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Backup Blu-ray/DVD to AC Ryan Player on Mac for TV playback

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 22 Januari 2014 0 komentar

This article shows how to remove your Blu-ray/DVD protection and rip them into MP4 format, so that you can playback the movies on TV via AC Ryan Player.

AC Ryan Playon is a media player which works similar to Apple TV; with HDMI to your TV, it helps to playback various video formats in widescreen.

We have one AC Ryan Playon connected to our TV in living room to play TV shows downloaded from Internet. This device support video formats as below: ASF/AVI/BD-ISO/DAT/DVD-ISO/FLV/IFO/MPG/MP4/M2TS/MKV/MOV/M4V/TP/TS/TRP/WMV/VOB/RM/RMVB

So generally we don’t need to work with format transform and it works pretty well.

But recently we got plenty of DVDs and Blu-rays (most Blu-rays) from a friend; and we decide to backup them so we can view these movies on TV via AC Ryan. Don’t need to keep the original file size as we have limited storage, but want to get pretty good video quality.

We did a lot of researches online and finally got this SM named Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac (Mac based); it has a simple yet very easy-to-use UI, and has a large output list that supports various formats. The most important thing is it accepts my every disc, which Handbrake and Jack the Ripper couldn’t.

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For people who want to backup all the audio tracks or subtitles, you are suggested to try Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac.

How to rip Blu-ray/DVD to view on AC Ryan Player?

Step 1. Load disc

Click “Load files(s)” to import DVDs and Blu-rays. Note you need to have an external Blu-ray drive if you want to rip Blu-rays.

Keep Internet connected during importing.

Step 2. Choose format.

Although AC Ryan Player support lots of formats, I still recommend MP4 format as it’s most acceptable by most devices, so that you can watch the converted video on other devices also.

Click “Format” and choose “HD Video>H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)” as below:

Step 3. Adjust output settings (Optional)

Click “Settings” to change video size, bitrate, frame rate and audio specs. I chose “original” size to playback on TV.

Step 4. Start conversion

Click “Convert” in the main interface to start the conversion (batch conversion supported). After conversion, click “Open” which is below the “Settings” to find the converted video.

Use a USB drive to transfer the ripped MP4 media file to AC Ryan Player, now just enjoy your Blu-ray/DVD movies on TV!

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Import ISO, AVCHD & PVR recording to WDTV Live or Adobe Premiere Elements

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 09 Januari 2014 0 komentar

Description: This article show you how to convert ISO image files, Sony AVCHD footage and PVR recordings to MKV/MPG format, so that you can edit them in Adobe Premiere Elements or watch on WDTV Live.

Q: “I made some family videos with a Sony CX155E this Christmas, and recorded my son’s favorite TV show in PVR; we both have something to do with the videos together with download ISO image files: I want to edit in Adobe Premiere Elements and my son wish the watch on WDTV Live in the living room. Is there a multi-task tool can help us with the format problem?”

I love make and editing videos as a hobby so I am not new to format and codec issues. Usually when you want to playback a ISO image file on computer, you should run a virtual drive to mount this file then open it. PVR recordings can be playback smoothly on the box, but it’s not the best format for WDTV – WDTV prefers MKV format. As for the Sony CX155E, I browsed and found its footage is in AVCHD file structure.

So things become simple: to accomplish all the tasks, you need to find a tool which is able to convert ISO, PVR and AVCHD into MKV for WDTV Live, or MPG for editing in Adobe Premiere Elements.

Although there are various video converting tools on the market, dare I say the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimateis the simplest program to use. This all-in-one video converting tool support converting Blu-ray/DVD ISO files, AVCHD footages and PVR recordings to various formats in presets for different using; import, choose preset, convert. It’s as simple as that.

Note: its Mac version is renamed as iMedia Converter for Mac.

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How to convert ISO, AVCHD & PVR recordings to WDTV Live or Adobe Premiere Elements

Step 1. Install and launch this Video Converter Ultimate; import video

Firstly you need to keep camera on and connect it to computer, then download the AVCHD from card; click the top left “plus” icon to import AVCHD file to it.

ISO image files can be dragged and dropped into it directly; so is PVR recordings.

Tick the “Merge into one file” if you want to combine several videos into one file.

Step 2. Choose format.

Click the drop-down list besides “Format”, you will find many presets sorted with different device model, editing program, etc.

For people who need to watch on WDTV, you can choose “HD Video>MKV HD Video(*.mkv)” as below:

If you want to load the video to Adobe Premiere Elements for editing, let’s hit “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>MPEG-2(*.MPG)”:

Step 3. Adjust target file setting (Optional).

If you are not satisfied with the default video/audio settings, click “Settings” to change file size, bitrate, frame rate and other specs.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Ok now back to the main interface, find the big “Convert” and hit it; it will process the tasks in batch. After it completed, click “Open” or “Open output folder” to find the converted videos quickly.

Besides, I used to burn the final video to DVD after editing. Pavtube studio also released a DVD Creator program for this.

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Two Ways to Play VIDEO_TS Files on PC/iMac: VLC Player or VIDEO_TS Converter

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 08 Januari 2014 0 komentar

This article explains what the VIDEO_TS files are in detail and patiently guides you on how to play VIDEO_TS files on your computer smoothly.

If you like to download movies or videos from torrents, you should be familiar with these three formats of DVD movies:

VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB

Maybe you just know it is a kind of form but don't know what kind of format it is and your media player is unable to play it. Do you want to play the movies in this format on your PC/iMac? This article is specifically for you. It will give you a detailed introduction of what the VIDEO_TS files are and solutions to play VIDEO_TS files on your computer smoothly.

What's VIDEO_TS?

A VIDEO_TS file is a DVD folder file, mainly containing all data for the DVD movies. It totally contains three kinds of files inside: VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.BUP, and VIDEO_TS.VOB.

VIDEO_TS.IFO - the configuration files with information like menus, subtitles, aspect ratio, languages etc.
VIDEO_TS.BUP - the backup copies of configuration files
VIDEO_TS.VOB - actual video and audio data for DVD content

After figuring out the definition of VIDEO_TS, it's time to solve the problem of play VIDEO_TS files on PC/iMac. I can still recall of the questions asked by the user in a forum: "I got the DVD file on my PC which I want play on my TV with DVD Player. When I try to Copy/Burn on DVD it got copied but unable to play on my TV thru DVD Player. I want to convert this file to the normal format which can easily play on TV using any CD/DVD Player. Can any one help me to rectify this problem? I got windows 8 install on my Desktop PC."

Solution 1: Use VIDEO_TS Player: VLC Player

You can easily playback your VIDEO_TS files if you have a VIDEO_TS player installed. VideoLAN (VLC Player) will be one of your alternatives. Download this player and follow the below steps to player your VIDEO_TS files.

Step 1: Install the VideoLAN (VLC Player)

Step 2: Start VideoLAN (click Start -> Programs -> VideoLAN -> VLC Media Player)

Step 3: Click File -> Open Directory. Find the VIDEO_TS folder, select it and click OK.

Solution 2: Convert VIDEO_TS to other formats

Similar to this user's query; if you also want to convert your VIDEO_TS file to a compatible format for playback on your current player, you can try Pavtube Video Convert Ultimate (iMedia Converter for Mac).

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Being a professional video converter, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate can not only convert Blu-ray/DVD discs, VIDEO_TS files, but also supports converting video to almost all popular video and audio formats like AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, RMVB, MPEG, 3GP, MKV, MP3, AAC, etc.

Step 1: Load VIDEO_TS files to the converter.

VIDEO_TS Converter

Step 2: Choose output format.

For Windows Media Player, just convert the VIDEO_TS to WMV. As for Quicktime, the MOV file type is recommended.

Step 3: Hit the "Convert" button to convert VIDEO_TS files in the lower-right corner of the interface.

After the conversion, you can play your VIDEO_TS files in your native player.

OK, now you can choose one of the solutions to play VIDEO_TS files on your PC/iMac. Just enjoy it!

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Stream Blu-ray/DVD collections to Portable Devices and HDTV via Home Network

Posted by Unknown Senin, 06 Januari 2014 0 komentar

This guide introduces how to backup Blu-ray/DVD disc, folder, IFO/ISO to your locate network, so that you can stream them to portable devices and TV for playback at any time.

If you are any thoughts of home entertainment, you should not miss the idea of streaming your Blu-ray and DVD collections to portable devices and HDTV via home network. It's a good way to share movies with family members without the risk of scratching discs; everyone in your family can create and access the shared movies; isn't it fantastic?

If you already have the home network set up, then the most important thing is to backup Blu-ray/DVD to server in a most common format which could be accepted by most of your devices. After many trials, I prefer to save them into MP4 format as it's widely supported by my iPhone, iPad, Android tablet and Samsung Smart TV.

To backup Blu-ray/DVD into MP4 format with best quality, I recommend Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate as it's capable of ripping/converting just about every title that I own; it's easy of use and choices for decode/encode to all popular formats.

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Note: its Mac version is renamed as iMedia Converter for Mac.

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How to convert Blu-ray/DVD to MP4 on home network or stream to portable device/TV for playback?

Step 1. Launch Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate; import disc.

Inset your DVD to computer; if you want to rip Blu-rays, use an external drive to connect it to your computer. Then hit "load disc" to import the discs. You can also drag and drop Blu-ray/DVD folder, ISO/IFO files to it directly.

Note that you shall keep Internet connected during this period.

Step 2. Choose format.

Hit "Format" drop-down list and choose "HD Video> H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" as the most widely used format for playback on smartphones, tablets and HDTV.

Step 3. Adjust output settings (Optional)

You can click "Settings" (besides "Format") to change target video size, bitrate, frame rate and other specs. Change the size to "Original" to get full size picture that can be playback on TV clearly. And the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality will be.

Step 4. Start the Blu-ray to MP4 conversion.

Back to the main interface and hit the "Convert" to start converting Blu-ray&DVD to HD MP4 on your PC/Mac; this converter will start all the tasks in batch. Wait for a while till the conversion completed; click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted files. Now upload the movies to your NAS.

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Can WD TV (Live, Plus, Hub) play DVD VIDEO_TS folder?

Posted by Unknown Senin, 28 Oktober 2013 0 komentar

This post shows you how to convert DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV/WD TV Live compatible videos to let you smoothly play VIDEO_TS folder on your WD TV player.

I googled VIDEO_TS to WD TV, and found many guys have the similar confusion.

“I backed up my DVDs to my computer so I can play them on WD TV in the house. But why can’t I transfer these copied DVD VIDEO_TS folders to watch on WD TV?”

“Can WD TV Hub play VIDEO_TS folder? I plan to buy a WD TV Hub HD player box that can hook up external hard drive to play movie from there. Question is does it support to play a folder “Video_TS” or not? I have a lot movies that ripped out in DVD format which is “Video_TS” and “Audio_TS” folder.”

Many movie fans would back up their DVD collections to computer hard drive in VIDEO_TS folder format so that they can rip DVD movies for watching on smartphoes and tablets or burn DVD to a blank DVD disc later without damaging their DVD special editions. While the copied DVD VIDEO_TS folder is not compatible with WD TV player, and you may need to convert DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV/WD TV Live playable file in advance.

First of all, download and install the Pavtube DVD Ripper, the best DVD to WD TV converter to help you convert VIDEO_TS to WD TV MKV file.

With Pavtube DVD Ripper (Halloween Deal - 30% off), you can easily convert DVD disc, DVD VIDEO_TS folder and DVD IFO/ISO file to any video format for different devices including iPad Air, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, Kindle Fire HDX, Apple TV 3, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Note 3, Google Nexus 7/10, WD TV, WD TV Live, and more. In addition, it features with BD/DVD backup to computer hard drive with original structure. Meanwhile, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Macis available for Mac OS X users to rip DVD VIDEO_TS to WD TV/ WD TV Live.

How to transfer DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV compatible MKV file?

Step 1. Run the best VIDEO_TS to WD TV converter, click “load from folder” and load DVD VIDEO_TS folder to DVD Ripper.

Tip 1: On the program UI, set one audio track and subtitles from “Subtitles” and “Audio” drop-down list. If you like, you can also check “Forced subtitles” button to play DVD VIDEO_TS folder with only forced subtitles on your WD TV.

Step 2. Select WD TV optimized format by clicking the “Format” menu. Since WD TV player supports MKV, H.264 MP4 and more, you are suggested to choose “Common Video > H.264 Video(*.mp4)”.

Step 3. If you like, modify profile settings such as video size, bitrate, frame rate, etc to get optimized video and audio playback on WD TV player.

Step 4. Return back to DVD Ripper main interface, and hit the “Convert” button to start ripping VIDEO_TS to WD TV. Once it finishes, open output folder, locate the created MP4 file and you can transfer DVD VIDEO_TS folder to watch on WD TV player.

Tip 2: If you’d like to extract more than one audio track and subtitles for WD TV playback, you can convert your BD/DVD to MKV with multiple audio streams, subtitles and chapter info using Pavtube ByteCopy. (Read more: Copy Blu-ray DVD collection onto HDD for use with WD TV media player)

In addition, this app adds Directly Copy feature which saves 100% intact .M2TS/.VOB main movie from original BD/DVD disc, and allows all subtitle and audio tracks preservation. Meanwhile, ByteCopy supports saving encoded multiple audio tracks in other two formats: .MP4 and .MOV besides .MKV under “Multi-track Video” for audio selection.

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Play Blu-ray and DVD Movies in 16:9 display aspect ratio

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 15 Oktober 2013 0 komentar

Most people are more inclined to a 16:9 screen since it is a good compromise that fits a lot of movie formats without too much pillar boxing or letterboxing, not to mention it fits all HDTV programming perfectly. If you intend to digitalize your Blu-ray DVD collection for storing them on your NAS, so as to stream them to your laptops and/or DLNA compliant Home Theatre systems for watching in 16:9 widescree, you may find this article is worth reading. The purpose of this article is to help you create 16:9 widescreen MP4 files from Blu-ray and DVD movies. (Read more:What is an aspect ratio and Types of aspect ratio)

[Guide] Rip Blu-ray and DVD to widescreen (16:9) MP4 video using ByteCopy

The software I will use is Pavtube ByteCopy. The reason I use Pavtube is because a reviewer put it at the top of the list of the 5 best Blu-ray rippers. Also, I found out that upon downloading its trial version that I was able to rip both my Blu-rays and DVDs to 16:9 MP4 straightly with satisfactory quality and fast speed. These are the two reasons why I picked Pavtube ByteCopy.

Follow the detailed operating steps:

Step 1. Import source media.

Click “Load file(s)” button to import Blu-ray/DVD movie files. You can load a disc, a Blu-ray/DVD folder, or an IFO/ISO image file.

Step 2. Select output format.

Pavtube ByteCopy offers several MP4 formats for users to choose from, including SD MPEG-4 MP4, SD H.264 MP4, HD MPEG-4 MP4 and HD H.264 MP4. Here we pick “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” for instance. To select H.264 HD MP4 as output, do as follows:

From Format bar, navigate to “HD Video” catalogue, and then choose “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” as target format.

Step 3. Set aspect ratio to 16:9.

Click “Settings” button to custom video aspect ratio. By default, the “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” profile uses 1920*1080 (16:9) aspect ratio. If you are using Blu-ray as input, you needn’t change anything here, because this ratio is proper for full HD Blu-ray movies, and you can get a 16 x 9 MP4 file in 1080p. But if your source media is standard DVD, we suggest you set the size down to 1280*720 to produce a 720p video in widescreen (16x9).

How to crop black bars on top and bottom of the image and still keep 16:9 aspect ratio:

1). On the main interface, press “Edit” to enter video editor. Switch to “Crop” tab.
2). Click on the Keep Ration lock.
3). Select 16:9 from the Operation Ratio box.
4). Crop out the black bars by 16:9. This may sacrifice some image on left and right side.
5). Click “OK”, back to the main interface and go on ripping DVD/Blu-ray movies for playback.

Keep in mind that when it comes to DVD movies there is a formatting issue to consider. Many movies are wider than 16:9. For example, The Fifth Element, U-571, American Beauty, The Lord of the Rings, Dances with Wolves, Star Wars/Phantom Menace and Seabiscuit (to name a few) are all 2.35:1, not 1.78:1(16:9). When you display these movies on a 16:9 screen you will have black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. The black bars are not as large as they would be on a 4:3 screen, but they are there nevertheless. (view Wikipedia to learn more about Aspect ratio)

Step 4. Start ripping Blu-ray/DVD movies to 16:9 MP4 video.

When back to the main interface, click the “Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray DVD movie to MP4 video in 16 x 9 widescreen.

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VLC won't play my Blu-ray Movies? Rip Blu-ray to VLC support formats on Windows 8

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 08 Oktober 2013 0 komentar

Question: Can VLC play Blu-ray films?

"I just tried to play a Blu-ray disc and VLC says Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://E:\'. Check the log for details.

I have a disc in the drive!

Will it not play because my monitor is in 4:3 view or something?
What can can I use to play it?
Any simple programs?
Any quality software I can use now? Or is everything paidware?

I have an LG drive on an HP computer using Windows 7."

Some users want to play Blu-ray movies via VLC media player, but, the experience isn't smooth. Wonder how to get your VLC to play encrypted blu-ray discs? Read the following article carefully, you will find the answer.

Required Software:

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How to compress Blu-ray movies to VLC playable video?

Step 1. Import Blu-ray movies.

Insert the Blu-ray disc to external Blu-ray drive and click the "Load Disc" button to add the Blu-ray movies you want to play on your VLC. Select subtitles you want keep with the output video from the option.

Step 2. Choose output profile.

Choose output format via clicking the Format bar. Here you can select MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MKV from the Common Video profile list as the target format.

Tip: You can also check the "Settings" box , and set video codec, video size, Bitrate, frame rate to get a decent video you want on your VLC player.

Step 3. Start converting Blu-ray for VLC.

Finally, hit the "Convert" button to start to rip 1080p Blu-ray movies to VLC readable videos.

After conversion, you can click the "Open" button to find the converted Blu-ray files. Mow you can add and play the BD contents with VLC player at ease.

If you want to rip Blu-ray for VLC player with multiple audio tracks and subtitles, Bytecopy will help you with special multiple track profiles. (Refer to the Blu-ray to VLC with Multi-track Guide)