Video, DVD and Blu-ray Media Solution

Friday, March 11, 2016

Play MKV files with VLC Media Player Without Any Hassle

VLC, this open source and cross-platform multimedia player, is very popular among users and powerful on playing DVDs, CDs, various videos, even streams. It can open and play MKV files on Mac El Capitan and Windows 10. But since MKV is a video container that can contain various video and audio codec, so it will be common to meet MKV playback issue with VLC like below:

1. My VLC can’t open some of my MKV files.
2. Only video display in VLC while play MKV files, why?
3. Strangely, the sound and video was unsynchronized while playing a MKV file with VLC. But when playing MP4, it will be file.
4. Why no audio play when I am playing MKV in VLC?

The reason that VLC can’t play MKV file finely is perhaps the code issue. The video or audio codec in MKV file is not supported by VLC. In this case, you can choose to convert MKV to VLC more supported MP4 files with a video converter.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate(review) is a nice choice. It concentrates on offering simplest and fastest solution to convert any HD/SD videos. It is capable of converting SD/HD MKV to VLC in AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV etc, and delivering high video & audio quality.

It allows you to adjust video/audio codec, resolution, bitrate, channel, frame rate, display aspect ratio and deinterlacing video, rotate video, add subtitle to vidoe, add watermark to video, compress 4K to 1080p, trim/crop video.

Learn >> Top 3 Video Converter 2016

Free download and install

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html

How to convert original MKV file to VLC?

Step 1: Load mkv files

Click “File” to load MKV files to Pavtube MKV to VLC converter. Or you can simply drag and drop the MKV files to the app. You can see all the chapter added will be listed. The main title will be automatically detected to convert. But if also can select certain chapter to convert.

Tip:
1. At the bottom of the chapter list, you can choose desired subtitle/audio track in “Subtitle” and “Audio” box.
2. You can preview the video on the right window and take a snapshot of your loved scene.

Step 2: Choose MP4 for VLC

Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “HD Video -> H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” as the best output format for playing in VLC.

If the default A/V settings cannot fit your needs, you can click “Settings” button to custom the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically.

Step 3: Start to convert MKV to VLC

Press the “Convert” button on the bottom-right corner of this MKV to VLC Video Converter to start doing video conversion. The larger the MKV files are, the more conversion time should be taken.

After converted MKV to MP4, then you can add it to VLC to play now.

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Transcode VOB to MPEG-4 for LG TV’s and tablets

If you don’t convert vob file to a mpeg 4, you wil hardly play the .VOB file on your LG TV and tablet because no mattter LG TV or tablet support VOB format. Only if you make the conversion of VOB to MPEG 4, you can use the MPEG 4 (aka. mp4) on LG TV and tablets.

But how to get the free conversion of VOB to MPEG-4 for LG TV and tablets8? Normally conversion of a high quality VOB video into MPEG 4 requires a VOB to MPEG 4 converter and it will cost a lot time for process because size of the VOB file. On the other hand, there are too many software packages around the world use for converting VOB file into MPEG 4, but “Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (review)” is becoming more popular due to its advance “Head-to-Head” comparisons technique, which is X30 times faster than other converters.

It helps you to convert VOB videos to MPEG 4 for LG TV and tablets. It largely widens the usage of your VOB videos to be played on popular WMP, WMC, VLC, QuickTime and othe MPEG 4 format supported devices. With it, playing VOB files will be a piece of cake.

Besides free converting VOB to MPEG 4 videos, this VOB to MPEG 4 freeware also supports to convert VOB to MKV,AVI, MOV, H.265, M3U8, WMV, etc with excellent video/audio quality with fast speed. There is no malware, no adware, no spyware and no virus. 100% clean.

Supported OS: Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows 10

Free download and install

Step 2: Choose MPEG 4 format

Navigate to “Format” > “Common Video” > “MPEG 4 Video(*.mp4)”

Tip: open “Settings” windows, video and audio codec, size, bitrate, channel, etc can be adjusted.

Step 3: Convert VOB to MPEG 4

Press on “Convert” to start the conversion of VOB to MPEG 4.

After the VOB to MPEG 4 transcoding process, open the output folder. Then you can find the genereted MPEG 4 video. You can play the MPEG 4 video on your LG TV or your tablet, PC and iPhone, iPad.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Play DVD via WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless on HD TV

The WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless offers data redundancy, Windows Server integration, and an excellent set of personal cloud features. It makes you stream videos to connected TVs, media players, gaming consoles, and other DLNA/UPnP devices. For those who have large DVD libraries and love to enjoy DVD movies on HD TV but worry about the scratch, ripping and backing up DVD to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless for HD TV playback is no doubt a good idea. In this way, you can stream your DVD movies on HD TV via WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless without using DVD discs any longer.

Hot Search: Stream Blu-ray via WD My Cloud | Rip Blu-ray to WD Media Server for TV

This is not hard work under the help of DVD Ripper<DVD Ripper Software vs. DVD Copy Software>. Here I strongly recommend Pavtube BDMagic to help you rip and backup DVD to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless for HD TV playback. It has the enough function that make me love it:

Remove copy protection from DVD disc
Shift format to digital version
Output MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, etc
Has optimized preset for LG/Samsung/Sony/Panasonic TV
Trim & crop DVD video
Split & merge DVD video
Adjust A/V codec, bitrate, size.
Adjust display aspect ratio
Add subtitle to DVD video
Batch convert DVD video to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless
GPU acceleration

Free download and install:

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/dvd_ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-DVDAid/3000-7970_4-76158510.html

Steps to Copy DVD to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless for HD TV Playback

Step 1. Load DVD movies

Insert your DVD disc into a DVD drive, run the program on your computer, on the main interface click "File" > "Load from disc" to import the DVD disc to the program. Please keep in mind that the app supports to convert multiple DVDs to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless at a time.

Step 2: Set output format

H.264 MP4 format is the most compatible video format for any brand TV. Of course, for better DVD video playback on TV, you can choose the preset in “TVS” profile.

Tips

1. Click “Settings” on the interface and you can adjust the parameters including size, bitrate, frame rate, etc. to get a high quality of output files or a smaller files size. You can preview the size at the below chart.

Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.

2. Open "Video Editor" window and switch to the "Trim" tab, you can drag the slider bars to include the segment you want to remain, click the left square bracket to set start point, and click the right square bracket to set end point when previewing the video or directly input specific values to "Start" and "End" box.

3. Open "Video Editor" window, switch to and click "Crop" tab, click the

icon on the right-bottom to swtich to the advanced mode, then you can choose the output aspect ratio such as 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3 and 2:1 from the drop-down list of "Display Aspect Ration".

4. Click the "Subtitle" tab in "Video Editor" window, check "Enable", then you will be able to add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle files to the video as hard subtitles.(Difference between soft subtitles and hard subtitles)

Step 3: Start to convert DVD to WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless for HD TV

Switch back to the main interface, click the big button "Convert" on bottom-right corner to start conversion. When the process is over, you can find the converted files by clicking the "Open output folder" on the main interface of the program.

Now, you can access your ripped DVD movies on HD TV with Plex app via WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless.

Src: http://techmovieshare.blogspot.com/2016/01/copy-dvd-to-my-cloud-ex-4-diskless-for-hdtv.html

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

How to Extract Subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray Movie?

Part One: Tips about Subtitles

In video files, there are two kinds of subtitle: hard subtitle and soft subtitle. Hard subtitle is a part of the video images, and you cannot disable or hide it when playing the video file. Soft subtitle is an independent stream, and you can turn on or turn off it when playing. Blu-ray movie can contain several subtitle streams in different formats or languages in one file.

Part Two: How to Extract Subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray Movie?

Many people have the need to extract subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray for language learning use or for other downloaded “Body Team 12” movie which has no subtitle inside. So, here is a guide for you. To extract subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray, you will need a professional program to help you. Pavtube ByteCopy is a tool that can circumvent copy restriction mechanism then extract srt subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray disc. This program provides easy but flexible solutions for extracting .srt subtitles directly from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray disc. And the .srt subtitles could be easily extracted in minutes.

It also can archive “Body Team 12” Blu-ray to PC hard drive keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitles when ripping Blu-ray to MKV container. These audio and subtitles can be a exactly copy of original streams, or transcoded ones (e.g. TrueHD/DTS-HD audio to Dolby Digital 5.1, PGS subtitles to VOBSUB).

Free download and install:

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76158512.html

Steps to Extract Subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray Movie

Step 1. Load “Body Team 12” Blu-ray Movie

Click "File" > “Load from disc” icon to load “Body Team 12” Blu-ray movie.

Step 2: Extract Subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray Movie

From the "Format" drop-down list, select "Subtitle File" > "SRT Subtitle(*.srt)" as the desired output file format.

Note: In the “Format” list, you are also allowed to rip “Body Team 12” Blu-ray to optimized preset format for all your devices to play from “iPhone”, “iPad”, “Android”, “TV” etc profile.

Step 3: Select subtitles by languages.

Click “Settings” to open "Multi-task Settings" window to select subtitles by language. Check any language you’d like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.

Step 4: Start to convert

Press the right-bottom red "Convert" and start extracting *.srt subtitles from “Body Team 12” Blu-ray process. After the SRT extracting process is finished, click "Open output folder" to locate the generated files.

Now, you can use “Body Team 12” subtitles for language learning etc. Besides extracting subtitle from Blu-ray, Pavtube ByteCopy also enables you to add forced subtitles to Blu-ray when there are alien languages which are different from your mother tongue or add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle to Blu-ray.

More Information about Subtitles

There are many subtitle formats in two categories: image and text. Image subtitle such as VobSub, is saved as images in the video file, you cannot change its font when playing. Text subtitle such as SRT, SSA, is saved as text in the video, when playing the video file, you can change text font, size and color easily. However, your system need more space to store font files, and need more CPU power to render text into image on the screen.

SRT is the most commonly used text subtitle format. It is very simple and easy to use.

Now, to thanks for your continuous support, Pavtube Official Website and Pavtube Facebook are now holding the biggest sale for this 88th Academy Awards with fantastic 50% off discounts. Pay less to get powerful Blu-ray/DVD/Video Converter to build your own home media center on this week of Feb.22~Feb.29 2016!

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

List of Best New Upcoming Movies on DVD 2016 and DVD Movies Backup Tips

From the Oscar 2016 88th Academy Awards, we can know that 2015 is a big year for movies addicts with tons of huge blockbusters. If you have missed some of these 2016 Oscar films in the theater. Never mind, most of them will released DVD discs in 2016 for you to watch out of the theater. So, here we list the best new upcoming movies on DVD 2016 and some DVD movies backup tips for you to manage your DVD discs and enjoy these upcoming DVD movies on your smart-phones, tablets, laptop, TV, projector etc.

Part One: List of Best New Upcoming Movies on DVD 2016:

1. Room

DVD release date: 03/01/2016
Theatrical release: 10/16/2015
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: R
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Actors: Brie Larson, Megan Park, William H. Macy
Plot: Explores the relationship between a mother and son as she raises him while confined to a 10x10 room and what happens when they finally get out.

2. Creed

DVD release date: 03/01/2016
Theatrical release: 11/25/2015
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Graham McTavish
Plot: Former Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa finds himself taking charge of the training and mentoring of Adonis Creed - son of his late friend, and one-time rival, Apollo Creed.

3. The Danish Girl

DVD release date: 03/01/2016
Theatrical release: 11/27/2015
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA rating: R
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts
Plot: In the 1920s Gerda Wegener, a Danish artist, depicted her husband, Einer, as a female in one of her paintings. As the painting gains attention, Einer begins to transform as well - becoming more and more feminine until Einer becomes Lili Elbe - and becomes the first person to receive a male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. While Gerda is supportive, she comes to realize this change will prove a challenging ordeal to their relationship - even more so when Hans Axgil, an art dealer and old friend of Einer, comes into her life.

4. In the Heart of the Sea

DVD release date: 03/08/2016
Theatrical release: 12/11/2015
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw
Plot: In 1820, a whaling ship out of New England, the Essex, encountered a sperm whale that seemed to have a streak of human vengeance, assailing the ship and stranding the crew out in the ocean for 90 days. The true story was the inspiration for Herman Melville’s classic novel, Moby Dick.

5. Brooklyn

DVD release date: 03/15/2016
Theatrical release: 11/06/2015
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: John Crowley
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Zegen
Plot: Set in the 1950s, Ellis Lacey is a woman caught between two men and two countries as she must decide between her Irish heritage or her new life in New York.

6. The Big Short

DVD release date: 03/15/2016
Theatrical release: 12/23/2015
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: R
Director: Adam McKay
Actors: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Karen Gillan
Plot: As the US approaches an invetable housing and credit meltdown, a group of calculating and unscrupulous men take advantage before the bubble bursts and make millions off the misery that follows.

7. Carol

DVD release date: 03/15/2016
Theatrical release: 11/20/2015
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA rating: R
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler
Plot: In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk dreams of a better life for himself and finds himself falling for an older, married woman.

8. Sister

DVD release date: 03/15/2016
Theatrical release: 12/18/2015
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA rating: R
Director: Jason Moore
Actors: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph
Plot: A pair of sisters get together to throw one last, epic house party before their parents to decide to sell their old home for good.

Part two: DVD Movies Backup Tips:

If you have bought the new upcoming movies on DVD 2016, you definitely want to keep those discs for a long term. But how to protect your DVD collections from being damaged by tiny scratches? Well, you are suggested to backup your DVD collections in a digital format to your storage device.

In this case, we suggest you to use Pavtube DVDAid - a professional and easy-to-use DVD ripper, which can help you to rip the latest released DVD discs to a digital format for storing into storage device. To be able to play your DVD backups on all kinds of your devices from storage device, you should rip DVD to a compatible format for all your devices. Luckily, Pavtube DVDAid can rip DVD to H.264 MP4 format, which can be supported by nearly all devices, like iPhone, iPad, Macbook Air, Apple TV, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab, Blackberry, Samsung/LG/Sony/Panasonic TV etc.

Free download and install:

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/dvd_ripper/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-DVDAid/3000-7970_4-76158510.html

Steps to Rip DVD Discs for Backing Up

Step 1. Load DVD disc

Run Pavtube DVDAid, and load DVD by clicking “File” on the menu bar or the file icon right below it to import DVD movie.

Step 2: Set output format

Click the format bar to follow “HD Video” ＞ “H.264 HD Video (*mov).” as the best video format for all your devices to play.

Step 3: Start to convert

Click the red button “Convert” on the main UI to start conversion from DVD to H.264 MP4.

Now, just backup your ripped DVD movies to your storage devices, like External Hard Drive, Seagate Wireless Plus, Amahi Home Server,Synology NAS, QNAP NAS etc for managing your DVD discs. Then you can transfer your DVD backups from your storage device to any device you want for playing anywhere and anytime.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Travel to Mobile World Congress 2016 - What You Need to learn

Mobile World Congress is the largest mobile trade show of the year. It occurs at the end of February each year. 2016 event will begin Monday, 22 February and continue through Thursday, 25 February. Now, let’s travel to MWC 2016 and to learn everything you need to know.

MWC makes people excited for they are expecting to see some of the year's biggest smartphones to be unveiled at the show. Here's everything we're expecting to see at MWC 2016.

Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
HTC One M10
Sony Xperia Z5 and Z6
Huawei Mate 8
Blackberry Priv
Xiaomi Mi5
LG G5
Microsoft Lumia 650
Samsung Gear 360
Samsung Gear S2
Moto 360 (2nd generation)
Asus ZenWatch 2
Huawei Watch

The reason that Mobile phones and tablets become essential is that we don’t just call others with them, we browse the web, show ourselves with social softwares, and watch movies with mobile phone, tablet, VR Headsets. However, for the format limitation, resolution requirement and other reasons, we often meet playback issues on these mobile devices. Here. Let’s see some tips and media solutions for MWC 2016 Mobile hardware.

Phone and Tablets Media Solutions

Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge Supported Formats

Transfer Music Video to Galaxy S7/S7 Edge

Sony Xperia Z5/Z6 Supported Formats

Watch Blu-ray/DVD/HD/SD video on Xperia Z5

Play Any Video on Blackberry Priv

Transfer Blackberry 10 Content to Blackberry Priv

Play MKV, FLV, Tivo, VOB, MXF, AVCHD on LG G5

Play and Transfer MKV, FLV, VOB on HTC One M10

Transfer and Play Any Video/Audio on Xiaomi Mi5

Virtual Reality Headsets FAQ

Setup Gear VR to Watch Movies

YouTube offer 360-Degree Videos for Gear VR

Format Supported by Gear VR Software

5 Best 3D movies to watch on Gear VR

Watch 3D movies with Samsung Gear VR

Watch 3D Blu-ray on Galaxy S6/S6 Edge via Gear VR

Backup DVD to Galaxy S6/S6 Edge in Gear VR Innovator Edition

Solution of Issue about DVD Playback in TV with Gear VR + Chromecast

Play 3D Blu-ray via Galaxy Note 4 in Gear VR

Rip Blu-ray to SD card on Oculus Cinema use Smartphone and Gear VR

Rip 3D Blu-ray to 3D SBS MKV to Watch in Samsung Gear VR Unit

Remove iTunes DRM and make SBS 3D to Gear VR with Galaxy Note 4

Play Digital Copy in Galaxy S6 with Gear VR Innovator Edition

Create compatible 3D SBS video from your own 3D movie for Gear VR

No Sound when I Play MKV movie with AC3 on Gear VR?

Rip 3D Blu-ray ISO files to Samsung Gear VR using XBMC

Watch 3D YIFY movies on Samsung Gear VR via Mac Yosemite

Rip ISO files to 3D SBS MP4/MKV for viewing on Gear VR

Make Plex to stream a DVD for watching on my virtual reality Gear VR

Enjoy ISO movies to MicroSD for Gear VR (Innovator Edition)

How to Watch GoPro Hero 4 3D Video with Gear VR?

3D Blu-ray to 3D SBS for Samsung Gear VR

Watch Digital Copy with Gear VR Innovator Edition

Remove iTunes DRM for Gear VR with Galaxy Note 4

How to Play All 3D Movies on the New Gear VR?

Other Tips

Full list and Reviews for 2016 Best New Phones

Samsung Galaxy S7 VS HTC One M10

When enjoy movies on phone and tablets or VR devices, how can you miss the Oscars 2016 Nominations Best Movies? You will be glad to enjoy The Walk on Gear VR or watch The Revenant with Plex on TV/PC/Tablet. Of course, The Martian, Brooklyn, Spotlight can’t be missed, neither.

If you are interested in playing any Oscars 2016 Nominations movies on mobile devices, just visit the 88th Academy AwardCeremony columns.

Source: http://best-tablet-converter.com/mobile-world-congress-2016/

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