Store DVD to RAID 5 for playing through WAN

Trying to find an easy way to store DVD films on RAID 5 network drive? This article will show you how to copy DVD on RAID 5 for storage and viewing through WAN. 
  
“ I am currently saving all my videos as MP4’s which are large files, about 6 to 10 GB for DVD’s. It all works fine internally streaming locally on my LAN. I would like to get them down to around 2 GB so I could stream them through the Internet (WAN) to various other devices or other TV’s I may have remotely. I store all my videos locally on a NAS server that I currently have 10 TB (5 2TB disk) with RAID 5.” 



Hot Search: DVD to iTunes, DVD to iPad, DVD to TiVo, DVD to TV…

After several days of searching and asking questions on various forums, most guys give me some tips and tricks for converting DVD to Any devices supported video files such as MP4.   To achieve this goal, an easy-to-use DVD Converter is the key. Here Pavtube ByteCopy is such a wise choice for you to solve the problem. It is the No.1 fast BD/DVD conversion software in the market which can save your entire Blu-ray and DVD library as back-ups to RAID 5 network drive in AVI format. 

After that, you can play the files directly on Apple devices, Android Tablets and Smartphones or media players for family members or get them for private comfortable viewing on PC, Mac, iPad, iPad Mini, and Blackberry Playbook. Besides, I can recommended you Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac as the Mac version. Now, you can get the 50% off discount from Pavtube Easter Gifts 2015. The following how-to guide on Windows PC can be taken for reference: 
  
      

Step-by-step: Copy DVD to RAID 5 network drive for playing through WAN

Step 1: Load DVD movies

Run the Blu-ray/DVD Copying Tool and click "BD/DVD disc" icon to load Blu-ray or DVD movies for converting. You can also import movies files from BD/DVD folder, ISO image files.



Step 2: Select RAID 5 network drive compatible formats

Click the Format bar to select output profile for your RAID 5 network drive, say "AVI HD Video(*.avi)" from "HD Video".



Step 3: Convert DVD movies to RAID 5

After all necessary settings, you can just click the "Convert" button to start converting your DVD movies. After the conversion, click Open to get the output files for your RAID 5 network drive. Now you can connect your RAID 5 network drive and copy the converted DVD files via USB cable. Okay, just enjoy wonderful DVD films on mobile devices to RAID 5 for playing through WAN. 

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2015 Easter Rush to Buy 50% OFF Offer on ByteCopy for Mac

Do you want to enjoy a good quality Blu-ray/DVD movie on your trip for Easter Sunday? Get your 50% OFF ByteCopy for Mac at Pavtube 2015 Easter Sale to realize.

Easter is a Christian festival and holiday according to the New Testament- celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. On my to-do list for 2015 Easter, one of the plans is to collect great Easter Holiday deals, take advantage of my favorite ones and share them with friends. Sounds weird? Well, to begin with, I'd like to recommend this not-to-be-missed ByteCopy for Mac with 50% OFF from Pavtube 2015 Easter Promotion.

This Easter Sunday, Pavtube Studio fares forth to greet 2015 Easter holiday with a 8 days Big Sale of its tried-and-true ByteCopy for Mac to brighten up customers' Easter festivities. From March, 30 to April 5, 2015, customers can not only seize the No.1 fast Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac - as MakeMKV/DVDFab Alternative for Mac mainly for Blu-ray/DVD backup and conversion without costing a dime, but also get its all-star software programs with up to 50% off discount.

With this intuitive and insanely fast BD/DVD Converter, you can effortlessly achieve all your multimedia demands on Mac and enjoy Blu-ray/DVD movies anywhere and anytime you like. In additional, it can be used as movie backup tool which can lossless backup BD/DVD to MKV with all languages and subtitles, but also encode source movie to multi-track MP4, MOV, and Apple ProRes MOV for smartphones, tablets, HD media players, game consoles, and more.



What Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac can do for 2015 Easter Holiday

1. Make digital backup of a Blu-ray/DVD sent from your friends.

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3. Just stay at home and enjoy the latest Hollywood block-busters by copying the BD/DVD content to hard drive. In this way, you can prolong the life of your disc without causing scratch.

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1. Support latest Blu-rays and DVDs

With its advanced techniques and frequent updates, almost all Blu-ray and DVD movies like Disney Frozen, Hunger Games Catching Fire, Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, Big Hero 6, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, Game of Thrones, etc can be easily converted to suit your needs for entertainment.

2. 200+ video/audio formats included

Freely convert BD/DVD disc, BD/DVD folder, BD/DVD ISO, DVD IFO to a wide range of video and audio formats, like MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, M4V, and any other video and audio formats you like disregarding any copy protection.

3. Preset output formats for iOS/Android/Windows tablets & phones

The beefed up Blu-ray ripper for Mac also takes a leadership role in flawless devices support. Infused with 200+ preset profiles, it makes a faultless bridge between optical discs and mobile devices, including the latest Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPad Air 3, iPad Mini 3, Apple TV 3, HTC One M9, Surface Pro 3, WD TV, PS3, Xbox 360, and many more. And this perfect converting assistant can also handle all different HD videos shot to other file types for editing in FCP X/6/7, Aperture 3, DaVinci Resolve Lite(DaVinci Resolve 11), iMovie, FCE, Avid Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro/CC, etc.

4. 1:1 BD/DVD disc backup

Clone Blu-ray and DVD from physical disc to computer with original structure in 1:1 without any quality loss including all audio streams, subtitle tracks and chapter info.

5. Save a 100% M2TS/VOB movie without extras

Leave out extras but preserve a complete BD M2TS or DVD VOB movie from original movie and include same audio and subtitle content.

6. Extract Multi-track MKV, MP4, MOV

Compress a Blu-ray or DVD to MKV, MP4, MOV, Apple ProRes MOV with multiple languages. And you are allowed to remove unwanted audio tracks and subs streams before conversion.

8. Edit and enhance your video before converting

You can create your own movie experience by freely adjusting profile parameters and editing movie with the video editor. Optionally set video codec, video size, bitrate, frame rate and more in profile settings, you could achieve the better video and audio quality during playback. Plus, with the help of video editor, you are allowed to trim, crop, split, merge, attach *.srt, *.ssa, and *.ass subtitles, add video effects before conversion.

6. Convert 2D/3D BD or standard DVD to 3D Video

Create 3D videos out of source 2D/3D Blu-rays and standard DVD to enable users watch movies in 3D on any 3D devices like Samsung Gear VR, Lakento MVR Glasses, 3D TV, 3D Home Theater Projector with ease.

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Latest Blu-ray/DVD movies review on End of days of March, 2015

Click the titles below for the most comprehensive reviews of Blu-ray and DVD discs online, and watch for new reviews as more Blu-ray/DVD discs are released. 

Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series 2014-): 

 
Overview: 
 
Halt and Catch Fire main action takes place in the Silicon Prairie area of Texas. Like its sister Silicon Valley in California, Silicon Prairie is known as one of the hottest beehives of technology in the country. But there are more to these bespectacled computer geeks than meet the eye. Representatives of the big computer giants and personal computer titans wage battle daily to be the first to come out with the latest tech gadgets and software innovations. Before long, old lies begin to surface that make former comrades start to question their inventions and their loyalties. 

Selma (2014): 

Overview: 
 After seeking the help of President Lyndon B. Johnson and being refused, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders led marches from Selma to the Capitol building in Montgomery in March 1965. The first march, now known as "Bloody Sunday", took marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and into brutal treatment at the hands of the police and others, hospitalizing seventeen. Despite the hatred, the marchers returned to the bridge two days later in peaceful response. In the weeks that followed, the marchers, now protected by armed forces, reached Montgomery where Dr. King gave his famous "How Long, Not Long" speech. 

Spare Parts (2015):
Blu-ray / DVD release date May 5, 2015

  
Overview: 
 Real life meets the big screen in the true story of four undocumented, struggling Mexican-American students living in Arizona who find themselves unlikely competitors in a NASA-sponsored robotics challenge. Faced with adversities such as a modest budget and a lack of experience, the teacher-led quartet formed a robotics club in an inspired attempt to defy the odds by competing against mighty MIT for the top prize at the annual underwater robotics competition. 

  
White Collar (TV Series 2009): 

 
Overview: 
 
White Collar is a procedural drama in which a team of FBI agents solves crimes in the upscale world of art and finance. Neal Caffrey, played by Matt Bomer, is a con artist and art forger who has agreed to work with the FBI in exchange for his release from prison. He has a good heart, but he is constantly battling his instinctive urge to betray others act in his own self interest. Every episode features a new crime that somehow draws Neal closer to solving the season's core mystery. The season-long arcs usually concern Neal's past and the people who caused his good nature to evolve into something untrustworthy. Neal wants to be the sort of person who can do right by others, but he is afraid that he will never be satisfied by staying in one place for too long.

Store DVD on LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage for TV

If you intend to Store DVD on LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage for TV, you need to convert DVD to MP4 in advance so that your HDTV can afford from NAS.

 
If you have tons of movies on DVD discs, and want to copy them to LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage for streaming with your Apple TV 3, Samsung TV, WD TV etc, you need to convert these DVD to NAS compatible MP4 or MKV format first. This article here will teach you how to backup and convert DVD to NAS HD MP4 or MKV videos, so that you can preserve them on NAS or playback on HD media player/home theatre for sharing with your families and friends with ease. 

Well, to backup dozens of DVD movies to LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage, you need to get the content off the DVD disc as a protection-free and easily readable element for NAS. In this case, powerful third-party software for backup DVD to LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage is what you need. Here, Pavtube DVDAid is the best one I’ve tried yet. It is capable of ripping DVD to MP4, AVI, MKV for NAS streaming with no quality loss; it also enables you to copy DVD main movies for backup onto NAS in .vob format. Read the review. 

And what I’ve learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad, iPhone, PS4, Apple TV 3, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion. 

Step-by-step: How to Backup DVD movies to LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage for TV

Step 1: Install and launch the top DVD to NAS Ripper. Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-ROM, and click the Disc button to load DVD files. 



Step 2: Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To store hundreds of DVD's on LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage, you can rip DVD to .mp4, or .avi, .mkv, etc compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of compression to suit the quality you want. 



Tip: With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original DVD while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset. 

Step 3: Finally, hit the "Convert" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. When the conversion finishes, click Open button to find the output files. Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the LenovoEMC Network Attaches Storage and HD TV or other media players. Then just enjoy the high quality DVD movies at ease. 

Much wonderful software bundled with Pavtube DVDAid will provide you more amazing experience in converting videos. Go to Money Saving Software Bundles to get special offer for more software, such as DVDAid + DVD Creator, DVDAid + ChewTune and so on. 

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DVD & Blu-ray reviews: From Paddington to James Gandolfini's final film The Drop

Paddington (PG) Paul King DVD/Blu-ray (95mins) 

“They will not have forgotten how to treat strangers,” maintains Aunt Lily to Paddington, bound for London with his marmalade sandwiches. Will the natives, Londoners, have forgotten their manners? Most of them, sadly, but not Sally Hawkins’s kind-hearted illustrator, who takes pity on the bear (sweetly voiced by Ben Whishaw), to the annoyance of her uptight husband (Hugh Bonneville) and his easily embarrassed daughter. Her housekeeper (Julie Walters) and son, however, want the furry fellow to stay. A subplot involving Nicole Kidman as a psychotic taxidermist is not as absorbing as the main plot, which is: can a middle-aged bore find a place in his heart for a displaced Peruvian bear? A beautifully scripted children’s film with jarfuls of heart. 
**** 

The Drop (15) Michael R Roskam DVD/Blu-ray (106mins) 

Barman Bob (Tom Hardy) is the kind of “softie” who allows an old soak to not pay her bar tab and who rescues injured pitbull puppies from garbage cans. His conniving cousin (James Gandolfini) is a bit harsher in this Dennis Lehane-scripted crime drama. When Bob’s bar, owned by menacing Chechens, is robbed, Bob is charged with tracking down the readies. Martin Scorsese is an obvious influence on this tense, Brooklyn-based movie, with a nuanced performance from the late, great Gandolfini, while Hardy channels Marlon Brando as the mysterious Bob. “Nobody ever sees you coming, do they Bob?” 
**** 

Network (15) Sidney Lumet Blu-ray (121mins) 

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” wails Peter Finch’s depressed newscaster during a live broadcast in Sidney Lumet’s prescient, incensed exploration of TV news and corporate America in 1976. Paddy Chayefsky’s script sizzles with indignation but it’s the acting that compels, particularly from an Oscar-winning Faye Dunaway as cut-throat producer Diana and Ned Beatty’s devilish CEO (“The world is a business”). Network isn’t subtle but it is mad as hell. 
**** 

Rollerball (15) Norman Jewison Blu-ray (125mins) 

“Corporate society takes care of everything,” maintains John Houseman’s sinister CEO in Norman Jewison’s satirical exploration of a dystopian future. James Caan convinces as Jonathan E, a gladiator-like star in the brutal world of Rollerball who rebels against an iniquitous system. “They’re afraid of you, Jonathan, all the way to the top, they are...” 
*** 

Two Night Stand (15) Max Nichols DVD/Blu-ray (86mins) 

Miles Teller, a less interesting John Cusack lookalike, has a one-night stand with fellow slovenly New Yorker Megan (Analeigh Tipton). She tries to leave his Brooklyn pad in a huff but finds herself snowed in. So we’re stuck with this tedious pair for an uncomfortable, gag-free period of time. It’s supposed to be a romantic comedy, but it fails on both counts. Watch an episode of Girls instead. 
* 

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/dvd--bluray-reviews-from-paddington-to-james-gandolfinis-final-film-the-drop-10121426.html 

Convert/Rip Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies to iPad Air 2 for Playing

The guide is written for iPad Air 2 users who feel like transferring their Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies into their iPad Air 2 for amusement anywhere and anytime. 

Many people have updated to new iPad Air 2 although they are not Apple users before. The new 9.7-inch tablet is perfect for playing movies. But the new users of iPad may have no idea on how to play Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies on iPad Air 2. In fact, it doesn't have a built-in drive for the playback of Blu-ray, DVD or ISO movies. Now, I’d like to share the way to rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies to iPad Air 2 based on my own experience. 
   
To enjoy the Blu-ray, DVD or ISO movies on iPad Air 2, you will need a tool to convert Blu-ray/DVD/ISO to iPad Air 2 playable video files first. I think a top Blu-ray/DVD ISO Converter is the key to solve all these problems. Here, Pavtube BDMagic is highly recommended to you which wins the honor of one of the No.1 fast Blu-ray and DVD to iPad Air 2 ripper software in the market. It fully supports Disney X-project DRM, CSS, RCE, region codes, UOPs, APS and Sony ArccOS that allows you to easily convert protected Blu-rays, DVDs and ISO files to iPad Air 2 MP4 so that you can enjoy any Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies on your iPad Air 2 on the go. Read the Review. 

If you are a Mac user and also wanna rip Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies to iPad Air 2, please turn to Pavtube BDMagic for Mac. Read the useful guide. Download the software on computer and follow guide below to start Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies to iPad Air 2 conversion. 

Step-by-Step: Convert Blu-ray/DVD/ISO movies to iPad Air 2 MP4

(Tip: The ways to convert Blu-ray/DVD to iPad Air 2 on Windows and Mac are the same. This below guide uses the Windows version screenshots. Just make sure you download the right version.)

Step 1. Load source Blu-ray files 

Launch this Blu-ray Ripper and click "disc" button to import Blu-ray movies into the program. DVD discs, ISO and IFO files are also supported. 



Step 2. Choose output profile 

Choose output profile via clicking the Format bar. Here I recommend you select “iPad > iPad Air Full HD Video(*.mp4)” as the iPad Air 2 supported format. Of course, you can adjust the video, audio parameters as you want by clicking the Settings icon. 


  
Step 3: Start conversion 

Hit the "Convert" button to start to rip Blu-ray/DVD/ISO to iPad Air 2 best video format mp4. Once it is done, open output folder and sync converted movie to iPad Air 2 by iTunes. 

Please try it now, hope this iPad Air 2 Blu-ray ripper can bring you more enjoyment. 

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How to Rip 3D Blu-ray to Gear VR with Pavtube BDMagic

Want to enjoy 3D Blu-ray movies onto Galaxy Note 4 in Samsung Gear VR for enjoyment at home, you’re in the right place. 


   
Consumer virtual reality is coming of age, at least Samsung thinks it is, and a tie-in with Facebook -owned Oculus and the new Samsung Gear VR for the Galaxy Note 4 is how it will deliver it. It's an adapter to turn a smartphone into a 3D wearable. The Gear VR it's actually an accessory for just one Samsung phone: the Galaxy Note 4. Snap the phablet into place, and it donates its 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display for media purposes. 

Nowadays, Most of the people would like to go the theater to watch the 3D Blu-ray movie with the fine spectacle in their spare time. However, frustratingly, people do not have enough time to go the theater most of the time. Well, if you have no time going to the theater, watching 3D Blu-ray movie on your Gear VR or smart phone on the go will be the best choice. If you think so, follow this page to get the guide on how to watch 3D Blu-ray movie on Galaxy Note 4 in Gear VR freely. 

In order to get 3D Blu-ray ready for Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I think an easy-to-use third-party 3D Blu-ray ripper for Galaxy Note is the key. Here, we suggest you the Pavtube BDMagic for Windows or Mac. 
  
After read the top 3D Blu-ray ripper for Samsung Review, you will know the reason why I suggest you Pavtube BDMagic. With it, you can rip and convert 3D Blu-ray movie to Samsung Gear VR unit/Oculus video format as Anaglyph 3D MKV at super fast speed with the NVIDIA CUDA and AMD APP (ATI Stream) acceleration support. I’m sure this tool can bring you good experience with its clear interface and easy-to-use functions even if you are a beginner. 

[Step-by-step:]-Convert 3D Blu-ray movies on Samsung Gear VR with Galaxy Note 4

Step 1: Load 3D Blu-ray movie to the 3D Blu-ray Converter.

Insert your 3D Blu-ray movie to disc drive, and click “Load Disc” button on Pavtube BDMagic interface to load Blu-ray from ROM; it also support importing Blu-ray ISO and Blu-ray folder. 



Step 2: Select format and set profile.

Click “Format” bar and find “3D Video”, there are a lot of format options for you. “MKV Side-by-Side 3D Video (*.mkv)” is recommended for Samsung Gear VR. Read the Galaxy Note 4 Supported video format. 



Tip: If you have special requirements on target video, click “Settings” to customize video size, bitrate, frame rate and sample rate. 

Step 3. Start to convert 3D Blu-ray to Gear VR

Click “Convert” button, 3D Blu-ray to Samsung Gear VR converter will start to work. Just be patient, it will not take you long time. After the conversion, place your video files into the folder named “My Videos” on your MicroSD card for Galaxy Note 4. Then, you canTransfer Videos, Photos, Music to Galaxy Note 4. 

Now, you can get your 3D Blu-rays into Samsung Gear VR head set. You will like that Pavtube copyed DRM Blu-rays without a hassle.
  
See Also: 

• DVD to Note 4 - Transfer DVD to Samsung Galaxy Note 4
• Convert Blu-ray to SBS 3D MP4 for playback on 3D TV
• Play 2D/3D Blu-ray on Smart TV without a Blu-ray Player