How to Convert Video to MP4 on Mac

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With the release of Blu-ray Ripper 4.6.0, Pavtube also update Blu-ray Ripper for Mac.

Version: 3.7.0
Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, Leopard 10.5



What's new?
Support latested BD and DVD
Update Mac pkg and dmg install package simultaneously
Fixed some known bugs


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Tip:
Remember to uninstall previous version first and the registration code is the original one.

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac Overview

See also: Top Blu-ray Ripper for Mac Review: Rip Blu-ray Movie on Your Mac

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Convert Tivo recordings to Apple TV without commercials on Mac

Description: Best Tivo to ATV solutions on Mac, this guide show you how to trim out commercials in your EyeTV Tivo recordings, and convert to best M4V file for your Apple TV on Mac.

"I just got EyeTV and recorded some *.tivo recordings when I'm out of town. It works great but I'm wondering how can I remove all the commercials inside? Can I get a pure video file to be streamed to Apple TV at home? If yes, how can I do that?"

Elgato's EyeTV is Mac OS X software that provides a user interface to the various TV Tuners from Elgato and some licensees. It is bundled with TV Tuner products sold by Elgato and is offered separately as well. Its main function as a PVR is to show the Tuner's received TV programs on the computer screen. It can show live programs and also offers Time shifting. It can record programs permanently to disk, by pre-programming.

However, the recorded TiVo files usually are not compatible with most media players, TVs we adopt. Thus, if you want to get a pure tivo recording to ATV, it's advisable to trim out ads firstly, and then convert TiVo files to H.264 M4V format for better preservation or sharing with family and friends. (Learn more: Apple TV 3 Video & Movie Tips)

Solution 1. Comskip

Comskip is a free mpeg commercial detector. It is a windows console application that reads a mpeg file and ****yses the content based on a large amount of configurable parameters. After ****ysis it generates a file in various possible formats containing the location of the commercials inside the mpeg file.?

Here is a thorough thread of how to use Comskip to remove commercials in your Tivo recordings, then stream it to ATV via iTunes after it's done. Although this software is free and open source, you will need to donate $10 via PayPal or more to pay for the Comskip site

Shortcoming:
Comskip is a console window program. This means it does not have a nice windows user interface.?As it's not completely compatible with your OS, you may need to run Comskip manually which can be confusing for many users.

Solution 2. Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac

It's not a free software but not overpriced. Comparatively it has a better (simple and straight) interface which allows users trim out commercials freely on their own.
This makes tv viewing a lot more pleasurable and efficient, and is especially helpful controlling advertiser access to children.

Download a free trialhere.

Step 1. Enter Tivo key and import Tivo files.
Launch Pavtube Video Converter (for Mac), click this icon and switch to Tivo tab, submit your tivo key firstly.

Now drag and drop your tivo recordings to it directly. Or you can click the top left two icons to load single Tivo file or the entire folder from local path.

Step 2. Trim out commercials.

Click this edit icon on top:

Then you enter the Video Editor.
Check the "Trim" tab, enter the start and edit time manually, or you can drag the small point on progress bar.
There're are two small icons to let you adjust frame by frame.

Don't forget to click "Ok" to confirm the change.

Step 3. Choose format and star conversion.

Click the "Format" list and choose preset according to your ATV model. As I'm using Apple TV 2 also want surround sound, I chose Apple TV 2/3 720P Dolby Digital Pass-through(*.m4v).

Back to main UI, click the big red "Convert" to start converting commercial-free Tivo recording to Apple TV format.

After conversion, click "Open output folder" and you can find the converted video easily.

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Source: ********open-media-community.com/2014/03/07/watch-tivo-recordings-on-apple-tv-without-commercials/

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How to copy Blu-ray and DVD for watching through media streamer

Description: This tutorial offers you a brief instruction about how to backup Blu-ray and DVD collection and then stream from computer hard disk for watching through media streamer.

"I have a large box full of DVD's and Blu-Rays that I want to have available on my laptop and archived on a hard drive and ideally presented through some form of media streamer, so I can watch movies when I'm away on business. I'd like to watch them via a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop to TV usingHDMI. What should I do to make that happen?"

Are you waiting for the new and upcoming Blu-ray and DVD movies to entertain the personal life and sparetime on the move? So many movies would release Blu-ray or DVD version this March including 12 Years a Slave, Oldboy, The Grandmaster, The Last Day OnMars, Cold Comes the Night, Ancient Aliens: Season 5, Volume 2, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, etc. Here comes a question: How to backup these Blu-ray and DVD collection and make them portable for playback through media streamer?

In order to stream Blu-rays and DVDs from computer to watch on TV using HDMI through media streamer, you need to backup Blu-ray and DVD movies to media streamer compatible format oncomputer beforehand. With a professional yet easy-to-handle tool, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, you could easily copy movies from Blu-ray or DVD hard disk to computer with suitable format and get ready for movie streaming to TV via HDMI cable. The Mac version is Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac.

How to stream Blu-ray and DVD collection to watch on TV using HDMI?

Step 1: Load Blu-ray/DVD movie

After successful installation of the BD/DVD to Streamer Converter, run this app and tick on the "Load Disc" button to load Blu-ray/DVD movie from disc driver to this program.

Step 2: Choose output format

Hit the "Format" pane, andchoose the optimized output format for media streamer.

To stream Blu-ray/DVD toother devices with media streamer, you are suggested to choose MPEG-4 Movie(*.mp4) as output format.

Tip: You are allowed tooptionally change video codec, video size, bitrate, frame rate, etc to obtainthe best video and audio quality when playing on your TV via media streamer.

Step 3: Start backing up Blu-ray/DVD collection

Click the "Convert" icon and the Blu-ray/DVD backing up process begins. Once itcompletes, open the output folder, get the copied MPEG4 movie and stream your Blu-ray/DVD collection via computer to TV using HDMI cable for watching in the house through the media streamer.

More related:

Watch Blu-ray movies on Samsung Smart TV
Copy Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray onto QNAP NAS drive with lossless mkv format
How to backup your DVD disc collections to home server for playback

Source: ********open-mobile-share.com/backup-dvd-blu-ray-through-media-streamer/