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How to rip Blu-ray movies to Apple TV on Mac?

Are you still frustrated to look for a practical Blu-ray ripper for your Apple TV on sorts of search engines? In fact, there are numerous different Blu-ray rippers in the market, but unfortunately, not all of them are easy-to-use and powerful while ripping BD movies to do other use, especially for people who are using Mac OS. To relieve the troubles of Mac users, this thread will present you how to rip Blu-ray movies to Apple TV via the available software Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac in detail. Just check its step-by-step instruction as below freely.

Click here to download Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac, then install and run it.

Step 1: Load BD files, select Apple TV format and specify save path

You can press tag "DVD Folder" or "IFO Folder" to input Blu-ray files. If you like, you can tick checkbox before "Merge into one file" to combine all the .m2ts files into one file. Also, you are allowed to specify a path to store the output files for your Apple TV through clicking "Browse" button; otherwise, this program will export the output files to a destination folder set by default automatically. No matter you use your indicated path or defaulted path, you can finally get the ripped files via hit "Open" button.

Do remember clicking the drop-down list of "Format" to select an Apple TV workable format. Once you click this button, you can do your selection from the following interface:

Step 2: Adjust video and audio parameters

Suppose you need change some video and audio parameters to manage the output file size and quality, you can totally achieve it by clicking "Settings" button. All the parameters in the following panel can be adjusted as you like.

Step 3: Convert

After the above settings are done, what you should do next is just hitting "Convert" button to start BD ripping for your Apple TV. Conversion interface is as below, you can get ripping info from it as much as possible, such as the ripping progress, elapsed and left conversion time, generated and estimated file size, so that you can know accurately about the time expenditure and space occupation.

See, only three simple steps, you can finish ripping your BD movies to your Apple TV successfully. Why not have a try about Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac?

Tips:

1. This program also supports editing DVD and Blu-Ray clips. It provides editing functions like trimming video duration, cropping video area, adding watermark, adjusting special effect, replacing audio, and more.

2. It adopts advanced audio and video sync tech which enables you to have a high quality output video without any audio/video out of sync problems.

3. This program has its own built-in codec, so it will not install any codec to your computer, which avoids the unexpected codec problem.

4. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac is at super high ripping speed. Its advanced coding technology quickens the conversion speed. With this Mac Blu-Ray Ripper, you can convert DVD, Blu-Rays 1.5 or 2 times faster than other similar tools.

Posted at 11:18PM Mar 16, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[1]

How to rip Blu-ray files for playback on iPhone 3GS via Mac OS?

As a matter of fact, Blu-ray rippers specially developed for Windows operating system are much more than the applications designed for Mac OS, thus Mac users often feel troublesome to search for such a program, especially for one that is easy-to-use and practical, to deal with their tons of Blu-ray collections, not to mention how to add these BD files into portable devices for playback. Fortunately, a powerful utility called Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper is released recently in purpose of relieving Mac users’ trouble. It is capable of ripping BD files into many other common video formats, such as AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, FLV, SWF, RM, 3GP, AAC, AC3, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc., so that you can do whatever you like with the ripped files, adding to media player for local playback, importing to iMovie, Final Cut Pro for further editing, sync to iPhone 3GS for entertainment, or do something else at will. Now I am going to focus on one aspect only, and will be glad to show you how to use this application to rip Blu-ray files for playback on iPhone 3GS via Mac OS.

Step 1: Load BD files

There are two ways to do it, namely, through "DVD Folder" and "IFO File".

Step 2: Choose a format for iPhone 3GS

Click the drop-down list of "Format", and then click the option "iPhone", after that select an output format according to the specification of your iPhone 3GS. All are as the following interface showing, and here I choose "iPhone 3G H.264 640x480(*.mp4)" for instance.

Step 3: Set destination folder

Click "Browse" button to decide where to load the output files for your iPhone 3GS. If not, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper will export the ripped Blu-ray files to a save path set by default automatically.

Step 4: Adjust video and audio parameters

This program allows users resetting video and audio options like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, etc., in that case, you can take charge of the output file size and image quality in a proper way.

Step 5: Start Blu-ray ripping

Once the above steps are completed, then you can click "Convert" button to begin ripping your BD files. After finished, the generated files for iPhone 3GS can be found by clicking "Open" button with ease.

Additional tips for Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper:

1. Tick the checkbox "Merge into one file", you can combine all the Blu-ray files to be as a single file, so as to enjoy them on your iPhone 3GS without intervals.

2. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper adopts advanced audio and video sync tech, which enables you to have high output quality without any audio/video out of sync problems.

3. It enables users to select subtitle, audio track as well as camera angle.

4. It provides users with simple editing functions, such as crop, trim, add watermark, add special effects, take place of the original audio, etc.

5. The multithread technology makes it 1.5 or 2 times faster than other similar tools.

6. Besides ripping BD files into other media formats, it also supports directly copying Blu-rays and general DVDs to the hard drive of your Mac.

Posted at 11:16PM Mar 16, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[1]

How to back up Blu-ray and standard DVD movies to your hard drive

Until now, all my three TV cabinets have been full filled with a large number of DVD and Blu-ray discs. I believe it is time to digitize them and back up some of them to the hard drive of my PC, and others to a large

capacity external hard drive, so as to manage all the movies in a tidy and orderly way.

I just did a simple search for a blu-ray ripper and reviews on Google, and found the Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper. Almost every guide or website review either rated Pavtube as the No.1 ripper or as being highly

recommended. I also read some user reviews from different websites that convinced me to download the trial version of this application. It worked perfectly on both standard DVD and Blu-ray conversion. Best of

all, I was able to open, copy, and watch every?Blu-ray movie, irrespectively whether the Blu-ray was bought in Japan, Europe, or USA. Share this utility here, and hope this helps.

You can free download Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper here.

How-To:

1. Run Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper and click "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder" or "IFO/ISO" to load DVD and Blu-ray movies. Generally speaking, the file with the longest duration time would be the main movie, if you just

need back up the main movie, tick off this one only.

Each file will be checked by default after imported, right click on any one of the files, and then there will be a popup window to let you uncheck all, just do it, and afterwards to tick off the checkbox before the file

you need converted.

2. Click on the drop-down menus after "Subtitle" and "Audio" respectively to select your required languages and sound effect.

3. Select output format and specify save path

Click on the pull down list of "Format" to select output format and click on the folder icon at the opposite side of "Output" to specify destination folder.

To backup your DVD and Blu-ray movies without any quality loss, you can choose "Copy"-"Directly Copy", this will retain the output files in the original .vob and .m2ts format.

If you’d like to convert them to other video formats, then you can choose one according to your needs.

4. Click on "Settings" button to do advanced settings

The popup window will allow you to adjust audio and video parameters including codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, 5.1 surround sound is supported as well.

5. Click on "Convert" button to begin backing up your DVD and Blu-ray movies

Once finished, you can find out the output files via clicking on "Open" button with ease.

Posted at 03:59PM Mar 10, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[1]

Convert DVD to good quality MPG or VOB

I have been looking for a program to help me convert some of my DVD movies to MPG or VOB formats with good output quality, so that I can make use of them to do other use. After spending an entire weekend Google-ing the Web and trying different packages I decided to purchase Pavtube Blu-Ray Video Converter Ultimate, since it works with not only DVDs, but also Blu-ray discs and almost all video files, which provides one-stop service and versatile functionalities. The most important thing is that it works well, without audio and video out of sync issues and guarantees an excellent output quality to meet my needs. Suppose you are having the same requirements like me, please find the step-by-step instruction I shared as below:

BTW, you can free download Pavtube Blu-Ray Video Converter Ultimate here.

Step 1: Launch this program, and click "Load DVD" to add DVD files.

This program will tick all the imported files by default, but generally, the one with the longest duration time would be the main movie, so you can right click on the file to uncheck all, and then tick off this one.

Step 2: Select your needed subtitle and audio track

This program is capable of recognizing all the subtitle and audio track information, which enables you to select your desired languages to convert.

Step 3: Select MPG or VOB as output format

Click on the drop-down menu of "Format", and then the output formats profile will pop up. To output MPG format, there are "Common Video" and "HD Video" to choose from. I’d like to output good quality files, so I select "HD Video"-"MPEG-S HD Video (*.mpg)" as an example.

There are also vob formats customized for different regions. Notice that NTSC is a video format used in North America, Central America, Japan, and parts of South America; PAL is the video format used in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, most of Asia, and parts of South America; SECAM is used in Africa, Asia, Pacific Islands, Former USSR, and Americas. You should select one according to your geographical regions.

Step 4: Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters

You are allowed to adjust codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels to customize the file quality and file size.

Step 5: Click "Convert" button to start ripping DVD to MPG or VOB

Once finished, you can get the output files via clicking on "Open" button with ease.

Additional tips:

How to adjust Brightness, Contrast, and do Deinterlacing

One more reason I prefer to this DVD to MPG or VOB converter is that I also love the way to make the video quality brighter or darker and adjust the contrast and do deinterlacing. Go to "Edit" icon, and then the following editor window will show off. Hit on "Effect" button firstly, and then drag the slider bars under "Brightness", "Contrast", and "Saturation" to do adjustment. Meanwhile, you can click on the pull down menu of "Effect" to add special effects to your videos, and tick off the checkbox "Deinterlaing" to remove the obvious lines that go across the image.

Posted at 03:52PM Mar 10, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to get MKV files imported to Windows Movie Maker

I wanna make an animate music video, but my Windows Movie Maker only accepts a few types of video files, it is bad that my source file MKV is out of the supported range. This is a troublesome problem, I just want to know if there is an easy way to convert my MKV files to AVI so I can import and use them and not have to re-download the entire anime. After searching online and reading some software reviews, and trying out a large number of video converters, I end up with one called Pavtube MKV Converter, which is user friendly, reliable and stable. Best of all, it is able to ensure HD output and audio/video in sync. Share it here, hope this helps.

My MKV is in HD quality, so my requirement is keeping HD as well, following is my process of using this MKV Converter to realize my goal. Definitely simple steps:

1. Click "Add" button to import MKV files into this program

2. Click the drop-down list of "Format" to select AVI as output format for Windows Movie Maker

To keep HD quality, I selected "AVI HD Video (*.avi)" as output format.

3. Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters

This program allows users to customize audio and video parameters. Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel are all changeable in the following window.

4. Click "Convert" button to start converting MKV to AVI

As long as the conversion is finished, you can get the output files via clicking on "Open" button, and WMM will recognize them without trouble.

Posted at 05:16AM Mar 04, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to convert MKV files to WMV for Xbox 360

I have some MKV anime files that I want to play them on my Xbox 360, but every time I try, my console does not work at all. Then a friend of mine told me to convert them to WMV with a video converter called Pavtube MKV Converter, I tried the trial version, and asked their support team what are the best settings for my Xbox 360, they gave my following suggestions:

Xbox 360 supports the following for WMV:

Video Profiles: WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in simple, main, and advanced up to Level 3

Video Bitrate: 15 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 x 1080 at 30fps.

Audio Profiles: WMA7/8, WMA 9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA lossless

Audio Max Bitrate: No restrictions.

I followed these settings, and the output files actually worked on my console, and the trial version just has Pavtube logo stands in the center of the image. I think it is well worth buying. I would like to share its detailed operating steps here, hope it will be of some help for you guys who are having headaches about this issue.

Following is its intuitive UI, and only within several steps the conversion will be finished flawlessly.

Step 1: Click "Add" button to load MKV files

Step 2: Click the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format for Xbox 360

Step 3: Click "Settings" button to set optimal settings

I just do the settings as their support team suggested:

Size: 1920*1080

Video bit rate: 1500kbs

Frame rate: 30 fps

Others I use the defaults

Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start conversion

This converter not only has fast conversion speed, but also lets audio and videos match very well. I’m satisfied with it.

Step 5: Click "Open" button to get the output WMV files

Once conversion is completed, you can get the converted WMV files for your Xbox 360 via hitting "Open" button with ease.

An easy and reliable application, hope it helps.

Posted at 05:12AM Mar 04, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

Convert M2TS files to AVI for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus

Even though it is announced that Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus software has added

AVCHD camcorder support and users can import and edit high definition footage from AVCHD camcorder discs, and convert to standard definition formats, but I still met troubles while importing the HD .m2ts files captured by means of a HD Sony Handycam type HDR-CX11E (PAL), I guess it is not as powerful as it claims.

I have to look around for a practical and affordable program to help me out. My only objective is to convert these .m2ts files to .avi files, so that I can edit them with Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus, and burn them into a SD DVD for playback on the DVD player connected to my TV, as well as computer DVD Player software on computers. Fortunately, I came across Pavtube HD Video Converter, it is easy to use and helpful, I finally successfully converted .m2ts files to .avi format, and the output files are in good quality, without any problems while editing in MovieFactory 6 Plus. It is my pleasure to share this HD Video Converter here. Following is the detailed steps, absolutely easy enough:

1. Click "Add" button to load .m2ts files to this application

2. Select AVI as output format and specify destination folder

Click the drop-down menu of "Format" to select AVI format for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus. Meanwhile click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to locate the output AVI files. By the way, if you wanna combine multiple .m2ts files into a single file, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file".

There are "Common Video" and "HD Video", both have AVI options, you can choose one according to your own needs.

Common AVI:

HD AVI:

3. Set advanced settings

Click "Settings" button, then the following window will enables you to adjust all video and audio parameters on it, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. That means you can customize the settings in your own ways.

4. Click "Convert" button to start conversion

Once finished, you can get the output AVI files via clicking on "Open" button. After that, Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus will be able to recognize these files. You can now edit the files and author them to a new DVD.

Posted at 05:09AM Mar 04, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

Solutions to keep TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio of Blu-ray .m2ts files

If you have tons of .m2ts streams from your Blu-ray discs, which are copyright protections removed, and want to convert them to other video formats and keep TrueHD audio or DTS-HD Mater Audio of the original files, and then what’s your idea to realize this goal? Actually, I know some of you do not have any idea about this, because it’s not an easy thing to get a program to recognize the two special soundtracks at all.

Fortunately, Pavtube Studio has upgraded its MTS/M2TS Converter recently, which has added supportS to both Dolby TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio, is able to convert M2TS files to whatever formats you need, such as MP4 format supported by iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Apple TV, Gphone, Blackberry, etc., 3GP format supported by most cell phones, FLV format which is suitable for online transferring, MPEG-4 format which is workable for importing to iMovie and Final Cut, and many other video formats like AVI, MPG, MOV, MKV, VOB and so on.

The following part will take reserving Dolby TrueHD audio for instance, and will show you how to keep your wanted audio track while doing format conversion.

A step-by-step instruction will be starting in the following part, which will take reserving Dolby TrueHD audio for instance. If you want to follow this guide to have a try, you can download Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter here.

Step 1: Click "Add" button to load .m2ts streams

Step 2: Click "Properties" to select TrueHD audio

Click the drop-down list of "Stream ID", and there are several options, select each one to see which one is TrueHD audio, if it is, "truehd" will pop up in the textbox of "Format", just like the following window showing. Do remember clicking "OK" button to save your selections.

Step 3: Select output format and specify save path

Click the drop-down list of "Format" to select your wanted output format, and click the folder icon at the opposite side of "Output" to specify where to locate the output file. Moreover, if you have the needs of combining multiple .m2ts files into a single file, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file".

Step 4: Set advanced settings

Click "Settings" button, and you are allowed to adjust audio and video parameters like codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel in the following interface, to reserve TureHD audio to the full extent, you should set soundtrack as 5.1 channels.

Step 5: Click "Convert" button to start conversion

More related features of Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter

1. Fast conversion, excellent output quality, and perfect audio and video synchronization.

2. Convert, compress and edit videos from Blu-ray DVDs or HD camcorders.

3. Trim, crop, add special effects and different watermarks

4. Support VFW codec encoding and 5.1 channel audio output.

5. Enjoy the output videos online, on portable devices, or backup on computer.

Posted at 05:04AM Mar 04, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, etc. compatible formats on Mac?

I have often seen people asking questions like I have a Sony HDR-SR5, or some other AVCHD camcorders such as Canon HF11, JVC GZ-HD10, Panasonic HDC-SD5, etc, but I failed to import the video files copied from my camcorder in the format of .mts or .m2ts for playback on my iPod, iPhone, or some other common used mobile players, is there anyone can give me some suggestions? Question like this seems endless, for there are always people keeping asking these similar questions without an end. This time when I read this question, I couldn’t stop myself giving you people a solution.
Firstly I should tell you that most portable devices can not read .mts or .m2ts files directly, if you want to play them on your mobile devices like iPod, iPhone, etc. without trouble, you have to convert them into their acceptable format like MP4 previously.

This article aims to tell you how to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, etc. compatible formats with Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. If you are an above question asker, please read on the following step-by-step guide at will.
1. Install and run Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac
Once you’ve run it, a sky-blue interface will appear as follow:


2. Import MTS or M2TS files to it, as well as set output format and destination folder
Click “Add” to import MTS or M2TS files, and at the same time, you can click the drop-down list of “Format” to select whatever format you need, like MP4 for iPod, iPhone, WMV for Zune player, or some other formats, what you should choose is depending on which format your portable device is supporting. Also, you can click “Browse” to decide where to load the output files. Moreover, if you want to integrate several files to be one single file, you can check “Merge into one file”.

3. Set advanced settings
If you have higher expectations about the resulted file, you can click “Settings” to adjust the parameters of video or audio on the below window. For example, you can set the screen size of the output videos, or change bit rate to adjust the quality or size of the output files.

4. Convert
Click button “Convert”, you will see the following window. It shows you the converting process as well as generated size and estimated size of the converting file, so that you can make sure if there ere enough space on your Mac to save the output files.


Additional tips:
What is MTS/M2TS?

Before talk about MTS/M2TS, AVCHD have to be mentioned at first. AVCHD is a tapeless HD format developed by Sony and Panasonic in May, 2006. AVCHD video is compressed in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and it supports 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc. At the same time, AVCHD audio is stored in compressed form Dolby AC-3. Well, what is the relationship between AVCHD and MTS/M2TS? If you are attentive enough, you will find AVCHD is with file extension .mts on camcorder and with .m2ts after import to computer.

Posted at 06:23AM Feb 24, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to Convert Canon Camcorders JVC Everio MOD files to MP4, 3GP, AVI, FLV, MOV, etc. on Mac?

With the development of video recording technologies, more and more people are willing to record their daily lives with camcorders to keep memories, such as wedding parties, birthday parties, babies’ growth, or whatever else they thought deserved recording. Sometimes recording is simple, while handling the generated videos is complicated. Because the video files produced by camcorders usually can not be recognized by most playing or editing software on Mac directly, MOD is one of the formats among them. If you have a JVC, Canon, or Panasonic camcorder, you have probably seen this format before. Next I am going to share some of my knowledge about MOD format and how to convert MOD to other video and audio formats for further enjoyment.

Part 1: About MOD
MOD is the informal name of tapeless video format used by JVC, Panasonic, and Canon in some models of camcorders, such as JVC GZ-MG130, GZ-MS100U, GZ-MG255, Panasonic SDR-SW20, SDR-SW21, SDR-S26, Canon FS100, FS200, FS21 and so on. It is used exclusively for standard definition video files, and has never been given to a meaning explanation or official name by JVC or Panasonic, the pioneers of it.

Part 2: How to convert MOD generated by JVC Cannon Camcorder to MP4, 3GP, AVI, FLV, MOV, etc.?
When you meet the MOD video files, what will you do firstly? I think to find out a useful MOD converter for Mac at first is really essential. You should convert them to some common video formats previously, and after that, video playing or editing can only be done without troubles. Pavtube MOD Converter for Mac is such a kind of converter. Now, let’s go through the step-by-step instruction of it together.

Step 1: Download, install and run this program

Step 2: Add video files, select formats, and set destination folder
Press “Add” button to input your MOD files to this program, and then click “Format” button to select your resulted video formats, like MP4, 3GP, AVI, FLV, MOV, etc. You can also use the default exported folder or set it by yourself through clicking “Browse”. Meanwhile, you are also allowed to set output settings by click “Settings”.

Step 3: Start converting
Click“Convert” button at the right bottom of the main interface to start converting.
Once you have finished these editing and converting jobs, you can deal with the resulted videos with ease: Export MP4 or MOV files to iMovie to do further editing, or export 3GP files to your cell phone for playback, or export AVI or MPEG files to PPT to vivify your presentation, or export MP4 files to play on your iPod or iPhone, or export FLV files to upload to video websites to share with others, all in all, you can do whatever you like with them.

Tips:
Factually, I’m using this product now and like it very much. Because its after-sales service is really perfect. As soon as I’ve purchased it, their customer service staff Vivian sent me a greeting email kindly, and asked me if I have some problems while using it. She has definitely done me some favors in the use of their product. This makes me feel that I am important, and they are prepared to help me anytime and anywhere. Yes, that’s how it goes.

What’s more, this product has several outstanding functions as below, which can absolutely bring you joyful experiences.

1. Pavtube MOD Converter for Mac does not have the audio-video out of sync problem.

2. It has pretty fast converting speed; even batch conversion can be completed in a few minutes.

3. With exception of adding text as watermark, images, GIF animations, and videos can also be added as watermarks to realize the picture-in-picture effect.

4. You can use the “Trim” function to select certain video clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the “Crop” function to remove black edges or change the screen size.

5. You can merge multiple video files into one file, as well as replace the original audio with your specified audio.

Hope you could enjoy it. ^_^

Posted at 06:21AM Feb 24, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to convert MKV files to other video formats like AVI, MOV, MP4, etc. on Mac? (Support Snow Leopard)

Feel headache to deal with tons of MKV files downloaded from the network on your Mac OS? Congratulations, you are lucky enough to be here, since this thread here will focus on this point and tell you how to convert MKV files to other video formats like AVI, MOV, MP4, etc. on Mac, even the newly released Snow Leopard is supported. I believe some of you are searching solutions to this problem, in that case, just feel free to get whatever you need from this post with ease. The program we will use is called Pavtube MKV Converter for Mac, and now let’s have a look at the step-by-step instruction of it together.

Step 1: Download, install and launch Pavtube MKV Converter for Mac.

See, the following window is its friendly main interface, you can click “Add” button to load MKV files which you want to convert into this program.

Step 2: Choose output format and set destination folder

As soon as MKV files are input, now click on the drop-down list of “Format” to select an output format according to your end use of the output files. For example, import to iPhone or iPod for playback, you can select MP4; add to BlackBerry for entertainment, you can choose WMV or AVI; upload to YouTube for sharing, you can select FLV; load to iMovie for further editing you can choose MOV, etc. What’s more, if you want to join multiple MKV files to be one file, you can check “Merge into one file” to realize it. Imagine you dislike using the path set by default to save the output files, you can specify one by yourself through hitting “Browse” button.

Step 3: Set configurable settings

Pavtube MKV Converter for Mac permits users adjusting video and audio parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, etc., in that case, you can decide the output file size and the video quality. In principle, the larger input values will generate better quality, but accompanying with larger file size; on the contrary, the smaller input values will produce smaller file size, but in accordance with more inferior file quality. Due to this, you’d better make a balance between the output file size and the output file quality. If you are not good at configuration, you can totally skip this step.

Step 4: Convert

As long as the above mentioned steps are all finished, what you should do next is just pressing “Convert” button to begin conversion. After done, click on the “Open” button, and then you will find out the output files easily.

Posted at 06:18AM Feb 24, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to add special effects to your HD videos on Mac?

People’s demands for video quality continuously follow up with the development of multimedia technology. Hence, HD video is born. Nowadays, we can get HD videos from various ways, like downloading online, recording by HD camcorders, coming from HD or Blu-ray DVDs, etc. Additionally, more and more people are willing to make efforts to edit their on-hand HD videos, therefore, this guide, with the intention of offering help to these people ,will introduce you how to add special effects to your HD videos on Mac via Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac step by step.

1. Download, install and run Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac .

2. Add your HD video files to this program, then click icon "Editor".

3. Press tag "Effect" to adjust common effect parameters as well as add special effects.

3.1 Adjust common effect parameters and Deinterlacing
As soon as you click the "Effect" button, the following interface will show up, you can adjust the common effect parameters like Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation by dragging the slider bars. If there are stripes on your original HD videos, you can hit the checkbox "Deinterlacing" to fix it.

Apart from changing the common parameters of effect, now I will show you how to add special effects to your files. Follow me, please. Just click the drop-down list of "Effect", which is between Saturation and Deinterlacing. Afterwards, you will see there are seven options as below interface showing:

Select whatever special effect you need, and if you want to change your former settings, just click "Reset". As long as you have chosen a satisfactory effect, click "OK", the settings will be saved, otherwise press "Cancel" to abandon it. Well, next, I will reveal you all the special effects one by one; meanwhile, you can consider which one is that you need right now.

3.2 Simple gauss blur
This function can remove the video noises, so that your video quality will be improved a lot. So long as you have this problem, you can use it. If not, you may just skip it.

3.3 Simple laplacian sharpen
This function enables the video files to have sharpened edges; in that case, the resulted videos will be much more different from the normal ones.

3.4 Gray
Look at the following picture, the difference between original previewand output preview has obviously presented the effect of "gray". From the literal meaning of it, we can also know that it shadows the bright color of the original files, and achieves a deep gray effect.

3.5 Aged film
I put this function here, because it is a little same with the above mentioned "gray", can’t you see it? The visual difference lies in that "aged film" is fulfilled with the color of old yellow, while the above one is filled with gray. You can use this effect to make your videos look like old films produced many years ago.

3.6 Flip color
Primary color red and blue are reversed by this function, and the generated video image seems much bluer than before.

3.7 Invert
Like "flip color", "invert" also realizes its special effect by reversing conflicting colors, such as black and white. This effect really brings us great visual impact. Don’t you think it looks like the scenes appeared in some horror movies? Ha-ha!

4. Convert
When you have finished adding special effects to your HD videos, you can click "Convert" to continue your conversion job. A video file with built-in special effects is really wonderful. Don’t you think so?

Posted at 06:15AM Feb 24, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

How to rip Blu-ray files into HD video format on Mac?

Want to find an effective way to rip Blu-ray files into HD videos without many quality losses, but failed? If you are a Mac user, and involved in that case just right, this thread here may exactly do you a favor, since it is written in purpose of showing people how to do it via the help of third party software called Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac. Apart from ripping Blu-rays to standard media formats like AVI, ASF, MPEG, MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, FLV, SWF, RM, 3GP, AAC, AC3, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc., Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can also make use of HD codec like H.264, Xvid, MPEG-2, WMV, Divx, etc. to convert BD files into lots of HD video formats, such as H.264 HD Video (*.mp4), H.264 HD Video (*.mov), MPEG-4 HD Video (*.mp4), MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg), MKV HD Video (*.mkv), WMV HD (*wmv), Divx HD (*.avi), AVI HD Video (*.avi), etc. Now, let’s move on to see how to rip BD files into HD video formats on Mac step by step.

Step 1: Click "DVD Folder" or "IFO File" to import Blu-ray files.

Step 2: Click the drop-down list at the end of "Format" to select an HD format as output format. Here I choose H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" for instance.

Step 3: Click "Browse" button to look for and set a save path to store the output HD videos.

Step 4: Click "Settings" button to do advanced settings.

After clicking this button, you will enter the window shown below, on which you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters like codec name, bit rate, image pixel, sample rate, etc., in that way you can take charge of the output file size as well as image quality on your hands freely.

Step 5: Click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping.

As long as the ripping work is finished, you can click "Open" button to find out the ripped HD files with ease.

BTW, if you want to combine all the BD files into one file, so that there are no intervals while playback, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file" to achieve it.

Also, if you want to do simple editing on the original BD files, you can click "Editor" button to do this. Briefly speaking, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac provides users with functions like "Crop", "Trim", "Text Watermark", "Image/Video Watermark", "Effect" and "Audio Replace", via these functions you can remove unwanted areas of the original video, specify a certain video duration to rip, add your own preferred pictures, text, and videos to be as watermark in the output HD files, and adding special effects, as well as substitute the primary audio with your favorite ones.

All in all, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can basically meet all the needs you demand during the course of ripping Blu-ray files into HD video format. Well, it’s time to end up now, hope this helps. Good luck.

Posted at 06:10AM Feb 24, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

A practical tool to help you reserve TureHD audio and DTS Master Audio of a Blu-ray disc

Posted at 11:22PM Jan 27, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]

Keep Dolby TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio of a Blu-ray movie

Posted at 11:18PM Jan 27, 2010 by sunup in General  |  Comments[0]