Stream Tivo Show via Plex - Make Plex Media Server play Tivo Recordings easily

Follow the tips below to easily make Plex Media Server play Tivo Recordings in just a few mouse clicks. 

We all know that Tivo is a digital video recorder which can record TV programs for people to watch at later time. To achieve more convenience, many people try to watch Tivo videos on iPhone, PSP, iPod, iPad, Plex Media Server, etc or edit Tivo videos on iMovie, FCP, etc. or share Tivo videos to YouTube, Facebook, etc, but eventually they will not succeed. That's because Tivo choose MPEG-2 format, a high quality video format, to record videos. 

 

With the purpose to play TiVo files via Plex Media Server, one recommended method is to convert TiVo to a more compatible video format like MP4. . In this passage, we'd like to recommend an ideal TiVo converter for you, which is called Brorsoft Video Converter , will have an excellent performance in converting TiVo file to any video or audio format. It has an equivalent Mac version Video Converter for Mac to aid you to solve TiVo to Plex incompatible issues on Mac OS X. Download it below and follow the tips below to convert TiVo to Plex Media Server easily. 

Download TiVo Converter: 

  (Note: Click here for OS X 10.5) 
Guide: Convert TiVo recordings to Plex friendly video 

1. Load TiVo files > Launch the ideal TiVo to Plex Converter. Click "Add" button on the main interface to load your TiVo files to the program. (Drag&Drop function is included.) 

Tip: When first loading, Brorsoft TiVo Converter will ask you to input your Media Access Key. Simply enter your Media Access Key, and click "OK" to confirm. 

 

2. Select output format > Click "Format" and choose MP4 from "Common Video" as output format, the most compatible video format for Plex. 

 

Tip: Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction. With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original videos while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality. 

3. Start converting TiVo to Plex > Finally, hit the "Convert" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert TiVo files to Plex Media Server compatible video files with the best quality. 

After the conversion, click "Open" to quickly find the converted movies. Then, Plex Media Server will recognize, play and stream the TiVo files beautifully. 

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How can i Edit Nikon D5500 MOV in EDIUS 5/6/7 at ease

Read this post to find a step-by-step guide explaining how to convert Nikon D5500 MOV clips to MPEG-2 for use in Edius 5/6/7.

With the D5500, Nikon introduced a suite of subtle improvements that streamlined and improved the already great D5300. It retains its predecessor's sturdy build while slightly slimming down the bulk. Better still, it comes with a touchscreen LCD—a handy addition, particularly when it comes to shooting video. Whether you're a Nikon die-hard or looking to pick up your first DSLR, the D5500 is a solid all-around buy.

Quesiton: No D5500 editing in Edius??
"Just got my new D5500 so I shot some footage and dumped into Edius and DOH!
It turns out you need to convert the MOV file to something Edius can read first. Tech support basically says deal with it - no word on a fix.
Anybody else tried it yet?"



To import Nikon D5500 MOV movies into Edius 5/6/7 for further video editing without problems, the easy option is to convert MOV video files for Edius. To get the work done effortlessly, you can turn to Brorsoft Video Converter to convert MOV to EDIUS compatible video format. The program is a professional yet easy-to-use video converter. It lets you convert MOV files to Edius in a few clicks. And EDIUS preset is included for easy access. See how below about converting Nikon D5500 MOV to EDIUS format.

READ MORE: How-To: Import MOV files to Sony Vegas | Load MOV files to Pinnacle Studio



How to import Nikon D5500 MOV files into EDIUS 5/6/7

Step 1: Load original MOV files

Click "Add" button on the main interface to load your MOV files once you set up the professional MOV Converter on your PC. (Drag&Drop function is another way to import the videos.)



Step 2. Select output format

Click "Format" bar and choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" as output format on the drop-down menu. Of course, you can also choose MPEG-4, WMV from "Common Video" as the output format.



Tip: Click the Settings icon to adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting as you need to get the best quality video.

Step 3. Start D5500 MOV to EDIUS Conversion

After all settings, hit Convert button to start transcoding Nikon D5500 MOV for EDIUS with the best MOV file converter.

Once the conversion is completed, click "Open" button to find the generated videos, and then you can transfer the converted MOV files to EDIUS 5/6/7 easily and quickly.

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Extract MP4 video files from Video_TS folder easily

Summary: This guide will show you how to convert Video_TS folder to MP4 video files so that you can playing on iPad, iPhone, iPod or other media players freely.

A VIDEO_TS file is a DVD folder file, mainly containing all data for the DVD movies. Usually you can view the Video_TS files on your computer and standard DVD players. However, trouble comes when you try to play Video_TS in popular portable players and devices like iPhone, iPod, iPad, iTunes, iMovie, QuickTime, PS3, Xbox 360, Android Phones, BlackBerry and more since Video_TS files are not compatible with these software or device, let alone upload Video_TS to video sharing websites, edit in video editing tool or burn into DVD.

In this case, many users may eager to convert Video_TS to MP4, which is the most widely used video formats and compatible with most popular portable devices, players, editing tools and some video sharing sites. In fact, it's quite easy to get that done if you have the right Video_TS converting tool. Brorsoft DVD ripping for Mac (El Capitan included) software is highly recommended to help you convert entire Video_TS to MP4 single files without any troubles.

Except for MP4, you can also encode your DVD Video_TS folder to MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, etc. formats for playing on iPhone, iPad, iPod, PSP, Xbox 360, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc. Furthermore, the built-in editor lets you edit and touch up your movies to get the part and effect you want. If you're using a Windows, simply turn to Brorsoft DVD ripper, which will help you convert Video_TS folder to MP4 on Windows (including Windows 10). Now download this program and follow the steps below to finish your task.

How to Convert Video_TS Folder to MP4

1. Load VIDEO_TS files to the converter

Load Video_TS folder > Launch the VIDEO_TS converter and click "Load DVD" to select and load the Video_TS folder to the program. As you can see, added files will be displayed on the left source pane and can be previewed on the right preview window. You can select the titles you want to convert and rip them to separate video files or a single video by clicking "Merge into One File".



2. Choose output format

Choose output format > Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”. As you can see, you can either select MP4 or any other popular video format as the output format. And 150+ video presets for iPhone, iPad, iPod, HTC, Apple TV, Samsung, Motorola, Xbox 360, PSP, etc. are provided for you to get videos with optimized settings for your devices.



3. Edit your VIDEO_TS files(Optional)

You can click Edit to trim, crop the DVD VIDEO_TS movies so as to get the part you want or add some special effect on your movie.



4. Start VIDEO_TS to MP4 conversion

Start to convert > When all the settings are OK, click Start to convert your Video_TS files to MP4. And when the conversion completes, click Open t to locate the converted MP4 videos.

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H.264 MP4/MOV Editing in Premiere Pro-Can H.264 video directly imported into Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4

How to convert H.264 MOV, H.264 MP4 for Adobe Premiere Pro? Brorsoft Video Converter can help you to convert H.264 videos to any video format on Mac and Windows. Below simple guide to fix the problems with H.264 mov, H.264 mp4 and Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4.

Q:

"I don't know if you have ever met Nikon D7200 H.264 MOV to Premiere Pro CC incompatibility issues? H.264 MOV delivers stunning picture quality, but it not an ideal editing format for Premiere Pro CC, can we import H.264 MOV to Premiere Pro CC directly without any hassle? "

“I’m a video editing fan, I like editing and sharing my footage with my family and friend. I got GoPro Hero 3 last week. There’s something wrong with the Premiere Pro CS6, I can’t import the H.264 MP4 video into it. How to solve this promlem?”

To work H.264 codec in Adobe Premiere Pro , the easy workaround is to convert H.264 to Premiere Pro edit-friendly format like MPEG-2 with a powerful third party H.264 encoder program. There are few softwares online for you to choose to decode and encode H.264 files .

Luckily, here is a professional H.264 Video Converter recommended to you - Brorsoft Video Converter. By running it, there's no need to set the codec yourself: the program has optimized presets for Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4. You can convert any video file to Premiere Pro compatible format while keeping the original quality.

Now just download its free trail version and follow the below guide to convert H.264 for playing, editing in Adobe Premiere Pro.

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Converting H.264 to MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro

1. Launch the H.264 to Premiere Pro Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the H.264 file(s) you want to add.

Tip: Check the “Merge into one file” box, you can join several .mp4 clips together if necessary.



2. Choose Premiere Pro preferred format. Click “Format” pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.



3. Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. To have a smooth editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, you need create the files with the appropriate resolution and frame rate that matches your source footage.

4. Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish encoding H.264 to MPG for Adobe Premiere Pro.

After the conversion, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded H.264 files to your Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6/CC to play and edit without any issue.

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Tutorial for ingesting 4K Medias ( 4K MP4/MOV) from DJI OSMO within Avid Media Composer

To open and edit DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV footage in Avid Media Composer smoothly, you'd better transcode OSMO 4K files to Avid more "edit" friendly codec like DNxHD and downscaling 4K to 1080p is much easier for editing.

The Osmo consists of four parts: a Zenmuse X3 three-axis gimbal with a camera, an ergonomic handle with all the control buttons, a 10.8Wh battery and a phone clamp. For those who are already flying an Inspire 1, its Zenmuse X3 module needs no introduction. This fan-cooled gimbal-camera is powered by Sony's 1/2.3-inch 12-megapixel sensor that can record videos of up to 4K resolution -- 4,096 x 2,160 at 24fps or 3,840 x 2,160 at 30fps/24fps, to be exact -- with a maximum video bitrate of 60 Mbps. If you want a smoother video, you can go up to 60fps at either 1080p or 720p, or even do slow motion with 120fps at 1080p. As with the drone version, you get a 20mm f/2.8 lens with a 94-degree field of view. The gimbal is also where you insert your microSD card, which needs to be of at least Class 10 or UHS-1. Obviously, the faster the write speed, the better.

Video Formats MP4/MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264)
Have pre-ordered one for days and just curious if people have been able to work with DJI OSMO 4K videos in Avid Media Composer natively yet ?



Actually, most editing programs like Avid Media Composer still use 1080p as primary delivery format and will continue to do so for a long time. An alternative and decent solution is to use a third-party video app to convert DJI OSMO 4K clips to Avid Media Composer native format before editing.Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is one of the best choice.

The program is an easy-to-use yet professional 4K Video Converter for Mac. It's able to convert DJI OSMO 4K files to Avid Media Composer more compatible DNxHD .mov video. With it, you may also encode 4K MP4/MOVto Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, FCE, iMovie and more NLE programs highly compatible formats for editing. If meet the DJI OSMO H.264 codec issues on Windows PC, please get Brorsoft Video Converter to solve the problem.

Download DJI OSMO media converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Converting DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV to Avid Media Composer

Step 1. After downloading, install and run this 4K Video Converter for Avid, just copy the OSMO 4K files to your hard drive. Then click Add to import the files to the software for converting.



Step 2. You just need to go to "Avid Media Composer -> DNxHD (*.mov)" as the best video format for editing 4K MP4/MOV in Avid with good video quality.



Step 3. If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. For original 4K files, if don't stick with 4K, you're suggested to download 4K to 1080p for easier editing.

Step 4. Finally hit the Convert button; it will encode DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer 7/6/5/4 immediately. When the conversion process shows in 100%, you can get the resulted videos from output folder easily for easier editing in Avid MC.

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Load Sony A7R II 4K XAVC S to FCP 7, Final Cut Pro X (El Capitan)

If you have trouble in importing or editing Sony A7R 4K videos in Final Cut Pro, read here to help you. 

The A7R II has received a large amount of ink, and deservedly so – it is, technologically, one great camera. The mirrorless, compact body (5 × 3.9 × 2.4 inches without lens, and 22 ounces with battery and card) has a 42.4-megapixel back-illuminated (BI) full-frame sensor – a first for the industry. The camera captures 7,952 × 5,304-pixel stills as well as 4K video in Sony’s XAVC-S format. And with its Fast Hybrid Autofocus technology, the A7R II can autofocus select Canon lenses (using an adaptor), breaking the wall that’s existed between camera brands. 

For a fast and fluid workflow, people sometimes need to transcode A7R II 4K XAVC S video for editing in FCP. However, the XAVC-S footage captured by Sony A7R II is a kind of non-standard format which is hardly supported by FCP 6, FCP7, FCP X. In order to load Sony A7R II XAVC-S clips into Final Cut Pro for smoothly editing, we need to rewrap or convert original XAVC-S files to Apple ProRes Code , the most compatible video codec for FCP to afford with the help of a professional third party program. 

 

To achieve the goal, you need the help from Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, a professional 4K Video to FCP Converter app. Unlike some free video converters, it is capable of serving as the best 4K Video Converter for Mac. It provides hundreds of output format presets for 4K videos, such as 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 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want. Download the tool and start the 4K video conversion on Mac(Mavericks included). 

Download Sony A7R II XAVC S Converter Mac 

 (Note: Click here for OS X 10.5) 

How to Convert and Import Sony A7R II XAVC S videos to Final Cut Pro 

Step 1: Locate the original Sony FDR-AX1 XAVC S file 

Download and run Sony XAVC S Video Converter on Mac, and then click the "Add" button to import the XAVC S videos to the program. (Drag and Drop is also a convenient way to load the videos.) 

 

Step 2: Set output format 

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

 

3. 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. Well, if you prefer to work with 4K video, you can adjust video size to get 4K ProRes for FCP. 

4. Start conversion 

After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the 4K video to ProRes 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 4K video in FCP 6/7/X with light speed. 

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Two options for copying Blu-ray DVD in Mac El Capitan

Summary: The articles tells how to backup Blu-ray DVD on Mac OS X El Capitan easily by hacking BD/DVD copy protections. 

In order to keep Blu-ray, DVD discs from scratching, or manage large Blu-ray/DVD collections in a more convenient way, people are fond of backing up their own Blu-ray DVD movies to different storage mediums, including backing up BD/DVD library to home sever, backing up DVD movie to Hard Drive, backing up DVD/Blu-ray content to computer, etc. In this article, we focus on how to backup Blu-ray/DVD on Mac El Capitan. Learn the full guide below. 

As we know, most commercial BD/DVDs like Disney have copy protection. For general Blu-ray copying software, it probably would make a failure copy. So, which is the best Blu-ray/DVD backup software for El Capitan that can help you copy Blu-ray, DVD movies on Mac OS X El Capitan with the original quality? Overall, we find Brorsoft Blu-ray ripper for Mac is the best choice. It is more intelligent than others and can remove the copy protection and backup Blu-ray, DVD on Mac OS X El Capitan perfectly. 

This Mac El Capitan Blu-ray DVD copy software provides you with professional solutions to backup Blu-ray/DVD with two options: Full Disc Copy, Main Movie Copy. Besides copying to the hard drive of your Mac, you can also copy BD/DVD movies to your portable devices, like iPad, iPhone, Galaxy S6, Apple TV, etc. The following guide will show you how to copy and backup Blu-ray/DVD movies on El Capitan in details. 

P.S. For those who wanna make Blu-ray/DVD movie backup on Windows, please get Blu-ray ripper. 

Full Guide: How to Backup Blu-ray/DVD movies on Mac OS X El Capitan 

Step 1: Load Blu-ray or DVD movies 

Once you run the best Blu-ray copy software for El Capitan, click disc button to load Blu-ray or DVD files into the program. 

 

Step 2: Choose a way to copy your Blu-ray/DVD 

A. Full Disc Copy Mode: 

Copy BD/DVD disc to a full Blu-ray/DVD folder containing all the content in original disc. Click the quick button "Copy the entire disc" to start copying the Blu-ray, DVD disc to hard drive, including the menus, titles, ads, etc. 

 

a. When Blu-ray full disc copying task finished, you can click "Open" button to locate the Blu-ray directory. The decrypted Blu-ray folder contains all information and contents in the original disc. Among them, the BDMV folder is the most important one with audio and video files in it. 

b. When DVD full disc backup task finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output videos. The backed up DVD movie is usually saved as a directory file structure within which there are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder. The VIDEO_TS folder contains main movies (.vob) and lots of system files (.ifo and .bup). 

B. Directly Copy Mode: 

 

a. Copy Blu-ray Main Movie: Backup Blu-ray Disc to a file with M2TS as filename extension. This mode enables copy movie only from Blu-ray discs, compared with former mode, save time in copying AACS Blu-ray Disc and space to store the output M2TS file to make reasonable and practical use. 

Click "Format" bar, choose "Copy" > "Directly Copy" from the Format menu and then specify a folder to save the M2TS files from Disney Blu-ray disc. 

b. Backup DVD Main Movie: Click "Format" bar, choose "Copy" > "Directly Copy" from the Format menu to copy the .vob files only which contains the main movie on your DVD disc. 

Additional Tips: Besides copying Blu-ray, DVD movies, this best El Capitan Blu-ray backup tool also enables you rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to MOV, MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, M4V, MPEG, etc with the best quality. Meanwhile, the program provides the optimized preset profiles for almost all popular multimedia devices and HD media players. So, you can choose to rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to iPad, iPhone, WDTV, iTunes, Nexus 10, Kindle Fire HD, Galaxy Tab 4 and more for enjoyment everywhere. 

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