General Discussion - Play DVD on Apple TV with Stereo and 5.1 Dolby on Mac bensonhu62 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject: Play DVD on Apple TV with Stereo and 5.1 Dolby on Mac
Q: Can you tell me whether you are still confused that your DVD movies that were encoded with 5.1 audio would not work in your Apple TV? Today we bring you the best solution to it.
Maybe some of you are confused by these problems. Many Apple TV users want to transfer DVD movies with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio tracks.
Most of us know Apple TV can support 5.1 and Stereo, but few experience. At the same time, iPad cannot handle 5.1 audio but Stereo. What can we do? Find best solution. This guide will help you. When you need to transfer DVD to Apple TV and use it in your iPad 2, it is necessary to convert DVD to Apple TV with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital. Please do it according to our guide. It is our pleasure.
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Condition for converting DVD to Apple TV with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital on Mac:
1. the professional DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac (free download trial version)
2. Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.5 above including Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, v10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
3. DVD disc
4. QuickTime Player
5. iTunes 10.2 or later
Guide: Step-by-step instruction for converting/ripping DVD to Apple TV with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital on Mac with the best DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac
Part 1: convert DVD with a stereo audio track for Apple TV on Mac with the best DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac.
Step 1: Add DVD movie to DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac.
Launch DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac. Press the button like a disc to import DVD to the best Mac DVD to Apple TV Converter.
Step 2: Choose an output format for Apple TV.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “HD video > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” which is the compatible format for Apple TV. You can also choose the format from the “Apple TV” sublist. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Note: Here we recommend you the optimal settings:
Video Size: 1280*720
Video Bitrate: 4000kbps
Video Frame rate: 30fps
Audio codec: aac
Audio Sampling rate: 48000hz
Audio Bitrate: 160kbps
Audio Channels: Stereo
Step 4: Start converting DVD to Apple TV with a stereo audio track on Mac.
Click the “Convert” button; it will start ripping DVD to Apple TV with a stereo audio track on Mac immediately. Find the converting total progress in the “Conversion” interface.
Part 2: Rip from the same DVD with an AC3 5.1 Dolby Digital audio only track for Apple TV on Mac.
Step 1: Import DVD movie to DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac.
Launch DVD to Apple TV Ripper for Mac. Click the button like a disc to add DVD to the best Mac DVD to Apple TV Converter.
Step 2: choose common audio format for Apple TV.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “Common Audio” > AC3 – Dolby Digital AC-3(*.ac3) for Apple TV.
Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio parameters.
Press the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You need to adjust audio codec as ac3, and select 5.1 channles.
Above are the two most important steps for converting DVD to Apple TV with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital on Mac. After the two steps, now you can follow the guide step by step easily.
1. Open the DVD movie in QucikTime Player.
2. Select File > Open File and select your ac3 audio track.
3. Select Edit > Select All, and select Edit > Copy.
4. Refocus back to the DVD movie (.mp4) and Edit > Add to Video
5. Now hit “control + j”. This will bring up a little window. You should see two audio tracks and a video track. Rename your second track to "Surround Audio" and verify it's at least 5.1 channels by looking at the audio tab.
6. Rename your stereo track "Stereo Audio". And then go to the advanced tab with your stereo audio track selected.
7. Select your surround track as the alternate to the stereo track which will uncheck the surround track.
8. Then click “save” icon. QuickTime will save the DVD movie as a .mov file, don't panic. You can show the extension if not already shown and change it back to .mp4 format.
9. Then add the movie to iTunes. Now right click and get information. You'll see now that your audio tracks are listed as "Stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital", which means you have gotten the movie with both Stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio tracks.
When you finish the conversion, the stereo track is selected. The 5.1 track will be used on Apple TV or other equipment that can support AC3. This product can bring you huge change. It makes many difficult things easy. What amazing thing it is!
