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How to convert DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, MP3 on Mac and enjoy them on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc.
Has your heart ever been touched by the good and evil of the humanity expressed in "Avatar"? Have you ever wept for the extremely romantic but tragic love in "Romeo and Juliet"? Have you ever been moved by the unremitting efforts made by Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness"?
Uncountable classic movies have given us different kinds of feelings, wanna collect as many as them to be as your own collections on your home server, on your HD of PC, or enjoy them on your portable devices no matter wherever you go? If so, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac would be your suitable choice. It's used to convert DVD movies to various video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4 (MPEG-4, H.264), MOV, MP3, etc., which are compatible with handheld devices like Motorola Droid, iPod, iPhone, Zune, Archos, PSP, Creative Zen, etc. Following is the user guide in detail.
Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac
Step 2: Import DVD files, set output format and destination folder.
You can add DVD files to it through "DVD Folder" or "IFO File". After that, you can click the drop-down list of "Format" to select the output format according to your mobile devices accepted format. At the same time, you can hit "Browse" button to specify where to locate the output files. Moreover, if you want to join multiple titles or chapters into a single file, you can tick "Merge into one file" to realize this goal.
Step 3: Set advanced settings
Clicking on "Settings" button, experienced users can set video Codec Name, Bit Rate, Video Size, and Frame Rate to optimize the quality of the video, as well as setting audio Codec Name, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and Channels to make the quality of audio better.
Step 4: Convert
After all the settings are done, you can click "Convert" button to start DVD ripping. Once begin, the following interface will show you clearly about the ripping info, including ripping progress, time elapse, time left, generated file size, estimated file size, etc.
Additional Tips:
1. Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac supports importing unprotected DVDs and protected DVDs.
2. The conversion speed of this software is 1.5-2 times faster than the similar DVD rippers.
3. Ripping by chapters is supported.
4. There are no audio and video out of sync issues.
5. 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.
6. You can use the "Trim" function to select certain DVD clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the "Crop" function to remove black edges or change the screen size.
7. Specific effect models are provided, such as "Simple gauss blur", "Simple laplacian sharpen", "Aged film", "Flip color", and "Invert".
Posted at 08:16AM Mar 16, 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, lets 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, its time to end up now, hope this helps. Good luck.
Posted at 08:13AM Mar 16, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Have fun with Blu-ray and DVD movies on your Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
XPERIA X10, the first Android device from Sony Ericsson, is delivering a consistent user experience where communication truly becomes entertainment. The UX platform builds on top of the Open OS and creates a
unique Sony Ericsson user experience by combining best-in-class entertainment features with signature applications, unrivalled integration of social media services and a rich graphical user interface. And an
important lightspot of XPERIA X10 is the Sony Ericsson Mediascape which is the smart way to get all the music, photo and videos you want from your favourite friends and artists. It accesses content from
everywhereyour phone, YouTube, PlayNowand presents everything for you. In addition, the SanDisk supports up to 16GB for you to store anything.
One more thing, as Blu-ray and DVD movies are more and more popular, enjoying such HD movies anywhere will be a trend in the near future. It will be a nice experience to watch Blu-ray and DVD movies on
XPERIA X10, especially on its huge and high resolution and pixels touchscreen. However, XPERIA X10 will only accept MP4 and 3GP video format, how can we put the dvd files into a phone for playback. Thats
what I wanna share with you. Here we go:
Required software:
Step 1: Download, install and launch Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper
Once launched it, you can load BD files to it through three ways-"DVD Rom", "DVD Folder" and "IFO/ISO".
Step 2: Select subtitle and audio track
Click pull down menu of "Subtitle" and "Audio" to select your needed subtitle and audio track respectively. The drop-down list will show you all the info clearly, including language and stream ID of subtitle,
language, audio codec, audio ID, and audio channel of audio. You can choose one at will, and the preview window will show you the changes in real time.
Step 3: Select output format
Click the drop-down menu of "Format" to select "Common Video"> "H.264 Video (*.mp4) as output format.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray ripping for X10
Once all settings are done, you can click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping.
The output MP4 files can be found out via clicking "Open" button effortlessly, what you should do next is uploading the videos from your computer to the memory card of your X10.
Posted at 08:07PM Mar 09, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Solution for editing H.264/MOV footages shot by Canon EOS 7D camera
Before its release, lots of Canon fans have been waiting for the Canon EOS 7D camera. I have just bought one recently, but it captures videos in H.264/MOV format, which is not a workable format in my editing
software Magix Edit Pro 14. So I have to find a video converter to help me out. Through taking a whole weekend to do Google searching and trying out many programs, I end up with Pavtube HD Video Converter.
I am very pleased with this program as it does an excellent job of conversion, which converts my videos into any format that I could possibly need. Share its detailed steps here, and hope it will be of some help for
you guys who have a Canon 7D as me.
First off, download Pavtube HD Video Converter, install and run it.
Step 1: Launch this program and load MOV files into it
You can click "Add" button to import .mov files, or you can directly drag and drop the files into this program.
Step 2: Click the drop-down menu of "Format" to select output format
With multiple output formats, Pavtube HD Video Converter is able to output proper formats for numerous video editing software and portable devices like iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, Apple TV, etc. I select "AVI HD
Video (*.avi)" as output format for my Magix Edit Pro 14.
BTW, if you wanna combine multiple mov files to be as a single file, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file".
Step 3: Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters
To make good control of the output file size and quality, you can adjust all the items in the following interface, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels. Generally
speaking, the larger input values, the better output quality, but accompanying with the larger output file size; the smaller input figures, the smaller output file size, but accompanying with inferior output quality.
That is to say if you want to do advanced settings, you need make a balance between the file size and the file quality.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start conversion
Once begin, the following window will show you clearly about the conversion information, which will help you to manage your time and storage space in a proper way. If you do not want to wait for the whole
conversion process through, you can choose "Shut down computer after conversion" to leave it alone.
As long as the conversion is completed, you can click on "Open" button in the main interface to get the generated files.
Well, several simple steps, hope it helps.
Posted at 08:04PM Mar 09, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to convert DVD to AVI for further editing with Windows Movie Maker
DVD movie still plays essential role in our audio/video daily life in spite of prosperity of online video and handheld devices. The problem is that DVD movie is not editable and you can only watch the movie the
way it is presented on the disk. This is a time of individual customization and showing your own style, why not tries to edit a movie and watch it whatever way you like. To edit the DVD movie, you need to
convert DVD to AVI firstly and then import the exported AVI videos to Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, and Sony Vegas etc. First let us start from what is AVI.
About AVI
AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave Which is defined by
Microsoft, it can work as a container to be embedded with different codec, such
as DivX, XviD, etc. The AVI video generally brings high quality, but
occupies larger disk space. It is suitable for further video editing.
To edit DVD with Windows movie maker, you need a DVD Ripper to convert DVD to AVI. This popular DVD Ripper offers AVI formats with various codec, which will
certainly meet your needs to play, and edit video etc
1. Run Pavtube DVD Ripper
If you have not installed it yet, please download the free trial version of Pavtube DVD Ripper.
2. Add DVD video by clicking "DVD ROM ", "DVD Folder" or "IFO/ISO".
3. Choose the AVI format on the "Format" drop down box.
There are several profiles with AVI as output format.
Pavtube DVD Ripper offers several options for AVI with uncompressed codec and less compressed codec. The uncompressed codec is available for the profile
"Losseless raw video". The profile is set with recommended settings, and you can also change the output settings by clicking the "Settings" button. There are four video codecs for uncompressed AVI: BGR24,
RGB555, YUY2, and RGBA32.
There are 5 profiles for AVI with less compressed codec, in "Common Video" profile, there are AVI MSMPEG4-V3, Xvid AVI, and Divx AVI, in "HD Video" profile, there are AVI HD Video and Divx HD AVI.
4. Check the "Convert" button to start converting
After conversion, just click the "Open" button, and you will find the output AVI files.
Now you have got the output AVI videos, and the rest of the work goes to video editing software. Lets take Windows movie maker for example.
Step1: Import your video. Get your video onto your computer any way you need too. Open Windows Movie Maker.
Step2: Edit your AVI video. Open your storyboard by clicking "View storyboard". Your storyboard will be your timeline and where you will do most of your editing. For you movie folks we can call it your
"cutting room floor". To put your video in the storyboard, drag it from your library to the storyboard. Click the plus sign on your timeline so you can see video and audio lines. If you want to add extra audio to your
piece, import it the same way you did your video.
Step3: Play your AVI video and watch for where you want to cut and delete the extraneous video. Place your timeline cursor (the blue line that crosses perpendicular to the timeline) where you want to cut
your video and split it by choosing "Edit split". Split your original video as many times as you want. Once you split the video you see the rest of the original video in your library. Delete the video you don't want by
pressing "Delete" on your keyboard.
Step4: Add video by dragging it to the storyboard. Make sure your cursor is where you want it on the timeline because the program will automatically place your audio track where your cursor is. You will
notice your audio track goes into the audio space on your timeline. To edit audio follow the same steps as the video.
Posted at 08:01PM Mar 09, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Watch Blu-ray and DVD movies on Palm Pre Plus with your desired file size
One feature of smart phones is that enables users to play back digital video and audio on the go, here we just focus on the newly released Palm Pre Plus. This little device has a vivid and bright capacitive touch screen, which is made out of hard plastic, although not as good as glass, holds up fine. The screen is 3.1 inch, at 320 x 480 pixels, with multitouch capabilities. Besides this, Palm Pre Plus has doubled internal memory from 8GB to 16GB, so you can store more videos, music, and photos on it, and access them whenever and wherever at will.
To enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies on the Pre Plus, two things you need
consider: firstly, the file format, secondly, the capacity of your device. First
off, lets see the Pre Plus supported file formats:
Playback Digital Video
Formats: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263 video and AMR audio
Supported
Digital Audio Standards: AAC, AMR, MP3, WAV, AAC +, eAAC+
In addition to copy protections (CSS, AACS, BD+), DVD movies, especially the Blu-rays always has large file size, so we need a tool to assist us to remove protections as well as compress file size, or select a specific clip for playback. When it refers to this function, Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper is recommended.
Part one: About Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper:
It is an all-in-one Blu-ray and DVD ripper, converter and editor. With this application you can directly rip Blu-ray and protected DVD movie from the discs without other decryption software and convert them to compatible video and audio formats to transfer to Palm Pre Plus, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Blackberry, Gphone, 3GP, Zune, Xbox 360, Creative Zen, Archos, Nokia, DV, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas etc for playback and editing.
It supports both HD and SD output formats and allows you to customize video size, aspect ratio, bitrate, frame rate, audio channel, etc. Movie collectors would be glad to find that Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper removes the protections of Blu-Ray movies and protected DVD when back them up for collection.
The ripper handles all versions of Blu-ray discs/DVDs, and allows you to select your desired subtitle and audio track, so you will never miss your mother language.
Part two: How to rip Blu-ray and DVD movies for Palm Pre Plus with your required file size
Step 1: Launch Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper and
import Blu-ray/DVD files to it
There are three ways to load Blu-ray
and DVD files: through "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder" and "IFO/ISO".
Step 2: Select output format for Palm Pre Plus
Since Palm
Pre Plus supports playback H.264, MPEG-4, H.263 video, here I choose "H.264
Video (*.mp4)" as output format.
Step 3: Customize file quality and file size
Click
"Settings" button, and then the following interface will show up, on which you
are able to adjust bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, etc. to make
control of the output file size and quality. To compress the file size, what you
should do is changing the figures of these options to be smaller only. One more
thing you must be sure that there will be some quality loss if you compress them
to be a much smaller size, which means youd better make a balance between the
size and image quality. At least the output video quality should be acceptable
by yourselves.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray/DVD ripping
As long as the former
three steps are set well, then you can click "Convert" button to start
Blu-ray/DVD ripping. Once finished, you can find out the output files via
clicking "Open" button. After that the generated files are prepared for playback
on your Palm Pre Plus.
Additional tips:
How to select a specific video
duration to rip
You can click on the "Edit" button on the main
interface firstly, and then click on "Trim" icon. After that you can drag the
slider bars below the preview window to mark the beginning and the end of your
clip during the preview, or you can input the certain time into "Start" and
"End" boxes directly to do your selections.
Posted at 07:03AM Mar 03, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
The method of ripping Blu-ray subtitles on Mac
Wanna figure out a way to rip subtitles of a Blu-ray movie? Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac can do you a favor. It is a powerful tool specially designed for Mac users to rip, convert, backup and edit both Blu-ray and DVD movies. The source movie could be from Blu-ray disc, DVD, Blu-ray and DVD folder, ISO and IFO file. The ripper could remove all the protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies, back up the movies to hard drive, rip and convert them into other popular audio and video formats to playback on your beloved portable devices such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, Blackberry, PSP, Creative Zen, Xbox 360, Apple TV etc. Besides, the M2TS files shot with AVCHD camcorders can be imported to Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and converted to compatible formats for editing in video editing software like iMovie, FCP, etc.
How to rip BD subtitles on Mac:
Launch Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac and load Blu-ray movies to it. You can click "DVD Folder" and "IFO File" to load BD movies into this program.
Once files are loaded, tick off the checkbox before the file which you want to rip. In general, the one with the longest duration time would be the main movie, if there is no need to rip extra files, select this one only would be ok.
Click the drop-down list of "Subtitle", then all the subtitle info in the Blu-ray will be shown clearly, including language and stream ID, so you can select your needed language as your subtitle at will. Meanwhile, you can use the preview window to see your selection.
Afterwards, click on the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format, at the same time, if you want to make good control of the output file quality and file size, you can click "Settings" button to adjust video and audio parameters like bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, audio channels, etc.
Once all settings are done, simply click on the "Convert" button to start BD ripping as well as the subtitle ripping. After finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output files with your specified file format and subtitle.
Posted at 06:59AM Mar 03, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to convert DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, MP3 on Mac and enjoy them on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc.
Has your heart ever been touched by the good and evil of the humanity expressed in "Avatar"? Have you ever wept for the extremely romantic but tragic love in "Romeo and Juliet"? Have you ever been moved by the unremitting efforts made by Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness"?
Uncountable classic movies have given us different kinds of feelings, wanna collect as many as them to be as your own collections on your home server, on your HD of PC, or enjoy them on your portable devices no matter wherever you go? If so, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac would be your suitable choice. It's used to convert DVD movies to various video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4 (MPEG-4, H.264), MOV, MP3, etc., which are compatible with handheld devices like Motorola Droid, iPod, iPhone, Zune, Archos, PSP, Creative Zen, etc. Following is the user guide in detail.
Step 1: Download, install and run PavtubeDVD Ripper for Mac
Step 2: Import DVD files, set output format and destination folder.
You can add DVD files to it through "DVD Folder" or "IFO File". After that, you can click the drop-down list of "Format" to select the output format according to your mobile devices accepted format. At the same time, you can hit "Browse" button to specify where to locate the output files. Moreover, if you want to join multiple titles or chapters into a single file, you can tick "Merge into one file" to realize this goal.
Step 3: Set advanced settings
Clicking on "Settings" button, experienced users can set video Codec Name, Bit Rate, Video Size, and Frame Rate to optimize the quality of the video, as well as setting audio Codec Name, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and Channels to make the quality of audio better.
Step 4: Convert
After all the settings are done, you can click "Convert" button to start DVD ripping. Once begin, the following interface will show you clearly about the ripping info, including ripping progress, time elapse, time left, generated file size, estimated file size, etc.
Additional Tips:
1. Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac supports importing unprotected DVDs and protected DVDs.
2. The conversion speed of this software is 1.5-2 times faster than the similar DVD rippers.
3. Ripping by chapters is supported.
4. There are no audio and video out of sync issues.
5. 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.
6. You can use the "Trim" function to select certain DVD clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the "Crop" function to remove black edges or change the screen size.
7. Specific effect models are provided, such as "Simple gauss blur", "Simple laplacian sharpen", "Aged film", "Flip color", and "Invert".
Posted at 06:56AM Mar 03, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Watch DVD movies on Nexus One make funs on the go
On January 5, 2010, the search giant Google has launched an own-brand smart phone called the Nexus One, which has attracted lots of people's eyes. This device is manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation, and uses the Android open source mobile operating system. With the exception of noise canceling dual microphones, transcribing voice to text, voice directions while driving, and YouTube access, Nexus One features a 480x800 pixel, 3.7-inch display and a microSD card expandable to 32GB, which are definitely suitable for watching movies on the go.
To enjoy DVD movies on Nexus One, we should understand what the compatible formats of this device are. Actually, it has been detailed clearly about the Nexus One supported video and audio formats in the technical specifications:
Video:
H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)
Audio encoders:
AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz
Audio decoders:
AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)
To remove DVD copy protections and rip it to Nexus One acceptable format, you can free download Pavtube DVD Ripper to achieve your goal. Pavtube DVD Ripper provides you an easiest way to edit and convert DVDs to any other formats including MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPG, MPEG-4, FLV, MOV, 3G2, VOB, MP3, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A, so that you can enjoy DVD contents with your portable devices like Google Nexus One, iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, Cell Phones, etc. on the go. Well, lets together to see the operating steps in detail.
Step 1: Load DVD files
Click "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder" or "IFO/ISO" to import DVD files to this program. This utility allows users selecting their needed chapters to convert, and you can right click on a title, and then do selections on the popup window, like "Uncheck All", "Show Chapters", etc. By the way, usually, the one with the longest duration time is the main movie, so just tick off this one would be OK.
Step 2: Select output format for Nexus One
Click the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format for Nexus One, here I choose "H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as an example
Step 3: Customized output settings
Click "Settings" button, then you are able to adjust video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel in the following interface. Here I set aspect ratio at 800*480 pixels, video bit rate at medium quality, frame rate at 29.97 fps, audio codec to AAC, sample rate at 48 kHz, audio bit rate at 16kbps.Do remember clicking "OK" button to confirm the settings.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start DVD ripping
Once finished, you can find out the output files via clicking on "Open" button with ease. And now they are prepared for playback on your Nexus One Phone.
Pavtube DVD Ripper will give you the best help, We believe that you will like it!
Posted at 06:53AM Mar 03, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Keep video files with 5.1 surround sound for Xbox 360
Have you purchased a 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker system for the Xbox 360 to enjoy your games and movies in the center of action? Currently I have considered doing it. I have loads of HD videos, which are with the extensions of .mkv, .m2ts and whatever. Most of them have embedded 5.1 channels, but the thing is that because of format issues, my console is unable to directly play these files, so I have to do format conversion before watching them. In regard to conversion, my only requirement is keeping 5.1 channels of the source file, fortunately, with Pavtube Video Converter, I did it! Very excited! Share it here.
What you will need is only Pavtube Video Converter. You can free download it here. The detailed steps are as below:
1. Click "Add" button to load video files into this program
2. Click the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format for Xbox 360
Follow "Zune/Xbox 360 Device" "Xbox 360 HD Video (*. Wmv)". By the way, if you wanna combine multiple files into a single file so that there are no intervals while playing, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file" to achieve it.
3. Click "Settings" button to do advanced settings and select 5.1 channels
All the items including codec, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, sample rate and audio channels are changeable. Do remember adjust the audio as 5.1 channels. Following are my settings, which result a good playback quality on my Xbox 360 console.
4. Click "Convert" button to start conversion
Once finished, you can get the output files for your console via clicking "Open" button effortlessly.
More features of this Xbox 360 Converter I have found:
1. The converting speed of this software is 1-2 times faster than the similar converters. Batch conversion can be done in a few minutes.
2. It does not have the audio and video out of sync issues.
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. Special effect models are provided, such as "Simple gauss blur", "Simple laplacian sharpen", "Aged film", "Flip color", and "Invert".
Posted at 06:50AM Mar 03, 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 couldnt 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 youve 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 10:12AM Feb 23, 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, lets 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
ClickConvert
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, Im using this product now and like it
very much. Because its after-sales service is really perfect. As soon as Ive
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, thats
how it goes.
Whats 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 10:08AM Feb 23, 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 lets 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. Whats 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, youd 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 10:05AM Feb 23, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to add special effects to your HD videos on Mac?
Peoples 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", cant 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. Dont 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.
Dont you think so?
Posted at 10:02AM Feb 23, 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, lets 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, its time to end up now, hope this helps. Good luck.
Posted at 09:58AM Feb 23, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
