How to Stream 1080p/720p MKV Movies to Apple TV with with Dolby Digital 5.1?

‘Hi guys! Ineed some help! I got some 1080p MKV recordings and now I wanna play them on my Apple TV and then edit for sharing them with my working partners, but it seems Apple TV cannot work it well. For more, I also wanna preserve the Dolby Digital 5.1. Any good suggestions there?

MKV is similar in conception to other multimedia containers like AVI, MP4 or MOV. It's more flexible in compression and usually renders in a smaller size with same quality video/audio output, especially for HD videos. Nicely enjoy MKV 5.1 files on VLC, HDTV, etc has become the hottest avtivity for us to take part in, right? Great-quality movies are increasingly seen being  delivered over the internet via MKV format. However, it's a pity that many popular devices have no sight for providing support for this format, including Apple TV.

How to Stream 1080p/720p MKV files to Apple TV? 
In order to watch the MKV movies on Apple TV and also with the Dolby Digital 5.1 channels preserved, we here highly recommend the Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to you guys! Strongly supports the various output video and audio formats, it has a good reputation among our users’ hearts.

Guide on converting MKV to suitable ones for playback on Apple TV with 5.1 channels:
Step 1. As soon as we have installed the program, we need to open it and tap the ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’ to load our original MKV files in.

Step 2.Choose the right output formats as next step. Just come to the output list, especially for Apple TV, we here highly introduce you the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video’ item as the best one.



Step 3. Preserve the 5.1 channels? Go to the ‘Settings’ button on the main interface and then , we can set the ‘Audio channel’ as ‘5.1’, that’s what we want there.



Finally, after you have done all the preparation work, we need to hit the ‘Convert’ icon to start our job! Then, do you still have issues of converting MKV files for playing on Apple TV with 5.1 channels?

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How Can I Import 1080p MKV File into Premiere Pro CC?

"No MKV file will open in Premiere Pro CC. Only pictures will open. I've tried to convert MKV into MP4 for importing to PP CC, but it would not open. When I drag a MKV into Adobe editing program, it says none of the items dropped in Premiere Pro CC can be opened. If I manually search for video files using the program, it says there was an unknown error."

How do you think of the issues someone has met above? Here let’s firstly have a talking on MKV format, okay? The MKV is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of audio, video, subtitle tracks or picture in one file. As the container format , it cannot easily be accepted by FCP and Sony Vegas, etc.

So how to let Premiere Pro CC read the MKV files smoothly? Let me introduce the Pavtube Video Converter for Windows/Mac for you. As the best Premiere Pro MKV Converter, which can convert MKV video to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 supported formats on Windows and Mac. In addition, you can convert MKV to popular tablets or media players.

Detailed features of this MKV to Premiere Pro CC converter:

• Convert MKV to H.264, MPEG, DNxHD, WMV codec for Premiere Pro CC
• Easy operation and faster conversion peed
• Transcode MKV to MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, 3GP, etc
• Adjust and set the output videos by ourselves

How to convert MKV to Premiere Pro CC supported format?
Step 1.Launch the .mkv video conversion software on Mac and click Add File to load the MKV files you want to convert. Or directly drag MKV videos to the MKV to Premiere Pro Converter. After the files are loaded, you can preview them and take snapshots of your favorite video scenes.

Step 2.Click the format bar or the pull down menu of “Format” to select output format-Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) for Premiere editing easily. 

Step 3. Specify the Settings. To get the best video quality and sound effect, you are allowed to easily adjust video/audio parameters such as bitrate, sample rate, frame rate, codec, channels, etc after clicking on "Settings"

At the end, click the "Convert" button to start the MKV to MPG conversion. When the conversion is finished, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MPG files effortlessly. After transferring files into Premiere Pro CC, we are glad to tell you it’s time to enjoy editing MKV files there.

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Import Canon EOS 7D Mark II to DaVinci Resolve Lite/11

Have you got the experience of importing Canon EOS 7D Mark II MOV files to DaVinci Resolve Lite/11? Let me show you the easiest way below.

‘Hello there, I several days ago traveled the France and I shot some videos of the beautiful scene there with my favorite Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera. Unfortunately I got the trouble like the ‘unsupported’ warning when I import my footage to Davinci Resolve 11, what did that happen? Incompatible formats or something else?’



Although  DaVinci Resolve 11 can handle much more native video formats and camera files than any other real time editing system, it doesn’t mean that you can import every piece of video into this world famous color corrector and amazing editor such as the AVCHD MTS or XAVC files. Now, we come to the most important point, how to convert Canon H.264 MOV or MP4 to the DNxHD MOV, which you may not know the best one for DaVinci Resolve Lite/11. 

An easy way here you can have a try, Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, it is popular among most editor’s heart, which has a strong ability of converting different video format to various ones with no quality loss. Let’s keep move on. Install and open the program, ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’ could do you a favor of importing source files. Cause DaVinci Resolve and Avid Media Composer support the same format, so we here recommend you the ‘Avid Media Composer”>>’DNxHD MOV’as the best one.



For other items you can seek on the main interface, such as the ‘Settings’ or ‘Editor’, or you will be interested in the item ‘Merge into one file’ on the left of preview window? This one can help you combine your video clips into one. So cool, right?

As soon as you have done all the preparation work, why not go back to the main interface to tap the ‘Convert’ icon to start your conversion job? Here with the fast conversion speed and easy operation, just enjoy editing your EOS 7D Mark MOV mov recordings in DaVinci Resolve nicely.  

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Supported Video Formats for iPad Air and iPad Mini 3 with Retina Display

Featuring the world’s most advanced A7 processor, ever faster performance, 2048-by-1536 resolution retina display and powerful apps, iPad Air and iPad Mini are destined to hold onto Apple’s dominance in the increasingly competitive tablet market. As soon as the iPad Air and iPad Mini released out, with the high definition resolution, all Apple fans are fond of watching movies on iPad Mini and iPad Air, right? However, not all video can be accepted by iPad tablets.

First of all, we should have a talk on the best supported video formats, that may be the most important point for watching various videos on iPad. Especially for those incompatible ones, such as FLV videos download from video websites. In most cases, this issue is caused because the video file format is incompatible with iPad. So here we list the supported video formats for iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display for your reference.

Part 1. Best supported video formats for iPad Air and iPad Mini
A: Video formats supported
H.264 video up to 1080p, 60 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 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, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format。

B: Audio formats supported:
Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.

Part 2.Any good methods of converting incompatible ones for iPad Air and iPad Mini
Besides for the iPad supported video formats, we are going to introduce you a professional one to make them suitable for watching on Apple tablets. Pavtube Video Converter for Windows/Mac. With a good reputation, it can transcode various incompatible ones to iPad Air or iPad Mini. 

Specific steps on converting other formats for playback on iPad Air/iPad Mini:
Step 1. Launch the video converter for iPad, of course you will find it is available for you to drag your files in directly. With other ways? Click the ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’, we can import source files too. 

Step 2.Choose the output formats, there are professional ones for different devices and editing tools on the output list. Especially for Apple tablets, we are going to suggest you to choose the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)’ as the suitable ones for iPad as you know.

Step 3. Enjoy your best video effect on iPad? Why not get into the ‘Edit’ button to adjust the video effects? Such as the ‘Crop’ , ‘Trim’ or other functional items. You won’t be disappointed with this function.

More tips: With this professional Windows iPad video converter, I have to mention that as soon as the Pavtube claimed it can support the H.265/HEVC movies. With the higher and smaller size, you may enjoy the high definition videos there.

Conclusion: When you have finished the preparation job, why not go back to the main interface to click the ‘Convert’ button to start the conversion? With the best iPad video converter and the list of supported video formats, you won’t worry too much about this problem, right? Also, here are the tips on how to transfer files into iPad form iTunes you can take a reference.

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Add FLV Files to iTunes for Playing on iTunes/iPad/iPhone/iPod

iTunes only supports MP4, MOV and M4V formats? In most cases, most Apple fans consider that iTunes has the limitation on various video formats. For example, if you wanna watch your FLV video on iTunes/iPad/iPhone/iPod etc, you must give yourself a headache! That's because FLV is not an iTunes-supported video format. You can't directly import these FLV files to iTunes. Today here are talking about this topic!

Causes we may know why iTunes cannot accept the FLV videos:
The reality is that iTunes don't support FLV and no video will play under that format. The simple logic is that FLV falls under the Flash Video category thus will only play when a devoted flash player is used. AVA is another format in the category of FLV that is not supported by iTunes. For a video to play on iTunes, it has to be under any QuickTime compatible formats like .mov and .mpeg4. Therefore, you must have a suitable QuickTime extension before the video you have on FLV format plays on iTunes. For example: Stream FLV to Google Chromest? Watch FLV movies on Kindle Fire?

Professional FLV to iTunes Video Converter can help us a lot:
Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is a nice Mac application with a simple design that makes it easy to convert most of popular format including FLV to iTunes compatible files. It allows you to convert public and private videos for using on different video devices like Smart phones, iPhone, Apple TV, etc. Wanna know more details on this video converter’s review?

Instructions to explain how to convert FLV videos into iTunes:
Step 1. Add your FLV files
Choose your video file by clicking on the "Add File" button and select the FLV files you want to convert to iTunes. You can also add your files by dragging and dropping them into the project area of FLV to iTunes converter.

Step 2. Select the right output format
As we mentioned above, we here should choose the suitable output to make our files accepted by iTunes.  For reference purposes, here are the video format with their extensions for Apple iTunes: .*MOV, .*MP4, .*M4V, .*MPEG, .*AVI, .*3GP. For example, you can select the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)’ as the suitable output ones.

Step 3. Edit your videos in own style?
Feature-rich editing functions are provided so that you can easily merge, cut, split, crop, flip and rotate videos, apply special effects to videos in ‘Edit’ button. To achieve a nice enjoyment, this function icon is deserved for us to have a try.

Conversion: Press the "Convert" button on the bottom-right corner of this FLV to iTunes Video Converter to start performing video conversion. Now, you can see the conversion progress. And the conversion speed is mainly affected by the size of files that you're converting and your computer's performance. Additionally, do you know how to transfer videos to iTunes? 

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Nicely Converting Various Videos to ProRes or H.264 on Mac

Summary: A nice guide offered here for you to make some changes for your recordings with different formats such as MTS, MXF, etc. Edit in NELs or play on media players? For example, from MTS to H.264 for iTunes? All the work you can do here with a powerful video assistant.

As a friend who works with corporate videos, it is necessary for him to change the shot footage into others for their customers frequently. Such as the needs for ProRes, H.264 or Flash videos, etc. On the other hand, we record the videos usually with different cameras, as you see below, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, etc. Due to this kind of situation, it has become a litter hard for us to handle this job well.

Now, the main character will pop us here in this guide. A professional video converting assistant can attract your eyesight. Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, which has so many main features that can convert all your videos to what you want with a nice operation on Mac. Also Windows version is allowed here.

• Output suitable formats for different Mac editing tools
• Faster conversion speed and easy operation
• Edit videos through trimming, cropping, adding water marks, etc
• Turn various HD/SD videos as watchable for media players

Main conversion steps you should know here if you need:
For a first step, according to its instructions, we should install the program successfully on our computers, with two buttons we can easily import our source files. ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’. For different choices as output, we must choose suitable ones on the output list, such as for ProRes, we should select the ‘Final Cut Pro’>>’Apple ProRes Codec 422(*.mov):



For H.264 codec as you want? ‘Common Video’>>’H.264 Video (*,mp4’)/’H.264 Video (*.mov), both of them you can make a choice. For FLV?’Flash Video’ there you should pay attention to well. Any common formats here you can set as you like.



What’s more, to make it more suitable for media players, why not go to the ‘Settings’ item to adjust more? For example, video codec, video size, bitrates, or audio channels, after that, we can enjoy the nice effects there.



Now, do you feel it is easy to handle all various video to your customers? With this powerful video converter, you can just enjoy the work for a lot of fun! Finally, don’t forget to tap the big red button ‘Convert’ on the main interface to get your work started! Thanks for reading!

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Let’s Ingest Panasonic AJ-PX800 H.264/AVC MXF to iMovie/FCE

In the following post, we would like to introduce you guys an easy and direct way to work our Panasonic AJ-PX800 h.264/AVC MXF recordings well with the popular editing tools iMovie/FCE. Just follow the article written below, with several steps, it will not annoy you too much after converting AJ-PX800 AVC/MXF files to AIC MOV for iMovie and FCE. But do you know the best supported formats for iMovie and FCE?

What kind of troubles did you get with Panasonic AJ-PX800 camcorder?
I shoot with a Panasonic AJ-HPX3700 camera, which shoots .mxf files. While my workflow with iMovie or Final Cut Express doesn’t work perfectly with these files. There are always some ‘Unsupported’ errors appeared on the screen. So here comes my question, does anyone know a good batch converter to convert the Panasonic AJ-HPX3700 P2 .mxf files?’

Transcoded editing is required in some situations, and this makes a video converter product very valuable. What a coincidence! Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac is such an suitable easy to use converting assistant especially designed for MXF recordings. With a good reputation online, it has become popular among our professional editors. For example, it can make MXF files smoothly edited in FCP or Premiere Pro etc. 

Guides below can show you the complete process of converting Panasonic AJ-PX800 MXF to AIC MOV for iMovie and FCE.

From the official website, we can download and install the program according to its instructions, with the ‘Add video’ button we can load original MXF files in. Drop down the output list, nearly on the bottom of the list we could find the right one we want there. ‘iMovie/Final Cut Express’>>’Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ could be the best one.

Optional tips here: For those advanced users, some items on the main interface, such like the ‘Settings’ button, we can choose the suitable video codec, video size, frame rate or even the audio channel here. Surely we can set them in the original default.

Go back to the main interface, when you did all the preparation work, click the big red button ‘Convert’ we can get our work started. Additionally, if you are the first time to work with the hot editing tool iMovie, we here also have the related guide on how to transfer files into iMovie for nice editing.

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