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No matter you are a newbie or professional who wanna get Blu-ray Disc collection backed up to computer hard drive or ripped Blu-ray movies to Smart TV, portable devices, game consoles, media players, it is necessary to get a top Blu-ray/DVD Ripping & Copying program. In below article I compare two most popular and hottest tools- BDMagic and ByteCopy on the market from the aspects below, hope it can help you more or less and you can make a much easier choice.

bdmagic and bytecopy The difference between Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube BDMagic

The difference between Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube BDMagic

Pavtube ByteCopy Pavtube BDMagic
Price $34.3 $29.4
Overview Pavtube ByteCopy helps users backup Blu-ray/DVD movies to MKV format without any quality loss. It is able to put multiple audio tracks, subtitles streams, and chapter information in the source BD/DVD movie into a single MKV file for your different end uses. Pavtube BDMagic is a professional and powerful all-in-one Blu-ray/DVD disc handling tool, integrating DVD/Blu-ray Ripping, Conversion, and Backup. With it, you can rip Blu-ray and DVD to play on versatile PMP devices (iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Xbox, PS3, Android. Windows tablets and phones, etc)
Free Trial Pavtube ByteCopy Pavtube BDMagic
Input Commercial BD Blu-ray Discs, Blu-ray Folder, BD ISO File Blu-ray Discs, Blu-ray Folder, BD ISO File
Commercial DVD DVDs, DVD Folder, DVD IFO File, DVD ISO Image File DVDs, DVD Folder, DVD IFO File, DVD ISO Image File
Output MKV container (Lossless outputwith all audio streams and subtitles preserved /Encode file with multiple language tracks)
Multi-track MP4, Multi-track MOV, Multi-track AVI
SRT Subtitle
Output files for almost all popular media players, portable devices, and video editing software, such as WD TV Media Player, iPhone, iPod, iPad, Galaxy Tab, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox 360, Android smartphones(like Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Kindle Fire HDX, Nook HD/HD+, Samsung Galaxy S, etc.s), Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, and more.
Preserve multiple audio tracks and subtitles YES(preserve all audio streams and subtitles, as well as remove unwanted tracks and subs) No(Unless using “Full Disk Copy” function)
Remain BD and DVD original structures YES(By using “Full Disk Copy” Function) YES(By using “Full Disk Copy” Function)
Preserve HD audios YES(Lossless output DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD Audio) NO(Unless using “Full Disk Copy” function)
5.1 Channel Output DTS 5.1 channels, AC3 5.1 channels, AAC 6 channels, and PCM 6 channels AAC 5.1, AC3 5.1, WMAV 5.1
Encode with multiple languages Support retaining more than one audio tracks and subs in different languages. Only support preserving one audio track and subtitle while encoding.
CUDA Acceleration Yes Yes
System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows 10
  • DirectX Version: 9.0 or above
  • Memory: 64MB at least
  • Processor: 500MHz Intel or 500MHz AMD CPU
  • Hard Disc Space: 512MB or above
  • Optical Drive: DVD drive(BD drive is required for ripping Blu-ray disc)
  • Processor: Intel or AMD Dual core CPU, 1.6 MHz at least
  • Operating System: Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows 10
  • Memory: 512MB or above
  • Display resolution: 1024 x 768 or above
  • Optical Drive: DVD drive/ BD drive(BD drive is required for ripping Blu-ray disc)
Mac version ByteCopy for Mac BDMagic for Mac

Pavtube is an excellent tool for ripping and converting and edit your Blu-ray movies. The quality of the copy is second to none, and the interface is accessible to almost all users. If you only need a Blu-ray ripper and copier, choose BDMagic, if you also wanna a Blu-ray ripping tool to preserve multiple audio tracks, get ByteCopy to give you a hand. Read more comparison review here.

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DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc., including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality. (Read XviD & DivX Reference) Have a huge Divx movie collection and wanna get your Kindle Fire series tablets to read the Divx files?

convert divx for kindle fire Play Divx files on Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD 6/7 and Kids Edition, Kindle Fire, etc

First of all, you should know that DivX is not the native playback codec for Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD 6/7 and Kids Edition, Kindle Fire, etc. To use DivX in Kindle Fire series tablets, the fastest and by far the easiest way is to convert DivX to Kindle Fire accepted video format.

And what you need is a DivX to Kindle Fire Converter, with which the incompatibility problem will be ironed out quickly. It can help you convert a pile of .divx movies into Kindle Fire video format like .mp4 easily and do not loose any video or sound quality. The mac version is here.

Guide: How to encode DivX to Kindle Fire series playable format

Step 1: Download and install the DivX to Kindle Fire Converter and click the Add button to import your DivX files to the program or just drag and drop to it.

fire hdx video converter Play Divx files on Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD 6/7 and Kids Edition, Kindle Fire, etc

Step 2: Tap the Format bar, select “Amazon Kindle Fire(*.mp4)” or “Amazon Kindle Fire HD(*.mp4)” from “Android” as the output format for your Kindle Fire series tablets.

kindle fire hdx video format Play Divx files on Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD 6/7 and Kids Edition, Kindle Fire, etc

Tip – Profile Settings:

In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3: Hit the Convert button to start converting DivX movies to Kindle Fire series tablets.

When the conversion is done, you can locate the output video via tapping the Open button. Now, transfer converted files to Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD 6/7 and Kids Edition, Kindle Fire, etc.

Now you will find its’ easy to get DivX movie collection into Kindle Fire series tablets for playback. With this ultimate converter for Kindle, all DVD, Blu-ray and videos can be taken to your Kindle Fire, Fire hd and Fire HDX for watching.

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“I’m going to buy a Chromecast. But friends tell me that I can not play my backed up Blu-ray and DVD ISO files on Chromecast. Is it ture? If it is possible to do it, then how?”

You may know that you can just drag a local movie file to chrome browser’s address bar and cast it to the big screen with Google Cast the chrome extension via Chromecast. (Read Apple TV vs Chromecast comparison review) Unusually chrome the browser will have no trouble of handling kinds of video types, but not includes ISO files since ISO is not supported by Chromecast. As far as I know it’s not like that you can directly cast iso files to Chromecast for streaming, what you can do is to rip ISO from Blu-ray/DVD to digital movie files like MP4 and use the Chromecast’s local playback workaround to stream the movies to Chromecast. Then how to do it? What tool do we need?

stream iso to chromecast Simple way for copying Blu ray/DVD ISO to Chromecast for streaming

 

If you’re looking for ease-to-use ripping tool, check out Pavtube BDMagic- a top ISO to Chromecast Ripper, (Here is Top 5 Best Selling Blu-ray Ripper review) which aims to solve this problem by giving us the ability to remove disc protection and convert Blu-ray, DVD and ISO files to Chromecast compatible formats for casting the movies to Chromecast browser with ease in only 3 clicks. In addition, with the Subtitles option, you can freely choose your preferred subtitles for your ISO files.  If you are working on Mac OS X, please get BDMagic for Mac.

How to Transfer Blu-ray/DVD ISO images to TV via Chromecast

STEP 1: Import ISO source

Launch the program Run ISO to Chromecast Ripper, click “Load file” to choose Load IFO/ISO file. It will recognize the ISO image file automatically so that you will not have to run virtual drive to mount the ISO any more.

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STEP 2. Choose output format

Click Format bar to get the format list and select a proper export format. For Chromecast, MP4 in “Common Video” column can be compatible. Also learn how to convert ISO files to play on Surface Pro 3Galaxy Tab 4 and 3D TV.

h.264 mp4 format Simple way for copying Blu ray/DVD ISO to Chromecast for streaming

Step 3. Start to rip BD/DVD ISO to Chromecast

When all the settings are OK, click “Convert” button to start converting ISO files to MP4 video. When the conversion is over, click “open” to locate the ripped video files. After the conversion, get the converted mp4 movie for movie casting.

Tutorial: How to Stream Converted iTunes Movies from the Chrome Browser to Your TV

*Download Google Cast extension for your Chrome Browser. The Google Cast extension enables you to find and play content on your Chromecast device from your Chrome browser. Once installed, the Cast Extension is located in the upper right hand corner on the Chrome toolbar.

*Open a new tab in chrome browser and drag the converted iTunes movies or TV shows to the address bar. Chromecast will cast them to your TV. Google Cast supports the following media facilities and types.

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Note: Both Mac users and Windows users can stream iTunes Movies with Chrome Browser.

IMPORTANT! To do this, you can enter file:///C:/ in Chrome’s address bar (or (file://localhost/Users/yourusername on a Mac), and then drag and drop the file into Chrome—or press Ctrl-O or Command-O—to show your system’s file browser. Hit the Cast button either before or after you choose the file you want.

For Google Cast extension, you can set the quality to High (720p) or Extreme (720p high bitrate) to get a reasonable video quality on a full HD TV.

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Competing with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, the Wii is also a home video game console released by Nintendo. If you are a Wii enthusiast, then you might be feeling disappointed or left out owing to the fact that you cannot play M4V movies from iTunes Library on your Wii. Yes, Apple only allows you play the iTunes purchased movies on Apple devices or iTunes. The effective way to enjoy iTunes M4V movies on Wii is to remove the DRM from iTunes movies and convert M4V to common video format like MP4, MOV for playing via Wii.

sync itunes to wii Can I watch M4V movies from iTunes Library on my TV via Wii?

What You Need

Pavtube ChewTune is just a best choice for you to remove DRM and convert iTunes M4V to Wii compatible videos. This top iTunes M4V to Wii converter is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, so you can freely install it and try to enable Wii play iTunes M4V movies without DRM limitation. Mac version is here. (Read the reviews) Below are the steps to change iTunes format to Wii with ChewTune, only with a simple clicks, you will finish the conversion from iTunes M4V to Wii acceptable format.

How to remove iTunes DRM and convert iTunes video to Wii

Step 1. Load M4V files to the DRM Removal Tool.

Get this DRM Removal Tool downloaded and installed, drag and drop your iTunes M4V files to it directly.

itunes to wii converter Can I watch M4V movies from iTunes Library on my TV via Wii?

Step 2. Choose output file format for playing via Wii.

This iTunes m4v to Wii Converter provides optimized presets for Wii. Click the put down menu of “Format”, and then hit “Wii” preset. Wii MOV Video(*.mov), Wii AVI Video(*.avi) are supplied for you to choose.; You can also key in wii in the search box to quick locate this profile. Also you can convert iTunes m4v to play on Nexus 10/9Surface Pro and SD Card.

wii video format Can I watch M4V movies from iTunes Library on my TV via Wii?

And “Settings” button provides you more customize options like video size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate(Hz) etc. for output files.

wii video settings Can I watch M4V movies from iTunes Library on my TV via Wii?

Step 3. Strat removing DRM protection from iTunes M4V.

Now you can click “Convert” button to start removeing DRM protection and converting iTunes M4V for playing on Wii smoothly. Wait for moments, then click “Open” to locate the converted video. Now you are ready to add the files to SD card of your Wii for entertainment.

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To all of us, DVD movies have been a part of our daily life and this article will rescue you from barrier of DVD by one simple and reasonable method: Copy DVD to Hard Disk! Once you realize, you are set free to all kinds of other neat digital video, so that you can enjoy DVD movies on mobile devices,  like iPod, iPhne, PS3, XBox 360, etc. whenever and wherever without ever having to get off your couch to drop a disc in your DVD player.

copy dvd to hard disk How to backup a DVD movie to Hard Disk for watching whenever and wherever

While, have you ever found yourself in a situation that you want to backp DVD to Hard Disk in a common video but failed to do that?

In usual, you may use the free tool like DVD Decrypter and Handbrake to convert DVDs to MP4 format. However, this process doesn’t seem to work for protected DVDs. To effectively rip all kinds of new DVD movies to Hard Disk without anything loss, please go to Pavtube DVDAid.

Overall, it is a reliable DVD ripping software, which can remove protection from any DVD and convert them to various popular video formats MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, MP3, OGG, WMA, etc. effectively. Plus, with its copy feature, you backup the DVD to Hard Disk with two options: Full Disc Backup or Main Movie Copy. If you’re using a Mac, turn to DVDAid for Mac. Now download the right version and follow the steps below.

How to Backup and rip DVD to Hard Disk

Step 1. Import DVD movies

Insert the DVD disc into your computer’s DVD-ROM and run the top rated DVD Ripper for Hard Disk. Then click disc button to import your DVD movies. As you can see, you can preview the loaded DVD files in the right preview window and select DVD audio track/subtitle you want.

dvd to mp4 How to backup a DVD movie to Hard Disk for watching whenever and wherever

Step 2. Choose output format

Click “Format” bar and select the output video/audio format you like. You can either choose MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, etc. as the output format or select the icon of a device/software to get videos with optimized settings for a certain device/software like iPhone, iPad, iPod, Samsung, PS3, etc.

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Step 3. Start copying DVD to Hard Disk

Finally, click the Convert button to start the DVD to Hard Disk ripping process. After the conversion completes, you can click “Open” to get the ripped media files. After that, you can enjoy them on your mobile devices whenever and wherever.

Have Blu-ray? Ripping Blu-ray to Hard Disk is possible.

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Nowadays we can watch paid or free movies with the help of internet video on demand services. Among them, Amazon Instant Video is a well-known one which offers television shows and films for rental and purchase, and is free to customers with an Amazon Prime subscription. If you got one of Surface Pro 2 tablet, how to download and add Amazon Instant Video?

download amazon video to surface pro 2 Download Amazon Instant Video to Surface Pro 2 for watching

Here in this article, we’ll focus on how to download Amazon Instant Video for Surface Pro 2 for movies/TV shows streaming and downloading.

Amazon Instant Videos are still protected by DRM restrictions. This is to stop you from enjoy these files on non-Amazon supported devices, including Surface Pro 2 tablet. So the first thing is to figure out how to remove this DRM protection and then you will be able to convert Amazon to Surface Pro 2. To get the work done, a DRM converter is needed.

Here Pavtube ChewTune, a top DRM Video Converter is highly recommended to help you convert protected Amazon WMV to DRM-free MP4 for playing on Surface Pro 2. With it, you can effortlessly make your Amazon WMV videos playable on Surface Pro 2 in just a few mouse clicks in Windows XP/7/8/8.1/Vista. Meanwhile the quality of the converted videos is as decent as possible as original. You can also use the program to remove DRM from iTunes m4v videos and Blu-ray/DVD Digital Copies for playback with your Surface Pro 2 and more other Android and Windows tablets. (Read the review for you)

Wondering how? Now just download it and check out the step-by-step instruction below and get your Amazon videos onto Surface Pro 2 for enjoying.

Part I: Download Amazon Instant Video

1. Go to Amazon Instant Video: Watch Anywhere, find your device and click to get started.

Tips: Android users must get by with two apps: the Amazon app and the Amazon Instant Video app. Find and download Amazon Instant Video from Amazon app.
Amazon Instant Video in App Store is only available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. iOS 5 or later is required.

2. Open the detail page, sign in and then select Get Now.

Please note: Amazon Instant Video is not the same as Amazon Prime Instant Video. The former is available both to Prime members as well as non-subscribers, while the latter is available only to Prime subscribers.

3. After downloading Amazon Instant Video, you should register your device to one Amazon account.

Part II: How to Convert Amazon WMV videos to play on Surface Pro 2

1. After downloading, install and run the DRM Converter for Surface Pro 2. Then Click “Add video” or “Add from folder” tab to load your Amazon WMV files that you’ve download onto your hard drive. You can also just drag and drop the video file to the program. Batch conversion is supported so that you can add multiple files.

itunes to surface pro converter Download Amazon Instant Video to Surface Pro 2 for watching

2. Choose the output video format and output folder. Click “Format” bar and move mouse to “Windows” column, you can easily find the profile of “Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)” The output videos could fit on Surface Pro 2 perfectly.

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Tips: If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Remember 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. When all settings are done, click Start to begin removing DRM protection from Amazon WMV and convert WMV to MP4.

After the conversion, click Open to get the converted DRM-free videos directly. Then transfer them to your Surface Pro 2. So there you have it. Pretty simple! In this way, you can enjoy Amazon WMV movies on Surface Pro 2 without DRM restrictions.

Note: The conversion time may be very long if your videos are large. It’s highly recommended that you convert the files while you don’t need to use your computer.

In addition, you can also play Blu-ray and flv video on your Surface tablets.

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Rip The Equalizer DVD to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet

The ASUS Transformer Pad combines a beautiful 3D micro weave cover with a vivid Full HD 1920 x 1200 display and deliver an immersive gaming experience up to 9.5 hours of web surfing and video playback. Transformer Pad (TF303CL) owners are offered wonderful video appreciating experience, but still unable to play DVD movies. If you can play DVD movies like the new released The Equalizer on ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL), you can watch DVD movies to kill time while commuting or during the journey. To make it come true, you should rip DVD movie to TF303CL playable formats firstly.

rip dvd to transformer pad Easy Way to Rip The Equalizer DVD Movie to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet

Best DVD Ripper for Transformer Pad (TF303CL)

As a latest hit movie, there is no doubt The Equalizer DVD is on the list of films copy protected. Only the converter/ripper possessing high decryption technology can remove such protection. Good news is that Pavtube DVDAid is proved to be able to directly rip any regular and protected DVD movies to Transformer Pad (TF303CL). It is a professional DVD ripper capable of bypassing any DVD copy protections and ripping any DVD movies to common file formats (MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG, etc.) that can be playable on PC, Mac, Asus Transformer Pad (TF303CL), Samsung Galaxy Note 4/Edge, iPhone 6/6 Plus/5S/5C/4S, iPad Air, Apple TV, Sony Xperia Z3, WP8, Nokia and other popular devices with fast speed. And the output file is in good video audio quality. It is the best and easiest way to rip The Equalizer DVD to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet. If you are a Mac user, you can turn to DVDAid for Mac.

Find DVD ShrinkHandbrake and AnyDVD not work? All your issues will be resolved if you have Pavtube DVDAid!

How to Convert and Put The Equalizer DVD to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet?

Step 1. Import DVD movies

Insert the The Equalizer DVD disc into your DVD drive and launch the Transformer Pad DVD ripper. Click “Load DVD” to select and import the DVD movies you want to rip for Transformer Pad. ISO and IFO files are also supported.

dvd to transformer pad converter Easy Way to Rip The Equalizer DVD Movie to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet

Step 2. Specify output format

Click the “Format” bar to choose the output format for Transformer Pad (TF303CL). Here you can simply choose “Asus > ASUS Transformer Pad 300 Video(*.mp4)” as the output video format. Then click “Settings” to adjust video codec, bit rate, frame rate, etc. if necessary.

transformer pad video format Easy Way to Rip The Equalizer DVD Movie to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF303CL) Tablet

Step 3. Start to convert The Equalizer DVD to Transformer Pad (TF303CL)

Now go to the last step: click “Convert” to begin ripping DVD to Transformer Pad (TF303CL) compatible MP4 video files. After the conversion, you can tap “Open” to locate the converted videos immediately. Then connect your TF303CL to computer and transfer The Equalizer video files to your device for enjoyment on the go.

In addition to DVD, you can also convert your Blu-ray and iTunes video to play on Asus Transformer tablets.

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The Surface Pro 2 no doubt adds more fun to your digital entertainment. But when you wanna transfer some personal video files like FLV to Surface Pro 2, you would find the Surface Pro 2 can’t play FLV videos well or even can’t recognize them. Some guys suggest to install a flv player app for Surface Pro 2 Windows 8.1 tablet, however you need to search among all the video player software and even install different video players over and over. What’s more, Adobe Flash is the technology that makes some video files and websites not work with Windows 8.1 devices, it is hard to find an app to see flash-only or flash-heavy videos and websites.

flash player for surface pro 2 Solution to get FLV video files to work on Surface Pro 2 without FLV player

To avoid the complex procedure, the possible solution is to convert flv videos to Surface Pro 2 compatible format first with a third-party software. Being a professional video converter program, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended to help you finish the Surface Pro 2 flv conversion task. This Surface Pro 2 converter offers quite effective solution for you to convert almost all the videos including FLV and MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MTS, TiVo, VOB… to Surface Pro 2 friendly videos without quality loss in a few clicks. It also allows you to adjust the video, audio parameter to get a decent output video that you want. Check the following guide to know how to change flv video format for playing on Surface Pro 2.

Tutorial to Convert and Play FLV on Surface Pro 2 with super high speed and excellent video quality

Step 1: Run Surface Pro 2 Video Converter and import source files

Launch the Video Converter for Surface Pro 2(Mac version is here) and here pops up an intuitive interface, click “Add Video” to load your flv video files, which you would like to transfer to the gadget.

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Step 2: Set output format for Surface Pro 2 tablet

Click “Format” bar, you can get optimized videos for your Surface Pro under “Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)”. The output videos could fit on Surface Pro 2 perfectly.

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Step 3: Put and play flv videos on Microsoft Surface Pro 2

Now click “Convert” button to start encoding FLV to Surface Pro 2. You may check “Shut down computer after conversion” and leave it be.

After conversion is done, you could click the “Open” button to find the converted files and now put and play your flv video on Microsoft Surface Pro 2 for more joy with no need to find a suitable flv player. In addition, you can also rip your Blu-ray and DVD to this Windows 8.1 tablet for playback.

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