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[Sharing]Playing/Stream/Putting Blu-ray/DVD movies with QuickTime player
Pavtube Blu-ray DVD Playback for Mactool provides perfect solutions for Mac users to rip protected Blu-ray/DVD disc to various video and audio formats so that they can collect, play and edit the Blu-ray DVD movies easily. A best way to play Blu-ray movie on Mac is to rip the movie to H.264 encoded video formats and play it with QuickTime player. Ripping Blu-ray disc to H.264 is the best compromise between high visual quality and less take-up of storage. It supports TrueHD and HDD codec, and this ensures your accessibility to the audio track of your native language. The following guide tells you how to rip Blu-ray disc to H.264 encoded video formats on Mac step by step.
Step 1.Load Blu-ray disc.
To rip Blu-ray disc on Mac, an external BD drive is essential. Hook up the BD drive with your Mac and launch Pavtube Mac Blu-ray DVD Playbacktool. Click on “DVD Folder” to import Blu-Ray movies, browse to the drive and click “Choose”. You do not have to open the any of the folders. When the M2TS files are imported to file list, check the main movie and leave other files unchecked. The main movie is the largest M2TS file. Check it in preview window if you are not certain. Protected Blu-ray folders can be loaded to the ripper in the same way. Right below the file list you can try and choose from dubbings of different languages by setting Audio track option.
(Tip: you can click “Edit” button to perform edit functions such as crop, trim, flip, effect, watermark and audio replace.)
Step 2:Set Output format.
Click on “Format”bar to determine the output format. Select HD Video and choose an acceptable format from the list (H.264 MP4 as shows above). Click on “Settings” and you could further customize video and audio parameters, for example, 1280 by 720 pixels (adaptable with 16:9 wide screen) at 29.97 fps, AAC audio at 160 Kbps, 6 Channels (Dolby 5.1 channels). Click on “OK” to confirm your settings. In Export to box you could specify destination for the ripped file.
PS3 is more than a game console and Blu-ray Disc player. It could play high-def videos from external devices, such as Video iPod, Sony Memory Stick, CF Card, SD Card, Mini SD Card, Hard Disk and USB Flash Drive. So you can backup your beloved Blu-ray Disc to HDD and play Blu-ray movies from media server instead of original Blu-ray Discs. In this way the fragile Blu-ray Discs are protected from scratches and you do not have to hunt for the one you want in dozens of BDs and DVDs.
Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software helps to bypass AACS and BD+ protections and crack blu-ray region code restrictions, rip the blu-ray movie to compatible-videos to play on PS3. The best part of is, the updatedBlu-ray Ripper software enable you to take advantage of NVIDIA’s GPU acceleration to improve the ripping speed to 3-4 times faster. Find a detailed guide of ripping Blu-ray to 1080p H.264/AAC MP4 file on an 1GHz Dual Core desktop for streaming to PS3 below.
In order to rip Blu-ray to PS3, please make sure you have these tools: PC running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 with a NVIDIA CUDA ready graphics card; an BD drive for reading Blu-ray contents from BD; and Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper (click to download a trial)
Detailed guide: How to stream Blu-ray movies to PS3 at fastest speed?
Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-ray to PS3 Converter
and load BD files to it,You can click “BD/DVD ROM” or “BD/DVD Folder” to load Blu-ray movie files into the app. When movie is loaded, check if the CUDA button is activated.
Step 2: Select H.264 HD output format for PS3
Click on the drop-down list at the opposite side of “Format”, and then choose “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)”. The format generates 1080p HD MP4 video with AAC 5.1 audio for PS3 playback. To cut down file size, click “Settings” and set bitrate to “4000” or below.
Step 3: Start ripping Blu-ray to PS3 supported H.264 HD MP4 at 1080p
Click “Convert” button to rip Blu-ray to PS3, once the ripping task is finished by Pavtube Blu-ray to PS3 Converter, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output MP4 files for PS3, and to stream Blu-ray movies to PS3.
Tips:See how much CUDA has fastened Blu-ray ripping speed on my slow desktop
1. Ripping Blu-ray Alice In Wonderland with CUDA ON:
Ripping time- 3 hours and 8 minutes
Generated file size- 7.07GB
2. Ripping Blu-ray Alice In Wonderland with CUDA OFF:
Ripping time- 12 hours and 5 minutes
Generated file size- 7.05GB
By implying CUDA acceleration the Blu-ray ripping speed is 3.87 times faster than that CUDA is disabled. The acceleration rate may be different based on the computer you use for BD to PS3 conversion. You can try the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software and compare by yourself. Learn more information about CUDA acceleration as you like.
Types of files that can be played by PS3
Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile （AAC LC）
- MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
MP4 file format
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS（MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AC3（Dolby Digital）, AAC LC）
MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
AVCHD （.m2ts / .mts）
DivX
WMV
- VC-1（WMA Standard V2）
