Movie Tips on Mac

This article mainly shows you an easy way to get the purchased movies, TV shows and music videos from Mac iTunes to your HTC One X/S/V for playback. Check it out.

HTC revealed its HTC One series smartphones at 2012 Mobile World Congress. HTC One X, HTC One S and HTC V all comes with distinctive and thoughtful designs and are great for watching movies on the go with the large HD screen. If you’re thinking of watching your purchased iTunes movies on your HTC One X’s 4.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1280*720, you might as well celebrate. In this article, you will learn how to sync iTunes movies from a Mac to HTC One X/S/V for enjoyment on the go.

First, you should know that purchased video, movie, TV shows, etc. in M4V from iTunes store are locked by Apple’s FairPlay DRM protection and can’t play on non-Apple products. Of course HTC One series smartphones are no exception! In addition, M4V is not s format supported by HTC One smartphones. However, you can still play iTunes movie on HTC One X/S/V by removing DRM from iTunes and convert M4V to HTC One X/S/V supported video formats like MP4, WMV, AVI, etc. continue reading…

Want to convert and transfer DVD to your Android tablet thru a Mac? Here you will find the solution to get your DVD movies playable on Android devices without any hassle with a top Mac DVD Ripper for Android.

Over the past years, smart phones and tablets built on Android OS have been gaining more and more popularity worldwide. Most Mac users are now not content with playing DVDs on the DVD player and Mac but want to watch the DVD movie on their Android device. However, the fact is that Android phones only read and play video in relatively few formats H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4.

That is to say, if you want to watch DVD movies for more fun on your Android, such as Samsung Galaxy S3, Google Nexus 10, Nexus 7, Galaxy Note, Asus Transformer Prime, Infinity TF700, Nook HD tablet, Kindle Fire HD, etc, you need to rip DVD to Android compatible video formats on your Mac first and then import the converted videos to your device.

Luckily to all Mac users, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac (Currently on sale – 30% Off) is a dynamic DVD ripping tool that can help you rip and convert DVD to Android highly supported MP4 video files with high output video quality and fast ripping speed on mac OS X (Include Lion and Mountain Lion). Besides, you are allowed to edit the DVD movies by trimming, cropping, adjusting video effects, etc. to get the very wanted part and effects as you like. Moreover, this DVD converter can also help you convert DVD to all other popular video formats like AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, FLV, MPG, etc. for playing and sharing on iPhone, iPad, Archos, Zen, Blackberry, YouTube, Facebook, etc. bypassing the DVD copy protection. The equivalent Mac version is Pavtube DVD Ripper for Windows, which can rip and convert DVD movies to Android tablet/phone on Windows 8/XP/7/Vista and more. Just get it now and follow the steps below to convert copy DVD movies to your Android device thru a Mac for smoothly playing!

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Convert, Transfer and Play DVD movies on Android device under Mac OS X

The quick start guide below uses DVD Ripper Mac screenshots. The way to rip DVD movies to Android on Windows is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system.

1. Add DVD movies.

Add your DVD files by clicking the “Load DVD” button and selecting the DVD files you want to rip from your computer’s hard drive. ISO image files and IFO files are also supported. After the DVD files are loaded, you can preview them on the right viewing window and take snapshots of your favorite movie scene.

2. Choose output format

Select an Android friendly format, e.g. H.264 .mp4 for conversion. There are optimized format for Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Note 2, Google Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Asus Transformer Prime, Xoom, Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD tablet, Acer Iconia Tab etc. Basically the Common Video >> H.264 Video (*.mp4) is an universal format for Android tablets and smartphones.

If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. I found the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means itrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

3. Start the DVD to Android Conversion

When you are satisfied with all the settings, you can click “Convert” button and let the software do the DVD to Android MP4 conversion. After the ripping, you can click “Open” to locate the converted MP4 video files and just transfer them to your Android tablet/phone from your Mac without limitations!

So there you have it. Pretty simple! now you can watch DVD movies on your Android thru a Mac. Have fun!

Tips: Before the conversion, you can click “Edit” to edit your videos by cropping, trimming, adding watermarks, etc. What’s more, you can choose the subtitles and audio track for the target video on the main interface.

If you have some movies on a Blu-ray, DVD or your movie isn’t already in one of the Android supported formats, you can get the 20% OFF iMedia Converter Mac (Alternative Windows Version) to rip Blu-ray/DVD, and convert various formats of 720p/1080p HD videos in MKV, AVI, TiVo, VOB, MPG, MTS, etc. to your Android tablet or smartphone on Mac.

This guide will show you how to rip and copy your own DVDs to Kindle Fire HD via Mac OS X so that you can play the DVD movies on your Kindle Fire HD everywhere.

When you got a Kindle Fire HD, no matter 7-inch or 8.9-inch, you will find Kindle fire HD is really a cool stuff to enjoy the videos with high definition (1920*1200 or 1200*800 pixel) and large storage (16G or Higher). According to the official parameters, Kindle Fire HD supports MP4, 3GP, VP8(.webm) video formats and video stream service like Netflix. But the Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets can’t play DVD movies because there is no DVD player. continue reading…

With the excellent Blu-ray/DVD Ripper for Nexus, you can easily convert and transfer Blu-ray & DVD movies to your Google Nexus 10/Google Nexus 7 for smoothly playback.

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Both Google Nexus 10′s 2560-by-1600-pixel screen and the Nexus 7′s 1280×800-pixel screen are great for watching movies. However, just like other Android os tablets, the Nexus 10/Nexus 7 still come with no BD drive or DVD drive. So if you have some Blu-ray and DVD movie collections, you’ll need to convert Blu-ray/DVD to Nexus 10/Nexus 7 supported video formats first and then transfer the converted videos to your Google Tablet for watching.

To get the work done, a Blu-ray/DVD Ripping tool is needed. Here Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper (Currently on sale – 30% OFF during Pavtube’s Thanksgiving Specials) is highly recommended. It’s an all-in-one and easy-to-use movie converter for Nexus which can help you decrypt and compress Blu-ray to Nexus 10/Nexus 7, rip DVD to Nexus 10/Nexus 7 optimized formats at ease. If you are a Mac user, you can use its equivalent Mac version – Blu-ray Ripper Mac to finish your work on Mac (Mountain Lion included).

To be honest, I’ve had success using the software to convert my huge Blu-Ray and DVDs to a format playable by my Nexus 10. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. Now just get the right huge 30% Discount Blu-ray/DVD converter for Nexus to encode and transfer Blu-ray/DVD movies to your Nexus 10 and Nexus 10 for smoothly playback in just a few clicks.

Convert, Rip and copy Blu-ray/DVD movies to Google Nexus 10, Nexus 7

P.S. The quick start guide below uses the movie converter Windows(Windows 8 included) screenshots. The way to converting movies to your Nexus tablet on Mac is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system.

Step 1: Once run the Blu-ray/DVD Converter software, click on “BD/DVD disc” icon to load movie from DVD and Blu-ray source(Disc, folder, ISO).

Step 2: Click “Format” bar and move mouse to “Android” column, you can easily find the profile of Google Nexus 10 H.264 Video(*.mp4)(to get the customized profile, you can free download a patch here) and Google Nexus 7 H.264 Video(*.mp4) . The output videos could fit on Google Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 perfectly.

Tips: If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

Step 3: When everything is OK, just press the “Convert” button to start the conversion from Blu-ray/DVD to Nexus MP4 video. It will not take much time. Just wait for the conversion process to get done.

Bingo! After the conversion, just transfer the converted video files to your your Nexus 10 or Nexus 7 via USB cable. In this way, you can watch Blu-ray/DVD movies on Google Nexus 10/Nexus 7 and enjoy the Blu-ray/DVD movies!

If you have no idea about Nexus 10 file transfer, you can check out the post Transferring files to your Google Nexus 10 to learn more. If you have any problem when enjoying videos on Google Nexus 10/7 tablet, just check out Google Nexus Column to learn more.

You can also get the 20% Off discount All-in-one Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate tool to encode Blu-ray/DVD and various formats of 1080p/720p HD videos to your Google Nexus 10 or Nexus 7 for watching.

While the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD has caught many peoples’ attention for how it might fare against the iPad, the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD could give the Google Nexus 7, a run for its money. Both the the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD’s beautiful 1,280×800-pixel screen and the 8.9-inch model’s 1,920 x 1200-pixel screen are great for watching movies. If you have some DVD ISO image files and want to play them on the Kindle Fire HD tablets, you may have to do some work in advance. Cause ISO is not supported by Kindle Fire HD, I mean you need to convert DVD ISO to Kindle Fire HD supported H.264 or MPEG-4 first and then transfer the converted videos to your Amazon tablet for enjoying.

To achieve your goal smoothly, below is a simple tutorial for you, guaranteed to get DVD ISO ported over to your Kindle Fire HD 7 or 8.9 for smoothly watching on the go. continue reading…

Using an easy-to-handle DVD to Microsoft Surface Convert, you can easily convert and put DVD movies on Microsoft Surface Windows RT or Windows 8 Pro Tablet for playback anytime, anywhere.

The Microsoft Surface Tablet comes in two iterations – Surface for Windows RT tablet and Surface for Windows 8 Pro tablet. Separately powered with Intel and ARM chip, both Microsoft Surface RT and Pro Tablet can bring you brand-new visual perception than other 10.1-inch Android tablets. However, these 10.6-inch surface tablets born with so many expectations still not come with DVD-ROM.

If you want to play DVD movies on the Surface Tablets, you need to convert DVD to Surface Tablet accepted videos on computer as your first move along with some help from third-party softwares. If you’re instersted in doing this likewise, check out the following tutorial, which mainly shows you the infomation about what software setup is, and how to rip DVD movie to Surface RT and Pro Tablet supported video format. continue reading…

This article shows you the easiest way to convert and rip Blu-ray movies to iPad Mini supported video formats on Mac (Mountain Lion) so that you can watch Blu-ray on iPad Mini as you like.

The highly anticipated iPad mini is near us. Rumors indicated that the smaller iPad included a 7.85-inch screen and hi hi-res up to 2048×1536 px. Whatever, iPad Mini will be more easy to carry out. Thus users are able to expect a much clearer experience when reading a book, viewing a movie, watching photos, and playing games. Still, we can imagine that the smaller iPad will support playback h.264 video up to 1080p. So most folks would like to copy their 1080p Blu-ray movies to iPad Mini for viewing on the go.To help those who wanna get movies off of Blu-ray discs and onto iPad Mini, below I would throw a a quick tutorial up. continue reading…

Have some DVD movies and want to watch them on the Windows-RT-based Samsung Ativ Tab? Here you will find the way to convert DVD to Samsung Ativ Tab playable videos.

Based on Windows RT, the Samsung Ativ Tab looks very promising. The device boasts a 10.1-inch high-definition LCD display, a long battery life and throw in its obvious portability, the new gadget really rocks for movie watching. According to the specs of Samsung Ativ Tab, the RT-based Tablet supports 1080p HD videos, H.264, H.264, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9 files. For the video formats, H.264 is the best that Ativ Tab supports. If you have some DVD movie collections and want to watch the DVD movies on Samsung Ativ Tab, you’ll need to convert the DVDs to Samsung Ativ Tab supported H.264 first.

To achieve this goal, we can get some help from third-party software. If you’re intersted in doing this likewise and looking for ease of use, I’ve had success using Pavtube’s DVD Ripper to rip, convert and enjoy my huge DVD’s collection of movies and concerts. continue reading…

Summary: Tricks for watching DVD on Acer Iconia Tab A200, and how to convert and rip DVD to Acer A200 supported file format.

The Iconia Tab A200 is one of Acer’s more affordable tablets, landing in January from $330. And recently Acer has begun pushing out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Iconia Tab A200 owners in the US. The Android-based Tablet will be equiped with a 1GHz Tegra 2 chipset which makes Acer Tablet easier to enjoy HD gaming, 1080p video, Flash-based applications, faster browsing and multitasking. With the addition of a 8 hours of battery life and 10.1 inch screen with resolution 1280*800, Acer A200 is really wonderful for personal entertainment especially enjoying movies on the go. Here I am sharing my experience to help those who want to download DVDs to Acer Iconia Tab A500 for playing.

Fist of all, we need a DVD ripper for Acer A200 casue we can’t play DVD movies on the Acer Tablet directly. Pavtube DVD Ripper is a recommended one here. It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs. To be honest, the program can help you rip and convert all the DVD Discs even DVD iso/ifo image files at a super speed(based on CUDA Technology). The audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too. Below is how. continue reading…

Summary: The Nook HD Tablet is really great for outdoors especially for watching movies. In this HOW-TO, I will share my experience to help those who wanna get Blu-ray movies to play on Nook HD Tablet on the go.

The Nook HD’s 7″ stunning display make it ideal for movie and TV watching. Throw in its robust battery life and obvious portability, and you’ve got a top-notch on-the-go entertainment device. Of course, I’m not about to pay ridiculous prices to watch movies and TV shows I already own on Blu-ray. Instead, I’ll just rip those Blu-ray discs to a Nook-HD-friendly format. In this How-To, I will whip up a simple guide to getting movies off of Blu-rays and on to Nook HD Tablet for watching outdoors.

If you’re interested in doing likewise, check out Pavtube’s Blu-ray Ripper (they currently have a sale). This program provides an easy way to rip, convert and enjoy my huge DVD’s and Blu-Ray collection of movies and concerts. The audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too. The time it takes to convert in this software is almost half that in other. I’ve had success using the software to convert and rip Blu-Ray to Nook HD playable format. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. continue reading…