Description: Which is more user-friendly Blu-ray Ripper on the market from three aspect: disc loading, backing up Blu-ray/DVD main movie in m2ts without any quality loss, profile customizing, multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams retaining, srt/ass/ssa subtitle adding, output multi tracks MKV/MP4/MOV and converting. DVDfab? Pavtube ByteCopy? The article will show you.
No matter you are a newbie or professional who wanna get Blu-ray Disc collection backed up to computer hard drive or ripped Blu-ray movies to other video format for playback on new iPad 3, iPad mini, Apple TV 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Tab 3, Google Nexus 7, Surface, Kindle Fire HD, etc, it is not easy to find the suitable tool because there is so many on the market.
In below article I compare two most popular and hottest tools on the market from three aspects, disc loading, profile customizing and converting, hope it can help you more or less and you can make a much easier choice.
DVDFab: I insert the disc before running DVDFab, and when I open the software it automatically detect the disc and start loading. While it seems like that DVDFab cannot correctly detect the BD region code. My Blu-ray Disc Avatar is region A and region B, while after loading into DVDFab, it shows this disc is from region C by default and I have to manually change to correct region for successful disc loading.
Meanwhile it takes 3-5 minutes to finish disc loading process, and there is no estimated loading time period so I have no idea how long it will take until it is complete after 5 minutes.
ByteCopy: I installed Pavtube ByteCopy on the same computer and click this "Load Disc" icon to import same Avatar Blu-ray Disc, I do not need to choose BD Region Code or anything else, and it only takes about 10 seconds to finish disc loading.
Plus, there is a percentage showing the progress of disc loading so I would know when the disc can be successfully imported.
Part 2. Custom profile settings.
1. Disc audio streams and subtitle tracks selection.
DVDFab: The GUI of DVDFab is very fresh and I could easily know the functions of every button, like the "Edit" icon for cropping and resizing source disc, the device image or "Profile" icon for output format settings, the "Advanced Settings" for customizing profile parameters, etc.
But I had trouble finding the icon to selecte subtitle and audio track in the first place, and accidentally I put my mouse on the selected Disc title, now I see the drop-down list of subtitle and audio tracks.
ByteCopy: There are obvious icons on Pavtube GUI so I can easily set up the desired subtitle track and audio stream.
2. Video editing option.
DVDFab offers two video editing options, one is Resize output movie resolution and another is Crop unwanted video black bars.
In ByteCopy Video Editor Tab, I find other options beside crop and resize, including trimming, adding text/image/video watermark, adding video effect, audio editor and attaching srt/ass/ssa subtitles, etc. Meanwhile, on ByteCopy GUI, I am able to merge several video clips into one or split one large movie into several segments.
Part 3. Start conversion.
1. Automatic rename function.
DVDFab: Once complete profile settings, I click the big "Start" button to convert my Avatar Blu-ray. While here comes an error message which shows "The file already existed, do you want to overwrite it?" because I did a similar conversion before. If I choose "Yes", my current ripped movie would overwrite the previous one and the previous ripped movie is gone forever, but if I choose "No", the conversion just aborts and tells me "Process Failed", so weird.
Later I realize that I have to manually rename the movie before starting conversion to avoid this error message again.
ByteCopy: I completely rip this movie without renaming the file and Pavtube ByteCopy does not pop up any similar error, instead it would add a number like 0, 1, 2,…at then end of the output movie name, so I will not loose any of the movies I ripped, this amazes me.
3. Locate output file.
In DVDFab, I cannot find any button that would lead me to the created movie, it means I have to remember to file path I set up then open computer hard drive to look for that file; in Pavtube ByteCopy, it is considerate to put "Open" icon on GUI to locate the ripped movie, or I could click this "Open output folder" on conversion UI as well.
Below is my point of view about these two BD ripping tool, DVDFab and Pavtube ByteCopy, and considering to user-friendly aspect, I prefer Pavtube ByteCopy.
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The Blu-ray/DVD movies, MTS, MXF, M2TS, TS, M4V, MOV, WMV, MP4, MPG, Tivo, AVI, 3GP, FLV, F4V videos …are all supported to be converted to suitable format for Android tablets or phones.
Download a free trial version and let start to do the magic - enjoy video, 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVD on any Tablets, Smartphones, HD Media Players, Game players, HDTV, etc. 1. Click the top left two icons to import discs or videos correspondingly.
Click the drop-down list on the bottom; choose proper presets according to your device model. You can see columns for normal Android devices, tablets/phones from HTC, Samsung, Motorola or PSP/PS3.
Or you can use the small search box (besides the big red "3") to locate your device quickly.
2. Check the pencil-like icon to activate the editing function. Here you can trim, crop, add 3D effect, deinterlace or edit audio before conversion. Notice the small triangles under the progress bar? Click them to adjust frame by frame easily.
3. If you want to output video in specific size, bitrate or frame rate, click "Settings" (which is marked as "3") and change the digits as you need. Pls notes that the video quality improved with the bitrate, but not the higher the better. You need to consider your device configuration as the high bitrate required higher read&write speed.
4. Ok now click the "Convert" button to start converting/copying Blu-ray/DVD/HD Videos to Andorid tablet ot phone for playing. After conversion, click "Open" to locate the converted video directly.
Don't know how to transfer videos from PC to Android? You can view this Android File Transfer.
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How to editing Canon C300 MXF files in Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X? Follow our tips to get free or paid MXF Converter to make video editing with C300 MXF footage go as smoothly as possible.
Working with Canon C300 footage – which is XDCAM 422 50/Mbs footage in a .MXF wrapper – should ordinarily be quite straight forward. MXF files will work natively in Adobe Premiere and ingest quite happily through a free plugin in Final Cut Pro 7 and FCP X. You can also bring this footage in through AMA into Avid Media Composer 6. AbelCine has an excellent step by step guide to importing C300 footage to Premiere CS6, FCP X, FCP 7 and Avid Media Composer 6. You can check it out here.
Everything will work seamlessly, that is, if your cards have been copied correctly to the hard drive with their entire folder structure intact. Without that folder structure you are effectively locked out of accessing your footage and an editing application like FCP7 will give you an error message like this one:
How to Copy MXF Files Correctly
So how do you copy cards correctly?
Well first, and this may go without saying, but if you're going to get an intern or producer to do it make sure they know what they're doing. Essentially you must copy the entire card structure (preferably not through dragging and dropping in the finder).
Sony and Canon both have free browser apps that will let you back up your media. Or you could invest in something like Shotput Pro to duplicate your cards to multiple drives simultaneously. You are backing them up as you go, right?
If that's not enough detail, just watch this great tutorial on a correct tapeless media workflow from Shane Ross. Although the tutorial winds up in Final Cut Pro 7, the initial principles are the same for any system. If you want even more tips, check out this great video from Chase Jarvis on his complete tapeless workflow.
What To Do If Your C300 Card Structure Is Broken
If for whatever reason your card structure doesn't come across intact, what can you do?
Depending on your NLE you have various options. If you're in Adobe Premiere it doesn't matter, as it will read the MXF files just fine.
First, you can try to 'fake it' out by recreating the C300 card structure (which should look like the example below). In the past I'm sure I've gotten lucky with it but its a pretty slim chance of actually working.
FCPX needs a correct card structure so if you have to, transcoding in a 3rd party app is a feasible workaround.
Free App For Converting C300 MXF Files
Miro is a great free app (one of the few free apps I found) that actually works and works well. Miro Video Converterwill allow you to grab the .MXF files and transcode them into Pro Res 422, DNxHD and AVC Intra 1080p and 720p. You can batch transcode as many of them as you like and it works pretty quickly. The files look great and were a higher quality than files I created using the demo of Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac（Here is a detailed steps）. But as Miro is a free app, there are a few catches.
First, you cannot specify the output folder and it defaults to your MacHD > User > Movies folder. So you need to have enough space on your boot drive to transcode the footage too. This is also a problem if you have multiple files with the same name, (which I had on this edit with a two camera shoot) as this means you have to transcode one set at a time and move them out of the folder so as not to overwrite them with the next batch. Annoying.
Also the original camera footage I was working with had two audio tracks in it where as Miro would only export a single mono track. This was not helpful either as I needed to be able to mix each track individually.
Note: If you want to retain multiple audio tracks from Canon C300 MXF videos, you are recommended to get a professinal multi-track MXF Converter for Mac program: Pavtube iMixMXF. The following links are detailed steps:
As I was editing on an FCP7 system I had to find a way to get my C300 MXF files to play nice with Final Cut Pro 7, while getting around the broken file structure. A cry for help on Twitter led to this great recommendation from Andy Mees who saved the day by suggesting I check out both MXF Import from Calibrated {Q} or MXF4Mac from Hamburg Pro Media. Both plugins essentially do the same thing which is to allow Quicktime (and any apps that make use of the Quicktime architecture) to work with MXF files, just like any other file.
Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX is a QuickTime Import component for NATIVE Importing and Editing of MXF Files within Final Cut Pro 6, 7, and X without using Log and Transfer.
And you’re not just limited to Final Cut Pro, you can also natively import and work with MXF files in CatDV, Compressor, Motion, Sound Track Pro, QuickTime Player and Shake.
You can download a free demo of MXF Import from Calibrated {Q} to test that it will work on your system. The demos only restriction is that it only allows you to view the first 30 seconds of the clip, other than that it’s the same as the full app. After installing the plugin I could drop the C300 MXF files directly onto the timeline in FCP7 and get editing – and with the dual audio tracks in the original files! Huzzah.
Hopefully these tips will save you some time, effort and frustration with broken MXF file structures. And next time you’ll just copy the cards structure correctly…and get to editing!
To learn more about Canon, Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM MXF videos editing and transcoding on Windows or Mac, the MXF Column from camcordervideoshare.altervista.org is highly recommended.
Description: Are you annoying backup Blu-ray main movie to M2TS without any quality loss? Are you looking for an easy but effective way to backup Blu-ray main movie? Here you will find a professional way to do it easily.
Q1: “Because I have a lot of original DVD and Blu-Ray and I need to transport to an external hard disk for backup and access from my computer, iTunes and Smart TV” - Benjamin
Q2: “I wanna backup my Blu-ray without keeping the menu and promotional clips etc. My preference for backup is only the Movie or main feature, with all other content not copied” - Copperfield
There are many demands about going to backup blu-ray main movie to M2TS file with original quality and no conversion. It is known that Blu-ray movies are protected by copyright including AACS, BD+, region code, etc. So we need a tool to remove these copyright protections and then backup the m2ts files from original blu-ray. Moreover, one joint m2ts file should be better for further playback, editing, sharing or burning disc.
You may consider looking for several tools respectively to rip Blu-ray, make full copy of Blu-ray and then merge m2ts files into one. Do not be so complicated. There is a professional way to backup the intact Blu-ray main movie with amazing speed. Pavtube BDMagic (For Mac users: BDMagic for Mac), one all-in-one Blu-ray to M2TS backup program will help you to get everything done. It is capable of saving a decrypted multi-track m2ts file without encoding, which will completely keep the quality of original blu-ray. (Tested a 27GB Blu-ray disc, only 30 minutes to back up the main movie on Windows 8.)
Free download the best Blu-ray to M2TS backup program (Mac Blu-ray to M2TS backup tool is available for Mac users) to backup the intact Blu-ray main movie in M2TS file and install it.
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Key features of the professional Blu-ray Ripper:
Rip the latest Blu-ray/DVD including 3D blu-ray
Directly Copy Blu-ray/DVD main movie with multiple audio and subtitle streams
Convert Blu-ray/DVD to a variety of video formats
Full Disc Copy Blu-ray/DVD’s original file structure to BDMV folder
Guide of how to backup the intact Blu-ray main movie to M2TS file without conversion Step 1: Select Blu-ray source.
When launch the best Blu-ray to M2TS backup software, click “Load files” button on the top left, you will get three options:
Load the disc: Inserted discs are usually recognized and listed automatically, just select the one you desired.
Load from the folder: When you have copy the content of disc to computer or hard device, use this option to select the folder to import.
Load ISO/IFO: If your blu-ray source is ISO file, use this option to load.
Once imported, you will get a list of titles on the source. The main title with longest duration usually has been selected automatically.
Step 2: Choose Directly Copy for output.
Firstly, go to select the location of output files. Simply click “Browse” button and choose the destination folder.
Secondly, click “Format” menu you will find lots of format options in the dropdown list. Here “Directly Copy” is the best choice for you because it will copy the intact main movie without any recoding. In this way, you will get a lossless m2ts file at amazing conversion speed.
Note: Many other video formats are listed there. You can select different output video formats according to your different requirements. If you want to convert blu-ray to various formats for smartphones or edit software, you are free to choose the one you need.
Step 3: lossless Backup Blu-ray main movie to M2TS.
Now it is time to start backing up Blu-ray to M2TS without encoding by clicking big “Convert” button. Then click “Open” button you will find a quick way to locate the generated files. Once completed, you can get one lossless m2ts file with multiple streams from original Blu-ray.
As the generated M2TS file is intact Backup of Blu-ray main movie, so it will retain all the multiple audio and subtitle tracks and it cannot be selected during conversion. If you want to remove some undesired tracks, you can count to tsMuxeR for help.
How to select multiple tracks in m2ts file (optional):
After having downloaded it, unzip the tsMuxeR you will get the command line version and GUI version, which is tsMuxeR.exe and tsMuxeR GUI.exe. Double click tsMuxeR GUI to run the program and then follow below guide.
1. Click “Add” button to import m2ts files and you will find the tracks information listed. 2. Uncheck the undesired tracks in the list. 3. Select “M2TS muxing” option for output. 4. Choose the output folder for generated files by hitting “Browse” button. 5. Click “Start muxing” button to remove the undesired tracks.
Tips: If you have difficulty in playing m2ts files, you are recommended to try free VLC Media Player. It will help you to completely enjoy blu-ray movie.
It works easily and at high efficiency. With it Backup intact Blu-ray main movie is no long the complicated thing. Now take time to enjoy it.
Description: If you want to convert projects from FCP to MKV, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, MPG, VOB, FLV, etc. for playing, burning, editing, sharing and so on, this article will give you instruction. Follow this article to find the solution.
Final Cut Pro is a professional editing program developed by Macromedia Inc. and later Apple Inc. Many Mac users prefer to use FCP to create individual videos for sharing with family and friends and export videos as Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (LT), and Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy).
Do you want to convert FCP projects to MP4 or MKV for playing them in some mobile devices, tend to convert to WMV or AVI for sharing with your friends who use Windows Media Player on PC, or transcode to H264 MOV for more portable devices? When you search a solution in Google, you will find much third-party software can do conversion.
Free software like Handbreak may be your first choice. After trying it, you will be disappointed that the output video looks fine but the audio is out of sync. At this time, Turning to Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac will bring you good-quality output videos without any video and audio out of sync issue. And easy-to-use workflow and fast conversion speed will provide you great customer experience. Now let me show you how to convert FCP projects.
Note: Trial version before purchase can help you to test all the functions, but there will be Pavtube watermark in the middle of output videos, which is the difference form retail version. Download it according to different Mac OS.
Make preparation: Export videos with Final Cut Pro
When you have finished editing the video with Final Cut Pro, export it to MOV files. Hit “File” option and then go to “Export”, choose QuickTime Movies.
1. Import FCP projects
After you get the FCP output files successfully, launch HD Video Converter for Mac and then choose to locate the projects into the program by clicking “Add video” or “Add from folder”.
And there is an easier way that is to directly drag the projects into the program, which allows you to load multiple projects at one time. It loads files quickly and the dialogue box of progress will give you timely state of loading.
Tips: If your videos are different segments and you want to joint them into one output file, at this time, you can go to select the desired segment titles and then check Merge into one file button on the interface. In this way, you will get a big combined file.
2. Choose video format for output
This program offers you a variety of video formats in the “Format” dropdown list. Many common portable devices and editing software are listed. If you do not want to choose the devices, “HD Video”, “Common Video” and more options can give you more choices. Just choose the one you need from the list.
Tips: Sometimes you may think too many video formats listed is inconvenient because some options you won’t use at all. Don’t worry; you can remove some formats and customize the list according to your own need.
3. Adjust the output parameters (Optional)
This step is optional. If you are not good at settings, keep the system built-in settings will as give you great target videos. However, if you want to change codec, bitrate, frame rate, and so on, here is right for you. Click “Settings” to set them.
4. Convert FCP projects.
Before starting conversion, you may need to set the location of output videos in Browse. Now, hit the “Convert” button to get started. Then Open output folder to get the generated videos.
Tips: If you need to convert so many videos with big file size, you can not bear waiting for a long time when you are in a hurry to go out or go to bed. Just one click will solve the problem for you:
Go to check “Shut down the computer after conversion” and then you can go to do everything else. The computer will shut down automatically after completed conversion.
It is an all-in-one program that many other videos besides FCP projects can be converted with this program.
August 14. 2013 - To provide better customer experience, Pavtube Studio releases three free software: Free DVD Ripper, DVD Ripper for Mac, Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate, for converting various DVDs and videos.
Clients are free to use any of them to rip and convert the favorite DVD collection to many video formats so as to protect DVD from being ruined. And video users need to use Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate to convert a large variety of HD videos and the latest DVD movie to common formats used to playback, sharing, backing up, burning or editing.
Mutual key features:
Convert and backup any DVD: Users can rip and convert both common DVD and commercial DVD with copyright protection.
Convert and backup DVD to MOV/MKV/AVI/WMV, etc: Users can choose to convert to MOV for sharing it with friends in blog, to MKV for watching in VLC Player, or to WMV for editing with Windows Movie Maker, and so on.
Merge/split/trim/crop DVD: Users are able to simply edit the video before conversion including merging multiple videos into one file, cutting off the ads of DVD, adding subtitles to source videos, etc.
DVD volume adjusting: Users can adjust video and audio parameters, such as bitrate, size, frame rate, etc, according to different requirement. In this way, users can change the size of target files.
One more feature of Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate:
Convert any videos including Tivo conversion: Videos users can choose it to convert different videos.
They are very easy-to-use and will provide you high-quality videos with sync of audio and video. And at the same time, Pavtube studio also announces the upgrade version with more function. Clients can get more great experience of upgrade version.
More highlights in upgrade version:
Full Disk Copy: DVD users can 1:1 backup of DVD with original structure and chapter marks preserved and use it to create ISO files or DVD discs.
Directly Copy: DVD collectors can backup the intact main movie of DVD removing menu and some promotional clips, which is helpful to save DVD in smaller size and enjoy DVD movies with less time.
Output MP4 files: Clients can put it onto many popular portable devices, like iPad, iPhone, Samsung Table, Samsung S4, etc, to carry them anywhere. On the long way to go to work or on boring railway in travel, watching a favorite DVD movie is the best way to kill time.
Conversion to various editing software: Clients can choose to output to Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, etc for editing. With it, Clients can edit some DVD clips for educational activities or corporate videos, or edit some videos for posting to some video sharing website like Youtube or sharing with family.
Upgrade version of Free DVD Ripper and Free DVD Ripper for Mac costs $35(USD), and upgrade version of Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate costs $49(USD). Clients can purchase them by Paypal, credit card, phone and so on. What's more, like us on Facebook can get 20% off upgrade discount.
Clients can try the free trial version only with watermarks in the middle of output video.
Founded in the year of 2007, Pavtube is relatively young but it never lacks passion and creativity as well as hard working. They create expert multimedia software applications that help consumers simply access, transfer and share their digital contents across different devices that range from PC, Mac, tablets, smartphones, to HD media players, game consoles, and home theaters.
