Want to play your home movies on your Apple TV (Apple TV 3) only to find that your videos are not supported by Apple TV? Need to convert video to Apple TV? Now it's just a piece of cake with this easy how-to guide. Here you will learn how to convert video files to Apple TV compatible formats and enjoy videos in any format on Apple TV without any limitations.
The video conversion program from Aimersoft is a professional Apple TV video converter that allows you to convert all regular video formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, VOB, ASF and more to Apple TV supported formats. In this way, you can view any video on your Apple TV. First of all, download the converter and then follow the tips to convert video files to fit Apple TV with ease.
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How to convert video to Apple TV (Apple TV 3) in clicks
Here the way to convert video files to Apple TV (Apple TV 3) is described in details. The method to change video format for Apple TV on Mac is the same. You just need to make sure you have got the right version according to your computer's operating system.
1 Load video files
Click the Add Files button import videos from your computer or devices connected to your computer. After the files have been loaded, you can preview the videos, take snapshots, etc. as you like. And if you want to join all the added video clips into one single movie for Apple TV, simply tick Merge all videos into one to combine all the files.
2 Customize the output video (optional)
By clicking the Edit button displayed at the end of each item, you can personalize the video by trimming into many segments, customizing the video frame size, applying special movie effects, adding watermarks, inserting subtitles, etc.
3 Select the output video format
To convert video files to Apple TV, you won't be confused since the video preset for Apple TV, Apple TV 2 and Apple TV 3 (The New Apple TV) are provided. Just click Output Format on the right and select the model of Apple TV from Device > Apple as the export format. In this way, you can just convert your videos to fit Apple TV and enjoy them in full screen.
4Start converting videos for Apple TV (Apple TV 3)
When all the settings are done, click the Convert button to let the Apple TV movie converter to start converting the added video clips to Apple TV supported format with optimized settings. After the conversion, get the videos by clicking Open Folder and then you can enjoy them on your Apple TV with no problems.
About Apple TV and its supported formats
Mac created the Apple TV as a media receiver designed to play content from websites and online video databases such as Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, iCloud, Flickr, NHL GameCenter, NBA League Pass, and the iTunes Store. The first generation Apple TV was released in 2007. Its latest model is the Apple TV 3rd generation.
The Apple TV can play digital files of different formats. For video, it can handle H.264 and MPEG-4 videos with the following extensions: M4V, MOV, and MP4. It can also play M-JPEG or Motion JPEG files in the AVI format.
For audio files, Apple TV can play the following formats: AAC, MP3, AIFF, and WAV. It can also process the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround pass-through. Apple TV can handle image files as well, for as long as they come in the JPEG, GIF, and TIFF formats.
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Yes. You can choose HD MP4 as the output format and set the resotion as 1920*1080.
Apple TV 2 supports 1080p. Do you plan on having that format to support?