Thursday, October 31, 2013

Can iPad Air play MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, M4V, FLV, F4V, MTS videos etc.?

Summary: Here is a workflow about the SD/HD Videos to iPad Air conversion, you can easily & quickly convert MKV, AVI, VOB, M4V, WMV, MPG, Tivo, FLV video to iPad Air support video formats for smoothly playback.
Hey mates, the super light iPad Air is coming next week, have you planed to reorder one? The Retina Display with 2048 x1536 pixels, 9.7 inches, no doubt adds more fun to your digital entertainment.

No doubt, watching videos on iPad Air with Retina display would be so great.

You may happen to have videos in MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, M4V, Flash video(FLV/F4V), camera videos(MTS/MOV/MXF) or you like recording TV shows by Tivo, and want to transfer them to iPad Air to kill time on board. However, the problem is that not all these formats are supported by iPad Air; even iTunes will not allow you to sync MKV, AVI, VOB, MPG, Tivo and FLV files.

iPad Air supported video format:

H.264 video up to 1080p, 60 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Obviously, the most compatible video format for iPad Air is MP4/MOV files encoded with MPEG-4 or H.264. The most effective way is to convert MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, M4V, FLV to MP4 with best video settings for iPad Air.

Now follow this article; you will learn how to accomplish this easily within a few clicks.

Preparation:

Here I'd like to introduce Pavtube iPad Air Video Converter Ultimate, a very easy-to-use video to iPad Air converting program which comes with flawless video quality and quick conversion speed. It integrates many presets for iPad, iPad 2, the new iPad, iPad 4, iPad Air as well as iPad mini and the upcoming iPad mini with retina display; many other presets waiting for you to pick up.

Tips:
  1. Download profile patch for your new iPad Air.
  2. Reach the Mac version here: iPad Air Converter for Mac.
  3. The app also supports output 3D (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, Anaglyph) in MKV/MP4/AVI/MOV/WMV formats, you are suggested to try this iPad Air Video Converter Ultimate (Mac Verison: iPad Air Video Converter Ultimate for Mac) (Both are 20% off now at 2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer).
Tutorials: Converting MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, M4V, FLV, F4V, MTS to iPad Air friendly format

Step 1: Load video files to this Video to iPad Air Converter

Download the best iPad Air Video Converter Ultimate on your computer, install and run the program, add videos.

You can choose to import videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons.



Step 2. Choose a proper format for iPad Air.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose "iPad>iPad Air Full HD Video(*.mp4)" as the compatible MP4 preset with best video quality. Or you can choose other presets if you don't need full size videos.



Step 3. Customize video specs for iPad Air (Optional).

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

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

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

Step 4. Start Videos to iPad Air Conversion.

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

Now, you can transfer MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, M4V, MTS FLV, F4V videos to iPad Air for smooth playback without any problem. Enjoy your digital life!

If you don’t know how to put and play video on new iPad Air , just follow the steps to realize it: 
  1. Make sure you have install iTunes. If not, you can free download iTunes here at first. And launch the iTunes. 
  2. Connect iPad Air to Mac/PC. 
  3. Choose “File – > Add File to Library…”
  4. Drag the .mp4 file you want to the iPad Air icon

So there you have it. Prette simple. Now, you can enjoy and view 1080p/720p HD/SD videos and movies on iPad Air anytime everywhere for great digital fun. 

Additonal Tips: 

1. If your movie isn’t already in one of the iPad Air supported formats or it’s still on a DVD or a Blu-ray, you can get the Video Converter Ultimate (or the iMedia Converter Mac)which can help you rip Blu-ray/DVD, and convert various formats of 720p/1080p HD videos in MKV, AVI, TiVo, VOB, MPG, MTS, etc. to your iPad Air, iPad 3, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad 4, iPad Mini 2, Apple TV 3, and other IOS tablets/phones for smoothly playing. 

2. Get more info at iPad 3 Column and Apple TV Column

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Download/Convert DVD to iPad Air MP4 with DVD to iPad Air converter

Summary: If you want to download DVD to iPad Air with itunes, you will need to remove DVD protection and then convert DVD to iPad Air MP4 format with a easy-to-use and fast DVD to iPad Air Converter.

Ever since the release of Apple iPad Air, it arouse the most interest in the whole world. Never a tablet as well as the previous iPad could be as light as this. The large screen display (up to 9.7inch LED-backlit IPS display), high-resolution screen. The most important thing is iPad Air only weights 1 pound, which makes iPad Air so handy and absolutely perfect for watching movies.

However, iPad Air doesn't have a built-in DVD-ROM or DVD player, which means you couldn't directly play DVD movies on iPad Air.

If you want to watch DVD on iPad Air, you will need a DVD to iPad Air Converter to remove disc encryption, to transcode DVD to iPad Air friendly format. iPad Air DVD Converter is just such kind of easy-to-use program to help you do the conversion in a few clicks. 

No need to set the specs manually, no need to figure out which bitrate/framerate/resolution is best for iPad Air. DVD to iPad Air Converter integrates the best presets for iPad for you. All you need to do is: 
  1. Import
  2. Choose preset
  3. Click and go! It's just as simple as that.
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Tips:
  1. Get more profile patches here;
  2. Reach the Mac version of DVD to iPad Air Converter;
  3. If you have any requirements of outputting 3D (Anaglyph, T/P, SBS) or keeping multiple audio tracks/subtitles, you are suggested to try this Blu-ray/DVD to iPad Air Converter Pro.
Tutorials: How to transfer DVD to most compatible MP4 preset for iPad Air

1. Run this Pavtube DVDAid and the DVD to iPad Air Converter; load disc.
Click the top left icon, you can choose to import DVD from ROM, DVD folder or DVD ISO/IFO. It will check the main title by default; moreover, ISO files could also be recognized automatically so that you no longer need to run virtual drive to mount it.


2. Choose format.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose "iPad>iPad Air Full HD Video(*.mp4)" as the compatible MP4 preset with best video quality. Or you can choose other presets if you don't need full size videos.



3. Start Conversion.

You can hit the big red "Convert" to start converting DVD to iPad Air MP4 with best video settings. After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in the conversion window, or "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

After getting the converted movies files, you can transfer them to new iPad Air via iTunes. If you don't know how to put and play movie onto new iPad Air , just follow the steps to realize it:

1) Make sure you have install iTunes. If not, you can free download iTunes here at first. And launch the iTunes. 
2) Connect iPad Air to Mac/PC. 
3) Choose "File –> Add File to Library…"
4) Drag the .mp4 file you want to the iPad Air icon

How to transfer media files from iTunes 11 to iOS devices

So there you have it. Prette simple. Now, you can enjoy and view DVD movies on iPad Air anytime everywhere for great digital fun.

Additonal Tips:

1. If your movie isn't already in one of the iPad Air supported formats or it's still on a DVD or a Blu-ray, you can get the Video Converter Ultimate (or the iMedia Converter Mac) which can help you convert Blu-ray/DVD/ISO/IFO and various formats of 720p/1080p HD videos in MKV, AVI, TiVo, VOB, MPG, MTS, etc. to your iPad Air, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad 3, iPod 5, Apple TV 3 and other iOS/Android/Windows 8 tablets/phones for smoothly playing. (Both are 20% off now at Pavtube Halloween Huge Discount)

Source: How to view DVD movies on iPad Air with highest quality?
   
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Can WD TV (Live, Plus, Hub) play DVD VIDEO_TS folder?

This post shows you how to convert DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV/WD TV Live compatible videos to let you smoothly play VIDEO_TS folder on your WD TV player.


I googled VIDEO_TS to WD TV, and found many guys have the similar confusion. 

“I backed up my DVDs to my computer so I can play them on WD TV in the house. But why can’t I transfer these copied DVD VIDEO_TS folders to watch on WD TV?”

“Can WD TV Hub play VIDEO_TS folder? I plan to buy a WD TV Hub HD player box that can hook up external hard drive to play movie from there. Question is does it support to play a folder “Video_TS” or not? I have a lot movies that ripped out in DVD format which is “Video_TS” and “Audio_TS” folder.”

Many movie fans would back up their DVD collections to computer hard drive in VIDEO_TS folder format so that they can rip DVD movies for watching on smartphoes and tablets or burn DVD to a blank DVD disc later without damaging their DVD special editions. While the copied DVD VIDEO_TS folder is not compatible with WD TV player, and you may need to convert DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV/WD TV Live playable file in advance.

First of all, download and install the Pavtube DVDAid, the best DVD to WD TV converter to help you convert VIDEO_TS to WD TV MKV file.

                  

With Pavtube DVD Ripper (2014 Pavtube Summer Holiday Special offer - 30% off), you can easily convert DVD disc, DVD VIDEO_TS folder and DVD IFO/ISO file to any video format for different devices including iPad Air, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, Kindle Fire HDX, Apple TV 3, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Note 3, Google Nexus 7/10, WD TV, WD TV Live, and more. In addition, it features with BD/DVD backup to computer hard drive with original structure. Meanwhile, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Macis available for Mac OS X users to rip DVD VIDEO_TS to WD TV/ WD TV Live.

How to transfer DVD VIDEO_TS folder to WD TV compatible MKV file?

Step 1. Run the best VIDEO_TS to WD TV converter, click “load from folder” and load DVD VIDEO_TS folder to DVD Ripper.


Tip 1: On the program UI, set one audio track and subtitles from “Subtitles” and “Audio” drop-down list. If you like, you can also check “Forced subtitles” button to play DVD VIDEO_TS folder with only forced subtitles on your WD TV.



Step 2. Select WD TV optimized format by clicking the “Format” menu. Since WD TV player supports MKV, H.264 MP4 and more, you are suggested to choose “Common Video > H.264 Video(*.mp4)”.




Step 3. If you like, modify profile settings such as video size, bitrate, frame rate, etc to get optimized video and audio playback on WD TV player.

Step 4. Return back to DVD Ripper main interface, and hit the “Convert” button to start ripping VIDEO_TS to WD TV. Once it finishes, open output folder, locate the created MP4 file and you can transfer DVD VIDEO_TS folder to watch on WD TV player.

Tip 2: If you’d like to extract more than one audio track and subtitles for WD TV playback, you can convert your BD/DVD to MKV with multiple audio streams, subtitles and chapter info using Pavtube ByteCopy. (Read more: Copy Blu-ray DVD collection onto HDD for use with WD TV media player)

In addition, this app adds Directly Copy feature which saves 100% intact .M2TS/.VOB main movie from original BD/DVD disc, and allows all subtitle and audio tracks preservation. Meanwhile, ByteCopy supports saving encoded multiple audio tracks in other two formats: .MP4 and .MOV besides .MKV under “Multi-track Video” for audio selection.

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Friday, October 18, 2013

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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 and 8.9-inch tablets launch in UK

The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX was initially launched in the US a few weeks ago but now it looks like Amazon is taking the fight to the iPad Mini here in the UK.



Amazon has unveiled the Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch and 8.9-inch tablets along with an updated Kindle Fire HD for the UK. Amazon's new range of tablets will be looking to steal the thunder from Apple's potential iPad Mini 2 launch next week.

The new Kindle Fire HDX tablets are not only lighter and thinner than the previous generation they also come with Amazon's new HDX display which the company is boasting as their best yet.

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch specs

The first in the lineup is the Kindle Fire HDX which will come with a 7-inch HDX display boasting an impressive 1920x1200 resolution at 323ppi along with 100 per cent sRGB colour accuracy which should mean brighter more vivid colours when looking at images or watching video.

The HDX 7-inch also comes with dynamic image contrast which means that not only will the tablet adjust the brightness of the display dependent on its surroundings it'll also adjust the contrast of the display which should mean better viewing in direct sunlight.

Inside you'll find a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor making it not only three times faster than the previous Kindle Fire HD but faster even than some flagship smartphones like the HTC One max.



There's also 2GB of RAM which should mean that it's more than capable of switching between movies, books and apps without any hesitation.

Finally you'll find dual speakers powered by Dolby Digital Plus along with a 720p front-facing camera for video calls. You'll also be able to get the Kindle Fire HDX with 3G and 4G through Vodafone.

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch specs

The HDX 8.9 is, according to Amazon, the lightest large screen tablet available weighing in at 374g making it 34 per cent lighter than the previous Kindle Fire HD 8.9.

You also get a HDX display boasting a mighty 2560x1600 at 339ppi making it an even higher resolution display than the HDX 7.

The HDX 8.9 does however come with the same hardware specs as the HDX 7 boasting the same 2.2Ghz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor and 2GB RAM.

There's no word on storage however if you look at the US options available the UK pricing would suggest that Amazon will be offering the 8.9-inch with 16GB storage.



Amazon Kindle Fire HDX with Fire OS 3.0 'Mojito'

Both tablets will come running Amazon's latest Fire OS 3.0 'Mojito' which will bring with it a whole host of new features including a totally new email client, Silk browser and calendar.

You'll also get VPN integration, enterprise compatibility and the ability to wirelessly print as well as Amazon FreeTime, a feature which Amazon introduced allowing parents to control what content their children have access too.

Amazon Mayday button

Of course what everyone will be talking about is the Mayday button, a service which at the press of a button, will provide live tech support in the form of a one-way video chat with an advisor.

Whilst you'll be able to see them, they won't be able to see you help avoiding any privacy issues, they'll also be able to remotely control your device showing you tips by drawing arrows or writing on the display, or helping you solve any tech problems.



Amazon Kindle Fire HDX price and release date

The Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch will start at £199 for 16GB WiFi-only and £269 with 4G making it clear that Amazon is not only gunning for the Google Nexus 7 2013 but also for the upcoming iPad Mini 2, it'll also be launching in 32 and 64GB versions.

UK pricing for the 16GB HDX 8.9-inch starts at £329 for WiFi-only whilst the 4G version will set you back £399 with shipping starting on 13th December for both tablets. You'll also be able to get the HDX 8.9 in 32 and 64GB versions as well.

Source: T3

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