Cast DVD to NVIDIA SHIELD via Chromecast from iPhone

NVIDIA SHIELD is an amazing 4K Ultra HD (as well as Full HD) home entertainment system. Vivid 10-bit color and rich Dolby 7.1 surround sound make this a true home theater experience. It has a built in Chromecast, which allows you to stream media to your TV using your iphone. In this way, it is convenient for you to cast your favorite content to TV via Chromecast from iPhone.



While, how to put DVD on iPhone if you want to store DVD to iPhone for watching on TV via NVIDIA SHIELD through Chromecast. Due to lack of DVD driver, iPhone can not play DVD directly. In order to play DVD on TV via Chromecast from iPhone, you can rip DVD to MP4 format, which is compatible for NVIDIA SHIELD, Chromecast and iPhone. Then you can freely cast DVD video to NVIDIA SHIELD via Chromecast from iPhone for watching on TV.

To finish the job easily, a professional DVD Ripper is necessary for you. It ranks top on the list of DVD Rippers for its versatile features. It can import most of protected Blu-ray Disc and unprotected Blu-ray discs. With it, you can convert your DVD to more than 200 video/audio formats, which can support all your devices. There are more humane setting, waiting for your visit!

Highlights

1. 1:1 backup DVD/Blu-ray without quality loss.

2.Convert 2D/3D DVD/Blu-ray to HD video format with 3D effects.

3.Edit DVD/Blu-ray by trimming, cropping, merging and add watermark.

4.Freely to choose the audio/subtitles and set the parameter for format according to yourself.

5. Capable of extracting audio from Blu-ray/DVD movies for iTunes and QuickTime...

Free download and install: 


Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

Steps to rip DVD to MP4 for watching on TV via NVIDIA SHIELD from iPhone

Step 1. Load DVD disc

Click “File” to load the DVD movies to the app. It can automatically detect the main title to convert so you don’t need to check the chapter by yourself. You can choose your desired subtitle and audio track under the chapter list.



Step 2: Set output format

Here, you not only need to consider the supported format of iPhone but you also should take the Chromecast and NVIDIA SHIELD and your final TV accepted format into consideration. Pavtube has optimized preset forSony/LG/Panasonic/Samsung TV, they normal are MP4 format with the most compatible video/audio spec with the TV, NVIDIA SHIELD, Chromecast and iPhone. If your TV is one of the brands, you can select it as the target format. 



On the other hand, if you can not find optimized format for your TV, you can simply choose HD MP4 in “Common Video” or “HD Video”. 



Tips: If you chose MP4 instead of the optimized preset, you can adjust video/audio parameter on your own in “Settings”. With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original DVD while also saving space. 

Step 3: Start to convert

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the DVD ripper will start the conversion from DVD to MP4 immediately. 

When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface. Afterwards, you can freely Cast converted DVD videos to NVIDIA SHIELD via Chromecast from iPhone for watching on TV.

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How to Play DVD Using VLC Media Player on PC?

As is known to all, VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG. It can even play DVD movies. While, there are still many people have some troubles when playing DVD using VLC Media Player on PC. So, the article will show you how to play DVD using VLC Media Player on PC.

Firstly of all, I would like to show the steps to play DVD via VLC in case it's your misoperation that leads to VLC can't rip DVD.

Steps to play DVD using VLC Media Player on PC:

1. Click Media, then Open Disc.

2. Select DVD and check "No disc menus". If using Linux, use Disc Device /dev/dvd.

3. Choose your DVD drive and select which Title contains the full length movie.

4. As a test, select Play from the drop-down menu. Select Title 0, 1, 2 until the movie plays correctly. Then, select Stream from the drop-down next to play.

5. Click Next. If using Linux, and Title 1, your DVD selection Source will be dvdsimple:///dev/dvd#1

6. Optionally de-select Display Locally to speed up the processing.

7. With "New Destination" set to File, click Add.

8. Browse to open dialog and type in the name of the file you want to save as.

9. Select the Profile for Encapsulation Method, such as MP4. "Video - H.264 + AAC (MP4)"is highly recommended.

10. Click Stream. Wait. Ripping a full length movie can take a very long time (around 2 hours).

If you have followed all the above steps correctly and still can not play DVD via VLC. Then the below ways may be helpful for you. 

Different ways to solve problems that VLC can’t play DVD

1. Insure that your VLC Media Player has updated to the latest version 2.2.1.

2. Using HandBrake to rip DVD to VLC accepted video formats, like MP4, to play DVD video freely on VLC.

Advantage: Convert video from nearly any format
                    Free and Open Source
                    Multi-Platform (Windows, Mac and Linux)

Disadvantages: It can not play commercial DVD with copy protection
                           It can only rip DVD to MP4/MKV video formats

3. If your DVD is commercial, then you should use  Pavtube DVDAid to remove your commercial DVD copy protection and region code, and then convert your DVD to VLC friendly formats, such as MP4. (Mac user can turn to Pavtube DVDAid for Mac for downloading, and the app has updated to support the newest Mac OS X El Capitan.)

Advantages: Rip DVD to more than 200 video and audio formats
                   Convert DVD to H.264 with 6X faster conversion speed(on Windows version)
                    Export playable movies for almost all multimedia devices
                      Edit source DVD content with built-in video editor

Disadvantages: The converted video from Free Trial will have watermark on it. If you want to remove the watermark, you need a paid one, thankfully, the app is very cheap.

Free download and install:
          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/dvd_ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-DVDAid/3000-7970_4-76158510.html

Simple steps to rip DVD to MP4 with Pavtube DVDAid

Step 1: Click "File" > "Load from disc" to add DVD disc to the program.



Step 2: From the “Format” bar drop-down list, select VLC Media Player compatible format by following “Common Video” > “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)” as the output video format. 

Step 3: Hit “Convert” button to carry out the conversion process. 

After the conversion, hit the “Open output folder” on the main interface to get the converted DVD files from the program. Now, with all these help, I believe it is no longer a problem for you to play DVD using VLC Media Player on PC.

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Backup DVD/Blu-ray for Archiving and Getting Rid of Your Disks

For DVD/Blu-ray collectors, it is enjoyable for them to collect different kinds of DVD/Blu-rays. And the more DVD/Blu-rays you have collected, the more satisfied you are. However, they could have the some issues to solved: 1. Do not have enough physical space to store their DVD/Blu-ray collections. 2. Can not find the DVD/Blu-ray movies they want quickly. So if you are a DVD/Blu-ray collector and also have the same issue, the article will show you a way to backup DVD/Blu-ray for archiving and getting rid of your disks.

In order to backup DVD/Blu-ray for archiving and getting rid of your disks, you can store your DVD/Blu-ray collections to Cloud Storage, NAS, Server, External Hard Drive etc in MP4 format.

However, due to the copy protection of DVD/Blu-ray, you can not copy your DVD/Blu-ray movies to these storage devices directly. In this case, you need a DVD/Blu-ray ripper to rip DVD/Blu-ray to MP4, which is supported by all these devices. 

Here I suggested you to use Pavtube BDMagic. On the one hand, it is a professional program to rip all kinds of DVD/Blu-ray copy protection and convert to any format you want to be supported by any device. On the other hand, it allows you to lower your video size by adjusting the video codec, size, or bitrate etc. So that you can store more DVD/Blu-ray movies in your storage devices.(review)

Free download and install: 


Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

Steps to rip DVD/Blu-ray movies to MP4

Step 1. Load DVD/Blu-ray movies

Insert Blu-ray or DVD into its optical drive. Launch the program, click "File" > "Load from disc" button to load Blu-ray/DVD disc into the program. When both Blu-ray or DVD disc exists, the program will load DVD disc first.



Step 2: Set output format

Here by hitting "Format" list, you will find hundreds of video formats listed in BDMagic. You can choose the format according to your need, and here, "HD Video" > "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" is also a good choice for you to store. 



Tips: In the “setting”, you can adjust the video codec, size, or bitrate etc to lower the size of the movies.

Step 3: Start to convert

Hit the "Convert" button to realize the DVD/Blu-ray to MP4 conversion and then you can upload converted DVD/Blu-ray videos to storage devices easily.

Mac user can come to Pavtube BDMagic for Mac to realize the conversion.(El Capitan included.)

Buy now, and you can enjoy The Lowest Price for Pavtube Blu-ray/DVD/Video Tools on Christmas

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Backup DVD(ISO) files on home studio via UPnP server

A simplest DVD(ISO) to MP4 ripping tutorial; you can easily backup DVD(ISO) collections and convert them for sharing to home studio via UPnP server.

UPnP (which stands for Universal Plug and Play) is a feature that allows the devices on your home network to discover each other and access certain services. It is a great media server to transfer media to your home computer and stream it directly to your TV. Many users have successfully streamed the videos from internet, like youtube.
 

 
However, UPnP only supports FLV, M2TS, MKV, MOV, M4V, MP4, MPG,VOB, WMV .etc media files, Blu-rays and DVDs, like ISO files are disc images not media files and so do not play over UPnP. Then how to backup your DVD DVD(ISO) files on home studio via UPnP server for playback? Well, first of all you need to roll off the DVD disc protection, and then convert them to more common video formats like MP4 which is compatible with most devices, like computer, smartphone, tablet, TV, console, etc.

Hereby you need a DVD ripping software.

Among many tools in various brands, Pavtube DVDAid is definitely hands down better in ease of use, ripping speed and quality of video output. It can reformat DVD(ISO) to the video format that UPnP server supports, like MOV, MP4 .etc with ease. 

FYI: Top 5 DVD Ripper Review

Tips: Got the Mac version for you – Pavtube DVDAid for Mac

Download a free trial of this user-friendly Pavtube DVDAid and let's start this super-easy workflow.

Tutorial: How to backup DVD(ISO) to home studio via UPnP server

Step 1. Insert your DVD and launch Pavtube DVDAid.

Insert your disc to computer, launch Pavtube DVDAid and click the disc-like icon on the top, click disc name to load your movie.
 

 
Notice the "Subtitles" and "Audio" options above format list? You can choose one subtitle or language and build them into target video. Anyway, if you want to obtain multiple audio tracks or subtitles, try this Pavtube ByteCopy.

Step 2. Choose "H.264 MP4" format.

Click "Format" drop-down list, choose "Common Video>H.264 Video(*.mp4)" as below:

H.264 MP4 is well compatible with main stream devices like PC/Mac, IOS/Android/Windows smartphone&tablet, etc.
 

 
(Optional): adjust target file specs.

If you are not satisfied with the default file specs, hit the "Settings" icon (besides "Format") and free change video size, bitrate, frame rate, and audio sample rate, etc. 

Step 3. Conversion.

Hit the big red "Convert" in right bottom corner to start ripping DVD to MP4 format directly. Wait for a while when it's ripping; after it completed, hit "Open" or "Open output folder" to quick locate generate MP4 files.

Now just stream them to your UPnP server for sharing and playing with family members!

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