Friday, January 6, 2017

Handbrake 1.0.0 Alternative in Windows (10) or Mac(OS Sierra)

What's the biggest sugar-coated bomb for video buffs in this festive holiday? Needless to say, it must be the news from Handbrake, one of the popular open source video transcoders, finally, it officially launched as version 1.0.0 after 13 years in beta, with improved features of adding new device presets, new Matroska (MKV) presets that include support for VP9 video with Opus audio and so on. Will it be enough? Well, technically yes, but how about getting more video output, the best video conversion quality and faster speed? Any alternative to Handbrake 1.0.0 available? Don't be so hurry, you can turn the dial the other way all from here.



Handbrake 1.0.0 Limitations: Errors After Upgrading to latest version
Handbrake is a famous, open-source, cross-platform DVD ripper and video converter. With it, you can convert DVD or video to the limited video formats like MP4 with MPEG-4 or H.264 encoded. However, this is what makes people and love and hate handbrake. Trouble can arise in unexpected places:

1. Upgrading issue: Handbrake users download and install Handbrake 1.0.0 as soon as it's released. Some people succeed, while some not.

2. Complex Operations: Even though Handbrake 1.0.0 adds a user-friendly drag and drop option to import files, it's still complicated for beginners to convert videos and rip DVDs. 

3. no valid source found/no title found 

4. Won't rip the latest protected DVD, leaving you as nervous as a cat on the hot roof. 

5. Unable to find the right title when ripping DVDs 

6. Slow Scan Speed Error

7. Audio Defaults: Chosen Language (Any) first track of language only.

8. Intel QSV (H.264) Coding generates messy outputs: After updating to 1.0.0 (or latest 1.0.1) on Windows 10, the generated .MKV file is blinking/messy. 

9. Video won't sync with audio, or video is missing

10. Slow Speed of MKV VP9 Encode

11. Crashes every time converting video to MKV VP9

12. Supports only two output formats: MKV and MP4. Consequently, if you want to choose AVI or FLV as your final format for uploading to YouTube, you have to turn to other video converting software.

13. Still have bad compatibility with macOS Sierra/Mac OS X El Capitan even though it declared that some bugs for running on these systems had been fixed.

Best Handbrake 1.0.0 Alternatives on Video Conversion & DVD Ripping

So to be not disturbed with these Handbrake issues, Handbrake 1.0.0 alternatives are in demand for users. Look around for a Handbrake 1.0.0 alternative? Cuz you are in a market where there is a demand, there is a supply. And here we'd like to recommend a functional tool similar to Handbrake separately for video conversion, DVD ripping and even Blu-ray ripping - Dimo Video Converter Ultimate. 

It is an all-in-one video converter, audio converter, DVD Ripper, Blu-ray ripper, video player, video editor, ISO maker and wi-fi media transfer. Let's have a look at what this excellent replacement of Handbrake 1.0.0 can do for you:

1. 6x faster speed. NVIDIA CUDA tech and fast mode option makes it at least 6x faster than HandBrake 1.0.0. No stuttering, no VP9 video encoding crashes. 

2. No quality loss. It supports ripping Blu-ray/DVD and convert SD/HD/4K videos from formats to formats and output the original quality. 

3. 350+ video and audio codecs. It supports to input and output nearly any video audio (container) formats, including VP9, VP8, MKV, MP4, AVCHD, MTS, MOV, H.265, H.264 etc. with 150+ preset profiles for different devices, covering iPhone 7/7 Plus/SE, Galaxy S7, Apple TV 4, Oculus Rift and more.

4. Extract Audio Files from Videos: It performs well in extracting audio files from your videos as MP3, M4A, WAV, ALAC, AIFF, FLAC, AAC, AC3, etc.

5. Ease of use. It can convert video by simply loading files, choosing output profiles and clicking Start. Super easy even for novice users. 

6. Video editing. It comes with powerful editing tool like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, adjusting effect, compressing, etc. 

7. ISO making: Just a click away to make ISO files from Blu-ray or video folder

8. Media streaming: Quickly transfer videos from Mac to mobile devices for playback on the move. 

9. No video and audio out of sync error

10. No accidental interruptions problems 

Dimo Video Converter Ultimate will solve all kinds of problems Handbrake does and doesn't do on converting videos or ripping DVD.  For mac users, please turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.

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Handbrake 1.0.0 Alternative to Convert Video on Windows (10) or MacOS Sierra

Step 1. Add video, audio, Blu-ray, DVD

There are two ways to import files into the program, (1) Click the "Add file", "Add DVD", "Add Blu-ray" button to browse your computer's folders and select the file(s) you want or (2) For video/audio files, just drag-and-drop the files you want directly from your desktop into the main window and remember, you can import multiple files one by one. 



Step 2. Select an output format 

If you have specific needs concerning video or audio quality, click "Select Format" to select the output format you want, then, you can set the video parameters (resolution, frame rate, encoder, and bit rate) or audio parameters (such as sample rate, channel, encoder and bit rate) by clicking "Settings". 



Tips:

If you don't figure out the differences among various video formats and have no idea which suits your device or player best, you can see the below output video formats suggestion (esp. for the newbie).

* MP4 (H264): Keep a good balance among video conversion speed, video quality and file size. Another beauty, it works with almost all the devices and platforms.
* MOV (H264): speed, quality and file size are similar to the previous one. It's more suitable for Apple related products and app like iPhone iPad, Apple TV, iTunes, QT.
* MKV (AVC): higher quality and faster speed than the previous two. No significant difference in file size. Only one con: the video compatibility is comparatively poor.

Step 3. Edit source files

Hit "Edit" button to edit video  if you need. When entering the video editing sector, you can freely trim video length to decide the Start Time/End Time, crop video to remove the unwanted black bars, rotate video of 90/180/270 degrees, add text watermark, adjust effects, create 3D video, etc.

Step 4. Convert your media files 

After a short setup, click the "Start" button to begin the Video/Audio/Blu-ray/DVD to a right format conversion process, then sit back and enjoy your newly freed music and movie files on your devices. As an awesome Handbrake 1.0.0 alternative, this Ultimate converter comes with more excellent features like sharing converted videos from PC/Mac to mobile devices or TV for playback conveniently.

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The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

MKV Xbox Won't Play Solution - Convert MKV to Xbox One (S)

The ultimate games and 4K entertainment system let Xbox One S become one of the hottest console in the market. With its built-in media player app, you can play video and music files by USB drive or DLNA server easily. However, when play MKV on Xbox One (S), there are many users meet issues- "Xbox One (S) can not read MKV movies"... In this article, we just aim to solve the MKV to Xbox One (S) playback trouble for you.



As a matter of fact, it is officially claimed that Xbox One (S), Xbox 360 support MKV format. The point here is, only a part of MKV, unfortunately, is supported due to different codes. Well, how can you play those incompatible MKV files on Xbox One (S) then? The possible solution is to convert MKV to Xbox One (S) most compatible format.

Actually, it's easy to get the job done as long as you get Dimo Video Converter Ultimate. This video converter has been proven to be an outstanding MKV to Xbox One (S) converter. With it, you can convert different MKV videos to Xbox One S/Xbox 360 compatible H.264 WMV effortlessly. In addition to MKV files, this program also allows you to convert all videos in AVI, MP4, MPG, VOB, TiVo, MOV, etc to a decent format as you want. 

What's more, with the built-in editor, you can trim, crop, add watermark, adjust special effect to your source video, so that you get the very part and effects at your will. If you are a Mac user, you can turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac (OS Sierra, OS X El Capitan included), which has the same function as the Windows version. Just get the right version according to your computer's OS and follow the step-by-step guide below to ensure smooth playback of MKV files on Xbox One (S) without any limits.

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How to convert and play MKV files on Xbox One (S)

Step 1: Add MKV files

Download the MKV video converter on your computer, install and run the program, add .mkv videos by dragging and dropping or clicking "Add file".

 

Step 2: Select Xbox One (S) compatible formats

Click on the drop down menu of the Select Format, select "Device"> "Games" > "Xbox One S" as the target device.

Tip: If the default video/parameters can't meet your needs, just click Settings icon to adjust the video codec, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc to get a decent video as you want. In principle, the larger input values, the better output quality, but the corresponding larger file size.



Step 3: Start MKV to Xbox One (S) conversion

After all necessary settings, you can hit the "Start" to start converting MKV to Xbox One (S) with best video settings. Once the conversion finished, click "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video. Then, you can stream the converted MKV movies to Xbox One (S) via DLNA or USB freely.

Here takes Plex as example and offers tips of streaming movies from PC/Mac to Xbox One S via Plex
Requirements:
  • Any Windows PC, Mac OS X computer with a folder that contains media files
  • Xbox One S gaming console with Media Player app installed – if you haven’t done so yet, download and install available Xbox One S updates and be sure the Xbox One S has Media Player app installed, this is necessary to play the video and/or audio – if the Xbox One S doesn’t have Media Player app yet you can find and download it quickly from the apps section of the console, it’s about 45mb
  • A TV connected to the Xbox One S
  • Go to Plex.tv and download Plex Media Server here onto the computer and install it, it’s free, you do not need to sign up for anything if you don’t want to
  • The PC or Mac and Xbox One S must be on the same local network (wi-fi or ethernet)
  • Assuming you have met the fairly basic requirements, you’re ready to configure and setup streaming from Plex Media Server to the Xbox One S and the TV.
Now that you have the Plex app on a computer and the Xbox One S up and running, the rest is really easy:

1. Launch Plex Media Server on the computer, this will open a new web browser window where you can configure the media server

2. In Plex app, choose "Add Library"

3. Still in Plex, now choose "Add Folders", navigating to the directory on the PC (or Mac) where the media you want to stream is stored (you can add multiple folders if you want to, including your iTunes Library from ~/Music/)

4. Now from the Xbox One S start screen, go to "My Apps and Games" and find and open "Media Player" from the apps menu (if you haven’t done so yet, you can download it quickly as shown below)
Download the Media Player Xbox One S app if you haven't done so yet

5. Wait a moment or two and Media Player will discover the Plex Media Server app running on the computer and the video / audio library will show up on Xbox One S, it’s easily identified and will show the name of the computer running the server.

6. Use the Xbox One S controller to navigate the media library in Plex

7. Select and play videos which will stream from the computer by hitting the A button on the Xbox One S controller. The selected video will start playing immediately on the Xbox One S and TV, while the Plex Media Server runs in the background on the computer.

You can play, pause, stop, fast forward, rewind, and scrub any movie or audio file that is streaming, the whole experience is easy and relatively seamless. You’ll obviously need to have Plex Media Server open on the computer to have this work, as Media Player on Xbox One S will not be able to find media content on the PC or Mac without it.

Another particularly great aspect of using this setup is that if a friend or coworker has a movie, video, photo, or music on their computer that they want to play on the same TV and Xbox One S, all they need to do is download and run Plex Media Server to make their media content accessible for streaming too.

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The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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