Comparison between Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Handbrake

Read the full comparison between Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Handbrake. I test each product thoroughly and give high marks to only the best. All ideas expressed are my own, honest opionions.

Handbrake is a well-known video transcoder software application. And Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is an all-in-one toolbox which I used for years. In the past several days, I've tested the similarities and differences between the two programs- Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Handbrake, now I'd like to share my summary here. This post is written without partiality, just be objective to show the truth, hope it will be of some help for you guys.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (4.7.0) VS. Handbrake (0.9.9)



1. Input:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Able to load BD/DVD discs, a wide range of video files.

Commonly used H.264, MP4, MOV, MKV, VOB, WMV, MPG, Tivo, AVI, Divx, M4V, QT, FLV, F4V, ASF, 3GP, TS, MTS, M2TS, TP, TRP, MOV, MOD, TOD, MXF(partial), DV, M2V, 3G2, RM, RMVB, DAT, NUT, NSV, etc. etc.
3D Blu-ray movies, 2D Blu-ray movies, Blu-ray Folder, Blu-ray ISO Image File
DVD movies, DVD Folder, DVD IFO File, DVD ISO Image File.

Handbrake: Able to load a wide range of video files, including commonly used .mkv, .flv, .m2ts, .mp4, .wmv, avi, .mod, etc., and unprotected DVD .vob files, but unable to work with .tivo files.

2. Loading speed:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: The speed of loading files is faster than Handbrake, especially when loading DVD files.

Handbrake: The speed of loading files is much slower than Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, especially while importing DVD files.

3. Output

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Output formats are various.

Common video formats:

AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, MOV, M4V, VOB, DV, ASF, MPG, 3GP, 3G2, etc.

HD video formats:

MP4, MOV, MPG, MKV, WMV, TS, AVI, etc.

Lossless video stream:

VOB, MPG, TS, M2TS from DVDs, Tivo shows and Blu-ray Discs

Flash video:

FLV, F4V, SWF

Note: Video Converter Ultimate does not support ISO output.

Handbrake: Output format are limited, only MP4, MKV, and M4V.

4. Audio Pass Thru

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: No Audio Pass Thru option

Handbrake: Allow AC3 pass-through, or DTS pass-through

5. Preview

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Preview videos in real time.

Handbrake: Need encoding firstly, and then preview with external media players, like QuickTime and VLC.

6. Batch conversion

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Supports batch conversion and multiple files can be converted in the same time.

Handbrake: Supports batch conversion, but files can only be converted one by one.

7. Editing functionality

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: More Powerful editing functionality, including cropping, trimming, adding text, image and video watermarks, audio replacement, adjusting contrast, brightness, and saturation, as well as adding special effects, and deinterlacing.

Handbrake: Supports cropping, adding subtitles, adding multiple audio tracks, and video filters.

8. Subtitles

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Support attaching SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles

Handbrake: Supports adding subtitles

9. Advanced settings

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Allows adjusting audio and video parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel.

Handbrake: Allows adjusting video codec and frame rate only.

10. Conversion speed

Source file for testing:

MKV file, video codec:H.264；Resolution: 1280*536; Frame Rate: 24; Duration: 01:45:55; Audio Codec: DCA; Sample Rate: 48000Hz; Channels: 6

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate:
Convert to MKV format, Video codec: h264, Size: original, Bit rate: High Quality; Audio Codec: aac; Sample rate (hz):44100; Bit rate (bps):128000; Channels: Stereo

Time expenditure: 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Handbrake:

Convert to MKV format, Video codec: h264, Frame Rate: Same as source, adding subtitles and using Audio Pass Thru.

Time expenditure: 5.5 hours

If you have interests to have a try about the two programs by yourself, you can download them here:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate
Handbrake 0.9.9

BTW, as Handbrake can't let users convert copyright protected DVDs and encrypted DVDs for backup, but just homemade DVDs. If you want to convert protected DVDs, I usually use Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to rip my commercial DVDs.

See also:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate Review, Promotion and Guide
2014 Top 5 Best Audio and Video Converter Ultimate Reviewed
Pavtube Major Upgrade in BDMagic, DVDAid, ByteCopy and Video Converter Ultimate

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Move "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray onto Western Digital My Book Live for roku streaming with Mac OS X

This article introduces how to backup or copy "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray disc to Western Digital My Book Live on Mac, so that you can watch the movie on Roku without format problems.

Review: Everything About 'The Lego Movie"

It would have been so much easier, and so much safer, for directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to just make the kind of Lego Movie that you probably expected from the marketing. They could have crafted a simple hero’s journey, crammed with celebrity cameos and postmodern humor, and called it a day while watching the money roll in and the toy sales shoot through the roof.

And there are all of these elements in this particular Lego Movie, but there is also something more. The film goes in some wonderfully unexpected directions and takes real storytelling risks. I cannot say how everyone will respond to its narrative left turns and unexpected poignancy, but they elevate to the film far above a glorified toy commercial. The Lego Movie may in fact be brilliant. Expected release date for The Lego Movie DVD and Blu-ray discs is May-June, 2014.

How to bacup "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray onto Western Digital My Book Live" on Mac

With "The Lego Movie(2014)" to be released on Blu-ray, I have the question: how to digitize a blu-ray movie and put it on my western digital mybooklive device for streaming onto roku devices with Mac OS X?

To copy my Blu-ray on My Book Live with Mac, it may take a lot of energy. Although, MacX DVD Ripper Pro Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate and iDVD can do this, none of them can be easier to use that Pavtube.

The best BDMagic for Mac from Pavtube can help you back up Blu-ray and DVD movies to Mac hard drive, copy them to Home Server, NAS for storage and watching them on HDTV and HD Media player including PS3, PSP, Xbox, Dune HD Player, WD TV Live within few clicks. Really simple interface and powerful function. On the roku, I use the roksbox channel, configured to steam movies from the WD/apache server. Works really good on my home network.

Detailed steps to copy "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray to My Book Live on Mac

Before copying Blu-ray discs check what you need:

1. An external Blu-ray drive.

2. Top Mac Blu-ray Ripper software - Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac

3. Internet connection.

4. "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray disc.

You can also free download Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and have a try.

Step 1. Install and run the Top Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and insert Blu-ray disc into the Blu-ray drive, the Ripper will automatically load the disc information.

Make sure you have enough space on your drive (depending on the disc, this could be up to 50 GB).



Step 2. To copy the M2TS/ VOB streams only without menus and ads, pls choose the "Directly copy" option in "Copy". (The main movie is selected by default.)




Or you can click on “Copy the entire disc” button to back up Blu-ray movie to Mac. A 90 min. Blu-ray takes about 40 min to copy to Mac hard drive. The ripped Blu-ray directory contains two folders, “BDMV” and “CERTIFICATE”. Then the ruku is able to play the M2TS files from Blu-ray directory.

Step 3. Specify an output folder to save Blu-ray movie.

Click “Browse” button and specify an output location. Make sure there is enough space for a whole BD movie (usually 25GB-50GB) when backing up Blu-ray disc to Mac HDD.

Step 4. Back up Blu-ray/DVD for My Book Live on Mac.

After the copying process completes, you can get the final output files by clicking “Open” button with ease, then copy resulting file to My Book Live and then stream onto your Roku.

Additional Tips

The Top Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can help you remove Blu-ray protection and rip "The Lego Movie(2014)" Blu-ray to common formats: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, SWF, FLV, F4V, etc. Most popular portable devices are also supported, so that you can enjoy Blu-ray movies on your iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad 4, iPad 3, Surface RT/Pro, Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, Sony Xperia Z1, Xperia Z2, Motorola Droid Mini, Moto X, Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro, Galaxy Note 3, Google new Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX...

Plus, 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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Convert DVD to PS4 without quality loss for enjoying freely

This post will give you the easiest solution to rip DVD movies to PS4 for playing on HDTV or Home Theatre, especially for users who want to keep their DVD from scratched.

Sony PS4 is released in more and more countries, many fans have got this striking video game console, with it, we can play latest games on HDTV’s big screen and home theatre. If you happen to have a great DVD collection, you can play DVD on PS4 and enjoy a fantastic movie night with your family. But as we know, DVD Discs are easy to break after playing on PS4's drive over and over again.

To get hundreds of DVDs playable with a remote control on PS4, the best choice is make a digital copy of the DVD discs for permanent enjoying. To get it done, Pavtube DVD Ripper is the best tool for you. Overall, this program can help you extract DVD movies to PS4 playable format with fast speed and zero quality loss. The Mac version is Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. Below is guide for you to learn how to convert DVD to PS4 for watching or streaming.

Overall, in addition it is also a good tool for user making DVD enjoyment, and this powerful function is always be overlooked by consumers, it supports many media formats such as MP4, H.264, H.263, DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-2, and if you have some DVD movies at hand, you can use this Pavtube DVD Ripper ripping and converting them to store on PlayStation 4 (PS4), then you can take it everywhere for playing.

Tip:

If you also want to enjoy Blu-ray/DVD movies to 3D videos for playback, trying Pavtube Bytecopy (Win/Mac), which can help you to backup your BD/DVD keeping original subtitle streams and multi-track audios.

Step 1: Run Pavtube DVD to PS4 Converter, and load DVD files to it. You can click “DVD ROM” to load movie from DVD drive or “ISO/IFO” DVD ISO file.



Step 2: Select output format for PS4. Click on the drop-down list at the opposite side of “Format”, and then choose “PS3 Video(720P) MPEG-4(*.mp4)” format for streaming DVD rips to PS4.



Tip: This PS4 DVD Ripper 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 mp4 video for PS4 streaming.

Click “Convert” button to rip DVD to PS4, once the ripping task is finished by Pavtube DVD to PS4 Converter, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output mp4 file for streaming to PS4.

You can use a PC with PS4 Media Server, TVersity, Windows Media Player 11, Vuse, Nero MediaHome or Mezzmo configured. (Learn how to set up Windows PC as a DLNA Media Server for PS4 streaming.)

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Copy and Backup Blu-ray to Galaxy - Create Digital Copy of Bluray to Galaxy Tab 4

This article mainly discusses about how to Copy Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab 4. In this page, you will find the info about Galaxy Tab 4, and how to backup "The Blues Brothers" Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab 4 (7.0, 8.0, 10.1) for watching.  

With the Galaxy S5 smartphone launch out of the way, Samsung is focusing on its new lineup of tablets, which will debut May 1. Available now for pre-order, the Galaxy Tab4 series comes in 10.1-inch (pictured), 8-inch, and 7-inch screen sizes. The HD display, multitasking capabilities and easy sharing features make the Galaxy Tab4 a great fit for both consumers and businesses, as well as perfect for watching movies.

However, one of its big disadvantages is the failing into Blu-ray. There is no blu-ray drive for this Android tablet, and the Blu-ray videos do not play on Galaxy Tab 4. You need a program to help you remove the copy protections on commercial Blu-ray.

A free way is Handbrake. And I usually use Pavtube BDMagic, a powerful and simple tool including Blu-ray Ripper, DVD Ripper and ISO/IFO File Converter, which can rip latest 2D/3D Blu-ray like my favourite "The Blues Brothers" to Galaxy friendly playback format in few steps, I think it is also fit for my ordered Galaxy Tab 4. here is our customer's experience.

• Read More: Top 5 Best Blu-ray Ripper Review for Android, iOS, Windows 8 tablets/phones

First of all, you need download and install a free copy of the best Blu-ray Ripper to Galaxy Tab 4 on your computer. It is a 100% clear software and allows you to access all the functions.


 

Note: This guide uses Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Windows screenshots. The way to rip Blu-ray movies to Galaxy Tab 4 on Mac (Mountain Lion & Mavericks) is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system. (Get Blu-ray to Galaxy Tab 4 Ripper for Mac)

The operation is simple. Few clicks you will make it done. Just follow me to get the fascinate solution to convert "The Blues Brothers" Blu-ray movies to Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

Step 1. Download and run Pavtube BDMagic or BDMagic for Mac, load your Blu-ray movies into it.

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper will detect and list the main title (the full length of this movie) and check it by default. So just keep it untouched and let’s move on to Step 2.

Step 2. Highlight the movie title you want to rip, and then you can click the dropdown menu below "Subtitles" and "Audio" respectively, you will see many presets for difference devices and programs.

In this case, you are suggested to select "Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Tab H.264(*.mp4)” as the best MP4 preset for Galaxy Tab 4.



Step 3. Adjust specs or edit video before conversion (Optional).

Click "Settings" button to configure file quality for  Galaxy Tab 4. After entering “Profile Settings” panel, you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters such as bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and more.



If you prefer a much better video quality and don’t mind the output file size, you can rise the video bit rate higher than 1500. Generally speaking, the higher video bit rate will result in the larger output file size, and vice versa.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Now hit the big red "Convert" to start converting "The Blues Brothers" Blu-ray movies to Galaxy Tab 4 MP4 with best video quality for playback.

After the conversion, you can get the converted Blu-ray rips in .mp4 format by clicking the "Open" or "Open output folder" icon and transfer the result videos to your Galaxy Tab 4.

Now, you are able to watch "The Blues Brothers" Blu-ray movies on Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 anytime and anywhere.

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Converting MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV to Android Tablet & Smartphone on Windows 8.1/8

Is it possible to transfer all kinds of Videos (MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV) to Android devices for viewing on the go? Get the best movie converter to convert these video files to Android Tablet & Smartphone on Windows 8.1/8 easily.

Android devcies are widely used around the world. World famous Manufacturers produced their own android tablets or smartphones. Such as Samsung, Asus, Acer, HTC, Amazon, Barnes & Noble… Thousands of applications and the user-friendly interface make Android became the most popular OS on portable device.

If you are a movie lover, and downloaded videos in MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV, you may want to transfer them to your Android smartphone or tablet. With all these videos on your portable Android device, you will be entertained for many hours. And the following article will give you a perfect solution to view our favorite MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV movies on android tablet or smartphone on Windows 8.1/8.

At first, a movie converter is needed to help you converting videos to Android supported format in a simplest way. After searching, I find more than one people suggest to rip Pavtube HD Video Converter. The lastest updated version can support new released BD and DVD and fixed some known bugs. To satisfy all users, the remarkable breakthrough is now it gives windows install package with digital signature. It is an all-in-one ideal app to help you to convert Blu-ray, DVD, and HD videos to almost any other common video format such as VOB, FLV, WMV, AVI, MKV or backup the BD, DVD keeping the whole movie structure as you need. With it, you can enjoy 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVD and HD videos on Android devices, like Galaxy NotePro, Galaxy TabPro, Kindle Fire HDX, Nabi 2, DreamTab, Xperia Z2, Galaxy S5, etc.

The Mac version is HD Video Converter for Mac.

Now just download it and follow the tutorial below.

Convert MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV for playing on Android Devices on Windows 8.1/8

1. Click the "Add video" icon to import all kinds of movie files correspondingly.

2. Click the drop-down list on the bottom; choose proper presets according to your device model. You can see columns for normal Android devices from Android catalogue, or you can use the small search box to locate your device quickly.

And basically the “H.264 Video(*.mp4)” is a universal format for your Android device.



3. Check the pencil-like icon to activate the editing function. Here you can trim video for your needed length, crop video to get rid of annoying black edges, join multiple video clips into one, add text/image watermark and add subtitles. For example, if the original movie has no subtitle or the subtitles you need, you can download it from website and then add the subtitles into the output videos for full enjoyment with this software.

Notice the small triangles under the progress bar? Click them to adjust frame by frame easily.

4. Click on "Settings" to modify the video size (resolution) as 1280*720. For watching videos on a tablet or smartphone running Android, 720p with 2000~2500kbps is just all right. Overall, the same bitrate in 1080p and 720p is almost the same.

Pls notes that the video quality improved with the bitrate, but not the higher the better. You need to consider your device configuration as the high bitrate required higher read&write speed.

4. Ok now click the “Convert” button to start converting/downsize 1080p to 720p for playing on Android device on Windows 8.1/8. It supports batch conversion, you can import and transcode multiple 1080p files at one time.

After conversion, click “Open” to locate the converted video directly. Transfer the result video file to your Android device. Now, you can watch  MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, M2TS, WMV, MPG, WebM, MVI, FLV videos on Android Tablet & Smartphone smoothly.

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