December 27th, 2010
PS3 blu ray hacking guide – how to process PS3 bluray ripping with bluray to PS3 converter?
Pavtube bluray to PS3 converter, the professional PS3 bluray ripping software, enables you to do ps3 blu ray cracking, or in other words, do ps3 blu ray hacking in an easy way, so as to keep Blu-ray discs from scratching, or manage the copied BD movies in a more convenient way.
What can Pavtube bluray to PS3 converter do for you?
- Remove AACS and BD+ encryptions up to MKB V20 from commercial Blu-ray Discs.
- Copy bluray to PS3 compatible file types, like MPEG-4 .mp4, and H.264 .mp4.
- Edit Blu-ray videos by trimming, cropping, merging, deinterlacing and adding video effects.
- Support multi-core conversion and CUDA acceleration.
- Support selecting audio tracks and subtitles, including forced subs.
- Support “Full Disc Copy” to remain the original structures of Bluray movies.
Step by step PS3 blu ray hacking guide-how to process PS3 bluray ripping?
The following guide tells how to do ps3 blu ray cracking with Pavtube bluray to PS3 converter.
1. Free download Pavtube bluray to PS3 converter, install and launch it.
Once run the PS3 bluray ripping software, click the blu-ray disc icon or blu-ray folder icon at the top-left corner of the main interface to import your bluray movie files, so as to rip bluray to ps3 for playback.
2. Click on the pull down menu of “Format” to choose target format
To do PS3 blu ray hacking, you just need choose a format optimized for PS3 from the multiple “PSP/PS3” format presets.
3.Copy bluray to PS3
Click the big button “Convert” to start ps3 bluray ripping. The bluray to PS3 converter is capable of finishing ps3 blu ray cracking at fast conversion speed without causing any audio and video out of sync issues. Once the conversion is done, you can click “Open” button to get the final output files for your PS3 for entertainment.
Additional Tips:
How to select required languages as subtitle and audio track?
Click the drop-down list of “Subtitle”, then all the subtitle info in the bluray will be shown clearly, including language and stream ID, which enables you to select your needed language as subtitles at will.
In addition, Pavtube bluray to PS3 converter also offers an option called “Only show forced subtitles”, which enables you to see subtitle only when actors are speaking a different language. For instance, if you specify English (your mother tongue) as your subtitle, and meanwhile tick off “Only show forced subtitle” option, then when actors are speaking English, no subtitles will show up, but when they are talking with each other in French, the English subtitle will appear accompanying with the French.
To select your desired audio track, just click the pull down menu of “Audio”, and then the popup drop-down list will give you the detailed information of all audio tracks, including language, audio codec, and stream ID.
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December 27th, 2010
[Tips]AVI/MKV/DivX/WMV/MP4 to Archos 7-Playing/watching Videos to Archos 7 via Video to Archos Converter
The ARCHOS 7 home tablet is a wonderful device for enjoying and sharing your multimedia content. The tablet supports H.264 and MPEG-4 codec, and plays videos of .avi, .mp4, .mkv, .mov, and .flv most of the time. Yeah, most of the time. Things happen that you copy an AVI file to Archos 7 and the device will not play it. Any way to make the Archos 7 play all kinds of videos?
Generally, video contents that play correctly on Archos 7 tablet must be encoded with correct codec (H.264 or MPEG-4), packaged in correct container format (above mentioned formats) and created in correct size, bitrate and framerate (720p, 2.5mbps, 30fps at most). Now I’m sure you understand why H.264 encoded MKV video files of 1920*1080 can not be played on Archos 7. In case a video file is not supported by Archos 7 tablet, you need to convert the video to Archos 7 compatible file format.
Pavtube Video to Archos Converter is recommended as a best tool to help you complete the Video to Archos conversion. This software converts a given video file to the format that will play correctly on your Archos 7, Archos 5, Archos 6, and other Archos home tablets and guarantees perfect synchronization. You may download and install trial of Pavtube Convert Video to Archos and try it out. Step-by-Step guide of converting and transferring Video to Archos:
Step 1: Run Pavtube Video to Archos 7 Converterand import source video files.
To convert Video to Archos 7, you can click “Add Video” to load video source. The Pavtube Video converter supports multiple video formats and codec, such as H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, Xvid, TS, AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, TOD, M2TS, MTS, MOD, VOB, TiVo and more.
Step 2. Set video format for Archos tablet
To play videos on Archos 7, you need to set a compatible format for the tablet. Pavtube AVI/MKV/DivX/WMV/MP4 to Archos provides users with presets for Archos 5, Archos 7, Archos 605, Archos 705, Archos 704, Archos 504, Archos 604, etc, so you may click on the pull down menu of “Format”, and select a specific format of your Archos tab. The “Archos 5/7 AVI Video (*.avi) is recommended when converting SD (4:3) video to Archos.
Step 3: Put and play videos on Archos 7
Click “Convert” button to start converting Video to Archos. After conversion completes you can click the “Open” button to find the converted files. Now the source videos can be put and played on Archos for entertainment. Hope the Video to Archos Converter can help you.
Tips:
To get higher video quality, simply click “Settings”, find “Bitrate” in Video column, and set it to “high quality” before the Video to Archos conversion starts. But make sure the bitrate not exceed 2500kbps.
When converting 16:9 HD videos to Archos 7, you’re advised to click on “Settings” and set video “Size” to “1280*720” in order to keep the original aspect ratio (avoid stretched image).
If you’d like to put DVD onto Archos 7 for entertainment, please refer to the DVD to Archos 7 Conversion.
Learn more: Playing/watch/install bluray movies DVD Video Music on Archos 7 via Pavtube DVD Movie Video to Archos Converter
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December 21st, 2010
[Backup Bluray Guide]fastest/easiest/best way to back up bluray to Hard Disc/NAS/PC/Xbox 360/Home server
if you just want to backup blu-ray movies, bluray library, bluray collection to Media Server, NAS, HTPC, Apple TV, iPad, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone, Android phone for playback, I would say you’re lucky, as Pavtube Back up bluray software has taken it into consideration when developing the software. You can find optimized formats for copying blu-ray to iPad, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone, Android phone, etc.
Backing up a commercial blu-ray disc is much difficult. As we all know, commercial blu-ray discs are copy-protected. AACS copy protection scheme was initially used to protect commercial blu-ray movies, but soon AACS was cracked, so the Blu-ray Disc Association turned to BD+ technology. BD+ is extra DRM on top of AACS and had not been fully penetrated prior to this. To copy movie from a copy-protected blu-ray disc to your hard drive, Blu-ray backup tool that is able to crack AACS and BD+ protections is required. Among the powerful Back up bluray tool, Pavtube Back up bluray tool is favored by movie lovers for its intuitive interface, excellent decrypting ability, and multiple blu-ray backing up solutions. Users can either make full back up of a commercial blu-ray disc with one click or copy blu-ray movie to MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, DivX, Xvid, H.264 video at 1080p, 720p, 480p and more.Hope the below guides can help you.
Make full copy/back up blu-ray disc in fastest and easiest way
Backing up bluray seek a balance between video quality and file size
Rip/back up Blu-Ray movie to PC
Copy/back up Blu-Ray to hard disk
Copy/back up/rip DVD/Blu-ray collections to home server
Back up/copy Blu-ray movie hard drive without quality loss
Select subtitle and audio track when ripping/back up Blu-ray movies to hard drive
Rip/Backup/Copy Blu-ray Disc to M2TS streams flawlessly
Back up/rip Blu-ray to NAS and play bluray movies back on NMT Popcorn Hour C-200
Optimal video format for Ripping/back up blu-ray and DVD to NAS and Xbox 360 Slim playback
Back up/Copy Blu-ray to Mac HDD:get BDMV and 1080p M2TS/MP4/MOV/M4V/MKV video
Make blu-ray backup in the fastest way on Mac
Rip/back up Blu-ray movie to Mac without quality loss
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December 21st, 2010
Watching/install/starting/download Blu-ray/DVD movies to Nexus S
As Google’s second Android phone, the Nexus S, has coming into market, reviews and discussions concerning this Nexus 2 device arises everywhere. Is it the best Android device? Does it sucks? Everyone has his own opinion. All those are not the concerning in this post. This post, however, is a guide for movie lovers that have already got a Nexus S and wanna enjoy more out of the smartphone- by putting the Blu-ray and DVD movies to Google Nexus S phone.
Pavtube Nexus S Converter is recommended as a best tool to help you stream Blu-ray movies and DVDs to your newly bought Nexus S. With NVIDIA GPU acceleration technology and MKB v20 support, the Pavtube Nexus S Blu-ray DVD Converter is able to finish conversion at super high speed, and will never let you encounter troubles in audio and video sync.
You may download and install trial of Pavtube Blu-Ray to Nexus S Converter and try it out. It is 100% clear software and allows you to access all the functions. A step-by-step guide is here for your reference:
Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-ray movie to Nexus S Converter, and import source Blu-ray/ DVD movies
Click “BD/DVD ROM” to load your source Blu-ray or DVD movie. It takes a few seconds to load your Blu-ray movie from target BD drive. When all the movie clips are loaded to file list, check the main movie and leave the unwanted files unchecked. The main movie is distinguished by its length (duration). So check the longest Title. You could view it in preview window.
You can select audio track and subtitle (if necessary) for Blu-ray and DVD movie clips. Click on the Audio box and select an audio track with desired language. Set subtitles in the same way. There is a box of “Force Subtitles”, which is helpful when ripping movies that contains more than one languages.
Step 2. Set compatible format for converting DVD movies to Nexus S video
Click the “Format” bar to choose export format. For Nexus S, appropriate formats are H.264, H.263 and MPEG-4 encoded MP4. Personally I suggest you follow “Common Video”>> “H.264 Video (*.mp4). H.264 video contents are highly-compressed thus take up less storage. The Blu-ray Disc Ripper software does output 1080p HD video formats, which are good for HTPC and HD media players, but not the Nexus S.
Step 3. Set video resolution and bitrate for streaming Blu-ray to Nexus S
There’s a tips for Blu-ray to Nexus S conversion. To maintain full screen display on Nexus S, you can lick on “Settings” button and find video “Size” in Settings window, select “custom” from dropdown list, and input 800*480. And set “low quality” or “900” in “Bitrate” for video.
Step 4: Stream/install Blu-ray and DVD movies to Nexus S
Click the big button “Convert” to start converting video to Nexus S compatible video format via using Blu-ray to Nexus S Converter. Once the conversion task is done, you can click “Open” button and steam the movies to Nexus S at ease.
Also refer to How to put DVD movie onto Nexus S with Pavtube DVD Movie to Nexus S Converter.
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December 21st, 2010
Playing/put/stream/get AVI/XviD/MTS/MKV/MP4 Videos and DVD Movies to Nexus S
Google has begun shipping the Nexus S, the second Google Android phone to hit the market since Google Nexus S. The Nexus S comes with large touch screen, which brings impressive visual quality when playing videos and action games. Quoted video compatibility for the Nexus S is almost the same with Samsung Galaxy S series, supported video formats for Nexus S are “MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, XviD, WMV, AVI, 3GP, up to 800*480pix”. That’s plenty of codec. And further more, you can rip DVD movie to Nexus S, or down convert HD MKV, MP4, AVI, VOB, MOV, M4V, MTS, etc to be just all right for playback on Nexus S. The following guide provides a solution putting MKV, MP4, AVI video and DVD movie to Nexus S for your reference.
Required software: Pavtube Nexus S Converter (Download a trial of Video DVD Movies to Nexus S Converter to convert AVI/XviD/MTS/MKV/MP4 Videos and DVD to Nexus S on the go)
Step 1. Load videos/DVD to the Nexus S Converter.
Run Pavtube Video DVD to Nexus S Converter suite, click “Add Video” button to load your various video files, such as MKV, AVI, VOB, MPG, MOV, MTS, M2TS, TiVo, and more. If you’d like to rip DVD to Nexus S, just place DVD in optical drive and click “Load DVD” to load the DVD. The program is able to bypass copy-protections and access all the DVD movie clips. Select the items you’d like to convert and set subtitles and audio track for each chapter. The Video DVD to Nexus S Converter supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple files into it at a time to do format conversion.
Step 2. Select Nexus S supported codec and video format.
Click on “Format” bar and to select a video format that is supported by Nexus S. Personally I suggest you follow “Common Video”>> “H.264 Video (*.mp4). H.264 video contents are highly-compressed thus take up less storage.
Step 3. Adjust resolution, bitrate, etc for Nexus S.
Now you can further customize selected output format by adjusting its presets. Click on “Settings” and set video and audio parameters follow the recommended settings:
Video
Codec: h264
Size: 800*480pix for HD contents (16:9) and DVD/640* 480 for SD videos (4:3)
Bitrate: 500~1500kbps (the smaller bitrate you set the smaller file size it creates)
Frame rate: 24/ 30 fps
Audio
Codec: aac
Sample rate: 32000~48000hz
Bitrate: 64000~160000bps
Channels: Stereo
Step 4. Convert videos to Nexus S/ Rip DVD to Nexus S.
Click “Convert” to start converting MKV/ ripping DVD to Nexus S friendly format. The Video DVD to Nexus S Converter will finish conversion at speed without any audio and video out of sync issues. Once conversion is done, you can click “Open” button to get the final output files for your Nexus S for entertainment.Hope this software:playing/put AVI/XviD/MTS/MKV/MP4 to Nexus Scan help you.
Tip 1. When converting DVD to Nexus S, you’re advised to set “Keep Original Aspect Ratio” in order to get correct proportion. Here’s the way to go: select DVD movie chapter, click “Edit”, and check the box of “Keep Original Aspect Ratio” under “Crop” tab.
Tip 2. DVD movies and HD footage can be interlaced, which contains lines on the picture. In that case please click “Edit” menu, switch to “Effect” tab, and check “Deinterlacing” box before conversion starts.
Tip 3. To rip Blu-ray movies, please refer to streaming Blu-ray to Nexus S using Pavtube Blu-ray movies to Nexus S Converter.
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December 14th, 2010
[Sharing]Pavtube Christmas/New Year Software Discount/Promotion-Playing/putting Eclipse Blu-ray on Galaxy Tab/iPad/HTC HD 7 faster than ever
While Christmas is drawing near, a new around of movies are put on and new Blu-ray Discs are released. Among the latest HD movies, which is your favorite? Some prefer Toy Story 3 and some others recommend Inception, and fans of the Twilight Saga can’t wait to adding the Eclipse Blu-ray to their movie collections. The following guide tells you how to put the latest released Blu-ray movies to your Galaxy Tab, iPad, or HTC HD 7 media library at fastest speed.
Here I take Eclipse Blu-ray for example, and use a powerful Blu-ray ripping tool- Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper to completes the conversion (The software is 20% off for Christmas/New Year Software Discount/Promotion).
Step-by-step guide of ripping Eclipse Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab, iPad, HTC HD 7:
Required hardware: PC with an external BD drive; source DVDs and Blu-ray Disc Eclipse (An NVIDIA CUDA supported graphics card can improve conversion speed 3 times faster).
Required software: Blu-ray Ripper v3.7
(The Blu-ray Ripper software helps you crack the copy-protections of commercial Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, and convert the Blu-ray movies to various video and audio formats for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, PS3, Wii, Android smartphones, etc. Download a free trial of Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper from here.)
Step 1. Step 1. Load Eclipse Blu-ray to the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software
Connect an external BD drive to your PC if there is not an internal one. Place in source Blu-ray disc. Install and launch the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software. Click to “BD/DVD” icon to import Blu-ray disc from external BD drive (or DVD from optical drive). When the Eclipse Blu-ray is loaded to Blu-ray Ripper, select desired subtitle and audio track (English, French, German, Spanish…) for each chapter.
Step 2. Set a proper format for putting Eclipse to Galaxy Tab, iPad, HTC HD 7
Click on the pull down menu at the end of “Format” to choose proper format for your device.
For putting Eclipse Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab, follow “Common Video” and select “DivX AVI- Audio Video Interleaved (DivX)(*.avi) or “H.264 Video(*.mp4)”. Both of the format creates medium quality video for playback on Galaxy Tab.
To produce 720p video for iPad, you can select “iPad”>> “iPad HD Video (*.mp4)” preset. This is the best quality for iPad video playback when compressing Blu-ray movie to iPad.
To play Eclipse Blu-ray on HTC HD 7, you may follow “Android” and select “HTC Supersonic Evo 4G H.264 Video (*.mp4). The format leads to 800*480 H.264 video.
When H.264 codec is used, the conversion speed will be greatly accelerated in availability of an CUDA supported NVIDIA graphics card.
Step 3. Specify export folder for saving Eclipse movieto Galaxy Tab, iPad, HTC HD 7
Click “Browse” button to set a save path to store the output videos.
Step 4. Rip Blu-ray movie The twilight saga: eclipse to Galaxy Tab, iPad, HTC HD 7 at fastest speed.
Click “Convert” button to start ripping Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab, iPad or HTC HD 7. The Blu-ray converter is proved to be faster than other tools. When the ripping work is finished, click “Open” button to find out the ripped videos with ease. Now you can transfer the generated video to your Galaxy Tab, iPad, HTC HD 7, and enjoy wonderful high quality movie anywhere you like.
Learn more:Pavtube Christmas/New Year Discount/Promotion/Sale/Gift,have a good time!
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December 13th, 2010
Playing/rip Inception blu-ray to mp4 for Droid X/iPad/Nexus S via Pavtube Bluray Movie Converter
PavtubeBluray Movie Converter is the best bluray converting software to help Inception BD movie owners convert playing inception bluray for watching on various media players and portable devices. With this tool, you can easily rip inception blu-ray to mp4 for Droid X, iPad, and the new coming Nexus S. Besides Inception, the Inception BD ripper is also available to rip and convert other new released BD movies, which are encrypted by MKB v19 protection, like The twilight saga: eclipse, Toy Story 3, and more to your required different file formats, such as DivX, H.264, Xvid, etc. Go to see a detailed guide on how to copy inception to Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S for playback in the following contents.
Step-by-step guide:
Convert Inception bluray –rip Inception blu-ray to mp4 for Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S
Step 1: Free download Pavtube Bluray Movie Converter, install and launch it
Once run the program, you can click the BD icon or the BD folder icon at the top-left corner of the main window to load your Inception BD movie files.
All titles are checked by default soon after loading, if you just wanna copy the main title, you can right click on it to “Uncheck All” firstly, and then tick off the “Main Title” only.
See how to select subtitle and audio track when ripping a Blu-ray movie.
Step 2: Select output format for your Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S
The Inception BD ripper offers optimized formats for almost all popular portable devices. To rip inception blu-ray to mp4 for Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S, you just need click on the dropdown menu of “Format” to select a format for your device. To copy Inception to Droid X, you should choose a mp4 format from “Android” menu, to backup Inception to iPad, you need select a mp4 format from “iPad” menu, to watch Inception on Nexus S, you should pick a mp4 format from “Gphone” menu.
Step 3: Set advanced settings
The Bluray Movie Converter allows users adjusting video and audio parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel to customize the output file quality. You just click “Settings” button to do so.
Step 4: Convert inception bluray for playback on Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S
Once the above mentioned steps are done, you can click “Convert” button to rip inception blu-ray to mp4 for playback on Droid X, iPad, and Nexus S. When BD ripping task is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the converted Inception bluray movie files for using on your portable devices.
More features of Pavtube Bluray Movie Converter
- All-in-one Blu-ray/DVD ripper, converter, and editor.
- Rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD to AVI, MKV, MPG, and more.
- Remove AACS and BD+ encryptions up to MKB V19 from Blu-ray Discs.
- Guarantee audio and video in sync/3X faster with CUDA acceleration.
- Support selecting audio tracks and subtitles, including forced subs.
- Support “Full Disc Copy” to remain Blu-ray/DVD originals.
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December 8th, 2010
[Sharing]Top Blu-ray Ripping- improve Blu-ray converting speed with GPU acceleration
Blu-ray ripping: why it takes so long?
By ripping Blu-ray to 1080p HD video clips, the Blu-ray movies can be played back freely over PC HD media players and Video DVD players as well, and are no longer restricted to play in applicable Blu-ray player only. Many movie lovers find it takes long time to rip a Blu-ray Disc to PC, especially when they choose 1080p MKV/MP4/AVI/WMV as export format. If you have a PC/laptop with Intel CORE i5/i7 processor with 6GB of RAM or above and run an effective Blu-ray ripping/converting tool exclusively, the Blu-ray ripping process could takes around an hour. Generally speaking, Blu-ray ripping process can cost 2-8 hours when working on a slower/regular PC. The higher quality you get, the longer it takes.
Time-saving solutions for ripping Blu-ray Disc to Windows 7
Is there any way to shorten the Blu-ray ripping time? Yes. Here I’d share with you some tricks for ripping Blu-ray at faster speed.
A. Rip Blu-ray to M2TS streams without en-decoding.
This is an easiest and fastest way for backing up full Blu-ray data, as it copies high-def Blu-ray M2TS to your hard drive straightly without en-decoding process. The good thing is you’ll get Blu-ray clips in the way they are made into BD, so there will not be any quality loss. All you need is Blu-ray decrypting software like Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.7, and the whole process takes 40min to 1 hour only on a regular PC. But there are few portable media players play M2TS streams without a hitch, so make sure your media player or PC meet the Blu-ray playing specifications first. VLC Player software is recommended for playing M2TS on PC. Learn how to copy Blu-ray Disc to lossless M2TS streams.
B. Accelerate Blu-ray ripping process by taking advantage of NVIDIA’s GPU acceleration tech.
By processing video conversions on NVIDIA’s GPU instead of your computer’s CPU, Blu-ray ripping time can greatly shorted and more CPU resources can be spared for other applications, making your computer run much smoother. For instance, recently released Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.7, which is accelerated by CUDA (NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240), takes 90min only to rip Blu-ray Avatar to 1080p H.264 MP4 file (output size- 10GB), comparing with 270min when ripping with its previous version Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.6. The ripping speed can be faster when/if the GeForce GTS 240 is replaced with a more powerful CUDA enabled Graphics card. This way works only when there is an NVIDIA’s CUDA enabled Graphics card and you rip Blu-ray into H.264 encoded formats (H.264 MKV, MP4, MOV, TS, etc).
Learn how to gear up Blu-ray ripping speed with CUDA.
C. Make a concession in video quality to shorten Blu-ray ripping time.
If you do not mind losing some quality, a good way that shorten Blu-ray ripping time is setting lower output quality when ripping Blu-ray to hard drive. The smaller output video is, the short time it takes to rip Blu-ray to your computer. Again take Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper v3.7 for example; a Blu-ray movie of 20GB will be compressed to 12GB when you set “MKV HD” as output format. When you set the video “Bitrate” to “medium quality” instead of “high quality”, the file size is cut down to 8GB and the ripping time is 1/3 down meanwhile. Learn how to balance video size and quality when ripping Blu-ray movie.
D. Use a faster computer to do Blu-ray ripping.
As I mentioned above, a faster computer rips Blu-ray at faster speed. I believe that movie enthusiasts and people who intend to build a HTPC home network for sharing video contents would probably choose this ultimate solution. One of my friends told me that his newly built HTPC is able to complete the ripping of a 90min Blu-ray in half an hour, and he use 1080p HD MKV format!
Hope this post helps. More Blu-ray ripping solutions can be found at Pavtube Blu-ray Special.
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December 6th, 2010
[Hot News]Introduce 4 Solutions for watching/playing/getting Blu-ray movie on Mac OS X
“Why is there still no support for commercial Blu-ray playback in Mac OS X? Is this something we can ever expect to see?” When complaining and waiting for natural Blu-ray support on Mac, Apple fans managed figuring out ways enjoying BD movies on Mac. Let’s take a brief view at them.
Solution 1. Boot into Windows OS on a Mac computer.
Obviously, using Windows to accomplish anything on a Mac is not an ideal situation, but it’s currently the only option you have when playing a Blu-ray Disc through a Mac computer, as there is not yet a Mac player that works with Blu-ray Disc. You need the PC-only Cyberlink PowerDVD software and an HDMI compliant monitor in addition to a compatible Intel Mac with Windows. And we have mentioned, it’s not an ideal solution. Besides, Blu-ray is quite demanding. This solution works for Mac computers that meet the demands of Blu-ray playback only.
Solution 2. Make use of the included digital copy in BD pack.
When a digital copy is included with the disc, you can view the digital copy with iTunes, and even transfer this to a supported iPod. Some Blu-ray movies can be purchased with an included DVD.
Although Blu-ray digital copies are not in breathtaking 1080p, the 480p DVD quality still looks fine on Mac laptop.
Solution 3. Decrypt and copy BDMV directory to Mac for HTPC media center.
With an external BD drive and Blu-ray decrypting software like AnyDVD HD or Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, you can copy the entire Blu-ray disc to Mac HDD and play the BD movie from BDMV directory with media center software like PLEX. Or you might copy the M2TS streams to Mac HDD and play the high-def M2TS streams with VLC player. Just mind one thing- you must have a powerful Mac that meet the demands of Blu-ray playback.
Solution 4. Copy and down convert Blu-ray Disc to Mac HDD for playback.
Again you’ll need an external Blu-ray Disc drive and BD decrypting software that cracks the AACS and BD+ copy-protections, like Solution 3. But here we proceed one more step- down converting the Blu-ray M2TS streams to 1080p MP4/MOV/M4V videos that plays well in iTunes. This would greatly reduce the file size and meanwhile suffer little quality loss. When a 90min Blu-ray movie of 20GB is converted into H.264 encoded 1080p MP4/MOV/M4V (around 12GB) with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, it is hard to tell the difference with original BD with when watching on a 48’ HDTV over HDMI cable.
Both Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac software and AnyDVD HD + Handbrake can be used for copying and converting BD to Mac HDD. This method works for those who purchase commercial Blu-ray Discs but don’t own powerful Mac computer that meets the demands of Blu-ray playback.
About Pavtube Blu-ray Movie Converter for Mac
The Pavtube Blu-ray Movie Converter for Mac tool is designed to help backup commercially produced Blu-ray (BD-ROM) and DVD movies on Mac OS. The app comes with flexible and adjustable presets for iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, etc., and creates 480p, 720p, and 1080p MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV, TS videos for iTunes, QuickTime and other Mac media player software. Full Disc Copy option allows users to copy the whole BDMV directory for burning to BD-R or BD-RE disc. You may download a free trial of Pavtube Blu-ray Movie Converter for Mac and follow Solution 4 to play Blu-ray movie on Mac.
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December 1st, 2010
Solution for WMV playback issues with Popcorn Hour NMT Via Pavtube Video to Popcorn Hour Converter
“I had been pleased with the newly bought Popcorn Hour C-200 until I ran into issues when playing back WMV videos. As a PC guy, I saved a lot of video clips in .wmv format, but the so called universal HD media player refuses to play my WMV videos! What’s wrong with it?” If you are involved in the same WMV playback issues with Popcorn Hour C-200 or A-200, try converting your WMV to VC-1 (WMV 9) encoded files. The Popcorn Hour NMT plays WMV files that encoded with VC-1 only. WMV8 and earlier WMV codec are not supported by Popcorn. That’s why you need a Video to Popcorn Hour Converter to convert these files to VC-1. The following guide includes full conversion of WMV to VC-1 with Pavtube Video Converter. Hope this helps you out.
Software you need: Pavtube Video to Popcorn Hour Converter
Download a free trial of the Video to Popcorn Hour Converter and here we go.
Step 1. Load WMV to the Pavtube Video to Popcorn Hour Converter software.
Have the Pavtube Video to Popcorn Hour Converter installed on your computer. Run the app and click “Add” button to load source WMV files. The converter works with WMV files encoded with WMV8, WMV7, WMV3, WMV2, WMV1 and supports batch conversion. So just load your WMV files to the converter.
Step 2. Select Popcorn Hour NMT optimized codec and format.
Click on the “Format” bar and find “Common Video” group. For WMV to VC-1 conversion, you may select “ WMV3 (WMV9)(*.wmv). The format creates WMV9 ideos in high quality and perfect sync. Apart from VC-1, there are other codecs like MPEG-2, H.264, DivX, which also plays well on Popcorn Hour.
Step 3. Convert WMV to VC-1 for Popcorn Hour HD media player.
Click “Convert” to start converting WMV to Popcorn Hour NMT customized VC-1 files. When the WMV to VC-1 conversion completes, click “completed”, back to the Pavtube Video Converter interface, and click “Open” to find converted WMV HD videos for streaming to Popcorn Hour NMT.Hope the Pavtube Video to Popcorn Hour Converter can help you.
Tips and tricks:
1. In order to avoid quality loss when converting WMV to Popcorn Hour NMT videos, you may set a higher bitrate before conversion starts. Simply click “Settings”, find “Bitrate” in Video column, and set it to “high quality”. Or you may type in a bitrate the same with original video. The “Profile Settings” panel provides you detailed information of source and target video file.
2. To maintain 5.1 surround sound, you may click “Settings” and select “5.1 channels” in the drop-down list of Audio Channels.
3. The trial of Pavtube Video Converter produces video with a Pavtube logo on the screen and you can purchase a license to get rid of the watermark.
3. You may also put Blu-ray and DVD collections to Popcorn Hour A-200/ C-200 with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software.
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