13 May 10 Best Windows MTS/M2TS to iPad Converter – Convert MTS/M2TS files to iPad
Best iPad Video settings
Follow the optimal settings to get excellent playback quality.
Video:
Codec: H.264
Size: 640*480 or 1280*720
Bitrate: 2500kbps
Frame rate: 30fps
Audio:
Codec: aac
Sample rate: 48khz
Bitrate: 160kbps
Channels: Stereo
Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converteris designed for those who have an AVCHD camcorder but unfortunately get stuck in MTS and M2TS video format. It does a good job in converting MTS, M2TS, M2T, TS, TP and TRP to versatile video and autio formats. People who have no way to edit MTS/ M2TS files with Adobe Premiere, Avid, Sony Vegas Cyberlink Power Director, Avid, Magix Movie Edit Pro, Windows Movie Maker, etc can find a best solution by converting them to useable formats such as WMV(VC-1), MOV (AVC) and MPEG2. The output formats covers common audio, SD video, HD video, Flash video, DVD as well as customized formats for Xbox, Apple TV, PS3, WDTV HD Player, iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP,Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, Nokia etc. All these output formats enable you to playback, edit and upload the footages shot by Sony, Canon, JVC and Panasonic AVCHD Camcorders.
What’s new
- Fixed for the out of sync issue when merging multiple trimmed files together.
- Improved the GUI to be more user-friendly. A checkbox is added for users to check/ uncheck all chapters; the main movie of source disc is marked out; and slider bars are added so as to adjust the position of crop area and text/image/video watermark more conveniently.
- Upgraded the Profile Manger, and improved the profile list to be more friendly, intuitive, and flexible. The software will memorize the profile settings and apply it when it is updated to the later version.
- Added support to iPad, including three more optimized formats.
- Added scale value to Brightness, Contrast and Saturation facility contained in Effect tab.
For Mac user: Mac MTS/M2TS to iPad Converter
Learn more: Best iPad video conversion tools
10 May 10 All-in-one Mac Blu-ray & DVD ripper and Video Converter – Pavtube Mac iMedia Converter
Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is an all-in-one Mac Blu-ray & DVD ripper and Video Converter. It helps you back up or rip blu-ray disc and DVD (ISO image file included), no matter encrypted or non-encrypted, and convert videos of all popular formats to your hard drive for playing with. iMedia Converter supports conversion for all popular mobile players and devices such as iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Xbox, PS3, Zune, Archos, PSP, 3GP, Blackberry, Droid, Nexus One etc. It also converts HD video footages from Cameras and Camcorders to common video and editable HD video format for non-linear editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere etc. and extracts audios from blu-ray disc, DVD and video with high conversion speed.
- Enjoy videos and movies from disc, ISO image file, cams, DVRs, web videos freely.
- Easy to use but powerful editing facilities like crop, trim, watermark, flip, etc.
- Outstanding audio video sync technology makes perfect matching for converted files.
- Provides perfect audio solutions and up to 7.1 channels output option.
History
- Date: May 6, 2010 (v1.0) – New release.
System
- 1G Hz or above PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor.
- Mac OS X (including Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger ,v10.5 Leopard and v10.6 Snow Leopard ) on iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro, etc.
- 512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more.
- 1024*768 or higher resolution display.
- Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
Home: http://www.pavtube.com
Download: [code]http://download.pavtube.com/imedia-converter-mac/imediaconvertermac_setup.zip[/code]
Product link: http://www.pavtube.com/imedia-converter-mac/
Key Features
One-step backup for blu-ray and DVD movie
The Disk Copy option allows you to backup the entire Blu-ray disc and DVD to Mac, including video/ audio streams, commentary, menus, titles, ads etc. All you need is one click on ‘Disk Copy’ button.
Special focus on High-definition videos
High-definition videos can be compressed to common video or re-coded into other formats and retain HD quality. What’s more, deinterlacing facility is provided for eliminating the interlacing lines of HD footages taken with camcorders.
Full support for recorded TiVo shows
The app could decrypt *.tivo files, restore them to lossless *.mpg files, trim out commercials and trans-code the *.tivo files to *.vob, *.mpg, *.avi etc for burning.
Convert animated images to video files at ease
With iMovie Converter you will have more fun with animated pictures (GIF image) by converting them to short video files.
Support universal players and devices
By customizing formats and settings, the output video and audio files can be played back well on iPad, iPod, iPhone, GPhone, Blackberry, 3G phone, Nokia, Sony Erickson, Motorola cell phones, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox 360, WD TV Live, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, PSP, Pocket PC, etc.
Super high converting/ ripping speed
Its advanced coding technology accelerates the conversion speed to great extent. With this iMedia Converter, you can convert videos, DVDs, Blu-Ray discs much faster than other similar tools.
Multi-task operation and batch conversion
The app multitask is based and supports batch conversion, this means you can load in videos, DVD and blu-ray movie and convert/ rip them at one time.
Ability to merge files together and trim out unwanted clips
With ‘Merge into one’ function, video clips, DVD and blu-ray movie can be merged into one file when it is necessary. With ‘Trim’ function, you can easily cut the selected file to any length and get rid of commercials, titles, header, trailer, etc.
Capture still images as you wish
It not only lets you preview the video, but also makes it easy enough for you to take snapshot- simply with one click. You may also change the images to favorable format at specified size.
Advanced audio and video sync technology
The program adopted advanced audio and video sync technology, and has improved audio video synchronization to perfect performace.
Multiple aspect ratios available
iMedia Converter offers more than switching between 16: 9 and 4:3 aspect ratios, it allows you to set the video to desired value to fit for the screen of your devices and meet your special demands.
Various watermarks editing options
The program supports different watermarks including text, image (including GIF), and video watermark.
Auto-shutdown facility
When working with large videos and blu-ray discs, a lot of time is consumed in producing the final video files. iMedia Converter conveniently shuts down your Mac on completion, saving valuable power and time.
07 May 10 Top 5 pretty useful YouTube Converters for Mac, most are free
Rich video resources on YouTube are definitely attractive; therefore, there are numerous people to download these files as their own collections everyday, meanwhile, you will notice that it is not an easy thing to find a proper YouTube converter to work for you, especially to get a freeware or a nice consumer converter for Mac. If you Google it, you will get many freeware for Windows, while for Mac, there is rare. For doing some favors to Mac users, I have tried a number of YouTube converters for Mac, and written a summary here, hope you can find what you want among them.
Top 1: Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac
It is unbelievable easy-to-use for Mac users (including the newest Snow leopard users).Import the URL of YouTube, click OK, and then choose an output video format. Yes, finished! It supports outputting a wide range of formats, such as MP4, 3GP, MPEG-4, AVI, MPG, MOV, 3G2, VOB, MP3, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A, etc. for playback on popular gadgets like iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G cell phones, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, iRiver, Zune, etc.
Compare with the other converters, the obvious advantage of Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac is that it can ensure audio and video match very well, so users do not need worry about the converted video quality. In addition, this converter adopts multithreading technology, which enables its downloading and conversion speed to be faster than any other YouTube converters.
Moreover, it also supports batch conversion for YouTube videos, just choose the tasks you want to convert as many as possible, and then you can let the program convert multiple files simultaneously, which will remarkably save your time and energy.
Free download
Top 2: Freeware Tube TV
TubeTV is a free program designed for Mac, it can not only enable users to search for, and save YouTube and many other flash videos, but also can convert these videos to other format suitable for playback on portable devices like Apple TV, iPhone, and iPod.
A built in search bar and web browser help you conveniently locate your favorite videos from YouTube or other video sharing sites. If desired, TubeTV can add exported movies directly to iTunes and set appropriate comment tags enabling you to create a smart playlist. Alternately, double clicking on a converted video file will open it in iTunes or drag and drop a saved video file on to QuickTime Player to view it locally.
Comparatively, it is compatible well with iTunes, however, when it comes to batch conversion speed and the range of output types of video formats, it is inferior to Pavtube YouTube Converter for Mac.
Free download
Top 3: Free YouTube Converter for Mac
Free YouTube Converter for Mac is undoubtedly a great choice to convert YouTube videos to popular video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MPEG, H.264/AVC, MOV, RM, 3GP, 3GP2, VOB, AAC, FLV and other video and audio formats. Download YouTube videos and then convert them via this converter. After that you can enjoy these YouTube videos on various portable devices such as iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, Apple TV, Black Berry, DVD Player, Sony, LG and other 3GP mobile phones.
Free YouTube Converter for Mac has more output formats than Tube TV, while it lacks powerful support for batch conversion, besides this, its conversion speed also needs improvement. But because it is free, we may give more forgiveness to it.
Top 4: Free YouTube to iPhone Converter for Mac
Free YouTube to iPhone Converter can easily convert YouTube videos to iPhone on Mac, and its output formats including WAV, M4A, AAC, MPEG, and H.264. What is more, it also can convert YouTube to videos that can be played not only on iPhone but also on iPod, iPod touch, iPod Nano, Apple TV, MP4 Player, and MP3 Player.
Compare with the above three programs, this one is uniquely designed for transferring YouTube video files to iPhone, and although it announces that the resulted files are also workable on iPod, Apple TV, MP4 Player, and MP3 Player, the fact that the numbers of its output file formats is limited can not be changeable.
Top 5: Free YouTube to iPod Converter for Mac
Free YouTube to iPod Converter for Mac is a nice choice for assisting iPod fans to enjoy YouTube videos. Because it is capable of converting YouTube videos to iPod compatible formats including MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, and MP4, so that iPod users would not be troubled by format issues.
The same with the above mentioned Free YouTube to iPhone Converter for Mac, this converter is also specially designed for converting YouTube video files to a certain device, not for iPhone, but for iPod only, and the output formats of it are also not as many as that of the above mentioned former three converters, thus, this point has limited its application scope to some extent as well.
Free download
During the course of my test, I have not found any spyware and adware in these above mentioned software; therefore you can download them according to your own preference at will.
06 May 10 How to keep Dolby TrueHD audio while ripping Blu-ray movies
Dolby TrueHD, the next-generation lossless compression technology, is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The technology provides an excellent high-definition audio, which is identical with master tapes of a recording studio, so that giving users a true high-definition entertainment experience.
Since Dolby TrueHD technology delivers unprecedented home theater experience, so I guess many of you may want to keep Dolby TrueHD audio while ripping your Blu-ray movies, but actually, most Blu-ray rippers in the market can not recognize this stunning audio at all, this may be the probable thing that troubles you a lot. With luck, I found an available Blu-ray converter via Google by chance, and my pleasure to share its detailed operating steps here, sincerely hope it will be of some help for you folks who are feeling headache about this problem.
Software I will use is called Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, now let’s together to see how to retain Dolby TrueHD audio via it during the course of Blu-ray ripping.
Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies
There are three ways to import Blu-ray files: “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder”, and “IFO/ISO”.
Step 2: Select Dolby TrueHD audio, output format and set destination folder
Now you just tick off on what you want to copy. Normally select the .m2ts video stream with the longest playing time, because it is usually the main movie of the Blu-ray. If in doubt, you can preview the selected stream in the video pane to the right to check it. You can also tick several .m2ts files, if you want to copy the extras of the Blu-ray movie. Note that you can also combine everything into one file via ticking the checkbox “Merge into one file”.
Look at the “Audio” option, usually a Blu-ray movie has several audio tracks, Dolby TrueHD audio is among them. Generally speaking, the first one should be Dolby TrueHD, or you can play it to check if it is what you want.
At the same time, you should select output format from the drop-down list of “Format”, here I choose “MKV HD Video (*.mkv) for instance, or if you just need copy Blu-ray movies without any loss, you can select “Copy” and then “Directly Copy”. After that, click the folder icon at the end of “Output” to specify where to locate the output files, if not, the program will export the output file to the default save path automatically, and these files can be easily found via clicking “Open” button.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters
Click “Settings” button, and then you can adjust audio and video parameters like codec, image pixels, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, to keep Dolby TrueHD audio to the greatest extent, you should select 5.1 channels.
Step 4: Start Blu-ray ripping
Once the above mentioned settings are finished, now just click “Convert” button to start Blu-ray ripping, the ripping info including ripping process, ripping time, and generated file size will all be shown clearly on the following window, and if you do not want to wait around, you can tick “Shut down computer after conversion”.
04 May 10 How to Convert M4V to MPEG for edit in iMovie?
iMovie is an useful and powerful tool for Mac users. You can bring video into iMovie from a variety of sources and devices so as to organize, catalog and edit the video, then share your movies with friends and family on the web, Mac or portable devices easily. However, you can not edit all the videos in iMovie. Today you can use a multiple of video devices to shoot video and get even more from web, which are in various formats. Although iMovie works with the emerging generation of video recording devices, there are some formats that are not supported. M4V is one of the few formats that iMovie will not work with. You have to convert M4V files to iMovie compatible format before you can import them to the software. This guide aims to shows how to convert M4V files to be compatible with iMovie. Please find a step-by-step guide below.
In order to convert M4V files, you need a Video Converter for Mac. And I recommend you Pavutbe Video Converter, which not only converts among versatile media formats, but also allows you to set video codec, bit rarte, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, sampling rate, channels, etc. You could download it via this link (for PowerPC please click here).
Step One. Load source files.
Run HD Video Converter for Mac and click on “Add” to import source files, browse to source video folder and click “Choose”. In preview window you could view the video and take snapshots. When the box of Merge into one is checked, all selected videos will be combined together as one output file after conversion.
(Tip: you can click “Edit” button to perform edit functions such as crop, trim, flip, effect, watermark and audio replace. To eliminate interlacing effect, simply check Deinterlacing box under Effect tab.)
Step 2:Set Output format.
Click on “Format” bar when you’d like to specify an output format. As iMovie supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVCHD, DV and QuickTime format, you may select Common Video-> MPEG-2/ MPEG-4. MOV format is an alternative choice for your preference. If you want to further customize video and audio parameters such as video codec, audio codec, frame rate, bit rate, video size, audio channels etc, please click “Settings” to cofig them. Do not forget to click on “OK” to confirm your settings. In Export to box you could specify destination for the converted file.
Step 3:Start converting M4V to MPEG.
Click on “Convert” button to start Conversion. The converter will generate MPEG file with admirable video quality. After conversion you can edit the converted files in iMovie freely. See how to edit video in iMovie.
