How to Convert TiVo recordings to MP4 on Windows 8.1 or Mavericks?

What is Tivo?

To put it simply, TiVo is like a VCR on steroids. Also called a personal video recorder (or PVR) or digital video recorder (DVR), TiVo is a electronic filled box you connect to your cable TV. Inside is a hard drive, just like in a computer, that stores dozens or hundreds of hours of TV programming. But instead of complicated VCR programming that no one actually uses, Tivo comes with a spectacularly simple software interface you control through a handy remote control.

How to play Tivo files?

If you're frequent traveler, a question may come up like this - How can I get my TiVo shows remotely with my Android tablet or iPad? Currently there's not yet a good solution for wirelessly play TiVo shows remotely, but here's a way to transfer TiVo shows to your PC and then convert the .tivo files to MP4 video for Android Tablet or iPad viewing on the go, so that you can easily take favorite TV shows when away from home.

How to upload Tivo files?

You many want to enjoy Tivo shows at home and sharing with family or friends. But the Tivo files are saved by digital video recorders with copyright protection, so it would be difficult to playback or sharing on YouTube. In this case, you need to change tivo to mp4 format for better uploading process.

How to edit Tivo files?

My brother has a tivo 2 series and just learned to use tivo to go to move the files to his windows system. But he said he didn't know how to convert .tivo to .mp4 which is what his pinnacle software likes, so he can pull tivo the files directly. So back to the great idea —— converting .tivo to .mp4 for editing tivo files more conveniently.

How to burn Tivo files?

Or if you want to burn tivo files etc., you are also suggested to do tivo to mp4 conversion.

So to get Tivo files worked, in other words, to enjoy, play, share,edit and burn tivo freely, the only solution is to convert Tivo files to MP4, so you can deal with Tivo files in these MP4-compatible apps sucessfully.

To accomplish this, Pavtube Tivo to MP4 Converter is of great help. It supports converting any audio & video format, but mostly I use to convert TiVo video (TV shows and movies) for Personal use. The GUI was much easier to use and had more features. It works fine with reat video quality and it successfully and directly lets me convert Tivo to any popular app or device.

For Mac users, Tivo to MP4 Converter for Mac is recommended to you.

Now get it installed and let's start to quick convert Tivo to MP4 on PC with perfect videoaudio sync technology.

Step One. Transfer the Tivo files to PC.

Although the TiVo Desktop software for the Mac (supplied by TiVo) does not allow user to transfer TiVo recordings to Mac, you can transfer TiVo to Mac MacBook with specific software as long as your TiVo box is connected to your home network. Once you've recorded your favorite shows on your TiVo box, freeware like the TiVoDecode Manager can accomplish this task for you.

Step Two. Launch this Tivo Video Converter.

Click the top left icon to import your tivo files.

It will pop up a window to remind you submit the tivo key. Click Ok and enter your tivo media key.

Here is a easy way to trim out commercial ads in tivo click the pencil-like icon on the top, switch to "Trim", you will be able to set up and start and end point easily.

Step Three. Click the "Format" and choose proper presets for MP4 playbacl.

You can see profiles for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV and you can choose one according to your device model.

And there are many presets in "Andoroid" column, you can use the search box on bottom right corn and locate proper mp4 presets for your own phonetablet model.

For users who want to upload to YouTube, you are suggested to choose Common VideoMPEG-4 Movie(.mp4)

You can also click "Settings" (which is marked as "3" above) to customize video size, bitrate(quality), frame rate and other settings.

Pls note that the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality you will get.

Step Four. Click the big red "Convert" to start converting Tivo files to MP4 that suites for playback, sharing, editing and burning. Wait for moments and click "Open" to locate the converted video.

Now connect your phonetablet to PC and enjoy the wonderful TV shows without ads or device limitation!

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Enable kids and family members to watch DVDs on mobile devices

This article walks you through the whole process of converting DVD movies to mobile devices so that kids and family members are able to enjoy movies at home or anywhere they like. 

Kid's favorite animations like Olivia, Ice Age 4, Frozen, Big Top Scooby-Doo, Madagascar, The Jungle Book, Despicable Me 2, and more movies will release the DVD version soon. Would you like to move and watch these new movies on your iPhone 5S/5C, iPad Air, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus, Surface tablets, Kindle Fire HDX or other portable device with your kids and family members? Without the assistance of any tool you cannot accomplish this because there is no mobile devices that are equipped with a disc driver natively.

Among all the software applications, free or paid, Pavtube DVDAid is my first choice for two reasons. One is its easy-to-use feature with user friendly interface; another is its reasonable price and lifetime support.

Anyway, I would tell you How to rip DVD movie to my iPad Air or other mobile devices and similar steps could be found from below tutorial for your mobile device as well.

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Step 1: Download a free copy of Pavtube DVD Ripper, install and launch it. Insert DVD disc, hit the "Load Disc" icon to browse to disc driver and load DVD movie into this app.

  

Step 2: Choose the optimized format for output. In order to watch DVD movies on my iPad Air, I select "iPad" > "iPad Air HD Video(*.mp4)" as output format.

 

 

If you have other mobile device, search for the particular profile from the "Format" drop-down list. When you cannot find your smartphone or tablet there, don't worry, use the similar format with your device or choose Android or Window profile, and then adjust profile presets to achieve the best video and audio quality for your device.



Step 3: click on the "Convert" button and start ripping DVD movie. When the conversion is done, I will find the converted MP4 movie in output folder and transfer to my iPad Air via iTunes 11. And the whole process of ripping DVD to iPad Air completes and I am ready to reach my DVD collection on iPad Air, iPhone 5S, and other mobile devices.

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Make digital copies of DVD/Blu-ray movies for watching on tablet

This article will give you an easy way to make digital copies of DVD and Blu-ray movies so you could watch them on your tablets.

Recently, I just bought an Asus MemoPad HD 7. The screen resolution is 1600*900 and it would be a good enjoyment to watch my DVD/Blu-ray collections on it. However, most DVD and Blu-ray movies are all protected. In order to solve the problem, the only way to make it possible is making digital copies of movies I owned so I could watch them on my tablet. 



Then I googled "blu-ray ripper" online and came across this article, Pavtube BDMagic were the top pick. After owning the program, I use it to rip movies so that I coluld watch them on my new tablet while traveling. Besides, my son has a Galaxy Tab 7. He is 11 years old and uses the Tab mostly for games, although I ripped a couple of his movies for him to watch.

Here is the easy process when I use Pavtube BDMagic to do the conversion.

Step 1. After installing the program on your computer, launch it. Click "Load File" icon to load DVD/Blu-ray movies to the program. Then choose the subtitle and audio you need on the main interface.

Tip:
The "Setting" icon beside the format bar is designed for you to adjust specific video size, bitrate, frame rate, audio bitrate, channels, etc. according you own needs.

Step 2. Click "Format" bar and choose "HD Video > H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" as the output format. This format is suitable for the new released tablet, either my Asus MemoPad HD 7 or my son's Galaxy Tab 7.



Step 3. The last and not the least step is just start the conversion by clicking the "Convert" button on the bottom right corner. 

Everything is OK! Wait for a moment and the program will finish the conversion automatically. As my own experience, the time of converting Blu-ray movies is much longer than DVD movies. When the conversion is over, hit the "Open" icon to locate the output videos, and transfer them to your tablet via USB cable.

So easy, right? I am sure even you are a fresh man of this program; you could do the conversion at ease. If you are a Mac user, it also has Mac version. Have fun of enjoying your movies on your tablet with the help of the easy-operated software.

Stream Blu-ray/DVD collections to Portable Devices and HDTV via Home Network

This guide introduces how to backup Blu-ray/DVD disc, folder, IFO/ISO to your locate network, so that you can stream them to portable devices and TV for playback at any time.

If you are any thoughts of home entertainment, you should not miss the idea of streaming your Blu-ray and DVD collections to portable devices and HDTV via home network. It's a good way to share movies with family members without the risk of scratching discs; everyone in your family can create and access the shared movies; isn't it fantastic?

If you already have the home network set up, then the most important thing is to backup Blu-ray/DVD to server in a most common format which could be accepted by most of your devices. After many trials, I prefer to save them into MP4 format as it's widely supported by my iPhone, iPad, Android tablet and Samsung Smart TV.

To backup Blu-ray/DVD into MP4 format with best quality, I recommend Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate as it's capable of ripping/converting just about every title that I own; it's easy of use and choices for decode/encode to all popular formats.

Review: 2014 Top 5 Video Converter Ultimate For HD Media Player, TV & Portable Device

Note: its Mac version is renamed as iMedia Converter for Mac.

How to convert Blu-ray/DVD to MP4 on home network or stream to portable device/TV for playback? 


Step 1. Launch Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate; import disc.

Inset your DVD to computer; if you want to rip Blu-rays, use an external drive to connect it to your computer. Then hit "load disc" to import the discs. You can also drag and drop Blu-ray/DVD folder, ISO/IFO files to it directly.

Note that you shall keep Internet connected during this period.



Step 2. Choose format.

Hit "Format" drop-down list and choose "HD Video> H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" as the most widely used format for playback on smartphones, tablets and HDTV.



Step 3. Adjust output settings (Optional)

You can click "Settings" (besides "Format") to change target video size, bitrate, frame rate and other specs. Change the size to "Original" to get full size picture that can be playback on TV clearly. And the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality will be.

Step 4. Start the Blu-ray to MP4 conversion.

Back to the main interface and hit the "Convert" to start converting Blu-ray&DVD to HD MP4 on your PC/Mac; this converter will start all the tasks in batch. Wait for a while till the conversion completed; click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted files. Now upload the movies to your NAS.

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Permanent Play Rental DVDs on Transformer Book T100 Windows 8.1 Tablet

The Asus Transformer Book T100 is a windows 8.1 tablet. It houses a 10.1-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels, it will happily play 1080p video. It can also be a 'proper' laptop, running basic Windows desktop applications for multimedia and productivity. Plus, with a scaled-down version of the integrated graphics chip from Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, it should also play your favourite 3D games or movies as well.

Here this post is mainly talking about how to put and play (rental/bought) DVD movies on Transformer Book T100. For users who gather lots of DVD discs in their home, it's really good idea to stream DVDs to Book T100, after that, we can enjoy movies anywhere anytime as long as we take the Book T100.

Required Software:

• Pavtube DVDAid
• Pavtube DVDAid for Mac

Read Also: 2014 Top 5 Best DVD Ripper Program Review | Which One Will You Choose?

The Reason why we choose Pavtube DVD Ripper? 

The Windows 8 DVD Ripper that designed by Pavtube, is good at dealing with kinds of DVD movies, such as DVD disc, DVD ISO or DVD IFO image files. It supports 1:1 DVD archiving. You are allowed to quickly backup DVDs with no quality loss to your hard drive as well as backup the main movie files with selected chapters you like. Above all, it could import movie from DVD disc and encode DVD movies to all popular media formats, including WMV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, Xvid, Divx, MP4, FLV, 3GP, QuickTime, DV, MPEG-4, AVC MP4, MP3, AC3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, etc. Moreover, it take full advantage of NVIDIA's CUDA technology and ATI Stream (AMD APP) technology to accelerate conversion speed greatly. The GPU acceleration saves users lots of time when using H.264 codec to do format conversion.
How to convert DVD movies to Asus VivoTab Smart?

Step 1. Download and install this DVD to Transformer Book T100 converter on your computer.

PS: This application can work on Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 or Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.5 above(including Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Mountain Lion) with 1G Hz or above Intel processor




Step 2. Import your source DVD movies.

Step 3. Choose H.264 Video (*.mp4) as output for your win8 tablet.

Step 4. Click on "Settings" to modify video codec, resolution, frame rate, sample rate etc. Of course, different settings will have different results. And you should Know, the higher video quality with bigger video size, please pay attention to your storage. According to my own experience, the following settings are recommended for you. Which is the most suitable for Transformer Book T100.

Video

• Codec: h.264
• Size: 1280*720
• Bitrate: 2000
• Frame rate: 24

Audio

• Codec: aac
• Sample rate: 48000
• Bitrate: 128000
• Channels: Stereo

Step 5. Start ripping DVD movies to Transformer Book T100 by clicking on the "Convert" button.

Once the conversion completed, transfer the result MP4 video file to Book. Hope this Transformer Book T100 DVD Ripper also works well for you. That's all.

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Best Solution to Put/View DVD movies on Asus MeMO Pad HD 7

An easy way to convert/transfer Thanks giving DVD to Asus MeMo Pad HD 7 with most compatible format and best settings.

Did you get Thanksgiving DVDs for children? Like Alvin and the Chipmunks, Winnie the Pooh’s – Seasons of Giving, Miracle on 34th Street and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, etc. Sharing these movies with kids is great but it’s so challenging to let kids sit down quietly in front of computers or TVs connected a DVD player. Then how about trying this way: transfer Thanksgiving DVDs to Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 so that you can take it everywhere?

I promise your kids would love to watch thanksgiving DVD movies on Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 and won’t let it go lol!

In this article, I will introduce how to playback hottest Thanksgiving DVD movies on MeMo Pad HD7.

Software Required: DVD to MeMo Pad HD 7 Converter or Mac DVD to MeMo Pad HD 7 Converter

Note: Now is 30% off on 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer.

You may already notice that most DVDs are protected digital copyrights and we cannot extract videos inside directly. Pavtube DVDAid, as the DVD to MeMo Pad Converter is such a professional tool to help you roll off DVD protection and convert DVD movie to most compatible format with best settings for MeMo Pad HD 7.

Tips: 

If you want to get videos with multiple audio tracks, you cannot miss this DVD Ripper Pro.

Tutorials: How to copy Thanksgiving DVD movie to MeMo Pad HD 7

Step 1. Load DVD to Pavtube DVDAid.

Click “Load files” to import DVD discs, DVD folder or IFO/ISO file to this DVD to MeMo Pad 7 Converter. The main title (full length) will be checked by default and you can preview it by double clicking.

Step 2. Choose format

Click “Format” drop-down list, switch to “ASUS” column and choose “ASUS MeMo Pad Series Video(*.mp4)”, it’s the best preset for your MeMo Pad HD 7. Or you can enter “MeMo” in the small search box at the bottom right corner to quick locate this preset.



Step 3. Adjust video specs or edit video before conversion (Optional).

Pavtube DVDAid already pick out the best settings for your MeMo Pad 7. If you want to change video size, bitrate, frame rate and other settings, click “Settings” to enter profiles settings window.

And if you want to trim, crop, edit subtitle/audio, add watermark, just click the pencil-like icon on the top.

Step 4. Start Conversion.

Now hit the big red “Convert” to start convert DVD movies to Asus MeMo Pad HD 7. After conversion, you can click “Open output folder” to quick locate the converted video.

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How to make iTunes movies playable on ASUS Fonepad 7?

Question:

"Hello, I want to convert M4V files on my iTunes so i can transfer them to my Asus Fonepad 7 which I just got today as birthday gift. Any program can achieve this task? "

“I have a movie that I bought on iTunes back in 2010. How do I put it on my Fonepad (7 inch)? The format won't work, and iTunes won't allow me to convert it?”

Answer:

“iTunes movies are to be used only on Apple devices officially. You can't watch iTunes movies on Android tablets, without removing the DRM protection. And if you want to watch them in Fonepad 7, there’s another work you need to do: converting to another format with proper video size. In your case, MP4 is most widely used.”

As we know, M4V videos purchased from iTunes store are protected by Apple’s DRM and can’t be transferred or played on non-Apple products. Well, in the case above, Asus Fonepad 7 is no exception. Moreover, as the answer mentioned, M4V is not a format that Fonepad 7 appreciates.

So if you really want to watch iTunes DRM video on Asus Fonepad 7, you need to go through two steps: 1. Remove the DRM protection, 2. Convert M4V to Fonepad supported video format: MP4.

To accomplish this goal, Pavtube iTunes to Fonepad 7 Converter is highly recommended for its easy-to-use interface, straight workflow and reliable video quality. It can remove the DRM protection from iTunes downloaded video, and transfer it to various video formats including MP4 profiles for Fonepad 7.

Now just download this software and follow the tips below to make your iTunes movies playable on ASUS Fonepad 7.

A command window will pop up during the installation to install specific audio driver, do not shut down and let it running until the installation completed.

How to remove DRM and record iTunes M4V video to Asus Fonepad 7? 

Step 1. Add video and choose target format.

Drag and drop your videos to it directly, or you can click icon to import them as below.

Let’s click the drop-down-list besides “Format” and choose “Common Video> H.264 Video(*.mp4)”. Or move to “ASUS” column and choose “Asus Fonepad Video (*.mp4)” as output format for your Fonepad 7.



Step 2. Customize target video specs.

Click “Settings” to enter Profile Settings window, you can find settings for video size, codec, bitrate and frame rate. For Fonepad 7 playback, you are suggested to set the Size to 1280*800 or 1280*720; and bitrate will be fine from 1500 to 2500 kb/s.

Step 3. Start conversion.

Now click the big red icon to start converting iTunes M4V videos to Asus Fonepad 7 in batch; this converter will activate your media player automatically and start to play this video. The player windows cannot be removed or closed.

In the meanwhile, it will start to record this video in MP4 real-time. The conversion time is equal to the video length itself; you can do other tasks during the converting the process.

Note: the system volume could turn off temporally during this period; no worries, do not touch it to get perfect DRM removed video.

After the conversion, click “Open output folder” to quick locate the converted video.

Tips:

1. The DRM removing process may mislead your anti-virus software to falsely report virus/worm. Please ignore the report to keep on ripping.

2. This product cannot convert unplayable video (damaged, unauthorized, etc).
  
Now, connect your Fonepad 7 to computer with USB, and transfer the recorded iTunes videos to Fonepad 7 for watching. (Note: To change your device's USB connection options, touch Settings > Device > Storage > Menu > USB computer connection.)
  
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