Quickly Stream MKV files to Roku 3 for playing via USB



This tutorial will explain how you can enable Roku 3 read MKV files via USB, so that you can play MKV files over Roku without issue. 



With up to 1080p HD video and extended-range, dual-band wireless performance, the Roku 3 takes streaming to the next level. You can freely enjoy your own media on Roku 3. (Apple TV vs. Roku 3 vs. Boxee Box vs. WD TV Play vs. Google TV) If you want to play movies I downloaded online which are in .mkv format, you will find the thing is, some MKV files do not show up on your dashboard/tablet app. What is the problem? 


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After digging deeper into technical specs of the Roku 3, I found the corresponding answers. Though Roku USB channel has the ability to read and play MKV files, there are some restrictions on the MKV files. Roku USB Media Player channel only plays MKV files encoded with H.264 video codec and AAC/MP3/DTS/AC3 audio codec. If the MKV is encoded with other video or audio codec like MPEG-2, WAV and etc, we will fail to play MKV on Roku via USB drive, SD card or external HDD. 


To solve Roku 3 won't play MKV files issues; a recommended fix is to convert MKV to Roku compatible video files. Along with some help from third party program like Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, it can be done effortlessly. (Read the review) This video app is professional on fast transcoding MKV to Roku 3 with MP4 format (the most compatible video format for Roku) without quality loss. In addition, it not only supports MKV videos, but also handles various common video formats, like MXF. MTS, MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV .etc. For Mac users, iMedia Converter for Mac is also a helpful app to encode videos for further usage. 

 
 


[Guide] How to play MKV files via Roku 3 

1. Load original MKV files 



Download, install and run MKV to Roku Converter. Click “Add Video” button on the main interface to load your MKV files to the program. (Drag&Drop function is included.) 
 




2. Select output format Click “Format” and choose MP4 from “Common Video” as output format, which can be recognized by Roku 3 easily. 

 




Tip: With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original videos while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset. 

 




3. Start MKV to Roku 3 Conversion Finally, hit the "Convert" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert MKV to Roku compatible video files. 

After the conversion, click "Open" to quickly find the converted movies. Then, transfer the converted videos to Roku’s SD card or to a USB stick that can be attached to Roku 3 streaming player. 


How to Play Movies on Your Roku 3 from a USB Drive
  • Install the Roku Media Player channel, either through the Channel Store on your Roku or via Roku’s website.
  • Add the video file to your external USB drive from your computer. The Roku 3 can play MKV, MP4 and MOV files.
  • Connect the USB drive to the Roku 3′s USB port, located on the right side of the box.
  • Launch the Roku Media Player channel and select Videos.
  • Choose the drive that’s attached to the Roku 3.
  • Navigate to the folder that has the video file you want to watch. Click OK to open the folder.
  • Select the video to watch and click Play on the remote.

 




You can also use the Roku Media Player channel to listen to music or view photos from a USB drive. Play an entire folder of music files by pressing Play on the remote while on a folder, or navigate to a specific track to play only that song. For photos, you can start a slideshow by pressing play while on a folder of photos. 




Is that all of its features? Of course Not! Highly acclaimed as Swiss Army Knife, this versatile Ultimate Converter for Roku 3 also functions as a strong performer for ripping Blu-ray, DVD and convert any videos to Roku 3 supported formats. 

Or get another DRM tool to convert iTunes movies to Roku 3 for playback. 

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Pavtube 40% Off Spirit Halloween Coupons & Discount


Pavtube launched 40% OFF Halloween Promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015 when users can get top Video/DVD/BD Converter for Win/Mac with the least money. 
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Halloween is coming. To give you a better Halloween celebration, Pavtube holds 40% off Halloween promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015. During the period, you can get the professional Blu-ray/DVD Ripper and Video Converter for Win/Mac with less money than any other campaign. 

During Halloween, many people will not just watch Halloween movies but make Halloween videos by themselves. No matter Halloween movies enjoyment or Halloween video production, you probably need a video converter. For example, when you want to play your Blu-ray/DVD Halloween disc on your iPad Pro, Surface Pro 3, you can rip the disc to the device supported format with Pavtube BDMagic or Pavtube DVAid. Another case, you record the Halloween party scene and you are about to upload the camcorder video to Facebook to show your cool dressup, you’d better choose to transcode the camera video to Facebook or Vimeo accepted video with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. No matter what situations about video editing and producing, you can find the software you want at Pavtube Studio

Pavtube product is closed-source, not like Handbrake. But it deserves to pay for its life-long technical support and update in time to compatible with any Win/Mac system upgrade. Catch this opportunity and enjoy the best video production experience with the least money. 

The price comparison of Pavtube featured products between Halloween price and original price is as below: 
  • Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Original price $65, Now $52 
  • Pavtube BDMagic: Original price $49, Now $34.3 
  • Pavtube DVDAid: Original price $35, Now $21 
  • Pavtube ByteCopy: Original price $42, Now $33.6


Note: This attractive price will only be get until November 6, 2015. Please bear in mind all software programs will go back to original prices once the Halloween special offer 2015 ends. 

Time-limited. What are you waiting for? Action now!

Pavtube 2015 Halloween Special Offer - Up to 40% Discount



Summary: Pavtube Studio presents big surprice for Halloween celebration with up to 40% discount on Blu-ray & DVD softwares. 

Festivals are always the best opportunities to purchase the goods you were not willing to buy or had no ability to afford in the past days. 2015 Halloween is coming. Are you ready to open your wallet? To make your Halloween celebration even greater, Pavtube Studio has prepared a great Halloween Promotion – we are offering you a generous 40% Discount on our Blu-ray & DVD Softwares (Windows 10 and El Capitan supported). 

 

Since Pavtube Studio offers many kinds of Blu-ray/DVD/Video softwares that you possibly don't know which one to choose, I can make a brief introduction and a recommendation to you. 

Recommendation 1: If you often do video conversion process, you can take Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac into consideration. It can accept any Halloween movie source, like Blu-ray/DVD disc and 4K/SD/HD online/local video in any format and transform them to nearly any popular video format you have ever seen. 

  

Recommendation 2: For those who have plenty of Blu-ray discs, Pavtube BDMagic and Pavtube BDMagic for Mac will be the best choice. They are cheaper than the recommendation one but supply the same effect on Blu-ray/DVD Halloween movies. 

  

Recommendation 3: DVD owners who just need to rip and backup DVD disc or copy DVD folder, DVD ISO/IFO can focus on Pavtube DVDAid and Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. It only can deal with DVD movies but it is the cheapest item. 

  

Recommendation 4: Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac are for situation that your Halloween Blu-ray/DVD movies have several subtitles and audio tracks and you want to keep all the tracks and chapter markers while ripping and copying the discs. What's more, it enables you to extract FLAC/WAV audio from Blu-ray audio disc and extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray movies. 

  

Think about which one is the best choice for you so that you can solve your video conversion problem with the least money. Don't waste the money-saving chance on Halloween. Just do it!

New H.265 Video Converter - Enjoy H.265 Video on VLC Player



Summary: Can anyone help me solve the issue of playing H.265/HEVC movies on VLC player?There's got to be an easier way! And there is. Learn how to make H.265 movies smoothly played on VLC player. 

 

Many high-definition video may enthusiasts casting their eyes – H.265/HEVC Videos. H.265 should use much less space and offer compression quality than H.264(Learn how to change H.264 to H.265). The only problem is that H.265 is still not supported well. Most video players apps including Windows Media Player, VLC can’t read and play H.265 codec perfectly. 

To enjoy Samsung NX1 H.265 videos on VLC player easily, a necessary tool seems to be a H.265 Converter for VLC player. So how could we edit and play our videos with no difficulties? Again the Pavtube studio has brought us the good news! With the latest upgraded version, all windows programs can support the H.265/HEVC movies encode and decode. Thus in this page, efficient solutions are offered here to play your H.265 recordings on VLC player with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows

Tips on converting H.265/HEVC videos to MP4 for playback on VLC: 

Step 1. Add H.265 videos 

Run the H.265 Converter for VLC program, go to the menu bar, select Add button to select the H.265 files you want to import. You can also directly drag the video files to the program for conversion.It supports batch conversion so you can import multiple files at a time. 

 

Step 2. Choose the right output for VLC. 

As we mentioned above, we would like to introduce you to select the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)’ as your best choice. Surely you can choose other suitable ones as you like. 

 

Tips: 

1. Before conversion, you can go to the “Settings” to set the parameters for your movie. To compress the file size, adjust the parameters to be smaller. 
2. Click Edit button and you can trim, crop or adjust the video with the built-in video editor to get the very part and effect of yoru original H.265 video as you want. 

Step 3. Start H.265 video conversion 

When everything is done, click Convert icon to start transcoding Samsung NX1 H.265 files. When the conversion done, click Open button to get the ripped videos for much more convenient for VLC playback. Enjoy. 

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Copy Blu-ray movies to personal cloud and watch on Roku



“On on online article I read about Blu-rays to personal cloud, I know that I can backup all my Blu-ray collection to online server and then watch with Roku. But it’s a pity that article does not provide detailed steps. I want to store my Blu-ray movies on my personal cloud so I can watch them on Roku from anywhere I have a fast internet connection. Is there a simple guide of this purpose?” 

 

If you are looking for an answer to backup Blu-rays from discs to personal cloud for Roku, here is right place you could find. You must know that Roku does not accept Blu-ray videoas input file since it is a series of set-top boxes and provides over-the-top content in the form of channels. A Roku streaming device gets data (the video stream) via a wired or Wi-Fi connection to an Internet router. 

To watch Blu-ray movies on Roku via personal cloud, you will need a Blu-ray ripping tool to digitize your Blu-rays to personal cloud/Roku compatible file type beforehand. Pavtube BDMagic, a powerful Blu-ray and DVD ripping program, is what you need. This software application enables you backup, rip and edit Blu-ray as well as DVD movies to virtually any video/audio format you desire. 
 
Guide: Stream Blu-ray movies to My Cloud for watching on Roku 

Step 1: Add Blu-ray video file from Blu-ray drive to Pavtube BDMagic by clicking “Load Disc” button. Choose main subtitle and audio track for output on the software main UI. 

 

Step 2: Choose optimized video format for Blu-ray to personal cloud/Roku. From the Format list, and you will find dozens of profiles, just select a suitable format for storage on personal cloud and playing on Roku, here you are recommended to choose MKV (H.264), MP4 (H.264), MOV (H.264), WMV (VC-1, firmware 3.1 only) as output format. 

 

Step 3: Click the “Convert” button and start ripping Blu-ray for personal cloud. Then move ripped movies to your personal cloud and stream to Roku for viewing. 

Step 4: If you have a Plex account, and get Plex channel running on Roku, log in Plex server and move all the converted Blu-ray rips to Plex library. And the Roku player can play all the Blu-ray rips now! 

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Video Tips for Handbrake on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan




At Times you need HandBrake Alternative software to achieve better SD/HD video and DVD/Blu-ray conversion on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and iMedia Converter for Mac is best recommended HandBrake Alternative for on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. 

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Handbrake is a open source video transcoder, which is wildly used by Mac OS users. It supports to transcode video and audio from nearly any format to MP4, MKV, AVI on iMac abd MacBook. With Handbrake, you can convert Videos, DVD, Blu-ray on Mac OS X for viewing on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch easily. 

Following with this detailed HandBrake Mac Tutorial, you will learn how to rip DVD, Blu-ray and transcode videos on Mac OS X with Handbrake. 

Step 1: Download and Install Handbrake 

Firstly, you should download and install Handbrake for Mac on your Mac OS X. 

 

Note: Here, we can see that HandBrake for Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 is for 64 bit Intel. 

Step 2: Load source video to HandBrake and set Destination and Output 

Click the “Source” button on the main interface to add video, DVD or decrypted Blu-ray to the program. In the Destination section you can set the output folder by clicking Browse button. One thing you need to decide is what format (MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM) Output setting section also has 3 options you can choose: Large File Size, Web optimized and iPod 5G support. 

 

Note: Handbrake supports to input multiple file formats, but it can only convert them one by one, if you want to transcode many videos, please make sure you have enough time to do it. 

Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings 

You can adjust video filter, video, audio subtitles, chapters, etc to make the output videos more suitable. You should pay attention that when you select the birate, the higher bitrate you choose, the bigger size the output file will be, and the better quality you will get. 

 

Step 4: Start to convert video with Handbrake on Mac OS X 

Click on the Start button on the left top of Mac version HandBrake. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your Mac computer and which Mac OS, Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard. What other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4). 

Conclusion of this Handbrake Tutorial for Mac: 

This is basic HandBrake Tutorial for Mac OS X users, for details explanation, you need to cast an eye on HandBrake official site. And as a free transcoding software, you may come across with unexpected issues when using HandBrake on your Mac from time to time. Handbrake has some limitations. For instance, it can load multiple video and copy protected DVD, but it does not support the encrypted Blu-ray disc. It only can be used to transcode a Blu-ray disc that the protection is first removed using a third party application. It does not support batch conversion and shut-down automatically after conversion. And the most severe problem is HandBrake just supports Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.10. The newest Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan system is not supported by HandBrake. 

Therefore, it is better to find some HandBrake Mac version Alternative software to fill all the limitations that Handbrake lacks, such as backing up encryption Blu-rayripping DVD to iTunes, copying Blu-ray andDVD on Mac OS X El Capitan. Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is the recommended HandBrake Alternative. It is all in one solution for you to convert SD/HD videoS, rip DVD/Blu-ray to various formats on Mac OS X from 10.6 to 10.11 El Capitan. You can use the batch conversion functions to transcoding multiple files at a time. The versatile and distinctive editing functions can help you create elegant videos. 

Free download and install 

  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 
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How to use HandBrake Mac Alternative on Mac OS X El Capitan? 

Step 1. Load your Blu-ray 

Run Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac on Mac OS X El Capitan, load your Blu-ray disc, folder, ISO image files by clicking the "File" icon. 

 

Step 2. Choose target format 

Click the format bar to choose "HD Video" and "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)". 

 

Step 3. Start conversion 

After everything is OK, click the big button "Convert" to start conversion on Mac OS X El Capitan. After conversion, you'll get your desired MP4 movie in output folder. 

That is easy to use HandBrake Mac Alternative to convert videos on Mac OS X El Capitan. Just try. 

If want more detailed video conversion steps, read this article: How to Convert Videos on Mac OS X El Capitan with Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac? 

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Upgrade! Pavtube Mac Now Support El Capitan



Pavtube upgrades with support for Mac OS X El Capitan for all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products, all media converting, playing and editing issues can be solved on El Capitan with Pavtube Mac Products. 

The newly arrived Mac OS X El Capitan featuring the ability to run multiple apps is fantastic. But people are out of luck to entertain themselves with various media files on the new operating system since most Mac video conversion application are not updated with support for El Capitan. To get all those issues fixed up, Pavtube Studio 
Pavtube Sutio has recently updated all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products with perfect support for Mac’s new operating system - Mac OS X El Capitan. Products that works compatible well with El Capitan including: Pavtube Video Converter for MacPavtube HD Video Converter for MacPavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for MacPavtube MXF Converter for MacPavtube iMixMXFPavtube BDMagic for MacPavtube ByteCopy for MacPavtube DVDAid for MacPavtube iMedia Converter for Mac

 

Copy/Backup Blu-ray/DVD on El Capitan 
Have problem to copy/backup Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan, never mind, with Pavtube newly upgraded Blu-ray/DVD products, you will get no difficulty to make a full disc copy or the main movie copy of the original 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan. Besides that, the program also enables you to rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD disc to various different file formats on El Capitan platform for playing on iPhone/iPad/iPod, Android phone and tablets, Windows phones or tablets, game consoles, HD media players, streaming to Apple TV/Amazon Fire TV/Roku, etc. 

Play and edit videos on El Capitan 
Play and edit any video files on Mac OS X El Capitan can also be easily achieved with Pavtube upgraded Mac Video Converter applications. You can effectively convert virtually any file formats including AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, FLV, VOB, MKV, MKV, MTS, M2TS, Tivo, H.265 in SD, HD, 2K, 4K videos to your desired file formats or devices and programs optimized file formats for better viewing. For camera and camcorder users, you will have a fast and fluid workflow on Mac OS X El Capitan with our program by exporting professional video editing codec such as Apple Prores Codec for Final Cut Pro 6/7/x, Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) for iMovie/Final Cut Express, DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer, After Effects CC/Adobe Premiere Pro/Adobe Premiere Elements/Sony Vegas specially optimized file formats, etc. 

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BDMagic for Mac 
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ByteCopy for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-ByteCopy/3000-7970_4-76177783.html 

iMedia Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMedia-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177788.html 

Video Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video-converter-mac/ 
- 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 

HD Video Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/ 
- Amazon Store Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QI9GNZS 
- AppStore Download: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/pavtube-hd-video-converter/id502792488?mt=12 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-HD-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177786.html 

MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/ 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-MTS-M2TS-Converter-Download/dp/B00QIE3U0Y 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-MTS-M2TS-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177029.html 

MXF Converter for Mac 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/mxf-converter-mac/ 
- AppStore Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pavtube-mxf-converter/id502807634?mt=12 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-MXF-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QID8K28 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-MXF-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177789.html 

iMixMXF 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/imixmxf-mac/ 
- Amazon Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Studio-iMixMXF-Download/dp/B00QI7MY4Y 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMixMXF/3000-2194_4-76171460.html 

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