19 Mar 10 How to upload DVD contents to YouTube

I have made a demo DVD of my trip in Japan, but do not have the source video, because the person who has filmed and edited the video has settled down in another country. So I only have the DVD format right now, but want to upload some of the DVD content to YouTube. It’s really a headache. I’ve been looking around the web to figure out the problem for a whole weekend, and tried out lots of DVD Rippers, but I was always disappointed with the result. The main problem seemed to be video and audio synchronizing. Fortunately, I finally came across Pavtube DVD Ripper on one of the Forums devoted to Burning. Because of its good output quality, I decided purchasing it. To be honest, I am very pleased with the application, it exceeds my expectations and I am very happy with it.  It enables me to select specific scenes to convert to YouTube acceptable format without any audio and video out of sync issues. And I also like being able to alter the color and brightness and to deinterlace. Share the detailed steps in the following, and hope it is helpful.

You can download Pavtube DVD Ripper firstly.

Before that, I would like to say more about uploading videos to YouTube.

YouTube supported video formats:

.FLV, .MKV, .MOV, .WMV, .AVI, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, 3GP and .OGG

Optimized video settings recommended by YouTube while converting:

• Video codec: MPEG-4, H.264, or MPEG-2

• Audio codec: MP3 or AAC, 128k Mono or 320k Stereo
• Resolution: Recommended:1280 x 720 (16:9 HD) and 640 x 480 (4:3 SD)
• Frame rate: 30 frames per second
• File size and length: Up to 2GB file size and 10 minutes duration

Here we go.

Step 1: Click “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO” to load DVD files

Step 2: Click the drop-down menu of “Format” to select a proper format for YouTube

According to the recommended optimal settings, I select “FLV H.264 (*.flv)” as output format. .FLV should be a much better choice than other formats, as long as you limit the bit rate in not more than 320 kbps. In that case, the generated .FLV files will not be converted for the second time by YouTube’s encoders while uploading, so that you can remain the original quality of .FLV video files as much as possible.

Step 3: Click “Settings” button to do optimized settings

I set it to the recommended optimized settings:

Video codec: h.264

Size: 1280*720

Bitrate: medium quality

Frame rate: 30fps

Audio codec: aac

Bitrate: 320kbps

Channel: Stereo

If you can’t set the optimized settings accurately, try and match them as close as possible.

Step 4: Select specific duration and adjust contrast and brightness

Click on “Edit” button, and then you will enter the editor window, go to “trim” to specify your needed video clips. You can drag the slider bar under the preview window or insert the start and end time to the textboxes to specify a specific duration time of the video to do conversion.

Click “Effect” icon, and you will be allowed to adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation by dragging the slider bars. Also, you can tick off the checkbox before “Deinterlacing” to remove interlacing lines.

Step 5: Click “Convert” button to start DVD ripping

The ripping window will show you clearly about the conversion info, especially, you can get an estimated output file size, so that you can see if the output file size is surpassing YouTube’s 2GB limitation. If it is, you can go back to re-trim the duration time, or reset the video and audio parameters to smaller figures, but the latter will sacrifice some quality of the file.

Once finished, you can get the output files via clicking on “Open” button, and now the file is ready to be uploaded to YouTube.

18 Mar 10 How to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies

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To avoid the original Blu-ray and DVD discs being scratched by frequent use, it is a good idea to copy and

save them as video folders, or burn them to another blank Blu-ray disc or DVD disc as backups. When it comes to

this point, a practical program written for this utility is necessary. In my article here, I’d like to take Pavtube

Blu-ray Copy for example to show you how to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies via it in detail.

If you are looking for such a solution right now, you can feel free to move on with the following paragraphs.

First of all, what can Pavtube Blu-ray

Copy do for you?

1. Make perfect 1:1 copies of Blu-ray and DVD movies

2. Support disc to disc, disc to folder, and disc to ISO backup to meet your multiple needs

3. Copy Blu-ray and DVD movies with flawless quality

4. Free you from the annoying protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies

5. Directly burn Blu-ray and DVD movies without other burning software

Okay, now let’s have a look at its simple operating steps.

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Step 1: Select Blu-ray or DVD source file

Click the drop-down list of “Source” to select Blu-ray or DVD source file. You can select from BD ROM, DVD

ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, and Image File (*.ISO).

Step 2: Select Target

Click the drop-down list of “Target” to select destination folder, your target can be BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-

Ray/DVD Folder, or Image File (*.ISO).

Step 3: Entitle Disc Label

If your target is a blank disc, then you can type your wanted disc label into the textbox after “Disc Label”

Step 4: Click “Start” button to begin copying and burning

Additional tips:

The “Options” window will pop up as soon as you press the red circle marked icon at the left. To burn a disc to a

blank disc, the program will generate some temporary files previously, and then burn them to the blank disc. The

temporary files will be saved in a default folder, if you want to save them in your specified folder, you can click the

folder icon at the end of “Work Space” to change. Furthermore, you are allowed to tick “Delete temporary files” and

“Shut down computer automatically”, so as to save your storage space and manage your time in a proper way.

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17 Mar 10 Convert M2TS files to AVI for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus

Even though it is announced that Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus software has added

AVCHD camcorder support and users can import and edit high definition footage from AVCHD camcorder discs, and convert to standard definition formats, but I still met troubles while importing the HD .m2ts files captured by means of a HD Sony Handycam type HDR-CX11E (PAL), I guess it is not as powerful as it claims.

I have to look around for a practical and affordable program to help me out. My only objective is to convert these .m2ts files to .avi files, so that I can edit them with Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus, and burn them into a SD DVD for playback on the DVD player connected to my TV, as well as computer DVD Player software on computers. Fortunately, I came across Pavtube HD Video Converter, it is easy to use and helpful, I finally successfully converted .m2ts files to .avi format, and the output files are in good quality, without any problems while editing in MovieFactory 6 Plus. It is my pleasure to share this HD Video Converter here. Following is the detailed steps, absolutely easy enough:

1. Click “Add” button to load .m2ts files to this application

2. Select AVI as output format and specify destination folder

Click the drop-down menu of “Format” to select AVI format for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus. Meanwhile click the folder icon at the end of “Output” to specify where to locate the output AVI files. By the way, if you wanna combine multiple .m2ts files into a single file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file”.

There are “Common Video” and “HD Video”, both have AVI options, you can choose one according to your own needs.

Common AVI:

HD AVI:

3. Set advanced settings

Click “Settings” button, then the following window will enables you to adjust all video and audio parameters on it, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. That means you can customize the settings in your own ways.

4. Click “Convert” button to start conversion

Once finished, you can get the output AVI files via clicking on “Open” button. After that, Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus will be able to recognize these files. You can now edit the files and author them to a new DVD.

17 Mar 10 How to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies

To avoid the original Blu-ray and DVD discs being scratched by frequent use, it is a good idea to copy and save them as video folders, or burn them to another blank Blu-ray disc or DVD disc as backups. When it comes to this point, a practical program written for this utility is necessary. In my article here, I’d like to take Pavtube Blu-ray Copy for example to show you how to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies via it in detail. If you are looking for such a solution right now, you can feel free to move on with the following paragraphs.

First of all, what can Pavtube Blu-ray Copy do for you?

1. Make perfect 1:1 copies of Blu-ray and DVD movies

2. Support disc to disc, disc to folder, and disc to ISO backup to meet your multiple needs

3. Copy Blu-ray and DVD movies with flawless quality

4. Free you from the annoying protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies

5. Directly burn Blu-ray and DVD movies without other burning software

Okay, now let’s have a look at its simple operating steps.

Step 1: Select Blu-ray or DVD source file

Click the drop-down list of “Source” to select Blu-ray or DVD source file. You can select from BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, and Image File (*.ISO).

Step 2: Select Target

Click the drop-down list of “Target” to select destination folder, your target can be BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, or Image File (*.ISO).

Step 3: Entitle Disc Label

If your target is a blank disc, then you can type your wanted disc label into the textbox after “Disc Label”

Step 4: Click “Start” button to begin copying and burning

Additional tips:

The “Options” window will pop up as soon as you press the red circle marked icon at the left. To burn a disc to a blank disc, the program will generate some temporary files previously, and then burn them to the blank disc. The temporary files will be saved in a default folder, if you want to save them in your specified folder, you can click the folder icon at the end of “Work Space” to change. Furthermore, you are allowed to tick “Delete temporary files” and “Shut down computer automatically”, so as to save your storage space and manage your time in a proper way.

15 Mar 10 How to convert DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, MP3 on Mac and enjoy them on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc.

Has your heart ever been touched by the good and evil of the humanity expressed in “Avatar”? Have you ever wept for the extremely romantic but tragic love in “Romeo and Juliet”? Have you ever been moved by the unremitting efforts made by Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”?

Uncountable classic movies have given us different kinds of feelings, wanna collect as many as them to be as your own collections on your home server, on your HD of PC, or enjoy them on your portable devices no matter wherever you go? If so, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac would be your suitable choice. It’s used to convert DVD movies to various video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4 (MPEG-4, H.264), MOV, MP3, etc., which are compatible with handheld devices like Motorola Droid, iPod, iPhone, Zune, Archos, PSP, Creative Zen, etc. Following is the user guide in detail.

Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac

Step 2: Import DVD files, set output format and destination folder.

You can add DVD files to it through “DVD Folder” or “IFO File”. After that, you can click the drop-down list of “Format” to select the output format according to your mobile devices accepted format. At the same time, you can hit “Browse” button to specify where to locate the output files. Moreover, if you want to join multiple titles or chapters into a single file, you can tick “Merge into one file” to realize this goal.

Step 3: Set advanced settings

Clicking on “Settings” button, experienced users can set video Codec Name, Bit Rate, Video Size, and Frame Rate to optimize the quality of the video, as well as setting audio Codec Name, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and Channels to make the quality of audio better.

Step 4: Convert

After all the settings are done, you can click “Convert” button to start DVD ripping. Once begin, the following interface will show you clearly about the ripping info, including ripping progress, time elapse, time left, generated file size, estimated file size, etc.

Additional Tips:

1. Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac supports importing unprotected DVDs and protected DVDs.

2. The conversion speed of this software is 1.5-2 times faster than the similar DVD rippers.

3. Ripping by chapters is supported.

4. There are no audio and video out of sync issues.

5. With exception of adding text as watermark, images, GIF animations, and videos can also be added as watermarks to realize the picture-in-picture effect.

6. You can use the “Trim” function to select certain DVD clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the “Crop” function to remove black edges or change the screen size.

7. Specific effect models are provided, such as “Simple gauss blur”, “Simple laplacian sharpen”, “Aged film”, “Flip color”, and “Invert”.

15 Mar 10 How to rip Blu-ray files into HD video format on Mac?

Want to find an effective way to rip Blu-ray files into HD videos without many quality losses, but failed? If you are a Mac user, and involved in that case just right, this thread here may exactly do you a favor, since it is written in purpose of showing people how to do it via the help of third party software called Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac. Apart from ripping Blu-rays to standard media formats like AVI, ASF, MPEG, MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, FLV, SWF, RM, 3GP, AAC, AC3, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc., Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can also make use of HD codec like H.264, Xvid, MPEG-2, WMV, Divx, etc. to convert BD files into lots of HD video formats, such as H.264 HD Video (*.mp4), H.264 HD Video (*.mov), MPEG-4 HD Video (*.mp4), MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg), MKV HD Video (*.mkv), WMV HD (*wmv), Divx HD (*.avi), AVI HD Video (*.avi), etc. Now, let’s move on to see how to rip BD files into HD video formats on Mac step by step.

Step 1: Click “DVD Folder” or “IFO File” to import Blu-ray files.

Step 2: Click the drop-down list at the end of “Format” to select an HD format as output format. Here I choose H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” for instance.

Step 3: Click “Browse” button to look for and set a save path to store the output HD videos.

Step 4: Click “Settings” button to do advanced settings.

After clicking this button, you will enter the window shown below, on which you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters like codec name, bit rate, image pixel, sample rate, etc., in that way you can take charge of the output file size as well as image quality on your hands freely.

Step 5: Click “Convert” button to start Blu-ray ripping.

As long as the ripping work is finished, you can click “Open” button to find out the ripped HD files with ease.

BTW, if you want to combine all the BD files into one file, so that there are no intervals while playback, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file” to achieve it.

Also, if you want to do simple editing on the original BD files, you can click “Editor” button to do this. Briefly speaking, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac provides users with functions like “Crop”, “Trim”, “Text Watermark”, “Image/Video Watermark”, “Effect” and “Audio Replace”, via these functions you can remove unwanted areas of the original video, specify a certain video duration to rip, add your own preferred pictures, text, and videos to be as watermark in the output HD files, and adding special effects, as well as substitute the primary audio with your favorite ones.

All in all, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can basically meet all the needs you demand during the course of ripping Blu-ray files into HD video format. Well, it’s time to end up now, hope this helps. Good luck.

14 Mar 10 An easy way to download and convert YouTube videos to MP3 on Mac

I’m always attracted by the wonderful YouTube video files, and can’t help myself extracting the amazing audios to save them as MP3 to playback on my iPod and other MP3 players. I guess some of you may want to do the same thing as I do, but have not found an available application to achieve this goal, if so, I would like to share my experience here, and sincerely hope you can get what you need from my post.

The software I’m in use is Pavtube YouTube Convereter for Mac, which has performed very well on all the work I let it do. It can finish downloading and converting YouTube videos simultaneously in a few clicks. Besides YouTube, it can also deal with the video files from many other video sharing websites, like MySpace, Yahoo! Video, Google Video, Metacafe, Reuters, etc.  Okay, let’s go back to the point to see how to use it to download and convert YouTube videos to MP3 on Mac in detailed steps.

Step 1: Add YouTube URL

Step 2: Select MP3 as output format

Copy and paste YouTube URL to the textbox after “URL”, meanwhile, if you want to save the original FLV YouTube videos, you can tick “Save FLV File”. Click the drop-down icon at the end of “Convert To” to select MP3 as output format. Furthermore, if you want to save the output MP3 file in your specified file name, you can type it into the textbox after “Save As”, and also, you can click “Browse” button to decide where to locate the output MP3 files.

Step 3: Adjust audio parameters

Click “Custom” button, then the following interface will show up, on which you are able to adjust audio parameters like codec name, sample rate, bit rate and audio channels.

Step 4: Start downloading and converting simultaneously

As soon as all the above steps are finished, you can click the “OK” button in step 2, after that, downloading and converting YouTube videos to MP3 will start automatically. Once completed, you can click “Open” button in the interface as below to get the output MP3 files with ease.

08 Mar 10 How to rip DVD to AVI on Mac

Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac is specially developed for Mac users to remove DVD copy protections, as well as rip DVDs to almost all other popular video and

audio formats including AVI, MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPG, MPEG-4, FLV, MOV, 3G2, VOB, MP3, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A, etc., so that the generated files can be played on various media players or mobile

devices, or imported to some video editors to make your own movie works.

Here is a step-by-step guide to rip DVD to AVI on Mac OS X.

Step 1: Load DVD files

You can click “DVD folder” or “IFO file” to load DVD files directly from the DVD-Rom or from an IFO image file.

Step 2: Select AVI as output format

Click on the pull down menu of “Format” to choose AVI as output format

Step 3: Set advanced settings

Click on “Settings” button, and you are allowed to adjust audio and video parameters on the popup window including codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, and audio channels. Do remember

clicking “OK” button to save your settings.

Step 4: Set destination folder

Click “Browse” button to specify where to export the output files to.

Step 5: Click “Convert” button to start ripping DVD to AVI

The following window will show you clearly about the ripping info, such as time elapse, estimated left time, generated file size, and estimated file size. In that way, you are able to manage your time and storage

space in a proper way.

Once ripping work is done, you can click “Open” button to get the output AVI files effortlessly.

Additional tips:

1. The ripping speed of this software is 1-2 times faster than the similar programs. Merge multiple files into one file is available.

2. Enable users to select specific subtitle and audio track to convert.

3. Guarantee audio-video in sync.

4. With exception of adding text as watermark, images, GIF animations, and videos can also be added as watermarks to realize the picture-in-picture effect.

5. You can use the “Trim” function to select certain DVD clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the “Crop” function to remove black edges or change the screen size.

08 Mar 10 Remove BD+ protections from Blu-ray movies on Mac

BD+ is a technology used to prevent unauthorized copies of Blu-ray discs and the playback of Blu-ray media using unauthorized devices, which is more powerful than the former AACS protections. This article

aims to provide a solution for removing BD+ protections from your Blu-ray movies. Follow this way, and then you can take full advantage of your own purchased BD movies in your own ways.

Required software:

Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is a powerful tool specially designed for Mac users to rip, convert, backup and edit both Blu-ray and DVD movies. The source file could be from Blu-ray disc, DVD, Blu-ray and

DVD folder, ISO and IFO image file. The ripper is capable of decrypting region codes, and almost all copy protections, including AACS, BD+. Besides backup movies to hard drive, it also supports output other

popular audio and video formats to playback on your beloved portable devices such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, Blackberry, PSP, Creative Zen, Xbox 360, Apple TV etc.

Well, following is the solution:

1. Download and install Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac, after that, launch this program and click “DVD Folder” or “IFO File” to load BD movies into this program.

2. If you just want to rip the main movie, you can tick the file with the longest duration time only. Afterwards, click on the pull down menu of “Subtitle” and “Audio” to select your wanted language. The preview

window is able to show the effect of your dynamic switching on subtitle and audio track in real time.

3. Click the drop-down list of “Format” to select output format, and if you want to retain the original quality to full extent regardless of the output format, you can choose “Copy”, and then “Directly Copy”.

4. Click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels.

5. Click “Convert” button to start BD ripping and BD+ copy protection removing. As long as the ripping work is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the output files which are in your desired format and

without neither AACS nor BD+ copy protection.

Additional Tips:

Generally, Blu-ray media has a large file size because of its high definition quality, so the ripping time will be longer than that of standard DVDs. To avoid waiting around, you can click “Option” button to tick off

the checkbox “Shut down the computer after conversion”. Do remember clicking on “OK” button to save your settings.

If you are a Windows user, you can free download this Blu-ray ripper to remove BD+ protections on your PC.

08 Mar 10 How to convert TiVo files to MOV, MPEG, AVI, MP4, FLV, WMV, and VOB on Mac

As we all know there is no certain software developed for Mac users to transfer and replay TiVo DVR recorded files as “TiVo Desktop” doing on Windows. But if you want to do format conversion between TiVo file

and other video formats on your Mac directly, what is your method? My way is to use Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to achieve my goal. Once you are sure you have the same requirement as I do, follow these

steps to find the solution.

Requirements:

- TiVo recordings: they can be from your own TiVo DVR or from the DVR of your friends

- TiVo Media Access Key: it is a specific 10-digit number assigned to every TiVo account holder. If your TiVo source file are from your friends, then ask him/her for it.

- Pavtube Video Converter for Mac

Step 1: Launch Pavtube Video Converter for Mac and click “Add” button to load TiVo files

In the first attempt, a dialog window will pop up as below, just click “OK” button.

After that, the following window will allow you to enter your Media Access Key, just insert it, and click “OK” button to confirm. What you should do next is clicking on “Add” button to load your TiVo files again. Or

you can directly drag and drop the file into this program. Meanwhile, suppose you want to let it alone and do something else during the conversion, you can tick “Shut down the computer after conversion”.

Step 2: Select output format

Click on the drop-down list of “Format” to select output format. This utility supports a wide range of output format, including MOV, MPEG, AVI, MP4, FLV, WMV, VOB, and customized formats for iPod, iPhone,

PSP, PS3, Apple TV, BlackBerry, etc.

Step 3: Do advanced settings

Click on “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels. If you are not good at this step, you can totally skip it. By the way, if

you wanna combine multiple files to be as a single file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file” in the main interface.

Step 4: Click “Convert” button to start conversion

Once finished, you can get the output files via clicking on “Open” button with ease.