Put Blu-ray Movies to Apple TV with 5.1 surround sound on Mac

Overview: The following guide tells you how to rip Blu-ray to Apple TV meanwhile export the AC3 5.1 audio track and AAC stereo track. The Apple TV can not decode AC3 5.1 codec? It doesn’t matter, because it is able to optically pass through the AC3 5.1 audio to your AV receiver that decodes Dolby Digital. Let’s get down to the guide.

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Blu-ray or Blu-ray Disc ( BD , BRD ) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was designed to supersede the DVD format, in that it is capable of storing high-definition video resolution (1080p). It can hold and play back large quantities of high-definition video and audio, as well as photos, data and other digital content.

Apple TV gives you access to the best content blockbuster movies, sports, your music and photos, and more. You can even play content from your iOS device or Mac on your TV wirelessly using AirPlay. Apple TV supported video formats are listed here:

• H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline Profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 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, 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

Have you ever imagine watch Bluray DVD movie on the Apple TV?

To help so many Blu-ray movies fans and Apple TV users solve the problem, here we give you some tips. According the introduction above we know that the Apple TV supported video format is limited to MP4, M-JPEG and H.264. In order to watch Blu-ray movies on Apple TV with 5.1 surround sound, you have to rip and backup Blu-rays to Apple TV friendly formats in advance.

Here we recommend you Pavtube BDMagic for Mac, which is a user-friendly and handy tool to rip Blu-ray movies to Apple TV supported formats, here we suggest you choose H.264 format because of it’s good user experience. The app can efficiently rip Blu-ray to H.264 (*.m4v) format to store with high quality in small file size and 5.1 surround sound, added into iTunes and then stream to Apple TV for watching anytime and anywhere. If you are not familiar with this program and want to get a Blu-ray movie onto your Apple TV. Do not hurry. Here is the detailed steps about how to rip and convert Blu-ray to Apple TV with 5.1 surround sound on Mac.

          

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- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper-mac/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-76177782.html

Note: If you want to rip Blu-ray to Apple TV supported formats on Windows, pls download BDMagic for Windows and refer to the guide.

How to Rip Blu-ray to watch on Apple TV with 5.1 surround sound?

Step 1. Import Blu-ray movies

Put Blu-ray disc into your Blu-ray drive and then plug the Blu-ray drive into the computer through its USB cable. Then click "File", from its drop-down list, select "Load from disc" to import Blu-ray disc to the program.



Step 2. Choose H.264 for output format

Clicking the Format bar, you can click "Apple TV" >> "Apple TV H.264 (*.m4v) as output format from the format list. (Optimal Video Encoding Settings for Apple TV)



Step 3. Get the Blu-ray videos to Apple TV conversion starts.

Clicking the "Convert" button on main interface and get the Blu-ray videos to Apple TV conversion starts. 

After the conversion, transfer the Blu-ray to iTunes and import to Apple TV for watching with ease. There you have it!

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How to Backup Blu-ray Disc to NAS for Streaming?

NAS, with Network Attached Storage in full, is the extender for home sharing. It is easy for us to connect this device with our HDTV, computers and other playable devices. If you have tons of movies on Blu-ray Discs, and want to copy them to NAS for streaming with the devices mentioned above, you need to convert Blu-ray to NAS compatible MP4 or MKV format first, so that you can preserve them on NAS or playback on HD media player/home theatre for sharing with your families and friends with ease.

To backup Blu-ray movies for NAS, Pavtube BDMagic is highly recommended (). The program allows you to transform Blu-ray movies to NAS friendly audio and video formats with best settings for NAS streaming, like H.265/HEVC, MKV, MP4, MOV, DivX, AVI, MP3, FLAC, etc. Here we suggest you choose the NAS best compatible format MKV and MP4, as far as we know, MP4, MKV are commonly supported formats for computer, Apple TV, iOS devices, Cyclone Micro Player, Roku player, WDTV, PS4, PS3, 4K HD TV, etc. via streaming videos from NAS.

What’s more, it can also enable you to rip Blu-ray/DVD/ISO for directly playback on Android, iOS, Windows based devices; directly copy Blu-ray without extras, save 100% intact M2TS/VOB main movie from your Blu-ray without any quality loss; Or 1:1 full disc copy, copy the entire disc in original file structure with all subtitle tracks and audio streams preserved. And it's easy to use and very stable. 

Tips:

1. If you are using Mac, you can also use the BDMagic for Mac, here is the steps.
2. If you want to rip Blu-ray and DVD to multi-track MKV/MP4/AVI/MOV, pls refer the guide.

To smoothly backup Blu-ray to NAS for streaming, just download it and follow the steps below to learn how to do it.

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html

How to Backup Blu-ray to NAS in MKV/MP4 format for streaming?

Step 1. Load Blu-ray disc to the program.

Put Blu-ray disc into your Blu-ray drive and then plug the Blu-ray drive into the computer through its USB cable. Then click "File", from its drop-down list, select "Load from disc" to import Blu-ray disc to the program.



Step 2. Choose output format for portable devices

Clicking the Format bar, you can choose output format from the format list for other portable devices. For example, choose *.m4v for viewing on Apple TV.

 

One special function that makes Pavtube BDMagic stands out is you can easily select your needed tracks, subtitles.

Step 3. Select desired subtitles track and audio streams

Check the movie titles you want to rip. Click the drop-down list of Subtitles, then all the subtitles info in the Blu-ray will be shown clearly, so you can select your needed language as your subtitles freely.



What's more, Pavtube BDMagic also offers an option called Forced subtitles, which enables you to see subtitles only when actors are speaking a different language. For instance, if you specify English (your mother tongue) as your subtitles, and meanwhile tick off “Forced subtitles” option, then when actors are speaking English, no subtitles will show up, but when they are talking with each other in French, the English subtitles will appear accompanying with the French.

To select your desired audio track, just click the pull down menu of “Audio”, and then the popup drop-down list will give you the detailed information of all audio tracks, including audio codec and language.



Step 4. Start Blu-ray to NAS backing up

Clicking the “Convert” button on main interface, you can go to Conversion window to get Blu-ray for NAS conversion starts.



You can find conversion information on the window, such as Time elapsed, Time left, Generated size, and Estimated size.

After the conversion, you can stream the ripped Blu-ray movies to NAS for streaming to media players such as HDTV, iPad, PS3, etc., then you can get Blu-ray enjoyment anywhere and anytime you like. Learn >> How to Add movies to DLNA server for watching.

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How do I Backup Blu-ray to External Hard Drive

Blu-ray or Blu-ray Disc ( BD , BRD ) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was designed to supersede the DVD format, in that it is capable of storing high-definition video resolution (1080p). It can hold and play back large quantities of high-definition video and audio, as well as photos, data and other digital content.

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However, the biggest shortcoming for users is that the Blu-ray Disc is inconvenient to carry and is could not play on a PC/laptop without a CD drive. Most of the people are choosing to backup Blu-ray collection to external hard drive and then accessing or viewing them with local computer or portable devices. I admit that is excellent. Before this, you should know that you need to remove the copy protection from your Blu-ray first, and then you will could get the permission to transfer and backup Blu-ray to your external hard drive.

The Pavtube ByteCopy, is a powerful program with the ability of getting the copy protection off the Blu-ray discs without quality loss, so that you can save them to your external hard drive and watch them on Apple iOS devices, Android OS devices, Windows , Mac, and other supported devices.

       

How to Backup Blu-ray to External Hard Drive?

Step 1. Import Blu-ray movie

Load Blu-ray movie into ByteCopy by clicking on the "Load Disc" button. Keep your mind to select preferred subtitle and audio track on the main UI.

Step 2. Choose output format

Click on the drop-down list of Format, and then choose Common Video > MKV HD(*.mkv) as output format. With this format, users can keep best Blu-ray entertainment.



Step 3. Change settings to achieve better Blu-ray enjoyment

Go to the "Profile Settings" screen to adjust audio and video settings to the best level for your playback device. On "Profile Settings" screen, you can change parameters like size, bitrate, frame rate, channels, etc. If you are not sure what kind of devices you'll play it on, just forget it and keep default setting( optimal setting for common devices).



Step 4: Start Blu-ray backup process and move to your external hard drive.

Hit on the "Convert" button to get conversion started. After conversion completes, press "Open" to locate resulted converted files and move these to your external hard drive.

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How to Backup DVD Disc to VOB for Playing on VLC Media Player?

VOB (Video Object) is the container format in DVD-Video media. VOB can contain digital video, digital audio, subtitles, DVD menus and navigation contents multiplexed together into a stream form.Files in VOB format have a .vob filename extension and are typically stored in the VIDEO_TS directory at the root of a DVD.

VLC ( VLC media player ) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VOB files usually exist on DVD discs and when you are trying to import the VOB files to VLC for viewing, you may find that all VOB files in the Video-TS folder are just grayed out. So you may need to find a easy to how to play the VOB footage on VLC Media Player, right?

In general, it is easy to view DVD movie on VLC Media Player directly for the one who has have the experience of using VLC Media Player by some simple clicks. Follow the steps:

Lunch the VLC Media Player and go to the view option to select full screen or press F11 to activate full screen; Insert your DVD into your DVD drive on your PC and open it within VLC Media Player; Click the play button and utilize the playback control to enjoy the movie.

However, a DVD disc may destroyed or discontinuous to play after many times, or just you don't get the DVD with you when you can't help to enjoying that movie at that time? What should we do to prevent this situations happened?

In this case, i would like to recommend you a great helpful program named Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, it is the best DVD solution to save a 100% intact DVD VOB movie without extras.

    

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How to Backup DVD Movies on VLC Media Player?

Step1. Add the DVD files
Insert your DVD into your DVD drive on your PC, and running the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. Click "File" menu, and select "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to import DVD files.



Step2. Directly copy

By choosing Copy > Directly Copy, you are able to copy the selected movie file in its original format without quality loss. When directly copy a DVD video, you will get .vob as output.



Step3. Get the conversion begins

Click the Convert button on main interface, you can get conversion starts.

After conversion finished, you could open the converted files and load it to VLC for watching.

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How to Import DVD to Windows Media Player for playing?

Windows Media Player provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to play digital media files, organize your digital media collection, burn CDs of your favorite music, rip music from CDs, sync digital media files to a portable device, and shop for digital media content from online stores. Even thought it accepts a wide range of media, such as WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4 as input, as well as audio CDs, data CDs, and data DVDs . Here comes the question, can DVD play on the Windows Media Player directly? Absolutely not! The reason is that the Windows Media Player does not recognize the native video format of most DVDs.

There are two ways to play DVD on Windows Media Player:

The first one is that you should have a compatible DVD decoder installed on your computer. More than one DVD decoder for windows media player can be searched on Google, you can choose one of them to install for playing DVD on your Windows Media Player.

The second one is to convert DVD video to Windows Media Player supported video format. After searching on Google , I find Pavtube DVDAid is designed to convert video format of DVD to the suitable format include WMV for Windows Media Player. Of course, you can convert other various formats that Windows Media Player supported, however, to accelerate the conversion speed and preserve the quality of the original video, you'd better choose format WMV which is most compatible for Windows Media Player. If you prefer this way , below guide will help you a lot.

      

How to convert DVD to Windows Media Player? 

Step1: Load DVD movie

Insert DVD disc to the DVD drive and then launch Pavtube DVDAid. Click "Load from disc" button to import DVD into this app. After importing, all movie titles will be listed in the program. You can preview the imported movie file by double clicking or checking one of them and click the play button under preview window.



Step2: Choose output format

Clicking the Format bar, you can choose output format from the format list or customize which formats to be shown on the list. Here we choose WMV(Window media video format)as output format from Format drop-down list.



Step3:Edit video

Pavtube DVDAid is not only a converter program, but also a simple and easy video editor. You can customize video and audio settings, such as Video Codec, Video Bitrate, Video Frame rate, Audio Codec, Audio Bitrate, Audio Channel, to get a satisfying video/audio playback on Windows Media Player.



Step4: Convert DVD to WMV

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the program will start converting video to WMV according the format you choose in step 2 for Windows Media Player.
After the conversion, you can add the output DVD videos to Windows Media Player.

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How to Upload iTunes DRM M4V Videos to Youtube?

YouTube (owned by Google) is the most popular online video sharing site at present with over 1 billion (1,000,000,000) visitors per month in average. It enables people to post videos online for sharing with thousands of millions of people of the world within a few minutes. 

For Apple users, most people did not yet have a clear idea of uploading iTunes videos to Youtube. There are some more important information available for you before you solve this issue. 

The first is what the feature of iTunes Movies, TV shows and music videos? Briefly, they are all copy protected by Apple's Fairplay DRM technology. We can't do anything more except watch the iTunes purchased or rented videos with Apple products, like iTunes, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV etc.  

The second is what video formats are supported by YouTube for uploading? YouTube accepts videos uploaded in most formats, including AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, MPEG-4(.mp4), MPEG, WMV, etc. As the most recommended YouTube upload video format, MP4 overlaps all the advantages with small file size, high compression rate (for high quality) and popularity, which includes two video Codecs, namely, MPEG4 and H.264, which are both widely supported, together with AAC (2 Channel - 8 Channel) and MP3 as audio Codec.  

What should we do if we want to upload clips from iTunes videos to Youtube? It's easy with Pavtube ChewTune, which adopts an unique DRM decrypting technique to strip DRM off from all video downloaded from iTunes, besides, you can convert both DRM-ed and non-DRM video to all popular video/audio formats, here we choose MP4, in order to upload video to Youtube. Below steps will help you a lot.

      

How to Upload iTunes DRM M4V Videos to Youtube? 

Step1. Load iTunes video

Click "File" menu, and select "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to import iTunes video. 

Step2. Set output format 

Clicking the Format bar, you can choose MP4 as the output format from the format list

Step3. Start producing DRM-free files

 Click the "Convert" button to get the conversion started. After the conversion, you can click Open output folder and upload it to Youtube directly.

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