Off-topic - [Reviews]Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray/DVD movies with V tutubebe99 - Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject: [Reviews]Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray/DVD movies with V
[Reviews]Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray/DVD movies with VLC Media Player
Playing Blu-ray movies on Mac is not as easy as on a Windows PC, because there is no Blu-ray playing software developed for Mac like the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 designed for Windows. As we all know, Blu-ray discs storage movie files in the form of M2TS streams, and VLC Media Player for Mac is able to play such a kind of file type, that is to say, to play Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Player for Mac, you just need remove copy protections embedded in the commercial BD movies. With Pavtube Blu-ray DVD to VLC Media Player for Mac, you can easily achieve this goal. It can not only decrypt BD encryptions, but also convert the Blu-ray M2TS files into a wide range of media formats, like MKV, MOV, WMV, AVI, etc. The following guide will elaborate the steps of how to use the Mac VLC Media Player Converter to realize playing Blu-ray/DVD movies with VLC Media Player for Mac.
Step 1: Free download Pavtube Blu-ray DVD Playback for Macsoftware, install and run it
Once run the Mac Bluray DVD Playback, click “BD/DVD Folder” to load Blu-ray movie files from the external BD drive that connected with your Mac computer.
Step 2: Remove Blu-ray copy protections
There are two ways to get unprotected M2TS files.
Solution 1: Using “Directly Copy” to get m2ts files.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and then follow “Copy”> “Directly Copy”.
Solution 2: Using “Full Disk Copy” to remain Blu-ray originals, including m2ts streams, commentary, trailers and more.
Once the Blu-ray movie files are loaded via “BD/DVD Folder”, please click “Full Disk Copy” icon, and then click “Start” button to begin copying the entire Blu-ray disc.
By the way, if you have quite a slower Mac, VLC player may not play the m2ts smoothly, in that case, we suggest you to convert Blu-ray to other video format that is supported well by VLC player. Just click on the pull down menu of “Format” to select a suitable format from the multiple output format presets.
Step 3: Click “Convert” button to remove Blu-ray copy protections
If you are using “Directly Copy” function, please do remember clicking the big button “Convert” to start removing Blu-ray copy protections for playing Blu-ray DVD movies with Blu-ray DVD Playback for Mac tool.
When the copying task is finished by Pavtube Mac Blu-ray DVD Playbacktool, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the ripped output Blu-ray files with ease. Now just open the ripped BD files with VLC Media Player for enjoyment.
Ever thought of putting your DVD collections to Apple TV? Why not? With digital backups on Apple TV, you will never have to hunt for a movie in hundreds of DVDs and then bother to place it in a DVD player. Instead, you just sit on the bed and select desired movie with a handy remote control. Be sick with the long time ripping process? Oh, in that case you should not miss the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper v3.7, which allows you to take advantage of NVIDIA’s GPU acceleration, improving the ripping speed to 3-5 times faster.
The secret of ripping Blu-ray to Apple TV 3-4 times faster
By processing video conversions on NVIDIA's GPU instead of your computer's CPU, ripping time is greatly shorted and more CPU resources can be spared for other applications, making your computer run much smoother. CUDA based Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper software helps you rip Blu-ray much faster than ever in the availability of NVIDIA’s CUDA enabled Graphics card. I have tested the CUDA enabled Blu-ray ripping process on a 1GHz Dual Corel PC with Apple TV 1280*720 MP4 video (encoded with H.264/AAC) and it takes 90min only comparing with when CUDA is disabled. Here’s what I do with the Avatar Blu-ray Disc.
Step-by-step guide of ripping Blu-ray to Apple TV with AAC 5.1 audio:
Download a free trial of Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper first. The Blu-ray Ripper and DVDs converts commercial Blu-ray Discs and DVDs to various video and audio formats for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, PS3, Wii, Android smartphones, etc.
Step 1. Load BD movie to the Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper software
Connect an external BD drive to your PC if there is not an internal one. Place in source Blu-ray disc. Install and launch the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software, click “BD/DVD ROM” or “BD/DVD Folder” to load Blu-ray movie files into the app. When movie is loaded, make sure the CUDA button is activated.
Step 2. Set H.264 HD MP4 for Apple TV.
Click on “Format” bar to determine the output format. To take advantage of CUDA acceleration and k eep the best quality for Apple TV playback, I select “Apple TV H.264 1280*720 (*.mp4)”. The format creates HD MP4 with AAC 5.1 surround sound.
Step 3. Start ripping Blu-Ray to Apple TV with AAC 5.1 sound at fastest speed.
Click on “Convert”button to start Blu-Ray to Apple TV conversion. The whole process takes 96min and the generated file size is 4.73GB.
Once the ripping task is finished I click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output MP4 files for Apple TV. The image quality turned out to be excellent:
I then click the CUDA button to turn the CUDA off, and convert Avatar Blu-ray to Apple TV H.264 1280*720 (*.mp4) format again. This time it takes 455 min to generate a 4.66GB file.
So my advice for guys that wanna backup Blu-ray movies to Apple TV is, have a try with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper v3.7 and experience the CUDA acceleration by yourself. You’ll love it. For more info about the CUDA acceleration you can check CPU acceleration and CUDA based Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper v3.7.
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