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Thursday, October 12, 2017

3 Professional Methods to Solve "DJI 4K Don't Play on VLC"

DJI drones has claimed a market share of half or more rescently. Some models of drones such as DJI Phantom 4 Pro, DJI Inspire, can shoots DCI 4K (4096 X 2160) video and UHD 4K (3480 X 2160) video compressed with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec in MOV wrapper, however finding a proper media player to play is a head-scratching task and turn into an agony when you lack a super computer. Here you will find the way to solve this problem, read on.

When we search on Google, we found that "DJI 4K vdieo don't play on VLC" would be a common problem. Even quite powerful i7 SSD PC don't play DJI Inspire / Phantom 4K 100Mbps bitrate video properly. A practicable way is to slow speed to 0.67, Media Player Classic (k-lite codecs) runs and play those 4k footage smoothly. However, for VLC fans, they give up this way.

Why VLC Can't Play DJI 4K Footage?

3 Method to Play DJI 4K Footage on VLC Smoothly

Method 1: Update VLC to 2.2.6 version

Method 2: Enable Hardware Acceleration in VLC to Play DJI 4K Video

Method 3: Downscale DJI 4K Video to 1080p for VLC Smooth Playback

Why VLC Can't Play DJI 4K Footage?

In fact, the 4K video playback including DJI 4K recordings with VLC has strict requirements on the computer's processor and graphics chip. Sometimes, even if your computer meets the requirements, you may find that DJI 4K video plays back choppy. This is due to the immense processing power required to play 4K. You can try the below 3 methods to handle the problems.

3 Method to Play DJI 4K Footage on VLC Smoothly

Method 1: Update VLC to 2.2.6 Version

With preparation for Ultra-HD video and a special care to support more formats, 2.2 is a major upgrade for VLC. Download it here and re-open your DJI Phantom 4 4K videos in VLC Player for 4K video playback.

Note: Although version 2.2.6 of VLC offers 4K playback support, it still does not support 4K video from DJI Phantom 4 playback perfectly: there is stutters, not showing audio, etc issues.

Method 2: Enable Hardware Acceleration in VLC to Play DJI 4K Video

If you ungrade VLC verison but still fail to play DJI 4k on VLC, you can try the second method. You can fix this issue by enabling the GPU accelerated decoding feature in VLC, this feature in theory uses the processing power of the graphic card to lighten the load on the processor of the system.

However, according to VLC's GPU decoding page, this feature is only available for H.264 streams. In addition, as the data is decoded in the GPU at the decoding stage and then transferred back to the player so that the other stages, filtering and streaming for instance, can be processed, this process can under under circumstances be slower than without GPU acceleration enabled. What's more, the VLC GPU decoding is only available for select operating systems. While Windows Vista and newer versions of the Microsoft operating system are supported, Windows XP is not at this point in time. The majority of graphic cards should support hardware acceleration just fine. Make sure you have installed the latest drivers though.

How to enable hardware acceleration in VLC?

Open VLC Media Player and click on Tools > Preferences or press Ctrl-P to open the settings window of the program. If you are using the simple settings interface, click on Input & Codecs on the left sidebar and check the Use GPU accelerated decoding box there.

VLC Enable GPU Acceleration

If you are using the "all" interface select Input/Codecs > Video Codecs > FFmpeg > Hardware decoding instead to enable acceleration this way.

Click on the save button afterwards and restart the media player to work with the new setting. Try playing several video files to see if hardware acceleration makes a difference in terms of playback. If it does, keep the setting enabled. If it does not, just go back to the settings to uncheck the option again.

Method 3: Downscale DJI 4K Video to 1080p for VLC Smooth Playback

It will be GPU consuming and very jerky if you play DJI 4k footage on VLC media player, and if you don't possess a powerful computer, that will be worse. So how about compressing your DJI 4k to 1080p that will be compatible with most devices, like smartphone, tablets, labtops, or game console. By the way, this way has lower requirements on the computer's processor and graphics chip than 4K video.

To downscale DJI 4k to 1080p, what you need is to get a professional 4k to 1080p compressor. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate/ For Mac stands out from it calss just like it name. It can convert DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4K video, DJI Mavic 4K video, DJI Phantom 4K video, DJI Phantom Professional 4K video, DJI Inspire 2/1 4K video to 4K H.264 MP4 or compress DJI 4K video to 1080p for VLC.

Moreover, based on testing and VLC playback feedback, we found 1080p MKV, AVI, MOV, MP4 are more compatible with VLC and can be played by VLC more simply. All those container, you can find by click "Settings" button.

To get a better virtual experience, you can edit video with this smart assistant. You can flexible to adjust vdieo parameters, including video and audio bitrate, frame rate, resolution, channel and more. With it, you can merge separate video clips into one, insert external subtitles to video, add transparent text watermark/image watermark to video, crop black bars around the video frame, adjust video color brightness, remove audio from a video or replace audio in video, trim video footage, crop unwanted area from video, etc. More funtions here.

Step By Step to Convert DJI 4K Video to VLC

Step 1: Add 4K videos

Open the 4K video converter program, click “File” menu, from its drop-down option, select “Add Video/Audio” to load DJI 4K video to the program. If you have Blu-ray and DVD that want to playback on VLC, you also can load them to rip to VLC.

load 4K video

Step 2: Choose output file format

From “Format” bar drop-down list, choose the formats that you want to output for later use. For compatibility consideration, it is idea for you to choose “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” as output file format.

output mp4

Open “Profile Settings” window, click “Size(pix)” to select 1920*1080 as the final resolution for output video. In this way, the DJI 4K video can be downscaled to 1080p then you can play it with VLC smoothly.

mp4 settings

Step 3: Convert DJI 4K video to VLC

After all the settings is completed, hit right-bottom “Convert” button to start to convert and downscale DJI 4K video to 1080p format videos. When the conversion is finished, click “Open Output Folder” icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated HD DJI video files.

Now, try to play DJI video files with VLC on your computer. It should be smooth now.

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Merge and Play MTS/M2TS Files on VLC Media Player

MTS and M2TS are both file extensions for the high definition digital video camera recorder format, AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition). Many popular HD camcorders, like Canon VIXIA HF200, Canon FS200, Canon VIXIA HFS100, Canon VIXIA HG21, Panasonic HDC-HS300, Panasonic HDC-HS20, Sony HDR-CX100, Sony DCR-SR47, JVC GZ-HD40, JVC GZ-HD10 etc. record videos in MTS/M2TS format. But this format is not well compatible with Windows and Mac. That means you barely play MTS/M2TS files on VLC directly. If you have encountered problems when playing and converting MTS files with VLC, this page will provide an alternative way on how to convert MTS/M2TS to AVI with VLC program. Just have a look to learn more.

After Googled that Why cannot playback MTS/M2TS Files on VLC

You may find there two reasons as below:

Most common reason: Have older version of VLC- Update version.

Another common issue. "Possibly your computer is to slow to playback HD streams without GPU hardware support?"

Hot Search: VLC to MP4 | AVCHD Files to VLC Player | Youtube Videos to VLC | VLC No Sound Problem |

Maybe you can play some M2TS/MTS video files on MPlayer, BSPlayer, Windows Media Player, ALL Player and some other players, which rests with compression formats in a M2TS/MTS video file. For some players, they may need to install a proper codec, component or plug-in unit. Thus, if you want to play MTS/M2TS videos on different platforms, the once and for all method is converting MTS for Win/Mac. By doing so, you can effortlessly play your cam video on QuickTime, manage in iTunes, edit in iMovie and more. To play MTS/M2TS on VLC Media Player without any limitation, here we offer you two methods.

Part I: How to Play MTS Videos with VLC Media Player

Playing video with VLC is very simple; follow these easy to follow steps to be able to play any videos including MTS files with VLC whenever you want.

Step 1: Download the Software

You can download the software absolutely free! However, this is only available for PC users, other OS like Mac can't be supported by this software.

Step 2: Launch the Software and Open File

When the downloading and installation is done, simply launch the software and click Media button at the upper left side of the window, a menu option will appear from there choose Open File…

Step 3: Select the MTS File You Want To Play

A file folder will then appear. Find the location of the MTS file you want to play on the VLC media player. Take note that you can only play one video in a window at a time.

Step 4: Enjoy the Movie

Simple as that! You can now enjoy the movie you want to watch whenever you want!

Alternative Method: You can also play easily play you MTS file by finding directly the file you want to play, right-clicking it and choose Open with > VLC media player.

Tip: You can also add subtitles on it if you please by going to Subtitle > Add Subtitle File…

Part II: Get the Best Alternative: Convert MTS/M2TS to VLC Media Player

In order to add MTS/M2TS files to VLC Media Player for playback, the most effective and easy way is to convert MTS/M2TS to VLC playable format. Along with some help from third-party software. With Pavtube Video Converter/Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, a great MTS/M2TS Converter for VLC, you can easily achieve your goal smoothly. Read the Review.

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Step Guide: Help Converting MTS/M2TS (Windows screenshots) to AVI for VLC

Step 1: Download, install and run the trial version of Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter, click "Add videos" or "Add From Folder" icon to import your source AVCHD files to the software.

Step 2. Set output format

Click on "Format" bar to select output format. Here you can choose to encode multiple .mts files to .avi, .mov, .mp4 for playing with VLC.

Tip: By clicking "Settings" icon, you can enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 4. Start converting MTS/M2TS to VLC format

In the end, you just need to click the "Convert" button start the conversion. After the conversion done, you can get the output videos played in VLC easily with HD quality.

Conclusion:

Pavtube Video Converter obviously offers more functionality than VLC by filling its application with a lot of other extra features that significantly improve its efficiency that VLC media player doesn't have. So that you can enjoy any videos on VLC for playback.

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Play WMV Files with VLC on Mac

What is a WMV file?

WMV stands for Windows Media Video. A .wmv file is a compressed video format that was developed by Microsoft for Internet streaming applications. Many of the videos and movies that are found online are in .wmv format. The Windows Media video can be opened and viewed with large majority of media player apps such as Windows Media Player, Real Player, MPlayer and also VLC media player. However, a lot of people reflects that they fail to play WMV with VLC on Mac. The following article will show you how to convert WMV files to VLC best compatible file formats for viewing on Mac.

Best tool to convert WMV files for VLC viewing on Mac

Here, you can easily fix VLC not playing WMV files on Mac issue with a powerful media conversion tool called Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, the program has full importing support for 4K/2K/HD/SD WMV files encoded with various different compression codec. Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple WMV files at one time for conversion. With this powerful Mac conversion application, you can efficiently convert WMV files to VLC media player compatible file formats listed below:

Container formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, DVR-MS, FLV, Matroska(MKV), MIDI, QuickTime File Format, MP4, Ogg, OGM, WAV, MPEG-2 (ES, PS, TS, PVA, MP3), AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV, MXF, VOB, RM, DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, CD Audio, DVB
Video format: Cinepak, Dirac, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo 3, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo 3&4, Sorenson, Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, DNxHD, Prores and some WMV
Audio formats: AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, XM, FLAC, It, MACE, Mod, Monkey's Audio, MP3, Opus, PLS, QDM2/QDMC, RealAudio, Speex, SCreamtracker 3/S3M, TTA, Vorbis, WavPack, WMA (WMA 1/2, WMA 3 partially).

Tips: To get better output video and audio quality, click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly choose or specify exactly the profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like.

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Step by Step to Convert WMV for VLC Playback on Mac

Step 1: Load WMV files into the program.

After the successful installation, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to load WMV files into the program.

Load WMV files

Tips: If you want to batch load multiple WMV files, make sure to store all your files in the same folder, then click "File" > "Add from folder" or press the "Add from Folder" button on the top tool bar to batch importing them into the program.

Step 2: Choose output file format.

Here, you can select to output one of VLC more compatible file format such as "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Output VLC more compatible file format

Step 3: Adjust output profile settings for VLC playback.

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window to tweak the output profile parameter settings such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality for VLC.

Step 4: Start the converting process.

After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom "Convert" button to convert MKV to VLC playable video and audio file formats.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Friday, December 26, 2014

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.

VLC video format

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.

VLC video settings

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

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Directly copy DVD into a vob file to play with VLC Media Player on Mac

This article will show you the fast and easiest way to copy the main DVD movie to a VOB file for easy playback with VLC on Mac-based Computer without any loss of quality.

VLC, also known as VLC Media Player or VideoLan Client, is a universal media player to play almost any video file and even DVD movies. However, it still has some drawback when playing DVD video. For example, the supported output format is limited. And sometimes it can’t recognize protected DVD well and failed to convert the DVD successfully. Plus, VLC Media Player is too complicated for a novice who has little knowledge about DVD ripping process.
play dvd vob with VLC Media Player

Though VLC Media Player can help recording the DVD videos, if you prefer make a copy of rip DVD first rather than recording videos, please read this guide to learn how to get it done.

To play DVD in VLC Media Player, a DVD ripping program is needed to help you backup/convert DVD to VLC playable format at first. Pavtube DVDAid for Mac can fulfill your needs and provides perfect solutions for all the Mac users. It is an easy-to-use yet efficient tool to help you directly copy source main DVD movie and leave out extras, commentary, etc with the same quality on Mac successfully and quickly. If you are Windows users, try DVDAid is highly recommended.

How to backup DVD movies for playing with VLC Media Player on Mac?

Step 1: Select DVD source.

Launch the best DVD to VOB backup software, click “Load file(s)” button on the top left, you will get three options:

a. Load the disc: Inserted discs are usually recognized and listed automatically, just select the one you desired.

b. Load from the folder: When you have copy the content of disc to computer or hard device, use this option to select the folder to import.

c. Load ISO/IFO: If your DVD source is ISO file, use this option to load.

Once imported, you will get a list of titles on the source. The main title with longest duration usually has been selected automatically.

Step 2: Choose Directly Copy for output.

Firstly, go to select the location of output file. Simply click “Browse” button and choose the destination folder.

Secondly, click “Format” menu you will find lots of format options in the dropdown list. Here “Directly Copy” is the best choice for you because it will copy the intact main movie without any recoding. In this way, you will get a lossless DVD .VOB file at amazing conversion speed.

Step 3. Lossless Backup DVD main movie to VOB on Mac.

Hit “Convert” button to start copying VOB from your DVD Disc to Mac, then click “Open” button you will find a quick way to locate the generated file. Once completed, you can get one lossless vob file with multiple streams from original DVD.

Step 4: Add converted VOB file to play with VLC Media Player.

1. Open VLC player

2. Click File > Open File on the top side of toolbar

3. Click your .vob file then click OK

4. Now you can enjoy DVD on your Mac with VLC player

With the best Mac DVD Backup and copy tool, you can freely add your favorite DVD movies into VLC for playing. Just try it now!

Tip:

To transcode DVD discs to MOV/MP4/Apple Prores with multiple audio and subtitle tracks, that is what Pavtube ByteCoy for Mac can do for you which means you can select the audio you want when enjoying DVD movies in VLC player.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

VLC won't play my Blu-ray Movies? Rip Blu-ray to VLC support formats on Windows 8

Question: Can VLC play Blu-ray films?

"I just tried to play a Blu-ray disc and VLC says Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://E:\'. Check the log for details.

I have a disc in the drive!

Will it not play because my monitor is in 4:3 view or something?
What can can I use to play it?
Any simple programs?
Any quality software I can use now? Or is everything paidware?

I have an LG drive on an HP computer using Windows 7."

Some users want to play Blu-ray movies via VLC media player, but, the experience isn't smooth. Wonder how to get your VLC to play encrypted blu-ray discs? Read the following article carefully, you will find the answer.

Required Software:

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How to compress Blu-ray movies to VLC playable video?

Step 1. Import Blu-ray movies.

Insert the Blu-ray disc to external Blu-ray drive and click the "Load Disc" button to add the Blu-ray movies you want to play on your VLC. Select subtitles you want keep with the output video from the option.

Step 2. Choose output profile.

Choose output format via clicking the Format bar. Here you can select MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MKV from the Common Video profile list as the target format.

Tip: You can also check the "Settings" box , and set video codec, video size, Bitrate, frame rate to get a decent video you want on your VLC player.

Step 3. Start converting Blu-ray for VLC.

Finally, hit the "Convert" button to start to rip 1080p Blu-ray movies to VLC readable videos.

After conversion, you can click the "Open" button to find the converted Blu-ray files. Mow you can add and play the BD contents with VLC player at ease.

If you want to rip Blu-ray for VLC player with multiple audio tracks and subtitles, Bytecopy will help you with special multiple track profiles. (Refer to the Blu-ray to VLC with Multi-track Guide)

2016 Top 5 Free MKV Players for Mac OS X (EI Capitan & Yosemite Included)

Generally MKV videos won’t open up in a standard application and you need to download a MKV plater for the movie to open. We’ve created a list of the best MKV players for Mac OS users that you can download for free so you can start watching those MKV videos. Some of these softwares are focussed as a MKV player, while others are media applications that can do all tore than just run MKV files on a Mac El Capitan.

Now I’ll share the top 5 free MKV players for Mac (El Capitan included) with you so you can easily playback the MKV files on your Mac without any trouble.

Top 1: Cross-platform MKV Media Player - VLC Media Player

★★★★☆ Rating: 4.5 Type: Free OS: Windows, Mac & more

With the VLC player you are actually getting two things: a fine MKV video player with full compatibility with Matroska, and support for most video and audio streams you will find in an MKV file. This means that you most likely will not have to install any extra codecs or filters, depending on what your streams are. Besides, choose VLC as your MKV file player, you can organize and operate MKV video's multiple video/audio/subtitle tracks in a decent way.

Somehow, VLC Player lacks user friendly interface, and though armed with advanced features but it is just too complicated to handle with them. And once you drag MKV video into a VLC playlist, it cannot change position on the list. By the way, VLC does not willingly accept Blu-ray Disc and rm video which is also to some extent disappointing.

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Top 2: MKV File Player in High Repute Worldwide - DivX Plus Player

★★★★☆ Rating: 4.5  Type: Commercial OS: Windows & Mac

DivX Plus Player not just play MKV video files back, but play it in a good way. There are some enhanced MKV playback features to DivX Plus Player like: supports up to 8 MKV multiple subtitles and audio tracks, offers smooth fast-forward and rewind MKV playing process and auto-generated MKV chapters.

Unfortunately DivX Plus Player is a commercial software which means not free available for users. And as a MKV video player under the old label, it sometimes need to consider about adding Blu-ray video playback function, which gives a larger range of MKV media playing options (since some of MKV video file contains in Blu-ray Disc).

Top 3: MX Player

★★★★☆ Rating: 4.5 Type: Free OS: Windows, Mac & more

MX Player is another app to play MKV video. It is the reigning favorite of a lot of Android users. Especially those who use set top boxes, XMBC, and other uncommon set ups. It has most of the best features available and it's been a mainstay in the Android video player game for a very long time. It's worth your time to check it out.

Releated guide: Convert Video to MX Player accepted video format

Top 4: QuickTime + Perian

★★★★ Rating: 4  Type: Free  OS: Windows, Mac & more

Perian is a free-source QuickTime addon, which lets QuickTime extend support to a large number of file formats, such as MKV, AVI, DIVX, FLV, GVI, VP6, and more. So if you find your QuickTime player can’t play MKV files in Mac, you can install the plug-in to add extra support for playing MKV in QuickTime.

However, some people find that QuickTime Player 7 can play MKV files better without having to install any plug-ins. In fact, compared with the later version of QuickTime, the earlier ones feature better support of older codecs. So if you don’t mind using the older version, just use QuickTime Player 7 as your MKV player for Mac (mountain lion supported). You’ll find it’s not a bad idea afterall.

Top 5: M Player

★★★☆ Rating: 3.5  Type: Free  OS: Windows, Mac & more

Although MPlayer is not as popular as VLC, it is one of the most widely used video players among the Mac users. It plays mostly the MPEG, VOB, Matroska(MKV), ASF/WMA/WMV, VIVO, QT/MOV/MP4, AVI, Ogg/OGM, RealMedia, NUT, NuppelVideo and much more.

Which is the best? That's up for debate. For general versatility, MX Player is a must-have app for all Android users, Mobo Player is really giving it a run for it's money, but for overall media center functionality VLC is great. Try out a few and see which fits your needs. Enjoy your movies!

Additional Tips: How to Play MKV files with Any Player

Want to play MKV files on more players like the iPhone, iPad or iPod, you’d better convert the MKV to other formats like the MP4, MOV, M4V or etc. If you havn’t found a proper free video converter from above, never mind, take a look at this paid mac converting tool-Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (Compatible with latest El Capitan and Yosemite).

Overall, this all-in-one mac app tool can easily handle pretty much anything threw at it and then spit it back out in a new format with the fastest encoding speed, while limits the loss of quality as much as possible, so you can view your videos on virtually any device including iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows device; playing converted videos via any media player software; edit videos files for further use.

Plus, as a BD/DVD ripping tool, it offers comprehensive BD/DVD solution to backup/copy Blu-ray and DVD with original structure, and convert 2D/3D Blu-rays and standard DVDs to watchable video/audio format for mobile devices. Just import the video, choose the output format from the Format window, and press the “Convert” button, you can get the video converted.

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- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/
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Equipped with more format & devices compatibility and advanced features and received lots of praises from reputable Mac software review sites, it is no doubt your first choice. Worthy of trying!

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Rip Blu-ray to MKV with subtitles for using in VLC Media Player on Mac

“I've currently been ripping my collection of doctor who DVDs, tried doing a few blue-rays and gave up as it took so long (help?) I need a professional tool which can help me rip Blu-ray to MKV on an external Hardrive, it's just a easier format, I like the ability to do subtitles. I want to Watch them for using in VLC Media Player on Mac. Having them on file is handy for when traveling. I know someone who uses Pavtube a lot and found it to be the best ripping program. Any suggestion?” - read this Pavtube Softwares Comparison review to get more multimedia tools.

While, no-one seems to know much how to import and play Blu-ray discs using VLC on Mac (even you've gotten rid of the copy protection and can actually make a backup!). So here's how we have done it: The first and easiest, upgrade VLC Media Player to recent version; Second solution: You'll need two files: keys database and AACS dynamic library; Alternative choice: Rip and Convert Blu-ray to MKV with subtitles for VLC on Mac.

If you have not decided to upgrade your VLC, or the second choice seems to be a bit complex for you, there's an easy way to make it. You need rip Blu-ray disc to VLC friendly format such as .mp4, .mkv, .mpeg-2. Here comes withPavtube ByteCopy for Mac an easy of use copy-protection removal which is special designed for lossless conversion (DVD-R and Blu-Ray capability in one program) to rip Blu-ray and DVD movies with multiple audio tracks and subtitles keeping.

Moreover, it’s also a professional Blu-ray ripper, allows you to rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD movies to any video format you like. What’s more, it can also help you to get Blu-ray Main Movie backup in original format without extracts and convert latest Blu-ray discs to your portable devices for playback on the way. Now download it and start the Blu-ray to VLC conversion on Mac.

Step 1: Run Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac (Window version: Pavtube ByteCopy), and load Blu-ray files to it. You can click "Load Files" to load movie from BD drive or "ISO/IFO" Blu-ray ISO file. you can also load DVD discs.

Step 2: Select output format for VLC.

Choose MKV format as output, here “Format > Multi-track Video > Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV (*.mkv)” is recomended for you. Of course, you can choose mp4 as you wish.

In addition, you can learn how to play Blu-ray ISO Image, MPV videos and other MKV/AVI/VOB/MPG/Tivo/FLV videos on PC/Mac.

Tip: Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac let users control/customize output file quality. To improve video quality, simply click "Settings" and set video bitrate up.

Step 3: Start ripping DVD to MKV video.

Click "Convert" button to rip Blu-ray to VLC Media Player, once the ripping task is finished, you can click "Open" button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output MKV file for enjoyment on VLC via Mac.

Tips: If you have 3D Blu-ray discs, and want to get them playable, you can choose “MKV Top-Bottom 3D Video (*.mkv)”, or “MKV Anaglyph 3D Video (*.mkv)” or “MKV Side-by-Side 3D Video (*.mkv)” which can retain the 3D effect. Read the Differences Between Anaglyph 3D and Side-by-Side 3D.

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