Ripping DVD to m3u8 to play on ChromeCast via iOS

Diana Joan

Jun 12, 2015 08:35 am / Posted by Diana Joan | Categories: BD/DVD Tools

Just like the new H.265/HEVC codec, m3u8 also has its own advantages:

1) It can be dragged to any point correctly if you want to enjoy on your m3u8 players immediately fast because of no extra datas
2) It will be played with Apple’s built-in player like Quicktime and Safari
3) The player will ensure smooth m3u8 playback without interruption of network speed and resolution when playback

If you have got a box of DVD discs and want to rip them to play on my TV through Google ChromeCast from iOS devices, converting DVD to m3u8 is a wise choice. And this page, we will write a guide talks about how to rip DVD to m3u8 for smooth video streaming on ChromeCast via iOS.

  • Find Solution for DVD Ripping and Copying

To achieve the goal, you will need a great and powerful DVD to m3u8 converter. Here we highly recommend Pavtube DVDAid (Read review), which is updated and equipped with the best DVD to m3u8 encoder.

Serving as an outstanding DVD converter and ripper software designed with m3u8 Encoder, it enables users to convert DVDs to m3u8 with original quality kept. What’s more, it has a built-in optimized profile bank which covers all the mainstream video formats MOV, MKV, FLV, M4V, WMV, MPG, 3GP, and popular devices iPad, iPhone, Galaxy tablets/phones, Surface tablets and more. Thanks to the built-in video editor, you can personalize and retouch your videos in clicks. For mac users, refer to the steps here to generate M38U files from DVD disc. Now download the program and learn how to rip and encode DVD to m3u8 video for playing on ChromeCast via iOS.

Download DVD to m3u8 Encoder:

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Part I: How to rip DVD to m3u8 video for ChromeCast via iOS with ease

Step 1. Load DVD movies

Install and launch the best DVD to m3u8 Converter program. Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-ROM, and click disc icon to load your DVD movies. You can also import movies files from DVD folder, ISO.

Step 2. Select m3u8 as output format

Hit the “Format” box and select “ipad m3u8 streaming” or “”iphone m3u8 streaming” from “HLS Streaming (m3u8)” as best output format. It enables you to rip DVD to m3u8 with the best quality.

Tip: If you wanna some advanced settings, you can click “Settings” icon to adjust the bitare, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel, etc. Video codec is the default H.264 and audio codec is the default AAC.

Plus, you can click “Edit” button to do some editing work cropping, trimming, settings effect, adding subtitles.

Step 3. Start conversion

Click “Convert” button and the program will rip DVD movies to m3u8 video immediately. You can easily find the output files in the output folders once the conversion is done and then set up a HTTP server to add M3U8 files to media players such as Winamp, KMPlayer, iTunes, VLC media player etc. for video previewing.

Note: The output files should be named without space and file path should be in plain English or pure digital, otherwise it can’t be played successfully.

Part II: Get Google ChromeCast play m3u8 from iOS

Now send video from an m3u8 URL from my iOS app to play on my TV through Google ChromeCast. Just follow the steps at this page.

And here’s how you can now easily pair your Chromecast with your iOS device:

Plugging it in

Plug the Chromecast into your TV, connect the power cord, turn on the TV, and switch to the proper HDMI input setting. Next, download the Chromecast app on your iPhone or iPad, and while it is installing go to Settings, turn on Wi-Fi, and connect to the Chromecast option.

Connecting

Open the Chromecast app, which at this point should have automatically located and connected to the device. You will now be given the option to name the device and select which Wi-Fi network you would like it to run on.

Make sure your iPhone or iPad are on the same network as the Chromecast, and just like that you should be ready to start streaming.

By the way, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is the best Blu-ray/DVD/Video solution for Windows users to backup Blu-ray/DVD, compress disc and transcode video clip to almost all popular video and audio formats including m3u8 for playback.

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