Upgrade! Pavtube Supports H.265/HEVC, XAVC and Latest Blu-ray!

Pavtube has released the latest products of Windows Platforms, Support H.265/HEVC Encode & Decode, XAVC codec! Detailed information is in this article.

Marry Christmas 2014! On December 25, Pavtube Studio has announced this new update version. All Win versions have been updated to 4.8.2, which add XAVC, H.265/HEVC decode and encode, latest Blu-ray discs ripping features and work more powerful. What new features have they got?

• Support MXF in XAVC video codec 
• Add H.264 baseline/main/high output profiles 
• Support H.265/HEVC decode 
• Support H.265/HEVC encode 
• Support latest Blu-ray movies, like The Expendables 3, Le Chef, Sin City A Dame to Kill For, Sands of Iwo Jima, When The Game Stands Tall, Love in Venice, Mystery Road, Pink Floyd Endless rive,etc. are all supported.  

Updated software

• Pavtube HD Video Converter
• Pavtube Video Converter
• Pavtube MXF Converter
• Pavtube MXF Multimixer
• Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter
• Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate
• Pavtube BDMagic
• Pavtube ByteCopy
• Pavtube DVDAid

XAVC support:


For the first outstanding feature, many powerful camcorders can shoot under this XAVC mode, like Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Canon all have many series HD Camcorder which can such job.

Most XAVC codec will shot in MXF format, this may be good for importing quality ,but may be a big problem for their users. Although Sony has offered their XAVC plug-in to help customer to solve this problem, but many users still replay that they can’t do anything about their videos. How to tackle that? New Pavtube relevant Video converter software can handle this highest level video standard. XAVC can support 4K (4.96×2160 and 3840×2160), which just cater the trend of 4K.Add H.265/HEVC Decode and Encode:

All Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate products have added the H.265/HEVC decode/encode. You may very family about H.264/MPEG-4, but may not know about this H.265/HEVC. Actually, those two codec are said to double the date compression at the same level of video quality. This H.265 can be said as the Intro Time of 4K Generation. This H.265/HEVC is considered not only play a remarkable role on improving the image quality but also can support 4K resolution to UHDTV, the highest level can up to 8192×4320 (8k).

Like the hottest Samsung NX1 has already explore this brand new market. The 205-point phase-detection AF, 4K film resolution, H.265 compression coding, 15fps high-speed continuous shooting, etc., Samsung NX1 seems has already won the game.

But with this fast update of the H.265 camera, the related peripheral support software seems not get enjoy strength. Many media player and NELs still stick on the H.264, so how to get your H.265/HEVC video into compatible while quality maintained? The brand new Pavtube relevant Video software will be the best solution to deal with the H.265/HEVC. No quality drop, fast conversion, smooth playback, all you need is in this new Pavtube.

The Mac version is in full update, do please look forward to those brand new Pavtube relevant iMedia Converter for Mac!

Merry Christmas^^About Pavtube Studio

Founded in 2007, Pavtube creates expert multimedia software applications that help consumers access, transfer and share their digital content across different devices that range from PC, Mac, NLE softwares, tablets, smartphones, to HD media players, game consoles, and home theatre systems.

On the basis of computer OS, Pavtube products are divided into two categories – Windows solutions and Mac solutions, spanning across BD/DVD saving, video transcoding, camera/camcorder footage, and DVR recordings (e.g. TiVo) conversion.

With creativity, expert knowledge as well as cutting-edge technology, Pavtube helps consumers throughout the world enjoy more in a digitally connected audio-visual world.

See http://www.multipelife.com and http://www.pavtube.com for more information.

More info can be found here.

Open and play Blu-ray in VLC Media Player

This article mainly shows you how to open and play Blu-ray in VLC Media Player effortlessly in MKV video format.

 

Blu-ray has been around for a long time and thousands of Windows users would try to play Blu-ray with VLC Media Player. While, as a widely used media player, VLC does not support Blu-ray playback, though lots of video and audio codecs can be supported well. Below is my situation:

What I want is to put my Blu-ray collection into MKV for use with VLC Player on notebooks and tablets that my wife and I can watch. Since I thought the VLC playback in the tablet modern interface looked solid - some older MKV files ripped with a BD converting tool in a lower quality (about 5GB per DVD) played well on higher power machines. I have some concerns about the Atom graphics ability to recover HD from MKV, and may try some experiments with other formats when I get a chance.

In the following paragraphs, we are going to talk about how to convert Blu-ray to VLC supported video format by default like MKV for movie enjoyment freely. As I tried Pavtube a few years back - and the reviews I read seemed to indicate that a business capable of supporting it was in place, here I use Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper program- ByteCopy to help me out which is known as the best application for Blu-ray ripping and converting Blu-ray to VLC MKV format on Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10. (Here is the review)

With it, you can rip Blu-ray to VLC Media Player highly compatible MKV videos bypassing the AACS and BD+ copy protection. Besides, you can extract audio from the Blu-ray movies for enjoying with PonoPlayer. Moreover, you can even use it to edit your source movie by cropping, placing watermarks, trimming and so on. Mac version is here. Once you get the Blu-ray Ripping tool, carefully read the steps below to watch Blu-ray movies on your VLC.

Convert and Add Blu-ray to VLC Media Player for playback
1. Load Blu-ray movies.

Insert the Blu-ray disc to Blu-ray drive. Download, install and open Blu-ray to VLC Ripper. Click “Load File(s)” button on the main interface of program to load your Blu-ray movies. As you can see, you can view the movie on the right viewing window and take snapshots of the movie scenes.



2. Select output format for VLC Media Player.

Click “Format” > “Common Video” and choose MKV as the output format, or click “Format” > “HD Video” and choose “MKV HD Video(*.MKV)” as the output format. And set the output saving folder by clicking “Output” and choose a folder to save the ripped files.

What's more, you can rip Blu-ray for playing with Windows media player and Media Player Classic.



3. Start the Blu-ray to MKV conversion

Finally, click the “Convert” button to start ripping Blu-ray movies to MKV for playing in VLC Media Player. The ripper can help you finish the task soon, to save your time and work.

When the conversion finishes, you can click “Open” button to get the final output files. Open VLC Media Player and then add items to VLC for playback.

Tips for ripping Blu-ray movies to VLC:

1. Select desired subtitles and audio track: Click the drop-down list of “Subtitle”, then all the subtitle info in the Blu-ray will be displayed for you to select. To select your desired audio track, just click the pull down menu of “Audio”, and then the popup drop-down list will give you the detailed information of all audio tracks, including language, audio codec, and stream ID.

2. Maintain 5.1 surround sound: Click “Settings” and select “5.1 channels” in the drop-down list of Audio Channels.



4. Keep audio and video sync: To get perfect A/ V synchronization, you need pay attention to frame rate when ripping BD/ Blu-ray movies to Windows Media Center. You can click on “Settings” and try with different frame rate, like 30fps, 29.97 fps, 25fps, 24fps, etc. “Original” is not recommended.

5. Set auto shutdown: Once “Convert” button is clicked, ViewLog pops up. You may check “Shut down computer after conversion” in the ViewLog before conversion starts.

Also learn how to copy DVD to VLC. For general information about Blu-ray, DVD disc ripping, read the article here.

What's new in the upgraded ByteCopy:

• Add H.264 baseline/main/high output profiles
• Support H.265/HEVC decode
• Support H.265/HEVC encode
• Support latest Blu-ray movies 

Transfer National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to Android Tablet as well as TV

Looking for a quick way to rip National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to Android Tablet or convert to watching on TV? Read this article to learn how.

I have bought "National Treasures 2" Blu-ray disc movies from Amazon, and I like it so much that I am looking for a software to help me rip Blu-ray to USB and then play Blu-ray on my Android Tablet and TV, which one can convert this Blu-ray with best quality and speed? Please give me some advice, thanks!

Now just rip your National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to your computer or USB, and you've got a digital copy of your Blu-ray that you can watch at any time from anywhere! If you have any device, like Android Tablet or TV, it's super easy to get your Blu-ray movie for HD enjoyment. The process is relatively simple, so even if you are not technically savvy, you should be able to backup any Blu-ray disc without an issue and have a format to be used on Android Tablet/TV.

What You’ll Need- Pavtube BDMagic (Review) which can remove the disc protection and copy source disc to computer hard drive with same structure preserved. Also rips National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to Android/TV friendly format with ease. Test it and works well on all my seven devices: 3 smart mobiles and 4 tablets. The Mac version is Pavtube BDMgic for Mac.

Rip National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to Android Tablet as well as TV

Step 1: Import National Treasures 2 Blu-ray to the best Blu-ray Ripper for Android/TV.

Launch Pavtube BDMagic. Click the button "File", and from the sublist, click "Load from disc" to load your National Treasures 2 Blu-ray movies



Tip: Freely select the subtitles for you Blu-ray movies from the "Subtitles" option for watching Blu-ray with your preferred subtitles.

Step 2: Select an output format for Android/TV and set the output folder as you need.

Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “Common Video”. From the sublist, the H.264, MPEG-4, AVI, MKV are all compatible with TV. Or select "Android Tablets 720P Video(*.mp4)" or "Android Tablets 1080P Video(*.mp4)" from "Android" option for watching on Android tablets.



Step 3: Click "Settings" icon to adjust audio and video parameters.

Click the "Settings" icon and you will go into a new interface named "Profile Settings". You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface freely and optimize the output file quality.

PS: Since you will share Blu-ray on Android tablet and TV, you'd better set the video size as 1920*1080 to get the full HD video playback.

Tip:

1. Video Editor available in this converter.

Another reason I like Pavtube is it ships with many video editing features, and usually I use it to cut off black bars of original Blu-rays and play full screen on my HD TV at home. Besides, it does more than that. It trims off unwanted commercial parts, add watermarks as copyright protection to your source file, insert *.srt and *.ass subtitles and more.

2.Other small but essential functions.

Pavtube application takes advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD APP technology, and the conversion speed can be increased up to 6 times faster than ever before.

Step 4: Start removing Blu-ray region codes

Click the “Convert” button; it will convert National Treasures 2 Blu-ray movie to Android tablet as well as TV immediately. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.

After the conversion, you will be able to get the output files via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Now you can transfer National Treasures 2 Blu-ray movie to Android Tablet/TV via USB to share with your families at ease.

In addition to Blu-ray, DVD, MKV and M4V can also be playable on Android tablets. 

Rip Blu-ray title to AVI format for playing on any modern portable media player

This tutorial is about how to use Pavtube BDMagic to convert Blu-ray title to AVI for playback with specific modern portable media player. Please follow me step by step.

 
In the past, if you want to preserve your hundreds of Blu-ray discs, it may take you the space of a whole shelf. Now to clean up your Blu-ray collection and get them freely playback on any modern portable media player, ripping Blu-ray to AVI format should be the right thing to do. So today I am here to give you guys the one-stop solution to convert Blu-ray to AVI with original video quality.

For those who would like to realize the ripping process, Pavtube BDMagic will be your best option. (Here is review) It enables you to remove Blu-ray protections and then rip Blu ray to AVI format, which is playable on majority of PC media players, with keeping most razor-sharp image. Besides AVI, users may use it to convert their Blu-ray to other formats like MP4/MOV/MKV/WMV/MPEG, and to play on other devices as well.

Now I will show you the full guide on how to convert Blu-ray to AVI with High Quality and Fast Speed. Check out. 

Tutorial: How to Rip Blu-ray to AVI for playing on any modern portable media player

Step 1: Load Blu-ray Movies

Install and run the ideal Blu-ray to AVI Converter(For Mac users, BDMagic for Mac will do a great job). Simply click the "Load BD" button on program toolbar to load Blu-ray movies from disc or computer. All imported Blu-ray movies could be previewed on program right viewing window. 

Tip: All titles of the original Blu-ray movies could be seen on program left panel. And in every title, you can see various chapters. Just check the titles or chapters you want to rip.

Step 2: Choose Desired Subtitles for Output 

To convert Blu-ray movies to AVI with subtitles contained, just simply click “Subtitles” and select the one you prefer.

Tip: You can also choose to rip Blu-ray with forced subtitles if you don’t want to have extra subtitles on screen for your native language.

Step 3: Select AVI output format
Select “DivX AVI - Audio Video Interleaved(DivX)(*.avi)” as output format from “Common Video” category under the drop-down list of “Format”. If you want to get better HD video quality, choose “AVI HD Video(*.avi)” from “HD Video” category as the output format for playback on any modern portable media player.

 

Step 4: Start ripping Blu-ray to AVI

As all settings are done, you can click bottom-right button "Convert" to start converting Blu-ray to AVI. The time that it takes Depends on your source movie quality and Movie Length. And thanks to its built in Nvidia CUDA and ATI stream accelerate technology. Makes the conversion speed at least 6X faster than common conversions. 

When the task is done, click “Open” button to find the result movie file. Then, you can grab a top AVI player and view Blu-ray titles in modern portable media players. Of course, the lossless quality is ensured on output files. In addition to Blu-ray playback, you can also get Blu-ray for editing in your Premiere Pro freely. 

How to Fast Rip and Stream Blu-ray Movies to Roku 3 on PC and Mac?

Want to stream Blu-ray to Roku 3? This article will show you how to rip and stream Blu-ray movies to Roku supported formats for playing on HD TV.

Roku is another popular streaming player, besides Apple TV and Chromecast. Roku 3 features a USB Media Player Channel to let you stream local video collection to HDTV. How about Blu-ray movies? (Apple TV vs. Roku 3 vs. Boxee Box vs. WD TV Play vs. Google TV)

What video formats supported by Roku streaming box are only some common ones of H.264 MPEG-4, such as .mp4. Obviously, all Blu-ray movies do not conform it. In other word, ripping Blu-ray movies to video in .mp4 format should be a priority for streaming it to TV with Roku 3.

Among various Blu-ray ripping tools, Pavtube BDMagic is rating in the first place. (Read the review) It is easy to use and helps you fast rip any 2D/3D Blu-ray to conventional and unprotected video file to let you stream for Roku 3 USB channel. Besides, this Blu-ray converter and rip BD, DVD, ISO to a wide range of formats, like WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, FLV, MPG, AVI and the list goes on. So, if you want to play Blu-ray movies like Frozen on HD TV via Roku, it is sensible to learn how to stream Blu-ray to Roku 3 in the following part.

Step-by-step guide to rip and stream Blu-ray to Roku 3 on PC/Mac

Step 1. Load Blu-ray source.

This Blu-ray to Roku 3 ripper (Mac version is BDMagic for Mac) allows you to rip Blu-ray disc, ISO image file and BDMV folder for streaming to Roku 3. After loading successfully, it will select main title for you automatically and popup output profile window for you. 



Step 2. Select output profile.

Click the “Format” option, and choose MP4, MKV from Common Video profile list. If you want to keep 1080p resolution as source movie, you can choose HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mp4) for streaming to Roku 3 and play on TV.

• Also learn how to put Blu-ray on Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV and KDLinks media player

Step 3. Advanced video/audio settings

Roku 3 does play MP4 files according to the relevant info in Roku official site. However, Roku just plays the MP4 files with H.264 video codec and AAC audio. Click the Settings icon to set the correct video, audio codecs.

Step 4. Hit Convert to start ripping Blu-ray to Roku 3 acceptable format.

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Blu-ray ripper will start the conversion from Blu-ray to MP4/MKV for Roku 3 immediately. When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface.


Step 5. Stream Blu-ray movies to Roku 3.

In this step, you are supposed to:

• Transfer the digital copy in MP4 to a USB file or SD card and attach it to Roku.
• Make sure Roku USB Media Player Channel has been installed from Roku Channel Store.
• From the Roku home screen, select the Roku USB Media Player channel, and find the movie in the channel. (FYI: In a folder with both video files and subfolders, the video and movie files are shown at the top of the screen and the subfolders at the bottom of the screen.)
• Select the movie ripped from Blu-ray to stream to HD TV via Roku. It may take several seconds to buffer or retrieve.