Monday, September 14, 2015

AVI/MKV/FLV/MPG/VOB on Xperia ZV-Enable Sony Xperia Z5 to play 1080p videos

Are you looking for video converter for Sony Xperia Z5 so that you can easily play MKV, AVI, VOB, WMV, Tivo, MP4, FLV? This tutorial will give you a simple suggestion.

WHILE WE WERE EXPECTING JUST THE ONE Xperia Z5, Sony announced three models during its IFA press conference: the Xperia Z5, Xperia Z5 Premium and the Xperia Z5 Compact. The new devices represent a generally incremental upgrade over the Z3s, albeit with a few intriguing additions and alterations—4K screen. This feature makes it be the ideal portable multimedia player.

It’s not perfect, however, when you put some MKV, AVI, MTS, VOB, MPG, 3GP, TiVo videos on Xperia ZV for playing, you will meet lots of issues. Such as no audio, no video, or even can’t be recognized, although you’ve installed a 3rd party video player on the phone.

Video formats Supported by Xperia ZV: - MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV
Audio formats Supported by Xperia ZV:
- MP3, WAV, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC



In fact , a practicable way to view 1080p AVI/MTS/FLV/MPG/VOB movies on Sony Xperia Z5 is definitely to convert these videos to Xpeira Z5 supported video file. In order to make sure the conversion process works, Brorsoft Video Converter for Sony Xperia Z5 will be needed. This converter is not only provide users best output video quality, but also offer simple operations. With it, you can fast convert a pile of video files like .avi, .mts, .mov, .vob, .mpg, .flv, .tivo, etc to Sony Xperia Z5 favorable MP4 video. What’s more, with its profile settings feature, you can modify the video, audio settings for Xperia Z5 and generate the best output quality as you expect.

Follow the step-by-step guide on watching AVI/MTS/FLV/MPG/VOB on Sony Xperia Z5 with 1080p full screen playback.

Step1. Import the videos/movies from your computer or other hardware devices to the Sony Xperia Z full screen video converter. And this converter will help you convert TiVo, VOB, MKV, MOV, MTS, AVI, WMV and most other video formats to the Xperia Z5 needs.

Step2. Click the Format bar and select Common Video > H.264 Video(*.mp4) as Sony Xperia Z5 best video format. Optionally, before converting, you can edit the Blu-ray videos using the buttons “Trim”, “Crop”, etc in the Edit panel to made individual video.



Step 3. Click the big “Convert” in the right side to start the conversion. With the CUDA/AMD technology support, you will enjoy 5-6X faster conversion speed than most other Xperia Z5 video converter.

After the conversion process shows in 100%, the conversion is finished. Then, tap the Open button to locate the resulted video. Now, connect Sony Xperia Z5 to PC to transfer the files. Minutes later, you can play 1080p videos on Sony Xperia Z5 at ease.

Tips: If you have no idea how to get the PC and Sony Xperia Z connection for movie transferring, you can link to Transfer photos, music, videos to Sony Xperia Z from PC via USB driver.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

TS Converter Mac: Encode TS to MOV under Mac OS X(Yosemite/El Capitan)

Summary: This tutorial aims to tell you how to use convert TS to MOV on Mac OS X (including El Capitan) easily and quickly with a top Mac TS file converter.

Q: “What do people use to convert TS files to MOV file on Mac OS X? I've downloaded a couple of TV shows in HD from the Internet an am trying to piece them together into one MOV.”

If you have a video with TS file extension that you want to work with video programs on your Mac computer, you can consider of converting TS to MOV file, a more relatively malleable format accepted by common players. In this article, we introduce the best TS file converter for Mac that enables you to convert TS videos on Mac OS X(El Capitan included) with original quality.

There are several converters are available for convert TS media files on the market, but based on our testing, Brorsoft iMedia Converter for Mac is the easiest software we have experienced that allows you to convert TS to MOV on Mac with least quality loss. Constantly updated to fit with the latest technology, this all-in-one video converting software is fully compatible with Mac's latest OS X El Capitan and can convert any video including TS as well as MKV, AVI, FLV, MPG, MTS, MKV, etc to any format you want for easier playing, editing and sharing.

For those who want to transcode TS files on Windows PC, please turn to its equivalent Windows version Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate. Now just download it and following guide will walk you through the process of TS to MOV Mac conversion.

How to Convert TS Videos to MOV on Mac OS X(El Capitan included)

Step 1. Import TS video files

Launch the TS to MOV converter Mac. Click "Add Video" button (or "Add from folder") to load TS source files. Or just drag&drop your TS videos into the Mac TS file converter.



Step 2. Choose output format

Click on "Format" bar to select output format. To encode TS to .mov format for playing on Mac OS X, you are advised to choose QuickTime Movie format or “MOV- QuickTime(*.mov)” from Common Video.



Tip: Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs.

Step 3. Start converting TS to MOV

After all necessary settings, just click "Convert" button, the program will begin encoding TS files to MOV video on Mac and show you a progress bar. Your wait time depends on the power of your computer hardware and the size of the file you're converting. Once the conversion is accomplished you can play, edit the TS files on Mac without hassle.

Editor’s Note: If you wanna import and edit TS files in Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Avid Media Compsoer, etc NLEs on Mac OS X, just choose the optimal presets the professional Mac TS video converter provides to you.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Fast and fluid Nikon P610 h.264 mov workflow with Windows Movie Maker

This post displays the detailed steps required to transcode Nikon P610 H.264 MOV files to WMV format for importing to Windows Movie Maker editing smoothly. Keep reading.....

The Nikon P610 uses the same EN-EL23 lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack as the P600, but the CIPA-rated yield has been improved slightly -- now around 360 shots on a charge as opposed to 330, likely thanks in part to the RGBW display. Wired connectivity includes USB 2.0 High Speed data and Type-D Micro HDMI high-def video. Images (JPEG only) and movies (.MOV/H.264) are stored on SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards.

While, it's H.264 MOV video format is a FULL HD format that is highly compressed, so it can not be imported and edited on most of editing software on Windows, like Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas and Windows Movie Maker.
Question:
“I want to upload video clips from my Nikon P610 to windows movie maker to make a short bike edit but it pops up with a weird error message about the wrong codec."



Although Windows Movie Maker supports the importing of a wide variety of file formats including the MOV files, apparently video, audio problems still exist while importing and editing Nikon H.264 MOV videos. To make Nikon P610 MOV video files to work well with Windows Movie Maker, Brorsoft Video Converter is highly recommended to transcode Nikon MOV to Windows Movie Maker native format – WMV or AVI. In fact, no matter what version of the NLE apps you are applying, and what Windows system you are working on, this video converter will assist you to import Nikon, Canon, JVC, Panasonic camcorders files to Windows Movie Maker as well as Adobe Premiere Pro, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas Pro, etc for editing smoothly. Follow its step-by-step instruction below to learn how to convert Nikon P610 MOV to .wmv for Windows Movie Maker.

Transcode Nikon P610 MOV files to Windows Movie Maker for smooth editing

Step 1. Load H.264 .mov footage

Launch the Nikon MOV to WMM Converter and then click the "Add" button to load .mov videos.
Tip: This MOV converter supports batch conversion, so you are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time. Meanwhile, if you wanna combine multiple MOV clips into a single file, you can check the “Merge into one file” box.



Step 2. Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and then follow HD Video -->WMV HD(*.wmv) as the output format. Besides, you can also choose Divx (*.avi) as output if you have not installed the .wmv codec.



Step 3. Customize the video Settings. You can click “Settings” button to adjust output parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc.

Step 4. Click “Convert” button; this top Nikon DSLR MOV Converter will start transcoding Nikon P610 MOV files for Windows Movie Maker immediately.

Once the conversion completes, you can click “Open” button to get the generated WMV files for Movie Maker easily. Then, it would be easy to import and edit Nikon D610 footage in Windows Movie Maker with the best quality.

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

MKV to Synology NAS Drive - Stream MKV files to Devices via Synology NAS with DLNA

Here provide an easy way for you to convert your MKV files to MP4 format for storing on your Synology NAS Drive and streaming over DLNA.

If you have multiple computers on your network, you're a candidate for a network-attached storage (NAS) device. Some NAS servers simply act as a shared volume for backing up and sharing files across your network, while others can do a lot more, such as sharing a printer among your networked PCs, acting as a media streamer or even a surveillance system by supporting IP cameras. You'll find NAS devices with a single drive and those with multiple drives that allow for greater data protection and higher capacities.

For example, the Synology DiskStation DS1513+ is easily one of the best multiple-bay NAS servers to date, performing superbly both as an advanced storage server and as the central host for a long list of home entertainment and business uses.

But the point here is, when we get some MKV to NAS, sometimes we can't get the MKV files playback from NAS like on media player, smart TV, let's look at some issues:

a) The NAS drive has a built in media server that doesn't recognize MKVs

b) The network connected device we are trying to play the MKVs on Media Player/Smart TV doesn't recognize MKVs

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Have the similar trouble? Don't worry. This article aims to give you an easy way to fix the issue.



To manage your MKV files on kinds of DLNA compatible devices, you'd better convert MKV to the correct format before storing on NAS drive. Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate is a highly recommended tool to help you finish the task. It is a great MKV converter that supports transcoding MKV to MP4, FLV, MPG, WMV and more. Meanwhile, it also comes with useful editing functions, like video joining, video trimming, splitting, cropping, etc. For those who are running on Mac OS X(El Capitan), please get iMedia Converter (for Mac). Now just download the program to learn how to convert MKV to store on NAS for DLNA streaming.

First download MKV to Synology NAS Drive Converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Converting MKV to Synology NAS Drive streaming

1. Add MKV movies

Run the MKV to NAS Coverter; click the Add button to load .mkv files to the program from your computer. You can also directly drag the video files into the program.



2. Select the output format

Hit the Format box and choose your desired format. To store MKV movies on NAS for widely using, you’d better encode .mkv to .mp4, .mov, or .avi, etc compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of compression to suit the quality you want.



Tip: 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.

3. Start to convert MKV to NAS drive

Simply click the Convert button to start encoding MKV video to MP4/MOV for NAS.

Within several minutes, you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the “Open” button. Afterwards, it’s free to stream MKV files from NAS. Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the NAS and Apple TV, PS3, HD TV or other media players.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Sony HDR-AZ1 and FCP 7/X Tutorial – Transcode Sony AZ1 XAVC S/MP4 to ProRes

Run into incompatibility issues editing Sony HDR-AZ1 XAVC-S MP4 footage in Final Cut Pro 7? If so, keep reading, and you will find the best solution here.

Over the last two years, electronics giant Sony, have brought six new cameras to the POV camera market, under the Action Cam brand, offering arguably the stiffest competition to GoPro's dominance. Like GoPro, with each new model, Sony have added both incremental and headline-grabbing features to their products, meaning they're definitely worth taking seriously.

Sony Cam Mini HDR-AZ1 - Sony release most capable POV camera to date, named the Action Cam Mini, model HDR-AZ1. This new Action Cam Mini is compatible with USTREAM services where you can live stream all the action to friends and family watching online. It also supports full HD video (1080p), 120 fps frame rate video shooting in MP4 as well as the XAVC S codec, which records at high data rate of 50 mbps resulting in highly-detailed video content.

Well, XAVC-S format differs from XAVC in that it uses GOP codec of H.264/AVC for video file compression; it’s not an ideal editable format for NLE based on many users’ experience. So, how to make Sony AZ1 XAVC S clips workable in FCP 7/FCP X perfectly?



To achieve the goal, a professional XAVC S converter is needed. Overall, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is the best choice for you. It allows users to prepare Sony (4K) XAVC S videos to be standard compatible for FCP X, FCP 7 effortlessly. It can help you transcode XAVC-S to Apple ProRes for FCP with several simple steps. Just do some clicks on your mouse with your finger, you can easily convert XAVC S files to ProRes .mov on Mac and then import XAVC S video into FCP for editing smoothly. Besides, it allows you to do some premiere editing work on Mac before transcoding like cropping, trimming, adding watermark, etc. Now download it and follow below steps to convert XAVC S files to Final Cut Pro.

Download XAVC S to FCP Converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Step by Step Guide: How to transfer XAVC S from Sony HDR-AZ1 to FCP X/7 for editing

Step 1: Import XAVC S videos

Install and run the XAVC S to ProRes Converter on your Mac, then run it. Click on "Add", and browse your files; select all the XAVC S files you wanna convert.



Step 2: Choose ProRes as output format

Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro > Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format.



Tips: Adjust video, audio settings

Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate and fame rate and mroe. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.

Step 3: Start XAVC S to ProRes conversion

After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the XAVC S to ProRes 422 conversion on Mac OS X.

Once the conversion process shows in 100%, click Open to get the output videos. Create a project and start editing Son HDR-AZ1 XAVC S video in Final Cut Pro 7 or FCP X with light speed.

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Source: Sony Action Cam Mini HDR-AZ1 to Final Cut Pro workflow

Sunday, August 16, 2015

How to Put a DVD onto Lenovo TAB 2 A8 Android Tablet Playback

Step-by-step Guide to Rip DVD to Lenovo TAB 2 A8 with Best Android DVD Ripping Software .

At Mobile World Congress 2015 earlier this year, Lenovo introduced an update to its TAB Android tablets with the TAB 2 A8 and A10.The TAB 2 A8 tablet features an 8-inch IPS LED display with a 1280 x 800 resolution, and it looks crisp. Joining this is an MTK 8161 quad core 1.30GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage space. The battery is a 4,200mAh offering. The system, as you can tell from the screenshot above, is running Android 5.0 Lollipop.

If you liked the original TAB A8 tablet, you'll find the second generation is even better. If you didn't like the first version, now might be the time to give the model a second shot. The newer version doesn't feel as cheap as the first A8, with a slimmer body, more angular edges, and improved hardware. The performance is fairly top notch, and as a general Android slate for general tablet-y things like playing mobile games, browsing the Web, chatting, and toting around work documents, it holds up perfectly fine.

However, we may be confronted with an obstacle that we cannot watch DVD movies on Lenovo Tab 2 A8 directly.

Okay! Why Do We need to Rip DVD to Lenovo Tab 2 A8 Tablet ?

Actually, the advantages of converting DVD for Lenovo tablets might be much more than your imagination. You can be retrieved from the worries of DVD scratch issue and overheating of DVD player, and are enabled to watch any DVD movies when you are away from home for travel or business, and share some movie highlights with your friends. The best part of it may be the ability of making movies played and preceded smoothly without the need of network connection. So it is especially welcomed and recommended in case that no WiFi is available for your portable Lenovo pad.



How Can We Rip DVD to Lenovo Tab 2 A8 Easily ?

Well, no need to worry. Since Android devices don't have the drive for DVD playback, in order to get DVD movies playable on Android tablets or phones, you need to rip DVD to Android supported video formats like MP4 first before transferring them to your device. Brorsoft DVD Ripper is a good choice for ripping DVD movies to Android phones or tablets compatible video files with fast ripping speed and excellent output video quality. Plus, it has the optimal presets for Xoom, Transformer Prime, Kindle Fire HD, Nook (HD/HD+) Tablet, Toshiba Thrive, Google Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S III, HTC One X, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, please turn to the equivalent Mac version entitled Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac. Now just download it and follow step-by-step guide to freely copy your favourite DVD movies to your Lenovo TAB 2 A8 for smoothly playback.

Free download the DVD Ripper for Android:

( Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

How to Copy DVD to Lenovo Tab 2 A8

Step 1. Load your DVD movies

Launch the program and click Load DVD: Load DVD Folder, Load ISO Files or Load IFO files to import the DVD movies you want to rip. As you see, all added files will be listed below and you can preview them, take snapshots, choose subtitle and audio track, etc. as you like.



Step 2. Select output video format

Click on the pull down menu of “Format”, and select MP4 as output format since Lenovo Tab 2 A8 plays MP4 video perfectly.



Tip: if you like, you can click on settings you could easily set bitrate, frame rate, codec, channels, sample rate, etc to adjust parameters that affect video quality and file size for the video you prefer. keep in mind that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.

3. Start to covnert DVD to Lenovo Tab 2 A8

When you have finished all the above settings, you can simply click the Convert button on the main interface and let the software do the DVD to Lenovo Tab 2 A8 conversion for you.

After the conversion, click "Open" to locate the converted video files and then transfer them to your Lenovo Tab 2 A8 for watching on the go with ease.

Additional Tips: If you are considering to get a powerful all-in-one tool to convert videos, Blu-ray movies and DVDs to Lenovo Tab 2 A8, Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, Galaxy Tab 4, Nook HD, Kindle Fire HD X, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, iPad or other devices at the same time, Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate will be a nice choice for you. If you are running a Mac OS X, iMedia Converter Mac is the alternative.

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Get DVDs to Synology NAS for storage/streaming

Summary: This is a simple guide on how you can move your own DVD collection onto Synology NAS fast and easily by ripping DVD to Synology NAS friendly file type.

If you have a number of DVDs, instead of watching them with a DVD player, you can choose to move your DVD to Synology NAS, one of the best NAS servers for backing up and sharing across your network with ease. The point here is, what would be the best way to go about it? Well, this article will give you the answer to copy DVD collection to Synology NAS within clicks.

First of all, you’d accept the truth that Synology NAS can’t support DVD files. To get DVDs onto Synology NAS, you'll need a third-party DVD ripping software to get the content off the DVD disc as a protection-free and easily readable element for NAS. There’re kinds of different software out there (some free, some not) with a variety of different options. It seems a bit overwhelming. Here we highly recommend Brorsoft DVD Ripper, which can help us finish DVD conversion bypassing DVD copy protection.

With it, you can convert DVD to MP4, AVI, MKV for Synology NAS streaming with no quality loss; it also enables you to copy DVD main movies for backup onto NAS in .vob format. And what we’ve learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad, iPhone, PS3, Apple TV, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to DVD Ripper for Mac.

Steps: Convert DVD to Synology NAS compatible format

1. Import DVD movies

Insert your DVD disc to the drive, then launch the DVD ripping software and click the "Load Disc" button to have the DVD content imported. You can also add VIDEO_TS folder, DVD ISO files are the source files for converting.



2. Decide output format

Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To store hundreds of DVD’s on NAS, you can rip DVD to .mp4, or .avi, .mkv, etc compressed format. And MP4 is the best output format for Synology NAS we recommend.



3. Advanced Settings:

With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original DVD while also saving space. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset.

4. Start DVD to NAS conversion

Hit the "Convert" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert DVD to Synology NAS compatible video files.

Once the conversion is finished, click "Open" to quickly find the converted movies. Then just stream and enjoy the high quality DVD movies on your media players from Synology NAS.

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