Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Plex DVD Ripper- The Best way to rip videos off DVD for Plex Media Server

We all know that Plex allows you to aggregate all your personal media and access it anywhere you go. You are able to enjoy your own media on all your devices with the Plex Media Server. If you like me have 800-900 DVDs and want to put them into some format so you can share them into Plex, just read on this article. I will share the tips and tricks for copying your DVD collection to Plex Media Server for streaming and playing on TV. 

 

Since Plex has maked it clear in its supported sources list and DVD format is not listed. The possible solution is to use a DVD ripping tool to rip DVD to Plex/TV playable video format and stream it to TV for playback. Though there are many DVD rippers for Plex, the best and most suitable among them is Dimo Video Converter Ultimate

This DVD Ripping program offers specified video formats for TV and many other game hardware like iPhone, iPad, Android, PSP, PS4 Pro/PS4/PS3, Xbox One S/Xbox One/Xbox 360, PS Vita, Wii and more bypassing the CSS, Region, RCE, Sony ARccOS and PuppetLock or some other DVD protection. With it, you can easily convert, edit, view and save all your DVD disc in a format that can be easily streamed and played from Plex with the highest possible playback video quality, even original AC3 5.1 sound can be kept for Plex pass-through. If you're using a Mac, please turn to DVD Ripper for Mac from Dimo, which enables you to rip DVD to Plex Media Server on Mac OS (Sierra included). 

The process is straightforward. After downloading, follow the wizard to install and run the program. Then follow the steps below to rip DVD to Plex supported file formats in a few clicks! 

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Tutorial: Ripping DVDs to Plex for Streaming to TV 

Step 1: Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-ROM, run the DVD Ripper and click "Add DVD" icon to load movies. You can also import movies files from DVD Video_ts folder, ISO. You can click on the dropdown list of “Audio track” to select your needed track so that you can view DVD movies with proper audio channel. 

 

Step 2: Click "Select Format" bar and choose MP4 from "Format > Video" or "Format > HD Video", which can be recognized by Plex well. MKV is also a good choice; as a container format it takes whatever you give it. 

Note: The output format is preferably in a common format, like MP3 for audio, MPEG-4 for video. The more common format you use, the more devices you can stream to. For example, if you use FLAC instead of MP3 for your music, you can't stream to your Xbox. Just keep in mind that not all devices support all formats of media. 

Step 3: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind 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, and vice versa. With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original DVD while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality. 

Step 4: Click the “Start” button under the preview window, and the DVD ripper will start the conversion from DVD movies to Plex Media Server. Once the conversion finished, get the ripped DVD files onto Plex Media Server easily. Now you can stream DVD movies through Plex to smart TV, Apple TV, Xbox, Roku, Google TV, iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, PS4 Pro, computer/tablet/smartphone or other connected DLNA devices for great enjoyment both home and away. You can backup DVD to NAS or cloud before streaming. 

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Kindly Note: 

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page

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DVDmate (Win/Mac) 

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A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, DVD/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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Source: Copy DVD to Plex Media Server for TV and other DLNA devices

Monday, April 24, 2017

How to Get MOV files and Philips TV to Play Nicely from USB Port

You can enjoy video, audio and image files on your Philips TV from USB or DLNA devices. However, when you try to play some QuickTime MOV format movies on Philips TV, you may find that some QT MOV files work just fine and some just don't seem to be playable on the Philips TV with an unhelpful audio codec error message displaying right on your screen. Does the Philips TV support QT MOV in USB format? Which format is the best Philips TV USB port format? Please read on. 

 

Technically, MOV is a complex video container including different video encodings, only those MOV videos with encodings and resolution matching with the default encodings and resolution of Philips TV can be played. If the Philips TV does not recognize the codec, even if it is a supported format, you'll fail to play MOV. So if your MOV file does not support audio or video codecs certainly can not play smoothly on Philips TV. 

Luckily, there is an easy way to get of the incompatibility issues quickly. All you have to do is convert the MOV videos to afully compatible format with Philips TV with a third-party tool. Once yo have, you can enjoy the QuickTime MOV files from a USB drive connected to the USB input on the TV or use the DLNA feature to access media files over your home network from other DLNA enabled devices, such as a PC or PlayStation system. 

There are many programs available out there. If you are seeking for the best video output quality, fastest video conversion speed, and the most formats supported, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is highly recommended and will be your best choice. With it, you don't need to know what is the audio or video codec in the MOV format that'll be best for your Philips TV. With it, you can do batch conversion transcode MOV, MKVAVI, VOB, TiVo, MP4 and more to Philips TV supported file formats with fast encoding speed and excellent output quality. 

What's more, it offers kinds of preset profiles for media players including iPad, iPhone, Nexus, Nook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S7/S7 Edge, Surface, etc to meet your different needs. If you're using a Windows PC, simply turn to the Windows version, which has the same function with the Windows version. Here is how to do it. 

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How to Convert MOV files to play on Philips TV 



1. Load MOV files to the converter 

Launch this program, click the Add button or drag your MOV files directly onto the interface. Batch conversion is supported to ease your conversion and save time. You can check "Merge into one file" to join several video clips together if necessary. 

 

2. Set Philips TV friendly format 

Click the "Select Format" drop-down button to select Philips TV more compatible H.264 MP4 video from the "Format > Video" category. 

Tip: To get a decent output video quality as you want, you can also click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. 

 

3. Start conversion 

Now you've come to the last step, just hit "Start" to start the MOV to Philips TV conversion. 

Once it's finished, you can now connect the USB drive with computer and head to the destination folder where the converted files are stored, transfer the files to the USB drive then plug the drive in the Philips TV. It would be easy for you to play MOV on Philips TV with HD video quality. 

Tip: If you prefer to watch videos on TV with the home DVD player like 8K Player for Mac hooked up, you can burn MOV files onto an ISO file with this TV Video Converter from Dimo too. 

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Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 Macs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here

 

Kindly Note: 

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 Macs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 Macs). Get your needed one at purchase page

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DVDmate (Mac/Win) 

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie. 

Videomate (Mac/Win) 

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices. 

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A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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Source: Can't Play QuickTime MOV Files on Philips TV? Resolved

Friday, April 21, 2017

How to Import DJI Phantom Pro 4K Video to FCP X

The Phantom 4 is a beautifully designed camera drone. The onboard camera shoots 4K footage at 30 frames per second. When got smooth and stabilized 4K video shootings from DJI Phantom 4, how can we import and edit Phantom 4 4K video in FCP X/7? What's the best workflow for 4K footage from DJI Phantom 4 to Final Cut Pro? Some tricks are listed in the following paragraphs. 

 

Well, compatibility is very critical for a successful editing of 4K videos so you should not proceed without an assurance on this one. Your videos should come with a format that is compatible with Final Cut Pro otherwise you are going to experience challenges in editing. Based on our testing, we found H.264 encoded MP4 or MOV file format from DJI Phantom 4 is beyond the compatibility of FCP 7. 

Learn from Apple official site, we know that FCP X can support editing and monitoring 4K video, including 4K ProRes, Sony XAVC and REDCODE RAW from version 10.1. But the point here is, Final Cut Pro 7 still uses 1080p as primary delivery format and will continue to do so for a long time. In this case, to import and edit Phantom 4 4K clips in FCP 7 smoothly, you are advised to convert and downscale 4K to 1080p from DJI Phantom 4 for FCP 7 before editing. 

To achieve the goal, a professional 4K Video Converter for Mac is the key. Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is highly recommended here. The program is an easy-to-use yet professional Phantom 4 4K Converter for FCP. It's able to convert Phantom 4 4K MP4/MOV files to Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), and Apple ProRes 4444 for Final Cut Pro. Besides, this Mac 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want. 

Plus, this 4K video app can also encode any 4K videos including 4K XAVC/XAVC S, 4K MOV, 4K MP4, 4K AVI, 4K MTS, etc to Avid Media Composer, iMovie, Adobe Premiere ProDavinci Resolve, etc. on Mac(OS Sierra). If you are working on Windows (Windows 10 included), please turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimatewhich can transcode 4K to Apple Prores for FCP on Windows. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done. 

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Tips Editing DJI Phantom 4 4K MP4/MOV in Final Cut Pro 

Step 1: Load 4K footage to the converter 

Run the best 4K to FCP Converter and click "Add File" button, browse to the DJI Phantom 4 footages and load them to the converter for conversion. 

 

Step 2: Choose a proper output format 

Click "Select Format" bar to choose output format. You are recommended to choose "Format -> Editor -> Final Cut Pro 7" or "Format -> Editor -> Final Cut Pro X" as the target format. 

Tip: Advanced 4K video settings 

Click "Settings" button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing. 

Note: If you want to get original 4K resolution, just keep the video size as original to get 4K ProRes for FCP. 

 

Step 3: Start converting Phantom 4 4K to Apple Prores 

When you finish all settings, hit "Start" button to start transcoding DJI Phantom 4 4K video for Final Cut Pro on Mac. You can follow the conversion process from the pop-up windows. After the conversion, it's freely to import Phantom 4 4K MP4/MOV footage into FCP X/7 for natively editing. 

Simple Steps to Edit converted 4K Video in Final Cut Pro 

1. Load Files 

You can decide to click "edit" on the menu bar then "load media files" which is very easy. If you have no time to do all that, just drag the files and drop them to the program timeline. 

2. Customize 

Click on "settings" and that will allow you to change key parameters in the best way possible. You will be able to adjust parameters for both video and audio if applicable. 

3. Actual Editing 

You will get to make all the changes you want to the video and apply that. Be aware that Final Cut Pro will edit only sections of the 4K video that have been marked for that so don't expect a miracle. 

4. Save 

Make sure you have clicked the "save" button once through with editing to make the changes applicable and permanent. After editing, you can re-encode them to a suitable format for your iPad/iPhone/Android and free share edited video from FCP onto your mobile devices with Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac/Win. 
Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac/Win: 

  

Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 Macs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here

 

Kindly Note: 

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 Macs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 Macs). Get your needed one at purchase page

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DVDmate (Mac/Win) 

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie. 

Videomate (Mac/Win) 

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices. 

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  • Source: Transcoding DJI Phantom 4 4K footage to Apple Prores for FCP

    Wednesday, April 19, 2017

    Youtube to MP3: How to Convert Youtube Video to MP3

    YouTube is an abundant video library assembling billions of videos in diverse genres (music, movies, sports and more). Most of the time, we browse and watch interested videos online. Suppose you legally downloaded a video from YouTube site— maybe it's a how-to tutorial, maybe it's a funny movie clip — and you would like to just extract the audio track and save in MP3 file for offline playback experience. Luckily, whatever it is, you can easily convert YouTube video to an MP3 file for Windows or Mac machine, so that you can then listen to iPod or iPhone, or just store on hard drive with less space. Read on. 

     

    If you are attempting to rip YouTube video into MP3 format, there are a list of different methods you can choose from, whether they are third-party desktop-based or Web-based programs. 

    Option One: Third-party tool 

    We're going to use a third party tool to accomplish the conversion. Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is what we'll use here. It is a simplistic looking and powerful video converting program that can convert YouTube video to save in .mp3 audio file on both Windows and Mac platform, and also converts anything from its native format to any other video and audio file types. Plus, the application includes several preset specially designed for popular device, as well as basic video editing capabilities (trim, crop, rotate, watermark, 3D, add effects, etc.) to produce a better-looking file. 

    Apart from YouTube, this video downloader and converter is also good at downloading videos from many more popular video sharing websites like BBCYouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, VEVO, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Blip TV and so forth. By the way, if you want to download and convert YouTube videos to MP3 in Mac-based computer, just have a try on Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac which integrates video downloader and converter in one program and is well compatible with Mac (OS Sierra included). Here are the detailed steps to directly download YouTube to MP3. 

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    How to download and convert YouTube to MP3 step by step with a few clicks 

    1. Go to the "Download" tab 

    After working the software, you will see 3 tabs: Converter, Download and Media Server. Then click on the "Download" button to go to the "Download" tab. 

    2. Copy URL from YouTube and then convert to MP3 

    To download online videos, you need to go to official YouTube site and copy URL of the video you want to download. After that, "Ctrl + V" paste the URL you want to download to the address bar, and click "+" to load the details, you could paste batch URL at a time for downloading. Once the movie in 720p/1080p MP4, 3GP, MKV are downloaded in MP4 format, click "Open" to locate your converted MP4 movies for offline watching without barriers. 

     

    Note: To change destination folder for downloaded files, please go to "...". 

    3. Convert YouTube to MP3 by quality reserved 

    Press "Converter" to choose the MP3 format for output; Then click "Start" to convert YT downloaded MP4 movies to MP3

     

    Note: Before conversion, you can edit audio with inlaid audio editor. It's simple to cut the length or ripped audio file. 

    Now just listen to your favorite TV shows and movies from YouTube in MP3 format with ease. 

    Option 2. YouTube to MP3 Converter 

    YouTube to MP3 Converter is another tool that can be utilized to convert YouTube to MP3 free. Primarily, this online service allows you to convert YouTube videos with different audio quality. The website has a clean and straightforward interface with the conversion functions laid out neatly on the home page. Follow these steps to convert videos using this online tool: 

    * Navigate to https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/mp3-converter 
    * Enter YouTube URL into the blank address box. 
    * Choose MP3 format under the address box 
    * Later, you can click "Start" to do YouTube to MP3 conversion 

    Note: You can set output format as other ones like MP4, M4V, AAC, etc, set output audio quality and choose a start/end time before conversion. 

    Pros: 

    Easy conversion process. 
    Works as advertised – completely free and no hidden charges. 
    Doesn't require download or plugin installation. 

    Cons: 

    Can't set audio channels, audio codec or sample rate before YouTube to MP3 conversion. 
    Sluggish conversion speed at times, especially when dealing with large videos. 

    When converting YouTube to MP3, choosing a reliable tool ensures you can get exactly the song you want without knowing its name. Online conversion tools are recommended if you want to get the high quality MP3 from YouTube free. And, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate will guarantee the efficiency when converting videos to audio files

    The Advantages of MP3 Format 

    Most may know that an MP3 file format is akin to an audio file, but most do not understand why using an MP3 audio file is better than the other options. There are several other options, such as WMA, AIFF, AU, or even just a raw audio file. While each of these file formats will download videos, they will not function the same as an MP3 file format. 

    The following are some of the major reasons MP3 file format for audio and video files are significantly better than some of the other options: 

    Small file size 

    This is an MP3's greatest advantage because it allows user to download a high quantity of audio content with a small data size. 

    Editable compression ratio 

    The compression ratio refers to the size the files are once the download or transfer is complete. Since this compression ratio is not at a fixed amount for an MP3 file, a user a user may decide to accommodate a larger file size to maintain the quality of the audio, or may sacrifice some of the quality to create a smaller file size. 

    Easily transferred through the Internet or a USB or CD-ROM 

    In reference to the file size of an MP3 file format, it is now easily transferred in mere minutes, sometimes seconds, across devices, or onto another device, such as a USB drive or a CD-ROM. 

    Compatible across multiple devices 

    These files can be played on your computer, on your phone, on your iPod, or on your tablet or iPad – essentially any technological device can now play an MP3 file, making this file format widely accessible. 

    The use of ID3 tags 
    While many files will undergo a vast amount of name changes as they go across the World Wide Web, many MP3 files are fitted with ID3 tag which will store all of the information about the audio. 

    Maintaining quality 

    No matter how many times an MP3 file is transferred or downloaded, its quality will remain the same as the original file that was created. Of course, the compression ratio can still be changed, which will allow a user to either improve or sacrifice the quality depending on their needs. 

    Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate: 

     

    Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here

     

    Kindly Note: 

    The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page

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    BDmate (Win/Mac) 

    Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly. 

    DVDmate (Win/Mac) 

    A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie. 

    Videomate (Win/Mac) 

    An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices. 

    8K Player (Win/Mac) 

    A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

    Contact us or leave a message at Facebook if you have any issues. 

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    Source: Best Solutions to Download and Convert YouTube to MP3