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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

How to move Digital Copy movies to Surface 2 for freely playback?

This guide explains how you can convert Digital Copy movies for your Surface 2 from your existing collection, so that you can watch them on your Surface 2, without having to purchase them again from a digital movie store.

On September 23, Microsoft announced the release of their newest tablets, the Microsoft Surface 2 and Microsoft Surface Pro 2, claiming the Surface Pro 2 is faster than 95 percent of all laptops. The modifications are exciting. The differences are a huge upgrade from the first installation of the Microsoft Surface tablet. The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will both still feature VaporMg Casing and a 10.6-inch screen, but now with half the reflectivity of competitors. And the display resolution of the Surface 2 will jump up to 1920*1080. This is a dramatic jump from the 1366*768 resolution of the Surface RT. Microsoft has also added a ClearType full HD display to the Surface 2, giving it a lighter, thinner and faster screen with 56 percent more color accuracy.

If you have many Digital Copy Movies from Blu-ray/DVD or iTunes and want to put them on Surface 2, but the Digital Copy movies are protected by DRM. This prevents you from watching the movies with an anauthorized media player or portable device. To watch Digital Copy movies on your Surface 2, you’ll have to remove the DRM protection first.

Pavtube ChewTune can strip DRM protection from Digital Copy movies, convert them to Surface 2 supported MP4 or WMV format and freely transfer converted DRM videos to Surface 2.

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Few tips before starting the Digital Copies to Surface 2 conversion:

1. Make sure that your computer is authorized for source Digital Movies, that is
to say you can play the source iTunes movies in iTunes, play Amazon and digital copy using Windows Media Player.

2. Allow the audio driver installed during the Pavtube ChewTune installation.

3. Close iTunes before running the Pavtube DRM Removal Converter when converting iTunes M4V movies.
4. It would take as long as the source movie length for the whole DRM video to Surface 2 conversion process since Pavtube ChewTune records source DRM videos in 1:1 video and audio quality.

How to Free from DRM Copy Protection and transfer Digital Copy Movies to Surface 2?

1. Run Pavtube DRM Free tool, drag and drop the source DRM video from local computer to ChewTune. Or hit the “Add Video” button to import your Digital Copy.

2. From “Format” drop-down list, choose “Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video(*.mp4)” as the output format.

3. If you like, you can enter “Settings” option to adjust profile parameters, such as video codec, bitrate, frame rate, size, etc to get better video and audio quality on Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video.

4. Click the big “Convert” button on software main UI to start recording and converting Digital Copy movie to Surface 2 for playing. When conversion completes, click the “Open” icon to locate the DRM-free movies, and transfer movies from PC to Surface 2. You are ready to watch Digital Copies on Surface 2 the nest time you wait for a bus, travel, or go camping trip.

Transfer media files to Surface 2 by using a USB flash drive or memory card

You can move files to Surface 2 by copying them to a USB flash drive or memory card (microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC cards all work with Surface 2), and then adding the movie files to Surface 2.

Here’s how:

Step 1: Copy files onto a USB flash drive or memory card on your other computer.

Step 2: Insert the USB flash drive or memory card into Surface 2. (To learn where these ports are located on your Surface 2, see Surface 2 features.)

Step 3: Tap or click the notification that appears in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Step 4: Tap or click Open folder to view files or Import photos and videos.
File Explorer opens.

Step 5: Select the files or folders you want to add to Surface.

Step 6: Tap or click Home, and then tap or click Copy to.

Step 7: Select a location. For example, choose Documents if the flash drive or memory card contains documents.

In this way, you can play Digital Copy movies on Microsoft Surface 2 tablet and enjoy them on the go.

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Guide: Convert HD Videos, Blu-ray and DVD movies for Microsoft Surface Tablets

Surface 2 Video Converter-Convert SD/HD Videos to Surface 2 on Windows 8.1/8

Summary: Surface 2 HD Videos and Movies Playback solution - Just Convert MKV, VOB, Divx AVI, Tivo, WMV, MTS, MXF, M2TS, FLV, F4V, 3GP, M4V to Surface 2 video format. Then transfer converted video to Surface 2 for playing. Following is this full guide.

The Surface 2 equipped with 10.6 inches 1920*1080 display, and it has 32GB or 64GB version, so it is great to copy videos or music to Surface 2 for playback. Surface 2 runs windows RT operating system, the video formats supported by Surface 2 is limited. Let's take a look at Surface 2 supported file types:

So you can't play MKV, VOB, Divx AVI, Tivo, WMV, MTS, MXF, M2TS, FLV, F4V, 3GP, etc. videos on Surface 2 directly. Well, how can we play MKV, VOB, MPG, Tivo, MTS, FLV/f4v on Surface 2? there is an easy way to fix the issues. The best way is to convert these Videos and Movies into Surface 2 compatible format like MP4 format. Pavtube Surface 2 Video Converter Ultimate is your best choice. It has easy quick interface, and great final file quality. (Mac users: Surface 2 Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.)

Now you can follow the easy steps below to convert various videos/movies to Surface 2 support format for playback.

Fistly download and install the right vertion:

Step 1. Load video files.

After downloading, install and run the Surface 2 Video Converter on your PC, then click "Add videos" or "Add from folder" to import your source videos. Pavtube Surface 2 Video Converter support batch conversion.

Note: when load tivo file to Pavtube Video Converter, The program will ask you to enter you Media Access Key, Do as the program requires, and then click ok to continue.

2. Choose H.264(*.mp4) as Surface 2 most compatible format.

Click "Format" bar and you can easily find the optimized videos for Surface 2 under Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4). The output videos could fit on your device perfectly.

Tip: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. According to my experience, the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa. For watching HD videos on Surface 2, 720p with 2000~2500kbps is just all right.

When the above mentioned steps finished you can click the big red "Convert" to start converting MKV, AVI, VOB, MPG, Tivo, WMV, MTS, M4V, FLV/F4V to Surface 2 MP4 at fast speed with CUDA/AMD acceleration technology support.

Note: Before the conversion, you can edit your videos by trimming, cropping, adding watermarks, inserting subtitles and more to get the exact effect and feel you want. (Click the "Edit" button to open the video editing window, where you can perform the operations.)

After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in conversion window or "Open" in main interface to get the generated mp4 files and transfer them to your Surface 2 for joy. Enjoy!

Is it very easy and convenient? In this way, you can also converting MKV, VOB, MPG, Tivo, MTS, FLV/F4V videos toiPad Air, iPhone 5S/5C, iPad 3, Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Note 3, Sony Xperia Z1, etc.

To enjoy all the HD videos, Blu-ray movies and DVDs on your Surface 2, a professional all-in-one program is the key. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended here with its easy, clear and impressive features. If you are running a Mac OS X computer, iMedia Converter Mac is the definite option. (Now both are 20% off on Pavtube Thanksgiving Promotion 2014 column, it will be expired on Dec. 10, 2013.)

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Convert DVD ISO/IFO images to Surface 2 & Surface Pro 2 with multi-track MP4

How to watch DVD ISO/IFO image files with multi-track on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablet? The best solution to covnert DVD IFO/ISO to Surface support format with multiple audio tracks so that you can free switch different languages while playback DVD movie on Surface 2 & Surface Pro 2.

What is an IFO file?

IFO files are files that store DVD information. These files are commonly referred to as DVD Info Files because IFO files contain DVD scene and timing information.

On a DVD-Video disc, there are two folders, AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. In the VIDEO_TS folder, there are many files with the extensions .IFO, .BUP and .VOB. The .IFO files are simply information files; they have no video or audio data at all. They hold information on the VOB files, which are the actual MPEG-2 Video, Dolby Digital / DTS / PCM audio files. You don't particularly play an IFO file, but if you were to open an IFO file in certain software it would play the DVD or a certain set of VOB files.

What is an ISO file?

Think of an .iso as a container that holds all the files and folders contained on a CD/ DVD. Unlike a .zip file, an ISO is not compressed. ISO files are useful for keeping backups of CDs and DVDs and for storing the contents of CDs or DVDs on hard-drives or uploading and downloading them on the internet.

You can play MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 videos on Surface (Pro) 2, but DVD ISO/IFO files are not supported natively. What to do if you happen to have a large DVD collection and wish to enjoy DVD IFO/ISO image files on Surface (Pro) 2 anywhere?

Don’t want to loss video quality? Need to keep all the audio-tracks so that you can free switch languages while playback?

Try this Pavtube ByteCopy. (Mac users can try this ByteCopy for Mac).

Pavtube DVD to Surface Converter Pro is a professional multi-track converting tool; with this DVD multi-track converter, you can easily rip DVD IFO/ISO files to the best MP4 file for Surface (Pro) with multiple audio tracks.

How to convert DVD ISO/IFO to multi-track MP4 for Surface (Pro) 2

Step 1. Run DVD multi-track Converter; import IFO/ISO image files.
Click the top left disc icon and choose “Load IFO/ISO” to import your DVD IFO/ISO files; DVD discs, Blu-ray discs, Blu-ray ISO files are also supported.

Step 2. Choose Multi-track MP4 as target video format.

Click the drop-down list and choose “Multi-track Video>Multi-track MP4” as the best multi-track preset for Surface (Pro) 2.

Step 3. Adjust target Video/Audio settings (Optional).

Click “Settings” to adjust target file specs. You are allowed to change video size, bitrate, frame rate in “Video” tab and free check needed audio tracks in “Audio” tab as below:

Step 4. Start Conversion.

Hit the big red “Convert” to start converting DVD IFO/ISO image files to MP4 for Surface (Pro) 2 with multiple audio tracks (languages). After the conversion, hit “Open” or “Open output folder” to locate the converted video directly. (How to transfer media files to Surface Tablets?)

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

MKV to Surface 2 – Play MKV movies on Surface 2 & Surface Pro 2

Description: The best solution to show how to convert MKV to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 compatible MP4 format with best settings, so that you can watch MKV on Surface (Pro) 2 smoothly.

Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 are the "most productive devices" that it has ever built, says the tech giant's Surface unit executive, who presented on Monday these next-generation of Surface and upgraded accessories.

As Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 is so convenient to take, you may like to use it to edit documents, receive and send emails, or just take it on business as laptop. But after finishing that, you may also want to use it to play movies for relax on the road or onboard.

In some time, you may also need a video converter on Surface Pro 2 to convert MKV movies to Surface (Pro) 2 compatible formats, which is best video converter for Surface (Pro) 2? Which video converter is most compatible with Windows 8.1?

About Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2:

Both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 have the resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:9. You can play 1080P video on Surface 2's 10.6-inch screen freely. Under the hood of the Microsoft Surface 2 we find an NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) SoC with a 1.7GHz quad-core CPU. 2 GB of RAM are thrown in as well for good measure. This should be enough processing power to deliver a smooth user experience, especially knowing that Microsoft makes sure its software is optimized for the hardware it is meant to run on.

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Pavtube MKV to Surface 2 Converter, an all-in-one video converting tool which can help you not only convert MKV videos, but also support converting videos in most mainstream formats to best MP4 file for playback on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.

Free download it and let’s move on to the tutorials.

How to use this MKV to Surface Converter for Surface (Pro) 2 and Windows 8.1?

Below is a detailed guide to show how to get started with this MKV to Surface Video Converter; if you are running Mac OS, MKV to Surface Converter for Mac is available here.

Step 1. Free download this Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate as best MKV to Surface 2/Pro 2 Converter; import videos.

You have three choices to import videos: 1. drag-and-drop; 2. click “Add videos” to load single videos; 3. click “Add from folder” to import all the files inside this folder.

Step 2. Choose format.

Hit the drop-down list besides “Format”, you will find many presets for different usage. For Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, you are suggested to click “Windows>Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)”.

Step 3. Edit video before conversion or adjust target video settings (Optional)

Pavtube Video Converter provide basic editing functions before conversion; you can enter the video editing window by hitting the pencil-like icon on the top.

Free trim, crop, add watermark, edit audio and subtitles here:

Moreover, if you want to change default video settings for conversion, just click the “Settings” beside “Format” bar to enter Profiles Settings interface. Hit to adjust target video size, bitrate, frame rate and other settings here. Usually the higher bitrate you choose, the larger file size will be.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Now back to the main interface and hit the big red “Convert” to start conversion. The conversion speed is related with your computer configuration, file size/codec/bitrate settings, other programs that running simultaneously, etc.

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

If you don't know how to transfer video files to Surface 2/Surface Pro 2 , just follow this guide: How to transfer media files to Surface tablets?

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