Pavtube special offer for summer holiday – up to 30% off of DVD Ripper

Summer Holiday finally come! Almost nobody can resist the temptation of sun-drenched beach, fresh morning in valley and starry summer night. No matter what form and style you intend to choose to cheer this summer vacation, great music and movies can always be by your side. I think you must see a lot of summer movies information from a variety of movie sites. Are this summer's movies really wonderful, and worth the wait? Like Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014), 99% of people are willing to watch it, which is a great science-fiction film, full-stop, and one of the year's very best movies so far. I think at Jul 11, 2014, you must go to theater to watch it. 

But faced with the hot weather, some people choose to stay at home. They prefer to watch movies at home missing this classic movie. They like to buy many DVD discs to play on their computer. I think they will not miss the The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), which will release DVD at Aug 19, 2014. If you watch the movies on computer in all day, you will be very tired! Perhaps another way to watch the movie will be better, more freely. For example, you can watch movies on your mobile phone or tablet, so that you can freely walk around, or even to do other things, and you also can put movie on your home theater, which can give you a better viewing experience. However, the ensuing question is – How to play DVD Movies on Phone, tablet and home theater? 

The most simple and effective method is to backup DVD discs, which is also used by most people. Want to backup DVD movies and even convert DVD discs, you need get help from the third software – backup and conversion software like Pavtube DVDAid and Pavtube DVDAid for Mac, which is version for Mac user. To meet the needs of students, Pavtube release special offer for summer. Here both of them are 30% off. Only need $24.5, I think this price can be accepted by that every student. 

 

Know more: http://www.multipelife.com/summer-2014-deals 

How to use Pavtube DVDAid 

How to use Pavtube DVDAid for Mac 

Popcorn Hour A-410 Hardware and software Specs

 

Hardware Specifications 

• Chipset: 
  Sigma Designs SMP8911 Dual-Core 800Mhz with 512KB L2 Cache with VXP Video Processor 
• Memory: 
  1024MB DDR2, 256MB SLC NAND Flash 
• Audio/Video: 
  HDMI, Component, CVBS, Stereo Audio, S/PDIF, Digital Optical 
• Other Interface: 
  Power LED and Standby LED, 2x USB 2.0 Host, 1 x USB 3.0 Slave, 1 x eSATA, quick dock mounting for 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD, Infra-Red Remote Control, SD card reader, IR-Receiver Port 
• Network: 
  Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps 
• Power:
  12V DC, 3.5A Max 
• Dimension: 
  Width x Depth x Height : 182mm (W) x 158mm (L) x 56mm (H) (7.2" x 6.2" x 2.2") 
• Weight: 
  1.3kg (2.86lbs) 
• Casing
  Casing designed by Silverstone aluminum Case, fanless Operation

Software Specifications 

• Video containers: 
  MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V),MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB),MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS),AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV),MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4, 3D BD ISO 
• Video Decoders:
  XVID SD/HD,MPEG-1, MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1,WMV9 : MP@HL,SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3 
• Audio Containers:
  AAC, M4A,MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA),WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG 
• Audio Decoders:
  DTS, WMA, WMA Pro,MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 BSAC ,LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis, TrueAudio, APE Audio 
• Audio Passthrough:
  DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA 
• Other Formats: 
  ISO, IFO navigation, Simple BD navigation 
• Photo Formats: 
  JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF 
• Subtitle Formats: 
  SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX

Other about Popcorn Hour A-410 

Storage 

There are no HDD bundled along with device. A disk bay provided and installation is easier than thought. Just place the SDD on disk-bay, tighten provided screws and lock it after pushing inside. HDD manager application detect the disk and format it. 

User Interface 

Good: 
 
I won’t say the user interface design is outstanding among the class but it is quite responsive in comparison to other media players I used before. In comparison to WD LIvehub A-410 is almost 10 time faster, may be because of duel core processor and 1 GB RAM. 

Bad: 
 
In NMJ media player those menus are not intutive like apple or xmbc player. 

Movie 

Good: 

You can convert your DVD or Blu-ray movies to Popcorn Hour A-410, the quality is very good. If you are looking for a software that can rip DVD and Blu-ray discs to Popcorn Hour A-410, you can try Pavtube ByteCopy, is easy to use for beginner. And you can export your subtitle and add .SRT subtitle you want. 

How to use Pavtube ByteCopy 

Bad: 
 
Take some time , and when you convert Blu-ray disc, you need connect to the network 

Music 

As per the specification 2 Channnel Audio: 
ESS technology ES9023P Sabre 24/192 
112dB DNR 

Good: 
 
I have played my regular tracks that I am familier with and found music quality is exceptionally good for the price I paid. It is not as defined as a standalone DAC, I would rate the the built in DAC above squeezebox touch and equal to Cambridge Audio DACMagic. It is more an attacking than more refined Micromega Mydac. 

Bad: 
 
There is a slight distortion observed on high frequency instruments, this is not immediately noticeable but if you sit closer to speaker you may notice it. This may be a NMJ software bug as I could observe same on HDMI-out as well. 

Tip: All parameters from the Popcorn Hour A-410’s official website 

Store your Blu-ray discs on LaCie Thunderbolt 2 for playing

Nowadays consumers’ requirements on video and image quality relatively as well as storage devices are much higher than before. On April 6 2014, the famous French manufacturer of storage devices LaCie released its three new upgraded version of the Thunderbolt 2 for solving the storage problem, which is 8big Rack, 5big and 2big. It is said that the new LaCie 2big is the fastest, highest capacity dual-bay external storage solution on the market along with its all-new industrial design for versatility and reliability. 

If you are looking for a large capacity storage device, above three devices are good choice for you. Maybe you have bought this device and want to put your Blu-ray disc for playing, but you will find Blu-ray cannot be played, even your computer crashes and your hardware devices damaged. In that case, to make your Blu-ray disc playable on the LaCie Thunderbolt 2, you had better backup your Blu-ray movies to MKV for storing on LaCie Thunderbolt 2 at first. 

Want to backup your Blu-ray to the LaCie Thunderbolt 2, you need get help from the backup software like Pavtube ByteCopy, which hacks and commercial encrypted Blu-ray discs and turns the movies to MKV video format, with everything included – main movie, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and chapters without quality loss. If you are using Mac, you can try Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac . Now download a trial version you need and connect your LaCie Thunderbolt 2 to your computer through the USB 3.0. 

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Guide: Backup Blu-ray Disc to MKV without quality loss 

Step 1. Run Pavtube ByteCopy, and click “Load Disc” button to import movie files from copy-protected Blu-ray Disc. 

 

Step 2. Go to "Format" to find "Multi-track Video" catalogue. Select "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV (*.mkv)", which will provide lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. 

 

Tip: If you want to remove unwanted audio or subtitle stream from original Blu-ray for output, just unselect the box in front of it. 

 

Step 3. Click “Convert” to start lossless converting Blu-ray to MKV and keeping multi-track. The Conversion can be completed within a short time, then click "Open" to find generated MKV files. 

With a very easy operation, you get the lossless MKV files from your Blu-ray, which make you to enjoy movies with high quality wherever you want. 

However, ByteCopy can do more backup for you, let’s go to below tips to find more. 

1. You may be confused about the other two options under "Multi-track Video" catalogue: Muti-track MP4(*.mp4) and Multi-track MOV(*.mov) and Multi-track Interlaced DV PAL Video (*.avi). They are used to transcode BD/DVD to .mp4 and .mov output files. The point is that they support saving encoded multiple audio tracks. So you could enjoy it in your iPhone iPad, Apple TV 3 and more portable devices. 

2. Directly Copy will provide you another way to lossless output. It will provide you a 100% backup in original format without extracts. If you do not want to output mkv files or your player cannot play mkv files, directly copy is the best choice for you. 

Five Tips for customizing your BlackBerry Z3

It goes without saying: the BlackBerry Z3 is an important device for us here at BlackBerry. It is the first device built specifically for the Indonesian market, the first to come market from the partnership between Foxconn and BlackBerry, and the first to be launched under the leadership of John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry. And the BlackBerry Z3 comes in with an affordable price tag, so Pre-orders for the new BlackBerry Z3 quickly sold out. Here are five ways you can personalize your BlackBerry Z3 today! 

1: For easier access, reorganize the order that your application icons and categories appear in 

Z3 comes with 10.2.1 out of the box and you get all the features, like direct APK installation, themed for icons and UI elements, the Priority Hub , actionable lock screen notifications and lots more. For easier access, reorganize the order that your application icons and categories appear in： 

2: Set a custom wallpaper and choose your favorite picture of family and friends 

If you’ve taken a nice photo or saved an image using the web browser that you want to set as the wallpaper for your BlackBerry Z3, all you need to do is the following. 

Open the Pictures application on your BlackBerry Z3. 
Find and open the picture you want to set as your wallpaper. 
Swipe down from the top bezel and select Set as Wallpaper. 

3: Enjoy better and faster media 

Getting media to and from your Z3 is a lot simpler. Blackberry Z3 link is optional as the phone displays portable media devices in the Windows. As long as you add media in the respective folder, they are immediately recognized by the respective applications. 

4: Add your favorite DVD/Blu-ray movies to the Blackberry Z3 media library 

Want to play the DVD/Blu-ray movies on your Blackberry Z3, you need get help from DVD ripper and Blu-ray Ripper, here suggest you Pavtube ByteCopy, which can convert DVD and Blu-ray, you do not have two software. Simple steps are as follows. 

 

5: Add and edit your videos for enjoying

Blackberry Z3 pixel after all, is limited, and cannot match the camera. Therefore, you need to edit the recorded video by Blackberry Z3 for better enjoy and share. If you want to get a simple and practical software, you can choose Ultimate like Pavtube Video Convert Ultimate, which comes with editing functions for you to rimming video length, cropping video size, split large video into segments, add watermarks, adjust video effect. And it can help you to convert the video format for better enjoying and sharing. 

New member to Samsung TV family-Samsung’s first affordable UHDTV

The Samsung seems to be on a mission to create a next-generation TV set to suit absolutely every type of consumer everywhere in the world, and its latest new sets could trigger a price war. On Jun 25, 2014, the brand announced its first affordable UHDTV, a new set of 4K high-definition TV, a total of six new models and two new series. Including an 85-inch screen, a curved display series, as well as a selection of small size TV, screens that go from 40- to a gargantuan 110-inches in size. Its price from $ 999 to $ 9,999 range. The new the HU8550 Series 85-inch($9,999.00) flat screen model is on sale at the end of the month in the US and will be joined by the new HU7250 series range of curved TVs two months later. There are the series of 55-inch version ($ 2,199.99) and 65 inches Edition ($ 3,299.99), in addition to HDMI 2.0 features, it also its "super-high-definition local control of light (UHD Dimming)" function features. Equally interesting as well as its Quad Screen Multi-Link feature, this feature can be divided into four TV screen 1080p full HD display.  

Samsung added a second new series is its non-curved HU6950, also have "super-high-definition local control of light (UHD Dimming)" function, ultra-high-definition picture quality enhancement technology, Quad Screen Multi-Link functionality and quad-core processors. The series will be the cheapest Samsung 4K television, can be purchased at the end of June, including a 40-inch version ($ 999.99), a 50-inch version ($ 1,499.99), and a 55-inch version ($ 1,999.99). 

I think one of them must be the next devices you will buy for your families, on the living room, TV does so impressive! If the people who want to buy Samsung TV but can not afford it, seize this opportunity. With it, we can enjoy TV with family, even we can enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies. 

 

Popcorn Hour A-410 Review and Media Files Playback of Popcorn Hour A-410

The Popcorn Hour A-410 is based on the successful A-400, re-engineered and improved with 1024 MB DDR2 Memory and on-board ESS Technology sa bre Audiophile class DAC. Tt supports 3D Blu-rays and enhanced video performance with the VXP Video Processor. the Popcorn Hour A-410 gives you the most of your media library. 

 

Features of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Popcorn Hour A-410 is more bandwidth than A-400, and it has more memory. With it, you can have more bandwidth and higher headroom for higher bit-rate HD media’s that are available today, like WD TV Live Media Player. It also can supports Blu-ray 3D, MKV 3D, 3D Side-by-Side and Top-and-Bottom contents. 

Media (pictures, music, video) playback of Popcorn Hour A-410 

The A-410 works well for video and audio and it’s an obvious choice for those who like to tinker with their media devices. Popcorn Hour A-410 supports multiple codec and file container as well as more than 20 language and subtitles. 

• Video containers:
  
  MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V),MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MP
  
  
  G, DAT, VOB),MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS),AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV),MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4, 3D BD ISO
• Video Decoders: 
  
  XVID SD/HD,MPEG-1, MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1,WMV9 : MP@HL,SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3
• Audio Containers: 
  
  AAC, M4A,MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA),WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG 
• Audio Decoders: 
  
  DTS, WMA, WMA Pro,MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 BSAC ,LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis, TrueAudio, APE Audio
• Audio Passthrough: 
  
  DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
• Other Formats: 
  
  ISO, IFO navigation, Simple BD navigation
• Photo Formats: 
  
  JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
• Subtitle Formats: 
  
  SRT, IDX/SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX

Connectivity of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Bonjour, UpnP SSDP, UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, Samba, NFS. 
BitTorrent P2P, Usenet downloader 
NAS Access : SMB, NFS, FTP 

Pros and Cons of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Pros: Picture quality, fantastic build quality, plays things other players can't, loads of networking options, fantastic connectivity. 

Cons: Unstable software, Slow navigation, Large power supply, Bugs with subtitles & DTS-HD sound, The lack of content in the App market, Issues with ISO formats 

Convert Blu-ray with LPCM audio to playable AC3 5.1 MKV

Have you converted Blu-ray to MKV with LPCM audio and it's not playable in any software? Read this article, you can know the real reason, and get the best solution.

Q: "Every time I rip a bluray with an LPCM track using MakeMKV, it's not playable in any software. Why?" 

You will find the same issue over and over again on all of forum posts. Maybe you're one of those people. Then do you have solved this problem yet? And I was also wondering why so many people have run into the same issue when ripping Blu-ray that contain LPCM audio. After hours of Google I found the crux- actually the MKV container format is not compatible with LPCM codec! So if you want to watch Blu-ray movies with LPCM Audio track, you need to convert Blu-ray with LPCM audio to other Audio like Dolby Digital AC3, DTS, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA, PCM, etc, which can be supported by MKV container format. 

Now the question- How to rip a Blu-ray Disc with LPCM audio to playable MKV? 

Of course, you can keep on using MakeMKV, just leave out the LPCM audio track when converting Blu-ray to MKV. As we all know, there are multiple audio tracks in a Blu-ray, so you can convert Blu-ray to DTS-HD, TrueHD, AC3, DTS, etc. To make sure you're getting the movie track, use Pavtube ByteCopy to convert Blu-ray- it converts LPCM to AC3/AAC/PCM 5.1 when ripping a Blu-ray movie to MKV. 

For Converting Blu-ray LPCM to Dolby Digital AC3 5.1, you need to put your Blu-ray Disc into Blu-ray Disc drive connected to your PC, and you need to free download Blu-ray to MKV converter and run on your PC. After that, follow the steps to Convert Blu-ray to MKV 

Step 1. Load movie. Click the “Load file(s)” icon to import movie files from Blu-ray Disc for backing up to MKV. 

Step 2. Convert LPCM to AC3 5.1 audio. 

I think you may want to keep one more tracks, so you can choose the “Multi-track Videos > Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV(*.mkv)”. After that, you need to click “Settings” to set parameter. Click the “Subtitles” and “Audio” to uncheck the audio and subtitles you don’t want to keep. 

Tip: To keep VC-1 video without changing, switch to "Video" tab and uncheck the "Encode" box. If you'll play ripped Blu-ray on Popcorn Hour NMT or other HD media players, better check "Encode" under the "Subtitles" tab, since the Blu-ray PGS subtitles are not supported by HD players. 

Step 3. When back to the main interface, click “Convert” button to start ripping the Blu-ray movie with LPCM converted to AC3 5.1 audio. 

About LPCM codec: 

Linear pulse-code modulation (LPCM) is a method of encoding audio information digitally. The term also refers collectively to formats using this method of encoding. The term pulse-code modulation (PCM), though strictly more general, is often used to describe data encoded as LPCM. LPCM has been defined as a part of the DVD (since 1995) and Blu-ray (since 2006) standards. It is also defined as a part of various digital video and audio storage formats. 

Learn more features about Pavtube ByteCopy. 

Backup DVDs/Blu-rays to hard drive preserving multi-track audio and subtitles on my Mac

If you want to watch Blu-ray/DVD movies on your Mac and you do’t want to suffer any quality loss when transcoding Blu-rays/DVDs, it sounds difficult to realize, but with Pavtube Bytecopy for Mac, this problem can be solved easily. 

Faced with damaged Blu-ray or DVD disc, how do you handle? Give children to play as toys? No!No!No!, this is too dangerous, easy to hurt them. Directly throw? But we always feel pity. DVD/Blu-ray as storage device, their convenience and safety are no better than hard drive. Therefore, Faced with the above situation which we cannot prevent, we can copy DVD/Blu-ray disc movie to our hard drive before they damaged, it will be more convenient and secure. We can directly play Blu-ray/DVD movies on our Mac. And we also can stream video files to STB ( set top box ) and then watch them on the big screen TV or projector, and even we can send video files to be played on various handheld devices which are no way to directly play DVD/blu-ray. So that we can enjoy classic movies anytime, anywhere, feel an different home theater. 

At present, many of the movies have adopted multi-track or in the form of subtitles, so we hope that the conversion video also with multiple audio tracks subtitles. Maybe you had used Handbrake to deal with multi-track audio and subtitle, but its effect is not good, and it doesn't have multiple option. Here we recommended you Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac, it not only can convert DVD/Blu-ray to hard drive preserving multi-track audio and subtitles, you can choose audio track and subtitle you want, and If those you don't need, besides retaining multiple audio tracks and multiple subtitles in an MKV video without transcoding and quality loss, the quality of the video and audio is very good. 

Lossless backup/transcode Blu-ray/DVD movies to hard drive preserving multi-track audio and subtitles on Mac

Preparation:

Download, install and launch Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac

1. Click the "Load Disc" button to load your source Blu-ray/DVD disc from disc drive, or import Blu-ray/DVD ISO image, Blu-ray/DVD folder, and DVD IFO from Mac hard drive to Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac.



2. Choose "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" from "Format" drop-down list as output format.



3. Enter "Settings" option to adjust profile presets (optional). Remove unwanted audio tracks and subtitles from saved MKV file.



4. Hit the "Convert" button.

Now you can not only copy your original Blu-ray/DVD to MKV without quality loss, but also get almost same video quality from original Blu-ray/DVD to saved MKV files besides all or multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and chapter markers can be preserved. 

How to convert a DVD to MKV with original video, audio and subtitles

Sometime we prefer to convert DVD to MKV original video, audio and subtitles, rather than using the DVD player to play DVD discs. The following short guide shows you how to convert a DVD to MKV with original video, audio and subtitles. 

As we all konw, MKV format allows multiple video, audio and subtitles and they can be packed into one file. And DVD also keeps multitrack videos and audios or subtitles, so we can convert DVD to MKV with everything retained, now let's us to learn the specific operation. 

To convert DVD to MKV, we need to get help from Pavtube ByteCopy, which is professional conversion software, can convert DVD and Blu-ray to more than 200 formats and you can transfer these video to any latest handheld devices like Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G3, even the upcoming iPhone 6, etc. Learn more about Pavtube ByteCopy. 

Now download and install the Pavtube ByteCopy. 

Step 1. Run Pavtube ByteCopy, put source DVD into DVD-ROM, Click "File > Load from disc to import movie titles from DVD. The software decrypts DVDs of all regions. Here I take DVD movie Premonition for instance. 



Step 2. Choose the format: Click the format drop-down box, you can find "Multi-track Videos" (Multitrack format is unique format of ByteCopy, no one can replace it on market.) and to choose the "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" 



Tip: If your DVD has hard subtitles, and you can click the "Forced subtitles" 

Step 3. Click the "Convert" button to copy DVD movie to MKV with original video, audio and mutiple subtitles. The process takes less than 10mins. When it completes, click "Open" to find generated MKV file with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and multiple subtitles included. 

View thumbnails and features.

The best Blu-ray to MKV Ripper for HD Media Players and HTPCs

HD media Players receive all the praise, become household necessities. And many people want to play Blu-ray on HD Media Players, which can be supported by it. So we nend to convert Blu-ray to the format like MP4, MKV supported by HD Media Players. 

Blu-Ray may be majestic, but it also has more copy protection than any other format around, and playing it on HD Media Players and HTPCs or your computer can be difficult to impossible. All Blu-ray consumers will ask: why I have paid for my Blu-ray movie, but have no chance to watch it whenever and wherever I please? Fortunately, there is a way to solve this problem: With the third software-Blu-ray Ripper to convert them to the format supported by HD Media Players and HTPCs, and then you'll be able to play those files anywhere. However, the ensuing question: Which blu-ray Ripper is the best for HD Media Players and HTPCs. Undoubtedly, Pavtube ByteCopy should be elected. 

Why is ByteCopy the best choice for ripping Blu-ray movies to HD media player and HTPCs? 

When people covnert Blu-ray for HD media player playback, they want the best quality, if possible, everything original. However, this is not a good idea. Firstly, Not any HD media player can replace a Blu-ray Disc player so far. Even though, you connected Blu-ray Disc drive to your HD media player, they did not give you full features, may have main movie but lose the menus and special features. 

And most HD media players only read Medias from HDD, so people need to get the Blu-ray Ripper first. And people can convert Blu-ray to HDD with a lot of formats like ISO, BDMV, M2TS, MKV or the format they like. Many people would choose the ISO, which can keeps everything original of the Blu-ray movie and save 3GB or more for a single Blu-ray movie. With ByteCopy, you can import Blu-ray ISO files and convert them to multi-track MP4, MKV, AVI or other formats you like. 

Considering HD Media Players, which may be not supported decode TrueHD and DTS-HD codec or PGS subtitles, so we need to convert the Blu-ray to Dolby Digital 5.1 audio or AAC stereo with ByteCopy, not every Blu-ray has 7.1 audio- many Blu-ray Discs still use Dolby Digital codec for main audio stream. 

If audio codec is not a problem for you, and you don't care much about subtitles, MakeMKV is your choice, which can only convert Blu-ray to MKV with main movie, original audio tracks and subtitles. And you have 30 days'free trial. But if you wanna subtitles displayed on HDTV, you need to ues Pavtube ByteCopy, which can convert PGS subtitles to other format acceptable by HD media players, and it also lets you extract .srt subtitles for MKV file, including forced subtitles. 

Know more about Pavtube ByteCopy 

Main Interface 

Pavtube ByteCopy System Requirements (Wins) 

• Processor: Intel or AMD Dual core CPU, 1.6 MHz at least 
• Operating System: Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1 
• Memory: 512MB or above 
• Display resolution: 1024 x 768 or above 
• Optical Drive: DVD drive/ BD drive(BD drive is required for ripping Blu-ray disc)

Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac System Requirements (Mac) 

• 1G Hz or above Intel processor. 
• Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9) 
• 1GB physical RAM (memory) or above. 
• 1024*768 or higher resolution display. 
• Optical Drive: DVD drive(BD drive is required for ripping Blu-ray disc)
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Pros:

• Fast Conversion: Fully acquired by NVIDIA CUDA and AMD APP acceleration technologies.
• Excellent multitrack function: Support BD/DVD to multi-track Mp4, MOV, AVI.
• Excellent 3D effect: Support backuping 3D Blu-ray and can convert 2D BD/DVD to 3D Video.
• Excellent backup function: 1:1 copy BD/DVD without quality loss and backup only main movie without extras
• Personalized settings: you can edit video with built-in video editor like trim, crop, split, merge, insert subtitles, add video effects, adjust volume, etc. You also can Free to choose wanted language and subtitle tracks for source DVD/BD.
• Free trial: 30 days free trial, but Lossless output option can be used 7 times and A watermark will be added to video unless Lossless output is chosen.

How does it work? 

Win: How to use pavtube bytecopy 

Mac: How to use pavtube bytecopy for Mac 

Which HD media players does it support? 

• WD TV Live family- WD TV Live, Live Plus, Live Hub 
• Windows Media Player 
• Xtreamer Ultra 
• XtreamerTV 
• Xtreamer iXtreamer 
• Dune HD media players like Base 3D, Smart B1, Smart H1, TV-301, TV-102 
• Seagate GoFlex TV HD Media Player, Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player, 
• Popcorn Hour A-400, Popcorn Hour C-300, Popcorn Hour S-300 
• Iomega ScreenPlay MX HD Media Player, Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player 
• NETGEAR NeoTV Prime (GTV100), NETGEAR NeoTV Max Streaming Player(NTV300SL)
  
  
                     

How to extract PGS subtitles from MKV and Convert PGS subtitles to SRT from MKV

Do you experience the following situation?: When you open up MKVextract GUI and load up an MKV that was made with MakeMKV, you select the PGS subtitle, but MKVextract always tells me "MKExtract cannot extract this kind of file". Here offers you two ways to solve this problem.

MKV is a multimedia container format that can include video, audio, subtitles and other metadata. And most often, MKV videos contain hardcoded subtitles, which you cannot delete or remove them, but luckily you can edit them by using MKV subtitle extractor. 

Maybe you have tried MakeMKV, which is a good software, it can help you to convert Blu-ray to MKV with original video quality keeping with original Blu-ray subtitles - PGS encoded .sup file, but when you play the MKV video with WD TV Live media player (or whatever HD media player), just find there is no subtitles displaying on HDTV, that is because there are rare HD media box that supports PGS encoded .sup file. This is place where MakeMKV need to improve.

To have the subtitles displayed correctly or extract PGS subtitles from MKV, you'll have to convert the PGS subtitles to SRT or other external subtitles format or rip the Blu-ray again with displayable subtitles. Here's a decent free tool for extracting/converting PGS subtitles from MKV: SubtitleEdit

How to convert PGS to SRT from MKV video:

1. Open up Subtitle Edit, follow "File>>Import subtitle from Matroska file…" and browse to the MKV source video.



2. Select desired pgs subtitles from MKV. 



3. Choose an OCR method to recognize and convert the PGS image subtitles. Click "OK" after OCR proof completed.



4. Select "SubRip(*.srt)" as output format and click "Unbreak".



Now you have successfully converted PGS to SRT. Name it as the MKV file and put the SRT subtitles into the folder that contained MKV video. The next time you play the MKV there will be subtitles on HDTV.

Optional way converting SRT subtitles for MKV- use Pavtube Bytecopy to convert .srt subtitles directly from Blu-ray Disc, in that way you get multiple subtitles at one conversion. And SubtitleEdit Free Version can only work in Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, if you are Mac user, you cannot have it free, you can try Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to extract PGS subtitles from MKV and Convert PGS subtitles to SRT from MKV.

Learn More about Pavtube ByteCopy

How to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO

Want to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc, BDMV and BD ISO, try Pavtube ByteCopy, which is the best tool to handle with subtitles like extracting .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc, force subtitles and external subtitles with keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitles when ripping Blu-ray to MKV container.

We may need to extract .srt or .sup subtitles from Blu-ray Disc or BDMV or BD ISO, which might be useful if you have converted your Blu-ray to mkv, mp4, etc and forgot to include subtitles. And there are many guides for Blu-ray subtitles processing to help us extract PGS subtitles from a Blu-ray BDMV structure, and even rip subtitles from a Blu-ray movie, but none of them tells us how to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO. 

Since Blu-ray movies use SupPicture(.SUP) files for subtitles, so if you want to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO, you need blu-ray ripper to import the .sup subtitles and convert .sup to .srt subtitles. But even the best ranking Blu-ray ripper like MakeMKV, which can only rip Blu-ray to MKV without changing the .SUP subtitles at all. May be you have tried Pavtube BDMagic which is more comprehensive, but it can only stream one subtitles to movies like converting BD to AVI/MP4/MKV....To solve this problem, Pavtube released Pavtube ByteCopy, which is one of Pavtube unique software, no software can replace it on the market to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO. It is more prominent that it can let users keep multiple audio tracks and subtitles when ripping Blu-ray to MKV container. And even, you can force subtitles and external subtitles if you want. Although it is not free software, but as long as $42, you can use it for lifetime as long as you like. 

(Good news: This Sunday is Father's Day, Pavtube promotion, now buy, only need $33.6, which can be used as a gift for your father to let him watch his favorite movies smoothly without subtitles troubles.)

How to extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO

Note: A Blu-ray Disc Drive is required for reading Blu-ray Disc. The computer networked to get the app work- accessing BD+ key to crack the BD copy-protections. 

1. Load Blu-ray Disc from BD-ROM, or BD ISO, BDMV from hard drive. 



2. Find the "Format" menu, and select "Subtitle File" from its drop-down list. There is an options of the box-"SRT Subtitle(*.srt)".



3. Select subtitles by language. Check any language you'd like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages. 



4. Now hit the big red "Convert" and ByteCopy will extract Blu-ray .sup subtitles and convert them to .srt format. It could take long time to convert .sup subtitles to .srt, as .sup is an image format. 

Tip: ByteCopy uses OCR (Optical character recognition) to read the Blu-ray image subtitles. Additional font object libraries for Latin-based languages (English, French, Spanish, etc) and Asia languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korea) are included to ensure subtitles be recognized and converted correctly. But there could be a few spelling mistakes existing in .srt subtitles, though ByteCopy does better than many other subtitles converter apps per we tested.

How to rip a Blu-ray to WD TV Live Media Player and get audio/subtitles played properly

Do you have build your home entertainment center with WD TV Media Player? If the answer is Yes, maybe you'll want to backup the 1080p movies and play those Blu-ray movies with WD TV HD media players. Here suggests you a tool to make you enjoy Bly-ray Movies on WD TV Live Media Player with audio/subtitles you want.

Tool Download
Pavtube ByteCopy ($42) –Download a trial from HERE (Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1 ). Alternative version for Mac-Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac (Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5  and later)

Note: A Blu-ray Disc Drive is required for Blu-ray ripping. The computer must be networked to access BD+ keys for cracking the BD copy-protections.

Guide- Rip a Blu-ray to WD TV HD media players playable file type with ByteCopy

You can choose the Blu-ray Disc, BDMV folder, BD ISO or DVD, VIDEO_TS, DVD ISO as source video. Click the "File" to load the source video you want to convert.

Tip: By default only Title One is retained. Title 1 (Main Title) contains full-length movie, extras are not included.



Then you need to choose the format and set for the format you choose. Which is the best format and settings for WD TV Live Media Player, please read the following detailed analysis.





Optional video codec in a commercial Blu-ray Disc: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and SMPTE VC-1 stream sealed in .m2ts container.

WD TV Live media players supported video codec in MKV container: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and SMPTE VC-1 stream sealed in .m2ts container. The WD TV Live HD Media Player only supports certain types of codecs based on the extension of your file.

Which video to keep and which to convert: the WD TV Live HD media player support all the video codec that a Blu-ray movie can include. There's no need to convert Blu-ray video, unless you'd like to compress the movie to smaller file size (e.g. when ripping BD-50 movies).

Optional audio codec in a commercial Blu-ray Disc: LPCM as well as Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Lossless, DTS digital surround and DTS-HD audio formats.

WD TV Live media players supported audio codec in MKV container: MPEG Aduio, PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, AAC. An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound digital output. If you connect WD TV Live Plus directly to TV you get stereo only.

Which audio to keep and which to convert: LPCM audio must be not converted, since the codec is not compatible with MKV container. When a MKV file contains LPCM audio, it is not playable. Dolby Digital and DTS audio can be kept (by checking "Check" box). Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD HR and DTS-HD MA audio should be converted to Dolby Digital, i.e. AC3 (by checking "Check" and "Encode" boxes) if you're using 5.1 audio system.

Subtitles in a commercial Blu-ray Disc: .sup subtitles with PGS codec.

WD TV Live Plus supported subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, and SAMI

Which subtitles to keep and which to convert: Although the WD TV Live Media Player plays Blu-ray subtitles from BD ISO/BDMV, it does not support PGS subtitles in MKV container. So here you need to convert sup subtitles to dvdsub format.

That's it.  After that , you can click the big "Convert". When this process ends, you have successfully ripped a Blu-ray to WD TV Live Media player playable format and have made video, audio and subtitles compatible with WD TV Live Media player! Enjoy your movies~



Learn more features about Pavtube ByteCopy.

Can WD TV Live Media Player play Blu-ray in ISO, M2TS(BDMV) and MKV format?

WD TV Live Media Player can play Blu-ray in ISO, M2TS(BDMV) and MKV format, and the MKV is the best format for it, Pavtube ByteCopy may be the most appropriate tool for you. Why? please read the following article.

Can WD TV Live Media Player playback Blu-ray backups? 

Many people have this question: "Can WD TV Live play Blu-ray backups?". The answer is YES. WD TV Live Media Player can play Blu-ray lossless backups in different forms, like ISO, BDMV, M2TS, and MKV. Well, so many formats, which is the best format to convert Bu-ray to WD TV Live Media Player. Following is a simple analysis for your reference.

Which is the best format when converting Blu-ray to WD TV Live Media Player for playback?

My personal suggestion is MKV format, which can play with lossless quality, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and chapters.

To backup Blu-ray discs keeping lossless video quality, you can copy M2TS streams straightly from BD, or make the whole BD into an ISO image file. But there is a problem- When you play BD ISO or M2TS clips through the WD TV Live Media Player, which will not allow you to forward movie or select a chapter to start. That's why many WD TV uses prefer to turn to MKV format, which holds a whole movie in a single file including lossless video, multiple HD audio tracks and subtitles. MakeMKV can convert Blu-ray to MKV. But This conversion process does not make any necessary changes for the original video, and WD TV Live HD Media Player, like WD TV Live Plus HD Media Playerdoes not supports PGS subtitles in MKV container. so that the subtitles are not displayed when you watch the ripped Blu-ray movie (in MKV format) on HDTV. There are two ways to get subtitles for MKV Blu-ray backup:

• 1. Convert the Blu-ray subtitles to something compatible with WD TV Live Media Player when ripping Blu-ray to MKV. This can be done with ByteCopy.  A guide here.
• 2. Rip the Blu-ray Disc to MKV with MakeMKV first, and extract .srt external subtitles from Blu-ray Disc later. If you don't have the Blu-ray Disc at hand, convert .srt subtitles from MakeMKV. This takes longer time.

WD TV Live Media Player supports subtitle format srt, ssa, sami, and ass. But mostly people use .srt subtitles for MKV.

Tips for newbies on ripping Blu-ray

1. Blu-ray Disc Drive: It requires a Blu-ray Disc Drive to read BD.

2. Be patient: It takes much more time to convert a Blu-ray than that of a DVD.  DVD to MKV rip can be done in 10 minutes while Blu-ray to MKV rip 1-2 hours or even longer based on the computer you use.

3. View Audio: A Blu-ray movie may contain HD audio. It is better to check if AV receiver support them before ripping a Blu-ray. If not, downmix the audio when ripping Blu-ray. 

4. Personally I recommend ByteCopy for ripping Blu-ray or DVD to HD media player, cause it's very flexible with various backup solutions.

A brief review of WD TV Live Media Player(Pros and Cons)

If you don't already own an Xbox 360, PS3, or Blu-ray player and you're serious about networked streaming, the WD TV Live is one of your best choices for getting content to your TV. The short post takes a brief review of WD TV Live and tries to explain the pros and cons of WD TV Live. 



Supported formats 

WD TV Live Media Player mainly includes the supported formats

• Video – MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264), M2TS, TP, TRP, TS, MP4, ASF, VOB (unprotected or unencrypted)
• Photo – JPEG/JPG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
• Audio – MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
• Playlist – PLS, M3U, WPL
• Subtitle – SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI

Pros and Cons of WD TV Live Media Player 

What's good Network digital media streamer; Netflix, MediaFly, Flickr, MediaFly, and Pandora Radio built-in; Live365 channel; YouTube channel; HDMI out; two USB ports; digital optical audio out; quick, easy-to-use interface; includes composite and component wires. 

• WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular files including MKV, MP4, XVID, AVI, ISO/VOB and MOV video formats. Get the freedom to enjoy your media now, in virtually any file format.
• Stream videos, music, and photos from your USB device, network drive and any PC or Mac computer in your home.
• With WD TV Live, you can enjoy the best entertainment on your TV. You can stream thousands of hit movies, view the latest viral videos, catch up on shows, stay connected to your social network and watch highlights from the biggest games of the season.
• Watch and control your live or recorded shows on any TV with the SlingPlayer app on your WD TV Live.

What's bad No Wi-Fi--separate accessory required. 

Connections 

The WD TV Live Plus offers two USB ports, so you can connect older portable hard drives that draw more power than a single USB port can deliver. Most people, however, will use one of those ports to plug in a USB Wi-Fi adapter so they can connect the media player to their network and the Internet. Western Digital supports a wide range of third-party adapters. If you have a PC running Windows 7, you can use Microsoft's Play To feature to "send" media from your PC to the WD TV Live Plus. 

What is home theater and What does it do for me?

Question: What Is Home Theater and What Does It Do for Me? 

Answer: A Working Definition Of Home Theater 

Home theater refers to an audio and video equipment setup in your home that tries to duplicate the movie theater experience. 



Application Of Home Theater 

The application of this definition can vary widely, however. Many consumers are intimidated by the term "Home Theater" as they think this means a lot of money, equipment, and cables running all over the place. 

Custom Home Theater 

At its most complex, you can indeed have a custom built home theater that costs tens of thousands of dollars with a high end large screen TV or video projector, upscaling DVD and Blu-Ray Disc player(s), network media player, separate amplifiers for each channel controlled by a master preamp or controller, in-wall speakers, and a couple of subwoofers that can just about shake down the entire neighborhood. 

Practical Home Theater For Everyone 

However, in reality, home theater as actually applied in most homes, does not necessarily consist of an expensive custom installation, nor a lot of money. A modest home theater setup can be something as simple as a 32 to 55-inch TV, combined with at least a DVD player, sound bar, stereo, or home theater receiver,, speakers, and a subwoofer. However, with plunging prices, upgrading to a large screen LCD or Plasma HDTV (60-inches or larger), and/or Blu-ray Disc player does not require a big wallet - even a growing number of video projectors are becoming reasonably-priced home theater options. 

Whatever type of system you end up with, as long as it provides the entertainment options you need and like, then it is your "Home Theater". You can have a home theater in just about any room of the house, a small apartment, office, dorm, or even outside. The option(s) you choose are up to you. 

Home Theater As An Entertainment Option 

In the final analysis, the application of home theater is intended to provide the consumer with an entertainment option that is suitable for watching television and movies at home with a little extra excitement than you normally get just watching a plain-old TV by itself. 

By borrowing from both the image and sound technology of the movie theater and adapting it to the home environment, the consumer can actually approximate the movie theater experience at home, based on the options he/she chooses. 

To be continued....

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