Movie Tips on Mac

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!

Free Download the Mac DVD to Android Converter:

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…

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…

Summary: Check out this tutorial on how to transfer iTunes & Digital Copy movies from Mac to Kindle Fire HD so that you can enjoy them on the go.

The original Kindle Fire felt like a rushed, but mostly successful attempt to deliver a gateway to Amazon video, music, and book content. The Kindle Fire HD improves on the original in nearly every area in which the Fire was lacking and, thanks to some key refinements, proves to be a much better delivery system for that media. Its stunning 1280×800 high definition LCD display makes the Kindle Fire HD ideal for movie watching.

If you have some movies/TV shows (.m4v) purchased from iTunes store or some Digital Copies (in .m4v format) stored in iTunes, you may want to get them out of your Mac and onto the Kindle Fire HD for enjoying on the go. However, you’re only told that you can play them due to DRM protection. To achieve your goal smoothly, you may have to get rid of DRM restrcitions from iTunes videos and Digital Copies and then convert the M4V videos to Kindle Fire HD compatible videos. If you’re interested in doing this likewise, check out the simple totorial below, guaranteed to get iTunes and Digital Copy movies and Kindle Fire HD to play nicely. continue reading…

A Digital Copy is an extra copy of the movie you bought on Blu-ray™/DVD disc. You can transfer your your “Digital Copy” (.m4v format) to your Mac iTunes and iTunes-compatible devices. Your disc provides you with the highest quality home entertainment experience available today and your Digital Copy gives you the flexibility to watch your movie anytime, anywhere. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Well… no.

This is simply the movie industry’s latest attempt to sugar coat Digital Rights Management(DRM), which prevents you from using them on unauthorized devices. Unfortunately, the Android devices have not get a license to play DRM contents, which means digital copy movies will even play on Android tablet or handset. It is a pleasure that 20th Century Fox is aiming to change all that and will be bringing digital copy downloads to Android but I didn’t hear much about it.

The reasoning behind Android’s omission in the digital movie realm can be speculated and theorized till DRM death. That’s where ChewTune Mac (Alternative Windows Version) comes in. As an easy-to-use yet top-ranking DRM removal software for Mac users, it supports handling proctected movies, TV shows from iTunes and Blu-ray/DVD digital copy videos that have been transferred to iTunes. Frankly, ChewTune Mac is a great app for keeping your iTunes movie library synced to your Android tablet and handset. I’ve had success using the program to transfer Digital Copy and iTunes movies/TV shows from Mac to my Android-based Google Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy S3. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the digital copy movies themselves. continue reading…

The NEX-F3 is the latest entry to Sony’s mirrorless camera lineup, replacing the NEX-C3. Video specifications are improved over its predecessor, with the NEX-F3 outputting AVCHD 1080 video at 60i or 24p. It’s really wonderful to take it and record exciting moments. However, the AVCHD MTS files recorded by the Sony NEX is not friendly with iPad or Android-based Tablet. In order to put and play NEX-F3 files to iPad/Android Tablet, you may have to do some work in advance. I mean you’ll need to convert AVCHD to something (e.g. H.264 MP4 video) the iPad and Android Tablet can read. Below, I will throw a quick tutorial on how to transfer Sony NEX AVCHD footage to iPad/Android Tablet for playing back.

Requirements

Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter – A top Sony AVCHD MTS Converter: (available for Windows or for Mac users). Get the Mac version here, and the Windows version here.

Instructions continue reading…

Linking seamlessly with Amazon’s impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package, the Kindle Fire is a 7-inch Android-based Tablet. If you’ve taken Kindle Fire for a few road trips, you will find it really rocks for watching movies. However, something may come out if you tried to play iTunes purchased contents on Kindle Fire. The problem with iTunes is that DRM attaches to purchased iTunes movies and TV shows doesn’t allow non-authorized devices(Android included) to play. But don’t fret! Here I’m sharing my experience to help those who feel like transferring iTunes videos to Kindle Fire for enjoying as you want.

As you see, most of the TV episodes, movies, and music videos from iTunes are protected by using Apple’s FairPlay DRM copyright protection. So the most important piece of the equation is that you have a DRM removal software hooked to your Mac or Windows which strips DRM from iTunes. I’m not about to pay ridiculous prices to buy movies and TV shows for Kindle Fire I already own on iTunes. Instead, I’ll just convert these iTunes m4v movies to a Kindle Fire-friendly format. If you are interested in doing likewise, check out PavTube’s ChewTune, a top iTunes DRM movie Converter which can easily handle iTunes DRM-protected videos and Windows Media DRM contents included with the Blu-ray/DVD Digital Copies. And the playback of the converted videos is as decent as possible as original. Now follow the steps below to download iTunes videos onto Kindle Fire. continue reading…