Play Thanksgiving DVD Movies on iPad/Apple TV via Plex

Summary: This guide explains how you can convert Thanksgiving DVD movies from your existing collection, so that you can watch them on iPad/Apple TV smoothly through Plex Media Server.

If you’re planning to watch Thanksgiving DVD movies from your existing collection with family members or friends, I think how to get your Thanksgiving DVD  movies on iPad/Apple TV via Plex is your confusion.

It is well known that iPad/Apple TV/Plex supports very few formats, which include H.264 and MPEG-4 videos meaning Thanksgiving DVD cannot work with your Plex channel on iPad/Apple TV. This means you will have to convert your DVD movies to an iPad/Apple TV/Plex supported file format ( like MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, etc.) . For this purpose, you will have to find a good Mac DVD ripper software (2015 Top 5 Best DVD Ripper for Mac Review for iPad/Apple TV.

For Mac users, there’s all kinds of different software out there with a variety of different options. Among them, I found Pavtube BDMagic for Mac  (Top 5 Reasons to choose Pavtube BDMagic (Best Blu-ray Ripping tool)) can be taken as a powerful DVD to Plex converter software to rip copy-protected DVD to Plex-compatible format.

Pavtube BDMagic for Mac, is a professional DVD to iPad/Apple TV Converter. It can assist you rip Thanksgiving DVD to iPad/Apple TV/Plex video format for streaming to  iPad/Apple TV for playback via Plex channel. Plus, with it, you can freely select your wanted subtitles or show the forced subtitles as you need for your favorite movie. It also displays a pleasing interface with a self-explanatory option-set placed in it.

In addition, thanks of Thanksgiving Day is coming, Pavtube offers up to 30% discount for Pavtube BDMagic for Mac (More sales information please kindly follow: 2015 Thanksgiving day Promotion). free get the software at below and follow the steps to rip/copy DVD movies on on iPads via Plex on Mac OS X El Capitan.

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-ripper-mac/
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-BDMagic/3000-7970_4-76177782.html

How to rip/copy Thanksgiving DVD Movies on iPad/Apple TV via Plex

Step 1: Add the DVD movies

Insert your DVD disc to the drive, then launch the DVD and click the "Load from disc" button to select and load the DVD movies you want to store on your Plex. VIDEO_TS folder, ISO and IFO files are also supported. After the DVD movie is loaded, you can preview it on the right viewing window and adjust volume or take snapshots freely.



Step 2: Choose output format 

Choose a compatible format for iPad/Apple TV playing via Plex. Here I recommend you click the format bar and choose "H.264 video (*.m4v)". 



Additional Tips:

As mentioned above, officially, the iPads support MPEG-4 and H.264 with .mov, .m4v, and .mp4 extensions video, meaning that’s the only media recognized over Plex’ Direct Play. If you want to prepare all of your media files (VOB, MKV, AVI, MPG, DVD and Blu-ray) for playback on iPads, you can get Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (an all-in-one video, DVD and Blu-ray solution) to achieve your goal smoothly.

Step 3: Start the final ripping process

Hit the “Convert” button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. When you the conversion process shows in 100%, you can locate the ripped films in the target folder.

Transfer the Ripped Thanksgiving DVD Movies to Plex Media Server

Step 1: Download Plex on your computer.

Step 2: To launch the Plex Server interface, right click on the arrow icon and click on "Media Manager." This should open Plex in your default browser, and you should see this screen:



Step 3: Click on the "Add a section" link in My Library. A popup will ask you if you want to add movies, TV shows, music or photos. Select the type of media you want to add.



Step 4: Once you've selected the type of media, you'll have to point Plex to the folder(s) where your iTunes movies are stored.

Step 5: Add all the locations on your disk where you think you have your videos stored, and hit save. Once you click save, Plex should automatically start scanning your media and fetching artwork and other associated metadata from the internet.



Now you can watch the DVD movies on iPad/Apple TV via Plex without any hassles.

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