As a matter of fact, Blu-ray rippers specially developed for Windows operating system are much more than the applications designed for Mac OS, thus Mac users often feel troublesome to search for such a program, especially for one that is easy-to-use and practical, to deal with their tons of Blu-ray collections, not to mention how to add these BD files into portable devices for playback. Fortunately, a powerful utility called Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper is released recently in purpose of relieving Mac users’ trouble. It is capable of ripping BD files into many other common video formats, such as AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, FLV, SWF, RM, 3GP, AAC, AC3, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc., so that you can do whatever you like with the ripped files, adding to media player for local playback, importing to iMovie, Final Cut Pro for further editing, sync to iPhone 3GS for entertainment, or do something else at will. Now I am going to focus on one aspect only, and will be glad to show you how to use this application to rip Blu-ray files for playback on iPhone 3GS via Mac OS.

Step 1: Load BD files

There are two ways to do it, namely, through “DVD Folder” and “IFO File”.

Step 2: Choose a format for iPhone 3GS

Click the drop-down list of “Format”, and then click the option “iPhone”, after that select an output format according to the specification of your iPhone 3GS. All are as the following interface showing, and here I choose “iPhone 3G H.264 640×480(*.mp4)” for instance.

Step 3: Set destination folder

Click “Browse” button to decide where to load the output files for your iPhone 3GS. If not, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper will export the ripped Blu-ray files to a save path set by default automatically.

Step 4: Adjust video and audio parameters

This program allows users resetting video and audio options like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, etc., in that case, you can take charge of the output file size and image quality in a proper way.

Step 5: Start Blu-ray ripping

Once the above steps are completed, then you can click “Convert” button to begin ripping your BD files. After finished, the generated files for iPhone 3GS can be found by clicking “Open” button with ease.

Additional tips for Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper:

1. Tick the checkbox “Merge into one file”, you can combine all the Blu-ray files to be as a single file, so as to enjoy them on your iPhone 3GS without intervals.

2. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper adopts advanced audio and video sync tech, which enables you to have high output quality without any audio/video out of sync problems.

3. It enables users to select subtitle, audio track as well as camera angle.

4. It provides users with simple editing functions, such as crop, trim, add watermark, add special effects, take place of the original audio, etc.

5. The multithread technology makes it 1.5 or 2 times faster than other similar tools.

6. Besides ripping BD files into other media formats, it also supports directly copying Blu-rays and general DVDs to the hard drive of your Mac.

As all we know, the main selling point of PlayStation 3 is not to provide a family multimedia game platform, but lead players into Blu-ray and high quality video era. Want to make full use of its function as a HD video player? I know many of you have been AVCHD camcorder users for some time. How amazing it is if add these files into PS3 for playback via widescreen TV. M2TS is most definitely supported by PS3, since it is the codec for blu-ray content. While some users still encounter troubles while playback AVCHD files on PS3, to solve people’s problems, this article will show you how to import MTS and M2TS files to PS3 for playback through converting these files into a format which PS3 like best. The program we will use is Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter. Now let’s check its detailed instruction together.

Step 1: Download, install and start Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter

Once you run it, the following interface will show up. Click “Add” button to import MTS and M2TS files shot by your AVCHD camcorder to this software.

Step 2: Select PS3 workable format, and set destination folder

When AVCHD files are input, hit the drop-down list of “Format”, after that, you will see many options, just click on “PSP/PS3″ firstly, and then choose a format according to the specification of your PS3. Here I choose PS3 Video (1080P) MPEG-4 (*.mp4) for instance.

Suppose you want to export the output files for your PS3 to your own specified save path, you can click the folder icon at the end of “Output” to set it, otherwise, the program will use the destination folder set by default to store the output files automatically. Moreover, if you want to combine multiple MT2 and M2TS files into a single file, you can check “Merge into one file” to realize this goal.

Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters

If you are good at doing video and audio parameter adjustment, you can carry on this step, if not, just skip it. Firstly, click “Settings” button, and then the following window will appear. All the parameters on it can be reset according to your own idea.

Step 4: Convert

If all the above mentioned steps are finished, you can press “Convert” button to start conversion. Once begin, an interface as below will pop up. It shows all the conversion info clearly, including total conversion progress, elapsed conversion time, rest conversion time, generated file size and estimated file size. Even you can tick checkbox “Shut down computer after conversion” to avoid waiting around. As long as conversion is finished, you are able to find the output files through clicking “Open” button. What you should do next is just streaming the output files to the hard drive of your PS3 for playback.

Want to enjoy your Blu-ray movies with Windows Media Player in your PC? Long to watch wonderful Blu-ray movies on your iPod, iPhone, PSP? Try converting Blu-Ray to MPEG with Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper! The widely used Blu-Ray Ripper will help you to realize all these wishes. It is a useful tool to remove Blu-Ray AACS encryption, region codes and BD+ copy protection, and copy Blu-ray to MPEG movie with fast conversion speed.

Please find below a step-by-step guide for directly convert Blu-ray to MPEG:

Step 1. Prepare for the conversion. Click here to download Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, install and run it.

Step 2. Load the Blu-ray disc. Insert Blu-ray disc and click on the “DVD Rom” button to import Blu-ray movie from the disc, or click on “DVD Folder” button and browse to your target files. Now the selected Blu-Ray files are in the file list. Check the chapters you would like to rip to MPEG. You can rename the output file by double click on the file name in Destination File column.

Step 3. Set output format. Click on Format bar, select “Common Video” from the format list and in submenu you will find MPEG video formats. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper provides you with MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats. Select the proper one and then hit on the small folder icon to specify an output folder.

Step 4. Start conversion. Click on the “Convert” button and the program will rip Blu-ray movies to MPEG video format in very soon. And then you could play or edit the converted MPEG files.

Tip: You are allowed to record and output periods of video from anywhere you like. Just click on “Edit” button and choose “Trim” tab.

Learn more: How to convert Blu-rays to MPEG

Some Canon digital still cameras (Powershot A75, A63, S410 etc), are capable of shooting a limited amount of video,

since there is no tape, it is saved as an MVI file format. However, the MVI file format is not compatible with other

programs. Even windows media player refuse to play MVI file. Besides, editing software like Pinnacle Studio and

Windows movie maker do not work with the format. Because of this, the files need to be converted to a format that is

more widely used, such as AVI so that these videos shot with still camera can be played and edited as easily as

other common videos. This guide is to tell how to do that.
Software you’ll Need: Pavtube Video Converter

Step 1. Download Pavtube Video Converter, and follow the prompts to install the program. Click “Finish” when

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the installation is complete, and Pavtube Video Converter will launch automatically.

Step 2. Click “Add” to load MVI files or directly drag the files into file list. By default, the files are selected. If you

would like to join all the selected files together, check the box of Merge into one. You could view the files in preview

window, simply highlight the file and click play button.

Step 3. Click “Format” bar to determine output format. Follow Common Video-> AVI Video (*.avi)/ DivX AVI

(*.avi). Click “Settings” if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect

ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels. Do not forget to click “OK” to confirm your

settings. Then type in a desired output location in the “Output” box.

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WD TV Mini Media Player provides an easy and affordable way to play back your digital media on your wide screen

TV.  It serves as a conduit between your TV set and USB drive storage, no matter it is a camcorder, a

humble flash drive, or an external HDD. Simply connect WD TV Mini to your TV, plug a USB-connected storage into

the player and you are ready to enjoy all your digital media in DVD quality playback.

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WD TV Mini Media Player supported media formats:

Videos:
AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG4), MPG/MPEG, VOB/ISO, MP4/MOV (MPEG4), RM or RMVB 8/9/10

Audios:
MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, APE

From the above list we can see that VOB is a playable format for WD TV Mini Media Player, does it mean that WD

TV Mini can play all kinds of DVDs – whether home made DVDs or commercial DVDs? The answer is WD TV can

not decrypt copy protected commercial DVDs, so you have to rip them. This tutorial aims to show you how to make it

possible for you to watch commercial DVDs on your wide screen TV via WD TV Mini Media Player. What you will

need is Pavtube DVD Ripper, it not only rips, but it encodes too.

Following is the detailed operating steps:

Step 1: Click “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO” to load DVD files into this program.

Step 2: Select subtitle and audio track
Click on the pull down menu of “Subtitle” and “Audio” respectively to select your needed subtitle and audio

language.

Step 3: Select output format for WD TV Mini Media Player
Click on the drop-down list at the end of “Format” to choose an output format for WD TV Mini Media Player. Your

selection should be in the range of AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG4), MPG/MPEG, VOB/ISO, MP4/MOV (MPEG4), RM or

RMVB 8/9/10. Here I select “Xvid AVI” as an example:

Step 4: Click “Settings” button to adjust video and audio parameters
The user manual tells us that when playback .avi (Xvid) video files, WD TV Mini supports up to 720*576 30fps or

720*480 30fps, so we need to follow the manual while ripping a DVD.

Step 5: Click “Convert” button to start DVD ripping
Once finished, you can get the generated files for WD TV Mini via clicking on “Open” button with ease. Afterwards,

just copy the output files to My Passport portable hard drive or other USB drive, and then connect WD TV Mini to

your TV, plug your USB drive into the player and you are ready to enjoy the movies ripped from your commercial

DVDs.