Getting Blu-Ray into iTunes for Apple TV 3

Summary: The following article will provide a solution to successfully import Harry Potter series Blu-ray and DVD films to iTunes library for streaming to Apple TV 3 on Mac.

Apple TV 3 offers its users with full HD 1080p output. There is nothing eye catching as enjoying Harry Potter series films in high definition Blu-ray and DVD on Apple TV 3 with family and friends in the comfort of your home. However, it is well known that Apple TV 3/iTunes supports very few file formats, which include H.264 and MPEG-4 videos meaning Blu-ray/DVD cannot work with your Apple TV supported formats.



So, how to prepare your Harry Potter series Blu-ray/DVD films for playback on Apple TV 3? Luckily, there's a workaround to make it- Convert Blu-ray/DVD to ATV 3 officially supported MP4 file. For this purpose, you will have to find a good Blu-ray Ripper beforehand. Here Pavtube BDMagic for Mac is a useful application for so many Apple TV users to convert/transfer/stream Blu-ray and DVD to iTunes compatible video formats for streaming to Apple TV 3 on Mac with easy operation and high output quality. (ReadMac Blu-ray Rippers review) Download it right now and start enjoying your Harry Potter series Blu-ray/DVD films with full HD quality on Apple TV 3!

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Converting/Importing Harry Potter series films Blu-ray and DVD into iTunes for Apple TV 3 streaming

1. After installing, launch the Blu-ray Converter app on your Mac. and then press "Load Disc" icon to import Blu-ray and DVD movie. Choose "File > Load from ISO/IFO" if you'd like to import Blu-ray and DVD ISO image file.



2. Choose output profile. You can easily find several optimized profiles for Apple TV 3 under "Apple TV" category. Here I recommend you select "Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(.m4v)" which works well for ATV 3 while maintaining 5.1 surround. To get acompatible format for iTunes, you can choose HD MP4, M4V and MOV format.



Tip: You can click "settings" to change the setting from the new default HD profile 4000 to 5000~8000 bitrate (Note: bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss). Learn how to set up Apple TV for Dolby Digital 5.1 pass-through.



P.S. The key setting Video Size for your Apple TV is according to your source video exactly. If your source video is in 1080p such as Blu-ray, you can set your video size in 1920*1080 in H.264 codec; while, if your original video size is in standard, 720p in enough. For example, to play DVD on the Apple TV 3, 720*480 video size with 4000~6000kbps bitrate is enough due to the DVD movies' native resolution.

3. Press "Convert" to start converting Harry Potter series Blu-ray and DVD to Apple TV 3 MP4 videos with Dobly 5.1 audio under Mac OS X. The windows workflow is here. Wait till conversion completes. Then press "Open" to find the ripped movie.

4. Now you can add Blu-ray and DVD rips to iTunes movie library for streaming to Apple TV 3: Open up iTunes and follow "File>> Add file to Library…" to sync video to iTunes and then stream to ATV. MKV and Internet torrents movies can be also played on Apple TV.

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• Backup Kids DVD collection to Windows Laptop for viewing
  
• Convert Blu-ray for storage on my home media server

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