Friday, March 7, 2014

Blu-ray Disc Encryptions: Regions and BD Region Hack

If you would like to watch Blu-ray disc without region limitation, this article below the definition region codes and how to bypass the blu-ray region codes built into their BD players.

What are Blu-ray Disc region codes?

Region codes place geographical restrictions on where in the world a Blu-ray movie can be played. For example, a BD system bought in the USA region would play only Blu-ray movie disks with that area’s encoding.

Why are there BD region codes?

The purpose of region codes is twofold. First, it allows regional pricing to be affected by the movie studios. Since pricing will be very different around the world, the system prevents home users importing home movies bought overseas at a lower price. Secondly, it allows the control of regional release of movie titles. Often, for instance, Hollywood films are available to buy on disk in the USA and Europe before other parts of the globe. With regional encoding, the studios can prevent unlicensed movie imports so giving distributors around the world control of supply.

The region codes are entirely voluntary on the part of the studios releasing the disks, and Blu-ray movie releases need not have any region code, so called “region free” releases. If a Blu-ray movie is region free, it can be played on all systems regardless of region. Interestingly, many early releases of Blu-ray films were region free.

Blu-ray Disc regions: Region A, Region B, and Region C

The world is divided into three regions by the BDA (Blu-ray Disk Association): Region A, Region B and Region C. The following map shows the regions as defined.



A: East Asia (except Mainland China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia, the Americas and their dependencies.
B: Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Russia), Oceania and their dependencies.
C: Central Asia, East Asia (Mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, central Eurasia and their dependencies.

Blu-ray Region Hack/Crack/Bypass 

In any case, many people are trying to work out how to bypass the blu-ray region codes built into their BD players, but there are rarely successes. But there are another way to play Region A blu-ray discs on Region on B/ C BD players and PS3: Use BDMagic / ByteCopy / Video Converter Ultimate to rip commercial blu-ray discs to remove the regions, and play the unprotected Blu-ray movie from hard drive. Blu-ray players and PS3 boxes support playback of M2TS, MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, etc.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

How to play all kinds videos on Kurio 7S Family Tablet without format limitation?

This article will give you a detailed workflow on how to make it possible to play all kinds of videos whether downloaded online or recorded by camcorders on your kids' Kurio 7S Family Tablet.

"I am an IT Consultant and my hobbies are taking photography and spending time playing with my daughters. I have recorded many videos of my kids at different events or playing around with my Panasonic Camcorder. I want to put these videos on my kids' Kurio 7S Family Tablet keeping them as they were shot without editing. I tested some other products and they didn't worked as expected so while researching some forums and found the converter called Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. So far not a specific characteristic but the output quality is better."

This is a father's experience about play all kinds videos on Kurio 7S Family Tablet with Pavtube. Designed with an HD video player, music player, e-book reader and more, the Kurio 7S Android Family Tablet offers fun for the whole family. But it has some format limitation to play the videos you downloaded online or recorded by camcorders. If you have the same plan to watch the videos you download and recorded on the Kurio 7S Tablet with the father above. Follow his step to choose Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is a wise choice.

See also: Top 5 Best Video Converter Ultimate Review

Why should you choose Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate?

More than a simple converter, this app can effortlessly let you enjoy any movies and videos on your portable devices like the kids Kurio 7S Tablet, etc.

As a Disc movies converter, it could 1:1 back up Blu-ray/DVD movies from disc to PC hard drive and to almost all popular and hot video and audio formats like AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, RMVB, MPEG, MKV, MP3, etc.

As a video converter, it allows various file types as source media like MTS, M2TS, TOD, WMV, some MXF files, etc that are downloaded online and recorded by camcorders.

How to get Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate?
  
                                  

PS: View the link to get Mac version.

How to Convert downloaded and recorded HD Videos and Movies to Kurio 7S Family Tablet friendly format?

Step 1: Load videos.

Install and launch the video to Kurio 7S Family Tablet converter, Add videos to the program by clicking the "Load files" icon.



Step 2: Choose output format.

In order to play videos downloaded online and recorded by camcorders on Kurio 7S Family Tablet, just choose "HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" as the output format.



Step 3: Start the conversion

Then its turn to the last step to start the conversion. Just hit the "Convert" button to start the conversion. When the process is over, click the "Open" icon to locate the converted files.

After you transfer the converted videos to your Kurio 7S Family Tablet via USB cable, you could view your downloaded and recorded videos freely with your kids.

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How to Put MKV, AVI, VOB, MOV, WMV, MVI to Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4?

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is quite picky when it comes to playing video files. If you picked one up, hoping it would play all your MKV, AVI, VOB, MOV, WMV, MVI, Tivo, WebM video files out of the box, you likely ran into complications.

Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is probably Samsung's best tablet currently available since its perfectly balance size, performance and value. This article is willing to give you a detailed guide on how to play MKV, AVI, MOV, MVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, FLV, WebM videos on Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4.

"Both the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and the iPad Air are premium tablets. Both tools are powerful, are roughly the same size, cost roughly the same, and are both designed to be used without a stylus. Should I hold out for the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4?"

While the iPad Air still have its place on the market and the bigger 12.2" Galaxy NotePro has been grabbing all the headlines, the smaller Tab Pro 8.4 is the real star in Samsung's new Pro series tablet line up. The 8.4-inch slate offers a comfortable design, a bounty of the software features, solid hardware with smooth performance, and one of the most pixel-dense screens to date.



"I've got a Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and was new to it. Can I play videos in the format of MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, and FLV on it?"

Although the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is a good media player, it does only support the video format like MP4, DivX, XviD, H.264, H.263 and audio format MP3, WAV, eAAC+, FLAC. So if you really want to watch MKV, AVI, MOV, MVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, FLV and WebM videos on it, you need to convert these formats to Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 playable video formats like MP4. A good video converter is the key to make it possible. Pavtube Galaxy TabPro Video Converter is such a good choice for you.

If you are a Mac user, please turn to iMedia Converter for Mac to transfer your MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, FLV videos to Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 on Mac OS X. Free download the right version and enjoy all videos on Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 without any hassle!

How to convert MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, and FLV to MP4 for Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4?

Step 1: After you download the video converter, start it. Hit the "Add video" button browser the source videos location for loading.



Step 2: From the "Format" drop-down list, choose " Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Tab H.264(*.mp4)" as the output format.



Tip:
If you want to do some edit to your output videos, you could click the "Edit" icon on the button of the main interface. Then you could cut off the advertisement and black bars with "Crop" and "Trim", add *.srt, *.ass, *.ssa subtitles, etc.



Step 3: When everything is done, click the "Convert" button to start the conversion of MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, WMV, MPG, and FLV to MP4 for Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. Once the conversion is done, simply click "Open" button to get the generated MP4 files and transfer them to your Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 for fun.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Apple moves iOS to car dashboards

Apple's iPhone user interface will soon be seen on car dashboards with the rollout of CarPlay.
 
It will allow apps such as maps, music and calls running under iOS on the driver's iPhone to run on the car dashboard.
 
Car makers such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo demonstrated the touch control user interface at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
 
"CarPlay lets drivers use their iPhone in the car with minimised distraction. We have an amazing lineup of auto partners rolling out CarPlay," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPhone and iOS Product Marketing.
 
Once iPhone is connected to a vehicle with CarPlay integration, Siri voice-activation is used to access contacts, make calls or listen to voicemails.

"When incoming messages or notifications arrive, Siri provides an eyes-free experience by responding to requests through voice commands, by reading drivers' messages and letting them dictate  responses or simply make a call," said Apple.

Similarly iPhone maps apps and iTunes music library will be displayed on the dashboard. It also supports select third-party audio apps including Spotify.
 
Apple says CarPlay is available as an update to iOS 7 and works with  Lightning-enabled iPhones, including iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iPhone 5.
 
It will be available in select cars shipping later this year.

Transfer MVI/MKV/AVI/TiVo/VOB/MTS/MPG to Galaxy NotePro 12.2 for enjoying

With the video to Galaxy NotePro 12.2 converter, play videos in the format of MVI, MKV, AVI, Tivo, VOB, MTS, MPG, etc on SamSung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 would be a piece of cake.

Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 is one of the biggest gadgets of 2014. The Galaxy NotePro 12.2 has won a lot of fans. Equipped with powerful processor, 12.2-inch screen size bundled with an S Pen. Enjoying a stunning viewing experience with SamSung’s design legacy will be impressive enough. Have you been of the fans of it like me? 



Before purchasing it, I want to make sure if it is strong enough to play all my Tivo recordings and other format videos. Then searched the best video formats supported by Galaxy NotePro 12.2, I found it only support video format MP4, DivX, Xvid, WMV, H.264, H.263; audio format MP3, WAV, eAAC+, FLAC. It seems a little pity to give up such wonderful tablet due to it can not play videos in the format like MVI, MKV, AVI, TiVo, VOB, MTS, MPG, etc. My friend told me that there are some third-party software could achieve this.

After searched online and tested some conversion software, I finally chose Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. This app offer an easy way to transcode virtually all video and audio types, Tivo recording, etc to desired video/audio format for portable devices. Below are the specific steps when I use it to complete the conversion. It is so easy.

Step 1: Install this Video to Galaxy NotePro 12.2 converter; add the videos to it.

Click the “Add Video” icon to import videos to the program and you could view it in the preview window if you load them successfully.


Step 2: Choose the output format.

Click the “Format” bar and there are many device and format choice for you. For Galaxy NotePro 12.2, the “SamSung Galaxy Note (*.mp4)” profile under “SamSung” is the most suitable one.



Step 3: Start Conversion.

The last thing you need to do is click the “Convert” button to start the conversion and just wait patiently for it to complete the conversion automatically.

Some important tips forget to tell you:
1. This videos to Galaxy NotePro converter has Mac version as well.

2. When first loading Tivo video to the program, remember to enter put the Media Access Key.

3. If you want to crop the commercial advertisements or black bar in your videos, the “Edit” function could help you. It also supports to add subtitles.



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