Media tools for Mac

Optoma  PK201 mini projector is considered as an ideal home cinema projector for its  usage of watching movies and displaying photos using the internal media player.  Optoma PK201 features a micro SD card slot  that supports expanding capacity up to 16 GB in size, which gives Optoma PK201 the ability to directly project pictures and videos on the PK201  from a camera or other source devices like Motorola  Droid by simply switching a memory card. In the purpose of helping Optoma PK201 mini projector owners  experience their beloved Blu-ray movies on the gadget, this tutorial aims to  show you how to rip Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201  mini projector with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper.

Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, and load  Blu-ray movie files to it
You  can load BD files into the application through “BD/DVD ROM”, or “BD/DVD Folder”.

Step 2: Select output  format for Optoma PK201 mini projector
To rip Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 mini projector, it is necessary to know the video  formats supported by Optoma PK201, they are AVI, MOV, MP4 and 3GP. That means  you need rip Blu-ray to a format among the four to satisfy Optoma PK201 mini. Take  MP4 for example, follow “Common Video”> “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)” would be all  right.

Supposing  you would like to use the Optoma PK201 as an iPod or iPhone display, you  can then choose “iPod” or “iPhone” preset.

Step 3: Click “Settings”  button to do advanced settings
Click “Settings” button, then you will be able to adjust  audio and video parameters to have good control of the output file quality. The  adjustable settings include codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample  rate, and audio channel. An 800×600 resolution is recommended when convert Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 for  better projection.

Step 4: Rip Blu-ray movies to  Optoma PK201 mini projector
Click  “Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 mini  projector. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper adopts advanced audio and video in sync technology,  so it is able to guarantee you a perfect audio and video in sync output file  quality. When the ripping task is finished, you can get the final files for  your PK201 via clicking “Open” button with ease. Just copy the files to your  micro SD card, and now you are ready to experience your Blu-ray movies in 16:9  widescreen. Have fun.

The amazing new iPhone 4 is more powerful, easier to use, and more indispensable than ever “smart phones”. As the highest-resolution iPhone, iPhone 4G features a remarkable 960*640 resolution, videos and movies will look unbelievable sharp and crisp in the 3.5 inch display. With all these merits, the iPhone 4 plays videos up to 720p very well. What if we want to watch 1080p HD contents on iPhone 4? This article will provide you with a solution. Using Pavtube iPhone 4 Converter for Mac, you can easily convert 1080p HD contents to 720p iPhone 4 videos. Among the versatile video converting tools on market, Pavtube HD to iPhone 4 Converter is a top one for you to convert HD recordings, footages and movies at high quality. It allows you to adjust the advanced parameters and create new costumed formats.

In the following guide I will show you how to convert 1080p HD contents to iPhone 4 supported formats with best video quality. You can free download it by clicking the link of iPhone 4 Converter for Mac. Please note the trial version works with Intel processor only and puts a watermark (Pavtube’s logo) on the screen of created videos.
Guide of converting 1080p HD contents to iPhone 4 videos:

Step 1. Run this Mac iPhone 4G Converter, and load 1080p HD videos.
Click the Add button to load the HD files that you’d like to convert, or simply drag and drop the 1080p source files to the program. The Mac HD Video to iPhone 4 Converter supports various input formats such as M2TS, MTS, TS, TiVo, TP, TRP, MKV, MOD, MOV, DV, MXF, etc.

Step 2. Select output format for iPhone 4
Click the pull down menu of “Format”, and then tap “iPhone” preset. There are multiple formats specialized for iPhone 4 videos, you can select any one of them to meet your needs freely. To maintain best video quality for iPhone 4, you may choose “iPhone H.264 720P”, and the 1080p HD files will be converted into iPhone 4 720p HD MP4 videos.

Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start ripping 1080p HD to iPhone 4G videos
The popup ripping window of this Mac HD to iPhone 4 Converter will show you conversion progress, time elapse, left time, generated file size and estimated file size clearly, so that you can control your time and storage space of your iPhone 4G HD in a proper way.

Once the ripping task is completed, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the final output 720p HD MP4 files for iPhone 4 with ease. Sync the files to your iPhone 4G with iTunes for entertainment.

Optional facilities and tricks:
Trick 1. Adjust audio and video quality and file size.
You are encouraged to use the default settings. However, when you feel like improving HD video quality, or cutting down file size, please click on “Settings” button and adjust advanced video and audio parameters. These options include codec name, bit rate, aspect ration, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. Generally, higher bit rate results in higher video quality and bigger file size. If you’d like to use the same settings for future conversion, simply click “Save As” and save your settings as a new profile. When the iPhone 4 HD Video Converter is lunched next time, you can click on the “Format” bar find the new profile under “Custom” tab.

If you are not familiar with the format restrictions of iPhone 4, you can refer to the iPhone 4 compatible video formats as below shows:
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 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 per channel, 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, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.
Trick 2. Trim and join 1080p HD videos to iPhone 4.
Click on “Edit” menu if you’d like to convert partial of the 1080p HD videos. Under ‘Trim’ tab you are allowed to cut out unwanted part of selected clip. To trim the movie, simply type in desired time value in ‘Start’ and ‘End’ box and click ‘Set’ button. Or you can click left square bracket and right square bracket to set start and end time when previewing the movie.

To join multiple 1080p HD video clips together, just back to the main interface and check the box of “Merge into one file”.

Additional Tips:

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Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector,the first-ever micro  projector product developed by Samsung, has brought beautiful breakthroughs on the  performance of pico projectors in the market, not only for its low cost, but  also for its larger internal memory and expandable storage capacity, and high  level of brightness. More than that, the pico projector weights  only six ounces, and measures merely 2.75″ W x  1.5″ H x 2.75″ D inches, and is at a very affordable price of $299.99,  so it’s really a good choice for those potential buyers who expect the best  cost performance.

The  pocket-worthy Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector  is known for its low price and high quality, which is one of the key features  of Samsung products. For instance, AAXA P2 and AAXA L1, two of its competing products, retail at a  price of $319.00 and $599.00 respectively, both are  expensive than Samsung SP-H03. Samsung SP-H03  Pico Projector not only comes with cheaper price than AAXA P2  and AAXA L1, but also features  bigger internal storage capacity and higher brightness levels. Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector is selling with 1GB internal memory, which is expansion available via microSD card up to 16 GB, and it also supports  inputting from a USB storage device, like iPhone 4 and  some other smart phones. While the AAXA P2 has 1GB internal flash memory which  is only expandable up to another 4GB via a microSD reader, and the AAXA L1 ships  with 160MB internal memory which is expandable up to 2GB via a USB thumb drive.

With up to 30 ANSI lumens, Samsung SP-H03 projector  delivers clear and crisp images up to 50-inch size using WVGA (854×480)  resolution. Amazingly, it can also accommodate an 80 inches screen, and  meanwhile produce an impressively sharp and bright picture. In addition, it  even features an LED source with 30,000-hour lifetime for  projection. Samsung SP-H03 liberates corporate staff members from heavy and large projectors,  because it is able to export the same dynamic high quality images that are  suitable and perfect for board room presentations.

Samsung  SP-H03 is an on-the-go gadget that hosts a Computer-free Document  Viewer to project various common document types in their native formats, such  as Microsoft Office files (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word) or Adobe PDF documents.  What’s amazing is that it offers native multimedia playback functionalities for  users to watch  movies, images, and enjoy music anytime, anywhere without connecting any  other additional devices. It is compatible with a wide variety of media  formats, including:
Movie: AVI, MP4,  ASF, MPG, RM, FLV, WMV
Image: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
Music: MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, FLAC,  APE, RA

That is to say, apart from being an ultimate portable presentation  tool, Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector is also an ideal tool to do personal  entertainment when you travel or stay at home, especially for movie watching. If  you have some video files which are already in formats of “AVI, MP4, ASF, MPG,  RM, FLV, or WMV”, you can directly add them to the microSD card of Samsung  SP-H03 to do playback, or if your movie files are not in the above mentioned  range, you only need a video converter to do format conversion before watching:

To transfer videos to Samsung  SP-H03 Pico Projector on a PC, including ripping Blu-ray discs and DVD  movies, you can try Pavtube Blu-Ray Video  Converter Ultimate;

To convert videos to Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector on a  Mac computer, including copying Blu-ray movies and standard DVDs, you can use iMedia Converter for Mac.

In that way, you can use it as a Home Theater projector to experience your beloved movies on a larger  screen in the cinema mode.

The only two shortages of Samsung SP-H03 I can see are  listed as below:
1. The weak 1W speaker
But it can easily be remedied by plugging it  into a speaker system.
2. 2 hours of battery life
The 30 lumens brightness rating will exhaust the  battery power fast. It can only support continuous usage up to 2 hours. But a  power socket is able to help you out from this problem, so it’s not a big thing  at all.

Overall, the  cheapest price, the biggest storage capacity, the excellent presentation  quality, and the powerful media playback functionalities make Samsung SP-H03 Pico Projector the  top choice for micro projectors.