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:
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)



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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Top DRM Video Recorder Review + Guide: Record purchased and rental DRM-protected M4V/WMV video

This article is a Review of the Top DRM Video Recorder, we will cover its conversion theory, main features, compatible OS, supported input and output formats, pros and cons, etc. with the intent to help you find the best DRM Video Recorder Guide to get all your iTunes/Digital Copy/Amazon/BBC iPlayer etc. videos DRM free.

What is DRM?

Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of controversial technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale. And basically there are two kinds of DRM files: iTunes M4V and Digital Copy. 

Apple uses M4V encode video files, such as TV episodes, movies, and music videos, in its iTunes Store to protect its copyright. To play a protected M4V file, the computer needs to be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video.

As Digital Copy, it is an extra copy of the movie you bought on Blu-ray/DVD disc that enables you to download or stream your movie to a computer, mobile device, or Internet-connected TV, Blu-ray player or set top box. If your Blu-ray Disc or DVD has the "Digital Copy" logo on the back it will have either a Digital Copy disc inside of the box or a link to a Digital Copy web site. Follow the instructions on the insert inside of your box to redeem your Digital Copy using the disc or the web site.

Why need strip off DRM protection?

It’s probably that you have downloaded a few purchases from iTunes, Windows Media Center, Zune Marketplace, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Video on Demand, CinemaNow, Blockbuster, Napster, Pandora, Spiralfrog, Bearshare, iMesh, iMeeM, etc, or get some free digital copies of movies with the Blu-rays that you purchased so that you could watch them freely on your smartphone, tablet or computer that is not authorized. But the problem is neither iTunes M4V videos nor Digital Copy movies can be watched on portable devices or other unauthorized computer. You need a Top DRM Removal Tool to free your iTunes M4V videos and Digital Copy movies from DRM protection and you can freely play them anywhere you like.
Why choose Pavtube DRM Video Recorder – ChewTune?

Pavtube ChewTune is an easy-to-use DRM removal tool that can legally produce DRM-free videos from M4V/WMV. Besides bypassing DRM protection, this DRM Media Converter tool is also good at recording your authorized videos or movies downloaded from a Digital Copy, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, WB Digital Copy, BBC iPlayer, etc. to many other commonly used audio and video formats, so that you can use the DRM-free copies on practically any compatible electronic device, such as Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab 3 10.1/8.0, Apple iPhone 5S/5C, Sony Xperia Z1, Xperia Z Ultra, LG G-Pad, Motorola DROID Mini, Moto X, Droid MAXX, Asus MeMO Pad HD 7, Fonepad 7, MeMO Pad Smart 10, Acer Liquid S2, and more.


Pros:
  1. Instead of transcode/encode/decrypt DRM files, Pavtube ChewTune records your source DRM files to any video and audio format you like for multiple portable devices.
  2. Latest ChewTune abandons the old way to encode DRM videos; instead, it is a DRM Removal Recorder now.
  3. Since ChewTune records DRM videos to strip off DRM protection, it performs in a much stable way so that each recorded iTunes video or Digital Copy movie is available and valid for your computer hard drive and portable device.
  4. The recorded movies using ChewTune are included with better video quality than any other DRM Converter since it legally frees DRM files with 1:1 video and audio quality of the originals.
Cons:
  1. A given audio driver has to be installed to enable ChewTune remove DRM protection, which may sound a little complicated and troublesome.
  2. A complete DRM free file will not be created unless you do not abort during ChewTune whole DRM recording process, otherwise no file will be generated.
  3. When DRM removal process starts, a window will pop up and play the source DRM file. This window would be persistently exist and show at the left right corner of your computer desktop the whole recording time, which cannot be minimized or closed; meanwhile, your computer would be muted till ChewTune finishes the work.
  4. When converting iTunes DRM files, you can minimize the iTunes window, but cannot move or close it.
How to free from DRM protection with Pavtube ChewTune?

Step 1: Authorize your computer

Authorize computer for iTunes M4V files:

1. Open iTunes on your computer, click the Store menu, and then select Authorize This Computer.

2. A window will pop up and prompt you for your Apple ID and password. Fill in the appropriate information, and then click Authorize.
  
3. After your submission, the whole authorization process completes and now your computer will be authorized for playback. If you have reached your 5 computers limits, you can deauthorize another machine.

Authorize and transfer Blu-ray Digital Copy to computer hard drive 

1. Insert the Digital Copy disc into your computer’s DVD drive.
2. Wait for the DVD icon to appear on your computer. Do double-click and it will take you to the digital copy interface.
3. Decide whether to transfer Digital Copy to iTunes or Windows Media Player. Note that it requires iTunes 9 or Windows Media Player 11 and later version to download digital copy movies to PC. Here I choose Windows Media Player.
4. Put in the unique Digital Copy redemption/registration code, which you will find on an insert inside of your Blu-ray/DVD packaging. The computer must be connected to the Internet in order for the Digital Copy code to be verified.
5. Choose source movie and target folder to transfer Digital Copy to. Then start syncing movies from Digital Copy to computer.
It usually takes less than 5 minutes to download a Digital Copy movie to hard drive.
After Digital Copy transfer completed, the movie can be played instantly with Windows Media Player.

Step 2: Load the DRM video

Run Pavtube DRM Video Recorder, drag and drop the source DRM video from local computer to ChewTune. Or hit the “Add Video” button to import your iTunes, Amazon, or Digital Copy, etc.



Step 3: Select output format

Pavtube ChewTune includes various profiles under “Format” list and you could always find the optimized one for your need.

 

Meanwhile, you can enter “Settings” option to adjust profile parameters, such as video codec, bitrate, frame rate, size, etc to get better video and audio quality.

Step 4: Start DRM-free recording process

Click the “Convert” button on software main UI to start recording DRM video. When it completes, click the “Open” icon to locate the DRM-free movie, and transfer it from PC to anywhere you like for playback.
  
Tips:

1. To ensure the stability of Pavtube ChewTune trial version, make sure you have turned off iTunes before running this app.

2. Because of 1:1 video recording, it takes as long as the source movie length to finish the whole ChewTune DRM-free process, it’s better to select a small sample video for testing.

3. Since Pavtube ChewTune supports batch processing facility, you could import more than one DRM videos and run overnight, and you would get all videos recorded the next morning. Don’t forget to set up Windows power options to never turn off monitor or never let the computer system standby.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Transfer iTunes, Digital Copy, Amazon Videos to Galaxy Note 3

In below article you can learn about how to legally get rid of DRM copy protection from iTunes M4V, Amazon WMV and Digital Copy to freely play them anywhere you like.

As Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note 3, the second sequel in a series of supersized stylus-smitten smartphones, which is even taller, narrower and thinner than the first two of its kind, more and more people tend to own this new handset with 5.7-inch, 1920x1080 Full HD display screen and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS. Though this mobile phone has improved itself by adding a bevy of hardware and software updates, it is still not compatible with DRM copy protected iTunes M4V, Amazon WMV and Digital Copy due to the restrictive DRM technology. To watch DRM videos on your Samsung Galaxy Note 3, you’ll have to remove the DRM protection first.

Pavtube DRM Video Removal Tool can strip DRM protection from iTunes purchased M4V movies, Amazon Instant WMV videos, and Digital copies, convert them to Samsung Galaxy Note 3 supported MP4 or WMV format and freely transfer converted DRM videos to Galaxy Note 3.

                   

Few tips before starting the whole DRM video to Galaxy Note 3 conversion:

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

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



3. Close iTunes before running the Pavtube DRM Removal Converter when converting iTunes M4V movies.

4. It would take as long as the source movie length for the whole DRM video to Galaxy Note 3 conversion process since Pavtube ChewTune records source DRM videos in 1:1 video and audio quality.

How to Remove DRM-protection and transfer DRM M4V/WMV Videos to Galaxy Note 3?

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



Step 2. From “Format” drop-down list, choose “Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Note(*.mp4)” as the output format.



Step 3. If you like, you can enter “Settings” option to adjust profile parameters, such as video codec, bitrate, frame rate, size, etc to get better video and audio quality on Galaxy Note 3.



Step 4. Click the big “Convert” button on software main UI to start DRM video to Galaxy Note 3 conversion. When conversion completes, click the “Open” icon to locate the DRM-free movies, and transfer movies from PC to Samsung Galaxy Note 3. You are ready to watch DRM videos on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 the nest time you wait for a bus, travel, or go camping trip.

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

How to watch Blu-ray movies on Samsung Galaxy Note 3

This article aims to help you quick transfer your Blu-ray disc/ISO/folder to Galaxy Note 3 within 3 steps.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3, as one of the best Android phones, comes with a 1920*1080 high resolution widescreen, which gives users a good movie experience. There are many choices to enjoy movies with your gadget. But, if you want to get your movies off of a Blu-ray/DVD disc/ISO/folder onto the Galaxy Note 3 for playback, you may have to do some work in advance.

To make Blu-ray movie work on Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the best solution is to convert blu-ray to Galaxy Note 3 most preferred video formats: H.264 mp4. Here we’d like to recommend this Blu-ray to Galaxy Note 3 Converter, a professional and all-in-one converted which can easily finish this task within a few clicks and keep the best video quality.
 watch blu-ray on galaxy tab 3

Download a trial version here:
FYI: BD drive is required for ripping Blu-ray disc.

Step 1. Import Blu-ray/DVD disc/ISO/folder.

Click “Load files” to choose import from ROM, BD ISO/IFO or BD/DVD folder. It will detect and check the main title automatically; so keep it as default unless you want to include tidbits.

  
Step 2. Chose “Samsung Galaxy Note (*.mp4)” as target format.

Click the drop-down list besides Format, you can find many presets for different devices, editing programs and media player. Let’s choose “Samsung” in left area and select “Samsung Galaxy Note(*.mp4)” as target video format.

 

Step 3. Customize video specs. (Optional)

Pavtube Blu-ray to Galaxy Note 3 Ripper also offers a editor window to let you free set eo specs; click “Settings” to customize output file size, bitrate, frame rate and sample rate.

 

Step 4. Start Conversion.

Click the “Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray/DVD to MP4 so you can watch them in Galaxy Tab 3 smoothly. Wait for moments, then click “Open output folder” to locate the converted file quickly.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

MakeMKV and Handbrake Alternative: Convert/Deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray on Windows/Mac

 If you have problems in converting and deinterlacing 1080i Blu-ray, here is right for you. The article will show how to convert and deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray on Windows or Mac.
“I have a fetish for Backing up my 1080i Blu Ray contents, Backing up for my own use, not for Piracy. A lot of what we buy, are Period Drama, Nature, series by the BBC, and more and more were being manufactured with 1080i Video Format, that my usual combination of MakeMKV or Handbrake would not convert.”
“I have a fetish for Backing up my 1080i Blu Ray contents, Backing up for my own use, not for Piracy. A lot of what we buy, are Period Drama, Nature, series by the BBC, and more and more were being manufactured with 1080i Video Format, that my usual combination of MakeMKV or Handbrake would not convert.”

Making digital copy of Blu-ray is a prevailing way to protect your Blu-ray collection from being scratched, or ruined by your little child. And it is also a good idea for someone who likes renting Blu-ray disc. Since it is restrict to return the Blu-ray disc in time, you can make a digital copy of Blu-ray and store in your hard device if you have little time to watch it before giving it back. In this way, you are free to watch it at any time.

To get it done, you may consider using free software like excellent Handbrake and MakeMKV. Using MakeMKV to remove any copy protection and region codes, and the resulting MKV file is further compressed with Handbreak. However, just as the above customer said at the beginning of the article, there are several Blu Ray Movies, that although they are converted, they will not be played well and screen remains just broken pixels. Further investigation proves the video format to be 1080 interlaced. The combination of Handbrake and MakeMKV is so redundant and cannot deal with 1080i Blu-ray properly. 

To find an easy-to-use tool to solve these problems, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate deals with it fantastically. With easy workflow, it will help you to remove copy protection of Blu-ray and convert 1080i Blu-ray collection with great quality for further burning or playback. To deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray and convert into a progressive form can be done easily. 

Download it and get it installed (iMedia Converter for Mac is made for Mac users) Due to 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer, you will get 20% off for it now, expire on Jun 4th.

How to convert and deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray collection on Windows 8?

1. Launch it and load Blu-ray.

Click “Load file” button to import Blu-ray. It takes only few seconds to remove copy protection. The main title will be selected automatically and you can preview the whole movies by clicking the main title. Then go to choose the desired subtitle and audio in the dropdown list.

 

2. Choose output format.

Click “Format” dropdown list to choose the desired video format for output.

 

Note: Directly Copy is used to copy the 100% intact main movie with multiple subtitle and audio tracks preserved. It will keep the high image quality from original Blu-ray and generate a M2TS file. If you need a lossless output file and fast conversion speed, it is a good choice.

3. Start conversion.

Click “Convert” button to start converting and deinterlacing 1080i Blu-ray collection on Windows 8. When it is completed, click “Open” button to locate the generated files.

Tips: How to deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray movies?

Click “Edit” icon you will be promoted to Video Editor. Then click “Effect” option you will find the “Deinterlacing” is checked by default. That is to say, it will deinterlace 1080i Blu-ray automatically when converting. 

More features:
  • Full disc copy supports to backup the whole Blu-ray keeping original structure and chapter markers, which can be used for further burning or creating ISO files.
  • It supports to convert different videos to another video format for further playing or editing.
  • Added 3D profiles in Format menu. (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, or Anaglyph 3D in MKV/MP4/MOV/WMV/AVI)
  • Choosing main title for DVD/BD by default/ full disc copying without choosing root title manually.
 
Get the generated files to your hard drive or portable devices, in this way, you can keep it safe and easily play it at any time.

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