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Put blu-ray and DVD movies to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 /Captivate / Fascinate / Epic 4G/ Vibrant (for Mac OS X)
Posted by admin in DVD Ripper for mac on June 13, 2011
Put blu-ray and DVD movies to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 /Captivate / Fascinate / Epic 4G/ Vibrant (for Mac OS X)

The big question on Android fans’ mind is probably this: Should I buy Samsung Galaxy S over the HTC Droid Incredible/ Evo 4G/HD 2? It’s a hard choice, as both are excellent smartphones running Android 2.1 and upgradeable to Froyo 2.2. In terms of design, the Samsung Galaxy S series (i9000, Captivate, Fascinate, Epic 4G, and Vibrant) are seriously beautiful and handy devices, in particular the recently released Samsung Galaxy S i9000, which boasts a 4-inch super AMOLED touch screen, outstanding 720p HD video player, 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 8GB internal memory. One would agree that the AMOLED screen on a 4-inch display is pretty impressive and very suitable for watching movies during trips. Referring to movies playback on Samsung Galaxy S, here comes up a question.
Any way to put blu-ray and DVD movies to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 /Captivate / Fascinate / Epic 4G/ Vibrant?
Sure. The Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (and for PC Blu-Ray Video Converter Ultimate) is recommended to help you blu-ray and DVD movies to Samsung Galaxy S series, including the i9000, Captivate, Fascinate, Epic 4G, and Vibrant. Developed as all-in-one converter software, the iMedia Converter for Mac converts videos, blu-ray and DVD movies to optimized videos for Samsung Galaxy S smartphones as well as iTunes, QuickTime Player, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, etc. The program is capable of cracking blu-ray discs/ DVD copy-protections (AACS, BD+, CSS) itself, and no other decrypting software is required. And let’s see how easy it is to rip blu-ray movie to Samsung Galaxy S i9000. A free trial version of Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Converter for Mac is accessible.
Detailed guide of ripping blu-ray and DVD movies to Samsung Galaxy S i9000
Step 1. Load blu-ray/DVD movie to the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Converter for Mac.
Place the blu-ray disc in an external BD drive, connect the drive with your Mac, run Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Converter Ultimate, click “BD/DVD Folder” and select the disk to load your DVD or Blu-ray disc, and click “Add Video” to load your video files like MTS/M2TS, MKV, MOV, TOD, TiVo, etc. It may take a few seconds to load your Blu-Ray movie from target BD drive. To combine several items (video, DVD and blu-ray movie) into a single file, you need tick off the checkbox of “Merge into one file”. (Note that a BD drive is necessary for ripping blu-ray disc)

Basically the main movie is included in the first Title, so you can check the main title (usually the one with longest duration) only and leave other chapters unchecked. You may also view movie chapters and videos in preview window. Step 2. Set audio track and subtitles for movie to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 conversion.
You can select audio track and subtitle (if necessary) for blu-ray and DVD movies. Click on the Audio/ Subtitles box and select an audio track with desired language.

Step 3. Set Samsung Galaxy S i9000 friendly output format.
Click on the “Format” bar and there are various output formats for you to choose from. Follow “Android”->Samsung Fascinate MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4). This format is designed for Samsung Galaxy S series and guarantees smooth motion. This format gives video of 480*320, and is recommended for converting DVD and SD videos of 4:3. You may click on “Settings” and set Video Size to 480*272 (16:9) or 850*480 (full screen display on Samsung Galaxy S i9000) when ripping blu-ray to Galaxy S i9000. If you’d like video output of better quality, just set bit rate up in “Settings” panel. The Samsung Galaxy S also support WMV, AVI, MKV and FLV playback, so you may also follow “Common Video” and set WMV, AVI or MKV as output format and then adjust Video Size as it mentioned above.

Step 4. Start converting blu-rays, DVDs and Videos to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 optimized video files.
Now click “Convert” button to start ripping Blu-ray and DVD movie to Samsung Galaxy S i9000, or converting video to customized Samsung Galaxy S i9000 videos. Wait till the conversion finished. Usually the Blu-ray/ DVD to Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Converter does not let you wait long. Once the conversion task is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the output files for your Samsung Galaxy S i9000. You may also refer to the conversion from blu-ray to Samsung Epic 4G.
When you feel like posting the shootings captured by Samsung Galaxy S smartphone (i9000, Captivate, Fascinate, Epic 4G, and Vibrant) to Youtube, FaceBook, Viemo, etc, this powerful converter also helps you to customize Galaxy S shootings (H.263 or MPEG-4 encoded videos) to Youtube, FaceBook with proper formats, size, and duration.
How to convert blu-ray and DVD movie to iPhone 4 on Mac?
Posted by admin in DVD Ripper for mac on June 13, 2011
How to convert blu-ray and DVD movie to iPhone 4 on Mac?

The iPhone 4 is really a big shock. In any case, the upcoming amazing iPhone 4 will change our lives. By unveiling iPhone 4, Apple is leaping ahead of the competition once again this summer. Video calling, multistasking, HD video recording and editing, multi-touch operation, all of these new features are enclosed in a mere 9.3mm thin smart phone. Wait, there is something more to mention— the retina display. The new 960-by-640 backlit LCD display boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen ever. With the iPhone 4 at hand, HD videos and movies will looks sharper and incredibly vivid. And the iPhone 4 features a flash drive of 16GB or 32 GB capacity, enabling users to save more media contents. All of that makes enjoying HD videos on iPhone 4 possible. So why not take advantage of the breakthrough technology and watch HD movies on iPhone 4?
In the following passage I’d like to share with you an effective way for watching blu-ray and DVD commercial movies on iPhone 4G by converting the movies to iPhone compatible video formats with Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac. This app is an ultimate solution for converting videos, footages, flashes, TV recordings, and ripping commercial blu-ray discs and DVDs to various portable players (iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV,etc). You can get a free version of iMedia Converter for Mac (intel only, Mac OS 10.5 and above) and try it out, only there is Pavtube logo on the screen.
Now let’s see how to convert blu-ray discs and DVDs to iPhone 4G.
Step 1. Run iMedia Converter and load source disc.
Note that if you are about to rip blu-ray disc on Mac, an external BD drive is required for loading blu-ray movie. The iMedia Converter is able to decrypt commercial blu-ray discs and protected DVDs, all you need is to put blu-ray disc/ DVD to BD drive, and click on “BD/DVD folder” to load the movie.

Step 2. Select desired episodes of the movie and set subtitle/ audio track.
When the movie is loaded to iMedia Converter, the window should be like it below shows:

From here you decide which chapters to convert, and tick them. Basically the main movie is included in the “Title 1”, others are commentary, titles, ads, etc. Then you choose proper subtitles and audio track for each selected Title. In preview window you can observe the effect.
Step 3. Set output format and location.
Now you can specify an output folder. Click “Browse” button and navigate to where you’d like the converted files be saved to. As to the output format, there are many to choose from. Since the iPhone 4 supports play back of up to 720p high definition video, you may click on the “Format” bar and follow HD Video-> H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) or H.264 HD Video (*.mov).

Then you can do some further settings and customize the blu-ray/ DVD movie better fit the iPhone 4. Simply click on “Settings” button to enter the configuration panel to optimize the format.
A recommended config is listed below for your reference:
Video
Codec: h.264
Bitrate: 2500/4000/6000 kbps
Size: 1280*720p
Frame rate: 30fps
Audio
Codec: aac
Bitrate: 120/160kbps
Sampling rate: 44.1/ 48khz
Channels: 2

After set the video and audio parameters, do not forget to click “OK” button. If you would like to preserve these settings for future use, simply click “Save As” button and give it a name, eg. iPhone 4 1280*720 (*.mp4). The next time you run iMedia Converter to convert blu-ray and DVD movie to iPhone 4, you can easily find the customized new format in “Custom” row.

Step 4. Convert blu-ray/ DVD movie to iPhone 4.
Finally we come to the last step. When back to the main interface, you just click the “Convert” button to start converting blu-ray/ DVD movie to iPhone 4 compatible format. Generally the blu-ray ripping process cost hours. In order to save time, you can click on the “Option” menu, and tick “auto shut down computer after conversion” box so that the app will shut down your Mac or MacBook upon the completion of ripping.
After conversion, you can click “Open” button to find the converted files. If you’d like to convert all the selected Titles into one file, do not forget to check “Merge into one file” before converting movie. OK, everything’s done. Now you may open iTunes and sync the files to your brand new iPhone 4. Enjoy the movies!
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If you wanna share your videos or have perfect movie-watching experiences at home, you can make use of Apple AirPlay to watch movies on your wide screen TV via Apple TV 2.
Convert dvd movies to Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2 on mac
Posted by admin in DVD Ripper for mac on August 16, 2010

Ready to put DVD movies to Motorola Droid X, Droid 2?
Among the reviews of top 10 smart phones 2010, you can always find Motorola Droid X. With a beautiful 4.3-inch display, the phone is great for multimedia files and internet,not to mention the Android 2.1 os and full-featured software. Now everyone knows that Moto is all set to launch Droid 2 this August. Good news for cell phone players. The Motorola Droid features a 3.7 inch display, which was fine; when Droid X was released, we were pleased with the 4.3-inch high-resolution screen. What will it be for Droid 2? Maybe this time we could expect a 5-inch display? Anyway, what will you do with the big screen? If you’ve not any plan yet, I’d like to share with you a good idea: transfer your DVD collections to the Motorola Droid X (and maybe Droid 2 in the near future) and play the blockbuster movies wherever you like. With the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac, you can easily copy any protected DVD movies to Motorola Droid/Droid X/ Droid 2.
What can the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac help you?
- Copy commercial DVD movies to Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, and the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 for playback.
- Convert DVD movie from DVD ISO image file, DVD folder, and directly from disc.
- Rips DVD to Motorola Droid video (H.264 and MPEG-4 encoded MP4) at fastest speed and stunning visual quality.
- Extract music from DVD and convert to Motorola Droids optimized audio formats (AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA).
- Select desired language as audio track, set or unset subtitle.
- Output DVD movie clips either as one file or by chapter, trim out unwanted frames, remove interlacing lines, adjust video bit rate, frame rate, codec, etc.
Purchase and Trial of the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac
you are encouraged to read more details about Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac, and take a stab at the trial version before purchasing the software.There is not a time limitation for trial, only it creates videos with a Pavtube logo on the screen.
A detailed guide of converting DVD to Motorola Droid video on Mac
Now let’s focus on the detailed working flow of converting DVD to Motorola Droid,Droid X,and Droid 2.By DVD I mean disc,folder and image file.Here I take a standard DVD disc for example:
1. Load DVD to Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac
Insert your DVD to Mac/MacBook/ iMac, run the DVD to Motorola Droid Converter. When it starts up, a dialogue box pops to ask whether you’d like to select Order or Trial. Click on “Trial” button. To load DVD movie, you can click “DVD Folder” and browse to the DVD movie you’d like to convert, and then click “Choose” to confirm.

2. Decide which chapters to convert to Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, etc.
The DVD movie is displayed in a directory.Click the triangle arrow to expand the directory for checking movie chapters.Basically the main movie is included in the first Title, so you can right-click, select “Uncheck All” and then check the main title (usually the one with longest duration) only. In the following picture, the main title of the DVD movie Avatar is the third one.

3. Set audio track and subtitles for selected chapters.
Now you got to select audio track and subtitle (if necessary). Click on the Audio box and select an audio track with desired language. Set subtitles in the same way. Always note that you got to check the chapter before setting audio and subtitle. And you have to select subtitle and audio for each Title. By default there will be no subtitle at all. There is a box of “Force Subtitles” too. When you set English as subtitle and check the box of “Force Subtitles”, the subtitle appears only when languages other than English are spoken. For example, in the movie Avatar, I select English subtitle and set Force Subtitles, the subtitle appears only when the Navi language is spoken.

When setting audio and sub, you can view the movie clips from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot. Just click the“Snapshoot” button when it plays to your favorable frame. If you’d like to have one file instead of individual chapters (multiple movie clips),please check the box “Merge into one file”.

4. Determine output format for your Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, etc.
The Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter is capable of decrypting and converting protected (and unprotected) DVDs. It is capable of converting DVD to Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, and some other video and audio formats like WMV, MOV, VC-1, M4V, AVI, Divx, MKV etc. You can click on the “Format” bar, find “Android” tab and select “Motorola Droid (X) H.264 Video (*.mp4)” or “Motorola Droid (X) MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”. H.264 MP4 is recommended if you are producing Droid X or Droid 2 video. Customized video formats for other Android phones like HTC Droids are available too. You may customize video and audio parameters in Settings panel as well.Simply click “Settings” button to and set the bitrate, frame rate,channels, sampling rate as desired values.

5.Specify an output location.
Click “Browse” button and specify an output folder to save converted files. Click “Choose” to confirm.

6. Start conversion… Done!
Click“Convert” to start converting DVD to Motorola Droids compatible format when everything’s done. When the conversion completes you may click “Open” button to find generated MP4 files and copy DVD movie to the SD card of Motorola Droid so as to enjoy the movies whenever and wherever you like.

To enjoy blu-ray movies and other HD videos on Motorola droids, please refer to converting videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on Mac.