Decrypt and remove commercials from Tivo recording for playback on Windows/Mac

A Tivo Converter Customer Review From Pavtube:

I have recorded an entire season of favorite TV plays via Tivo box and it have the commercials on it with Tivo. How can I skip them? TiVo DVRs do not offer a commercial skip feature. It’s totally understandable as the commercial is a part of the source signal; but it troubles me a lot when playback the recorded TV plays: I have to pause and skip the ads manually. I used to be fine with that but now my daughter grows up and she’s fond of this: every time when it comes to ads she will cry. I’m totally not computer-savvy but have to look for a good solution.

It’s widely accepted that TV recordings from Tivo box are protected; we cannot edit or change it nor remove the ads within that context. After spending several days browsing the websites, finally I get this Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to work. It’s very easy to convert tivo files and you don’t need to change any specs; also the ads trimming is quite simple. Moreover, I also convert and copy many Disney Blu-ray movies to my Nabi 2 android tablet, my daughter can watch these movie on Nabi 2 when I'm busying in my yard.

Note: If you only have a Mac, the Mac version is more suitable

My workflow: Decrypt and remove commercials from Tivo recordings for different purposes on my computer

1. Install and launch this Tivo Converter; drag and drop Tivo recordings to it. Or you can click the small “plus” icon to load Tivo recordings. Pls note the first disc-like icon is to load discs – yes this tool also support converting Blu-rays and DVDs. 

2. Submit Tivo Key. 

This Tivo Converter requires your Tivo key to play the recordings. (Tips: How To Find Tivo Media Access Key) 

Right after you drag the media files to this program, it will pop up a window asking for the key; see this screenshot: 

Enter it and import the media files again; it will remember your key automatically so that we don’t need to set it any more. 

3. Remove commercials from Tivo recordings. 

Now back to the main interface; hit the pencil-like icon on the top to enter the video editor. It’s on “Trim” mode by default. Drag the two small triangles on the progress bar, you can customize the start/end point. 

Or you can submit the start and end timing on the below.

Hit “OK”. 

4. Choose format and convert. 

Find the “Format” drop-down list, there’re many presets for different using. As my only need is to watch on computer and Nabi 2 tablet, the MP4 format is most common so I chose it. Then hit the big “Convert” to start converting Tivo recording or Disney Blu-ray movie to MP4 on computer. After it completed, click “Open output folder” to get converted videos and save it to my drive for playback.

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M4V Player for Android - Play M4V videos on Android OS-based tablet

This article gives you two ways to play M4V on Android OS-based tablet with the best visual and audio effect: M4V Player for Android and M4V Converter for Android.

Nowadays, with the development of android, more and more people are using Android phone or tablet. But these devices aren't compatible with many format videos such as M4V. M4V is a format that created by Apple and protected by DRM. Due to the protection, this file format is not compatible with Android system. When I surf on the Internet, I have found that many people asked many problems about playing M4V files; here is one of the questions lifted on Android Forums:

"I am searching for a video player app that can play m4v files. I am an apple product fan and use an iPhone for this currently and have wanted to switch over to android. But as far as I can tell there are no video player apps that do this. Dose anyone know of an app that can do this?"

Many people reply to the thread, and according to these replies, I sort out two ways for you to solve the problem.

• Read more: Supported Video Formats for Android – Non Official Document

The First Way: M4V Player for Android 


One person recommended the MX Player. He said that the MX video player can play everything. I Google it and find MX Video Player is a free app for Android device that allows you to play videos on your phone.

This app enables you to play most video files and subtitle files with multi-core decoding capability. MX Video Player is the first Android video player performs multi-core decoding. It supports multiple movie files like 3GP, Divx, F4V, MP4, MPEG, MOV, M4V(have removed DRM protection) and VOB.

The Second Way: M4V Converter for Android
  
The second way is convert M4V to Android tablet supported format. If you want to play M4V format videos on Android tablets and avoid some unnecessary troubles, the M4V to Android tablet converter can aim your goal. It can meet all your needs with its powerful function; it can convert all videos like AVI, MKV, MP4, WMV, MOV, M4V. Let's begin with the detailed introduction about converting M4V files to Android OS-based tablet supported format.

First, free download Pavtube M4V to Android converter and install in your computer. It only take up a little space in your computer.

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Then, add the M4V files or videos in the M4V to android converter. Do this by clicking the "Add File" icon.

The following, this is an important step that you need choose a right output format. It is the key to solve playback problem, you can choose MP4, it is the best compatible format for Android.

In the "Edit" you can edit your videos by trimming, cropping, adding Watermarket and subtitle.

 

The last step is clicking the convert button to start this conversion. Then a little time later, you can copy to Android devices for playback.

Note: The precondition of these two ways of playing M4V video is that you've removed the DRM protection of iTunes videos. If you want to convert the M4V videos protected by DRM, ChewTune (Review) is such a DRM removal tool legally strips DRM copy protection from Digital Copy, WMV, and M4V.

If you are interested in this M4V to Android tablet convert, you can have a try.

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MediaCoder Alternatives for Mac - Transcode any Video/Audio on Mac OS X (Latest 10.9 Mavericks supported)

Is there an alternative to the MediaCoder Mac software? You'll be pleased to know that a suitable alternative to MediaCoder is in fact the Pavtube Video Converter for Mac (Windows version available). It works much faster, more user-friendly, effective and simpler, supports more media formats and convert files smoothly in high quality.

"I can't find Media Coder for Mac OS X. If MediaCoder doesn't work for Mac, then is there a similar application that is compatible with Mac OS X?" - Jack

MediaCoder, just as its name indicates, includes the latest codes and tools to transcode from one codec to another. When it comes to file format conversion, compression or transcoding, MediaCoder is the software mostly used. MediaCoder is the software that uses several codec for file transcoding and compression. It was introduced in 2005 especially for the Microsoft Windows. The formats supported by MediaCoder includes Mp3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, Real Audio, WAV, MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 part 2, MPEG-2, AVI, Video CD and DVD video. However, the software is not available for Mac OS which is very important and common nowadays. And the MediaCoder Mac version is expected by large volume of users who want to make video/audio conversion on Mac.

It’s worth mentioning that you don’t have to wait for the release of MediaCoder for Mac now, a better choice is the Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (Windows Version), which works as the best  alternative of MediaCoder for Mac. With this best Video Converter and Editor for Mac, users can finish SD/HD video converting and editing process with fast speed and high video qualtiy. No need to install multiple MediaCoder for Mac programs any more.

This app offers an easy way to rip any Blu-ray/DVD movies, transcode virtually all video & audio types, camcorder HD footages and TiVo recordings to desired video/audio format for portable multimedia devices, HD media players or video editing software, such as:

* Devices: iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPod 5, Surface 2, Surface RT/Pro, Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Note 3, Kindle Fire HDX, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, etc.

* Players: Apple TV 3, WD TV, PS3, Xbox 360, Popcorn Hour, Xtreamer Ultra, Dune HD Base 3D, Iomega ScreenPlay MX HD Media Player, NETGEAR NeoTV Max Streaming Player(NTV300SL), Asus O!Play Mini Plus, etc.

* Video Editing Softwares: FCP, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, etc. Plus, you are allowed to freely customize and personalize the conversion files through its settings and options in order to get an individual output in your own way.

Not all video tools like Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac offer so many video editing options in this full-features and powerful video converter. It edits videos by trimming, cropping, splitting videos, add text/image/video watermark as copyright protection, and attach external *.srt, *.ass, or *.ssa subtitles into source media for entertainment. Support perfect audio and video synchronization.

The conversion speed is very fast and it supports batch conversion. It converts multiple video clips at the same time, moreover it can shut down computer after the process is complete, so run the app overnight and you could enjoy the created videos next morning when you are up.

Tutorials: Converting Video/Audio on Mavericks or Mountain Lion with ease

Step 1: Load video files to this Media Coder Converter for Mac Alternative

Download the Pavtube Video Converter for Mac on your computer, install and run the program, add videos.You can choose to import videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons.

Step 2. Choose a proper format.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose the best preset for you portable device with best video quality. Plenty of presets that can be customized as necessary.

For iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini, iPad Air or iPad Mini 2, the video formats from "iPad" option will meets your demand;

For iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, the preset from "iPad" option is able to work well.

For those who in demands of playing videos on Android devices, you can always find the one you want in Android preset.

Step 3. Customize video specs(Optional).

You could also click the "Settings" to adjust the video and audio parameters of output files.

In the Video Settings, you can select Encoder, Frame Rate, Resolution (you could define it yourself according to your device) and Bitrate for your movie.

In the Audio Settings, you can select Encoder, Channels, Bitrate and Sample Rate for your movie.

Step 4. Start Videos Conversion on Mac.

You can hit the big red "Convert" to start converting MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, M4V, FLV, F4V, MTS to MP4 with best video settings on Mac. After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in the conversion window, or "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Now, you can transfer these videos to your portable Android/Window 8/Apple device on Mac for smooth playback without any problem. Enjoy your digital life!

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Import Blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro CC7/CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3 on Mac Maverick & Mountain Lion

Description: Give it a possible way to import a movie from blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro.

One year ago, I made my first short movie in after effect and converted it directly to blu-ray. But the problem now is that I want to put a part of the movie into my showreel, but can’t find the After Effects file anymore. I post a thread on a forum trying to fig out if I can import the blu-ray into premiere (CS4) or is there any other way with CS4 to rip the blu-ray into a full HD file?.

Some guy’s words give me a hint. “Copy BD to HDD and go into the STREAM directory there you will find your movie, it’s a m2ts file. You can import this into Premiere.” Following this, it works perfect 

However, another problem happened when I try to import a Blu-ray disc (Avatar) to Premiere Pro CS4, I got a File Import Failure window that says “Unsupported format or damaged file.” 

Searching further and widely; Adobe.com says M2TS files are supported for import into CS4. The problem is that I am trying to pull files from a store-bought Blu-ray disc into Premiere which has some kind of copy protection. Yes, that is the definite cause of the problem. Premiere can’t support Blu-ray disc which has protection at all. So, the optional choice is that I need to decrypt the protection of Blu-ray disc first and then import to Premiere.

One of my friends recommends Pavtube BDMagic for Mac (Windows Version: BDMagic). The software is ease of use. I download the trail version and convert my Blu-ray movie to a Adobe Premiere highly compatible format WMV. So, I can import it freely on Adobe Premiere CS4. In fact, it can just copy the movie content under the profile of “Directly Copy” which highly reduces the conversion time. The most important is that the conversion quality was great! The quality of the conversion was beyond expectation- the files looks as good as from the original. Very clean, very quick, very impressive.

See also:

• Best Blu-ray Ripper for Mac Review
• Top 5 Best Blu-ray Ripping Program Review 

This converter not only supports Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, but also suits other models of Adobe Premiere Pro, including CC7, CS6, CS5, and CS3. Anyone who has the similar issues can follow the tutorial below presenting the Blu-ray to WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv) conversion process. I do the conversion on Mac Maverick (it also supports Mountain Lion and Windows OS including 8.1).

How to convert Blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro CC7/CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3?

1. Download the Blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro Converter, install.



2. Start Blu-ray to Premiere Pro converter to import Blu-ray disc or Blu-ray IFO/ISO files. Choose the output format as WMV, MPEG-2 or Prores 422.



Before convert Blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro, you can click “Settings” button to customize the output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc. You can also skip this step because I think that the preset profile is really suitable.

3. Hit the “Convert” button to rip Blu-ray to WMV/ProRes 422 for Adobe Premiere Pro.

When the conversion process is over, you can import videos to Adobe Premiere Pro and edit without any problem. Read Adobe Premiere Pro workflow: How to import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac to learn the details.

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Top 5 Best DVD Ripping Review in 2016 | Which One Will You Choose?

Are you looking for an easy-to-use, quickly, friendly and top DVD Ripper program? How to rip the Classic & Latest DVD disc to Android, Apple iOS, Windows 10, HD Media Players, smart TVs, etc., and played in the right resolution. How to backup DVD on Windows 10/Mac El Capitan?

If you want to get a Best DVD Ripper in 2016, this guide will be helpful. We give you top 5 Best DVD Ripper Program Reviews for you here. You can according the reviews to choose a proper DVD Ripper for you.

I will take 6 points into review.

1. Cost/Performance: Everybody wants to gain more with less money. 
2. Video Quality: Someone often uses the device to watch movie/video/tv shows, so the output video quality should be considered seriously. Top DVD Ripper output without any loss in the video and image quality of the exports. To enjoying the high definition video is of great pleasure. Or else, not only your eyes may get hurt; the annoying jumpy and mosaics will also bother you.
3. Speed: Convert DVD often takes time, an hour DVD movie takes around thirty minutes to convert to MPEG-4 movie, if you have multiple DVDs to be converted, a high speed converter would be your best bet, or else, you will waste much time on the conversion, and your computer will be tied to the process.
4. Quality of DVD: Sometimes, rip DVD to device according to the original DVD quality, or the types of the DVD to determine the ripped file quality. 
5. Easy to use: There are still many users knew little about computer, so complicated parameter settings will strain their brain, as a result, a application with simple interface and steps is the acceptable.
6. Personal Demands: For example, someone just wants to convert part of the DVD video, or others want the special output video format like Apple TV compliant forms and etc.

Concerning the above factors, I've selected 5 Best DVD Ripper for reference. Just hold on reading.

• First: Pavtube DVDAid
• Second: Magic DVD Ripper
• Third: DVDfab DVD Ripper
• Fourth: WinX DVD Ripper
• Fifth: Aiseesoft DVD Ripper

NO. 1. Pavtube DVDAid–Excellent

Price: Olny $21 (Windows or Mac)


 

Pavtube DVDAid is regarded as the best DVD ripping software on the market that provides movie lovers, children and people in any group with the easiest and fastest way to rip and convert DVD movies to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV and many other video and audio formats with high quality. It lets you enjoy DVD movies on any portable device like iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, Nexus 7 2, Sony Xperia Z3, Surface Pro 3, Kindle Fire HD(X), Galaxy Tab Pro, Galaxy Note Pro, Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy Note 4, etc., etc. 

Moreover, Pavtube DVDAid makes 1:1 copy of original DVD Disc without quality loss with all audio streams, subtitle tracks, extras, etc. and also help you direct copy titles from DVDs. For the short time it takes to convert the movie with the help of CUDA/AMD GPU acceleration, and you will get hours of enjoyments. It's simple to use and well worth the investment. 

Most important: 

It can support latest DVD, features with adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle, and the latest version supports DVD to H.265 encoding. 

 

Below is two users' reviews:

1. Your profile works just great and the picture is clear, well as always you guys are fantastic with your products and please work on being able to burn to DVD once the user has made their conversation that is something that your competitors can not do directly and that would be awesome and I would love to be your beta tester.
2. It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs. I really like that I can turn up the volume on my DVDs. It is a great feature! I also like that it gives me a lot of options when choosing how to copy and convert my DVDs. I tried some other DVD software and researched others and this seems to be the best! I am glad that I bought this software!

Tips: 

1. Want to rip your Blu-ray/DVD movies to 3D videos for playback? Want to convert or backup your Blu-ray movies and DVDs with keeping original multiple audio tracks and subtitle , trying Pavtube Bytecopy (Windows / Mac), which is the best Blu-ray/DVD Copying & Ripping software for you.

2. Want to freely convert your DVD videos on Windows or Mac? Like Pavtube at their Facebook Page and get its Free DVD Ripper for Win/Mac to help you convert any DVDs to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc. with fast speed. It also helps edit DVD and add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies.

If you travel a lot and you are looking for a way to take DVD movies you purchased with you to enjoy all the movies in your library, or you just want to backup your DVD collection to avoid them from daily playback damage or from your children, Pavtube DVD Ripper is the best choice.

Trial Download:

• Pavtube DVDAid for Windows (Requires Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1)
• Pavtube DVDAid for Mac (Requires Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6)

NO. 2. Magic DVD Ripper – Good

Price: $35 (Windows or Mac)



Magic DVD Ripper detects and imports DVD from optical drive automatically. If you have a DVD backup on hard drive, you can select and load the VIDEO_TS folder instead. Magic features adequate common video formats (MP4, AVI, WMV) for average users, but 32 presets are not sufficient for Android users, since there’s only 1 format for Android tablet – the Kindle Fire. As Galaxy Tab owner I would like to put DVD movies onto the 10.1' tablet and I need a costumed format to ensure smooth playback on my device. Magic DVD Ripper failed to keep the original aspect ratio, and gave softer image. Magic DVD Ripper serves as a nice tool for copying and burning DVDs though.

No. 3 DVDfab DVD Ripper – Good

Price: $49 for one-year license (Windows or Mac)



DVDfab has a comfortable blue interface, but it is not user-intuitive as Pavtube when it comes to operation. DVDfab DVD Ripper is good for those who would like to have external subtitles and 2 audio languages (MKV only), or those who want to rip a DVD to iPad MP4 and MKV at one time- this app queues up your conversion tasks and it pops up settings/queue box each time a chapter is selected (this makes the operation kind of misleading). There’re some presets for Android smartphones and tablets, and you’re allowed to custom your own format to utilize the screen of your tab. Overall, DVDfab is a nice choice for ripping DVD to MP4/MKV with multi-streams.
  

No. 4 WinX DVD Ripper – Fair

Price: $0 (freeware)



WinX DVD Ripper seems smarter; you can whether load a DVD or a VIDEO_TS folder at the very start. However, the software failed to find the correct main movie when I did test with Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) DVD, all it finds are extra movie trailers (e.g. Ice Age 4 as it shows in below sceenshot). Anyway, you should not expect much to a free tool. WinX support quite a lot of formats(MP4, MPG, WMV, FLV, MOV), and luckily I managed to find Samsung Galaxy Tab format which works for my device. Are there any other formats for more Android tablets? Unfortunately the answer is NO. WinX DVD Ripper failed to recognize the main movie during above test, but it’s still a good choice for those who hang on to freeware.

No. 5 Aiseesoft DVD Ripper – Poor

Price: $35 (Windows or Mac)



The Aiseesoft DVD Ripper is a satisfactory application to use when you need to copy movie DVDs to computer, rip DVDs to videos or audios of any format so that you can enjoy them on your portable device like PSP, iPod, iPhone, iPad(iPad2), Zune, Blackberry, Creative Zen, Apple TV, Xbox, etc. The software does a good job working out the presets for popular Android smartphones (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung GALAXY Note 2), yet not so good in terms of Android tablets- still lacking of presets to specific Android tabs. This DVD converter comes with creative editing tools, so you can customize output movies by trimming, cropping, watermarking, etc.

In Conclusion:

Pavtube DVD Ripper is proved to be the Best DVD Ripping program. It ranks top on the DVD ripping application list for almost every aspect except for interface design.

Anyhow, hope this top 5 best DVD Ripper Review can help you fast choose an easy-to-use and yet professional DVD ripping tool. Now get the best DVD Ripper Program for You!

P.S.

1. Pavtube also released an advanced version- Blu-ray Ripper ($39.2), which deals with both DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

• Read: 2016 Top 5 Blu-ray Ripping Program Review

2. If you want to get multi tracks MKV, MP4, MOV videos, Pavtube ByteCopy can do!

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