Monday, April 23, 2018

How to Play 4K HEVC on Mac/Windows/ UHD TV?

4K is a big thing to TVs, and now 4K has become the leader in the market. However, the video with 4K resolution will takes up tons of storage space, and a considerable amount of bandwidth is required. So here comes the new technology - HEVC, aka H.265, giving you a way to store, transfer, share the 4K video easily.

4k hevc

What is HEVC codec?

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), or H.265, is a video compression standard designed to substantially improve coding efficiency when compared to its precedent, the Advanced Video Coding (AVC), or H.264. HEVC promises a 50% storage reduction as its algorithm uses efficient coding by encoding video at the lowest possible bit rate while maintaining a high image quality level. This is a big deal to 4K video.

What is 4K HEVC?

4K HEVC is 4K UHD video encoded with HEVC codec, which is to offer the same level of picture quality as AVC (h.264), but with better compression, so there is less data to deal with. To put that another way, 4K HEVC enables a video to be compressed into a file of half size, or half the bit rate of H.264, but in same high quality. Although 4K HEVC is not ubiqutious, but it's happening - 4K Blu-rays are encoded in HEVC, MacOS High Sierra has wide compatibility of HEVC, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate | for Mac gives you a way to switch AVC to HEVC for saving more strage space, and makes 4K HEVC playable on more devices.

But precisely owing to 4K HEVC is on the half way, the video compatibility may stop you from playing 4K HEVC on TVs, desktops or mobiles freely. Now, this article will show you the advantages and disadvantages of 4K HEVC, give you a reference for the minimum hardware for 4K HEVC playback on Mac and Windows and guide you how to play 4K HEVC, even at 60fps on TVs.

Pro of 4K HEVC:

4K Ultra HD (UHD) provides four times the pixel resolution of HDTV with 60Hz frame rate for smooth motion and 10-bit colour for a stunningly realistic viewing experience with striking visual details. And compared with H.264 codec 4K videos, the HEVC 4K takes up less, approximately 50% storage space, which means only half data are needed when streaming or downloading 4K HEVC videos. 

Cons of 4K HEVC:

On the other side, 4K HEVC is not so widely compatible as 4K H.264,  the overwhelming majority of old desktops and mobiles don't support 4K HEVC at all. Besides, HEVC decoding and encoding is so slow without hardware acceleration. Thus 4K videos choppy or stuttering happens frequently when playing on Mac/Windows without hardware acceleration decoding support.

How to Make 4K HEVC Playable on Mac/Windows/TVs?

To have a better experience for enjoying 4K HEVC on your TVs, iDevices, computers, or other monitors, if only you have got a super assistant in your hand. Why you need a helper for watching 4K HEVC videos? To be frank, no computer has a big enough monitor for 4K UHD video playback except the new 4K Retina 21.5-inch iMac and the 5K Retina 27 inch iMac. Even if you're able to play 4K video on Mac and Windows computer, the video itself has been downscaled in the background. More and more smarphone, TVs will add support for 4K HEVC video playback in the future, but not now.

A 4K HEVC player & converter is required, here I will share Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (review) with you after testing a lot of 4K HEVC players. This software not only works as a 4K HEVC decoding software and allows you to play the video, but also as a professional 4K HEVC converter. With it, you can downscale 4K HEVC to 1080p, upscale 720p, 1080p to 4K HEVC, you also can convert HEVC 4K to H.264 video with SD/HD/4K resolution as you like.

Moreoever, you can customize video parameter like video audio codec, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, channels according to your needs. Below, I will show you how to transcode 4K HEVC for playback on your Mac, computers, and TVs on Windows. If you are Mac users, you can download the Mac version, its Mac version are the same operating procedures.

How to transcode 4K HEVC for playback on your Mac, computers, and TVs

Step 1: Load video files (h.265/hevc videos included)

Drag your files into this H.265 HEVC Video Converter, with "Add video"; you can load them with individual clips, or with "Add from folder"; you can import them with a complete folder. Batch conversion is also available.

HEVC Converter Ultimate

Step 2. How to encode or decode H.265/HEVC footage on Windows PC?

You can encode common video to H.265 mp4 video or H.265 mp4 HD video, you can find those two output formats under "Common Video" or "HD Video" main category respectively. Besides encoding common video to H.265, the program also has the capability to encode Blu-ray/DVD disc to H.265 MP4/H.265 MKV for storage with much small file size.
As for decoding H.265, you can easily decode H.265 video to various common file formats, devices(iPhone X, iPhone8/8p/7/7p/6/6p, Samung Galaxy Note 8, iPad Pro, Macbook) preset profile formats or video editing program best favorable editing codec from "Format" drop-down list.
If you want to output TV supported video formats, you can navigate your cursor to TVs category and select optimized device presets from its submenu, like Panasonic TV, Sony TV, and more.

HEVC H265 Converter preset

Step 3. Convert H.265 HEVC videos

Finally, don't forget to hit the "Convert"; on the main interface to finish your preparation work and get start. Just enjoy your H.265/HEVC videos!

Monday, April 16, 2018

Meet Trouble Editing Bandicam Recordings With After Effects? Solved!

Bandicam is an application that allows you to record everything that happens on your screen, including any program that uses graphic technologies DirectX or OpenGL, such as the majority of modern video games. The program's configuration options allow you to modify the quality and size of the video, the type of codex that you want to use, the frames per second, the channels and the bit rate of the audio, or even whether you want the mouse cursor to appear or not. Even though, people still meet trouble when they try to import Bandicam recordings to After Effects, which pop up a windows with this message "Unsupported format or damaged file", just like the question below, why this happened? Keeping reading.

"Hello, I know in AE your supposed to import your lossless video files, but I'm recording my screen using bandicam. It has a special codec that uses the gpu + cpu, and only works with NVIDIA CUDA graphics cards (which I have) and uses the H.264 format. The only container you can use is AVI. The problem is there really is no lossless codec, and since this codec uses the gpu as well, the videos turn out spotless. Amazing quality and amazing fps. So I really want to use this codec, but AE wont import it. It says its an unsupported format."

So to output the formats with best settings for Adobe After Effects video editing, there are two ways for you. One is to utilize Bandicam itself to output different video container with different codec. As you can see from the picture to make it clear.

Bandicam - Best settings for Adobe Premiere, video editing

bandicam

AVI: Bandicam settings for Adobe Premiere (Recommended for most users)

To edit the recorded video with Adobe Premiere with the AVI container, choose the "Motion JPEG and PCM" codecs. 

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG or MJPEG) is a video format in which each video frame is a JPEG image, therefore each frame is a keyframe, so you can edit the recorded video easily.

avi

MP4: Bandicam settings for Adobe Premiere (Recommended for advanced users)

To edit the recorded video with Adobe Premiere with the MP4 container, choose "Prefer CFR".

Adobe Premiere doesn't support VFR (Variable Frame Rate), so you have to choose the "Prefer CFR" option to edit the recorded video in Adobe Premiere.

mp4 bandicam

* Caution) If the encoder's performance is not good enough, the video will be saved as VFR and you could have the video and audio syncing issue. In this case, you have to use the "Motion JPEG" and "PCM" codecs or Sony Vegas. If you have the syncing issue with the "Motion JPEG" and "PCM" codecs, you have to reduce the video resolution of the recording target.

The other solution comes as the best way to solve the problem. You have to get a Bandicam to After Effects video converter, to make it short, here I will share my video converter with you which is called Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, it is a professional and easy-to-use software to convert any video formats and Blu-ray/DVD to supported  format like MPEG-2 for editing in After Effects any version. Besides, it also features some practical editing functions, including mergeing clips, trimming movie files, adding subtitles to your original files, replacing audio tracks, etc. catering for your different needs.

With it, you can effortlessly convert your DVD files including DVD discs,  DVD Folder, DVD IFO File, DVD ISO Image File for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, Davinci Resolve and more.

Now download the best Bandicam to After Effects Converter and follow the tips below to achieve your goal smoothly.

try mac

If you are running a Mac computer, please turn to the alternative Mac version: Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac.

Easy steps to convert Bandicam recordings to After Effects editable video

Note: This guide takes the Windows version screenshots for example. The way to convert Bandicam recordings to After Effects on Mac OS is the same. Just make sure you get the right version.

Step 1. Import Bandicam Recordings

Download the video converter for After Effects from the above button. After the download is over, run it and click "File" to add source Bandicam recordings into this tool for After Effects as well as other editing systems like Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, etc.

On the main interface, there is a preview window provided for you to preview the Bandicam recordings to ensure the files are what you want to rip. You can also take snapshots of the Bandicam recordings when previewing them.

add dvd

Step 2. Choose After Effects native format - MPEG-2

Click "Browse" to set the output path to save the converted videos and choose the output format. Since we have known the best format for After Effects CC, just go to the output format list where you need to follow "Adobe Premiere/Sony Ve…"> "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)."

convert mp4 to mpeg 3 for premiere elements

Tip: Adjust video and audio settings

Click "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate, fame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels and more.

Step 3. Convert Bandicam recordings to After Effects

Click on the "Convert" button which is red in right bottom screen to start converting Bandicam recordings to MPEG-2 - the perfect format for After Effects to import and edit. Just wait for the process to finish. After that, you can get the converted videos and just open After Effects and import the converted videos for editing.

The main steps of how to use After Effects are listed below:

1. Start After Effects.

2. Create a "new composition" either using the traditional method or by simply using the short cut keys "Ctrl+N".

3. Save the new composition as a new project by clicking File>Save.

4. Now import the required files into the workspace in your newly created composition: File>Import>File. You can also build a composition through layers and edit these layers from the edit tab.

5. Now you can simply drag and drop files from the "project tab" to the "timeline tab", "composition tab" or "layer tab".

6. You can also transform your 2D layers by bringing the cursor over the composition tab and zooming in or else wise by by "scrolling out".

To move a 3D layer press "cmd+W" for mac or "cntrl+W" for Windows.

7. Lastly, you may add animations, effects and presets by visiting the "Transform" or "Contents" Tab.

8. Click Windows>Effects and Presets for further options.

9. Save all your work before exiting After Effects.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Easy Solution to Extract SRT Subtitles from Blu-ray Movies

“My goal: I want to extract subtitles from Blu-ray Alice in the Wonderland to srt.file. I plan to add extracted srt subtitles in English to my downloaded movie for private use such as learning English. I have evaluated several programs but sadly find that in the test version the subtitle extractor is not included. What a pity. Could you do me a favor and recommend something to me?”

Subtitle always plays an important role in the movie, in many circumstances, we need SRT subtitles extraction. For example:

1. Need add SRT subtitle to downloaded movie or video 
2. Media players cannot subtitle Blu-ray PGS subtitles
3. Store SRT subtitles for later usage

In here! Read the following post to get the easiest way to extract subtitles from Blu-ray movies, moreover, we have listed the top 10 subtitle download sites that are safe and flexible. Make sure you are not downloading any malware or getting any virus to harm your computer when you just simply want to download subtitles.

Part 1. How to Extract SRT Subtitles from Blu-ray DVD Movies

Before we get to start the extraction process, one thing you have to prepare in advance - a super extractor. Here we will share a professional software with you which is called Pavtube ByteCopy (Top 5 Blu-ray Rippers). This software not only enables you to export single SRT subtitle file, but also could help you backup Blu-ray/DVD to MKV with multiple audio/subtitle tracks without video quality loss. Besides, this software could backup all your commercial Blu-ray movies bypassing the region and copy protection and convert them to MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV, etc for playback on media players and portable devices.

Besides extracting subtitle from Blu-ray/DVD movies, ByteCopy also enables you to add forced subtitles to Blu-ray/DVD movies when there are alien languages which are different from your mother tongue or add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle to converted videos.

Step 1: Load Blu-ray/DVD disc to the program.

Connect your Blu-ray drive with your computer and then insert your Blu-ray disc into the drive, then click "File" menu, from its drop-down list, select "Load from disc" to load Blu-ray files to the program.

load blu ray

Step 2: Select output file format.

From the "Format" drop-down list, select "Subtitle File" > "SRT Subtitle(*.srt)" as the desired output file format.

select srt subtitle file to otuput

Step 3: Select subtitles by languages.

Click “Settings” to open "Multi-task Settings" window to select subtitles by language. Check any language you’d like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.

select subtitle by languages

Step 4. Extract SRT subtitles from Blu-ray/DVD movies.

Press the right-bottom red “Convert” and start extracting *.srt subtitles from Blu-ray DVD process.

When the SRT extracting process is finished, click “Open output folder” to locate the generated files, you will get all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish… Which is exactly the same as in your original disc. For this situation, you need choose the English subtitle for study.

Sometimes, the extracted SRT subtitles may not what you desire to get, you can still use our program to add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to movie files. Just open the "Edit" window, switch to "Subtitles", check "enable", you will be able to add your desired subtitles to your converted files.

Part 2. Best Websites To Download Subtitles For Movies

Subtitle Download Sites Descriptions
Moviesubtitles.org

The largest collection of subtitles for movies, here you can find subtitles for the most popular movies and TV series. Moviesubtitles.org offers multiple-language subtitles, and all subtitles here are packed with WinZip, you must unpack to use it. 

Subscene Subscene.com is the most widely used subtitle download site among the others, this Indonesia based subtitle download site offers the richest resource in Indonesian, and Arabian. No matter you want to watch South Korean soap opera or American Hollywood movies, and it got a great deal of loyal users and contributors.
Open Subtitles Subtitles free download for DivX movies, search in many languages from a multi-language website. Thousands of translated subtitles for XviD movies and TV series. You can download tonnes of DivX subtitles from the biggest Open Subtitles database.
DivX Titles DivxTitles.com is a place where you will find every single DVD or DivX subtitle you are looking for. There are 135218 DVD and DivX subtitles in their database so its unlikely you will not be able to find subtitle for your movie or TV show.
DivX Subtitles DivXSubtitles is well detailed with crucial information on all the latest movie subtitles in the market. There is the date of release, title of the movie, language used and its uploader, which makes it easy to choose the best subtitles to download.
Subtitles Box Subtitles Box uses divx subtitles for your favorite movies, free subtitles downloads, movie & subtitles news and gossip, actors and celebrities profiles update, hot new stories about movies and movie stars, a divx subtitles calendar with all the hot dates in movie industry this year.
My Subtitles In My Subtitles, you can download all the Subtitles of the DivX Movie Database hosted by MySubtitles.com. You can also upload subtitles by registering in My Subtitles. You can download all the latest subtitles for free.
All Subs All Subs contain all the subtitles in all the famous languages. You can download subtitles of all the DivX movies.
TVsubtitles.net TVsubtitles.net is famous for its diversity of TV program subtitles, on this subtitle download site you are free to find and download subtitles of TV shows, Talk shows, Netflix TV Series, Hollywood movies, etc.
SubtitleSource This site supports three main formats namely XviD, DivX and x264. They are all well suited for TV series and movies so make sure your searches are precise in relation to quality and language.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Best Online MTS to M4V/MOV Converter Alternative

MTS is a file format which is used to run high definition videos. MTS is often saved in AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) created by Panasonic and Sony High Definition Camcorders. Both 720p as well as 1080i are supported by this file extension. To play or edit MTS files, you need more powerful software to handle it cause that normal video players can't support MTS files. Many popular NLE software can't accept MTS files, neither. Fortunately, there are many online MTS video converters on the internet that can help you convert MTS files to other popular video and audio formats. For example, if you want to play or edit MTS video on your Mac, converting MTS to M4V/MOV will be a good choice, M4V/MOV are developed by Apple which can be play and edit smoothly on you iDevice.

mts files

Convertfiles.com is an online based platform that can be used to make file converts from MTS to M4V/MOV with the greatest ease and convenience. Follow a simple three step process and you are good to go. First upload the MTS file, select M4V as the target file that you need and finally click on convert file. The process will run quick before a download link pops up for you to make your download or end it to your email. The quality of your data is retained through the conversion process. 

However, this MTS to M4V/MOV converter has many limitations which brings us lots of inconvenience, for instance, you have to leave your private info to this website. Apart from Online MTS converter, there are also many desktop MTS to M4V/MOV converter software that can enable you to re-encode MTS files. Among the many Online MTS converter alternatives, Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac | for Mac is the best one. It is  is specially designed for Sony, Canon, JVC and Panasonic AVCHD Camcorder/camera owners to convert recorded AVCHD MTS videos to various video formats for easily editing in editing software, like Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Avid, Magix Movie Edit Pro, Windows Movie Maker and so on. This program help users to convert camcorder recorded MTS/M2TS footages to playable video formats for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, iPod, MacBook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One S, PS4 Pro, Roku, Android phone, etc. 

Key Features
* Fully Support interlaced and progressive AVCHD 3840*2160, 1920*1080, 1440*1080, 1280*720 videos shot with Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, etc. 
* Freely customize output video/audio settings, including Codec, Size(Resolution), Bitrate, Frame Rate to export your desired video 
* Convert AVCHD (.mts/m2ts) footages to editable video formats, like DVCPRO HD (*.mov), HDV (*.mov), Avid DNxHD(*.mov), QuickTime(*.mov) for easily editing in FCP, AVID and playback on iDevice.  
* Provide optimised presets for Apple devices and Android Tablets/phones. 
* Simply merge multiple MTS footages into big one just with one click 
* Accurate trim and crop MTS (*.m2ts or *.mts) videos 
* Split the selected video file into required video clips by specifying clip quantity, duration time and file size. 
* Add text, image, and video watermark to protect self-made clips 
* Replace original audio to make your desired video story 
* "Darg-and-Drop" and "Batch Conversion" features are supported.
*More than a MTS to MOV converter(review).

Quick Guide: Convert MTS Files Using Online MTS Converter Alternative

Step 1: Import MTS/M2TS videos on Mac

Click "Add File" button to open the file browser window and navigate to the MTS/ M2TS files you would like to convert. Or drag-and-drop files stored on your computer to the interface of this MTS converter. It supports batch conversion, which allows you to import and convert multiple video files at a time.

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Step 2: Choose MOV/M4V as output format

From its drop-down format list, navigate to "HD Video", you will see dozens of video formats in its submenu.

Output high definition HD MOV file format

Output format for HD TV

Output QuickTime MOV file format or M4V-MPEG -4(*.M4V)

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Output Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov) for iMovie

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Output Apple Prores 422(*.mov) for Final Cut Pro

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Edit MTS Files Before Conversion

If there is a need, you can edit your MTS video files by clicking the "Edit" image button. You can trim, crop, add effect, watermark and subtitle to your videos.

TrimDrag the two sliders to select the segment you want, and then click scissor icon and OK button. In this way, you can cut off any clip you don't want.
Crop: Drag and drop a dotted rectangular box to choose any screen area of the video. Immediately, the selected video area will be enlarged in the preview window.
EffectOffer you a lot of cool effects that you can apply to the video.
Watermark: Add image or text watermarks to personalize your video.
SubtitleAdding subtitle files is available in this program.

EDIT MTS

Step 3: Convert MTS while keeping HD-quality 

After all the settings, now, just click the "Convert" button to start converting .mts to .mov, .m4v file. After the conversion, you can locate the generated files in the output folder.

Now, you can play your AVCHD MTS files on VLC, KMPlayer, iPhone, iPad or edit your MTS files in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, etc.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Can't Edit DJI Mavic Air 4K with After Effects? Fixed!

DJI has announced Mavic Air for many days, many DJI lovers are hesitating to buy this drone or not. The new $799 Mavic Air shares a lot of similarities with both the DJI Spark and the Mavic Pro and Pro Platinum. Like those models, it’s a compact drone with a 12-megapixel camera and a handful of different flying and shooting modes. The Air also has a couple of new tricks, like new obstacle avoidance technology. The another attractive trick is the Air shoots 4K video at 30 fps with a 100Mbps bitrate, compared to Pro's 4K footage at 60Mbps.

On the one hand you can enjoy the super clear picture of the 4k video, on the other hand you may be painful when you try to edit the 4k footage with Adobe Affter Effects. Below is a question a friend asking for help in a forum, let's go check what's he saying.

Why does your DJI Mavic Air 4K video look horrible in After Effects?

"Hello, I just purchased a DJI Mavic Air camera, when I import the 4k video into After Effects, it looks blurry and pixely. However, when I view the same video out of the folder that it resides in, the video looks amazing. What am I doing wrong? I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong during the import process. Any suggestions? Thank you!"

The DJI Mavic Air shoots 4K video in MP4 or MOV (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC), which is acturally included in Adobe After Effects supported video formats list, so the reasons that you fail to edit DJI Mavic Air 4k footage are in two version: the video format is not the best native editing codec for After Effects, the other one is the 4k footage compressed with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 still have big file size, and it takes a lot of time for After Effects to render those 4k footages.

To ensure a smooth workflow of DJI Mavic Air 4K video with After Effects, it is ideal for you to transcode DJI Mavic Air 4K video to After Effects editing codec - HEVC (aka H.265) codec footage in a QuickTime(.MOV) container, which is a video compression standard designed to substantially improve coding efficiency when compared to its precedent, the Advanced Video Coding (AVC), or H.264. HEVC promises a 50% storage reduction as its algorithm uses efficient coding by encoding video at the lowest possible bit rate while maintaining a high image quality level.

You can performing DJI Mavic Air 4k video to After Effects transcoding process on Windows with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate | for Mac, it allows you to output 4K MOV, 4K MP4, 4K MKV, 4K XAVC even any 4K video formats to QuickTime(*.mov), H.264 MP4, H.264 M4V, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 for After Effects. Moreover, this software take full advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD® Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) to largely accelerate video encoding speed. The GPU acceleration saves users time when encoding Blu-ray/DVD disc or digital video files to H.264 codec or H.265 codec.

Related topics: Best DJI Video Converter You Need Have One | Best Editing Workflow of DJI Osmo 4K Video with iMovie/FCE on Mac

How to import and edit DJI Mavic Air 4K video with After Effects?

Step 1: Transfer DJI Mavic Air 4K recorded footage to your computer.

The DJI Mavic Air records footage on an SD card, you can remove the SD card from the camera, insert the SD card to a card reader, then plug in the card reader into your computer SD card Port for transferring the video footage to your local hard drive.

Step 2: Import DJI Mavic Air Professional 4K videos.

From "File"drop-down option, select "add Video/Audio"to add source DJI Mavic Air 4K video files to the program.

load 4k

Step 3: Select output file format.

Click "Format"bar, from its drop-down list, select "Common Video"> "MOV - QuickTime(*.mov)"as your desired output file format. H.264/H.265 MP4, H.264 MOV, H.264 M4V, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 almost all After Effects supported video formats could be find in its formats list, go check by yoursevles.

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Tips: After you have defined the output format, then cilck the Settings on the UI, in the pop-up window, you are able to adjust video/audio codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, channels, etc. To compress DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p by changing resolution from 3080*2160 to 1920*1080. To get smaller video file by lowering the video bit rate.

Tips: Enable GPU Encode Acceleration

When you want to enjoy the acceleration, you need to do some settings: Click "Tools" > "Options", in the opened "Options" window, click "Acceleration" menu, then check "Enable GPU Encode Acceleration" option so that the program will accelerate conversion speed when you are encoding DJI Mavic Air 4K to H.265/H.264 codec.

NOTE: You need to make sure your PC configuration supports the GPU acceleration, you can refre to this: Nvidia Cuda Speed Up.

Enable GPU Encode Acceleration

Step 4. Start the conversion

Start the DJI Mavic Air 4k to QuickTime MOV conversion by pressing the red button Convert on the UI, wait for a while, go click "Open the Output Folder" to get the generated file. Now you are free to input the covnerted DJI Mavic Air 4k with After Effects for postproduction without any obstacles.

Video and animation file formats - After Effects

Format
Import/Export support
Format Details
MXF/ARRIRAW
Import only
ARRIRAW codec in an MXF container file
H.265 (HEVC)
Import only
HEVC (also known as H.265) codec footage in a QuickTime (.MOV) container
3GPP (3GP, 3G2, AMC)
Import and Export
 
Adobe Flash Player (SWF)
Import only
Note: SWF files are imported with an alpha channel. Interactive content is not retained. Export functionality of SWF files is supported by versions earlier than After Effects CC 2014.
Adobe Flash Video (FLV, F4V)
Import only
 
Animated GIF (GIF)
Import and export
 
AVCHD (M2TS)
Import only
 
DV
Import and Export
In MOV or AVI container, or as container-less DV stream; requires QuickTime on Windows
H.264 (M4V)
Import only
 
Media eXchange Format (MXF)
Import only
 
MPEG-1 (MPG, MPE, MPA, MPV, MOD)
Import only
 
MPEG-2 (MPG, M2P, M2V, M2P, M2A, M2T)
Import only
Some MPEG data formats are stored in container formats with filename extensions that are not recognized by After Effects; examples include .vob and .mod. In some cases, you can import these files into After Effects after changing the filename extension to one of the recognized filename extensions. Because of variations in implementation in these container formats, compatibility is not guaranteed.
MPEG-4 (MP4, M4V)
Import only
 
Open Media Framework (OMF)
Import and Export
Raw media [or essence] only; Windows only
QuickTime (MOV)
Import and Export
 
Video for Windows (AVI)
Import and Export
Export is on Windows only.
Windows Media (WMV, WMA)
Import only
Windows only
XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX (MXF, MP4)
Import only
 

Monday, March 19, 2018

Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p for Editing in iMovie

4K is an up-and-coming video technology that promises a better quality picture when you're watching movies or TV shows. You can get video with 4k resolution from many where, including downloaded from Youtube, shot with UHD camcoders (Panasonic, Sony, DJI, GoPro etc), digitalize 4K Blu-ray movies. However, no matter where your 4K videos come from, for film-making lovers, edit 4K footage with iMovie to do postproduction is a good idea. But for some people who owned a old computer it is painful. Just like the man below:

"Hey Guys,

as I'm going on travels and just having a Macbook Air (2011) with me I'm having trouble editing 4k material. (Actually, even playback 4k material is a pain on that device)

So I'm wondering what's the best option for my limited hardware. Should I still record 4k material (Which I could use once home and back at my powerful desktop) but compress it down to 1080p material for the video's that I'm going to create during travels? If so, what's the easiest and fastest way to compress the material coming from the Mavic Air SD down to 1080p.

What would be your recommendation?"

This guy is looking for one way for editing DJI Mavic Air 4K on iMovie smoothly, he asked for a professional DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p converter which can make it easy for editing 4k footage on his old computer. So here I will share an easy-to-use and professional 4k to 1080p video converter which is deaigned for you to compress or convert 4k video by changing video format or adjusting video settings, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac | Windowscomes as winnes from its competitors will ever let you down.

Apart from compressing DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p without any video quality loss, it also supports you to choose any video format from it formats list. With it, you are able to 4K MKV, 4K MP4, 4K MOV, 4K AVCHD etc to it and output MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, M4V etc with 4K/2K/SD/HD resolution. Moreover, many optimized devices presets including iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Xbox, Samsung, Apple, TVs, Wii u, HTC, and more for you to select, so you are free to get the most standard video format for inputting to iMovie for postpruduction. Besides, if you are familiar with the video parameters, you are able to adjust video audio codec, rasolution, bit rate, frame rate, channels, and more.

With this converter, you are able to edit DJI Mavic Air 4K footage before you output, such as you can merge several 4k footage parts into one, trim to cut the part you don't need, crop the black area or the area you want to cut, remove or replace the audio of the source video, add external subtitle to the 4K footage, more thing you can do please refer to this article.

Step by Step to Compress DJI Mavic Air 4K to 1080p for Editing in iMovie

Step 1: Load DJI Mavic Air 4K video into the program.

Start the program on your computer, click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from folder" to import DJI Mavic Air 4K video.

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Step 2. Select iMovie most standard video format

Navigate your cursor to "iMovie and Final Cut Ex..." and select "Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" from it submenu. If you have other needs, you can browse the whole list to get the video formats you want.

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Step 3. Compress DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p for smooth editing

After you have defined the output video fornat, then hit the Settings button, in the next window, you are able to adjust video parameters, including video audio codec, bit rate, resolution, frame rate, channels...

To compress DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p, you just need to change video resolution from 3840*2160 to 1920*1080. If you still feel frustrated about video large size, you can lower the video bit rate to get smaller video file size.

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Step 4. Start DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p conversion

To start DJI Mavic Air 4k to 1080p conversion, just hit the red Convert button on the UI, when the conversion stops, click Open to locate the folder with generated file. Now you are free to input the 4k footage to iMovie for further editing.

Monday, March 12, 2018

How to Play VOB Files on Android Phone/Tablet

VOB (Video Object) is a container format in DVD-Video media that stores videos on a DVD disc. Many Android users want to play VOB files on Android devices such as smartphone and tablet, but are frustrated and disappointed finding the OS is incompatible with VOB format or the video size is too large for their player. So how to play VOB files on Android? If you have that same problem, you can go to the following methods.

Pavtube Video Converter You Should Not Miss

If you want to play VOB files on Android stably, you should convert the video to a compatible format and then transfer the converted video to your Android device. Thus, the video can be played normally and smoothly without any curb. Which converter to choose? Pavtube Video Converter will be a good choice which could satisfy all your needs.

This software allows you to input VOB, AVI, Divx, WMV, WMA, ASF, MKV, MOV, MP4, AVCHD, M2V, M4V etc video formats, and output MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV etc video formats for you. Moreover, with it, you don't even to waste time finding what is the best standard video formats for your target devices, cause hundreds optimized device presets here for you to choose.

If you long for adjusting video parameters, good news, the program grants you to do this change. In the Profile Seetings window, you are able to do some change to your video audio codec, bit rate, frame rate, channels, and more. Meanwhile, the feature-rich tool also works as a professional video editor which grants you to change video effects, trim or crop video, add image/text watermark to video, or add external subtitles to the video. See more details here.

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3 Step to Convert VOB to Android Compatible Video Formats

Step 1. Add VOB Videos

Run the program and click Add Video button to load VOB files from your computer or devices. Alternatively, you can first locate the VOB movies you want to convert and then directly drag them to the video list pane.

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Step 2. Select Output Video Formats

Click format up-down bar, you will see hundreds video formats and optimized device presets here. Just according to your own needs to select HD MKV, HD MP4, MOV etc. If you have specific target device, no matter what your device are, you can find the best standard video format in the main menu or its submenu.

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Tips: Once you define the output video format, then go to Profile Settings by click Settings on the UI, in the pop-up window, you are able to do some change to the video audio codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, channels, and more.

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Step 3. Start to Convert VOB for Android Phones/Tablets

Up to now, you may have done all things, the left thing is to start the VOB to Android phone/tablet conversion by pressing the red button Convert, wait for a while, go to Open and in the pop-up folder, you can see the generated file. Now you are free to transfer the converted file to your Android phones/tablets without hassle.