DVD to AppleTV?

Can anyone offer me advice on how to save DVD's onto my hard drive so i can watch them through AppleTV?
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Have you visited the Apple TV forum? There seem to be quite a few options suggested there.
-Doug

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Ripping DVDs for AppleTV?

Can I use a program like Popcorn to rip DVDs and convert them to some format that will stream to my AppleTV? If so, what format and settings would you recommend?
Thanks.

Yes, the user agreement does not allow you talk about the process of ripping/circumventing DRM stuff - I understand and agree with that. The original question is about using an off-the-shelf product and there are practical and legal applications for it.
I'm going to explain the process I would use if someone in my family created a DVD of their home movies with iDVD. This is completely legal for me to want to take that DVD and transfer it to my AppleTV.
1) Insert Family DVD into computer.
2) Use something like Popcorn to extract the contents to files on computer.
3) Use something like Handbrake to convert the movies into AppleTV MP4s.
4) Add the MP4 to my iTunes Library
5) Sync to my AppleTV
This is a completely legal process to describe. The key thing to know here is that using a program like Handbrake allows you to convert what you pulled off the DVD to an MP4 file suitable for AppleTV.
Good luck,
CR

Dvd to appletv video not smooth

i downloaded the mac trial of dvd to apple tv and ripped a disk...the video is not smooth..it pauses every few seconds and makes it unwatchable...
any one have any thoughts on this?
i tried ripping on 2 different macs one powerpc and one intel
help please

http://download.m0k.org/handbrake/testing/MediaFork-0.8.0b1-MacOS_UB.dmg
anything above 1500kbps should work great. MP4 or MP4.H264 your choice... although both look excellent and H264 takes longer to encode with a marginally smaller file size.
are you synching or streaming? if you are streaming it is possible that your problem is with your network bandwidth.

Aspect ratio when putting dvds onto AppleTV

I've been using a program that puts my dvd movies into mp4 format but when i play them on a widescreen tv, theres the black bars but not at the top and bottom. they are on the sides. Its really bad when i play a widescreen movie because theres the bars at the top and sides so the movie just looks like a little box. Any ideas on what kind of settings I should use? Haiulllp!!!

If you play them back via iTunes do they look the same?
The actual aspect ratio will also be important as if they are 4:3 movies you can expect the bars at the sides. If they're widescreen movies then remember many films will also have bars top and bottom as they are too wide for 16:9 TVs.
Also be aware that the way your TV processes widescreen signals can vary - different ones have different options which will attempt to fill the screen/zoom or show as 4:3 even. That's why I'm asking how it play in iTunes as if it looks OK there you may need to address settings on the TV too.
I converted a recorded film recently and it had the same - bars at sides/top and bottom which was odd for a letterbox picture - all became clear after about 10 minutes when the letterboxing disappeared and the rest of the film was broadcast 'pan and scan' 4:3, so even the letterboxed start was actually encoded as '4:3 at broadcast!
AC

Rip dvd's into itunes/ipod???

Hi -- with itunes 6 and the new ipod, how can I transfer my own video files to the ipod? can i rip a dvd I own to itunes/ipod???
-Eric

I don't understand the snobbery attached to paying a few dollars for a piece of software when all of us spend thousands on equipment.
All the mentioned software is available for download and tryout, if you like you buy - simple!
For me "DVD to AppleTV Converter" runs incredibly slow on my Quad as it doesn't support multi-processing, so no good. I have no idea of the quality of it's conversions because I binned it as soon as I realised this flaw and wasn't prepared to pay for a product that failed to utilise the power of my machine.
"VisualHub" however is amazing. The quality is great, and it's fast - maxing out all four processors, so I have no problem shelling out a few quid for it.
"Mediafork" is another great utility, and has the advantage of being able to rip straight from a dvd, and the quality is great.

Movies previewed in iTunes are resent to AppleTV?

Hi,
just made a strange notice (bug or feature). Playing through some movies here on my mac, are being resynced automatically to my AppleTV. Hmm, the point is, they are already on my AppleTV and get overwritten.
I searched with a friend through a couple of movies I loaded from my DVD to AppleTV, and the five movies we previewed shortly all get reloaded to my AppleTV.
Does the new iTunes (7.3 - 54) have this feature? I did not notice it in the last version of iTunes?
Hmm, would like to switch it off.
thanks
Robert
G5 2x2.5 + G5 Quad + G4 1,47 + JVC SR-VS30 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

If you preview them again, do they resync a second time. 7.3 updated your itunes library and it may be they only have to resync once and that this doesn't happen until something (such as previewing them) triggers the resync.

Which software will allow yout to rip dvd's into itunes and playback?

I am interested in ripping my dvd collection into itunes and having ability to playback via apple tv.
Please advise.
dell Windows XP Pro

I don't understand the snobbery attached to paying a few dollars for a piece of software when all of us spend thousands on equipment.
All the mentioned software is available for download and tryout, if you like you buy - simple!
For me "DVD to AppleTV Converter" runs incredibly slow on my Quad as it doesn't support multi-processing, so no good. I have no idea of the quality of it's conversions because I binned it as soon as I realised this flaw and wasn't prepared to pay for a product that failed to utilise the power of my machine.
"VisualHub" however is amazing. The quality is great, and it's fast - maxing out all four processors, so I have no problem shelling out a few quid for it.
"Mediafork" is another great utility, and has the advantage of being able to rip straight from a dvd, and the quality is great.

Export in Full Quality??

With iMovie '06, all I had to do was click on "Full Quality" when exporting to have the video export in the same quality that it had been in as I was working on it. I can't find any way to do that with iMovie '11. I've tried Export Medium & Export Large, Export to Quicktime Broadband High as well as the default option, and every time the final video comes out fuzzy and not nearly as clear as the project I had been working on. The material is not in HD, but nevertheless the final exported product is always much lower quality than what it should be.
Someone please tell me there's a way to export my video without vastly reducing the video quality. Thanks

Hi
The problem is - What do You mean by Full Quality. It's very different if Your original material is
• miniDV tape PAL or NTSC refered to as DV and 25 or 29.97fps
• DVPRO
• DV-HD
• DV Widescreen (16x9)
• HDV 1080i
• HDV 720p
• MPEG-4
• iSight
• MPEG-2 from Cameras that records on DVD or miniDVD - some versions are OK
• .mov
• .avi
• AVCHD (= H.264)
And - where You aim Your movie
• as a DVD
• YouTube
• AppleTV
• else
IF You are as Me in miniDV tape age and aiming to do a DVD as result.
Then and Only Then - iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - are not the tools to USE as they all discard every second line
in interlaced video on export - How-ever You trie to do it. Not Possibly.
Tools to use are
• iMovie up to HD6
• FinalCut any version Express or Pro
To re-install iMovie HD6 - You need the iLife 6 Disks or the one that Came with Your old Mac.
From here You must seek the forum to figure out exact steps - Has been delivered several times during the Years.
As I get it iMovie'11 has to be removed first - then iMovie HD6 installed then put application into a folder
named iMovie Previous versions - Then iMovie'11 can be re-installed.
Yours Bengt W

A little disappointed and a lot happy

Hi,
After looking through the Apple site yesterday I decided to find out what all the fuss was about and went to my nearest Apple retaier and bought the AppleTV.
The setup was easy (connected to network in seconds.
While syncing took a while (what did I expect when transferring 35GB across a wireless network!)
The graphics look sexy (no correct that actually, super sexy !), crisp and clear on my Plasma TV and was the first time I actually saw what my TV was capable of.
My music collection has arrived over intact and I can browse through the very easy to use interface (with one grumble as per below).
After a firmware upgrade I could also see YouTube videos - cool!
The downsides:
One of the reasons I seriously considered getting this box was to try and take some of the strain away from my aching PC's hard drive. However on looking further it appears that, like a Pod, that synching is even more of a one way street. I have over 60GB of music which I hoped I could transfer over to my AppleTV and then remove from my PC. My hope was to delete the AAC files from my laptop and then only sync up new music I imported from the iTunes store or through CDs I Purchased.
Instead I find that if I try to de-select the option of synching I am advised that this will remove the music from the Apple TV also. I'm not sure if this warning is only that it wont sync furhter or it will actually remove the files from the AppleTV ??!
It would seem a bit silly to me to have a 120GB AppleTV full of files which I also have to keep on my PC? How does that work? I understand there are some users who may want this but I am not one. No doubt this will bring in the old copyright issue - but whats the difference of just using the AppleTV as the source for my music etc compared to my PC ??
My second gripe - though smaller - still is a bit niggling. I find that I now will have to spend between $30 - 50 for a piece of software which will allow me to burn my DVDs to a format (MP4)that can be used by the AppleTV. I would have preferred it if Apple could have either
a) included a free version of what can't be too hard a program for them to write.
or
b) accepted different versions of other media formats
After all, we all started importing our MP3s/CDs to iTunes/ iPod and that was what made it more alluring.
Quick and easy transfer....
Last grumble is around the scrolling not mimicing the Pod - ie quick scrolling through lettters - hopefully a firmware upgrade of the future?
With all the above said I still think it's a great piece of kit but hope that Apple take a little time in their next upgrade to incorporate some new features around interoperability or actually utilising this cool piece of kit more freely.

Hi
Welcome to the forum.
Wherever you keep your media files you'd be generally advised to have a backup somewhere else, but as you say you can't even regard AppleTv as a backup device if you can't easily get files off again.
Apple couldn't really provide a program to convert DVDs to AppleTV format unless it was for home made or un-copy-protected discs only. I'm sure they'd love to offer something like that but the movie companies would not allow it in the current climate.
Don't spend money without looking at options.
Try a search for Handbrake, Videora AppleTV Converter and also MPEGStreamclip for Windows.
Handbrake has Mac and Windows version, I think the Videora does too but haven't tried it (it's not the Videora program rather a freebie converter). MPEGStreamclip is a bit of a swiss army knife converter though I can't remember if you'd need the Quicktime MPEG2 plugin to convert MPEG2 files you might have.
Between them and various windows utilities you should be able to accomplish the transfers you want, but encoding is time consuming.
AC

Manually using TM

looked for a definitive answer after looking through many posts and no luck.
a couple of simple questions...
i just got a 1tb ext. drive and did the TM back-up.
now it does a back-up every hour etc.
after the initial back-up can i just turn it off (TM) and whenever i want turn it on to do a back-up?
will it do an entire new back-up or will it do just for the stuff that has changed?
when i do have it off, can i at that point unmount/eject my ext. drive and shut it off? than of course turn it on when TMing again.
i know it's a bit basic but just want too MAKE sure i do it right.
thanks in advance

thanks for the response
i am in the process of putting all my dvds onto appletv.
it creates files that are all big and i just want to save the final version of each movie when i am done.
so i would convert we'll say 6 movies than delete the MTR version(and if it was a bad conversion) the main file, turn on TM it would save what is the good version...you get the point.
i just don't want too save wasted stuff especially when they range from 3 to 7 gigs each.
thanks again

AirPort Express has weak signal while playing music from Iphone, intermittent play

AirPort Express has weak signal while playing music from Iphone, intermittent play

I'm having the same problem, even more:
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- Listening to iTunes music ofer AirPlay: the same.
- A whole confusion with switching airplay destinations (AppleTV, AirportExpress) over iPhone remote app. Sometimes remote cannot find my library anymore
- Before, I was able to multitask: stream a DVD to AppleTV, using airplay mirroring, and simultaneously stream music from iTunes on the same computer, over the iTunes airplay selector, to loudspeakers connected to AirportExpress. No longer possible.
I've grown a big Apple fan in short time, proudly living what for others is the future (your media stored anyhwere, controlled from anywhere, played anywhere, stop thinking in terms of devices). And, I've learnt to savour the moments when you can look your Microsoft friends deep in the eyes and say: "The big difference with Apple - it just works"...
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New Apple TV - Few questions!

Hi,
I ordered a 40gig Apple TV the other day after finally deciding to take the plunge into the world of streaming videos. My Apple TV should be at home when I get back from work today, so I have a couple of questions before I get up and running with it:
1) What is the best PC software for converting DIVX/XVID files for viewing on the Apple TV. I've tried Videora, but it seemed to crop the edges off one of my Avi files.
2) I want to try and get all my Music and DVDs onto my PC so I can stream everything, but what is the best PC software for ripping a DVD? Where do I stand from a legal POV copying DVDs that I own onto my PC if they are only for my personal viewing?
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Display Calibration Issue/SwitchResX Tutorial?

I'm connecting my MacMini to a NEC PX-50 plasma over DVI, and have a flickering 1/2 inch border around three sides of the screen. I had this with 10.5 - heard it might be fixed with Snow Leopard so I upgraded - same problem.
Is this the kind of issue that something like SwitchRes X can fix?
If so, can someone offer me a easy to follow tutorial for it? I downloaded it but frankly, a newbie like me finds this program rather daunting. I get the feeling I could make things a lot worse rather than better!
Is DisplayConfigX easier to use? I read it wasn't supported on SL?
PS my monitor is fine with all my other inputs - satellite receiver, DVD player, AppleTV etc so pretty clear that the issue is the Mac.
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Anyway, I think SRX works very similarly to the freebie, just more complicated. However, before you do anything, make sure that you do not leave yourself blind. Sometimes just choosing one of the resolutions in System Prefs>Displays can leave you with invalid signal flashing around a black screen and no way to see to change it back! So make sure that you have enabled screen sharing on your mini and can use one of your other Macs/iPhone to access the mini in case of mishap. I speak as one who choose the wrong resolution and who had not enabled screen sharing on my Mac mini.
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My AppleTv keeps dimming as if it is in energy saver mode. My DVD player and TV do not do this. How do I disable the energy saver feature on AppleTv? BTW this is my second AppleTV device so it does not appear to be a product defect.

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I keep seeing versions of this same question, and it's always the same answer: it's the TV. Well, it happens to me as well. But it only happens when viewing programming via Apple TV. My cable is totally fine: no dimming. Only with Apple TV. So what's the answer?

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