As a media server application, Plex enables us to share music, movies on TV, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, and other DLNA-certified devices locally via home network connection, or remotely, as long as you have a Internet connection. To make the whold process of putting DVD into Plex for streaming and sharing to create a wireless home entertainment setup, you'll need to convert DVD to Plex compatible file formats first. For this purpose, this article will show you the way to rip and copy DVD discs for streaming over Plex Media Server for watching on TV, Android, iOS, etc. even without downloading a DVD player.
To rip DVD to Plex media server, many people is used to using HandBrake. However, the tendency becomes changed. On one side, HandBrake does not support copy protected and especially the latest DVDs natively; on the other side, it has more and more issues now such as not encoding fully. To copy all kinds of DVDs to Plex server more smoothly and easily, you are suggested to turn to a professional DVD to Plex ripper for MacBook, iMac, Mac Pro on Mac OS Sierra, OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, etc. - Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.With it, you can easily convert the commercial DVD movies to Plex compatible video files with high quality and fast speed. It aims to solve this problem by giving us the ability to store our purchased physical DVD, Blu-ray discs or video files to local computer, hard drive then stream over a home network for Plex Media Server and Samsung Galaxy, Surface, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, etc. playback. It's professional in ripping and converting Blu-ray/DVD discs, Blu-ray/DVD ISO image, Blu-ray/DVD copies, SD/HD/4K videos and more.The equivalent Windows version is Dimo Video Converter Ultimate which can rip and convert DVD movies to Plex Media Sever on Windows 10, Windows 7/8.1/XP/Vista. Just get the right version according to your computer's operating system and follow the steps below to copy DVD movies to Plex Media Sever for streaming with ease.Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose and suggests referring to the DVD copyright laws in your countries before doing so.Free Download Dimo Video Converter Ultimate (Win/Mac):
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How to Backup and Rip DVD to Plex Media Sever1. Add DVD moviesInstall and launch DVD Ripper for Plex program, and then click "Add DVD" icon to import your source movies to this program. Set your wanted audio track from the drop-down box of "Audio" tab.
2. Select an output formatClick the "Select Format" option, and choose MP4, SD/HD/4K MKV, etc. from "Format > Video", "Format > HD Video", "Format > 4K Video" as output format. Situation 1. If you want to preserve everything on a DVD, the best output format should be MPEG. MPEG/MPEG2 file converted from a DVD also contains the full information of the original, but the output file will be much smaller than others. One more thing.mpg file is generally friendly with TVs.Situation 2. If you are not overly concerned about file size, and would prefer the best-quality MKV container for output.Choose "Lossless MKV" from "Format > Multi-track". It is the standard of HD video in DVD or 1080p quality, and would preserve any multichannel audio (i.e. 5.1 surround sound). The file size may range from 4GB to 7GB. It would be widely accepted by kinds of media servers like Plex, NAS, Xbox, etc.. The audio codec ned to go to AAC, AC3 and DTS.Situation 3. If you want to seek a good balance between quality and size, and MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) would always be the answer.MPEG-4 video is the most universal format that is the best choice for playing or streaming movies onto Apple, Android, Microsoft and Sony devices like HDTVs, iPhone, Apple TV, Mac, Samsung smartphone, Xbox, PS3 and PSP. Barely any player and gadget does not support MP4. Besides, it has a better video compression, so it can deliver a good quality outcome in small file size comparatively. >> See How to Rip DVD to MP4Tip: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.
3. Start ripping DVD for Plex Media SeverClick the "Start" button under the preview window, and the DVD ripper will start the conversion from DVD movies to MKV or MP4 for Plex Media Sever. After conversion, you can stream DVD movies through Plex Media Server to HDTV or iPad, iPhone, Android, or other DLNA-compliant devices.How to Stream or Store DVD Movies with Plex or Roku Media Server?If you are to use/are using Plex:Step 1. To transfer DVD/DVD movies to Plex, first download, install and launch Plex app.Step 2. Create a Plex account.Step 3. Add library by clicking "Add Section" button and selecting "Movies".
Step 4. Select the DVD rips you want to add and click the Add Folder button.Step 5. Tune into Plex and by use of DLNA-friendly device (like DLNA-receptive set-top box, gaming console, a Chomecast) to stream the movies to different devices. Thus, you can create a digital library for use around my home by my family.Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate:
Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here. 
Kindly Note: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.Related Software:BDmate (Win/Mac)Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.DVDmate (Win/Mac)A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.Videomate (Win/Mac)An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.8K Player (Win/Mac)A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. Contact us or leave a message at Facebook if you have any issues.Related Articles:
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With the Pasonomi VR Headset, you can play amazing games, as well as watch 3D movies in your own private cinema, The Pasonomi VR Headset drops you right into the action-and it's only from Pasonomi. You probably have a pile of 3D Blu-ray discs, 2D video recordings/downloads, many 3D movie or video sources like 3D M2TS (from 3D Blu-ray), 3D movies downloaded in 3D MKV/WMV/AVI, 3D YouTube, 3D MTS/AVI shootings from 3D camcorders and so on. However, you may not be content with the digital copy bundled with the 3D Blu-ray disc and those 2D/3D media files aren't supported by Pasonomi VR natively. So, why not reformat the incompatible 2D/3D movies to Pasonomi VR playable format if you are much eager to watch 3D movies on Pasonomi VR via iPhone/Android freely? Just read on to learn the step-by-step guide how to create 3D side-by-side video for Pasonomi VR playback.
Now, let's proceed. In order to finish all these tasks, here we strongly recommend you try Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for help, a well-known 3D Movie Converter for achieving fast conversion from or to 3D content. It also is a blazing-fast drag-and-drop digital video converter, 4K converter, DVD Ripper, Blu-ray Converter, ISO Maker, Video Editor, Media Player and Media Server, which lets you convert videos/DVDs/Blu-rays to and from virtually any video format out there, with 30X faster conversion speed because of CUDA GPU acceleration.Because of the playable format of Pasonomi VR have strict requirements, such as: some MKV movie files(downloaded from Internet or some raw Blu-ray rips in MKV) in 2D or 3D SBS(Side-by-Side) work on Pasonomi VR, but the audio has to be encoded in AAC or MP3 for stereo. AC3 audio and DTS Dolby don't seem to work. Whith this top VR video converter, you can re-encode any 2D/3D movie files including DVD/Blu-ray content, FLV, MKV, M4V, MP4, VOB, M2TS, MTS, WMV, MPEG, etc. to VR Headsets (Pasonomi VR included) more compatible 3D formats and make 3D movies accepted by your Pasonomi VR or other any VR Headsets like PS VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream VR, etc. with ease. If you're using a Mac, please turn to the Mac version here. Free Download Dimo Video Converter Ultimate (Win/Mac): Other Download:
How to convert 2D/3D movies to SBS video for viewing on Pasonomi VR Step 1. Add video files to the 3D Video Converter for Pasonomi VRYou are provided two methods to add files for the 3D making task:a. Directly drag & drop 2D/3D video in any format b. Click the "Add File" button in this app's paneYou are here allowed to import more than one video files for your 3D movie creating project one by one. 
Step 2. Choose SBS 3D video as your output format for Pasonomi VRAlmost all popular output formats are provided in the format list of the video converter. To watch mvoies on Pasonomi VR with 3D effects, you can choose MP4 or MOV from "Select Format > Format > Video" or "Select Format > Format > HD Video" as output format.Note: Although there are some profiles created by the application like Gear VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and even the new added PS VR, we can always change some parameters of resolution, compression, audio, etc. 3D movies should be encoded "full side-by-side" with a 1:1 pixel aspect ratio. Content mastered at 1920×1080 compressed side--by--side 3D should be resampled to 1920×540 resolution full side--by--side resolution. We also recommend using a higher bit rate than a typical web stream at that resolution, as the pixels in your video will be magnified on the phone's screen. The optimal bit rate is content dependent, and many videos can get by with less, but 5 Mb/s should give good quality. 
Step 3. Add 3D effect Click "Edit" icon to start adding 3D SBS effect to source files. Turn to "3D" tab and choose "Left-Right" mode. If you want to get a 3D output video for playback on your 3D TV, VR One, Homido VR, etc, you can choose a proper mode too. By the way, this Video Converter Ultimate additionally supplies some useful edit functions for you to enhance your video then you can get a better 3D visual entertainment includes the cropping frame size, trimming the length, adding watermark, rotating and so on.
Step 4. Start to convert videos to SBS 3D videoClick "Start" and let the Video Converter Ultimate accomplish the rest automatically. Now, equip your Pasonomi VR and put these converted SBS 3D MKV/MOV video files to your iPhone/Android. Install a VR video player app and start your theatric 3D experience at home! BTW, you can also upload these 3D Videos to your YouTube 3D page for sharing. Related Software:BDmate (Win/Mac)Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly. DVDmate (Win/Mac)A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie. Videomate (Win/Mac)An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices. 8K Player (Win/Mac)A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate: Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here. Kindly Note: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.Contact us or leave a message at Facebook if you have any issues.Related Articles:
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Samsung's range of TVs are some of the most popular and well-received available on today's market. Having shelled out considerable amounts of hard-earned cash on brand new, top-of-the-range TVs by Samsung, some customers were understandably agitated when they got it home and came to the realisation that Samsung TV struggles with MKV videos. Q:When I play movies by connecting USB, I can view avi, mpeg files etc. But when I play MKV files, it gives an error codec not supported, and audio does not work. I can see the visuals fine with no sound.Then, can Samsung TV play MKV files? Why won't play some MKV on Samsung TV? How to watch all kinds of MKV on Samsung TV? This article will give you answer.
Can Samsung TV Play MKV? Why won't play some MKV on Samsung TV?As far as we know, codec support is likely to be limited to whatever Samsung decided to support in their TV. Unfortunately the video's you play on the TV will need to be formatted in such a way that they are encoded using codecs supported by the TV. And an MKV is a container format which can hold various video and audio codecs. If your Samsung TV can't either read the MKV file or when it does the images are kind of distorted with poor audio, you may get some MKV videos encoded beyond Samsung TV's support. This is the main reason why you got into trouble to play MKV in Samsung TV.How to watch all kinds of MKV on Samsung TVTo solve "Samsung TV not playing MKV" issue, a widely recommended solution is convert MKV to Samsung TV more compatible MP4 format. There are a huge amount of tools out there that allow you to convert MKV files to Samsung TV friendly formats. While in view of converting speed and quality, here I highly recommend you try Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, which can fast help you convert MKV to Samsung TV accepted MKV videos with customized preset profile for Samsung TV. Besides MKV, the program can also convert MP4, MOV, AVI, VOB, MTS, M2TS, MXF, WMV, etc. video formats to play on Samsung TV, iPad, iPhone, Nexus, Samsung Galaxy devices, Xbox One S, FCP, PS VR and more smoothly. Even the original 7.1 audio channel can be kept in MKV to Samsung TV supported MP4 conversion. If you're a Windows user, simply turn to the Mac version here.Free Download Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac/Win: Other Download:
Guide: Convert MKV files for playback on Samsung TVStep 1. Import MKV you want to convert to Samsung TVStart MKV to Samsung TVvideo converter and drag the .mkv files to the software interface. Or you can click "Add File" button to import the video. 
Step 2. Choose the optimized format for Samsung TVNow click the "Select Format" icon to reveal output panel. And move mouse cursor to TV category to Select Samsung TV as the output format. The optimized output format will contains the best video settings for playback on your Samsung TV. Of course, you can also choose H.264, MP4, MKV, AVI from "Format > Video" profile list.Tip: Before start the MKV to Samsung TV conversion, you can click the Settings icon and adjust the video size, video bitrate, codec, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc parameters, so that you can get a decent video on your Smart TV.
Step 3. Convert MKV to Samsung TVClick the "Start" button to start converting MKV to Samsung TV video format. After the conversion, connect the USB drive with computer and head to the destination folder where the converted files are stored; transfer the files to the USB drive then playback your MKV files on the Samsung TV with best quality. Or share them to TV wirelessly with Dimo Free media server. Why don't give this powerful tool a try today?Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac/Win:
Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 Macs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here. Kindly Note:The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 Macs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 Macs). Get your needed one at purchase page.Related Software:BDmate (Mac/Win)Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; Convert Blu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.DVDmate (Mac/Win)A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.Videomate (Mac/Win)An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.8K Player (Mac/Win)A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. Contact us or leave a message at Facebook if you have any issues.Related Articles:
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In order to avoid being damage, more convenient to manage, we used to backup DVD disc to NAS, so that the DVD movies can be playable on-the-air. To play DVD movies through NAS, a decent tool is needed to rip and convert DVD to NAS. For rip movies from DVD, MKV seems to be a great option, since it holds unlimited number of video, audio, subtitle tracks and metadata and compatible with most media players, devices, servers, like smart TV, Xbox One S, PS4 Pro, WDTV Live Plus, PopCorn Hour 500, etc. 
Then which is the top DVD ripping tools, which has strong ability to remove the copy protection of the DVD disc and rip the DVD to common MKV format for NAS streaming? Here Dimo Video Converter Ultimate should take into your consideration. With it, DVD discs, 2D/3D Blu-rays and SD/HD/4K videos can be ripped or transcoded to all popular video formats like 4K/1080P/720P MKV, MP4, MOV, M4V, WMV, FLV, AVI, 3GP, MPEG and more. Meanwhile Dimo Video Converter Ultimate also provides the preset formats for over 200 hot devices (iPad, iPhone, Android, Surface tablet, Samsung Galaxy, Xbox,PlayStation, NAS, Panasonic/Samsung/Sony/LG Smart TVs/HDTVs/3D TVs).Best of all, it allows you to make physical and digital backup copies of your DVD library to lossless MKV and evenmulti-track MP4 with multiple audio tracks preserving. If you are using Mac, you can also use the equivalent Mac version - Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac. Free Download Dimo Video Converter Ultimate (Win/Mac): Other Download:
Tutorial: How to Rip DVD to NAS in MKV format for streamingSTEP 1. Add DVD filesInsert your DVD disc into your DVD-ROM, run the DVD ripping software and click "Add DVD" icon to load your DVD movies. 
STEP 2. Choose output formatTo convert DVD to NAS storing and streaming, just click on the dropdown menu of "Select Format", and then choose MKV from "Format > Video" profile list. And to copy DVD to NAS with original audio tracks, pls choose "Format > Multi-trac > Lossless MKV".
Tips: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. To save your storage space, you can compress your DVD movies. Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice verse.
STEP 3. Start converting DVD to NASSelect the main title of your DVD (The longest one) and press the "Start" button to start ripping DVD movies for NAS streaming. When the conversion finishes, click Open button to find the output files. Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the NAS and HD TV or other media players. Then just share and enjoy the high quality movies at ease.Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate: Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here. Kindly Note: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.Related Software:BDmate (Win/Mac)Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.DVDmate (Win/Mac)A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.Videomate (Win/Mac)An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.8K Player (Win/Mac)A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. Contact us or leave a message at Facebook if you have any issues.Related Articles:
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