How to Stream and Play Blu-ray movies on Apple TV 4/3/2?

Summary: Have a bunch of Blu-ray collections at hand, ever thought of copying and streaming them into Apple TV for a better visual experience on HD TV? If so, don't miss the below article as to how to convert and transfer Blu-ray movies into Apple TV.

"I intend to play my Blu-ray disc on Samsung Smart TV via Apple TV, how to copy and transfer Blu-ray to Apple TV for playing freely?"

Of course, most of us are not about to pay iTunes' ridiculous prices to watch movies and TV shows if we've already owned a raft of Blu-rays. Generally, most people's first thought upon playing Blu-ray movies on HDTV is to insert them to an external Blu-ray player, connected with a HD TV such as Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV or Sony Smart TV, etc. This way is very common and effective but also troublesome, as Blu-ray discs are easy to get scratched or damaged after repeated use. On the contrary, copying and streaming Blu-ray content into Apple TV, seems to be a more favorable choice for saving physical space and protecting Blu-ray disc.

While, here comes a problem, the majority of Blu-ray discs are entwined with various DRM protections. And in addition, neither Blu-ray nor its decrypted Blu-ray rips can be supported by Apple TV. On this case, the best workaround is to get rid off the Blu-ray protections and convert them into iTunes/Airplay compatible format, and then sync to Apple TV for playback without any limit. Have no idea of that? No fret! The following article will walk you through the process of converting and transferring Blu-rays into Apple TV.

Part One: Rip Blu-ray to Apple TV supported video format

Here, Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is highly recommended. This professional Mac Blu-ray Ripper for Apple TV is specially designed for the Apple TV 4/3/2 users to convert and compress 1080p Blu-ray to Apple TV 4/3/2 compatible format H.264 or MPEG-4 at super fast speed with the CUDA or AMD acceleration technology support. The output quality is so excellent that can't tell any difference when compared with playing the discs on Blu-ray player. Besides, with this program, you can freely select wanted subtitles for your Blu-ray movies. For ripping Blu-ray to Apple TV on Windows, please turn to Brorsoft Blu-ray ripper for Windows.

Step 1: Import Blu-ray movie to Blu-ray to Apple TV Ripper for Mac.
Launch Blu-ray to Apple TV Ripper for Mac, and click the button like a disc to add Blu-ray to the best Blu-ray to Apple TV Ripper for Mac. You can tick the box in front of the file you want to rip. If necessary, you can double click the each file to have a preview.

Step 2: Select an output format for Apple TV and set the output folder.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “HD video > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” which is the compatible format for Apple TV. You can also choose the format from the “Apple TV” sublist. Here we recommend you to choose H.264 HD Video. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.

Tip: If you wanna edit Blu-ray movie, you can click the “Edit” icon to edit, like cropping, trimming, adding watermark effect, deinterlacing, merging, rotating and more.

Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.

Note:
Optimal settings for Apple TV:
Video Size: 1280*720
Video Bitrate: 4000kbps
Video Frame rate: 24fps or 30fps
Audio codec: ac3
Audio Sampling rate: 48000hz
Audio Bitrate: 160kbps
Audio Channels: 5.1Channels



Step 4: Start converting Blu-ray to H.264 HD Video for Apple TV on Mac.
Click the “Convert” icon; it will convert Blu-ray to Apple TV with 720p resolution on Mac immediately. Find the total converting process in the “Conversion” interface.



Part Two: Stream converted Blu-ray movies into Apple TV

AirPlay DVD to Apple TV 4
Step 1. Open iTunes and add the ripped DVD video to iTunes by File -> Add file to library
Step 2. Connect your Mac and Apple TV 4 to the same Wi-Fi.
Step 3. Click AirPlay icon (besides volume slider) and select Apple TV to enable the DVD to Apple TV streaming.
Step 4. And then you can watch DVD on Apple TV 4/3/2.
Note: DVD video to Apple TV 4 AirPlay requires iTunes 10.1 and superior, OS X Mountain Lion and later. Despite the fact it has HDMI 1.4 UHD video output on the back, Apple TV 4 does not allow 4K video streaming or AirPlay. For AirPlay DVD/4K video to Apple TV 4 on both Mac and Windows, give 5KPlayer a shot.

Mirror DVD to Apple TV 4
Step 1. Play DVD on Mac using an external DVD drive (if needed) and 3rd-party DVD player.
* DVDs played back with default Apple players cannot be mirrored
Step 2. Open "Settings" on Apple TV to turn on AirPlay. Connect Mac and Apple TV to the same Wi-Fi.
Step 3. Check "AirPlay Display" settings in system preference on Mac. Make sure it is enabled.
Step 4. Click AirPlay button and select Apple TV.
Step 5. Tap the AirPlay button again and choose "Mirror Built-in Display". Then you will be able to watch DVD videos on Apple TV/4.
AirPlay and Mirror of course are impressive video streaming technologies for downloaded and locally stored movie files. But is Mirror the best way for playing DVD on Apple TV 4? Well, it depends. It may take you a while to realize that most DVDs cannot be played on Apple TV 4 via mirroring, due to copyright issues, making DVD rip to Apple TV 4 a necessary step.

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