Apple is going to add 3 different iPad models to its iPad line series. The new iPad 2017 is now available to buy through its official website. While the other two iPad Mini 5 and iPad Pro Mini are rumored to be released in June 2017. Thanks to the portable design and light weight, all the 3 tablets are very conveniently to watch movies on the move. In addition, the large screen display also ensure a comfortable movie watching experience with perfect quality. For media enthusiasts who are going to get one in hand, you can take all your favorite movies or videos on DVD/Blu-ray disc, downloaded or purchased from online video streaming sites or captured with devices with you by putting those video on your new iPad 2017/iPad Mini 5/iPad Pro Mini. No no ideal how to make that realized, just go on reading.
What file types can be viewed on new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini?
Before transferring any media to those 3 iPad models, you should first be clear what file formats can be viewed on them. From Apple ‘s official page, we get the new iPad 2017 can handle 4K/HD/SD file formats that meet the following standard:
– H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC LC 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
– MPEG 4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC LC 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
As for iPad Mini 5 and iPad Pro Mini, although currently we still can’t find any official video and audio specification information about those two models, however, since iPad Pro Mini 5 is the successor of iPad Pro Mini 4 while iPad Pro Mini is the shrink sized iPad Pro, therefore, there won’t be any format specification difference. Just make sure that the video or movies that you decide to video or movies that you plan to view on iPad Mini 5 or iPad Pro Mini meet the playback requirements on iPad Mini 4 or iPad Pro listed below:
– H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC LC 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
– MPEG 4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC LC 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
Rip or convert Blu-ray/DVD/video for new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini playing
If you are looking for a comprehensive way to get all your personal media including Blu-ray, DVD movies or digital video played on all those 3 iPad models, we highly recommended Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (review) to you. The program not only handle digital video with virtually any file formats (H.265, XAVC/XAVC S, MXF, Prores also included), but also commercial Blu-ray and DVD disc. You can batch load multiple video file formats to save your precious time.
As for the output file format, you can also choose to produce new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini readable HD quality H.264 video or super high quality 4K H.264 high profile video, but also flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc to let them fit with the best playback settings for new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini.
Adjust output video aspect ratio
All iPad models use a 4:3 screen aspect ratio to display video, however, the Blu-ray/DVD or video that you try to view on new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini may adopts an incompatible aspect ratio that doesn’t match with your iPad, then there will be black bars when you try to view the video on the iPad. The good news is that you can easily eliminate this problem by change output video aspect ratio with the “Crop” function in the video editing window.
Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is available on macOS Sierra 10.12, Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11, Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10, Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9, etc, it is also accompanied by an up-to-date Windows version – Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows 10/8.1/8/7. The program is very clean and safe since it doesn’t feature any ads or bundled adware. What’s more, the final results produced by the program are pretty high quality, the quality of the converted video is almost identical to the original video.
Free download Windows version
Free download Mac version
How to Rip and Convert Blu-ray/DVD/Video for new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini Playing?
Step 1: Input Blu-ray/DVD or digital video.
Start the application on your computer. For loading digital video, click “File” > “Add Video/Audio” or “Add from folder” (batch load multiple files) option. For loading Blu-ray or DVD disc, Insert your Blu-ray or DVD disc into your computer’s optical drive , hit “File” > “Load from disc” option.
Step 2: Define the output format.
Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, you can either select new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini playable HD formats from “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)”. If you wish to output 4K resolution video, just choose “H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4)” under “Common Video” main category.
Output HD quality video for new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini
Output 4K resolution video for new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini
Step 3: Adjust output profile settings.
Click “Settings” on the main interface to adjust output profile settings to make them fit with your new iPad 2017, you can set the output video codec as “h264″, audio codec as “aac”, video frame rate as “30fps”, video file resolution as 1980*1020 or 3840*2160, audio sample rate as 48000hz, audio bit rate as 160000bps to make them fit with new 2017 iPad best playback settings. If you choose to output to stereo audio or Dolby Audio, please set audio bit rate as 1008000bps and sample rate as 48000Hz.
Step 4: Adjust 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, here, just choose iPad accepted 4:3 aspect ratio. Once you select the “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 5: Begin the conversion process.
After all setting is completed, hit the “Convert” button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process from Blu-ray/DVD/video to new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini
best favorable playback formats and settings.
When the conversion is finished, click “Open Output Folder” icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Launch iTunes on your Mac computer, add converted files to iTunes library, then connected your new iPad 2017/Mini 5/Pro Mini to the Mac computer, sync the files to iPad via iTunes for viewing on the move.
