ByteCopy For Mac – An Alternative to Mac MakeMKV and A more considerable Mac Blu-ray ripper than MakeMKV

MakeMKV for Mac has been considered as one of the best Mac Blu-ray Ripper apps. It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted)DVD and Blu-ray disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters. A most preferable feature of MakeMKV is fast conversion – it converts as fast as your drive can read data, and takes about only 1 hour to copy a Blu-ray to Mac HDD comparing with 2-8 hours with other Mac Blu-ray rippers/transcoders. The MakeMKV for Mac, by any means, is a nice choice for BD ripping on Mac. Can we expect a more considerable Mac Blu-ray ripper than MakeMKV ?

Well, YES. The release of Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac lets us see alternative to MakeMKV for Mac- it has all the features MakeMKV has and does even more with less steps.

Convert 1080p Blu-ray movie to iPad 2 video/transfer movie to iPad 2 through iTunes

This guide is written for movie enthusiasts and frequent long distance travellers that haven’t figured out a way putting DVD and Blu-ray movies to iPad 2. Commercial Blu-ray and DVD movie are mot made for playing on iPad 2-actually they are protected from copying and unplayable on Mac- and you need to rip the 1080p movies to iPad 2 supported formats (such as MP4/H.264/720P HD Video) with the help of a Blu-ray &DVD ripper software for enjoying and watching Blu-ray movies on iPad 2.

The tools you need for converting/putting 1080p Blu-ray movie to iPad 2:
A Mac laptop or desktop running Mac OS X 10.4 and above with Intel inside
Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac software (for windows please check here)
A Mac compatible external Blu-ray Disc drive
iTunes 10

Part 1. Converting 1080p Blu-ray movie to iPad 2 supported video formats (MP4/H.264/720P HD Video)

Ever thought of putting your DVD collections to Apple TV? Why not? With digital backups on Apple TV, you will never have to hunt for a movie in hundreds of DVDs and then bother to place it in a DVD player. Instead, you just sit on the bed and select desired movie with a handy remote control. Apple TV does not play surround sound? No worry about that. The Apple TV itself can not decode AC3 5.1 codec, but it is able to optically pass through the AC3 audio to your AV receiver that output 6 channels to your speakers. By that means you can still get DVD movie with AC3 surround sound from Apple TV with the help of a Dolby Digital supported receiver. The question is, how to copy DVD movie to Apple TV supported video while keeping the AC3 track? Let Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac help you. The Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac is able to convert DVD to Apple TV, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4, PS3 and many other devices on Mac OS X for playback. Feel like watching DVD movie on Apple TV with AC3 surround sound? Just download a free trial of Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac and follow this guide to rip DVD to Apple TV meanwhile extract the AC3 audio track!

Step-by-step guide of converting DVD to Apple TV with AC3 5.1 track:

Step 1. Load DVD to the software for converting to Apple TV.

When building a media-center Mac, everyone has his optimal components and different set of requirements. Now that the new Mac Mini sports the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M as its integrated graphics chip, it is finally a true contender for the home media center space. After building up a Mac mini HTPC, most folks would download music, pictures, games, music and most important of all, their movie collections to the Mac Mini HTPC immediately. If you’re HD movie lover and wish to add Blu-ray movies to the newly built Mac HTPC, Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac and PLEX are good combination. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac copies protected Blu-ray movie to your Mac HTPC and PLEX plays high-definition 1080p M2TS files from Blu-ray structure. In that way you play Blu-ray movie on Mac HTPC without quality loss. This following guide tells how to copy/ rip Blu-ray and DVD movies to Mac Mini HTPC with Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac.

Required hardware: Mac Mini with an external BD drive; source DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

Required software: Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac

(The software is able to back up Blu-ray movies and commercial DVDs for Mac HTPC Media Center without quality loss or compress the BD and DVD movies to MOV, MP4, MKV, M4V, etc in perfect sync. Download from here a trial version of Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac )

Enrich your Mac Mini HTPC Media Library: rip DVD and Blu-ray movies to PLEX:

Step 1. Load movies (videos) to the Blu-ray/DVD to Mac HTPC Converter software.

Why rip Blu-ray movies to 1080p HD videos? Firstly, to protect your precious Avatar Blu-ray discs from scratches and worn out; secondly, to enjoy Blu-ray movies more freely on Mac and HDTV; thirdly, access Blu-ray movies at home and abroad via network; and most important of all, 1080p leads to out highest video quality and smooth motion! To rip Blu-ray to 1080p HD video, an external BD drive and Avatar Blu-ray ripping app are required. You are suggest to try Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, which is a comprehensive Avatar Blu-ray ripping tool for backing up, ripping, converting, and shrinking Avatar Blu-raymovies. A free trial version can be downloaded from the following link:

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (Trial)

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movies to the Blu-ray to 1080p HD Video Converter.

Connect the external BD drive with you Mac and place Avatar in BD drive. Launch the Mac Blu-ray to 1080p HD Video Converter, when the Welcome page pops up, Click “Try” to continue. In the Main interface, you’ll find “Add Video” and “BD/DVD Folder”. Click the latter to load source Blu-ray movie. By default the chapters are listed in Title Mode, select the movie chapters you’d like to copy to Mac and set subtitles and audio track for them. Leave others unchecked.

Step 2. Select desired output format for Blu-ray to 1080p HD MP4, M4V or MOV conversion.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is recommended as a best tool to help you complete the Blu-ray to HD Video conversion, as it features versatile optimized formats. To rip Blu-ray to 1080p HD video, you can click the “Format” bar, and choose a favorable format from “HD Video” tab. Both “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” and H.264 HD Video (*.mov)” makes 1080p HD video with 5.1 surround sound and will play spellbinding picture on 48’ HDTV.

To further improve the video quality, you may click on “Settings” and set video bit rate up. To shrink the output file size, you may set video bit rate and frame rate down. To get 1080p M4V video, you may select “M4V –MPEG-4 Video (*.m4v) and set video bit rate to 120000kbps~ 180000kbps.

Step 3. Start ripping Blu-ray to 1080p HD MP4, M4V or MOV videos.

Now click “Convert” button to rip Avatar Blu-ray to 1080p HD MP4, M4V or MOV videos. When the conversion task is completed, get the final output files by clicking “Open” button. Now you have backed up the protected commercial Avatar Blu-ray movies to 1080p HD videos, just copy the HD movies to iTunes Library or any other location you like. Both iTunes 10 and QuickTime Player 7 plays the HD MP4, M4V and MOV videos well. You may also use HDMI cable to connect Mac with HDTV and watch the ripped 1080p movies on HDTV. The videos are in high quality. You can hardly tell the differences from original Avatar Blu-ray discs, but file size is one thirds or even two thirds down.

Tip 1: If you would like to combine all the chapters into one file, please check Merge into one file.

Tip 2: Due to the huge file size of Avatar Blu-ray movie, it usually takes hours to rip a Avatar Blu-ray movie to 1080p HD MP4, M4V or MOV video. You may click “Option” and check “Shutdown computer after conversion” before conversion progress starts so that Mac will shutdown itself upon the completion of tasks.

Tip 3: To get lossless Avatar Blu-ray contents and retain Avatar Blu-ray structure and menu, you may make full copy of Avatar Blu-ray disc.
Tip 4: You can make the Blu-ray to 1080p HD Video conversion as complex as you want with the Editing facilities. You may cut off black edges, trim out unwanted ads, add watermark, replace audio, flip video, etc. Simply click on “Editor” button on main interface to enter editing panel.

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