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Play Movies on Apple TV With Smoothly

Summary: How to play video quality or play a game, listen to music, or stream content on Apple TV, the next article will tell you what to do.

The most polished video experience TV world, with speedy reactions and a familiar yet attractive interface ----The new Apple TV. If you want to excellent experience of movie watching on Apple TV. But Apple TV could only read files from limited sources like iTunes, Netflix, YouTube etc. You absolutely can purchase movies from these sites for online viewing.

The reason that can’t play movies on Apple TV

What about other offline movies on Apple TV? How to make movies available on Apple TV regardless of purchased or offline movies comes to the issue. To play some movies on Apple TV, movies that are not purchased from iTunes store fail to play on Apple TV, for the movie formats are probably incompatible with Apple TV. While, there are times when iTunes purchased movies still can’t play on Apple TV for some restrictions like authorization or incompatibility etc. For iTunes purchased movies or non iTunes purchased movies, if you have trouble in playing them on Apple TV, you can find the best solution here. Converting any movie to Apple TV and then enjoying yourself is so easy thing here. Here introduced best ways to add movies to Apple TV for watching.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is a necessary tool, which can help you convert common movies and iTunes purchased movies to Apple TV supported formats, so that you can play them on Apple TV without any limitation. It’s very effective and easy-to-use. Now, just try it to help you resolve your big trouble within few minutes.

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Step 1: Add movies file to the program.

Run the program on your computer click "File" to load movies source .

Step 2: Choose output file format.

Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down list, navigate to "iPhone", from its extended list, select the specific iPhone preset profile format according to your Apple TV model, for example, if you are using iPhone 6 Plus, you can select to output "iPhone 6 Plus H.264 Full Screen/Full HD 1080P(*.mp4)".

Step 3: Trim/Merge/Split/Crop Android video.

Trim video length: Open "Video Editor" window and switch to the "Trim" tab, you can drag the slider bars to include the segment you want to remain, click the left square bracket to set start point, and click the right square bracket to set end point when previewing the video or directly input specific values to "Start" and "End" box.

Step 4: Start movies to Apple TV conversion process.

Clicking the Convert button on main interface, you can go to Conversion window to start conversion. You can find conversion information on the window, such as Time elapsed, Time left, Generated size, and Estimated size.

You can now access the movie from the "Movies" folder of your library, and sync it with Apple TV so as to playing movies on Apple TV.

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Source: http://2d-3d-movie-tips.blogspot.com/2016/05/play-movies-on-apple-tv.html

Convert MP4 to Apple TV 4 on Mac

Summary: For better MP4 video/movie entertainment on Apple TV 4, knowing clearly the best format supported by the Apple TV 4 and how to play MP4 on Apple TV 4 perferctly.

Apple TV gives you access to an easy-to-navigate world of entertainment. Rent HD movies. Buy HD TV shows. Listen to your iTunes music. Even show off your photos. Playing movies on Apple TV always being the first choice for people at home. The following article will give the answer and show how to solve the issue step by step using the recommended powerful MP4 to Apple TV 4 video converter for Mac. It provides default settings for Apple TV 4. Also and you can touch up your MP4 video instantly with its editing function.

Can Apple TV 4 Play MP4?

According to Apple support website, Apple TV 4 does support MP4 files. However, Apple TV only play MP4 files encoded with H.264 or MPEG-4 video codec as well as AAC audio codec. Therefore, not all MP4 files are playable on Apple TV 4. For example, if the MP4 file is with the right video codec but wrong audio codec like MPEG-4/H.264 AC3, or other audio codec, you will only play MP4 with no sound on Apple TV 4. Or if the MP4 is with the wrong video codec like H.265, we cannot even stream MP4 to Apple TV 4, let alone to watch MP4 on ATV 4.

PS: Apple TV 4 supported formats and Apple TV 3/2/1 supported formart: - more detail Apple TV supported formats

How to Stream MP4 to Apple TV 4 for playing?

To get your MP4 files to be Apple TV 4 compatible or readable, you can transcode the existing MP4 properties to Apple TV 4 compatible properties before streaming to ATV 4.

To accomplish the task, first you need Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, a powerful high-quality Mac video converter, editor and player which enables you to transcode MP4 to Apple TV 4 and Apple TV 3/2/1 in Mac OS X for watching, making it meet specific limitations of Apple TV. Why choose it?

It is very easy to use and the perfect result video quality is also impressive.
Since the Apple TV 4 supported MP4 is directly offered to you, you don't have to spend much time determining which format you should choose to convert to. You just need to directly navigate to "Apple TV" option when you reach the output format list.
Meanwhile Dolby Digital 5.1 pass-through audio is offered which means, when your Apple TV is connected to audio receiver, the 5.1 surround sound will work
Convert the videos not supported by the new Apple TV 4 like H.265, Tivo, MP4, AVI and other videos to Apple TV 4 supported MP4, MOV, M4V video
Apart from that, its built-in editor can help users to do some basic editing work before conversion, like trimming, cutting, adding audio information/watermark etc.
Please keep reading and learn how to complete the MP4 to Apple TV 4 transcoding in Mac (OS X El Capitan including) quickly and easily.

If you're using a Windows PC, please turn to Pavtube Video Converter, which has the same function as the Mac version.

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- 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

Follow the three steps to convert MP4 to Apple TV 4 formats for smooth streaming & playing

Step 1: Import your target MP4 video by clicking Add File button. You can also drag and drop files to the main interface of this best video converter.

Step 2: Choose the optimized video format for output. Click “Format” drop-down list, and then select “Apple TV H.264 1920×1080(*.m4v)” as output format. What's more, Apple TV 4 supports the 3D video format, so here you can also select the 3D MP4 format from "3D" if you want the 3D experience。

Step 3: Hit on the “Convert” button to begin MP4 to Apple TV 4 conversion. When it is done, open file destination folder and stream your MP4 videos to Apple TV 4 for viewing.

Via AirPlay:

Firstly, to use AirPlay, you need to prepare one of the following devices: iPhone 4 (or later), iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch (4th generation or later). Add the converted MP4 movies to iTunes and sync to your iOS device.
Secondly, be sure iOS device and Apple TV are in the same Wi-Fi network; start play the video on your device, and then swipe up from the bottom of your device screen to access Control Center and tap AirPlay;
Thirdly, tap the name of the device you want to AirPlay to.

Via iTunes:

Firstly, add the converted MP4 videos to iTunes. Then, go to iTunes > Preferences, choose Apple TV, and make sure "Look for Apple TVs" is selected.
Secondly, on your Apple TV, choose Settings > Computers > "Connect to iTunes," and note the passcode displayed; in iTunes, select the Apple TV (below Devices), and enter the passcode.
Thirdly, click the Summary button and select one of "Automatic Sync" and "Custom Sync".

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Source:http://mp4gear.over-blog.com/2016/06/play-mp4-on-apple-4

Convert 4K Video Content via Apple TV 4 Playback

Summary: Apple is notorious for not supporting a new technology until they think it is mature and has enough traction to appeal to a broad user base.

4K, while definitely where the industry is going, does not have broad adoption because the price points are still too high and there is very little content to support it. So, there is no doubt that Apple TV 4 does not support 4K video content.

So, does that mean that you cannot play 4K video content via Apple TV. Of course not, as long as you can compress 4k to 1080P, then you can play 4K video on Apple TV 4. While, there are still someone cannot play their 4K video on Apple TV 4 even if you have compressed 4K to 1080P. That is because Apple TV 4 supported limited video formats, so if your videos are not supported by Apple TV 4, then you should convert them to Apple TV 4 supported video format firstly.

PS. Apple TV 4 supported file formats

Audio formats

HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-throug

Video fromats:

* H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

* MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

* Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Here, I suggest you to use Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to convert video from Apple TV 4 unknown formats, Blu-ray, DVD, H.265, M3U8, Tivo etc, to Apple TV 4 known format, and compress 4K to 1080P for Apple TV 4. Besides, it allows you to output optimized video format for Apple TV 4 and adjust output aspect ratio, such as 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3 and 2:1.

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- 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

More highlights on Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate:

* Support NVIDIA CUDA and ATI Stream (AMD APP) acceleration technologies.
* Cut off unwanted video parts and just preserve segment out of a complete movie.
* Remove black edges and unwanted area of image in original movie with simple operation.
* Separate one single file into multiple clips according to quantity, duration and output size
* Combine several videos and output as a complete movie with natural transition.
* Allows you to batch convert your videos to save your much time.
* Support adding .srt /.ass/.ssa subtitles into movies.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is provided for Mac user. The program has updated to support the newest Mac OS X El Capitan.

Steps to Play 4K Video Content via Apple TV 4

Step 1. Load 4K Video

Download the Pavtube Video Converter, install and launch it on your PC. Then click the "File" > “Add video" icon to load source 4K files from your local computer to the program.

Step 2: Set output format

Click “Format” and turn to Apple TV category. The program has lots of preset formats for Apple TV, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3. Here, “Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(*.m4v)” is highly recommended for you.

Tips:
1. Open "Video Editor" window, switch to and click "Crop" tab, click the

icon on the right-bottom to swtich to the advanced mode, then you can choose the output aspect ratio such as 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3 and 2:1 from the drop-down list of "Display Aspect Ration".

2. Click the "Subtitle" tab in "Video Editor" window, check "Enable", then you will be able to add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle files to the video as hard subtitles.(Difference between soft subtitles and hard subtitles)

Step 3: Start to convert

Click the big button "Convert" on bottom-right corner to start conversion. When the process is over, you can find the converted files by clicking the "Open output folder" on the main interface of the program.

Now, stream your compressed 4K video to Apple TV 4, and enjoy your 4K video on TV via Apple TV 4 freely.

Stream 4K videos to Apple TV via AirPlay or iTunes

Via AirPlay: Firstly, to use AirPlay, you need to prepare one of the following devices: iPhone 4 (or later), iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch (4th generation or later). Add the converted 4K videos to iTunes and sync to your iOS device.

Secondly, be sure iOS device and Apple TV are in the same Wi-Fi network; start play the video on your device, and then swipe up from the bottom of your device screen to access Control Center and tap AirPlay.

Finally, tap the name of the device you want to stream via AirPlay.

Via iTunes: Firstly, add the converted 4K videos to iTunes. Then, go to iTunes > Preferences, choose Apple TV, and make sure “Look for Apple TVs” is selected.

Secondly, on your Apple TV, choose Settings > Computers > “Connect to iTunes,” and note the passcode displayed; in iTunes, select the Apple TV (below Devices), and enter the passcode.

Thirdly, click the Summary button and select one of “Automatic Sync” and “Custom Sync”.

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Source:http://bestvideosolution.blogspot.com/2016/01/play-4k-video-via-apple-tv-4.html

Watch DVD on Apple TV 4 or Coming Apple TV 5

Summary:The easy ways will aid you to fluently watch DVD on Apple TV 5/4 or the coming fifth-gen Apple TV 5/4 , how the new Apple TV 5/4 works in the DVD disc?

TV is a major part of people’s daily lives. People gather together around the big screens to watch big shows and big events. But traditional television cannot meet people’s growing demand. The pace of life is getting quicker and quicker, and people require some innovative ways to connect the big screens. Integrating apps with television is a popular trend right now.

Note: The Apple TV 5/4 content story, like every set top box content story, remains a U.S.-centric one. So, for a complete picture of how the new Apple TV works in the DVD disc.

Apple TV is a digital media player and a micro console developed by Apple Inc. and it is a small network appliance and entertainment device that can receive digital data from a number of sources and stream it to a capable TV for playing on the TV screen.

To play a DVD on an Apple TV 5/4 you need to load the DVD into another computer then‘stream’it to the Apple TV 5/4 . You can do this with movies you have hired or purchased from the Apple store, but when you try to view a DVD, it comes out grey. If you want to set up your Apple TV 5/4 that when played a DVD from your Mac book. It came out all grey on the Apple TV 5/4 . DVD on Apple TV 5/4 due to copyright. Here are two ways to get around Apple’s DVD viewing protection.

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The way to watch a DVD on Apple TV:

1. Instead of using the Apple DVD player to watch the movie, use VLC. (VLC is free.) VLC does not have the greyed out problem. You can do this live.

2.If you to purchased or rented DVD. Rip the DVD to your computer using a converter. In Pavtube BDMagic for Mac Windowsselect‘Apple TV’as the preset. You can then drop the DVD movie and access it from your Apple TV 5/4. You need to do this before you watch the movie and it can take up to an hour or two. Alternatively you can copy the ripped DVD to a thumb drive and stick the thumb drive into the Apple TV USB port. Reviews.

Step 2: Select Subtitles, Audio Tracks and Output Format

Normally, DVD movies have several subtitles like English, Chinese, French, Japanese, and so on. You can click “Subtitle” to choose the one you need or select “No Subtitle”. For the audio tracks, simply click “Audio Track” and select the one you want. After that, click “Profile” and choose”Apple TV” as the output file format from the drop-download format list for your Apple TV 5/4 .

Step 3: Start converting

Finally, click the “Converter” button to rip DVD to Apple TV 5/4 . In a few minutes, you will get the converted movies. And then, just use iTunes to stream the files to Apple TV 5/4 and enjoy them!

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Convert Blu-ray/DVD movies to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3 on Mac

Blu-ray to Apple TV 3 Converter – rip Blu-ray movie including 3D Blu-ray film to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3 with best video format for Apple TV quickly and easily. Preserve full HD 1080p quality and AC3 5.1 surround sound.

Now “How to watch or play 1080p Blu-ray movie on Tablets, TV or HD Media Player etc.?” has become more and more popular. Despite lack of official support, you can use Blu-ray on the Mac. It just takes a few more steps than on a Windows machine, and it depends on your hardware. For internal solutions, you’ll have to have a Mac Pro, but external drives will let you add Blu-ray abilities to any OS X computer. Along with some help from third-party software, Here Blu-ray to iTunes 11 Converter for Mac is best choice.

For the hardware side of things, Other World Computing has a variety of Blu-ray solutions for all Macs, as well as instructional videos on how to upgrade your Mac Pro with a new Blu-ray burner. Once you’ve got that part taken care of, you’ll need Blu-ray Ripper for Mac software to make use of your new drive.

Here’s a Blu-ray Ripper users question:

“I am attempting to back up my Blu-rays and DVDs to digital files for use iTunes I am having a problem with the playback on my PCs and the Apple TV 3slowing down. Could it be a framerate setting? My Apple TV 3 supports 1080p but it seems to slow down audio and video in certain places throughout the whole movie.”

It is universally acknowledged that Apple TV does not play DVD or Blu-ray movies – actually there’s not optical drive on the 3rd gen Apple TV and the device streams movies from iTunes store and local movie library of iTunes only. To get the black Apple TV play your Blu-ray or DVD movie collection, your best work around is ripping Blu-ray/DVD into iTunes library, from where stream the movies to Apple TV.

Now with the Pavtube BDMagic for Mac, you can rip both Blu-rays and DVDs into the latest iTunes 11 while keeping Dolby Digital sound that containing up to six discrete channels of sound. When streaming movies to Apple TV 3, you can either have HDTV to play AAC stereo audio, or take advantage of an up-to-date audio receiver to decode and deliver the digital sound (5.1 channels) to your surround sound system. The program also converts H.264/VC-1 compressed M2TS streams to H.264 MP4 that is naturally supported by iTunes 11 and Apple TV 3. Find below a short guide of how to convert Blu-ray/DVD to iTunes 11 on Mac.

Software Availability: BDMagic for MacHow To: Convert Blu-ray/DVD movies to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3

Step 1. Insert Blu-ray Disc to BD-ROM. If you computer has no BD drive equipped, use an external one via USB connection.

Step 2. Run the Blu-ray Ripper. Follow “File>> Load from disc…” to import Blu-ray/DVD movie to the software. Keep your computer networked- so that the software can handle BD+ protections properly. To import Blu-ray/DVD ISO, follow “File>> Load ISO/IFO…”

Step 3. Select the main movie from file list. Set desired audio and subtitles language.

Step 4. Select Apple TV 3 format template from the drop-down profile list of “Format” bar. Find “Apple TV” group and choose either format below to keep 5.1 sound:

Apple TV 3 1080p Dolby Digital Pass-through (*.m4v) preset – H.264 video profile with AC3 5.1 and AAC stereo (1920×1080)

Apple TV 2 720p Dolby Digital Pass-through (*.m4v) preset- H.264 video profile with AC3 5.1 and AAC stereo (1280×720);

These 2 formats are optimzied for Apple TV with best video and audio sync. Users who feel like to set frame rate and bitrate can press “Settings” for further adjustment.

Step 5. Press the big Convert button to start copying & converting Blu-ray to your computer hard drive in Apple TV 3 optimized format.

Step 6. When conversion completes, press “Open” to find ripped BD/DVD movie.

Step 7. Open iTunes on your computer, choose “File – > Add File to Library…” to add the converted Blu-ray movie to iTunes movie library and you’re ready now to turn on home sharing and stream ripped Blu-ray/DVD movies to Apple TV 3rd gen from iTunes 11.

Now just set up Apple TV for streaming HD videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds.

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Does the New Apple TV 4 Support for Playing DVD Discs?

Does the New

Apple TV 4 Support for Playing DVD Discs?

Finally, Apple brought the fourth-gen Apple TV to us, along with new iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus on September 9, 2015. This brand 2015 New Apple TV is greatly enhanced, coming with slightly taller and thicker Apple TV design, a slightly bigger and thicker remote with the inclusion of motion sensors, Bluetooth 4.0, A8 chip, iOS 9-based tvOS with App Store access for applications and system-wide Siri support, increased local storage (32 & 64 GB) and so many new features. Obviously, this new Apple TV will give us endless DVD entertainment at home.

Apple TV 4 Supported Video/Audio File Formats/Codecs

4th Apple TV supports the following video and audio file formats and codecs. Before playing a DVD on Apple TV 4, you’d better make sure that its format is included in the following Apple TV compatible file formats list. If not, a DVD ripper that can convert DVDs to Apple TV 4 playable formats is a necessity.

Apple TV 4 supported video formats:

- H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

- MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

- Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

As you can see, Apple TV 4 supported video file formats are very limited, DVD disc or even the decrypted DVD rips can’t be supported by Apple TV 4. Of course, most of you are not about to pay iTunes’ ridiculous prices to watch movies and TV shows I already own on DVD. Instead, you’ll just rip those DVD discs to an Apple TV 4 friendly format. The best solution is to rip and convert DVD to iTunes compatible format then sync to Apple TV 4 for playback without any limit. Below is how to.

Here, Pavtube BDMagic for Mac (review) – It can help you convert DVD to iTunes compatible format then sync to ATV 4 for full HD playback without any limitation. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. The sound can be kept with the original Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. For ripping DVD to iTunes for ATV 4 on Windows, please turn toBDMagic (Guide for Windows).

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Convert DVD to 2015 New Apple TV 4 on Mac OS X El Capitan?

Step 1. Load DVD source.

First of all, insert your DVD to DVD drive and keep networked. Now it’s time to open the best DVD to Apple TV 4 Converter for Mac and click “Load files” icon to load DVD source.

Step 2. Choose output format for Apple TV 4.

In the dropdown list of Format menu, you can find several Apple TV options for output. This DVD to iTunes Converter has a number of presets for Apple TV, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3 and Apple TV 4, to export a Apple TV 3 1080p video with ac3 5.1 pass-through for AV receiver decoding, “Apple TV 3 Dolby Digital Pass-through (*.m4v)” preset is highly recommended.

Tip: If you want to add the DVD movie to iTunes for play on iPhone, iPad, iPod, you can also directly select iPhone, iPad, or iPod as the output format to get videos with optimized settings for your iDevices.

Step 3. Convert DVD to Apple TV 4.

Click “Convert” button to rip DVD to iTunes recognized video for playing on Apple TV 4 generation with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through. Afterwards, transfer the DVD to iTunes and import to Apple TV 4 for watching with ease. There you have it! Now it is time to enjoy your favorite DVD movies with Apple TV 4.

If you’re new to Apple TV, the below guide will help you get started with Apple TV setup: How to set up Apple TV 4 for streaming HD videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds?

There you have it! Enjoy your DVD Movies on Apple TV 4 in full HD on Mac. Have a good time!

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