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A practical tool to help you reserve TureHD audio and DTS Master Audio of a Blu-ray disc
Blu-ray video has 5 times the resolution of standard DVD video, therefore, to match the high definition video quality of a Blu-ray movie, major BD movies encoded with Dolby TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio to let viewers have this amazing experience just like being in the front row of a concert hall, with voices, instruments, and background music placed in different locations in your room.
To make it convenient to watching and storing, BD owners always need make BD backups via some Blu-ray software. Besides keeping the HD video quality, one more thing they care about is how to reserve the stunning TureHD audio and DTS Master Audio of a Blu-ray disc, so as not to downgrade the watching experience. In that case, Pavtube Blu-Ray Video Converter Ultimate would be a good solution to realize this goal, because it is professional at handling the two audio tracks, as well as removing BD+ and AACS Blu-ray copyright protections.
With the special intention of showing you guys how to make use of this application to keep your wanted audio track while doing Blu-ray copying, the following content will take Dolby TrueHD audio for example in a detailed way.
Your source file can be a Blu-ray disc, a BD ISO image file, or .m2ts streams from a BD movies.
Once you launched this Blu-ray converter, you can load your BD files to it in the following interface. "Add Video" allows you to load .m2ts files directly, and "Load DVD" allows you to add BD files from a drive or a folder.
As soon as BD files are loaded, right-click on the .m2ts video clip which you need convert, and then hit on the option "Properties". BTW, usually the video with longest playing time would be the main movie, if you do not want to convert extra contents, you can choose this one only.
After "Properties" window pops up, you can now click on the pull down menu of "Audio Stream ID" to check which audio track is TrueHD. As long as you select an audio track, the audio codec will be shown in the textbox after "Format". All are the same with the following marked parts showing. Here the audio track "0x1100" is TrueHD. Afterwards, you need go back to the above window to select "0x1100" in the drop down list of "Audio" to set the conversion settings.
Well, this is all the procedure to select TrueHD audio, to keep audio quality to full extent during the conversion, you need select 5.1 channel as output settings as well. This step can be done via clicking "Settings" button in the main interface.
Additional tips:
Why this Blu-ray Video Converter is entitled Ultimate?
Actually, it is a 3-in-one program, which has integrated a Blu-ray Ripper, a DVD Ripper and a Video Converter together as a standalone application. That means it can not only deal with Blu-ray discs and DVD discs, but also handle other video files in a wide range of formats, including *.avi,*.divx, *.wmv, *.wma, *.asf, *.dvr-ms, *.wav, dts in wav, *.rm, *.rmvb, *.ra, *.mov, *.qt, *.mp4, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.dv, *.m4b, *.m4v, *.m4a, *.aac, *.flv, *.f4v, *.dat, *.mpg, *.vob, *.mod, *.m2v, *.tod, and so on.
Posted at 12:06AM Jan 27, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Keep Dolby TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio of a Blu-ray movie
About Dolby TrueHD audio
Dolby TrueHD, the next-generation lossless compression technology, is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The technology provides an excellent high-definition audio, which is identical with master tapes of a recording studio, so that giving users a true high-definition entertainment experience.
About DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Master Audio is a lossless audio codec created by Digital Theater System, which is an optional audio format for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. It is able to deliver all of the information from the original master recording, allow a bit-to-bit representation of what the sound engineers laid down.
Since Dolby TrueHD technology and DTS-HD Master Audio deliver unprecedented home theater experience, there may be no one willing to loose the wonderful audio while backup a Blu-ray movie. The thing is that most Blu-ray rippers in the market can not recognize the two stunning audios at all, and this may be the probable thing that troubles you a lot. With luck, I found an available Blu-ray converter via Google by chance, and my pleasure to share its detailed operating steps here, sincerely hope it will be of some help for you folks who are feeling headache about this problem.
Software I will use is called Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, it is able to read TureHD audio and DTS Master Audio, and output them as 5.1 channels. Here I will take keeping Dolby TrueHD audio for instance to show you how to retain the original attributes during the course of Blu-ray ripping.
Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies
There are three ways to import Blu-ray files: "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder", and "IFO/ISO".
Step 2: Select Dolby TrueHD audio, output format and set destination folder
Now you just tick off on what you want to copy. Normally select the .m2ts video stream with the longest playing time, because it is usually the main movie of the Blu-ray. If in doubt, you can preview the selected stream in the video pane to the right to check it. You can also tick several .m2ts files, if you want to copy the extras of the Blu-ray movie. Note that you can also combine everything into one file via ticking the checkbox "Merge into one file".
Look at the "Audio" option, usually a Blu-ray movie has several audio tracks, Dolby TrueHD audio is among them. Generally speaking, the first one should be Dolby TrueHD, or you can play it to check if it is what you want.
At the same time, you should select output format from the drop-down list of "Format", here I choose "MKV HD Video (*.mkv) for instance, or if you just need copy Blu-ray movies without any loss, you can select "Copy" and then "Directly Copy". After that, click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to locate the output files, if not, the program will export the output file to the default save path automatically, and these files can be easily found via clicking "Open" button.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters
Click "Settings" button, and then you can adjust audio and video parameters like codec, image pixels, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, to keep Dolby TrueHD audio to the greatest extent, you should select 5.1 channels.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray ripping
Once the above mentioned settings are finished, now just click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping, the ripping info including ripping process, ripping time, and generated file size will all be shown clearly on the following window, and if you do not want to wait around, you can tick "Shut down computer after conversion".
Posted at 12:03AM Jan 27, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to play Blu-ray ISO backups on WD TV Live
To play Blu-ray ISO backups on your WD TV Live, one thing you should know is that WD TV Live can well play ISO files from a USB drive, while network shares do have problems actually.
In order to get an ISO backup, whats your workflow? As all I know, some people use tsMuxeR to back up the Blu-ray disc, and then converted it into an ISO using Daemon Tools. Personally, I use Pavtube Blu-ray Copy to make ISO backups for my Blu-ray discs.
Within several clicks, this program can finish its task, and enables you to get an ISO image file. What you should do is just loading your BD files via "Source" option, and then choose "Image File (*.ISO)" from the pull down menu of "Target" to specify the destination folder. BTW, youd better indicate your USB drive as the save path, or you need spend time to copy the ISO image to your USB drive repeatedly. Once the two steps finished, the backup process will begin, and then you just need wait for the resulted ISO files for your WD TV Live.
As long as copying task is completed, plug the USB into your WD TV, and connect it to your HDTV via HDMI cable, what you should do next is enjoying your BD movies on your widescreen TV leisurely.
One more thing I should mention is that some users have problems to play Blu-ray ISO files via their WD TV, but DVD ISO is working well. Not clear about the accurate reason, but another solution can be recommended. Since WD TV is able to beautifully playback HD MKV files up to Full HD 1080p, thus we just need a utility to convert BD files to HD MKV, and then everything will be OK. Because of the Blu-ray copyright issues, some discs are highly protected, we must take advantage of a powerful application to do so. In that case, the following Blu-ray ripper is suggested, it is able to remove nearly all kinds of BD protections, including BD+, AACS, and even MKB Version > 10 is supported as well.
This Blu-ray ripper allows users exporting "MKV HD Video (*.mkv)" format, and also enables users to reset audio and video parameters via clicking "Settings" button. You can set the resolution at 1920*1080 to remain 1080p quality of your Blu-ray movies, as well as keep 5.1 channel of the original surround sound. All in all, all the parameters like bit rate, codec name, frame rate, sample rate are all changeable in the following interface.
After your preferred settings for your WD TV have been set well, just click "Convert" button to start conversion. Once finished, you can watch them on your TV via WD TV with ease, and the high quality of the Blu-ray movie has never been changed at all.
Is this helpful? Hope it is.
Posted at 11:59PM Jan 26, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to play Blu-ray movies on HDTV via WDTV HD Media Player
Its an amazing experience to watch HD movies on a home theater system in the living room with your friends or family. WDTV HD Media Player is a reliable gadget to realize this goal, since it can play just about any video format you throw at it, including Full HD video up to 1080p. With this little box, you are able to set free all of your collected photos, videos that stuck on your PC, and play them back on your HDTV. As we all know, Blu-ray disc is a pop medium to store high definition movies, but because of copyright issues, its a troublesome thing for users to have access to BD movies at will. Now I would like to share my own experience about how to play Blu-ray movie on HDTV via WDTV HD Media Player, and if you are interested in it, you can feel free to check the following content.
First of all, you should have a brief understanding of WDTV HD Media Player supported file formats:
Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Video - AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9
Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle -SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI
Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
As you can see in the above list, M2TS is included, which is the file extension of Blu-ray streams, so if we want to playback BD .m2ts files, we just need remove BD protection in advance. In that case, Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper would be a good assistant, it is able to remove almost all kinds of copyright protections of BD discs, no matter BD+, or AACS, even MKB Version > 10 is supported as well.
To enable Blu-ray movies to playback on HDTV via WDTV HD Media Player, you can select "Directly Copy" from output format profile. This process will remove BD protections only, and the output .m2ts files will fully match the original files, which will keep high definition totally, but your removable disk should have enough space to save the output files, because the generated file size would be as same large as the original.
Additionally, if you want to save your disk space as well as keep HD quality, you can totally select other format that can be read by WDTV as output format. For instance, here I choose "HD Video" .mkv as output format, through clicking "Settings" button, and then I can set video and audio parameters in the popup window, including setting aspect ratio at 1920*1080, AAC 5.1 channels and something else like bit rate, frame rate, sample rate.
After conversion is finished, just plug your external hard drive or your thumb drive which has stored the output files into WDTV, and then connect the device to your HDTV via HDMI cable. Once done, you are able to enjoy your BD movies now. Well, hope it would be of some help for you guys who are looking around for this info.
Posted at 11:56PM Jan 26, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to make Blu-ray .m2ts streams available for your PC and portable devices
To enable Blu-ray .m2ts streams to be available for playback on a PC or some popular portable multimedia players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc., the way of Windows users is to make use of AnyDVD HD to remove Blu-ray copyright protections as well as the region codes in the first step, and then have access to an M2TS converter to do format conversion in the second step. Apart from this method, another way is also practical, that is taking advantage of a Blu-ray ripper directly to complete this process once and for all. Since not everybody is clearly about the two ways, also because I have enough spare time currently, I will present the two solutions in a detailed way in this post, and hope it would be of some help for you guys who are hunting for this info.
Solution 1: with the help of AnyDVD HD and an M2TS Converter
What you will need:
- A Windows PC with a built-in Blu-ray drive or an external BD drive.
- Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter
How-To:
1. Insert your Blu-ray disc to the BD drive, and run AnyDVD HD to remove copyright protections and region codes of your disc, no matter what kinds of protections your BD discs adopted, BD+, or AACS, AnyDVD HD is capable of dealing with them. Then you will get unprotected.m2ts files after the access of AnyDVD HD.
If you just want to watch the .m2ts files on your PC, you can use VLC media player, KMPlayer, or whatever to open these files for playback. If you need import them to your portable devices for playing, you should go on with the following step to do format conversion. Additionally, according to my own experience, VLC and KMPlayer sometimes are choppy while playing .m2ts files, suppose you want to watch them smoothly, format conversion is also recommended.
2. Convert .m2ts files to your wanted format (fit for your media players or portable devices)
In this step, Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter will fully perform its functionality.
Step 1: Click "Add" button to input .m2ts files to this program
Step 2: Select output format and set destination folder
Click the pull down menu of "Format" to choose an output format according to your end use, this application provides a wide range of HD and SD formats output:
HD formats including .mkv, .mp4, .avi, .mov, .mpg, .ts, .wmv, etc.
SD formats including .avi, .mp4, .mkv, .mov, .wmv, .3gp, .flv, .f4v, .swf, .asf, .m4v, .vob, etc.
The output files can be added to iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360,Apple TV, Blackberry, Gphone, Zune, , Creative Zen, Archos, Nokia, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, etc. for playback or editing.
Meanwhile, if you dislike using the default save path to store the output files, you can click the folder icon at the opposite side of "Output" to specify where to locate them.
Step 3: Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters
Codec name, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, and audio channels are all changeable in the popup window.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start conversion
Once finished, the generated files can be found out while clicking on "Open" button effortlessly. And then you can do whatever you like with the output files.
Solution 2: with the help of Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper:
What you will need:
- A Windows PC with a built-in Blu-ray drive or an external BD drive.
Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper is an independent and professional utility to rip both Blu-ray discs and general DVDs to your wanted HD or SD media formats. With full Blu-ray disc support, it is able to remove copyright protections of your BD disc, no matter BD+, or AACS, even MKB Version > 10 is supported as well. With advanced audio technology, it is capable of reading all audio tracks of a BD disc, including Dolby TureHD Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio, which will never let you miss the mother tongue of the movie.
1. Insert your BD disc to the drive, and then run Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper
2. Rip BD files to your wanted formats, directly copy is supported.
Step 1: Click "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder" or "IFO/ISO" to load Blu-ray .m2ts files
Step 2: Select output format and set save path
Click the drop-down list of "Format" to select your needed output format, and click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify the destination folder.
Step 3: Adjust audio and video parameters
Click "Settings" button, then you will be able to adjust bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel in the popup window.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping
Once the ripping task is completed, you can find out the output files via clicking on "Open" button.
The second solution seems more convenient, but if you already have an AnyDVD HD, you can consider adopting the first solution certainly. If you have none of them, then the second one would be a better choice. Compare with AnyDVD HD, this Blu-Ray Ripper is more powerful, taking removing copy protections aside, it allows users ripping BD disc to whatever format they want, as well as supports adjusting customized settings like bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio track, etc to downsize your Blu-ray movie. Also, its much less cost is also a consideration, no more than $45 USD. Well, hope this helps.
Posted at 11:49PM Jan 26, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Solutions for you to upload MTS and M2TS holiday footages onto YouTube
During the most special and happy family days of the year, what have you done to enjoy this amazing Christmas and New Year holiday? Have you held a party with your big family and friends, or traveled around some attractive places with your lovers and kids, or done something else you were looking forward to for a long time? Whatever you did, you must have not forgotten recording all the meaningful and unforgettable moments as precious memories via a Canon, Sony, or Pansonic AVCHD camcorder. Then it is a good idea to upload these charming things shot by your camera onto YouTube for sharing with everyone else in the world.
However, if you have this thought, you should know that AVCHD camcorders save footages in the format of MTS and M2TS, which are out of the range of YouTube supported formats, they are .FLV, .MKV, .MOV, .WMV, .AVI, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, 3GP and .OGG, therefore, in order to upload MTS and M2TS video files onto YouTube successfully, you have to convert these files to YouTube compatible formats as above mentioned previously.
At the same time, one more thing you must notice, that is video files uploaded to YouTube by standard accounts are limited to 10 minutes in length and 2 GB in size and only partner account holders are permitted to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. That means you should compress the length and size of your footages to fit the two requirements. Dont worry, the following part will show you how to upload MTS/M2TS holiday footages onto YouTube via Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter in detail, just feel free to go through with it.
Step 1: Download, install and launch Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter
Step 2: Add MTS/M2TS files, select YouTube format and set save path
You can click on "Add" button to load MTS and M2TS files into this program, after that, hit the drop-down list of "Format" to choose a YouTube supported format, here I select FLV for instance. It is said that FLV should be a much better choice than other formats, as long as you limit the bit rate in not more than 320 kbps. In that case, the generated .FLV files will not be converted for the second time by YouTubes encoders while uploading.
Meanwhile, if you want to combine all the MTS/M2TS files into one file, you can tick the checkbox of "Merge into one file" to realize this goal. Imagine you dislike using the save path set by default, and then you are able to specify a destination folder by yourself via clicking on the folder icon at the end of "Output".
Step 3: Set advanced settings
In this step, you can compress the file size of your footages, so as to meet the upload requirements of YouTube. Click on "Settings" button firstly, and then the following interface will pop up, which allows you to adjust video and audio parameters like aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc. The smaller inserted figures will produce the smaller output file size, but accompanying with inferior video quality, so do remember making a balance between file size and video quality.
Step 4: Convert
As soon as all the above three steps are completed, and now you can press "Convert" button to begin conversion. The window below will show you the conversion info including conversion progress, time elapse, time left, generated file size as well as estimated file size. Particularly, the estimated file size will remind you if your output file size is not more than 2 GB. Otherwise, you should set the advanced settings again to fit the upload demands of YouTube. If you can't set the optimized settings accurately, try and match them as close as possible.
Posted at 11:18PM Jan 20, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Method of authoring tivo files to DVD
Lots of people have been looking around for information on how to burn tivo files generated by a TiVo DVR to a DVD disc, so as to watch them on a PC or their widescreen TV via a DVD player, as well as a Blu-ray player. To give a solution to this universal problem to full extent, my post will focus on this point, and present you the method of how to author tivo files to DVD. If it is what you are looking for, just take it easy to go through with it.
What you will need:
1. TiVo Desktop
2. A video converter that can support tivo files, here I choose Pavtube Video Converter
3. A DVD burner, like ImgBurn, Nero Express, etc.
At first, you should transfer your recorded files which you want to burn to DVD from your TiVo box to your personal PC via TiVo Desktop, that is "Pick Recordings to Transfer". Then do as the following instruction shown:
1. Run Pavtube Video Converter and add tivo files to it
Once you run it, the following wine red interface will appear, and you can click on "Add" button to load tivo files into it.
2. Select DVD format as output format, and set save path
As long as tivo files are imported, you should click the pull down menu of "Format" to select a VOB format for DVD burning. Here I choose DVD-Video Format NTSC (*.vob) for instance. 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.
At the same time, you can click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to locate the output VOB files. Additionally, if you want to combine all the tivo files you loaded to be as a single file, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file".
3. Set advanced settings
If youd like to adjust the video and audio parameters of your tivo files before conversion, you can press "Settings" button to enter the interface as below, on which you are permitted to adjust aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc.
4. Start conversion
As soon as the above steps are finished, you can click "Convert" button to begin converting tivo files to VOB, which is the source file that can be burn to a DVD disc directly. Once conversion is done, you are able to find out the output VOB files via clicking on "Open" button.
After finished, what you should do next is just inserting a blank DVD to the DVD drive of your PC, and then use no matter ImgBurn, Nero Express or whatever to author the generated vob files to DVD. Then a new DVD that is originated from your tivo files is belonging to you right now.
Posted at 11:15PM Jan 20, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to import MTS and M2TS AVCHD videos to Windows Movie Maker for editing
As we all know, Windows Movie Maker is the free video editing software installed on a PC using Microsoft Windows OS. However, probably because of the copyright issues, Windows Movie Maker only provides supports for a relative small range of formats. Id like to list them out.
Windows Movie Maker accepted formats:
.WMV, .ASF, .MPG (MPEG-1), .AVI (DV-AVI), .WMA, .WAV, and .MP3
Additionally, the Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions of
Movie Maker support importing MPEG-2 Program streams and DVR-MS formats.
It is obviously that AVCHD .mts and .m2ts files are out of this range, and if you try to capture these videos to Windows Movie Maker, it will prompt you that:
My question is that how to make it possible to let Windows Movie Maker workable with them? Up to now, the only answer I have got is that doing format conversion is absolutely necessary. Then what program can work well to do this? Through some attempts on several utilities I searched on Google, finally Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter stands out from the others. Before using it, I've tried some similar converters as well, virtually all of them can transfer mts/m2ts to Windows Movie Maker compatible format, but always bring problems one or another, like terrible conversion speed, audio and video out of sync issues, etc. This one does not have these issues, so it won my appreciation, of course.
Well, back to the point, my post aims to show you a detailed instruction of how to convert .mts and .m2ts AVCHD files for importing to Windows Movie Maker via Pavtube, just go through with it to see whether it is what you need or not. Okay, here we go.
You can download this video converter here, and then install and run it.
Step 1: Click "Add" button to load your .mts and .m2ts files.
Step 2: Select output format and set destination folder
Click the pull down menu of "Format", you will be able to select a Windows Movie Maker supported format from the output format profile, here I choose .wmv for example. Meanwhile, click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to store the output files for your WMM, if not, this program will export them to the default save path automatically. BTW, if you want to combine multiple .mts and .m2ts files into a single file, you can tick "Merge into one file.
Step 3: Set advanced settings
Click "Settings" button, then you will be able to adjust audio and video parameters on the popup window to customize the output files, these parameters include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start conversion.
Once finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly, and what you need to do next is just importing them to Windows Movie Maker for editing via its "Import video" option.
Posted at 11:10PM Jan 20, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
Keep HD quality of TiVo files while doing format conversion
Keep high definition quality of TiVo files This article tells you how to keep HD quality of tivo files (TV shows, Netflix movies or whatever) recorded by your TiVo HD DVR, TiVo HD XL DVR while doing format conversion for your other devices. To retain HD quality of your tivo files, please follow the steps below:
Guide: How to keep HD quality of TiVo files while doing format conversion
1. Transfer TiVo movies to your personal computer
To achieve this goal, you should make use of TiVo Desktop software, you can download it here: TiVo Desktop software. Open TiVo Desktop, click "Pick Recordings to Transfer" to transfer TV shows to your PC. The TiVo Desktop will prompt when the transfer is finished.
2. Convert TiVo files to HD video via Pavtube Video Converter
Step 1: Click "Add" button to import TiVo files to this program
Step 2: Select HD video as output format and specify destination folder
Click the pull down menu of "Format" to select "HD Video" firstly, and then choose a format according to your end use of the output files. There are more than 10 selections in "HD Video" profile, including HD MP4, HD MOV, HD MKV, HD AVI, HD TS, HD MPG, etc., and which one to select is totally depending on you.
At the same time, you can click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to store the output files, if not, this program will export generated files to the save path set by default automatically, and wherever your destination folder is, you are able to find out the output files via clicking on "Open" button with ease.
Step 3: Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters
On the popup window, you are allowed to reset all the options on it, such as codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, so as to make good control of the output file quality.
Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start conversion
Additional tips:
1. This TiVo converter enables you to combine multiple TiVo files into one file, so that there are no intervals while playback. Just tick "Merge into one file", and this goal will be achieved.
2. Fast conversion speed and perfect audio and video in sync technology.
3. Support VFW codec encoding and 5.1 channel audio output.
4. This program can be used as a simple video editor. The trim function allows you to get a specific length of video accurately since its inner seek function can capture any key frame of video, while with crop, you can cut off the black edges and unwanted video area easily. Its watermark function allows you to add different sorts of watermarks, including text, image (including GIF), and video watermark, so as to realize picture-in-picture effect in your TiVo files.
Posted at 11:07PM Jan 20, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to enjoy your DVD and Blu-ray movie clips on Nexus One Phone?
Officially announced on Jan 6, 2010, Nexus
One Phone impresses us with a variety of excellent
features including voice input and YouTube access. It can be
easily synchronized with all Google applications, such
as Gmail, Google Docs, Google Contacts and Google
Calendar. Whats more, Nexus One features a high-
resolution, 480x800 pixel screen, which is good enough for
you to browse photos and watch videos. The technical
specifications reveal the video playback duration of up
to 7 hours. You can enjoy YouTube video online, or copy
H.263, MPEG-4 and H.264 encoded videos to Nexus One for
playback. Referring to DVD and Blu-ray movie, there is
still something to be done before you sync them to
Nexus One, since neither VOB nor M2TS format are not
compatible with the phone. Here I would like to share
with you a solution to remove the copy protections of
DVD/ Blu-ray movie and rip them to video clips right for
Nexus.
To rip Blu-ray disc and DVD,
Blu-ray Ripper and BD drive are required. You may
download Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper from here for
trial. It is naturally support DVD ripping and allows
you to select audio track of any language of the movie.
Now find a step-to-step guide below:
Step 1. Launch Pavtube Blu-Ray ripper and
import Blu-ray/ DVD movie.
Install
Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper and run the application. The interface
is intuitive and easy to operate. Click on DVD ROM
and the app will import Blu-ray movie from the BD-ROM.
Check the directory and click OK. Do not expand the
folders and try to look for certain M2TS files, since
the ripper will detect and put all the M2TS files in
file list. You can load DVD in the same way, the ripper
is able to cope with any DVD, either protected or not.
If your source movie is in folders, click DVD folder
to import the folders.
Step 2. Edit DVD/Blu- Ray movie.
Now that quite a few of M2TS files are in the list, you need to figure out which is the main movie. Generally, the main movie has the longest duration. Preview it if you are not sure. Check the main movie, and click on Edit. Here you can cut off unwanted edges, determine the aspect ratio of output video, adjust the volume, and crop the movie to any length (rip certain part of the movie).
Step 3. Set output format to be compatible with Nexus One Phone.
Click on Settings and there
are various output formats for you to choose from. As were
talking about ripping Blu-ray to Nexus One, H.264,
H.263 and MPEG-4 encoded video formats are nice
choices. For example, you choose H.264 MP4, and set video
size to 800*480pixel, audio codec to AAC, sample rate
48khz, bit rate 16kbps and confirm the settings by
clicking OK.
Step 4. Start
ripping.
Simply click Convert button to start ripping. You can view the progress information and and set auto shutdown. After conversion completed, the video clips are ready to be transferred to Nexus One for playback
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Posted at 11:00PM Jan 20, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to keep TrueHD audio of Blu-ray .m2ts streams
Suppose you have loads of .m2ts streams from your Blu-ray discs, which are copyright protections removed, and wanna convert them to other video formats and keep the original TrueHD audio, and then what¡¯s your idea about realizing 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 this special TureHD soundtrack at all.
The lucky thing is that Pavtube Studio has upgraded its MTS/M2TS Converter recently, which has added support to Dolby TrueHD audio, and 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.
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A step-by-step instruction will be starting in the following part, just check it to see how to reserve Dolby TrueHD audio while converting .m2ts files. By the way, 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.
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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 12:04AM Jan 13, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to reserve Dolby TrueHD audio while copying a Blu-ray movie on Mac
For its wonderful and excellent acoustical properties, Dolby TrueHD audio can always provide people with amazing high-definition surround sound experience and put you right in the middle of the action. To experience the full potential of Blu-ray discs, people prefer to reserve Dolby TrueHD audio while backup Blu-ray movies. The thing is that most Blu-ray programs are not good at recognizing this special audio track, fortunately, there are also some Blu-ray rippers have successfully added powerful support for Dolby TrueHD audio, Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac is one among them. If you are a Mac user, and looking for a program to help you keep TrueHD audio of your Blu-ray movie, as well as let audio and video match well during the process of copying, then this one is a nice choice.
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Following paragraphs will show you how to make use of Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac to reserve Dolby TrueHD audio while copying Blu-ray movies in detail. Just feel free to move on with it. Hope it helps.
Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies
Click "DVD Folder" or "IFO File" to import Blu-ray files.
Step 2: Select Dolby TrueHD audio, output format and specify save path
Tick off whatever .m2ts streams you want to copy. Generally speaking, select the .m2ts video stream with the longest playing time will be OK, because it is the main movie of the Blu-ray. Of course, if you would like to copy the extras of the Blu-ray movie, you can select several .m2ts files at a time, and check "Merge into one file" to combine them all to be as a single file.
Click the drop-down list of "Audio" option, then a list of audio tracks will be presented, and normally, the first one should be Dolby TrueHD, if in doubt, you can play them one by one to check which one is the proper Dolby TrueHD audio track you want.
Meanwhile, you should select output format from the drop-down list of "Format", here I choose "MKV HD Video (*.mkv) for instance, or if you just need copy Blu-ray movies without any quality loss and changing video format, you can select "Copy" and then "Directly Copy". After that, click "Browse" button to specify where to store the output files, if not, the program will export the output file to the default save path automatically, and these files can be easily found via clicking "Open" button as soon as copying work is completed.
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Step 3: Set advanced settings
Click "Settings" button, and then you can adjust audio and video parameters such as video and audio codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels on the interface showing below. To keep Dolby TrueHD audio to the greatest extent, 6 channels is your choice.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray ripping
As soon as the above mentioned settings are finished, now just click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping, the ripping info including ripping process, time elapse, estimated left time, estimated file size, and generated file size are all shown clearly on the following window. In that way, you can make good control of your disk space as well as your time during the ripping process.
Posted at 12:01AM Jan 13, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to keep Dolby TrueHD audio while ripping Blu-ray movies
Dolby TrueHD, the next-generation lossless compression technology, is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The technology provides an excellent high-definition audio, which is identical with master tapes of a recording studio, so that giving users a true high-definition entertainment experience.
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Since Dolby TrueHD technology delivers unprecedented home theater experience, so I guess many of you may want to keep Dolby TrueHD audio while ripping your Blu-ray movies, but actually, most Blu-ray rippers in the market can not recognize this stunning audio at all, this may be the probable thing that troubles you a lot. With luck, I found an available Blu-ray converter via Google by chance, and my pleasure to share its detailed operating steps here, sincerely hope it will be of some help for you folks who are feeling headache about this problem.
Software I will use is called Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, now let¡¯s together to see how to retain Dolby TrueHD audio via it during the course of Blu-ray ripping.
Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies
There are three ways to import Blu-ray files: "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder", and "IFO/ISO".
Step 2: Select Dolby TrueHD audio, output format and set destination folder
Now you just tick off on what you want to copy. Normally select the .m2ts video stream with the longest playing time, because it is usually the main movie of the Blu-ray. If in doubt, you can preview the selected stream in the video pane to the right to check it. You can also tick several .m2ts files, if you want to copy the extras of the Blu-ray movie. Note that you can also combine everything into one file via ticking the checkbox "Merge into one file".
Look at the "Audio" option, usually a Blu-ray movie has several audio tracks, Dolby TrueHD audio is among them. Generally speaking, the first one should be Dolby TrueHD, or you can play it to check if it is what you want.
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At the same time, you should select output format from the drop-down list of "Format", here I choose "MKV HD Video (*.mkv) for instance, or if you just need copy Blu-ray movies without any loss, you can select "Copy" and then "Directly Copy". After that, click the folder icon at the end of "Output" to specify where to locate the output files, if not, the program will export the output file to the default save path automatically, and these files can be easily found via clicking "Open" button.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters
Click "Settings" button, and then you can adjust audio and video parameters like codec, image pixels, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, to keep Dolby TrueHD audio to the greatest extent, you should select 5.1 channels.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray ripping
Once the above mentioned settings are finished, now just click "Convert" button to start Blu-ray ripping, the ripping info including ripping process, ripping time, and generated file size will all be shown clearly on the following window, and if you do not want to wait around, you can tick "Shut down computer after conversion".
Posted at 11:58PM Jan 12, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to play .tpd files on your computer
As we know, JVC TOD camcorders like JVC Everio GZ-HD7, GZ-HD3, GZ-HD5, GZ-HD6, GZ-HD30, and GZ-HD40 are all recording footage in the format of .tod (the latter two are dual TOD and AVCHD recording), many users usually use CyberLink PowerDirector to edit the .tod footage and keep the output files in HD quality(1440x1080i or 1920x1080i). The output .tpd files can be sent back to the hard disk of JVC Everio, and play directly from the camera, or connect the camera to a big screen TV via HDMI cable for playback. The thing is that .tpd files can not be played on the PC directly, because Windows does not recognize this format. To provide a solution to the problem, some software are specially developed for this, Pavtube Video Converter is one of them which performs beautifully. The following part will show you how to convert .tpd files for playback on your PC via this application in detail.
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Software you need:
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Step 1: Click "Add" button to load .tpd files
Step 2: Select output format and specify destination folder
After .tpd files are loaded into the program, you can then click the drop-down list of "Format" to select output file format for playback on your PC, and click the folder icon at the opposite side of "Output" to specify where to locate the output files, if not, the program will export the output files to the save path set by default automatically. Moreover, if you need combine multiple .tpd files to be as a single file, you can tick the checkbox "Merge into one file" to achieve this goal.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters
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Click "Settings" button, and then you will be able to adjust video and audio parameters on the following interface. Codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels are all changeable. Generally speaking, the larger input figures, the better output video quality, but accompanying with the larger file size, on the contrary, the smaller inserted values, the inferior file quality, but accompanying with the smaller file size. If you are not professional at it, you can totally skip this step, because the default settings are a good compromise.
Step 4: Start conversion
As long as the above steps are completed, you can now click "Convert" button to start conversion. The detailed conversion info including time elapsed, time left, generated file size, estimated file size, as well as conversion progress are all presented on the window below. Also you can select "Shut down computer after conversion" if you want to go out for a walk during the conversion is underway or do something else.
Once the conversion is finished, you can find out the output files via clicking "Open" button effortlessly.
Posted at 11:54PM Jan 12, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
How to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies
To avoid the original Blu-ray and DVD discs being scratched by frequent use, it is a good idea to copy and save them as video folders, or burn them to another blank Blu-ray disc or DVD disc as backups. When it comes to this point, a practical program written for this utility is necessary. In my article here, I¡¯d like to take Pavtube Blu-ray Copy for example to show you how to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies via it in detail. If you are looking for such a solution right now, you can feel free to move on with the following paragraphs.
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First of all, what can Pavtube Blu-ray Copy do for you?
1. Make perfect 1:1 copies of Blu-ray and DVD movies
2. Support disc to disc, disc to folder, and disc to ISO backup to meet your multiple needs
3. Copy Blu-ray and DVD movies with flawless quality
4. Free you from the annoying protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies
5. Directly burn Blu-ray and DVD movies without other burning software
Okay, now let¡¯s have a look at its simple operating steps.
Step 1: Select Blu-ray or DVD source file
Click the drop-down list of "Source" to select Blu-ray or DVD source file. You can select from BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, and Image File (*.ISO).
Step 2: Select Target
Click the drop-down list of "Target" to select destination folder, your target can be BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, or Image File (*.ISO).
Step 3: Entitle Disc Label
If your target is a blank disc, then you can type your wanted disc label into the textbox after "Disc Label"
Step 4: Click "Start" button to begin copying and burning
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The "Options" window will pop up as soon as you press the red circle marked icon at the left. To burn a disc to a blank disc, the program will generate some temporary files previously, and then burn them to the blank disc. The temporary files will be saved in a default folder, if you want to save them in your specified folder, you can click the folder icon at the end of "Work Space" to change. Furthermore, you are allowed to tick "Delete temporary files" and "Shut down computer automatically", so as to save your storage space and manage your time in a proper way.
Posted at 11:50PM Jan 12, 2010 by sunup in General | Comments[0]
