Monthly Archives: August 2011

Is it possible to rip DVD to iTunes with menus retained?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Earvin

The other day I received an email from a friend, in which he complained that he was losing DVD menus in iTunes after ripping a DVD following my advice. Now that he asked, I’d like to put up the question … Continue reading →

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Things you should know before ripping a Blu-ray to HD media player

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Earvin

When people rip Blu-ray for HD media player playback, they want the best quality, if possible, everything original.  However, this is not a good idea. Not any HD media player can replace a Blu-ray Disc player so far. Even there … Continue reading →

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[HOW TO] Rip a Blu-ray for playback with Xtreamer Pro- Blu-ray to MKV conversion

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Earvin

Ripping Blu-ray Disc to MKV file is not the only way you watch Blu-ray movies with Xtreamer Pro on your HDTV. You can also rip a Blu-ray to ISO image to play with. But here in this guide we have … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray experience with Xtreamer Pro- does it play full Blu-ray features?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Earvin

In the first place, Xtreamer Pro is not a BDP (Blu-ray Disc Player). It’s an HD media player indeed- how do people play Blu-ray movies with an HD media player which plays contents from hard disk but not optical disc? … Continue reading →

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[HOW TO] Extract PGS subtitles from MKV/Convert PGS subtitles to SRT from MKV

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Earvin

MakeMKV users could face such kind of issue: a Blu-ray Disc is successfully ripped into MKV with original video quality, and it plays well with WD TV Live Hub (or whatever HD media player), just not any subtitles are displayed … Continue reading →

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[TEST] WD TV Live Plus 1.06 is NOT playing PGS subtitles in MKV container

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Earvin

The day before yesterday I posted WD TV Live HD Media Player firmware update v1.06 released, in which I wrote “And there is a good news for movie fans that used to play Blu-ray MKV copies with WD TV Live … Continue reading →

Posted in Pavtube ByteCopy, Uncategorized, WD TV Live Plus, WD TV media players | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

WD TV Live Hub streams Hulu and SHOUTcast media with firmware v2.07

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Earvin

Earlier this month Western Digital released firmware update for the WD HD media player family, including WD TV Live, Live Plus and Live Hub.  The update for WD TV Live is obviously a bug-fixe release. When it comes to WD … Continue reading →

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WD TV Live Plus gets Hulu Plus in the firmware v1.06

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Earvin

Western Digital isn’t laying down and letting Roku and Apple TV run the in-home entertainment show. We can see that from the latest firmware update v1.06 for WD TV Live Plus- the device’s getting Hulu Plus. WD TV Live Plus … Continue reading →

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WD TV Live HD Media Player firmware update v1.06 released

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Earvin

WD TV had  announced the latest firmware update for the WD TV Live Media Player last week, which includes miscellaneous workarounds for better movie experience.  Click the following link to learn more and download the firmware update. WD TV Live … Continue reading →

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Mac Mini (Summer 2011) gets Sandy Bridge CPU Mac OS X Lion

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Earvin

“The tiny server that packs a quad-core punch.” That’s what Apple call their latest released Mac Mini box. The new Mac mini, which was launched alongside the release of Mac OS X Lion in July, improves the formula and buries … Continue reading →

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