Apple TV 2, the revolutionary streaming home theater device of Apple, powered by the Apple A4 processor, has been redesigned to be small in size but big on entertainment. It lets you rent new movies and TV shows, stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to your HDTV. Have you ever thought of converting BD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video for watching on your HDTV? If you haven’t found out an available way, the following guide aims to show you how to stream your Blu-ray collection to your HDTV for watching via the Apple TV Second generation in detail, just feel free to check it.
What you will need?
Pavtube Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter
An external BD drive
How to convert/rip BD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video on Mac?
Step 1: Run Pavtube Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter
Once run the program, click “BD/DVD Folder” to load your Blu-ray movie files. All the titles in a BD movie are checked by default soon after loading, if you just wanna rip Blu-ray to Apple TV 2 with Main Title, you can right-click on the “Main Title” firstly, and then tick off the “Main Title” only.
Step 2: Select M4V as output format for Apple TV 2
To convert BD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video, you need select M4V as output format for Apple TV 2. Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and then follow “Common Video” > “M4V – MPEG-4 Video (*.m4v)”.
Step 3: Adjust audio and video parameters
Pavtube Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter allows users clicking “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters to optimize the output file quality. The adjustable settings include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel. To convert BD movies to Apple TV 2 720p video, just use the following recommended settings.
Video:
Codec: h264
Size: 1280*720
Bitrate: medium quality
Frame rate: 30
Audio:
Codec: aac
Sample rate: 48,000
Bitrate(bps): 96,000
Channels: Stereo
Step 4: Rip Blu-ray to Apple TV 2 with Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter
When the above mentioned steps are finished, you can click the big button “Convert” to start ripping Blu-ray to Apple TV 2 with Mac bluray to Apple TV 2 Converter. Once the conversion is done, you are able to click “Open” button to get the output M4V files for your Apple TV Second generation for playback.
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