The new iPad 2017 is a 9.7-inch gadget which is not as feature rich as the iPad Pro, nor as thin as the iPad Air 2, but it’s the perfect mix of functionality and price. For those people who wish to watch videos or movies on the move, the new iPad 2017 can be your perfect choice thanks to its light weight, portable design, high definition retina display and long battery life. It’s won’t be difficult for you to watch movies or TV shows with the built-in video streaming apps on new iPad 2017, however, have you imagine of watching Blu-ray movies on new iPad 2017?
Rip Blu-ray movies for new iPad 2017 enjoying
Obviously, you can’t directly play Blu-ray movies on new iPad 2017 since there are no built-in Blu-ray drive on the new iPad 2017 for you to read the Blu-ray disc. In addition, Apple offers no built-in Blu-ray playing function on none of its devices including iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. Therefore, the only available way to get Blu-ray movies played on new iPad 2017 is ripping Blu-ray movies to new iPad 2017 compatible digital file formats with a third-party Blu-ray Ripper software.
New iPad 2017 supported file formats
Before perform the Blu-ray to digital format ripping process, first have a look at new iPad 2017 supported file formats below:
– H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AACLC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
– MPEG4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AACLC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
From above lists, we can see that the new iPad 2017 supports to play H.264 mp4, mov or m4v video with a resolution up to 4K or MPEG-4 video with a resolution of 640×480. To smoothly view the Blu-ray movie on new iPad 2017 with perfect quality, it would be much ideal for you to output an HD H.264 file format. Here, you can complete the job with Pavtube BDMagic for Mac. Which can powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection and region codec, you can then freely rip the non protected date on Blu-ray disc/BDMV folder/ISO image file and also DVD disc, Video_TS folder and IFO/ISO image file to new iPad 2017 best compatible H.264 HD MP4, MOV or M4V file formats.
In the program’s profile setting windows, you can flexibly tweak the output video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc to let them fit with new iPad 2017 best playback settings listed above.
Adjust output video aspect ratio
The Blu-ray movies have an aspect ratio of 16:9, it doesn’t match with the display screen aspect ratio of your 2017 new iPad (which display video with aspect ratio of 4:3), then there be black bars around the video when viewing the produced video on iPad, then it would be essential for you to change the output video aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3 with the “Crop” function in the program’s editing window to let it fit with the new iPad 2017 display aspect ratio.
For people who wish to transfer and play unsupported digital video on new iPad 2017, you can download Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows/Mac to change any unsupported digital video, Blu-ray or DVD disc into new iPad 2017 best favorable playback formats and settings.
How to Rip Blu-ray Movies or New iPad 2017 Watching?
Step 1: Load Blu-ray disc.
Insert the Blu-ray disc into your computer’s Blu-ray drive. If your computer doesn’t ship with a drive, you will need to purchase an external USB Blu-ray drive to read on the data on Blu-ray disc. Then press “File” > “Load from disc” option on the main interface, alternatively, you can also import Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO files with the program.
Step 2: Choose output file format.
Scroll down the “Format” drop-down options, choose 2017 new iPad best compatible HD file formats by following “H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)” under “HD Video” main category.
Step 3: Change output video aspect ratio.
Go the “Crop” tab in the “Video Editor” Window, switch to the “Advanced Mode”. To change output video aspect ratio, there are several aspect ratios for you to choose from, including 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, and 2:1, you can choose iPad accepted aspect ratio. Once you select a “Display aspect ratio”, the “green crop frame” will keep this ratio to crop video and you are able to preview the final effect in real time. If you want to keep the same aspect ratio in your final output files, do remember to set the Video “Size (pix)” in “Settings” section as the same ratio as display aspect ratio.
Step 4: Begin the conversion process.
After all setting is completed, hit the “Convert” button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin Blu-ray to new iPad 2017 best favorable H.264 HD format and settings conversion process.
When the conversion is finished, click “Open Output Folder” icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. You can then move the video to iPad for enjoying on the move.