakeMKV no disc issues

Apparently that the Blu-ray drive that you are using is suffering incompatibilities with your OS, it would be much ideal for you to buy the latest BD drive which will let formerly unmountable BD disks now mounted rapidly and rip without problem.

Best MakeMKV alternative to fix the no disc issue

Some users reflects that they downloaded Pavtube Ripper application and the disk mounted immediately since Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software doesn't depend on the system to mount the Blu-ray/DVD disc. It can automatically detect the Blu-ray/DVD disc inserted on your DVD/BD drive, and then scan the disc and select the main Blu-ray/DVD title for you.

If you are looking for a combo function of Blu-ray/DVD Ripper as best MakeMKV alternative, we highly recommend Pavtube ByteCopy (get Mac version) to you. This cross-platform application has perfect compatibility with the new Windows 10/8.1/8/7 and also macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X Mavericks, etc. It features built-in powerful disc decrypter to assist you to automatically bypass all Blu-ray/DVD copy protection in the background. In addition, it also keeps constant update with perfect ability to bypass the new encryption used on many recently released Blu-ray/DVD disc.

Unlike MakeMKV that only allows you to produce a lossless MKV file from Blu-ray/DVD disc, this powerful application also assists you to make a 1:1 full disc copy of Blu-ray/DVD with original file structure, fast main Blu-ray/DVD copy without unwanted comments, ads or trailers. You can also choose to rip Blu-ray/DVD to any of your desired digital file formats or hot devices and applications preset profile formats.

Apart from the core Blu-ray/DVD disc ripping function, the program also offers advanced profile parameters settings functions to allow you to flexibly adjust output video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc. The versatile video editing function can facilitate to trim/crop/watermark/apply effect/add watermark to video. The beneficial subtitle function such as selecting desired internal subtitles, enabling forced subtitles  or adding external subtitles to Blu-ray/DVD, etc also assists you to better understand Blu-ray/DVD movies after the ripping process.

How to Fix MakeMKV No Disc Issue with Best MakeMKV Alternative?

Step 1: Load Blu-ray/DVD disc with the program.

Insert DVD into your computer's optical DVD drive, for loading Blu-ray disc, you will need an external Blu-ray drive. The run the program on the computer, click "File" > "Load from disc" to load Blu-ray or DVD disc into the program. When both Blu-ray or DVD disc exists, the program will load DVD disc first.

Step 2: Copy/Rip Blu-ray/DVD disc in different ways.

Full disc copy

Make a full disc copy by hitting the icon on the top tool bar of the main interface.

Main movie copy

From "Format" bar, select "Copy" > "Direct Copy" to copy the main movie of the Blu-ray/DVD disc.

Lossless Multi-track MKV copy

To preserve all your wanted audio tracks and subtitles streams in the source movie, you can use the program to rip Blu-ray/DVD to " Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category.

Output digital file formats or device preset profile formats

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select one of your desired file formats or device preset profile formats according to your own needs.

Step 3: Start final conversion process.

After finishing all the settings, go back to the main interface, press the right-bottom "Convert" button to start to copy or rip protected Blu-ray/DVD movies to any of your desired file formats.

When the conversion is completed, click "Open output folder", a window will pop out with all your converted files. Then feel free to copy your favorite Blu-ray/DVD to external hard drive, play with VLC on computer, transfer to portable devices or stream Blu-ray/DVD movies to TV via home media server or from USB drive.

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Upload DVD to OneDrive

As a file-hosting services that operated by Microsoft, the OneDrive offers 5 GB of storage space for users to store files as well as other personal data in the cloud. The stored files can be synced to a PC, accessed from a web browser or a mobile devices as well as shared publicly or with specific people. For DVD disc collectors who wish to free their favorite movies and TV shows from the shiny silver prisons so that can conveniently view them use phone, tablet, computer, etc. It would be a good option for you to rip and backup DVD movies to OneDrive.

Rip DVD for OneDrive accessing

If your DVD movies are home-made ones without copy protection, just download the free and open-source video transcoder Handbrake to copy and rip the DVD disc to OneDrive supported MP4, MOV or M4V file formats.

Tips: Handbrake only supports to output H.264/H.265/MPEG-4/MPEG-2 encoded video with MP4 container file format.

If the DVD movies that you own is stored purchased ones, then you will need a commercial ripper like Pavtube ByteCopy to bypass the DVD CSS or other built-in protections such as Region code, RCE, key2Audio, UOP, CSS, Macrovision, FluxDVD, Protect, ARccOS, AACS, BD+, ROM Mark, BD-Live, etc and then rip and backup the non-protected DVD to OneDrive supported file formats listed above.

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Apart from DVD disc, the application also has full importing support for Video_TS folder, IFO/ISO image file, Blu-ray disc, BDMV folder, ISO image file. Considering the limited free cloud storage of onedrive, the app enables you to reduce output video file size by lowering video file resoltuion, bit rate, frame rate. You can also use the built-in trimming function to cut off unwanted parts from the beginning or end or split a large video into small by file size, count or length.

For Mac users, you can go to download the Mac version - Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform the conversion on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X Mavericks, etc.

How to Rip DVD Movies for OneDrive Uploading and Sharing?

Step 1: Load DVD files to the program.

Launch the program on your computer, click the "Load files" button to import DVD disc from the optical DVD drive to the program. You can load DVD Folder by clicking "File" > "Load from folder" or load DVD IFO/ISO image by clicking "File" > "Load IFO/ISO".

Step 2: Pick output file format.

From the "Format" bar drop-down list, select Microsoft OneDrive imported file from "HD Video" > "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" as the output video format.

Step 3: Reduce output file size.

Lower output video file resolution, bit rate, frame rate

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly change output file resolution, bit rate, frame rate to small values. Make sure to keep a good balance between file size and quality.

Trim/Split video

In the video editor window, choose the "Trim" tab and this tab is selected by default when the editing window appears. You can use the trim function to cut off unwanted parts from start and end. You can either drag pointers on the process bar or set exact time point in Start and End boxes to set.

Split video file size

Click the split button on the file list to launch the Video Split window. Ticking "Enable" option, you can split the file by file count, time length, or file size.

Step 4: Start the conversion process.

In the right-bottom of the main interface, hit right-bottom "Convert" button to convert DVD to Microsoft OneDrive compatible mp4 format.

When the conversion is completed, you can upload files to OneDrive by the 3 ways offered in this article: Getting started OneDrive tutorial.

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Import/Edit DJI Osmo+ 4K to Avid

The Osmo+ features a 4K camera capable of capturing DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution at 24/25 fps, Ultra HD 4K (3840 x 2160) at up to 30 fps in either MP4 or MOV container file format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression codec. Wish to load DJI Osmo+ 4K to Avid Media Composer for some professional post editing workflow after the shooting stage, but have no idea how to get a high quality and high performance editing workflow, just read on...

Can Avid Media Composer handle 4K video?

Only the Media Composer 8.31 can edit 4K resolutions. It also means that you will get no success to edit 4K video with the previous version. In addition, Avid's system requirements for 4K editing are quite high. You should have a dual 10 core Xeon system as an "entry level" 4K editing suite and a faster computer for more 4K editing. For those people who wish to get the best editing workflow of 4K with Avid, it would be much ideal for you to use Avid's own 4K codec - DNxHR, which can perfectly handle 4K file sizes. Alternatively, you can choose to edit with the Proxy modes, which helps to drop your footage to a resolution which your system can cope with.

Best workflow of Osmo+ 4K with Avid Media Composer

The computer that you currently may not meet the high requirements for Avid Media Composer to edit 4K resolution video. And it seems impossible for you to buy a powerful computer immediately, therefore, the best solution is to compress 4K to 1080p with small file resolution so that you can get a smooth post editing workflow even if your computer is a little old or slow. Here, we highly recommend you to use the DNxHD codec, a lossy high-definition video post-production codec developed by Avid for creating mastering-quality media with reduced storage and bandwidth requirements.

Transcode and compress Osmo+ 4K to Avid 1080p DNxHD codec

If you are looking for a powerful yet simple to use application, we highly recommend you to download Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, a powerful 4K Video Converter with perfect importing support for Osmo+ 4K H.264 MOV and MP4 files. The program supports batch conversion mode, so that you can load multiple Osmo+ 4K video into the application for conversion at one time. With just few clicks, you can then efficiently transcode Osmo+ 4K to Avid Media Composer most favorable 1080p DNxHD codec with remarkable quality and fast conversion speed.

For your great convenience, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac also accompanied with an up-to-date Windows version - Pavtube Video Converter for Windows 10/8.1/8/7.

Step by Step to Convert and Compress Panasonic GH5 4K to Avid Media Composer

Step 1: Load Osmo+ 4K video.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import Panasonic GH5 4K video files into the program.

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select Avid Media Composer best compatible editing codec "Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" under "Avid Media Composer" main category.

Step 3: Compress 4K to 1080p.

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, from "Size(pix)" drop-down list, choose "1980*1020" or "1020*720" to compress 4K to 1080p or 720p for smooth editing workflow with Avid on old or slow computer.

Step 4: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process from Osmo+ 4K to Avid Media Composer 1080p DNxHD codec.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you can get a smooth workflow of Osmo+ 4K with Avid Media Composer.

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Burn Final Cut Pro Project to DVD

Have shot many great video with your camera, camcorder, after loading them into Final Cut Pro for some professional post-production workflow, to better share the completed project with your friends or family members, you may come the idea to burn the Final Cut Pro project to DVD disc. The following article will show you the simple steps to burn DVD disc from Final Cut Pro project with the right DVD disc burning software.

Right software to burn Final Cut Pro project to DVD disc

Pavtube DVD Creator is an ideal tool to burn Final Cut Pro video files to DVD with ease. It features a simple wizard-style interface with powerful editing features. Apart from Final Cut Project, it can also import other common video formats such as MKV, AVI, MP4 WMV, MOV, MTS, Tivo, etc.

To assist you to create a delicate DVD disc with great look, the program offers rich menu features including changing the changing the DVD menu template/style, menu text, display aspect ratio and background for the DVD menu. You can also set the chapter mark and playback mode.

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Apart from the menu customization options, you can also edit your source Final Cut Pro project by trimming, cropping, adding watermark, settings effect, adjusting volume and replacing audio. The program offers quick disc burning, you can fast burn playable DVD from DVD folder and ISO image within few clicks. After downloading the right DVD disc burning application, the next import step is burning Final Cut Pro projects to DVD disc, we will illustrate the detailed steps with the following 2 parts:

Part 1: Export Finished Video Project from Final Cut Pro

Part 2: Burn Final Cut Pro video to DVD Disc on Mac

Part 1: Export Finished Video Project from Final Cut Pro

The procedure that should be followed to export or edit the video by using the FCP software is listed below:
1. Download the Final Cut Pro form the Mac App Store.
2. After downloading and installing the software, open the software and drag and drop the videos over the list pane of the software in the sequence you want to organize them in you movie.
3. Perform the addition setting adjustments as per your need and desire. The software offers a wide range of video adjustments that will help you to build a better movie.
4. Lastly, save Final Cut Pro file to your hard drive by "File > Export> QuickTime Movie...to export your FCP project to MOV files on your Mac and enjoy it with the family and friends. If you have already saved it to .fcp file, open it with FCP and re-save the videos as QuickTime MOV files. If your DVD player supports playing VOB, you can convert Final Cut Pro exported video to VOB with a video converter, rather then burning FCP to DVD disc.

Part 2: Burn Final Cut Pro Video to DVD Disc on Mac

For those people who wish to share the Final Cut Project on home DVD Player with friends or family members, you can follow the simple steps below to create DVD disc from Final Cut Pro project files.

Step 1: Insert a blank DVD disc into your computer optical drive.

Insert a blank DVD-R (DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW) into the DVD-ROM drive of your computer.

Step 2: Add Final Cut Project video into the program.

Run the DVD Creator software, import Final Cut Project exported QuickTime MOV video into it for burning DVD disc project.

Step 3: Customize DVD menu.

Switch to the menu pane, double click a DVD menu beneath the Menu Template to apply it to your DVD. You can customize the background video/image, background music, text, title thumbnail and more for your DVD menu. You can also choose the DVD quality at the bottom of the software, higher quality requires bigger DVD disc volume.

Step 4: Start M2TS video to DVD disc burning process.

Click the "Burn" button to start burning Halloween videos to DVD. You can burn Final Cut Porject video to DVD disc, save as ISO file or Generate to DVD Folder.

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Import Mavic Pro Platinum 4K to Cyberlink PowerDirector

Great improvements of DJI Mavic Pro Platinum

Based on Mavic Pro, the DJI Mavic Pro Platinum has been improved greatly. The newly designed 8331 quick-release folding propeller and the latest FOC sinusoidal driver ESC make the aircraft much more aerodynamic, power-efficient, and lower 60 percent noise during takeoff and landing. The flight time has been extended to 30 minutes, which means half an hour's fun of flying at a high speed, and shooting smooth 4K UHD videos within 7km control range.

Import and edit Mavic Pro Platinum 4K with Cyberlink PowerDirector

The DJI Mavic Pro Platinum shots both DCI (4096x2160) and UHD 4K (3840x2160) wrapper in either MOV or MP4 container with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression codec. When the shooting is completed, you may wish to load the Mavic Pro Platinum Pro 4K video to Cyberlink PowerDirector for some professional post editing work, how about the editing workflow?

After searching for Cyberlink PowerDirector supported file formats, we find that almost all the latest versions of this consumer-level video editing software including Cyberlink PowerDirector 16/15/14/13 have offered native importing support for the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format shot with DJI Mavic Pro Platinum. As for 4K resolution editing, although Cyberlink claims that PowerDirector 13 and 14 version has added support for end-to-end editing of 4K Ultra HD video format with a resolution of 4096 x 2160. However, a lot of people find that it is very choppy to playback 4K video on the timeline of Cyberlink PowerDirector, this is due to the immense processing power required to play 4K.

Compress Mavic Pro Platinum Pro 4K for Cyberlink PowerDirector smooth editing

To fix the 4K video editing choppy issue, you can either choose to buy a new and more powerful computer that meet the minimum requirements to edit 4K video, but that isn't always possible or compress 4K to 1080p in smaller file resolution for Cyberlink PowerDirector high performance editing on underpowered computer.

Here, you can get the job easily done with our best 4K Video Compressor - Pavtube Video Converter. The program has perfect importing support for the 4K H.264 MP4/MOV video shot with DJI Mavic Pro Platinum camera. Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple 4K video into the application for conversion at one time.

With the application, you can easily compress Mavic Pro Platinum 4K video to Cyberlink PowerDirector supported HD editing format such as H.264 HD with the resolution of 1080p or 720p.

Edit Mavic Pro Platinum 4K with built-in editing options

Before loading the Mavic Pro Platinum 4K into Cyberlink PowerDirector, you can first complete some simple editing tasks with the built-in editing options offered by the application. You can trim or cut video to remove unwanted parts or segments, crop video to get off the black edges or unwanted size area, add video/image/transparent text watermark, apply special rendering effect, insert external srt/ass/ssa subtitle to video, etc.

Step by Step to Compress Mavic Pro Platinum 4K Video to 1080p for Cyberlink PowerDirector

Step 1: Input DJI Mavic Pro Platinum 4K video.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import source DJI Mavic Pro Platinum 4K video into the program.

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select one of Cyberlink PowerDirector most compatible HD file formats "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Step 3: Compress 4K to 1080p.

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, from "Size(pix)" drop-down list, select "1920*1080" or "1080*720" as the final resolution for output video.

Step 3: Edit DJI Mavic Pro Platinum 4K video.

On the top tool bar on the main interface, click the pencil like icon to open "Video Editor" window, you can trim Blu-ray movies to remove the unwanted parts by setting the start and end time, crop to remove the black borders or unwanted area by dragging the dash line around the video frame, flip video, add text/image/video watermark, change video picture effect, replace/remove audio in video, add external subtitles, etc.

Step 4: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion and compressing process from Mavic Pro Platinum 4K to Cyberlink PowerDirector supported HD file format.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then feel free to load the compatible Mavic Pro Platinum HD  video into Cyberlink PowerDirector for professional post editing workflow.

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Play M2TS with Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player library doesn't recognize M2TS files

"The .m2ts files are not recognized by Media Player. The folder that holds the files has already been added to the Media Library under Videos, but when I browse to the Video Library and select that folder it says: "There are no items in this library yet - Windows Media Player is searching for media files in the background. Also if I open directly the .m2ts file Media Player plays the file."

Can Windows Media Player playback M2TS files?

From Windows Media Player supported file formats, we can see that Windows Media Player 12 has included playback support for M2TS files, however, the M2TS files should be encoded with MPEG-2 codec. It also means that if your M2TS files are encoded with other codec, Windows Media Player will fail to open that. The following part will share you 3 workable solutions to fix Windows Media Player M2TS file playback issue.

Solutions to fix Windows Media Player M2TS file playback

Solution 1: Downloading and installing M2TS codec pack

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a free collection of codecs and related tools. M2TS Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding for playing M2TS audio and video on Windows Media Player and so on. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.

There are multiple versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: The Standard version contains everything what is needed to play all the commonly used formats. The Full version contains even more codecs and also has encoding support.

Solution 2: Play M2TS files with WMP free alternative

There are many free popular media player applications such as VLC, SMPlayer, 5K Player, etc for you to freely play M2TS files.

Solution 3: Convert M2TS files to WMV

If the free M2TS codec can't solve your problem or you insist on playing M2TS files on Windows Media Player, then the most effective solution is transcoding M2TS files to Windows Media Player supported file formats with our powerful M2TS Converter - Pavtube Video Converter. The program has perfect importing support for M2TS files encoded with various different compression codec. Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple M2TS files into the application for conversion at one time.

The application can assist you to easily transcode M2TS to Windows Media Player most compatible WMV file format so that you can directly watch the converted files on Windows Media Player without installing any third-party codec.

Besides M2TS files, you can also use this application to convert other unsupported file formats such as MP4, AVI, Tivo, MXF, H.265, MKV, AVI, AVCHD, FLV, etc for Windows Media Player viewing.

Step by Step to Convert M2TS Files for Windows Media Player Viewing

Step 1: Load M2TS files into the application.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import source M2TS files into the program.

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select Windows Media Player best supported WMV files under "Common Video" main category. The program can assist you to produce 3 different WMV file types to satisfy your different entertainment need.

Output fast conversion speed WMV2(WMV8) file

Output high quality WMV3 (WMV9) file

Output high definition WMV HD file format

Step 3: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process from M2TS to Windows Media Player supported WMV file format.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you will have no problem to play the converted M2TS files with Windows Media Player.

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Play 4K Video on Windows 10

Have shot some 4K video with your 4K device recorders such as cameras, mobile devices and wish to load and play them on Windows 10. The following article will share you the tips to play 4K video on Windows 10 and how to play 4K video with free 4K media player software.

Tips to play 4K video on Windows 10

- You can now direct watch 4K video on Windows 10 OS without the need of third-party video player
- Even if Windows 10 supports 4K, you still need a 4K screen, which has high enough pixels.
- If you play 4K video in full screen on Windows 10 PC with 1080p resolution, you will only see a quarter of the image or your PC will automatically zooms out from 4K to 1080p, which means that you will play the 4K video on Windows 10, however, in 1080p resolution.
- High-speed Internet and high-end PC sets will be bonus points.

Best free 4K video players for Windows 10

Apart from playing 4K video on Windows 10 with its built-in video player app, there are also other free 4K video player apps for you to playback various 4K video with different frame rate, resolution, bit rate, etc.

1. 5K Player

5KPlayer is a relatively new but powerful 4K video player. Like VLC, it is completely free and clean and safe to use. Any malicious stuff is excluded. It has full compatibility with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and lower, and Mac edition can also run perfectly on new macOS Sierra and previous operating systems like OS X 10.11. With this UHD player, you can play (4096x2160, 3840x2160) 4K 60fps, 48fps or 30fps video at any format (e.g. MKV) without choppy or other problems.

2. VLC Player

As the free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols, VLC also adds support for 4K video playback since an update in 2013. However, the 4K video playback effect on VLC is not that satisfactory. A lot of VLC users complain that they suffer VLC 4K video playback choppy or lagging issues.

3. KMPlayer

The KMPlayer at first only serves for Windows users. But in April, 2016, a Mac alpha version was released for Mac users with OS X 10.6 or later operating system. It supports for a wide range of file formats and can play videos in superb quality, including 4K UHD. According to the description in its official site, the PC edition only works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7(32bit). If you need a 4K video player for Windows 10, 8.1 or 7, you'd better choose another program, such as 5KPlayer.

4. Media Player Classic and K-Lite Codec Pack

Media Player Classic, also known as MPC, is an open source free media player, mimicking the look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4. As a matter of fact, MPC on its own cannot play 4K UHD videos. It needs the help from K-Lite Codec Pack. To make things easier, you are suggested to download K-Lite Codec Pack full package which covers Media Player Classic. Despite that it can work on even the oldest computers, you still need a more powerful system to perform 4K playback.

MPC is also a 100% clean 4K UHD media player. No advertisements, no toolbars. You may feel relieved the use greatly.

5. Divx Player

DivX Player is the first of its kind, award-winning software offering free HEVC playback, including Ultra HD (4K), a must-have for those who appreciate high-quality video. Player is also optimized for movies, TV shows and web video clips in the Internet's most popular formats, including AVI, DIVX, MKV, MP4 and more.

Best free 4K media player assistant for 4K video playback on Windows 10

Sometimes, you may still encounter problems when play certain 4K video with any of the above listed free 4K media player software due to the format/codec incompatible issue, file resolution, bit rate, frame rate, etc. When in that situation, it would be ideal for you to download our best 4K Video Converter - Pavtube Video Converter (get Mac version) to fix all the 4K video playback, editing and sharing issues on Windows 10.

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The program has full importing support for all 4K video wrapped with various different container file formats such as AVI/WMV/MP4/MKV/MOV/TS/MXF/XAVC/XAVC S and compression codec such as H.264, H.265, Prores. The program supports batch conversion mode, so that you can batch load multiple 4K video into the application for conversion at one time to save your precious time. With the program, you can easily convert unsupported 4K video to any of your desired digital file formats with perfect quality and super-fast conversion speed. Besides that, the program also assists you to compress 4K to 1080p or 720p for smooth playback on media players or devices that lacks the ability to handle 4K resolution video.

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Best Workflow of Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid

The Alpha A7R III is Sony's latest high-resolution mirrorless camera, and an update of the excellent Alpha A7R II, which was responsible for tempting many a photographer away from the comfort of their Canon and Nikon DSLRs. The camera offers internal 4K video recording in XAVC S format. When the shooting is completed, some people choose to load the A7R III 4K XAVC S video into Avid Media Composer for some professional editing workflow. Have no idea how to get a smooth editing workflow? Just read on...

Native workflow of A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid Media Composer

From XAVC S workflow guide, we get the information that Sony has created a special free of charge AMA plug-in for AVID (PDZK-MA2 V.3.4) for faster and fluid workflow of XAVC, XDCAM and XDCAM HD files with Avid Media Composer. The bad news is that the XAVC S format is currently not supported by Avid Media Composer. Therefore, to load A7R III 4K XAVC S to Avid, you will need to perform a format transcoding process.

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Transcode A7R III 4K XAVC S for Avid Media Composer editing

If you wish to get a high quality and high performance editing workflow, we highly recommend you to transcode A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD codec, an editing codec developed by Avid to create mastering-quality media at reduced file sizes, shattering the barriers to real-time productivity, whether using local storage or in real-time collaborative workflows.

If you are looking for a simple to use application to direct produce high quality DNxHD codec from Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S, we highly recommend Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to you, this cross-platform application is available on both Windows and Mac platform (get Windows version). Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple A7R III 4K XAVC S video into the application for conversion at one time to save your precious time.

The application enables you to export Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD codec in either 1080p resolution or 720p resolution, you can choose one according to your own needs. What's more, you can also flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc to get the best output file quality.

Step by Step to Transcode Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD for Avid Editing

Step 1: Load Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S files into the program.

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select Avid Media Composer best compatible "Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" under "Avid Media Composer" main category.

Tips: Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly adjust the output profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality.

Step 3: Edit Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video (optional).

By default the Edit icon is grayed out. To activate the Edit menu, you have to select an item first. When a video or movie is selected, click the pencil like Edit icon on the left top tool bar to open the video editor window, here, you can play and preview the original video and output effects. Trim video length, crop video file size, add transparent watermark, apply special effect, insert external subtitle.

Step 4: Start the conversion process.

After all settings is over, go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom "Convert" button to start Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to Avid Media Composer 1080p or 720p DNxHD conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you can get a smooth and high quality workflow of Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid Media Composer.

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Store DVD Movies on Synology DS218j

Highlights of Synology DS218j

- A versatile entry-level 2-bay NAS for home and personal cloud storage
- Over 113 MB/s reading, 112 MB/s writing
- Dual-core CPU with hardware encryption engine
- Everywhere access with iOS/Android/Windows ready mobile apps
- An integrated media server supporting multimedia streaming

Store DVD movies on Synology DS218j

To store DVD movies on Synology DS218j, you can will need to digitize the DVD disc into digital file formats since this Network Storage Devices doesn't support storing physical disc media. Here, you can easily do the job by downloading Pavtube ByteCopy, which not only assists you to powerfully bypass all DVD copy protection including Region code, RCE, key2Audio, UOP, CSS, Macrovision, FluxDVD, Protect, ARccOS, AACS, BD+, ROM Mark, BD-Live, etc, but also perform the DVD to digital format ripping process on the same interface.

Backup DVD to Synology DS218j in different ways

To better satisfy your Synology DS218j backup or streaming purpose, the program offers different ways for you to make a copy or backup of your DVD movies.You can make a 1:1 full disc copy of DVD movies of original DVD structure and saved as a Video_TS folder , a fast main movie copy without unwanted comments, ads or trailers and saved as a VOB file or a lossless multi-track MKV copy from DVD with all your desired subtitle languages and audio tracks. If you plan to stream the NAS device stored DVD movies to different devices, you can also choose to rip DVD to some popular digital file formats or hot devices and applications preset profile formats.

For Mac users, please switch to download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform the copying or backing process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, etc.

Simple Step Guide to Copy or Backup DVD Movies to Synology DS218j

Step 1: Load DVD disc with the application.

Download, install and run this DVD ripper.  You can load DVD by clicking "File" > "Load from disc". Or load DVD Folder by clicking "File" > "Load from folder" or load DVD IFO/ISO image by clicking "File" > "Load IFO/ISO".

Step 2: Backup DVD movies to Synology DS218j in different ways.

Full disc copy

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the to make an entire disc copy of original DVD structure without changing anything.

Main DVD movie copy

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Copy" > "Direct" Copy, you can then copy the selected movie file in its original format without quality loss. When directly copy a DVD video, you will get .VOB as output.

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

To preserve all your wanted audio tracks and subtitles streams in the source movie, you can use the program to rip DVD to " Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category.

DVD to digital movie format copy

Here, select the output digital file format according to which devices you plan to stream the DVD movies from Synology DS218j to. Here, we choose one of the best compatible digital file formats "H.264 HD Video(*mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Step 3: Start DVD to Synology DS218j backup process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin DVD to Synology DS218j copying or ripping process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you will produce a digital file for either safe backup or convenient device streaming from Synology DS218j.

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Backup Blu-ray Movies to Synology DS218j

The DiskStation DS218j is cost-effective home storage server which features a powerful 2-bay NAS with rapid data transmission and power consumption, designed for home users. For Blu-ray movie collectors who are looking for a safe place to backup your large collection of Blu-ray disc, the Synology DS218j can be the best choice for you. The following article will show you how to efficiently copy or backup Blu-ray movies to Synology DS218j.

Digitize Blu-ray disc for Synology DS218j

Break Blu-ray disc copy protection

Obviously, you can't directly store a physical disc media on your Synology DS218j. In addition, the heave copy protection and region code used on Blu-ray disc also makes it difficult for you to make a digital copy from the Blu-ray movies for Synology DS218j backup. As a matter of fact, to convert Blu-ray to digital file format, what you need is simply a Blu-ray Ripper application. The program we highly recommend to you here is called Pavtube ByteCopy. The program can powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection including AACS, BD+, Cinavia, UOP, DRM, BD-ROM Mark and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, etc. Besides that, it also keeps constant update to bypass new encryption such as MKB61 and MKB62 used on many of the recently released Blu-ray movies.

Backup Blu-ray to Synology DS218j in different ways

Different people may have different needs and requirements when performing the DiskStation copying process. To fulfill all your great needs, the application offers various different Blu-ray copy mode. You can make a 1:1 full disc copy of Blu-ray movies of original Blu-ray structure, a fast main movie copy without unwanted comments, ads or trailers or a lossless multi-track MKV copy with all your desired subtitle languages and audio tracks. Alternatively, you can also choose to convert Blu-ray to some popular digital file formats or hot devices and applications preset profile formats if you plan to entertainment on devices.

For Mac users, you can download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform the copying or backing process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, etc.

Simple Step Guide to Copy or Backup Blu-ray Movies to Synology DS218j

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies into the application.

Download, install and run this Blu-ray ripper and copy software. Insert the Blu-ray disc into your computer's Blu-ray drive. If your computer doesn't ship with a drive, you will need to purchase an external USB Blu-ray drive to read on the data on Blu-ray disc. Then press "File" > "Load from disc" option on the main interface, alternatively, you can also import Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO files with the program.

Step 2: Backup Blu-ray movies to Synology DS218j in different ways.

Full disc copy

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the "http://www.multipelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/copy-the-entire-disc.jpg" to make an entire disc copy of original DVD structure without changing anything.

Main Blu-ray movie copy

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Copy" > "Direct" Copy, you can then copy the selected movie file in its original format without quality loss. When directly copy a Blu-ray video, you will get .m2ts as output.

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

To preserve all your wanted audio tracks and subtitles streams in the source movie, you can use the program to rip Blu-ray to " Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category.

Blu-ray to digital movie format copy

Here, select the output digital file format according to which devices you plan to stream the Blu-ray movies from Synology DS1517+ to. Here, we choose one of the best compatible digital file formats "H.264 HD Video(*mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Step 3: Start Blu-ray to Synology DS218j backup process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin Blu-ray to Synology DS218j copying or ripping process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you will produce a digital file for either safe backup or convenient device streaming from Synology DS218j.

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