Digitizing Your Media Life

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Blu-ray to Apple TV 3 workflow: Sync Blu-ray to iTunes 11 for ATV 3 with AC3 5.1 on Mac

This article shows you a brief guide to convert Blu-ray movies to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3 with Dolby Digital Copy 5.1 surround sound on Mac with ease.

I owned 5 iDevices, and I often use them for entertainment like email, music, video, ebooks. Now I have some Blu-ray collections, to get these Blu-rays played on my Apple TV 3, iPhone 5C, iPad 3 with AC3 5.1 audio. I have used Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, but my current Blu-Ray Ripper was not good for some disks and 5.1 output formats. I'm looking for the best Blu-ray Ripper for Mac to do 5.1 conversion to my Apple device mainly on my Apple TV 3? Is there any way?

As you know, Blu-ray disc or even the decrypted Blu-ray rips can't be supported by Apple TV 3. You may also meet the similar problems as above. So in this tutorial, I will introduce and share an easy way to rip Blu-ray to iTunes format for streaming to Apple TV 3 for full HD enjoyment with AC3 5.1 channel on Mac, 10.9 Mavericks and Mountain Lion included.

To get more solutions, view Apple TV 3 Column and iPad 3 Column.

Free download and install it:

Pavtube BDMagic for Mac (Review) which can help you convert Blu-ray to iTunes compatible format then sync to ATV 3 for playback without any limitation. I've found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. The sound can be kept with the original Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. For ripping Blu-ray to iTunes for ATV 3 on Windows, please turn to BDMagic (Guide for Windows).

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Now download the program and follow the steps below to transfer your Blu-ray movies to iTunes 11 and Apple TV 3 h.264-compliant videos with AC3 5.1 audio.

How to Rip Blu-ray to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3 with AC3 5.1 audio?

1. Load Blu-ray source.

First of all, insert your Blu-ray to Blu-ray drive and keep networked. Now it's time to open the best Blu-ray to Apple TV 3 Converter for Mac and click "Load files" icon to load Blu-ray source.

2. Choose output format for Apple TV 3.

In the dropdown list of Format menu, you can find several Apple TV options for output. This Blu-ray to iTunes Conveter has a number of presets for Apple TV, Apple TV 2, and Apple TV 3rd Generation, to export a Apple TV 3 1080p video with ac3 5.1 pass-through for AV receiver decoding, "Apple TV 3 Dolby Digital Pass-through (*.m4v)" preset is highly recommended.

3. Convert Blu-ray to iTunes 11/Apple TV 3 video.

Click "Convert" button to rip Blu-ray to iTunes 11 recognized video for playing on Apple TV 3 generation with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through. Afterwards, transfer the Blu-ray to iTunes 11 and import to Apple TV 3 for watching with ease. There you have it! Now it is time to enjoy your favorite Blu-ray movies with Apple TV 3.

If you're new to Apple TV, the below guide will help you get started with Apple TV setup: How to set up Apple TV for streaming HD videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds?

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Flash for Surface: How To Play Flash (FLV/F4V) Videos on Surface 2

Summary: Follow this article, you will know how to easily watch Flash (FLV/F4V) videos on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.

Apple's iOS doesn't support Flash, something that has helped Android gains a foothold with visitors of sites using the popular video platform. As a Windows-8.1 powered device, Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will support Flash. But it's a known issue as Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will only play Flash from sites that are whitelisted by Microsoft. If you have patience you have to wait till a fully functional app is released via Store. In the mean time you may try this tweak. This article is mainly to show the way to transfer Flash video in FLV/F4V to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.

See Also: Which file types are supported on Surface 2, Surface Pro 2?

Flash Video is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player versions 6–11. Flash Video content may also be embedded within files. There are two different video file formats known as Flash Video: FLV and F4V. The audio and video data within FLV files are encoded in the same manner as they are within files. The latter F4V file format is based on the ISO base media file format and is starting with Flash Player 9 update 3.

As many users get FLV/F4V videos from YouTube or other online websites, problems are coming up, some of them have the need to copy FLV/F4V files to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 for playback, but they always have get the error message as the unsupported video format. In that case, you have to use a flash video converter to do format conversion.

The top choice is the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. It's a professional video conversion program. It supports a wide range of video formats for converting. Of course, including Flash flv f4v video files. Moreover, the software takes advantage of GPU computing to accelerate conversion speed up to 3-5 faster. With this app, all your downloaded flash videos can be turned into Surface 2/Pro 2 naturally supported formats as ease. The guide below shows the basic steps on how to convert FLV/F4V flash videos to Surface 2/Pro 2 friendly MP4 format. If you using a Mac, please turn to the iMedia Converter for Mac.

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Change the file extension from flash ".flv" or ".f4v" to ".mp4″

1. Download and Install Pavtube Video Converter.

Import Flash Videos into the program by clicking "Add video" or "Add from folder" icon to browse and load source flash files stored on your hard disk drive.

2. Click on "Format" menu, and choose "Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as target format from "Windows" profile option.

3. In the mean time, you can click "Settings" button to custom video and audio settings for well playback performance on your Surface tablet. Actually, the default settings can generate files that basically satisfy your general watching needs, so this step is optional.

4. Start the conversion.

Once the conversion is done, you can click "Open" button to get generated MP4 files for viewing on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.

P.S. If you have no idea about Surface file transfer, you can check out the post 'The Ways Transferring Files to Your Surface 2' to learn more. You can also click 'here' to get known the basic tips for watching movies on Microsoft Surface.

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From: http://daisy.peaksmaker.com/2013/11/22/play-flash-video-on-surface-2-pro-2/

Friday, December 20, 2013

Download and Sync Music, Photo and Video Files to Kindle Fire HDX with Three Ways

Have no idea about the new Kindle Fire HDX Media File Transfer? Here, you will find three ways to download & transfer media files (music, photos and videos) to Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 for using. Plus, you will get some small tips when synchronizing videos/movies to your new Amazon Tablets.

Kindle Fire HDX. Generation 3 tablets are here. New Kindle Fires with Collections, Downloads of Prime Instant Video, Kindle Support Co-pilot access on your tablet 24/7. 34% lighter, much faster. Scroll lyrics to songs, identify and jump to songs when watching enabled tv shows or movies. Switch between multiple apps and books. Enterprise features + new accessibility capabilities. Control TV with the tablet and sync video and X-ray features + much more. In this article, we will provide the info about "How to get music, photos and videos onto the Kindle Fire HDX". You can take this informative posting about transferring media files onto the Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 for reference.

(Also see Amazon's help section to get more "Kindle Fire HDX Online Help".)

Method 1: USB Transfer- Transfer Content from a Computer to Your Kindle Fire HDX

To transfer Kindle content from your computer to your Kindle Fire HDX, use the micro-USB cable that was included with your device.

Note:

EPUB eBooks and Mobipocket files with Digital Rights Management (DRM) can't be transferred to your Kindle Fire.
Personal videos transferred to your Kindle Fire will appear in the Photos content library.
Apps from the Amazon Appstore for Android and movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video can't be downloaded from the Manage Your Kindle page to your computer.

From your computer, locate the content you want to transfer from your computer to your Kindle Fire.

Tip: You can use Manage Your Kindle to deliver Kindle books, magazines, and newspapers to your computer. Visit Manage Your Kindle and locate your Kindle content. From the Actions drop-down, select Download&Transfer via USB. From the drop-down, select your Kindle Fire, and then clickDownload to download the content to a folder on your computer.

Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer with the micro-USB cable. If you've set a lock screen password on your Kindle Fire, you may need to unlock your device before it can be opened on your computer.

Windows: Your Kindle Fire HDX will appear in the Computer or My Computer folder.

Mac: Your Kindle Fire will appear on the desktop.

Important: If you own a Mac computer with OSX 10.5 or above or a Windows XP computer, your Kindle Fire HDX will not be detected by your computer until you download new software for your computer.

To download the software, go to http://www.kindle.com/support/downloads, and then select your country from the list.

Open the Kindle Fire folder (titled Kindle) on your computer, and then open the Internal storage folder.

Locate the downloaded file on your computer, and then drag and drop the compatible file you want to transfer into the applicable folder:

Audiobooks: AA, AAXBooks: AZW (.azw3), MOBI (non-DRM), KF8
Documents: TXT, PDF, PRC, DOC, DOCX
Music: MP3, non-DRM AAC (.m4a), MIDI, PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV
Pictures: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
Movies: MP4, 3GP, VP8 (.webm)
Disconnect your Kindle Fire from your computer.

From your Kindle Fire, tap a content library (for example, Books) in the top navigation, and then tap On Device to view your Kindle content.

Method 2: Wireless cloud service - Downloading Content from the Cloud

After you purchase Kindle content, it is saved to the Cloud. When you connect to a wireless network, you can download items from the Cloud to your Kindle Fire.

From Home, tap a Kindle content library (for example, Books) in the top navigation bar.
Tap the item to download it to your device. Items that have been downloaded to your Kindle Fire display a check mark in the lower right corner of the cover image. Items that are stored in theCloud do not display a check mark.

Tap the item to open it.

Having trouble?

Remove Content from Your Kindle Fire HDX

If you need additional device storage space, or you have content that you no longer use, you can remove items from your Kindle Fire.

Swipe down from the top of the screen to open Quick Settings, and then tap Settings.
Tap Device, and then tap Storage.
Tap any of the content categories to see the file names and sizes..
Tap the checkbox of any items you want to remove, and then tap Remove.

Tip: To permanently remove apps or games from the Cloud, go to the Apps or Games library on your device, tapCloud, and then press and hold the item you want to remove. Tap Delete from Cloud.

If you'd like to permanently remove a book, magazine, or newspaper from the Cloud, you can do so from Manage Your Kindle .

Method 3: Wireless network - Sync On Your Kindle Fire HDX

After you connect to a wireless network, you can sync your Kindle Fire HDX to receive content from the Amazon Cloud, synchronize book, audiobook, game, and video progress across devices, and download any app updates.

Swipe down from the top of the screen to open Quick Settings, and then tap Settings.
Tap Sync All Content.

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Tips for synchronizing unsupported videos/movies to Kindle Fire HDX

1. How to put copy-protected contents onto the Kindle Fire HDX Tablet? In fact, Movies purchased or downloaded from online (e.g. iTunes, BBC iPlayer, Amazon) are restricted to specific computers and devices only. Unfortunately the Android devices have not get a license to play DRM contents which means Kindle Fire HDX is not granted to play DRM-protected videos. To have the device play these DRM videos (iTunes movies, TV shows, Amzon Instant videos and Digital Copies), get yourself a DRM removal tool first.

2. If you want to copy videos to Kindle Fire HDX in other formats like MKV, WMV, AVI, FLV, MTS, M2TS, MOV, MPEG, MPG, MOD, TiVo, VOB, etc, you will need reformat these video files first. You can try this professional Kindle Fire HDX Video Converter to batch convert videos in various formats up to 1080p to the Fire HDX playable format (e.g. MP4).

How to Stream Blu-ray movies to 3D TV with SBS 3D MP4 on Windows 8.1?

Do you know how to stream Blu-ray movies to your 3D TV with side-by-side 3D effect on Windows 8.1/8? This article will guide you rip 2D/3D Blu-ray movies to side-by-side 3D MP4 with best 3D Blu-ray Ripper for Windows 8.1/8.

3D effect is destined to give audience a fantastic and vivid visual experience and many people would like to view 3D movies in their soft sofas. To meet this demand, you have two choices:

The first choice: Play 3D Blu-ray discs directly on your 3D HDTV.

Tools needed: 3D HDTV; 3D Blu-ray Player; 3D Blu-ray discs; 3D glasses

You must consider that some latest movies do not come out 3D Blu-ray discs and if you like the movie very much and want to view it more than once, the Blu-ray discs are easily to be scratched by playing over and over.

The second choice: Convert Blu-ray movies with 3D effect to play on 3D TV.

Tools needed: 3D TV; any 2D/3D Blu-ray discs; Blu-ray to 3D converter; 3D glasses

The only thing you need to do is rip your 2D/3D Blu-ray movies to side-by-side 3D MP4 format before playing on the TV.

Which choice would you prefer? I think most people prefer the second one which is more practical and could protect your Blu-ray discs while enjoying movies with 3D effect.

As one of the best BD/DVD disc handling tools on the market, Pavtube 3D Blu-ray Ripper would be the suitable application to complete the process of ripping blu-ray movies to side-by-side 3D MP4 on Windows 8.1/8. It also supports backing up only movie content without extras to save time and storage space.

Full Guide: How to Rip Blu-ray to 3D TV with SBS 3D MP4 on Windows 8.1/8?

Step 1: Install and launch the latest Pavtube 3D Blu-ray Ripper onto your computer; then click "Load files" to import Blu-ray, Blu-ray ISO/IFO or Blu-ray/DVD folder. Choose subtitle, language or forced subtitles in the main interface.

Step 2: From the Format bar, find "3D Video" catalogue, you will find several presets for Side-by-Side 3D, Top-Bottom 3D and Anaglyph 3D. You can choose the one according to your device specification. MP4 is usually the recommended one.

Step 3: Click "Settings" to adjust bitrate, frame rate, 3D mode and depth according to your own need.

Tip: If you want to rip Blu-ray movies with multiple audio tracks and subtitle sincluded, Pavtube ByteCopy is the best choice. Besides output good 3D effect, it is also able to encode the original soundtracks into 5.1 channels with your wanted language.

Step 4: Hit the "Convert" button to rip your Blu-ray movies to SBS 3D MP4 video for 3D TV. When it finishes, click the "Open" option to locate the created 3D video and transfer your 3D Blu-ray movie to 3D TV for entertainment.

The process of ripping 3D video may longer than regular disc ripping because of the complicate encoding for data analyzing and processing. Just wait patiently.

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2016 Top 5+ Best Free Desktop/Online MP4 to MOV Converter

This article will recommend you 2016 Top 5 Free Desktop & Online MP4 to MOV Converter, so that you can watch any MP4 videos in QuickTime Player for free.

MP4 as the most popular container formats for smartphones and tablets; is not always compatible with QuickTime Player due to codec issue. In order to make it working, users have to convert MP4 to MOV format.

In this article, we will introduce the 2016 top free desktop or online video converter which enable converting MP4 to MOV format freely.

Handbrake
Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate
Quick AVI Creator
WinFF
YouConvertIt
Format Factory

Pavtube Video Converter (Desktop app)

Top 1. HandBrake

HandBrake is an easy to use free video converter that's most useful for converting pretty much any video file you might have into one that'll work with your mobile device.

Input Formats: AVI, FLV, OGM, M4V, MP4, MOV, MPG, WMV, VOB (DVD), WMV, and XVID (HandBrake's website says "Most any multimedia file" - let me know if you can confirm any more)
Output Formats: MP4 and MKV

Top 2. Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate

Unlike Handbrake above, Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate is a desktop converting software. With this app, you can convert any video (including TiVo) and DVD to MOV, WebM, MKV, MPG, AVI, WMV, MPG without problem. Same editing as retail version.

Now we are in a world with a variety of digital videos. Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Nikon have released many HD camcorders for both professional and amateurish videographors to record every memorable moment in their life. So HD videos have make up a necessary part of your digital world. At the same time, Tivo show and DVDs also play an important role. But they are not a friendly companion to edit or smoothly playback. You may want to convert DVDs to MOV/FLV/MKV for playback, burning or sharing with friends, convert HD videos to MOV/MKV/MPG/AVI/WebM/WMV/MPG for further editing, burning, playing. (Read more: Free Convert DVD movie, HD Videos, Tivo shows to MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, etc.)

Input Formats: MP4, H.264/AVC, AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MOV, M4V, 3GP (AVI, MOV, MP4, MKV, Tivo, VOB, MPG, WMV, MXF, MTS, M2TS, M2T, TS, MVI, VP6, WMA, ASF, DVR-MS, WAV, Rmvb, QT, 3GP, DV, M4V, M4A, AAC, FLV, F4V (YouTube, Hulu, Fox, etc.), DAT, MOD, TOD, M2V, TP, EVO, VRO.
Load DVD: DVD disc, DVD folder, DVD IFO file, DVD ISO file
Output Formats: MKV, AVI, MOV, VOB, MPG, WMV, VOB, DV, TS, FLV, F4V, SWF, 3GP

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Top 3. Quick AVI Creator

Quick AVI Creator is a video converter that supports a few major conversion formats.

Load a file, select where to save it, and then choose an output format. There aren’t many options, but you can select particular subtitle or audio tracks to use when converting.

While Quick AVI Creator doesn’t export videos to a massive list of file types, it does support the three major ones.

Input Formats: ASF, AVI, DIVX, DVD, FLV, F4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG, and WMV
Output Formats: AVI, MKV, and MP4

Top 4. WinFF

WinFF is a video converter program that supports popular formats and features like editing and cropping.

First select an output device or file format and then click Add to import a video file. Crop or rotate the video, among other options, and then click Convert to finish.

Input Format: AVI, MKV, MOV, MPEG, OGG, VOB, and WEBM
Output Format/Devices: AVI, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, DV, DVD, Google/Android, Apple iPod, LG, MPEG4, Nokia, Palm, PlayStation 3/PSP, QT, VCD, Walkman, and WMV

A major problem WinFF seems to have is that it crashes in Windows 8 if you try to change the output folder for converted files.

Top 5. YouConvertIt

YouConvertIt is an online video converter service that will convert many popular video formats. You just upload the video file and wait for an email link to the converted file.

Input Formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, RM, SWF, and WMV
Output Formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, RM, SWF, and WMV

The biggest disadvantage with YouConvertIt is the wait time to upload the video and receive your email. Their 200MB file size limit is certainly disappointing as well considering the fact that many video files can exceed this size.

Top 5+. Format Factory

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.

First select the file type your video should be converted to, then load the file. Advanced options are available like editing the audio channel, aspect ratio, and bitrate.

Input Formats: 3GP, AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, SWF, and WMV
Output Formats: 3GP, AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, SWF, and WMV

During setup, Format Factory tries to install a program you may or may not want. Easily stop this by choosing Decline.

After testing the 6 converted below, I recommend a top desktop media converting software - Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for its good capability of supporting nearly all the main stream formats (e.g. MKV, AVI, WMV, Tivo, MP4, VOB, MPG, MXF, MPG, MOV, M4V, FLV, F4V, MTS, M2TS, M2T, TS, WMA, ASF, DVR-MS, WAV, DTS in WAV, RM, RMVB, RA, QT, 3GP, 3G2, DV, M4B, DAT, M2V, MOD, TOD, TP, EVO, MVI), easy-to-use interface and many considerate small features like video/audio editing before conversion. Moreover, the Mac version supports some special codecs for NLEs like FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid, Adobe, etc. which is very important to me

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Key features:

Pretty easy to use and affordable
Support multiple mobile devices and HD media players
Best TiVo and DVR recording converter with fast speed
Support batch processing facility
NIVIDA CUDA technology and AMD and Up to 6X faster conversion speed
Add *.srt, *.ass, and *.ssa subtitle files
Trim and crop video clips
Merge multiple video clips into one file
Split one large file into smaller pieces
Add test, image, and video watermark
Available for Mac OS (Video Converter for Mac); well support Mac Mavericks.

Source: http://best-tablet-converter.com/2013/12/20/top-free-desktop-online-mp4-to-mov-converter/

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