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Rip 3D Blu-rays to Plex Server for playback with 5.1 channel on TV via Raspberry Pi

Are you busy to search for the best way to backup 3D blu-ray movies to Plex Server? This guide introduces the 3D Blu-ray to Plex ripping workflow for watching on TV through Raspberry Pi. 
3D effect is destined to give audiences a fantastic and lifelike visual experience. Since 3D Blu-ray come into being, the owners are enabled to watch 3D movies at home instead of going to cinema. Now I’ve already been playing with converting 3D Blu-rays – which I own – to h.264 top bottom mp4 files that I can play from my Plex server. I have a Raspberry Pi running the RasPlex distro that connects my tv to the server. I would like to play the full quality 1080p 5.1 files as well as the 3D movies there. I could not find a way to do it with handbrake and makeMKV. 
 

Backing up 3D Blu-ray movies will be a nice choice as Plex Server can give you a robust storage solution. Here offers a brief instruction to reach the goal. 

After widely Internet search for ripping 3D blu rays for playback on my passive 3d tv, I foundPavtube BDMagic for Mac which was recommended on a forum and I tried out the trial. It works perfectly by giving us the ability to store our purchased physical 2D/3D Blu-ray and standard DVD discs to 3D Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, or Anaglyph video for playback on 3D TV or 3D players. 
Well I started ripping my 3D blu ray collection so I’ve successfully ripped Avatar, The Avengers and Jurassic Park and several other 2D blu ray discs such as Zombieland, The Guardian and The Amazing Spiderman, saving time looking for them from the cardboard. If you are working on Windows PC, please get Pavtube BDMagic

Here is the step-by-step guide on ripping, converting 3D Blu-ray to Plex Server. 

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies Insert your Blu-ray disc into your BD drive, run the Blu-ray Ripper for Plex and click disc icon to load Blu-ray movies. 
 

Step 2: Choose output format Click the "Format" option, and select "3D Video > MP4 Top-Bottom 3D Video (*.mp4)" for playback. 
 

Tip: To keep 5.1 audio when ripping 3D Blu-ray, click “Settings” to go to “Profile Settings” screen and adjust “Channels” under “Audio” option. Set channels to “5.1 Channels” and click “OK”. And then you’ll get 5.1 surround sound after conversion. 

Step 3: Start 3D Blu-ray to Plex Server ripping 

Click the "Convert" button under the preview window, and the Blu-ray ripper will start the conversion from 3D Blu-ray movies to Top-Bottom 3D MP4 for Plex Server. 

After conversion, you can store 3D Blu-ray movies on Plex Server and stream through my Raspberry Pi onto my 3D TV. I also stream them from my plex server using the plex apps on my mobile devices. The server transcodes them from playback on those devices. 

In addditon, copying Blu-ray/DVD to WD My Cloudrip DVD to a Laptop with Projector, and enable 2D/3D Blu-Ray and DVD Playback in XBMC are not so difficult as you think. 



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Rip DVD to Apple TV 4 via Plex via Mac OS X El Capitan

Q: “ I have purchased some DVDs for the comming thanksgiving day. How to paly them on my Apple TV 4 for sharing with my families? I dont wanna use some additional equipment if it’s not necessary. What I need is a simple way to do the trick without spending money? ” 

 

The new Apple TV 4 gives you free to watch Movies and TV shows from iTunes with 720p and 1080p quality on your HDTV. However, Apple TV 4 can’t play DVD movies via Macbook and Windows computer directly, you have to rip DVD to a digital format video on your computer, then stream movies to Apple TV 4 via iTunes., Now, we will introduce a step by step guide on how to rip DVD to Apple TV 4 supported video formateffortlessly. 

To cater to all the video lover’s need, we recommended : Pavtube DVDAid for Mac - It is really a powerful Mac DVD to Apple TV 3 Converter. This Mac DVD to Apple TV converter can assist you rip DVD to Apple TV 3 video including Apple TV H.264 and Apple TV MPEG-4. Plus, with it, you can freely select your wanted subtitles or show the forced subtitles as you need for your favorite DVD movie. It also displays a pleasing interface with a self-explanatory option-set placed in it. 

For Windows user, you can try to Pavtube DVDAid. Trying to find any way to play 5.1 surround sound via Apple TV

Guide: How to convert DVD to Apple TV 4 via Plex Media Server on Mac? 

Step 1.After installing, launch the DVD Converter app on your Mac. and then press “Load Disc” icon to import DVD movie. Choose “File > Load from ISO/IFO” if you’d like to import DVD ISO image file. 

 

Step 2.In order to airplay DVD movies to Apple TV 4, you need choose a compatible format for Apple TV 4 playing. Here I recommend you click the format bar and choose “Apple TV > Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(*.m4v)”. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need. 

 

Step 3.Click “Settings” icon, you can adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality. 

 

Step 4.Finally you need hit the “Convert” button to start to rip “DVD to Apple TV 4 M4V” for playback. After the conversion, you can copy DVD movie to your Plex Media Server and then be able to enjoy DVD movies through Apple TV 4. 


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How To Play H.265/HEVC On Roku 3/4 Without Any Hassle?

Roku is by far the most popular set top box for streaming media with the access of thousands of channels. Recently, the dispute about if Roku 3 and its successor Roku 4 support H.265 codec video since H.265/HEVC is gradually more and more used in many camera video, 4K video and other video streaming. 

 

Actually, as far as we know, Roku 3 supported media file formats are restricted to MKV (H.264), MP4 (H.264). H.265/HEVC video is not included here while the Roku 4 has h.265 decoding. So can you successfully play H.265 on Roku 4? I think it maybe depend on your lucky. Some responded that when they played H.265 with Plex on Roku 4, it failed. It’s very possible Plex needs to be updated with proper capabilities of the Roku 4. But it also unveils that it is not as easy as you imaged to stream H.265 on Roku 4. 

If you have a bunch of H.265/HEVC video and want to play them on Roku 3/4 without any hassle, you’d better convert H.265 to H.264 codec video with a H.265 converter. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is integrated of HEVC H.265 encoding and decoding. No matter you are looking for converting video to HEVC/H.265 480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K UHD 4320p or decode HEVC/H.265 video to other video formats, like Roku 3/4 supported MP4/MKV, the professional HEVC Converter will fulfill your task fast and easily. (review

If you are a Mac user, you should use the equivalent Mac H.265 Converter. It can make you convert H.265 to Roku 3/4 on Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, etc platform. 

Free download and install 
  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html 

How to Convert H.265 to Roku 3/4 compatible format? 

Step 1: Add source video 

To add H.265 video to the HEVC Video Converter, you can directly drag and drop them into the program window or go to “File” from menu bar and then choose “Add video/audio”. It supports batch conversion, you can add more than one file at a time. 



Step 2: Select Roku 3/4 supported format 

Click Format > Common Video and set output video format as mp4. The reason mp4 is the target format is that by packing the videos in mp4, the file size will be reasonable small and the video quality remains. HD MP4 video from “HD Video” is suitable. 

 

Tip: Click the Settings icon to adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting when you need to get the the right ratio between video size and video quality. 

Step 3: Start H.265 to Roku conversion 

Click the “Convert” icon under the preview window, and the H.265 Converter will start converting H.265 to MP4 for Roku 3/4. 

How to Play converted H.265 Video on Roku via Plex? 

Everybody loves how simple it is to combine all their favorite media streams through their Roku player, and Plex, enhances that functionality by turning your Roku player into a window for all your personal media. With Plex on Roku, you have the ability to better organize your videos, photos, music and movies and stream them to your big screen. Let’s see how to get started: (Besides that, here are streaming methods for Xbox One, PS3 and VLC

Step 1: Download the Plex Media Server software 

There are options for Windows, Apple OS X, a wide variety of Network Attached Storage, and more. We’ll be using the Windows version in this tutorial. 

Step 2: Install the media server software 

During installation, Plex will ask you to name your server. Because mine runs on a computer in my spare bedroom, I’ll call it “Bedroom Plex.” When the Installation is complete, Plex Media Server will now run in the background, even if you restart your computer, unless you tell it not to. Plex will ask you to create a login ID. This allows you to view your content and make system changes from any internet connected browser. 

When you want to make changes to the server settings, simply login at plex.tv, or right click on the taskbar icon, and select “Media Manager.” All the configuration is done through a simple web interface. 

Step 3: Add your content to libraries 

Libraries are how you add and organize your content in Plex. You simply select what type of library you want (i.e. Movies, TV Shows, Music, Photos, or Home Videos), and then tell Plex which folders it should pull that content from. 

 

Step 4: Create libraries to add and organize content 

To add a library at anytime, login to Plex and click the “plus symbol” next to your server name. Movies and TV libraries will match show descriptions based on the file name, Music will use metadata tags, and Photos and Home Movies will simply display the name of the file itself. 

A single library can point to multiple folders, so if you have one folder for lossy mp3s, and one for lossless audio, you can select both folders for “Music”. For more advanced users, you can create multiple libraries. For instance, you can create a library called “Kids TV” and only allow your children access to that library through their devices. You can save your “Grownup TV” library for your Game of Thrones episodes. 

 

Step 5: Add Plex channel 

Then add the Plex channel to your Roku and choose this channel on your TV screen. You should see the selected media files, which you can now browse and view as you like. 

 

That’s all. Now, just enjoy your local H.265 video on Roku 3/4 without any hassle. 


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Backup DVD To Plex For Watching On Tablet/Laptop/Mobile

Plex organizes your video, music, and photo collections and streams them to all of your screens. That means, if you have a large DVD collection, put them to Plex can make you enjoy your favorite DVD movies on TV, Mobile, Laptop and Tablet anytime and anywhere. But unfortunately, Plex doesn’t support DVD natively while it only supports MP4, MOV, ASF, AVI, MPEG formats video. So how can we achieve to backup DVD to Plex for watching on tablet/laptop/mobile? 

 

DVD Ripper is the solution. DVD ripper is a DVD video software, which can remove DVD protection and backup DVD to other video formats for other devices, like backing up DVD to Plex in MP4. There are many DVD rippers on the market and Pavtube ByteCopy is a chart-topping one. This DVD Ripper can easily rip DVD to Plex supported formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, ASF, MPEG for watching on tablet, laptop, mobile, computer, TV with fast speed and original quality. It allows people to change video and audio codec, bitrate to adapt to the codec standard of Plex. 

Besides backing up DVD to MP4, MOV for Plex, it also can copy DVD to H.265, M3U8, WMV, etc and lossless MKV with multiple audio, subtitle tracks and chapter markers. In built-in video editing tool, it enables you to trim video footage, crop black area and extract SRT subtitle and WAV, FLAC audio from movies. (Read reasons to choose ByteCopy

Free download and install ByteCopy on computer: 
  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy/ 
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How to backup DVD to Plex for watching on tablet/laptop/computer? 

Step 1. Load DVD movieRun the versatile DVD ripper on PC and click “File” > “Load from disc” to load DVD movie for conversion to Plex. This app can automatically choose the main title to backup. 



Tip 1. Mac users can rip DVD to Plex with a ByteCopy for Mac
Tip 2. If you want a preferred subtitle and audio displayed on the output DVD movie, just choose from “Subtitle” and “Audio” drop-down menu. 

Step 2. Choose Plex playable format 
According to the above mentioned, you can set the output format as MP4 or MOV, AVI. Click the format bar to follow “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).” Of course you can choose other output formats from the output format list as long as they are compatible with the Plex media player. 



Step 3. Reset video parameters and Rip DVD to Plex 
When you choosed the output format, you can open profile settings window to adjust video and audio parameters to get better DVD backup for Plex. If you don’t need to change anything, just hit the “Convert” button to start DVD to MP4 conversion for Plex.Add Movies to Plex for watching on computer/laptop/tablet 



1. Download and install Plex. Click on the Computer download. Once you’ve grabbed it, install it – there aren’t any complicated settings you have to fuss with. Click the Launch button when you’re done. 

 

2.Create a Plex account. When sign-in windows pop up, you can create a new Plex account. Of course, you don’t have to have one if you don’t want – just click the “Don’t want an account” link at the somewhat-bottom of the screen. But we recommend you to go for it for it makes remote streaming much easier. 

 

3.Click the “Already have an account” link to supply your credentials, or create one now. 

 

4.Name thyself. Now give your desktop computer a name. By default, it’ll use whatever name you’ve already assigned your desktop PC via Windows. If you’re good with that, click Next. 

 

5.Create your media library by clicking on the Add Section button. Plex will ask you what you’re trying to add – movies, TV shows, music, photos or home movies. It’s ok if you have multiple types of media in a given folder, but it’s pretty easy to use Windows’ standard conventions for storing things (the prebuilt Videos, Pictures, and Music folders that likely already exist on PC). 

 

Once you’ve selected what you want to add, give the section a name (like “Movies”) and click the Add Folder button to do just that. While Plex scans your media, you can add more folders if you so desire. Once you’re all done, click the big orange Next button to go on. 

6.Add Channels, or other third-party sites that you can tap into using a Plex-friendly app, by selecting them on the next screen. Click Install on the pop-up window for each channel to slap it into your Plex server. On the final screen, click Done to jump into the full Plex display. 

 

7. You can edit Plex’s default settings by clicking on the wrench and screwdriver icon in the window’s upper-right. By default, you shouldn’t have to play with anything, but you’ll be able to use the Settings menu’s myPlex section to see whether your computer can be found from outside your internal network (in other words, is your port forwarding working). 

 

Finally, under the Plex/Web section (on the top), you can use the Player section on the sidebar to set the quality of your local and remote streams. If your network can support it, go big! 
Here a Support – Basic Setup from Plex will be helpful to you, too. 

Then you can watch DVD movies via Plex on computer or you also can grab the Plex apps for iOS or Android to watch your desktop-based media from your tablets or smart phones. 




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How To Play DVD On Apple TV 4 Via Plex Channel?

Finally, the Plex is available in the app store on Apple TV. But this app requires the new fourth generation Apple TV, as Apple does not make the app store available on older models of the device. Plex allows us to store our movie library and provides instant access to our media. So if you have large of DVD disc collection, have you ever considered transferring your DVD movies to Plex for Apple TV 4? If so, you either needing to insert and eject your DVD disc when you want to enjoy your movie collection nor searching for the one disc among hundreds of discs. 

 

However, before enjoying the convenience, you have rip DVD to Apple TV 4 and Plex supported digital version format because Apple TV and Plex support very few formats, like the wide compatible H.264 and MPEG-4 videos which means DVD cannot work with your Plex channel on Apple TV 4. Luckily, ripping DVD is not a tough job with the help of Pavtube BDMagic for Mac

This Blu-ray Ripper can help you achieve the DVD playback on Apple TV 4 via Plex by ripping any copy protected and region-locked DVD to MP4, MOV on Mac which can be supported by Apple TV 4 and Plex. In the ripping process, it can preserve 5.1 audio if your source video contains the sound and it enables you to change video/audio codec, size, bitrate, fame rate, sample rate to get more compatible video for Apple TV 4. It is full compatible with Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemte and other Mac OS X system. (review

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How to play DVD movies on Apple TV 4 via Plex channel? 

Step 1: Add DVD movies 

Download the DVD ripper on Mac (Windows version) then insert your DVD disc to the drive. Click the “Load from disc” button to select and load the DVD movies you want to store on your Plex. VIDEO_TS folder, ISO and IFO files are also supported. After the DVD movie is loaded, you can preview it on the right viewing window and adjust volume or take snapshots freely. 

 

Step 2: Choose output format 

In order to play DVD movies on Apple TV 4 via Plex, you need choose a compatible format both for Apple TV 4 and Plex. Here I recommend you click the format bar and choose “Common Video> H.264 Video(*.mp4)”. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need. 

 

Tip: Click “Settings” icon, you can adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality. 

Step 3: Start to convert DVD to MP4 

Hit the “Convert” button to start to rip DVD to Apple TV 4 for playback via Plex. After the conversion, you can copy DVD movie to your Plex Media Server and then be able to enjoy DVD movies through Apple TV 4. 

Transfer ripped DVD to Plex for Apple TV 4 

1. Download Plex on your computer. 

2. To launch the Plex Server interface, right click on the arrow icon and click on “Media Manager.” This should open Plex in your default browser, and you should see this screen: 

 

3. Click on the “Add a section” link in My Library. A popup will ask you if you want to add movies, TV shows, music or photos. Select the type of media you want to add. 

 

4. Once you’ve selected the type of media, you’ll have to point Plex to the folder(s) where your iTunes movies are stored. 

5. Add all the locations on your disk where you think you have your videos stored, and hit save. Once you click save, Plex should automatically start scanning your media and fetching artwork and other associated metadata from the internet. 

 

Now, you can enjoy DVD movies on Apple TV 4 via Plex. Think the tutorial is helpful? Just share it with your friends. 




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