[Tips]Convert/rip Blu-ray DVD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video on Mac

Apple TV 2, the revolutionary streaming home theater device of Apple, powered by the Apple A4 processor, has been redesigned to be small in size but big on entertainment. It lets you rent new movies and TV shows, stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to your HDTV. Have you ever thought of converting Blu-ray DVD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video for watching on your HDTV? If you haven’t found out an available way, the following guide aims to show you how to stream your Blu-ray DVD collection to your HDTV for watching via the Apple TV Second generation in detail, just feel free to check it.

What you will need?
Pavtube Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter
An external BD drive

Step-by-step instruction:
How to convert/rip BD DVD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video on Mac?

Step 1: Run Pavtube Mac Blu-ray to Apple TV 2 Converter

People spend on-board time in different ways when traveling. Some guys would buy a piece of newspaper before getting on board, some prefer to enjoy the scenery out of the window, some sleep all through the flight, some keep on talking with neighbors, some just put handsets on without a word… How do kill the boring time during travel? Read a book? Or do something different– Like surfing on the Internet through iPad or a smartphone? That’s nice, but I have a brilliant idea with the tablet: watching ripped DVD and Blu-ray movies on iPad (or the handy Galaxy Tab as long as you like)! Movies always help you pass the time easier. As to ripping Blu-ray and DVD to iPad, there are many tips and tricks. What’s the best format for DVD to iPad conversion on Mac? How to compress the Blu-ray movie to reasonable size while keep favorable quality? Read through the following guide to learn an optimal way ripping Blu-ray/ DVD to iPad for traveling on Mac.

Before converting Blu-ray/ DVD to iPad on Mac OS, make sure you have all of these: source Blu-ray disc/ DVD, Mac computer with an external BD drive, and Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac software (Download a trial of Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac from here). A BD drive is a must for ripping Blu-ray disc on Mac.

A simple step-by-step guide of BD/ DVD to iPad H.264 720p MP4 conversion for trip:

Step 1: Click to “BD/DVD Folder” to import Blu-ray disc from external BD drive, DVD from in-laid optical drive.

Step 2: Click on the pull down menu at the end of “Format”, and then choose “iPad” profile. To produce 720p video for iPad, you can directly select “iPad”>> “iPad HD Video (*.mp4)” preset, because the default size of it is 1280×720 at 4000kbps, you needn’t change it anymore. This is the best quality for iPad video playback when compressing Blu-ray movie to iPad. Alternative formats are iPad Video H.264 (*.mp4) and iPad Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4), both are good for DVD to iPad conversion.

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

Step 4: Click “Convert” button to start Blu-ray to iPad ripping on Mac. When the ripping work is finished, click “Open” button to find out the ripped iPad HD videos with ease.

Now you can transfer the generated iPad HD movie to your iPad, and enjoy wonderful high quality Blu-ray movies on train, ship and aeroplane freely. With the company of iPad, your trip will not be boring any more.

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This year Apple has brought for the fans pleasantly surprises: the iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4 and more. All these devices are beautifully designed devices equipped with Retina display, creating crisp and vivid picture, which is perfect for movie playback. Many folks have taken advantages of the Retina display by copying their DVD and blu-ray movie collections to iTunes and transferring them to their iPad, iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 4 for playback. Here a question comes up with some Apple fans: Is there a general format that is compatible with iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4? No one would be pleased to rip one movie twice just because he owns iPad and iPhone 4! Luckily there is optimal format for ripping DVD and blu-ray movies to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV. And this format is H.264/AAC MP4.

Let’s take a look at supported video formats by iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV:

H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

H.264/AAC MP4 – the best format for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV

We choose H.264 codec over MPEG-4 and M-JPEG due to H.264 can compress video into smaller size and maintain the same video quality. As to AAC? Apple has picked it out for us. Why use MP4 instead of M4V and MOV? Because MP4 ranks among the most popular video formats, and is supported by various other devices, for instance, PS3 and HTC droids.

720P – wide screen, HD quality and acceptable file size

There are three reasons we choose 1280*720 over 640*480pix: firstly, 720P brings better image quality; secondly, 720P allows you to keep correct and wide screen aspect ratio for blu-ray and most DVD movies, you’ll have movies at 16:9 instead of 4:3, the picture will not be stretched when playing back; lastly, even 720P does not mean huge file size, you can still adjust other parameters to reduce file size.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac – an all-in-one pack to rip DVD and blu-ray movie to H.264/AAC MP4 720P for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is recommend to assist you rip DVD and blu-ray movie to H.264/AAC MP4 720P for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV. This program integrates a Blu-ray ripper for Mac, a DVD ripper for Mac and a video converter for Mac together to be as a single piece of software, which means users can use this program to rip or convert their commercial or home made Blu-rays, DVDs, and video files in format of TiVo, AVI, MTS, MKV, M2TS and more to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV playable file format.

Guide - rip DVD and blu-ray movie to H.264/AAC MP4 720P for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV

Tip: Get a free trial of Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac from here (Mac OS X 10.5, Intel processor only). The trial is clean, safe, with no plug-ins or ads. Note: If you are about to rip from a Blu-ray disc, an external Blu-ray drive is required.

Step 1. Load blu-ray and DVD for ripping to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV

Step 2. Set 720p H.264/AAC MP4 for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV

Click the drop down list of “Format” and select “HD Video”>> “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).

Now we can further customize the H.264 MP4 to be suitable for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV. Click “Settings” button to let the following window pop up.

Recommended settings for iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV:

Step 3. Start ripping BD/DVD to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV compatible format

Click “Convert” button, and the ripping task will be processing immediately. This converter will guarantee you an excellent playback quality on your iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV. When the conversion work is finished, click “Open” button to get the final files, and sync them to your iTunes Library. Then you can transfer them to iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, and Apple TV for watching. Hope this helps.

If you wanna do further editing of your Blu-ray/DVD, or videos, you can see the detailed manual of iMedia Converter for Mac.

Source from:

http://www.pavtube.com/guide/rip-dvd-bluray-to-h264-mp4-720p-for-ipad-appletv-iphone-ipod-touch-4-mac.html

With a longer battery life of 10 hours, and a larger screen (9.7-inch) than the iPod/iPhone, the iPad promises users a robust portable viewing experience. Ranging from 16GB to 64GB in storage size, now you can carry much more video and play that video for far longer than ever before. Have you got ready for making full use of that wider screen to watch your Blu-ray collection? Have you already found the best way to convert Blu-ray M2TS stream to the iPad? Since iPad supports 720p H.264 video, you can imagine how amazing it is if you watch Blu-rays in sharp 720p HD video on the iPad. If you have not got such a solution, this article will definitely do you a favor. It intends to give a detailed tutorial of ripping BR to iPad 720p H.264 video with Pavtube Blu-ray to iPad converter (Mac version: Mac Blu-ray Ripper). Please feel free to get what you are looking for.

Step 1: Click “BD/DVD ROM”, “BD/DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO” to load BD m2ts streams.

Step 2: Select iPad preset
Click on the dropdown list of “Format”, and then follow “iPad” > “iPad HD Video (*.mp4)”.

Tip: The default settings will guarantee you a great playback quality on your iPad. So there is no need to change anything. To see the default settings, you can click “Settings” button, and then video and audio parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel will all be shown as below:

Step 3: Click “Convert” button to start ripping Blu-ray m2ts stream to iPad 720p H.264 video
Once the conversion is finished, you can get the output 720p H.264 video for your iPad via clicking “Open” button. After that, just sync the converted Blu-ray movies to your iPad with iTunes for watching. More details about this iPad Blu-ray Ripper.

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