How to Make Blu-ray/DVD Playable on Samung Galaxy S9/S9+

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have been launched for several days since March 16, let's have a look at the new Android phones. You won't find a bigger and better Android phone than the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, thanks to its oversized 6.2-inch curved screen and low-light-defeating dual-lens camera. Sure, it looks exactly like last year's S8 Plus, but it does fix the fingerprint sensor location and speakers (now stereo). 

With this smartphone in hands, transferring all your Blu-ray/DVD collections to it for watching when you're out for travelling to kill the boring time. Maybe, many people will say they can purchase the BD/DVD movie form the online movie store, it will be a waste if you have already had the same BD/DVD disc in hand.

There are lots of Blu-ray/DVD ripper which can copy and convert the movies form the plastic to Samung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus playable movies. However, the point is how to get the best one in the market. You are in the right place, Pavtube BDMagic | for Mac (review) always stands out from its competitors, and recently, it has upgraded to v4.9.2, added support for Blu-ray AACS MKB v63. It allows you to convert Blu-ray/DVD to H.264/H.265 MP4, H.265 MKV, AVI, MOV, M4V, WMV, WAV and more for playback on Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus, iPhone X/8/8P/7/7P, iPad, Xbox one, PS4 Pro and other popular devices.

To get the best video and audio playback effect on Galaxy S9 (plus), you can use the "Crop" function to adjust output aspect ratio to let it fit with your smartphone screen display, flexibly tweak the output video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution or audio codec, sample rate, bit rate, channels, etc. With this perfect tool, you can also flexibly set subtitles on your own. You can select desired subtitles from original Blu-ray/DVD movies, enable forced subtitle option to disable the traditional subtitles while still preserving the subtitles that translate foreign language speaking parts. If the original Blu-ray/DVD movie doesn't contain you wanted subtitle languages, you can download a subtitle file in your first language and then add subtitles to your movie files.

Step by Step to Rip and Play BD/DVD Movies on Samsung Galaxy S9 (Plus)

Step 1: Load movie disc into the program

Launch the program on your computer, click "File" > "Load from disc" to load commercial Blu-ray/DVD disc with copy protection to the application.

Step 2. Select output video format for Galaxy S9/S9 Plus

Press “Format” drop-down menu and then select a video container format that the Galaxy S9/S9 Plus supports like MP4, WMV, AVI, etc. You can also select HD MP4, HD WMV, HD MKV, HD FLV, etc format from "HD Video" category.

After that, click the "Settings" button to adjust the output parameters including “resolution”, “bitrate”, “frame rate”, and “codec” to make the output video play best on your Galaxy S9/S9 Plus.

Step 3: Start Blu-ray/DVD to Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 + ripping process

After you have finished all the settings, go back to the main interface, press the right-bottom "Convert" button to start to convert Blu-ray/DVD to Galaxy S9/S9 + with original video/audio quality.

When the conversion is completed, click "Open output folder", a window will pop out with all your converted files. Then feel free to transfer converted files to Galaxy S9/S9 Plus for playback anytime anywhere. 

Galaxy S9 vs S9+

S9 and S9+’s obvious difference is the display size. Galaxy S9’s display is 5.8 inches while Galaxy S9+’s display is 6.2 inches and with the increased size comes an increase in power. The S9+ has a 3,500 mAh battery where the S9's battery is 3,000 mAh. Additionally, the S9 will give you 4GB of RAM while the S9+ will give you more with 6GB of RAM. Don't worry both of them support microSD cards for additional storage expansion of up to 400GB.

However, the biggest noticeable difference between the two and what makes the S9+ stand out is its dual cameras. The S9 features a single lens camera while the S9+ features a dual lens camera that offers dual optical image stabilization and 2X optical zoom. Both feature super slow mo though, so we got you covered!

Specifications

So what makes Galaxy S9 and S9+ better than Galaxy S8 and S8+? The S9 and S9+ have a faster processor, more memory, and larger screens to name a few of the improvements from the S8 and S8+. Want to know all of the changes, check it out for yourself.

Here are the specs:
Galaxy S8 Specs
Galaxy S8+ Specs

Galaxy S9 Specs 
Galaxy S9+ Specs

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Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p for After Effects Editing

A marvel of engineering and design, the Mavic Air was built to go wherever adventure takes you. Inheriting the best of the Mavic series, this ultraportable and foldable drone features high-end flight performance and functionality for limitless exploration. The Mavic Air is the most portable DJI drone to house a 3-axis mechanical gimbal, with its angular vibration range reduced to 0.005°. Set in a triangular formation, gimbal dampeners help create even steadier shots. Best of all the Mavic Air shoots video at an incredible 4K 30 fps, recording at 100 Mbps to capture every second with UHD quality.

It is a wonderful idea to input the DJI Mavic Air captured 4K footage into Adobe After Effects for further editing. However, it will be CPU comsuming if you load DJI Mavic Air 4k into After Effect and try to render the final file. If you say you have owned a very power computer and can get this job done, okey, how about the final render file? It can be very easy to say that its size will be very very large after adding vdieo effects to it. So today what we are gonna discuss is how to compress DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p for better postproduction, and compress the large render files for better sharing.

Part 1. How to Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p before After Effects Editing

To compress DJI Mavic Air captured 4k footage before inputting into After Effects, you have a good choice - finding a smart assistant which comes as a super compressor. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate always stands out from it competitors will never let you down. It allows you to input 4K MOV, 4K MP4, 4K AVCHD, 4K MKV and output MKV, MOV, MP4, AVI, M4V etc with 4K/2K/SD/HD resolution, moreover, customizing video parameters like video/audio codec, resoluiton, bit rate, frame rate, channels etc are available here. Apart from video rosolution, video file size also depends on video bit rate, get smaller video size by lowering the bit rate.

Quick Guide to Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p before After Effects Editing

Step 1: Load DJI Mavic Air 4K video into the program.

Start the program on your computer, click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from folder" to import DJI Mavic Air 4K video.

Step 2: Define output video format

Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down options, choose the best compatible uploading format from "Common VIdeo" > "H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4)". You also can choose other video formats according to your needs.

Step 3: Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p

Hit "Settings" to open the "Profile Settings" window, here you can adjust the output video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels. To compress 4k to 1080p, just type 1920*1080 in Size blank. If you prefer smaller video size, lower the video bit rate can help you achieve this goal.

Step 5: Start the conversion.

Start to compress DJI Mavic Air 4K video to 1080p conversion by hitting the right bottom convert button, when the conversion is over, you will have no limitation to upload DJI Mavic Air 4K video to After Effects. You will be surprise about the smooth editing process.

Part 2. How to Compress After Effects render file size for sharing

Above is the tutorials to help you compress the DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p for smooth editing. Almost all After Effects moive making lovers know that, although the file you input into Adobe AE is very small, the render file will be larger larger larger than what you input, cause you have done the footage's postproduction. So how to reduce the render file size? Here are two ways to help you solve the problems.

Method 1. How to reduce the render file size in Affter Effects

To reduce render file size in Affter Effects is to change the format to H.264, but how? Keep reading.

To render H.264 it's actually very easy.

1. From your Project window, select the sequence you wish to render.
2. Right click->Export Media (or File->Export Media)
3. In the Video tab, select H.264 for format

Then, in the basic video settings below, you can change to smaller-than-original resolution, low bit rates, etc.

Method 2. How to reduce the Affter Effects render file size via Pavtube tool

If you are not faniliar with the operation by reducing in After Effects, this method will be very easy for you. Open Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and load the render file into it, then define the output format you like just like we just do above, then click Settings on the UI, screenshot like below.

Now you are able to adjust the output video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels. Apart from changing video resolution, you also can lower the bit rate to make the render file smaller.

Up to now, you may have no trouble to play the DJI Mavic Air 4k with any devices, or upload to Youtube Facebook, Twitter for sharing with thousands of net friends.

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How to Convert HD MTS to M4V/MOV for Playback on iPad Series

An MTS file is a video file saved in the high-definition (HD) MPEG Transport Stream video format, commonly called "AVCHD". MTS files are often used by Sony, Panasonic, and other HD camcoders. It is worth to say that MTS files can not be played directly by most media player or reconginized by most tablets, smartphones because of its video audio codec. So if you want to sync some MTS files to your iPad with iTunes for sharing with friends, how to do?

Converting MTS to iPad supported video formats could solve this problem, for example, converting MTS to M4V/MOV will be a good way. You can search MTS to M4V/MOV converter in Google and pop up hundreds software in the page. The point is how to get the best one. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate | Mac (review) always stands out from its competitors which could convert HD MTS to M4V, MOV with just 3 steps.

Moreover, apart from converting MTS to M4V/MOV, it also allows you to import Blu-ray/DVD, MOV, AVI, MKV, AVCHD, VOB with resolution of 4K/2K/HD/SD to any formats you need including MOV, M4V, H.264/H.265 MP4, 3GP, M4V and more. For those people who want to do some postproduction to the MTS footage, video editing is also availabe here.

You are able to flip MTS video horizontally or vertically, rotate video clockwise or counterclockwise to get it displayed in the right angle, trim or cut MTS video to remove unwanted parts or segments, crop video to cut off unwanted black borders or area, personalize MTS video with video/image/transparent text watermark, split large video into small parts by file size, count or length, merge separate video clips into one, adjust picture effect like brightness, contrast, saturation or apply special rendering effects like Gray, Flip Color or Aged Flim, etc to your video or add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to videos. To sum up, its features are beyond your imagination. Have a try!

How to upload recorded HD MTS videos to iPad Series

Step 1. Import captured MTS videos

Download and open up recorded HD MTS videos to this MTS to M4V/MOV converter by clicking “File” ＞ “Add Video/Aideo.”

Step 2. Choose M4V as output video format

All models of iPad support M4V/MOV formats, just go to the format list to find M4V option, select "M4V-MPEG-4 Video(*.m4v)" or "MOV-QuickTime(*.mov)"-->"Common Video", or "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" from "HD Video" category.

Step 3. Edit recorded HD MTS videos (Optional)

Go to "Video Editor" window to create your personal videos by trimming, cropping, adding watermarks and special effects.

Step 4. Convert MTS to M4V for iPad

One click on the red button “Convert” to start to convert recorded HD MTS videos to iPad compatible video format - M4V. After conversion, transfer the converted MTS videos to iPad .

Play ISO on Cyberlink PowerDVD

As the world's number 1 media player software for Windows 10, Cyberlink PowerDVD allow users to watch Blu-ray, 4K, 3D, HD, MKV & DVD videos with enhanced surround sound audio. Have some ISO files backed from Blu-ray or DVD disc and wish to play ISO files on Cyberlink PowerDVD? You can follow the steps below to playback ISO file.

Steps to play ISO file on Cyberlink PowerDVD

Step 1: Browse and find the ISO file in Cyberlink PowerDVD, either in the Movie Library or via the My Computer tab.

Step 2: Select the ISO you want to play and then click on the play button.

Step 3: Cyberlink PowerDVD displays a message asking you to install the required drive

Step 4: Click on Install button and then Yes when prompted in the User Access Control dialog.

Step 5: Cyberlink PowerDVD will start playing the ISO file once the drive is installed.

Problems when viewing ISO files on Cyberlink PowerDVD

"I upgraded from PDVD 16 to 17 for my preparation of playing UHD movies. However I'm unable to play .iso files with PDVD17, it plays blu-ray dvd folders but won't reconize .iso files. I have a physical copy of PDVD 16 so I'm not worried about reverting back. I'm just wondering if there is a solution?"

"Just upgraded to PowerDVD Ultra Version 16, and the .ISO file support no longer seems to be working Is this a known bug being worked on? "

"PDVD15 fails to play any encrypted iso BD files. "

Solutions to fix Cyberlink PowerDVD not play ISO files?

Sometimes, your virtual drive might not be compatible with Cyberlink PowerDVD. If Cyberlink PowerDVD can not detect your virtual drive, your mounted ISO image cannot be played back in Cyberlink PowerDVD. Therefore, make sure to upgrade your virtual drive to make it adapt with your Cyberlink PowerDVD.

As for playing encrypted ISO files on Cyberlink PowerDVD, you will need a specific application to bypass that protection. Here, we highly recommend Pavtube ByteCopy to you. The program can assist you to powerfully bypass all protection from the Blu-ray/DVD ISO files in the background with its built-in disc decrypter. So that you can then freely convert the ISO files to Cyberlink PowerDVD playable digital file formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, MP4, MOV, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, 3GP, 3G2, etc with no limitation.

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Pavtube ByteCopy is pretty simple to use, no matter experienced user or fresh could handle it very well. In addition, it has perfect compatibility with the new Windows 10/8.1/8/7. What's more, it supports to produce high quality conversion results, you can't tell the difference between the ripped video and the original Blu-ray/DVD ISO image file.

Step by Step to Rip Encrypted ISO Files for Cyberlink PowerDVD Playing

Step 1: Load ISO files into the application.

Initiate the program on your computer, on the main menu bar, click "File" > "Load IFO/ISO" to import ISO files to the program. 

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select one of Cyberlink PowerDVD supported digital file formats such as "Divx AVI - Audio Video Interleaved(Divx)(*.avi)" under "Common Video" 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: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the ripping process from ISO to Cyberlink PowerDVD supported playback digital file formats.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you can directly view the converted digital files on Cyberlink PowerDVD without any limitation.

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Backup Blu-ray Movies with Chapter Markers Preserved

As a standard feature in Blu-ray disc, chapter markers can let viewers and listeners quickly skip through sections of a program using the Previous and Next buttons on their playback app or device to quickly jump to these points in the movie. The chapter markers can be recognized during playback by various portable devices, media players and also most standard DVD and Blu-ray players.

For people who plan to backup movies to protect it from being damaged or for convenient playback on different devices without flipping through the whole Blu-ray disc collection, you may wish to preserve your chapter markers when you perform the Blu-ray disc ripping or copying process. The good news is that here comes Pavtube ByteCopy, which can assist you to rip Blu-ray movies with chapter markers well preserved in the following 2 two ways:
- 1:1 full disc copy of Blu-ray disc with original file structure including chapter markers, audio tracks and subtitle streams and also special features/bonus contents/extras well preserved.
- Make a lossless multi-track MKV copy from Blu-ray with all your desired audio streams, subtitle tracks and chapter markers well preserved.

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Pavtube ByteCopy can powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection and region code, in addition, it also keeps constant update with perfect support for the new MKB63/MKB62 used on many recently released Blu-ray disc. Apart from chapter markers, you can also get best sound quality when ripping Blu-ray with 7.1 surround sound when using above 2 methods to copy or backup Blu-ray movies.

For your great convenience, Pavtube ByteCopy is available on both Windows and Mac platform. For Mac users, you can switch to download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform Blu-ray chapter marker ripping process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X Yosemite.

Step by Step to Backup Blu-ray Movies with Chapter Markers Well Preserved

Step 1: Load Blu-ray disc.

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 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: Rip Blu-ray with chapter markers.

Full disc copy of Blu-ray with chapter markers

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the  option to make an entire disc copy of original Blu-ray structure with chapter markers well preserved.

Lossless MKV copy of Blu-ray with chapter markers

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category to backup Blu-ray with your chapter markers and your wanted subtitle languages and audio tracks.

Step 3: Adjust multi-task settings.

When you output the lossless/encoded multi-track MKV format, all the subtitle languages and audio tracks in original source file will be preserved. If there are some subtitle languages or audio tracks you don't like, you can click Settings button and go to Multi-task Settings window to uncheck and remove them under Audio tab and Subtitle tab.

Step 4: Start Blu-ray chapter marker ripping process.

Click the button "Convert" on bottom right to start entire Blu-ray disc copy or Blu-ray to lossless MKV conversion with chapter markers. After conversion, just press "Open Output Folder" to find generated videos. You can set auto shut down by checking the box of "Shut down computer after conversion".

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Merge 4K Video into One File

As a standard feature in Blu-ray disc, chapter markers can let viewers and listeners quickly skip through sections of a program using the Previous and Next buttons on their playback app or device to quickly jump to these points in the movie. The chapter markers can be recognized during playback by various portable devices, media players and also most standard DVD and Blu-ray players.

For people who plan to backup movies to protect it from being damaged or for convenient playback on different devices without flipping through the whole Blu-ray disc collection, you may wish to preserve your chapter markers when you perform the Blu-ray disc ripping or copying process. The good news is that here comes Pavtube ByteCopy, which can assist you to rip Blu-ray movies with chapter markers well preserved in the following 2 two ways:
- 1:1 full disc copy of Blu-ray disc with original file structure including chapter markers, audio tracks and subtitle streams and also special features/bonus contents/extras well preserved.
- Make a lossless multi-track MKV copy from Blu-ray with all your desired audio streams, subtitle tracks and chapter markers well preserved.

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Pavtube ByteCopy can powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection and region code, in addition, it also keeps constant update with perfect support for the new MKB63/MKB62 used on many recently released Blu-ray disc. Apart from chapter markers, you can also get best sound quality when ripping Blu-ray with 7.1 surround sound when using above 2 methods to copy or backup Blu-ray movies.

For your great convenience, Pavtube ByteCopy is available on both Windows and Mac platform. For Mac users, you can switch to download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform Blu-ray chapter marker ripping process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X Yosemite.

Step by Step to Backup Blu-ray Movies with Chapter Markers Well Preserved

Step 1: Load Blu-ray disc.

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 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: Rip Blu-ray with chapter markers.

Full disc copy of Blu-ray with chapter markers

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the  option to make an entire disc copy of original Blu-ray structure with chapter markers well preserved.

Lossless MKV copy of Blu-ray with chapter markers

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category to backup Blu-ray with your chapter markers and your wanted subtitle languages and audio tracks.

Step 3: Adjust multi-task settings.

When you output the lossless/encoded multi-track MKV format, all the subtitle languages and audio tracks in original source file will be preserved. If there are some subtitle languages or audio tracks you don't like, you can click Settings button and go to Multi-task Settings window to uncheck and remove them under Audio tab and Subtitle tab.

Step 4: Start Blu-ray chapter marker ripping process.

Click the button "Convert" on bottom right to start entire Blu-ray disc copy or Blu-ray to lossless MKV conversion with chapter markers. After conversion, just press "Open Output Folder" to find generated videos. You can set auto shut down by checking the box of "Shut down computer after conversion".

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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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