Off-topic - How to convert videos for watching on iPad with Mac OS style197 - Sat May 15, 2010 12:06 am Post subject: How to convert videos for watching on iPad with Mac OS
How to convert videos for watching on iPad with Mac OS
Are you ready for iPad’s arrival? With its crystal, vivid, and large high-resolution screen, iPad is the best way to experience any kind of video: from Blu-ray/DVD movies and HD videos to camera/camcorder footage and TiVo recordings. To make different types of videos playable on this amazing screen, what you will need is Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. This tool enables you to convert a wide range of videos for playback on iPad, the source files will cover decrypted Blu-ray/DVD/HD-DVD (.m2ts/.vob/.evo), Camera footage (.mts, .m2ts, .tod, .mod, .dv), QuickTime video (.mov), DVR video (*.tivo), HD and SD video (.tp, .ts, .mst, .avi, .mkv, mp4, .wmv), Flash video (.fiv, .f4v), and more.
How-To:
1. Run this best Mac iPad Video Converter, and click “Add” button to load video files.
2. Select a format for iPad
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and do as the following:
Hit "iPad" firstly, and then select an output format from the three iPad presets.
3. Click “Settings” button to adjust video and audio parameters
Actually, all the default settings of this Pavtube Mac iPad Video Converter will guarantee excellent playback quality for iPad, so there is no need to change any one of them. Following are the details of the three default iPad presets.
iPad HD Video (*.mp4)
iPad Video H.264 (*.mp4)
iPad Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)
By the way, if you want to join multiple files into a single file, you can firstly load all of these files, and then tick off “Merge into one file” to realize this goal.
4. Click “Convert” button to start converting videos for iPad
After the conversion is finished, you can get the transferred video files via clicking “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface. Well, now, it’s time to sync these files to your iPad with iTunes.
Additional tips you may need - iPad supported video formats: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 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
