Monday, November 18, 2013

How to copy Blu-ray movies to Surface 2 for playback easily

This article shows how to transfer Blu-ray disc/ISO/folder to Microsoft Surface 2, so that you can playback Blu-ray movie on Surface 2 with best video settings.
Q: “I'm looking for a good USB bus-powered Blu-ray or DVD burner drive that will reliably work with the SP2. Most advanced models I've seen (with fast read/write speeds via USB 3.0, or comprehensive disc format support such as Blu-ray XL) use a USB Y-cable to aggregate power from 2 ports. 
Just wondering if the SP2's single USB port is powerful enough to reliably run some of these optical drives without the Y-cable? Anyone have recommendations?”

As we all know, Microsoft Surface 2 does not carry a DVD or Blu-ray driver as it’s more like a tablet. So it comes up the problem that what should we do if want to playback a blu-ray movie on Surface 2 without compatible blu-ray driver? Moreover, it’s rumored that although Surface 2 supports USB 3.0 but it has not enough horse power to run most blu-ray driver. 

Microsoft Surface 2

Surface 2 Specs:
  • OS: Windows RT 8.
  • Screen: 10.6 in ClearType Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • Processor: nVidia Tegra 4
  • Storage: 32/64 GB
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11, USB 3.0, micro-SD expansion (up to 64GB), HD video-out port.
  • Battery: Up to 10 hours.
  • Dimensions: Thinner and lighter than Surface RT.

So, how to playback Blu-ray disc/folder/ISO image file on Surface 2?

Blu-ray to Surface 2 Ripper is such a program to help you transfer Blu-ray movie to H.264 MP4 format for Surface 2 with Windows/Mac computer. It’s professional but easy to use: 1. load, 2. choose format, 3. convert; it’s just as simple as that. 

Mac version for Mac users; Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks is supported!

Tips:

If you want to keep multiple audio tracks (language) and subtitles, do not miss this Blu-ray to Surface 2 Ripper Pro!

Tutorials: How to transfer Blu-ray to Surface 2?

Step 1. Run Blu-ray to Surface 2 Converter; load Blu-ray.

This converter does not only support Blu-ray disc/folder/ISO, but also able to convert DVD disc/folder/ISO/IFO files. Your ISO image file would be recognized automatically so there’s no need to run virtual drive to mount it any more.


Step 2. Choose format.

Click the drop-down list besides “Format” list, you can find many presets and columns for different devices and programs. Let’s switch to “Windows” column and select “Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)” as the best preset for Surface 2.

Or you can enter “Surface” in the small search box at bottom right corner.




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

If you want to customize output video size, bitrate, frame rate and others, just click “Settings” to enter profiles settings window.

And you can click the pencil-like icon on the top to crop, trim, edit audio/subtitles/ or add watermarks before conversion.

edit movies for playing on surface 2

Step 4. Start conversion.

Now hit the big red “Convert” to start converting Blu-ray movies to MP4 with best settings for playback on Surface 2.

After the conversion, you can get the converted Blu-ray rips in .mp4 format by tapping the “Open” button. Now transfer video files to your Surface 2.

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Pavtube Adds iPad Air, iPhone 5S & 5C profile in Blu-ray/DVD/Video Converter

Summary: Pavtube updates made Blu-ray/DVD/Video Converter compatible with Apple iPad Air, iPhone 5S & 5C as well as latest Mac OS Maverick.

Pavtube upgraded all of their product lines so as to catch up with the rapid updating speed of Apple products and iOS. The upgrade fixed some minor bugs and errors during running our program and adds support for new released iPad Air, iPhone 5S & 5C, iPad Mini 2. Users will no longer meet crash problem during edit or preview process with our latest upgraded program and best video format is available to playback movies or videos on iPad Air, iPhone 5 etc. 

What’s new for the update:

1. Fully support iPad Air, iPhone 5S&5C and other newly released devices.

Wrong output format will cause bad visual and audio experience, like distorted pictures, unpleasant sound etc. So it’s important to get the best video format to ensure best quality you can get on your newly purchased devices. Then users can watch the favorite movies or videos on the wide screen with HD video quality wherever they are, in the train, on the way to work etc. Profile patch download page: pavtube.cn/profile-patch.html

BDMagic: http://pavtubecrm.pavtube.com/download/?s=079a4f6b7e5685dc0545f48a0a62ed46&n=bdmagic

DVDAid: http://pavtubecrm.pavtube.com/download/?s=6117c288e7b9fae0b60e4edebcf8b548&n=dvdaid

Video Converter Ultimate: http://pavtubecrm.pavtube.com/download/?s=dfcbd46029100cdf59546df26a16fadc&n=video-converter-ultimate




2. Fix crash issue of Video Player and Editor Component

It would be very frustrating if to encounter crash problem frequently when use our program. The problem maybe due to the compatible issue between your newly upgraded OS Maverick and your current Pavtube program which is may not the latest version. The fast way is just to download our latest version free of charge by contacting our support team by macsupport@pavtube.com. 

3. Fix other bugs

It is very annoying if nowhere to find file path after conversion, or occasionally encounter pop-up error message window. By updating to our latest version, users can get much better and bug-free experience now.

For New Customer:
Pavtube offers free, buy one get one free and up to 49% discount due to 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer. Details login: 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer

Recommendation:

Pavtube BDMagic for Win/Mac: 30% off
  • An one-step tool: BD/DVD protection removal+BD/DVD Ripper +3D effect output
  • No need extra cost to buy separate program for protection removal, as it includes this function already. Users are free to preset specific 3D types if they want output videos to be played on 3D player. 
  • It also applied to other Pavtube product, like Pavtube ByteCopy, MXF MultiMixer/iMixer for Mac, MTS/M2TS Converter for Win/Mac, Video Converter Ultimate/iMedia Converter for Mac.

Pavtube ByteCopy for Win/Mac: 20% discount
  • Similar as Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, however it also has its own distinctive features: Output format supports specific HD Media Player like Seagate FreeAgent Theater+, Netgear NeoTV/LaCinema Classic HD, WD TV, Popcorn Hour C-200/A-200/A-210, Iomega ScreenPlay MX HD Media Player, HDTV etc, audio/video; All the desired audio and subs tracks can be retained in the output file .mkv/.mp4/.mov.; the chapter marker can be retained for fast access to exact chapter you want instead of fast forwarding or rewinding slowly and blindly.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate/iMedia Converter for Mac: 20% off
  • An overall tool: BD/DVD Ripper+video converter+3D effect output.
  • Users can backup Blu-ray/DVD movies, convert disc content and transcode common videos. It could 1:1 back up blu-ray/DVD moives from disc to PC hard drive for disc burning and ISO image creating.

Related Guide:

iPad Air Video Solutions:

iPhone 5S/5C Video Solutions:

Read more: http://open-media-community.com/2013/11/08/pavtube-unveiled-2013-thanksgiving-day-promotion/
  

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Join and Remux Hard Drive Camera M2TS video files on Mac with no conversion

Summary: In this guide, you will learn how to combine and join m2ts files recorded by hard drive camera without losing details on Mac OS X.

OK, I have a hard drive camera this year. I'm trying to take multiple files and convert them to one? Here is a sample of the file I attached. I shot this in the hallway but will be filming Basketball games and it's going to have multiple files. Does anyone know of a way to join multiple .M2TS files - without having to re-encode the video? Thanks in advance. Below is a screenshot of my video files.

P.S. The hard drive camera is used for filming basketball games. I am a high school basketball coach. My software that I use needs the game film in DV format. My old camera was a mini DVD camera and it was simple to use that pavtube to convert to DV format. This new hard drive camera is recorded on a sd 64 GB card and is played back on to my hard drive. For some reason everytime you hit start and stop on record it makes that segment into a file. Since games are constantly stop and start I have over 80 clips that need to merge into one file for DV format.



There are some MTS converters that can convert my m2ts media from hard drive camera in mp4 file as I read, but it will definitely lose a lot of details doing it and it usually takes a long time encoding the H.264 contents. Also, it can't join my m2ts files together.

To fast organize and join .MTS/.M2TS files without encoding, the Pavtube Media Magician for Mac is a best choice. Its "Lossless Output" option provides a jointless MTS/M2TS/TOD merging and rewrapping solution. Using the software, you can join m2ts/mts clips into one without encoding. Not only the processing time is greatly shortened, but also you get the original HD quality. I have used Pavtube products for about 6 years now. And I have already purchased this program for a PC and a Mac. I was surprised by its amazing speed and high qualtiy video output. Below is a guide I share for your reference.

Free Download Pavtube Media Magician or Mac (Download a dmg file for Mac OS X 10.5 users)

Tips:

1. If you are a Windows user, please turn to Pavtube Media Magician

2. The program is 50% off now at Pavtube office website. And by fanning Pavtube Facebook Page on you can get Pavtube Media Magician and Pavtube Media Magician for free before Nov,11, 2013.

Note: The free trial version of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac has the following limitations:

It will add Pavtube logo watermark in output file(s).
Lossless output has a file size limit of 5 minutes.

Warnings:

To remux camera videos to MKV/M2TS, you need to use "Lossless Output" in Media Magician for Mac. There are some things you need to pay attention to while using "Lossless Output":

1. Currently the "Lossless Output" only handles MTS, M2TS, MOD, and TOD formats, thus you are limited to do the following rewrapping without conversion:
  • Remux MTS to MTS
  • Remux M2TS to M2TS
  • Remux TOD to TOD
  • Remux MOD to MOD
  • Remux MTS to MKV
  • Remux M2TS to MKV
  • Remux TOD to MKV
  • Remux MOD to MKV

2. The format and codec of video files on timeline should be substantially the same;

3. Any editing effects (such as Effect, Audio, 3D) will be ignored when output.

The steps to merge/join AVCHD MTS/M2TS camera videos on Mac

1. Import source files into Media Magician for Mac

Run Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, load source videos into it. (Learn the details on how to import source videos into Media Magician)

2. Drag and drop hard drive camera m2ts recordings to timeline

In the Timeline panel of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, you can copy a video clip by "Duplicate This Clip" in the Timeline. You can also change the start time and end time of a clip to trim/cut off unwanted parts in a movie clip. To remove clips, select one or more clips in the sequence and press "Delete". You can also change the order of clips once they are there in the Timeline. If you would like to split a clip into two parts, you can drag the cursor/pointer to the right place and click the "Cut" button to cut off the clip.




3. Remux hard drive camera recored MTS videos with no conversion on Mac

Choose "Output" in the main interface, then switch to "Lossless" > "original" or "Lossless" > "original". Click "Plus" icon to add conversion task, and click "Start" to begin merging and remuxing hard drive camera MTS recordings without recompression on Mac.

Soon after the rewrapping task is finished by Media Magician for Mac, you can add the generated MTS file to your Mac media server and play hard drive camera recored M2TS video over Wi-Fi. Enjoy it now!

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Top 5 Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review for Sony, Canon, Panasonic, JVC camera & camcorder

Which MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is the best one? Are you planning to get a top Mac MTS/M2TS Converter in order to convert MTS/M2TS/M2T/TS video to various video formats to use in Mac Video Editing Softwares, Android/Apple/Windows 8 devices or to upload, burn, etc.? Below are some best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review. We will help you choose the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.


MTS format is a professional digital recording format with high-definition MPEG, AVC, H.264 codec which is used by Sony, Panasonic, Canon and more camcorders and cameras. It is not so widely accepted as they are present on Blu-ray disc compilations, and capable of storing quite a large amount of information and data which are not fit for editing.

Professional editing software like Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie, FCE or Avid won't import

these mts files. And this is where MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac comes in. This article outlines the Best 6 MTS/M2TS Converters for Mac programs reviewed, go ahead to learn and compare them by yourself.

According to the demonds of our clients, the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac should be a powerful, easy-to-use, user-friendly and with reasonalle price. For the function of providing the best solution to convert AVCHD mts/m2ts video to Mac editor friendly formats easily and rapidly. We have test many converters for MTS/M2TS Converting, and give the top 5 Mac MTS/M2TS Converters software listed like the below:


Top 1. Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac - Excellent


Price: $29


The newly updated Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is also a Mac AVCHD Converter for Canon, Sony, Panasonic and JVC cameras. It's specific on converting AVCHD/MTS/M2TS files to various video formats in sync and encoding them with preferred video codec for NLE programs on Mac, such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Aperture 3, Kdenlive, Keynote, Avid Xpress Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 6, Adobe After Effects CS6, DaVinci Resolve, iPhoto. And support QuickTime MOV outputting with the best video quality interlaced or progressive.

It's also a smart assistant to well sync your footage to portable devices for playing back on Apple iOS devices like iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPhone 5S & 5C, etc.; Android devices like Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab 3, Kindle Fire HDX, Xperia Z1, new Nexus 7, Moto X, etc.; Windows 8 devices like Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, Surface RT & Pro, HTC Windows Phone 8, etc., well support Apple TV 3 and other HDTV videos outputting; and other devices like XBox 360, PS3, etc.


In another word, it's an all-in-one AVCHD/M2TS/MTS/M2T/MOD/TOD to MP4/MKV/MOV/WMV/M4V/MPG converter for Mac.


What's more:

  • Added 3D profiles in Format menu. (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, or Anaglyph 3D in MKV/MP4/MOV/WMV/AVI)
  • Optimized video codec for Kindle Fire formats
  • Support adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle
Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5

Size: 27.6MB


As the most popular and one of the best sellers, Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac has the reasonable price and high quality.


Great News, Pavtube Studio is offering Free MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac on Mac Apple Store.


Windows Version: MTS/M2TS Converter


Top 2. Aiseesoft MTS Converter for Mac - Good


Price: $35




Aiseesoft MTS Converter for Mac can convert MTS file to other popular video format like MP4, MPG, 3GP, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, VOB, SWF, DV, M4V, and MOV, etc. on Mac. Also this application supports converting MTS to 3D videos on Mac. You are allowed to convert MTS recordings to other video format that can play well on any portable devices such iPad 2, The new iPad, iPhone 4S, iPod, Apple TV, and Android devices, etc. It also has multiple editing functions to help you edit different MTS recordings instead of professional video editing software. 


System Requirements


Processor: Intel® processorOS 


Supported: Mac OS X 10.4 or above


Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher


The bad: Not supporting Mac OS X 10.9 Expensive


Windows Version: MTS Converter 



Top 3. Tipard MTS Converter for Mac - Good


Price: $40




Tipard MTS Converter for Mac can not only converts MTS to AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, FLV, MKV, VOB, DV, etc. but also converts M2TS, TS and HD MPG, HD MPEG, HD MP4, etc to what you need video or audio formats, like AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, AU, FLAC, MP3, M4V, MP2, OGG, WAV, WMA. Besides, it provides many optimized settings and features as well. So that you can customize the advanced output settings, make your own special editing by set video brightness, contrast, saturation, crop video, trim video/audio and even merge multiple files into one file.


System Requirements


Processor: Intel® processorOS


Supported: Mac OS X 10.5 or above (highly supports 10.7.3)


Size: 23.81MB


Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher


The bad:


PowerPC Processor is not supported Not supporting Mac OS X 10.8 and Mavericks 10.9 Expensive


Windows Version MTS Converter



Top 4. AnyMP4 MTS Converter for Mac - Fair


Price: $35



 

AnyMP4 MTS Converter for Mac, the outstanding and great Mac MTS Converting software, has powerful converting function to convert MTS to other popular video/audio formats on Mac with unparalleled speed and excellent quality. This Mac MTS Converter can also convert M2TS, TS to common video formats for editing on Final Cut Pro, iMovie and playback on iPad, iPhone, iPod for better entertainment.


System Requirements


OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 Mountain Lion


Processor: Intel ® processorHardware


Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher


The bad:


Not supporting Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 Expensive


Windows Version MTS Converter


  

Top 5. Alternative MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac - Media Magician for Mac - Perfect

Price: $23




Pavtube Media Magician for Mac is a useful timeline-oriented video editor and converter. It helps edit and convert not only camcorder videos, but also MTS, M2TS, M2T, TS, MXF, MKV, MOV, Tivo, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, FLV, F4V, 3GP, EVO, VRO, WebM and so on for further editing in non-linear editing software (FCP, FCE, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, Xpress Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effect C6S, iPhoto, etc.), watching on iOS/Android/Windows RT tablets and phones, or direct uploading to YouTube


It features smart camcorder wizard, lossless trim/cut MTS/M2TS frame by frame, preset optimized output formats, Apple ProRes encoding (for Mac only), 3D effect adding, and more for you to explore.


Nowadays, kinds of camcorders record videos in HD or Full HD. Professional Photographers like to edit their camera clips without quality lossless. So as to keep the video quality as good as original. With a mac computer, there are many useful editing software.


Like FCP (X), FCE, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, Avid Studio, iPhoto etc. If you often use such editing software, you may find, each editing software has the most suitable codec for editing. Which will help us maintain video quality to a large extent. For example, FCP series prefer Apple ProRes codec, while Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) is most suitable for iMovie or FCE. However, our camcorders record videos in kinds of video formats, when you import them into the editing software, sometimes, it will take a long time for rendering. In fact, it’s the process of transcoding.


System Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5
Size: 39.3MB

Windows VersionMedia Magician


Following this Top 5 Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review, hope it can help you decide which MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is the best to meet your needs.


More info:


How do we choose the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac? The most important:


1. Converting Speed - Conversions should happen at a reasonable quick speed. It shouldn't take   forever to convert video, but faster is not always better. Keep in mind that your system has a lot to do with the speed of conversion. 


2. Output Quality - The color, brightness and audio should be just the same as in original. And the sound should match the mouths. 


3. Easy to Use - It is true that the fewer the number of click, the easier the Video Converter is to use. One thing you should require of your software selection is an easy-to-access output folder. Even a perfect conversion is worthless if you can't find the converted file. 


4. Additional Features - Video Converter for Mac should offer many practical features. The most common feature is output dimensions. This feature allows you to determine the screen's viewing size. But since there are so many more possible features out there, don't be satisfied with mediocrity. 


5. Customer Support - Having multiple forms of help is important. But not all support is equal. Does the Video Converter for Mac or video converter offer in depth, can you receive friendly, effective service? Great help and support is essential. 


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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Pavtube Thanksgiving Giveaway 2013: Freebies & Huge Discount as Thanksgiving Gifts

Description: Pavtube is offering Thanksgiving special offers and giveaways for you! Check out Buy one get one wonderful gifts and get up to 66% discount before Dec.10, 2013.

The annual traditional Thanksgiving Day is coming, and it’s time to show our gratitude to our mom, family members, and friends. How will you celebrate this sweet moment with your family and what will you do to thank your mom for giving birth to you? Stay at home and spend more time with her while watch her favorite movie together, enjoy a delicious dinner and tell her everything at work, plan a short trip and have her relaxed at weekend? Whatever you have decided to do on Thanksgiving Day, Pavtube is a great helper to make it work. Pavtube Studio, a professional multimedia software provider, is dedicated to bring you personal audio-visual feast of digital world and brighten your digital life. Great News, Pavtube Studio is now offering FREE apps and UP to 66% off promotion on Pavtube best sellers (both Windows and Mac versions are available) for you to celebrate the coming Thanksgiving Day from November 6, 2013 to December 10, 2013.

  
  
1. Pavtube BDMagic - $34.3 (original $49)
Highlights: full disc copy; Directly Copy only main movie; rip any Blu-ray/DVD to various formats

2. Pavtube DVDAid - $24.5 (original $35)
Highlights: convert standard DVDs to MP4, MKV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, M4V for smartphones, tablets, HD media players and more

3. Pavtube Video Converter - $28 (original $35)
Highlights: transcode videos to virtually any video/audio format for editing and playback

4. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate - $52 (original $65)
Highlights: combination of a Blu-ray ripper, a DVD ripper and a Video converter to meet your needs for Blu-ray, DVD and video conversion


1. Pavtube Free DVD Ripper - a fun, easy and fabulous way to rip DVDs to various video formats with fast speed. Support adding SRT, ASS, SSA subtitles.

2. Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate - provides with full Blu-ray, DVD and video solutions for your ultimate multimedia entertainment needs.


1. Buy MTS/M2TS Converter – handle AVCHD MTS/M2TS footages in an easy way
Get Free FLV/F4V Converter - convert any YouTube or Hulu videos (FLV/F4V) for portable devices

2. Buy MXF Converter - encode MXF clips for editing and playback
Get Free MKV Converter – convert MKV media contents to Android, Windows and iOS devices

3. Buy HD Video Converter - get your camera videos and TiVo recordings onto editors and players
Get Free DVD Creator - burn any kind of video sources to playable DVD


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If don't receive message from strangers, please don't forget to contact us for the discounted link via faq@pavtube.com.

 

More Pavtube Thanksgiving Special Deals are available on Pavtube Thanksgiving page http://www.pavtube.com/thanksgiving-giveaway-2013.html. Share this activity at your Facebook page and more discounts you can get.