Thursday, January 21, 2016

How to Stream DVD to LG TV via Android TV?

Android TV, compared with its predecessor Google TV, grants various apps, like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, which helps users enjoy blockbuster movies in home theater. Moreover, the support for Google Cast drives you to cast movies, shows, music and more from Android phones/tablets, Windows, Mac to all kinds of TV for playback. Android TV allows you to have a great enjoyment on movie. But, how to watch DVD on TV via Android TV still troubles many people. Here, I will take LG TV as example to show you how to stream DVD to LG TV via Android TV.

What We Need for Streaming DVD to LG TV via Android TV?

First of all, we should learn the video formats that are compatible for Android TV. According to media specs of Android 5.0 Lollipop, movies in MP4, 3GP, WebM, MKV format can be played on Android TV with no trouble. In addition, H.265/HEVC is supported by Android 5.0 which allows Android TV to play 4K UHD movie/video.

Then, you will need a DVD ripper to rip DVD to Android TV supported format. Here I suggest you to use Pavtube DVDAid, a powerful and easy-to-use DVD ripping tool, which can remove DVD copy protectionsregion codeDisny code, CSS, RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs etc. Also, it can rip DVD disc, DVD folder, DVD Video_TS etc to Android TV supported video formats, including H.265 codec. Besides, it even provides optimized TV profile for all kinds of TV, like LG TV, Sony TV, Samsung TV, Panasonic TV etc, which can also be supported by all TV box friendly.

More highlights on Pavtube DVDAid:

1. Trim and Crop

Cut off unwanted video parts and just preserve segment out of a complete Blu-ray/DVD movie; remove black edges and unwanted area of the image in original movie with simple operation.

2. Split and Merge

Separate one single file into multiple clips according to quantity, duration, and output size; combine several videos and output as a complete movie with natural transition.

3. Insert SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles

Attach external subtitle file, add subtitles into your Blu-ray/DVD movie and save as personal creation for enjoyment.

4. Choose desired subtitles/audio tracks

Set preferred audio track and subtitles from the source DVD video for the output movie and achieve better movie enjoyment.

Mac user can turn to Pavtube DVDAid for Mac for downloading. The program has updated to support the newest Mac OS X El Capitan

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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

Steps to Stream DVD to LG TV via Android TV

Step 1. Load DVD movies

Insert your DVD disc to the drive, then launch the DVD ripper and click "File" menu, and select "Load from disc" to import source DVD disc files.



Step 2: Set output format

Click "Format" drop-down list, scroll down the main menu on the left, select "TVs", from its extended otpion list, choose "LG TV (*.mp4)" to get the best DVD movies playback. The MP4 format can also be accepted by Android TV. 



Tips:

1. Open "Video Editor" window, switch to and click "Crop" tab, click the  icon on the right-bottom to swtich to the advanced mode, then you can choose the output aspect ratio such as 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3 and 2:1 from the drop-down list of "Display Aspect Ration".



2. Click the "Subtitle" tab in "Video Editor" window, check "Enable", then you will be able to add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle files to the video as hard subtitles



Step 3: Start to convert

Switch back to the main interface, click the big button "Convert" on bottom-right corner to start conversion. When the process is over, you can find the converted files by clicking the "Open output folder" on the main interface of the program. 

Now, the converted DVD movies format is perfect for your LG TV, and you can stream the converted DVD movies to LG TV via Android TV freely. For other TV brand, like Sony/Samsung/Panasonic TV, you can choose the right TV profile to have the best movies playback.

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Monday, January 18, 2016

Back Up Your DVD Collection with Mac DVD Copying Tools

Whether you have Hollywood blockbuster DVD or Walt Disney DVD movies, it’s worth your time to make sure that your DVD collection doesn’t become scratched, lost, stolen, or otherwise useless. In this case, it becomes necessary for you to back up your DVD collections. Here, I will show you two ways to back up your DVD collection with two Mac DVD copying tools.

Part One: Back Up Your DVD Collection with Mac MakeMKV

Because nearly every DVD released has copy protection built-in, so you will need a third-party program that is made to remove the copy protection. The most popular tool is MakeMKV, which is currently available for free.

Steps to Back Up Your DVD Collection with Mac MakeMKV

1.Download Mac MakeMKV

2. Insert the DVD collections you wish to copy. Run MakeMKV. Select your DVD drive from the Source pulldown menu in MakeMKV.

3.Select the content you want to copy. DVDs are often broken down into several “titles”. These titles include things like previews, menus, bonus features, and the actual movie. Uncheck the boxes for any content that you don’t wish to copy.(Titles less than 2 minutes will be automatically unselected. This will remove most previews from your finished rip.)

4. Select your output folder. This is where the finished file will appear after it is done being ripped.

5. Rip the DVD. Once you have selected all of the settings that you want, click the Make MKV button. This will begin the ripping process. The time that it takes is dependent on the speed of your DVD drive. The average time to rip a DVD movie is about 15-30 minutes.

MakeMKV creates a lossless MKV file that contains all of the video and audio information. This means that the image and audio quality is retained from the original source, so the converted MKV file will be as large as the DVD was. Also, MKV files do not work in iTunes or Windows Media Player.

Part Two: Back Up Your DVD Collection with Mac Pavtube ByteCopy

If you want to backup the converted DVD video to iTunes library or play it on your portable devices, you will need Mac Pavtube ByteCopy to convert DVD movies to MP4 format. Besides, Mac Pavtube ByteCopy offers optimized preset format for mainstream devices, like iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. What is more, you are allowed to adjust video parameters to lower converted video size. Now, the program has updated to support the newest Mac OS X El Capitan.

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Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy-mac/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76177783.html

Steps to Back Up Your DVD Collection with Mac Pavtube ByteCopy

Step 1.Insert DVD collection into disc drive. Click "Load from Disc" button to browse to disc drive and import source movie into this app. You can also directly drag and drop the files to the app.

Step 2: Click "Format" bar to select optimized preset foramt for your devices or you can choose "HD Video" > "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" as output format. If your devices support H.265/HEVC MP4, you are suggested to choose "H.265 HD Video(*.mp4)"as output format.

Step 3: Click “Settings” on the interface and you can adjust the parameters including size, bitrate, frame rate, etc. to get a high quality of output files or a smaller files size. You can preview the size at the below chart. 

PS. Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.

Step 4: Press right-bottom "Convert" button on the main interface to start to back up DVD collections with Mac Pavtube ByteCopy.

Comparing to MakeMKV, Pavtube ByteCopy can not only rip DVD to multi-track lossless MKV, but also convert DVD disc/DVD folder/DVD ISO/IFO to MP4, M3U8, MOV, M4V, AVI etc. Besides, it built in a practical and easy-to-use video editor, which allows you to customize source DVD movies for personalized output files. For example, you can trim video length and crop video size to remove black margins, and then rip DVD to MP4 format for uploading onto Vimeofor sharing.

Now, you can back up the converted video to hard drive for storage. Or you also can back up to Synology NAS, so you can share the converted DVD movies with your family and transfer to other devices for watching in bedroom, on traveling etc.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Backup Blu-ray to NAS for Streaming to PS4

PS4, a powerful gamer, while is just not ready for primetime as a primary Blu-ray playback unit, particularly considering its slow chapter skip performance and numerous playback and unexpected quit glitches. Besides, PS4 can only support limited Blu-ray discs, like BD-R, BD-RE disc. Meanwhile, people have to pay attention to Blu-ray region code, which may also prevent them playing Blu-ray movies on PS4.

So, here I recommend you to use Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper to backup Blu-ray to Network-Attached Storage (NAS) to watch Blu-ray movies on PS4 via NAS. The program allows you to remove all Blu-ray copy protection and region code and rip all Blu-ray to PS4 supported video format. In this case, you do not need to worry about weather your Blu-ray is supported by PS4 or not. Besides, you can also get rid of all Blu-ray playback issues on PS4. All you need to do is convert Blu-ray discs to PS4 accepted format, and backup converted Blu-ray videos to NAS for Streaming to PS4 freely.

More highlights on Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper:

1.It can remove all Blu-rays with copy protection, region code, Disney code, Sony code etc.

2.Convert all PS4 unsupported formats, like DVDTS FolderISO etc, to PS4 supported format

3.Allow you to set video parameters and edit video...

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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 Backup Blu-ray to NAS for Streaming to PS4

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movies

Insert your Blu-ray movie to disc drive, and click ‘File’ > “Load From Disc” button to load Blu-ray from ROM; it also support importing Blu-ray ISO and Blu-ray folder.



Step 2: Set output format

Click Format bar and choose “PS3 Video(720P) MPEG-4(*.mp4)” or “PS3 Video(1080P) MPEG-4(*.mp4)” from “PSP/PS3”, which can be recognized by PlayStation 4 well. 



Tips:

1. Click the Subtitle option and you choose the prefer language you want from the drop-down list. The PlayStation 4 (PS4) converter will hard burn the selected subtitle to PlayStation 4 (PS4) video, so that you can enjoy movies with hard-burned subtitles. Then click Audio to select the language like English, French to hear.

2. Click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.



Step 3: Start to convert

Finally click on “Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray movies to NAS in MP4 for PS4 streaming and playing. When the conversion finished, you can enjoy converted movies on TV via PS4 from NAS. 

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Play Blu-ray Movies on HP Envy Laptop

HP Envy Laptop have up to 9.5 hours of battery life, which means it allows you to enjoy blu-ray movies during a long traveling without quitting. However, you may have two problems when playing Blu-ray files on HP Envy Laptop during traveling:

1. HP Envy Laptop does not have a Blu-ray drive, which refuses it to play Blu-ray directly. 

2. It would be cumbersome if you have to carry your Blu-ray discs around during traveling.

So to play Blu-ray discs on HP Envy Laptop and get rid of Blu-rays, you can backup your Blu-rays to HP Envy Laptop firstly before traveling. If you have a large number Blu-ray movies to backup, you can backup them to USB Hard Drive, and then watching Blu-ray movies on HP Envy Laptop via USB.

There are many Blu-ray Backup Tools in the market, and after comparing all the tools, I recommend you Pavtube BDMagic. With it, you can backup Blu-ray in any video formats you want, like: MP4, MOV, AVI, H.264, H.265/HEVC, M3U8 etc. It can also remove all Blu-ray copy protection, region code, Sony code, Disney code etc. Besides, it allows you to adjust video/audio parameters including size, bitrate, frame rate, etc. to lower your converted Blu-ray video files size.(Review

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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 Backup Blu-ray to HP Envy Laptop in MP4

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movies

Download the best Blu-ray Converter, install and launch it on your PC. Then click the "File" > "Load From Disc" icon to load source Blu-ray files from your local computer to the program. You can also directly drag and drop the Blu-ray files to the app.



Tip 1: On the main interface, you can check  option to combine all your separate Blu-ray video clips into one single file.

Tip 2: Click the "Move up" or "Move down" arrow under the video file displaying window to adjust your source video file order according to your own needs.

Tip 3: If there are several language subtitles in your Blu-ray movies, you can select the language subtitle you want to show in your movie by “Subtitle”. 

Step 2: Set output format

In drop-down format list, choose “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)” as output format for HP laptop. Of course, you also can choose AVI, MOV for your needs. 



Tip 4: If the source movie has black area and you want crop it. You can click “Edit” and video editor interface will appear. Inside it, you can crop the black area, trim footage and add watermark.



Step 3: Customize output video and audio quality

Profile parameters can be customized in “Settings”, including video codec, file size, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channels, etc.

Tip 5: Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa. You can preview the size at the below chart.

Step 4: Start to convert

After all settings done, hit on the “Convert” button to start to backup Blu-ray to laptop with the better video quality and small video size. After the conversion completes, open output folder and you will find the converted movies. 

After coping Blu-ray to your HP Envy Laptop, you can freely watch converted Blu-ray. Just try this amazing Blu-ray Backup tool and enjoy convenience Blu-ray playback on your HP Envy laptop during traveling.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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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Thursday, December 31, 2015

50% OFF Coupon Video Converter Ultimate on Pavtube Facebook After-Christmas Sales

Want to get a (HD/4K) Video Converter with only $9.9? Want to get a Blu-ray/DVD tool with up to 50% coupons? Pavtube Facebook Christmas Lowest Promotion is providing an absolute surprise for you! Here you can find out the best deals.



The discount offering is to show gratitude to valued customers and potential users of Pavtube software, so we Roll out Christmas Sales with 50% ~ 55% Discount for top-selling Blu-ray/DVD rippers, Video Editor and Only $9.9 Video converters as well as $9.9 DVD Creator for Windows/Mac users, which can help you move favorite Blu-ray/DVD movies or convert digital videos to any home devices and edit & burn videos to DVD for home use! Pavtube products can also assist you to creat special timeless memories for this year's Christmas.

50% ~ 55% Discount for top-selling Blu-ray/DVD rippers, Video Editor:

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What can Pavtube do?

1) 1:1 Backup Blu-ray/DVD without region code or protection limit in two clicks.

2) Rip Blu-ray/DVD into H.265/HEVC, M3U8, MP4, Apple ProRes, DNxHD, MOV, M4V, MOV, MKV, AVI, Xvid, Divx, VOB, MPEG-2, SWF, FLV... for playback on smartphone, tablet, TV set, HD media player, streaming server, Hard drive, Game console, or edit in Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc.

3) Edit and Convert Canon/Sony/Panasonic/GoPro/Samsung/Nikon/JVC/Blackmagic/Red One shooted H.265, XAVC, XAVC S/L, MXF, MOV, AVCHD, AVI, MP4, VOB footages into common video formats, so you can watch or edit them on PC/Mac.

4) Help you Burn DVD folder/ISO image/various video formats to DVD on Windows/Mac.
  
More Christmas Topiscs

1. Watch Christmas Movies on iPad Pro: A comprehensive solution are offered for you to transfer and watch Blu-ray/DVD/Online downloaded Christmas movies on iPad Pro.

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32X56tzKVQU

2. Watch Christmas Decoration Video: A comprehensive solution to transfer and play Christmas decoration video on computer, mobile devices, game consoles or TV, etc.

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekTsVJEJTI

3. Upload Christmas Video on YouTube: It is likely that you will record all the funny moments happened on Christmas with your HD camera, smartphone or tablet. If you want to upload and share your Christmas video to YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo, here is a solution.

4. Burn Christmas Video to DVD: Whether the Christmas videos are shot or downloaded, the fact remains that you have to use a high quality player preferably a DVD player so you comfortably sit and watch your awesome Christmas videos with your loved ones. For quality viewing, you have to burn Christmas videos to DVD.

5. Stream Christmas Movies on Apple TV 4: For Apple users who have just got a new Apple TV, have you ever imaged of streaming your favorite Christmas movies to Apple TV for watching via large screen HD TV?

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tjnWHEB9sI

6. Edit Christmas Video with FCP: When the shooting stage is over, you can do some professional post production work of your Christmas video footage with FCP or FCP X before sharing them with others.  However, you may face the challenge to import and edit Christmas video due to the format incompatible issues, this article will show you how to solve.

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5puE0yQeXg

7. Backup BD/DVD Christmas Movie Collection: If you happen have a lot Christmas movies either classic or newly purchased ones on Blu-ray/DVD disc, it is very essential for you to make a copy or backup of them before your precious Christmas movie collection get scratched, lost, stolen, or otherwise useless.

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