How to Play DVD on Apple TV?

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Title: How to Play DVD on Apple TV?

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How to Play DVD on Apple TV

From http//www.leawo.org/tutorial/play-dvd-on-ap
ple-tv.html

Apple Airplay allows wireless streaming of
videos, audios and photos between devices. For
example, a computer either in Windows OS or in
Mac OS running iTunes can,throughout your
network, stream videos, audios and photos to an
Airplay receiver like an Apple TV in the living
room.
Many Apple-series-product fans may have a lot of
DVDs (technically, the specification is called
DVD-Video), and they may want to stream DVD to
Apple TV, or airplay DVD to apple TV and play DVD
on Apple TV. But the problem is that the DVD
format is not compatible with Apple TV and cant
be streamed directly via AirPlay. So a solution
must be figured out on how to play DVD on Apple
TV. The whole process of playing DVD on Apple TV
can be divided into four major parts to backup
DVD to disc, to convert the saved DVD to a
playable video format(to convert DVD to Apple TV
friendly format), to stream video with a computer
and to play video on Apple TV.
Part 1 A Brief Introduction to Apple TV
Part 2 Two DVD to Apple TV Converters to Rip DVD
to Apple TV
Part 3 Two Ways to Rip DVD to Apple TV
Extension 1 to Watch DVD on Apple TV without
Converting DVD to Other Formats
Extension 2 Things Necessary for Streaming via
Airplay Mirroring

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Part 1 A Brief Introduction to Apple TV

TV is a major part of peoples daily lives.
People gather together around the big screens to
watch big shows and big events. But traditional
television cannot meet peoples growing demand.
The pace of life is getting quicker and quicker,
and people require some innovative ways to
connect the big screens. Integrating apps with
television is a popular trend right now. People
would like to search what they want to watch on
the big screens. This is the main reason why
Apple TV comes into being.
First unveiled in 2006 and then undated several
times, Apple TV is a digital media player and a
micro console developed by Apple Inc., and it is
a small network appliance and entertainment
device that can receive digital data from a
number of sources and stream it to a capable TV
for playing on the TV screen.

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Part 2 Two DVD to Apple TV Converters to Rip DVD
to Apple TV

Lets first read a message from one who would
like to watch DVD on Apple TV. Can Apple TV play
DVD? I just set up my Apple TV and was very
surprised that when I played a DVD from my
MacBook, it came out all grey on the Apple TV,
which means I cannot play DVD on Apple TV due to
copyright. Is there an Apple TV DVD player or
something like that? I believe more than one
people will encounter with this situation. To
play DVD on Apple TV uninterruptedly, you need to
rip DVD to Apple TV, and the DVD ripping process
requires a DVD to Apple TV converter.You may find
it difficult to find a suitable DVD to Apple TV
converter, but you are lucky to come across this
article as I am to introduce 2 different DVD to
Apple TV converters and the respective way to
play DVD on Apple TV.

The first DVD to Apple TV converter is Aimersoft
DVD Ripper and the second one is Leawo DVD
Ripper. Both converters have two versions
Windows version and Mac version. You can choose
the suitable version according to your computers
operating system.Equipped with almost the same
functions, the two converters charge but Leawo
DVD Ripper is 10 cheaper than Aimersoft DVD
Ripper. You can see the pictures of user
interface below.
Other free DVD to Apple TV converters on the
market pale in comparison to those two converters
as they possess many advantages worthy of
praising. They can decrypt DVD that is under
copyright protection, rip DVD to video of
different formats supporting a wide range of
devices without quality loss and allow users to
choose subtitle and audio track before ripping
process. However, you are advised to choose Leawo
DVD Ripper for cost saving.

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Part 3 Two Ways to Rip DVD to Apple TV

Before ripping process takes place, you should
download and install Aimersoft DVD Ripper or
Leawo DVD Ripper. Please take note that network
connection is required.
Download and install Aimersoft DVD Ripper.
Download and install Leawo DVD Ripper.
With those two DVD to Apple TV converters in
hand, you can start to rip DVD to Apple TV in two
ways.

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First Way to Rip DVD to Apple TV Using Aimersoft
DVD Ripper(Take Windows Version as an example)

Step 1 Load Source DVD File
Click Load DVD or File gt Load DVD folder to
choose your DVD-ROM in the pop-up window and
click the OK button to import the files. As you
can see, you can either convert the whole DVD or
just choose the chapters you want to convert.

Step 2 Select Subtitles, Audio Tracks and Output
Format
Normally, DVD movies have several subtitles like
English, Chinese, French, Japanese, and so on.
You can click Subtitle to choose the one you
need or select No Subtitle. For the audio
tracks, simply click Audio Track and select the
one you want. After that, click Profile and
choose Apple TV as the output file format from
the drop-download format list for your Apple TV.
Step 3 Start converting
Finally, click the Start button to rip DVD to
Apple TV. In a few minutes, you will get the
converted movies. And then, just use iTunes to
stream the files to Apple TV and enjoy them!

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Second Way to Rip DVD to Apple TV Using Leawo DVD
Ripper(Take Mac Version as an example)

Step 1 Load Source DVD File
Launch the DVD to Apple TV converter, click Add
Blu-ray/DVD button to load source DVD movies.

Step 2 Set output settings
Click the drop-down box on the left side of the
big Convert button and then select Change
option to enter Profile frame and choose
desired video format from Format section. You
could select MOV/MP4 from Format group, or
Apple TV directly from Device group.

Optional settings Click Edit button on the
drop-down box to adjust Video Codec, Audio Codec,
Bit Rate, Video Resolution, Frame Rate, Sample
Rate, Aspect Ratio, and Audio Channel.

Step 3 Start converting
Return to the main interface and then click the
green Convert button on the sub-menu bar to
call out a sidebar, where you need to set output
directory and click the bottom Convert button
at the bottom to start DVD to Apple TV
conversion.

Step 4 Connect the Apple TV with your Mac
Open the System Preferences of your Mac
computer, and click on the Displays. Then you
can open the Airplay. Change the Airplay
Mirroring from Off to Office Apple TV, and
it will connect automatically. A couple of
seconds later, your Mac and widescreen TV will be
connected. After that, the converted DVD movies
would then be streamed to your widescreen Apple
TV once its played on your Mac.
It does not matter what converter and what method
you are using, but it does matter that you
successfully achieve the aim of playing DVD on
Apple TV. Please have fun watching DVD movies on
the large screen of HDTV!

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Extension 1 to Watch DVD on Apple TV without
Converting DVD to Other Formats

The two methods discussed above both require the
time-consuming task of converting DVD to Apple TV
before watching them on Apple TV. Here I would
like to suggest a better way for you to watch DVD
on Apple TV yet without converting DVD. In order
to bypass the complicated process of DVD ripping,
we need to take good advantage of a third-party
program, VLC player.
As for copyright protection, Apple wont allow
DVD streaming if DVD player on Mac is used, so it
is wise to employ a piece of third-party
software. Like what is stated above, VLC media
player, a free and open source cross-platform
multimedia player, will greatly function. Free
download and install VLC media player beforehand,
and then we can begin to stream DVD to Apple TV
for watching DVD directly on Apple TV. Being a
powerful program, VLC player is well compatible
with all platform, including Windows, Linux, Mac
OS X, Unix, iOS, Android and so on. Most
importantly, it is a totally free program. Free
download and install VLC media player beforehand,
and then we can begin to stream DVD to Apple TV
for watching DVD directly on Apple TV.

In the following guide, I am to take VLC player
Mac version as an example to elaborate the DVD
streaming process.
After the installation of VLC player on your
MacBook, launch it, go to File gt Open Disc in
VLC and open your DVD, like what is showed as
illustrated. When the DVD disc is opened, the DVD
video will be played on VLC player. The next step
is Airplay Mirroring setting. By hitting System
Preferencesgt Displays, you can enable Airplay
Mirroring. Please bear in mind that during
mirroring or streaming process, your MacBook and
Apple TV must connect to the same network such as
WiFi. Then VLC window will be showed on your
large-screen HDTV, which means video and audio is
streamed to your TV.

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Extension 2 Things Necessary for Streaming via
Airplay Mirroring

Not all iOS devices and MacBooks support Airplay
Mirroring. In order to stream video and audio via
Airplay Mirroring, we need to prepare two things
beforehand. On one hand, an Apple TV (2nd
generation or later) is required to receive the
video and audio. On the other, an iOS device or
MacBook is necessary for sending the video and
audio. Thats to say, to get the function of
Airplay Mirroring, we need to prepare a sender
and a receiver, and the sender and the receiver
must connect to the same network.
As for receiver, the first generation of Apple TV
is not acceptable while the 2nd or later
generation can function well. However, for
sender, the devices accepatable can be divided
into two major parts iOS devices and MacBooks.
iOS devices including iPhone 4s or later, iPad 2
or later, iPad mini or later and iPod touch (5th
generation), and Mac running Mountain Lion or
higher such as iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini
(Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or
newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer) can
all be employed as sender.