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Add/Upload Blu-ray files to Dropbox for Playing



This article shows you how to upload Blu-ray to Dropbox by ripping and copying Blu-ray to Dropbox readable format for viewing and streaming. 

Dropbox is a free service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share and also allow you to save your files including movies and videos online for backup. Need to "send" a Blu-ray movie to a friend rapidly from Internet? If you have some movies on Blu-ray discs, you may want to take along bundles of Blu-rays when going out, it's great to upload Blu-rays to Dropbox for viewing anywhere. If you are confused about how to convert Blu-ray to Dropbox, just read this article. You can quickly know how to upload Blu-ray to Dropbox within clicks. 

Although Dropbox can support a wide range of format like .mp4, 3gp, .avi, .mov, wmv, .mpg, .mkv, etc, due to the reason of lacking Blu-ray drive, Dropbox can not meet the demands of put Blu-ray discs online. If you attempt to import DVD movies to Dropbox, firstly you'll need to rip and convert Blu-ray to digital file format like MP4, MOV or other format compatible with Dropbox. 

To get the work done, an easy-to-use Blu-ray converter is the required to rip Blu-ray to Dropbox compatible format. And Pavtube BDMagic is such a wise choice for you to achieve the goal. (Read the review).

It integrates a best Blu-ray ripper for you to rip Blu-ray discs to universal video and audio file types as you need. You can rip and convert Blu-ray to Dropbox with super fast conversion speed and excellent image and sound quality. What's more, with this Blu-ray ripping tool, you can easily backup your Blu-ray disk with whole content copy or backup main movie only. For Mac users, you can get the BDMagic for Mac. Now you're ready to migrate your Blu-ray movies into the all-digital future for transferring to Dropbox. 

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Part I. How to rip Blu-ray to Dropbox friendly video for uploading 


 
 
Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-75922877.html 

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies 

Run the Blu-ray Ripper for Dropbox and click "BD/DVD disc" icon to load Blu-ray or DVD movies for converting. You can also import movies files from BD/DVD folder, ISO image files. 

 
Tip: Before start converting Blu-ray, you can backup your Blu-ray content first with its full disc copy or directly copy features. 

Step 2. Specify output format 

Click the drop down box of "Format", through which it is possible to select Dropbox highly compatible format like MP4, MOV from "Common Video" profile list. For those who wanna upload Blu-ray files to Dropbox and share on tablet or phones, you can choose a certain preset like iPad as target format. You can backup Blu-ray to WD MyCloud and store DVD on Cloud over Wireless Network too. 

 
Tip: You can click settings button to customize the output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc, you can also skip this step. 

Step 3: Trim your Blu-ray videos 

If you only have the free account of DropBox, you only have 2 GB of space (at least initially, unless you've invited some friends and gotten a little more) so you may run into space limitation issues. So, you’d better trim your Blu-ray files if necessary. Just click "Edit" to get the very part you want. Besides trimming, cropping, adding watermark, adjusting special effect, are well supported as well. Learn>> How to Compressyour video files to save space on Dropbox. 

Step 4: Copy Blu-ray to Dropbox 

After all settings, click "Convert" button to rip/convert Blu-rays to optimized format for Dropbox. Once you've liberated your Blu-ray movie library, just add files to Dropbox. Move your files into your Dropbox by dragging and dropping them into your Dropbox folder. Now you'll make it available for viewing on other computers, Android, Apple devices anytime, anywhere just with the help of your Dropbox. 

Part II. How to load ripped Blu-ray video to Dropbox 

1. Sign in to the Dropbox website. 
2. Click the Upload button from the very top of the window. The upload button 
3. A window will appear. Click the Choose File button and then select the file on your computer that you'd like to add to your Dropbox. 
4. Choose as many files as you like, and then click the Start Upload button. 
5. The window will disappear, your files will start uploading, and you'll be shown a progress indicator. That's it, you've added the converted Blu-ray files to your Dropbox! 

With Dropbox you’ll always have your important memories and work with you. Just enjoy your Blu-rays through Dropbox for streaming at anywhere. 

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Video Tips for Handbrake on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan


At Times you need HandBrake Alternative software to achieve better SD/HD video and DVD/Blu-ray conversion on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and iMedia Converter for Mac is best recommended HandBrake Alternative for on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. 

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Handbrake is a open source video transcoder, which is wildly used by Mac OS users. It supports to transcode video and audio from nearly any format to MP4, MKV, AVI on iMac abd MacBook. With Handbrake, you can convert Videos, DVD, Blu-ray on Mac OS X for viewing on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch easily. 

Following with this detailed HandBrake Mac Tutorial, you will learn how to rip DVD, Blu-ray and transcode videos on Mac OS X with Handbrake. 

Step 1: Download and Install Handbrake 

Firstly, you should download and install Handbrake for Mac on your Mac OS X. 

 

Note: Here, we can see that HandBrake for Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 is for 64 bit Intel. 

Step 2: Load source video to HandBrake and set Destination and Output 

Click the “Source” button on the main interface to add video, DVD or decrypted Blu-ray to the program. In the Destination section you can set the output folder by clicking Browse button. One thing you need to decide is what format (MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM) Output setting section also has 3 options you can choose: Large File Size, Web optimized and iPod 5G support. 

 

Note: Handbrake supports to input multiple file formats, but it can only convert them one by one, if you want to transcode many videos, please make sure you have enough time to do it. 

Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings 

You can adjust video filter, video, audio subtitles, chapters, etc to make the output videos more suitable. You should pay attention that when you select the birate, the higher bitrate you choose, the bigger size the output file will be, and the better quality you will get. 

 

Step 4: Start to convert video with Handbrake on Mac OS X 

Click on the Start button on the left top of Mac version HandBrake. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your Mac computer and which Mac OS, Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard. What other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4). 

Conclusion of this Handbrake Tutorial for Mac: 

This is basic HandBrake Tutorial for Mac OS X users, for details explanation, you need to cast an eye on HandBrake official site. And as a free transcoding software, you may come across with unexpected issues when using HandBrake on your Mac from time to time. Handbrake has some limitations. For instance, it can load multiple video and copy protected DVD, but it does not support the encrypted Blu-ray disc. It only can be used to transcode a Blu-ray disc that the protection is first removed using a third party application. It does not support batch conversion and shut-down automatically after conversion. And the most severe problem is HandBrake just supports Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.10. The newest Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan system is not supported by HandBrake. 

Therefore, it is better to find some HandBrake Mac version Alternative software to fill all the limitations that Handbrake lacks, such as backing up encryption Blu-rayripping DVD to iTunes, copying Blu-ray andDVD on Mac OS X El Capitan. Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is the recommended HandBrake Alternative. It is all in one solution for you to convert SD/HD videoS, rip DVD/Blu-ray to various formats on Mac OS X from 10.6 to 10.11 El Capitan. You can use the batch conversion functions to transcoding multiple files at a time. The versatile and distinctive editing functions can help you create elegant videos. 

Free download and install 

  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMedia-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177788.html 

How to use HandBrake Mac Alternative on Mac OS X El Capitan? 

Step 1. Load your Blu-ray 

Run Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac on Mac OS X El Capitan, load your Blu-ray disc, folder, ISO image files by clicking the "File" icon. 

 

Step 2. Choose target format 

Click the format bar to choose "HD Video" and "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)". 

 

Step 3. Start conversion 

After everything is OK, click the big button "Convert" to start conversion on Mac OS X El Capitan. After conversion, you'll get your desired MP4 movie in output folder. 

That is easy to use HandBrake Mac Alternative to convert videos on Mac OS X El Capitan. Just try. 

If want more detailed video conversion steps, read this article: How to Convert Videos on Mac OS X El Capitan with Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac? 

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Upgrade! Pavtube Mac Now Support El Capitan



Pavtube upgrades with support for Mac OS X El Capitan for all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products, all media converting, playing and editing issues can be solved on El Capitan with Pavtube Mac Products. 

The newly arrived Mac OS X El Capitan featuring the ability to run multiple apps is fantastic. But people are out of luck to entertain themselves with various media files on the new operating system since most Mac video conversion application are not updated with support for El Capitan. To get all those issues fixed up, Pavtube Studio 
Pavtube Sutio has recently updated all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products with perfect support for Mac’s new operating system - Mac OS X El Capitan. Products that works compatible well with El Capitan including: Pavtube Video Converter for MacPavtube HD Video Converter for MacPavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for MacPavtube MXF Converter for MacPavtube iMixMXFPavtube BDMagic for MacPavtube ByteCopy for MacPavtube DVDAid for MacPavtube iMedia Converter for Mac

 

Copy/Backup Blu-ray/DVD on El Capitan 
Have problem to copy/backup Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan, never mind, with Pavtube newly upgraded Blu-ray/DVD products, you will get no difficulty to make a full disc copy or the main movie copy of the original 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan. Besides that, the program also enables you to rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD disc to various different file formats on El Capitan platform for playing on iPhone/iPad/iPod, Android phone and tablets, Windows phones or tablets, game consoles, HD media players, streaming to Apple TV/Amazon Fire TV/Roku, etc. 

Play and edit videos on El Capitan 
Play and edit any video files on Mac OS X El Capitan can also be easily achieved with Pavtube upgraded Mac Video Converter applications. You can effectively convert virtually any file formats including AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, FLV, VOB, MKV, MKV, MTS, M2TS, Tivo, H.265 in SD, HD, 2K, 4K videos to your desired file formats or devices and programs optimized file formats for better viewing. For camera and camcorder users, you will have a fast and fluid workflow on Mac OS X El Capitan with our program by exporting professional video editing codec such as Apple Prores Codec for Final Cut Pro 6/7/x, Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) for iMovie/Final Cut Express, DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer, After Effects CC/Adobe Premiere Pro/Adobe Premiere Elements/Sony Vegas specially optimized file formats, etc. 

Other downloads: 

BDMagic for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-76177782.html 

ByteCopy for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76177783.html 

iMedia Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMedia-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177788.html 

Video Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video-converter-mac/ 
- Amazon Store Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QIBK0TQ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-76179460.html 

HD Video Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/ 
- Amazon Store Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QI9GNZS 
- AppStore Download: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/pavtube-hd-video-converter/id502792488?mt=12 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-HD-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177786.html 

MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/ 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-MTS-M2TS-Converter-Download/dp/B00QIE3U0Y 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-MTS-M2TS-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177029.html 

MXF Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/mxf-converter-mac/ 
- AppStore Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pavtube-mxf-converter/id502807634?mt=12 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-MXF-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QID8K28 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-MXF-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177789.html 

iMixMXF 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/imixmxf-mac/ 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Studio-iMixMXF-Download/dp/B00QI7MY4Y 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMixMXF/3000-2194_4-76171460.html 

Further Reading: 
Best Way to Edit Video Files on Mac OS X El Capitan 
Convert Videos on Mac OS X El Capitan with Top Video Converter 
Lossless Backup Blu-ray to MKV on Mac OS X El Capitan 
Convert MXF Files on Mac OS X El Capitan 
3D Blu-ray Main Movie Backup Solution for Mac OS X El Capitan 
Play 4K Videos on Mac OS X El Capitan 








How to Backup Blu-ray to WD External HDD for viewing?



If you borrowed some Blu-ray discs from your friends and have no enough time to watch them all, backing up them to your WD External Hard Disc Drive will be a not bad idea. Keeping Blu-ray in WD External HDD is convenient for you to erase these movies once you are familiar with the contents. No circulation in case of copyrights violations.You can search for a Blu-ray Backup tool from Google to help you backup Blu-ray to WD External HDD. From my Blu-ray ripping experience, I like using Pavtube ByteCopy to rip and copy Blu-ray. It has rich features to fulfill all my requirements: 

  • It can copy Blu-ray to WD External HDD with two methods: Full Disc Copy and Copy Main Title according to your choice.
  • It enables you to rip and backup Blu-ray to any other format like H.265, M3U8, MP4, AVI, MOV, M4V, FLV, FLAC, OGG, etc to adapt to various media streamers like iPad, iPhone, PS4.
  • It can rip Blu-ray to WD External HDD in lossless MKV with multiple audio tracks, subtitle streams and chapter markers.
  • User-friendly way it works for non-IT savvy people like me is easy to operate.
  • Its reasonably price makes me would like to invest.


Free download and install ByteCopy: 
  

Other Download: 
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy/ 
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76158512.html 

How to Backup Blu-ray to WD External HDD for viewing? 

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies 

Insert the disc into the drive and run the program. Click disc button to add the Blu-ray movie to the app. You can preview the movie in the main interface. 

 

Step 2: Copy Blu-ray movie 

– Option A: “Full Disc Copy” without anything loss 

Click quick button “Copy the entire disc” to starts copying the Blu-ray disc to WD External HDD maintaining the original structure. 

When the copying task finished, you can click “Open” button to get the output videos. The backed up Blu-ray/DVD movie is usually saved as a directory file structure in VIDEO_TS or BDMV folder. 

– Option B: Copy Blu-ray main movie 

Click “Format” bar, choose “Copy” > “Directly Copy” from the Format menu to copy the M2TS files only which contains the main movie of Blu-ray disc. When the copying work is done, you can locate the generated Blu-ray M2TS file on output folder without any other extra contents. 

– Option C: Rip Blu-ray to MP4, MKV, AVI, etc 

Besides backing up Blu-ray without quality lossless, you also can rip Blu-ray to MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, M4V, MPEG and more. (For mac users, refer to the mac workflow) Here, you can set the output format as MP4. Click the format bar to follow “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).” 

 

Tip: If want to customize the output video quality, pls hit “Settings” icon to open profile settings window. Frame rate is always suggested to set as “original” unless you want to do some special editing; Size(pix) can be set to 1080p or 720p; also the bitrate parameters will affect output quality vertically. You will be able to check the estimated file size in the same window. 

Step 3: Start backing up Blu-ray to WD External HDD 

Click right-bottom “Convert” button on the main interface to start the conversion process. When it finishes, open the output folder to find the generated file. 

After you backing up Blu-ray to WD External HDD, you can enjoy them in your free time. And you needn’t worry that you can’t give back the Blu-ray disc to your friends on time. 



How to Copy Blu-ray to Wireless HDD for Streaming



Wireless Hard Drive Disc creates a personal WI-FI network , so you can stream your media and files to your tablet or smartphone. With it, you don’t need to worry about maxing out your mobile device’s capacity. Through WI-FI, you and your family can watch films via Wireless HDD on different devices at the same time. If you have plenty of Blu-ray collection, you can choose to copy these Blu-ray movies to Wireless HDD for streaming on portable devices anytime and anywhere. 

Copying Blu-ray to Wireless HDD is very easy. But the devices you will use to play Blu-ray movie, such as smart phones, tablets, iPad, have no ability of playing Blu-ray movies directly, so you have to use a third party Blu-ray ripping program to rip and backup Blu-ray to Wireless HDD in popular video format, like MP4, MKV to be compatible with your portable devices. 

Pavtube ByteCopy is a professional and user-friendly Blu-ray ripper, which can backup Blu-ray to Wireless HDD in H.265, M3U8, MP4, AVI, WMV, etc with high resolution. It also can copy Blu-ray to lossless MKV with chapter markers, keeping 5.1 or 7.1 sound. It can rip Blu-ray to Wireless HDD at ultra fast speed with NVIDIA CUDA technology. 

Free download and install: 
  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76158512.html 

How to copy Blu-ray to Wireless HDD with ByteCopy? 

Step 1. Load Blu-ray movie 

Run the versatile Blu-ray Converter on PC, click "File" > "Load from disc" to load Blu-ray discs to this app. 

 

Step 2. Choose output format 

You can set the output format as MP4, which is the most compatible video format. Click the format bar to follow "HD Video" > "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)." 

 

Tip: If want to customize the output video quality, hit "Settings" icon to open profile settings window. Frame rate is always suggested to set as "original" unless you want to do some special editing; Size(pix) can be set to 1080p or 720p; also the bitrate parameters will affect output quality vertically. You will be able to check the estimated file size in the same window. 

Step 3. Start copying Blu-ray to Wireless HDD 

Hit the "Convert" button to start Blu-ray to Wireless HDD conversion. After conversion, hit "Open" or "Open output folder" to quick find ripped videos. 

After conversion, you can transfer ripped Blu-ray to Wireless HDD for streaming on smartphone, tablet and computer. You can enjoy them on the go or at home. 


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