Playing your favorite Blu-ray and DVD movies on TV via Personal Cloud Server

This article shows how to remove your BD/DVD protection and rip them into MP4/MKV format, so that you can playback the movies on TV via my personal cloud server.

My job position is in IT and my hobbies are mostly outdoor stuff. Now I have some personal DVD and BD Collections and I'm looking for a way getting them playable on TV via my personal cloud server. Don't need to keep the original file size as we have limited storage, but want to get pretty good video quality.

We did a lot of researches online and searched for the best video conversion software, finally we got this SW named Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (Windows based); I like the the multiple choices in formats and ease of use interface. It offers me the best features I need in BD/DVD conversion. The most important thing is it accepts my every disc, which Handbrake and Jack the Ripper couldn't. The Mac version is Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac.

For people who want to backup all the audio tracks or subtitles, you are suggested to try Pavtube ByteCopy or ByteCopy for Mac.  Download a trial version and do as follows.

How to rip BD/DVD movies to view on TV via personal cloud server
Step 1. Load disc

Click "Load files(s)" to import DVDs and Blu-rays. Note you need to have an external Blu-ray drive if you want to rip Blu-rays.

Keep Internet connected during importing.



Step 2. Choose format.

Here, I recommend MP4/MKV format as it's most acceptable by most TV. Click "Format" and choose H.264 Video(*.mp4) or  MKV(Matroska) Video (*.mkv) from "Common Video" option as below:



Step 3. Adjust output settings (Optional)

Click "Settings" to change video size, bitrate, frame rate and audio specs. I chose "original" size to playback on TV.

Step 4. Start conversion

Click "Convert" in the main interface to start the conversion (batch conversion supported). After conversion, click "Open" which is below the "Settings" to find the converted video.

Use a USB drive to transfer the ripped MP4/MKV media file to TV via personal cloud server, now just enjoy your Blu-ray/DVD movies anytime and anywhere!

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How to Rip/Convert Blu-ray to QuickTime on Mac

This guide offers you the easiest solution to rip and convert Blu-ray movies to QuickTime MOV format for watching Blu-ray on Mac.

QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. It's powerful media technology that works on Mac and PC with just about every popular video or audio format you come across. You may have a lot of Blu-ray discs and wanna enjoy and share the Blu-ray movies in QuickTime with family or friends at home. Howver, the Blu-ray files are saved in high-definition content with copyright protection, which make it hard to play Blu-ray video in QuickTime on Mac.

So, is there an app which makes it easy to either just watch or to convert Blu-rays to QuickTime format in an almost Apple-like way? Here, I will provide you with an effective solution to play Blu-ray movies on QuickTime with Mac OS X.

At first, in that case, a Mac Blu-ray to QuickTime Converter to transcode Blu-ray to a format that QuickTime can recognize. To convert Blu-ray to QuickTime on Mac successfully and quickly, an easy-to-use yet efficient tool-Pavtube Blu-ray Converter for Mac is highly recommended. It provides super-fast converting speed and high quality output video. Furthermore, it has optimized presets for QuickTime, which can save your much worry. Install and run the application. Do as follows. 

Tip: If you want to backup your blu-ray/dvd movies with keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams, try to use Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac.

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movie.

Free download Mac Blu-ray to QuickTime Converter, run it and load Blu-ray disc from disc driver. Before that, you need an extended BD drive connected to Mac. Check the main title of the movie and then you can also click to preview the Blu-ray movie.




Step 2. Set output format.

Click on “Format” bar to select an appropriate format from the profile list, here you can choose “Common Video > MOV – QuickTime (*.mov)”as output format.




Tip: If you like, you can click “Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. Remember bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. If you want to keep 1080p Full HD resolution, set the video size as 1080*1920.




Step 3. Start ripping Blu-ray to QuickTime MOV on Mac.

After choosing the output format, just click on “Convert” button to start ripping Blu-ray to QuickTime MOV on Mac 10.9 Mavericks for playback. When the conversion is completed, click the “Open” button to get the converted MOV videos for QuickTime playing.

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• Best .mts to Quicktime .mov converter for QuickTime Player 

Ripping Children & Family DVDs for watching on Mobile Devices

This article walks you through the whole process of converting DVD movies to mobile devices so that kids and family members are able to enjoy movies at home or anywhere they like.

Kid’s favorite animations like Olivia, Ice Age 4, Big Top Scooby-Doo, Madagascar, The Jungle Book, Despicable Me 2, and more movies will release the DVD version soon. Would you like to move and watch these new movies on your iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus, Kindle Fire HDX or other portable device with your kids and family members? Without the assistance of any tool you cannot accomplish this because there is no mobile devices that are equipped with a disc driver natively.

Among all the software applications, free or paid, Pavtube DVDAid is my first choice for two reasons. One is its easy-to-use feature with user friendly interface; another is its reasonable price and lifetime support.

Anyway, I would tell you how I rip DVD movie “UP” to my iPad Air and similar steps could be found from below tutorial for your mobile device as well.

Step 1: Download a free copy of Pavtube DVDAid, install and launch it. Insert DVD disc, hit the “Load Disc” icon to browse to disc driver and load DVD movie into this app.




Step 2: Choose the optimized format for output. In order to watch DVD movies on my iPad Air, I select “iPad” > “iPad Air HD Video(*.mp4)” as output format. To get iPad Air preset, download the patch file here.



If you have other mobile device, search for the particular profile from the “Format” drop-down list. When you cannot find your smartphone or tablet there, don’t worry, use the similar format with your device or choose Android or Window profile, and then adjust profile presets to achieve the best video and audio quality for your device.



Step 3: Click on the “Convert” button and start ripping DVD movie. When the conversion is done, I will find the converted MP4 movie in output folder and transfer to my iPad Air via iTunes 11. And the whole process of ripping DVD to iPad Air completes and I am ready to reach my DVD collection on iPad Air, iPhone 5S, and other mobile devices.

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Copy the complete DVD disc for watching on your PC/TV/iPad

Do you want to backup/copy your favourite DVD movies for watching on your PC/TV/iPad? Here you will find an easy way to do it.

I'm a DVD lover, and I'm looking for an easy tool to backup my entire DVD film for watching on my player or portable device. So how to copy the complete dvd in its original format? Then I can use it primarily for watching on my windows computer, TV, and iPad. Plus, I have two 16GB iPhones and two 16GB iPads. One each for my wife and one each for me, so it is necessary to do so, I think.

At first, I have used DVD decrypter and DVD shrink. The programs were free on the net about 15 years ago. They work well but do not decrypt and they are no longer in business. But then My son recommended Pavtube to me. Yeah, Pavtube DVDAid is an efficient and top DVD Copying software. I find I like the software the way it is, like the fact that it copies everything with ease. It can easily and fastly remove DVD protection, and lossless copy my precious DVD movies to hard drive. The Mac version is Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. Now I will show how to perform it.

Before copying DVD discs check what you need:

1. DVD disc.
2. Internet connection.
3. Top DVD Ripper software- Pavtube DVDAid for Win/Mac

You can also free download Pavtube DVDAid and have a try. It is easy to use.

Step 1. Install and run the Top DVD Ripper. Insert DVD disc, the Ripper will automatically load the disc information and click “Load Disc” to import your DVD movie.




2. Select the main title and set subtitles/audio language you'd like to preserve.

3. Select a format for conversion. To backup DVD to PC/TV/iPad, press on "Format" and choose  "MKV HD Video (*.mkv)" or "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" from "HD Video" option.




PS: If you just leave out the extract and just output the main movie, “Directly Copy” is your first choice which save storage and conversion time.



4. Start ripping DVD movie to MKV/MP4 format.

5. After conversion completes, press "Open" to locate resulted MKV/MP4 files. Copy these videos to PC/TV/iPad for watching.

Additional Tips

Pavtube application takes advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD APP technology, and the conversion speed can be increased up to 6 times faster than ever before. Moreover, Pavtube programs support adding *.srt and *.ass subtitles into video and merge into one file for output.

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Ripping Blu-ray movie in MKV HD to your VLC Player with perfect aspect ration

A brief guide assist you rip Blu-ray to MKV HD with unlocking the aspect ration, so that you can watch Blu-rays on VLC in full screen smoothly.

VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

You may use to watch Blu-rays on Windows/Mac computer with the help of an external Blu-ray drive, or rentblu-ray movies online with your VLC Player, then come the question as below:

I want to backup my Blu-ray discs then watch most of my Blu ray films on VLC Player in full screen. So how to convert my bluray movies to a file format that unlocks the aspect ration?

Surely, it’s not necessary to purposely buy a Blu-ray Player just for watching Blu-rays on VLC; as long as you havean external Blu-ray drive, we can make all this happen.

Pavtube BDMagic is such a magic tool to help you roll off your Blu-ray protection and rip Blu-ray to best MKV HD for playback on VLC with perfect aspect ratio. Mac version is available here; well support Mac Mavericks: Pavtube BDMagic for Mac.

How to watch my Blu-rays on VLC player in full screen?

Step 1. Run Best Blu-ray to VLC Converter and import disc.

Click "Load file" icon to load Blu-ray disc from ROM, or Blu-ray folder, ISO images files. DVDs are also supported.

I also noticed if you have an ISO file to import, it will recognize the ISO automatically with no need to run virtual driver and mount ISO files firstly. Good design.



Step 2. Chooseformat.

Click“Format” drop-down list and choose “HD video> MKV HD Video (*.mkv)”; it’sthe most widely used format which will be supported by your VLC Player.



Step 3. Adjustvideo specs or change aspect ratio (Optional)

Ifyou are not satisfied with default specs, then click “Settings” to enter Profiles Settings windows; here you can customize video frame rate, bitrate,size and other settings freely.

If you want to trim, crop, editaudio/subtitles or adjust aspect ratio, click the pencil-like icon and switch to “Crop” tab. Choose Advanced mode, lock the “Keep Ratio” and you can free change aspect ratio. (Usually it will be set to “Original”).

Step 4. Start conversion.

Clickthe big red “Convert” to start converting your Blu-rays to H.264 MKV HD. After the conversion, click “Open output folder” to quick locate converted files; now add the converted Blu-ray movie in MKV to your VLC Player for watching in full screen. Enjoy your movies with your friends and family!

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How to fast Backup, Copy and Rip Iron Man 3 DVD on Windows 8.1 or Mac 10.9 Mavericks?

The guide will help you copy your favourite Iron Man 3 DVD movies on Windows 8.1 or Mac 10.9 Mavericks easily by ripping and converting DVD Iron Man 3 to compatible videos for watching.

Everywhere you look Iron Man 3 is considered either "one of the best movies of 2013" or "the best Iron Man yet".  Here is some reviews for this movie:

“Iron man is almost the toughest role in The Avengers, you know, the hottest movie yesteryear, and Robert Downey Jr. is really a badass star and I love him.” – Ricky Barnes

“Oh man... this is really good in an unfamiliar way. In a race that began in 2008 to be crowned Hollywood's Coolest and Most Awesome Superhero Movie.” – Lee Aequus

"I really enjoyed this movie. hey what can I say i'm an iron man fan. and a superhero fan as well."- David A. Smith

Now that its DVD was released on Sep 24,2013, you my have ordered Iron Man 3 already. For DVD lovers, it's a good idea to make a copy and rip the Iron Man 3 DVD for permanent collection and convenient playback anytime and anywhere. Then how to complete this task? Let's discuss in this article.

At first, you need a DVD Backup Tool. With so many DVD Copiers available on the market, it can be tough to know exactly which DVD copying program to choose. Here I will recommend you 2014 Top DVD Copy- a powerful DVD Ripper and Copier.

Overall, Pavtube DVDAid is designed as a professional DVD converting program which works with 1:1 backup solution and convert DVD to Apple/Android/Windows Devices for watching, etc. It's ease of use, not fuss and simple to follow. Don't you like to have a try?

They provide free trial (no time limitation) before purchase; and you can reach the Mac version here.

How to fast Backup, Copy and Rip Iron Man 3 DVD on Windows 8.1 or Mac 10.9 Mavericks?

Step 1. Run Best DVD Ripper and import disc.

Click this icon to load Iron Man 3 DVD disc from ROM, IFO/ISO or folder. I also noticed if you have a ISO file to import, it will recognize the ISO file automatically with no need to run virtual driver and mount ISO files firstly. Good design.

Step 2. Choose format.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose proper format for different using.



For instance, if you simply want to back up DVD to hard drive on Windows 8.1 or Mac 10.9 Mavericks. Here are two solutions:

1. Click the "computer" icon on the top to output 1:1 DVD file exactly the same as original.
2. Select "Copy>Directly Copy" in format list to output an intact m2ts file of the main title.



For people who want to watch DVD on Apple/Android/Windows devices, you can choose "Common Video > H.264 Video (*.mp4)”, or select corresponding video from “iPad” or “Android” or other option, to get a suitable video compatible with your device.



Step 3. Change video specs. (Optional)

If you are not satisfied with default specs, then click "Settings" to enter Profiles Settings windows. You can customize video frame rate, bitrate, size and other settings freely.

(It does not work for directly copy)

Step 4. Start conversion.

Click the big red "Convert" to start backing up or converting your Iron Man 3 DVDs. Usually backup will be quicker because it does not need to do trancoding.

After the conversion, click "Open output folder" to quick locate converted files. Connect your hard drive to computer and transfer them into it.

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Top 10 Best Animation Films for Kids/Children in 2014 (Reviews + Backup)
Converting MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV to Android Tablet & Smartphone on Windows 8.1/8