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If you just recorded many video clips with mts extension with your new HD/AVCHD camcorders and plan to join & convert these mts files for editing in Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express, If you have various interesting flash videos downloaded from YouTube and would like to combine all the small video clips together for your iPod, If you have several TiVo TV shows recording you want to merge these separate files together for one video to enjoy in your laptop, the guide is exactly for you! Read more

There are many people out there that have a Home Theater PC running with the media portal software XBMC and UPnP enabled TV. You might have been searching for a way to enjoy Blu-ray movies from your TV by accessing media in your XBMC media center. But here is a question.
Does XBMC support Blu-ray playback with or without menus?
No. By default XBMC does not support original Blu-ray playback. There is not yet any C/C++ open source software out there yet capable of fully playing back Blu-ray. FFmpeg (the open source codec-suit that XBMC uses) will probably relatively soon be able to decode all audio and video codecs used in both Blu-ray, but even when that happens you still have to get around the DRM encryptions used by the disc formats and there is not yet any C/C++ open source software library capable of that on-the-fly, neither is there any C/C++ open source software library out there capable of displaying Blu-ray menus. XBMC need C/C++ open source software libraries for all of these things to fully support Blu-ray playback.
But don’t get frustrated! It’s not impossible to watch Blu-ray movies in XBMC, all we need is to decrypt copy protection by removing AACS (up to MKBv17), BD+, region code from Blu-ray disc. And there are enough choices for you to achieve the purpose out there on the Internet. You might consider about which one to choose. I’d like to recommend Aunsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate (Win /Mac) which is definitely one of the best all-in-one tools for Blu-ray ripping as well as video converting. You can load commercial Blu-ray movies and DVD movies to the program and the program will decrypt copy protection so that you can play the output video. With the support of TrueHD, Eac3, DTS, DTS-HD in BD movie, you can select the subtitle and audio stream with the exact language you want. More than that, Aunsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate has already updated with full support for Blu-ray Avatar.
Part 1: Decrypt/Convert/Rip Blu-ray disc
Step 1: Download, launch Aunsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate and load Blu-ray disc to the app.
Download Aunsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to your pc and launch the all-in-one Blu-ray Ripper, load BD to the program by clicking “Load DVD” in the menu bar.

Step 2: Choose output format and specify destination folder
Hints: You may need to check video formats supported both by XBMC and your UPnP certified TV.
After you successfully load blu-ray movies to Aunsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate, specify your output folder in “Output” bar. After that, choose “HD Video” output format in “Format” drop-down list to decrypt & convert Blu-ray movies to your hard drive, for example in this case I choose MPEG-2 HD Video format for XBMC.

Step 3: Convert/decrypt/rip Blu-ray
Click “Convert” button to start conversion. When the process is finished, you can get converted video in your output destination folder.
Part 2: Playback Blu-ray media in XBMC
Step 1: Setting up UPnP Shares in XBMC
Configuring UPnP shares in XBMC is as easy as setting up any other type of share. First you need to activate XBMC’s UPnP-client with “Enable UPnP Client” from the network section under settings in XBMC GUI. Then you simply add one or more UPnP shares via the “Add Source” function with the context-menu (white-button on your controller or the info button on the remote) in XBMC GUI under each of the the My Pictures/My Videos/My Music sections, (just like how you add SMB/Samba and XBMSP/XBMS) shares.
In this example, we are going to add the Video folder shared above to My Videos, although you can use the exact same procedure to add a share to My Music or My Pictures:
First, open My Video. Your screen should look something like the one displayed to the right, although your shares may be different.

Then, open the context menu by pressing the White button on your controller and select Add Source. Read more

Do you feel frustrated when you find your favorite disc broken into two parts? Making a disk copy would definitely help you backup the favorite and important disks. There are many ways we can backup BD/DVD disc. Read more

When we start building a home network with media server or HTPC, we will have a media center to manage the media files. I prefer XBMC Media Center as it is a free media player and works on different platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux and even Xbox. Actually, XBMC was originally created for Xbox.

XBMC helps playing CD/DVD media, and it supports streaming videos, audios and images via SMB, UPnP, DAAP shares. Let’s have a look at the formats supported by XBMC. Read more

If you like to take a camcorder like Canon FS100, FS200, Panasonic SDR-H20, SDR-S26, or JVC Everio GZ-MG57, GZ-MG100U, etc to record your favorite scene and exciting moment, you will happen to the MOD files recorded by your MOD Camcorder can’t be opened on your Mac or edited in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, FCE, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc. Now to meet this demand, Aunsoft released MOD Converter for Mac v1.0 to support you with an one-stop solution to convert any types of MOD files to almost all popular formats with unbelievable high quality. Then you can easily play them on Mac, portable devices and edit in your editing software. Read more

TiVo is a great and popular home setup box for recording favorite TV drama programs and movies for later playback. And you can transfer the TV recordings to your personal computer by using the TiVo Desktop Software application. But the problem with the .TiVo files is that they are not always compatible with other multi-media programs and editing software you may want to use to view or edit the TiVo files. As a result, it is required to convert the TiVo files to MPEG format for viewing/editing on your computers.
How to convert TiVo to MPEG at the fastest speed? This converting TiVo to MPEG guide shows you the way to easily enjoy beloved TV shows recorded by TiVo box on your portable devices any time and any where or editing the TiVo shows by cutting off the commercials freely. To convert TiVo to MPEG, please follow the steps below:
Two must-have and 100% clean tools, please first free download here:
TiVo Desktop software Aunsoft TiVo Video Converter
Step-by-step guide: How to convert TiVo to MPEG?
(1) How to transfer TiVo TV shows to PC?
Launch TiVo Desktop software. Connect TiVo to your home network, and then the TiVo Desktop will provide you with a list of shows for transferring to your PC. Then please transfer the TiVo TV shows you want to PC.
(2) Convert TiVo to MPEG
This Aunsoft TiVo Video Converter can help you to quickly and easily convert manifold video files like TiVo, MKV, AVCHD, HD, AVI, WMV, MOV etc to MPEG files. You could get wonderful output files and never worry about out of sync.
Step1: Start up this program, and then click “Add” to import all .tivo files.
Step2: Choose the proper output video format like Copy—Directly Copy for directly converting TiVo the MPEG files. As this Copying TiVo to MPEG process need not re-encoding, just remove the copy pretection from tivo shows. The speed is unbelievably fast, and the quality is very clear without any quality loss. Then choose destination folder to put converted MPEG files.

Tip1: Directly Copy TiVo to MPEG don’t let you do some settings like adjusting resolution, bitrate, framerate, codec, etc for your portable devices. So if you want to convert tivo to mpeg-4 (*.mp4) for your iPad, iPod, iPhone, Gphone, Apple TV, etc with best settings, please choose iPad, iPod, iPhone, etc (*.mp4) as output format and get the suitable settings.
Step3: Click “Start” button to start the TiVo to MPEG conversion. Just a few minutes, the conversion from TiVo to MPEG will be completed!
Tip2:
If you got some TiVo files from your friends or had some TiVo shows on PC and didn’t install TiVo Desktop software, you will not use, convert, and watch them. You can also use this video converter for typing your friend’s TiVo code in Option—TiVo window—Media Access Key, then import TiVo shows into the program for converting. Also this program will remind you to put in the key when loading TiVo files. Read more

Windows Media Center is an application with a 10-foot user interface designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub for living-room TV. It is included in Windows XP Media Center Editor, which must be installed as an operating system, as the application cannot be added to an existing installation of XP. It is also installed in premium editions of Windows Vista (Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate) and Windows 7 (all editions, except Starter and Home Basic). It can play the computer user’s pictures, videos and music from local drives, optical drives and network locations.
However, not all video file formats are supported by Windows Media Center. The video file types supported by Windows Media Center are listed as below (additional file formats might be supported if you install new codecs):
Video file types (format) File name extensions
Windows Media file .wm and .asf
Windows Media Video file .wmv
Windows video file .avi
Microsoft Recorded TV Show file .dvr-ms
Movie file .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, and .mpv2
So what if we want to play multiple AVCHD recordings from HD camcorders? Sure we do. But first of all, we need an AVCHD converter to convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS videos to Windows Media Center compatible video format. What would be a plus is that the MTS/M2TS converter could works as an mts joiner to merge/combine multiple mts/m2ts files to one single output. No exaggeration, but Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter offers the best solution for us.

Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter (Win/Mac) helps you convert MTS and M2TS video files to MP4, MPG, WMV, AVI, and enables you to enjoy movies on computer, to further edit video for creation, to present video on HDTV, and to publish video online in web-friendly format.
Now let me take a look at how this MTS/M2TS Converter shrink AVCHD videos to Windows Media Center accepted file format.
Guide
Step 1: Import AVCHD MTS/M2TS videos
You can directly drag mts/m2ts videos to the program or click “Add” button in the menu bar to load AVCHD files. Batch conversion is supported which allows you to add multiple video files.

Step 2: Edit your AVCHD files (optional)
Editing function are available by clicking “Editor” in the menu bar in the app such as trimming, cropping, adding text/image/video watermarks, replacing audio, adding special effects, etc. By checking “Apply to all”, you can apply the present settings to all your video files.
Step 3: Choose output format
Once all the editing is finished, you can choose output format as WMV or AVI or other video format supported by Windows Media Center from “Format” drop-down list.

Step 4: Join AVCHD files (optional) & Convert
Click big “Convert” button to start AVCHD MTS/M2TS to WMV/AVI conversion. As I mentioned earlier, the program is also a wonderful MTS/M2TS joiner which enables us to merge/combine multiple original video recordings to one single output for Windows Media Center. It’s so easy to realize. Just tick the checkbox of “Merge into one file” next to “Convert” button.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully shrink/convert AVCHD mts/m2ts videos to Windows Media Center compatible video file format. You can simply add converted videos to your video library of Media Center and enjoy your recordings with your friends and family! Read more

Have you ever noticed the news that Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 was updated recently? It is great news for Premiere users. Since Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, it supports AVCHD videos in .mts, .m2ts formats from camcorders. However, for older version users, to edit AVCHD video on Adobe Premiere, converting HD video to MPEG for Adobe Premiere is the solution. Read more

First, AT&T tells employees they are not allowed to take a vacation in June. Then the company leaks to Boy Genius Report that the next iPhone is coming–right when everyone is supposed to not be on vacation.
It’s hardly surprising anymore, since we saw this same pattern last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. Read more

MTS is a High-definition MPEG Transport Stream video format, commonly called “AVCHD“; created by Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Canon and other HD camcorders. And the MTS format bases on the MPEG-2 transport stream and supports 720p and 1080i HD video formats. Read more