For Mac users mainly video hobbyists and independent filmmakers, Final Cut Pro 6/7 really gives a best way to edit their DVD movies. However, before importing DVD movies to FCP for editing, we need to do some work in advance. As we all know, the best video format for editing in Final Cut Pro is Apple ProRes 422 (.mov), which uses I-frame–only (intraframe) encoding, providing faster rendering and real-time playback performance, and has a generous color sample ratio and bit depth, allowing for higher-quality rendering of visual effects. So if you want to edit DVD movies in Final Cut Pro 6/7 flawlessly, you may have to convert DVD to Apple ProRes 422 under Mac OS. Along with some help from the third-party software.

There are many programs out there that allow you to make conversion of your DVDs and let you use them the way you want. The combination of Pavtube DVD Ripper – a top DVD to ProRes Converter for Mac works well. The program designed for Mac users to edit and rip DVDs to almost all other popular video and audio format.

In order to help Mac users import and edit DVD movies in Final Cut Pro without rendering time, this top Mac DVD to ProRes Converter adds “Final Cut Pro” profile and gives this profile several options, like Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), Apple ProRes 4444, etc. With it, Mac users can directly load any DVD disc, DVD folder or IFO/ISO with one click to remove CSS, region code or analogue copy protections from DVDs and rip them to Apple ProRes with the easiest way. And you can also select the output format according to your own situation.

Best format setting for dvd to kindle fire conversion?

for the Kindle Fire.. is there a way i can upload dvd movies to the Android-based tablet? what kin of conversion do i need? what’s the best format setting when ripping dvd to kinlde fire?

As we all know, DVDs are encrypted with copyright protection. In order to get a DVD into a digital video for playback with Kindle Fire, we have to get some help from the third-party softare. There are many programs out there that allow you to make copies of your DVDs and let you watch them the way you want to view them. Most of you are likely familiar with the excellent Handbrake for ripping standard Def DVDs, but while it cannot decrypt the DVDs. so you’ll need to add an intermediate step. The software recommended here is called Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac.

To be honest, the Mac DVD to Kindle Fire Converter is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs and DVD iso/ifo images. It really enriches my digital entertainment on the Kindle Fire by downloading and copying DVDs to the Android Tablet. I am very pleased with the application, it exceeded my expectations and I am very happy with it. The audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too. The program is on sale at the company’s New Year Promotion through Dec.5 2011 to Jan. 16 2012 if you choose this option.

Below is simple guide ripping DVD to Kindle Fire for playback under Mac OS X Lion.

If there is a best Free DVD Ripper, it must be HandBrake. In fact Handbrake stands up against any other commercial DVD Ripper applications. There’s a good chance you’ve used Handbrake before, so I’ll make the introduction as short as possible- Handbrake is a free and open source program that converts DVD (now Blu-ray as well) movie from real disc, VIDEO_TS folder, and DVD ISO image to MP4, M4V and MKV format for iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, with customized settings, and allows users to config their own settings for the Xbox 360, PS3, and other popular media players not included. (Read more about video encoding with Handbrake at Maximum PC)

Blu-ray Ripping with HandBrake 0.9.5

Blu-ray ripping feature was added in the update release of HandBrake 0.9.5 on Jan 3, 2011. However, that doesn’t mean you can use HandBrake as a full Blu-ray Disc ripper, because it doesn’t handle commercial copy-protected Blu-ray Discs. In the release highlights you can find that “BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support)”

HandBrake also makes it clear in its supported sources list- “Any DVD or Bluray-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image, real DVD or bluray (unencrypted — removal of copy protection is not supported), and some .VOB, .TS and M2TS files.

That mean HandBrake converts neither encrypted physical Blu-ray Disc nor decrypted commercial Blu-ray movies in BDMV file structure.

Not really sure which DVD Ripper to pick up? The following review may help you make the decision easier. Referring to the best DVD Ripper for 2011, there’re at least two candidates worth trying- DVDfab and Pavtube. I did a test to both of them and am now sharing my first-hand experience with those who would like to evaluate them before purchase.

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DVDfab DVD Ripper

Pavtube DVD Ripper

DVDfab vs. Pavtube – Basic features

I put the basic features into the following form to compare DVDfab with Pavtube DVD Ripper easier:

Setting up Xbox 360 for video streaming is not a big deal. If you have an Xbox 360 connected to a home network, you can use it as a Media Center Extender. This is an easy way to stream your pictures, music, videos to the Xbox. The process is straight-forward with instructions on Microsoft site. With the right setup, you can have Windows Media Player stream the media stored on your computer to the Xbox 360 in another room instantly. This seems to be a nice video streaming solution, but in fact Xbox360 will stream only WMV and MPEG2. It will not stream any other form of video, not even a Blu-ray and DVD disc. To stream Blu-ray/DVD to Xbox 360, you need to do some preparation work, i.e. turn Blu-ray and DVD into Xbox 360 playable format first. Let’s see how to achieve this purpose.

To convert a Blu-ray or a DVD for Xbox 360 streaming, you must have a Blu-ray Ripper that can crack BD/DVD encryption and also encode the M2TS and VOB streams to WMV files. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper is a remarkable decrypter and converter app for this. And you can download and install a trial Blu-ray to X360 Converter for testing.

Top DVD to Sony Tablet S Converter-Put/Play DVD movies on Sony Tablet S

Sony Tablet S is actually a Tablet like no other. The lastest Android Tablet goes above and beyond the typical Honeycomb tablet experience by offering exclusive apps, ergonomic design, PlayStation certification for mobile gaming, DLNA video and music streaming, and an integrated IR universal remote control. Have you ever thought of putting your DVD movies on this amazing Tablet? Do you know how to watch DVD movies on Sony Tablet S? Using An external Drive – So incovenient and impractical. Is there other solutions for us play DVD mvoies on Sony Tablet S? Of course, the answer is yes. If you are addicated to viewing favourite DVD movies on your Tablet. please read it carefully.

What we need is just a 3rd party application. Here Pavtube DVD Ripper is recommeded to you. It’s special designed for you to handle DVDs, such as DVD discs, DVD ISO or IFO image files etc. It can help you rip and convert DVD movie files to Sony Tablet S compatible formats without quality lossless at fast speed. Moreover, it allows you select your wanted subtitle and meanwhile choose the audio language as you like.

Blu-ray Disc (official abbreviation BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. Nowadays Blu-ray disc is widely accepted by video enthusiasts for its efficiency and video quality. However, some movie fans do not prefer Blu-ray disc since it can only be played with an exclusive Blu-ray player and the digital contents in the disc cannot be directly copied since there are copy protections in the disc.

As a multimedia (Blu-ray, DVD, Video) tools developing company, Pavtube Studio keeps concentrating on Blu-ray movie related solutions. The professional tool Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is specially designed but straightforward for Blu-ray video zealots who use Mac OS. The Mac BD Ripper can help you achieve all kinds of Blu-ray ripping tasks. It can assist you in ripping/copying/backing up Blu-ray movies (Watching Blu-ray movie on Mac OS X) to MKV, MOV, H.264, TS, MP4, M4V, VOB, MPEG, and more other file types at will according to your different end uses. Designed for fast speed and negligible video quality loss, the amazing software is your best choice for Blu-ray Ripping. It also enables you to copy Blu-ray disc contents without any quality loss by removing Blu-ray copy protections, such as AACS, and BD+ encryptions up to MKB v25 from commercial Blu-ray movies. When it comes to getting the raw content of a Blu-ray disc onto your hard drive(Copy Blu-ray to Mac HDD), Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper For Mac is about as good as it gets. Using the “Full Disc Copy” feature, you can preserve the Blu-ray’s original file structure.