Any recommendations on apps for ripping and converting dvd movies for watching on a Tablet S?
Aside from copyright issues (let's not even go there) I travel a lot and it would be far easier to take a handful of SD cards with my favourite movies or TV shows on them than lug a box of DVD's half way around the world with me.
I have seen people put movies on their iPads but I don't want to have to pay to download a movie that I already own on dvd just so I can watch it on my tablet.
Advice appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda app-developers app
For the conversion I would recommend MediaCoder. It's the most versatile tool. The target format would be mp4 (H.264, Baseline Profile).
Supported Video Formats for the Tablet S and the built-in players:
H.263, Profile0, max. 704x576, max 4 Mbps, .mp4;.3gp
H.264/AVC, Baseline Profile, max. 1920x1080, max 10 Mbps, .mp4;.m4v;.3gp
MPEG-4, Simple Profile/Advance Simple Profile, max 1920x1080, max 10 Mbps, .mp4;.3gp
WMV, Simple Profile/Main Profile, max 1920x1080, max 10 Mbps, .wmv
Thanks for that.. Anyone have any thoughts on rippers and/or combined ripping and conversion software applications?
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda app-developers app
I use Freemake, very simple to use and good quality.
If you haven't yet put mx player on your tab, it will play most formats
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
tonylee2000 said:
Anyone have any thoughts on rippers and/or combined ripping and conversion software applications?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Check out Slysoft's CloneDVD Mobile. It is one of the best rip-and-convert softwares you'll find and well worth its price. For ripping/copying protected DVDs, you'll also need to use SlySoft's AnyDVD HD, which is also well worth its price. I have used all of SlySoft's softwares (except Game Jackle) for several years and have yet to find a DVD they failed to handle.
Cat McGowan said:
Check out Slysoft's CloneDVD Mobile. It is one of the best rip-and-convert softwares you'll find and well worth its price. For ripping/copying protected DVDs, you'll also need to use SlySoft's AnyDVD HD, which is also well worth its price. I have used all of SlySoft's softwares (except Game Jackle) for several years and have yet to find a DVD they failed to handle.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks - Freemake seemes to be doing an ok job right now - though some stuff it struggles to convert. Also, I have tried to change the dimensions in Freemake so that there is less letterbox and more image on the screen but everytime I do it crashes.
Will check out the Slysoft stuff but it seems a bit expensive for the convenience.
Thx
TL
rimsilva said:
I use Freemake, very simple to use and good quality.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thx. Freemake seems to be doing the job - though there are a couple of titles it has struggled with. Also, there seems to be a lot of letterbox and not a lot of picture. Everytime I try and change the ratios, Freemake crashes on me. If you know of some magic setting I would appreciate knowing what it is!
Cheers
TL
tonylee2000 said:
Thx. Freemake seems to be doing the job - though there are a couple of titles it has struggled with. Also, there seems to be a lot of letterbox and not a lot of picture. Everytime I try and change the ratios, Freemake crashes on me. If you know of some magic setting I would appreciate knowing what it is!
Cheers
TL
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I don't know if I understood your problem.
The crash maybe is due to a problem in your PC.
Personally, I normally choose MKV format and HD 720p quality for my rip's.
Hope this can help you!
I use Handbrake, although may check out Freemake, to convert.
I also use DVD43 as well, never failed yet, for those copy protected DVD's
gordo79 said:
If you haven't yet put mx player on your tab, it will play most formats
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I second this, MX Player is a great app for playing those video files like .avi, .mpg, and .mkv that most movies come in these days. Perfect for watching my anime's xD
I do try to watch video full hd 720 however I can not if
Another one for mx player here, one of the only apps on the market that fades out the icons on the notification bar just like the sony stock app.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk 2.0
Imo moboplayer is a lot better than mx video player. Mx player just doesn't seem as clear.
Btw I'm a new sony tab user soon. Just ordered one.
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
Related
I have been looking at a few ways to do it but whats the best/fastest ?
Wow. Is dragging and dropping just that much of an exhausting task? I don't think it gets much easier than that. lol
What have you tried?
what does the file type have to be?..width? anything have to be converted?
RockPlayer plays most formats.
I have been looking for ages for a suitable way to stream video files to my phone. ORB is NOT the solution and does not work well on Android for some reason, not even. The browser based access is better then the app, but its still horrible.
I have an average of 25mbps upload bandwidth through Verizon Fios and stream movies over the internet to friends and family all the time on PC. I use a UPNP streamer and a VPN client to accomplish the streaming and XBMC as a client to view the video. I just can find a suitable way to do this on my phone.
The fact that our phone plays divx natively now makes this all the more frustrating.
If we could figure out a way around the WiFi only aspect of AllShare setting up a VPN should give us access to a UPNP server at home from anywhere.
Any DVD Converter
I purchased this program awhile back while trying to back up my kid's dvds (cars, up, bolt, etc) so that I could throw them on my PS3 and have him just click them to watch instead of throwing the dvds around and fingerprinting/scratching them up.
I tried to figure out how to do it the "free" way for about a week with ffmpeg etc and finally gave up and decided it was worth 45 bucks to have it done for me in one click instead of running command prompt commands only to get a video that was out of sync or unplayable on the ps3.
Anyway, this thing works like a charm and if you encode to ps3 it will work on your vibrant. Have already ripped a few dvds and put them on there.
I tried posting the link but since I am new, the forum won't let me. Google "any dvd converter" and it should come up though.
They also have a free program for converting regular video files instead of dvds but I haven't tried that to see if it works well on the phone. It's called Any Video Converter.
Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
speoples20 said:
Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 for Handbrake.
I'm amazed I keep seeing these topics. Why not just drag your files over and use the included video player. I've tried many Divx and Xvid files and every one has played just fine.
I guess it only helps that my entire movie collection already is in that format I suppose.
It can play a lot of different file types. I have put mkv (no subtitle support though), avi, divx, xvid. The list of all compatible formats and codecs can be found on Samsung's support site for the Vibrant. The codecs supported are Divx, Xvid, MPEG-4 AVC, H.263, H.264. And the formats are 3GP, MPG, MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, H.263.
I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
agrover5279 said:
I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As I understand the player does not work very good with files over 2 GB.
There is a program called double twist. Its pretty much iTunes for android. It syncs all your media to your device. I have a small selection of songs and a few movies on my vibrant.
Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using XDA app
Compressing them won't do a lot of good (in my experience). I'd recommend re-encoding them at a framerate no greater than 29.97, the resolution set to match the scale of the Vibrant, and audio sampling between 96 and 128 kbps. Adjust the various settings until you are happy with the quality while whittling down that file size.
Just my two cents.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Thought I would post up a new trick I saw on Gizmodo the other day. There is a program you can download for your PC called LiBox. Just download the server, install it on your PC, wait FOREVER while it builds the library. Now you have access to your videos from any device with a connection to the internet. Well ok thats a bit of a fib on their part. The device needs to have Flash support.
I have already tested this server on my friends Nexus1 and it works beautifully. It makes Orb look like a hunk of ****, which it is on Android.
LiBox has also stated that they will soon release a client App for Android. They just put out their app for the iPhone the other day.
So we have two options for this service in the near future. One we use there app and hopefully get to use our native player or two we wait till we get 2.2 + Flash 10 support and play them through the browser.
Either way this service looks to be just what I have been waiting for.
speoples20 said:
Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, but Handbrake alone does not decode the video, as I tried it on 3 DVD's, and all i got was screwed up video and intermittent sound. What did work for me is using the free DVD rip to hard drive of the program DVDFab then pointing Handbrake at the decoded files to make the copy for my phone. Works great for me!
I have always seemed to have good luck with videora. Its a free download. Its actually an ipod/iphone converter. Just set it to h264. Its a pretty straight forward applivation.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Shagman68 said:
Yes, but Handbrake alone does not decode the video, as I tried it on 3 DVD's, and all i got was screwed up video and intermittent sound. What did work for me is using the free DVD rip to hard drive of the program DVDFab then pointing Handbrake at the decoded files to make the copy for my phone. Works great for me!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
DVD Decrypter is free and works very well, not trial bloatware like DVDFab. It also has a built in DVD Burner and plays really well with the freeware program DVD Shrink if you like to make your 7GB DVD-9's into nice 4.7GB DVD-5's or if you just want to strip out the FBI, Trailers, Special Features etc.
There's this torrent application called "Swarm".
This client actually WORKS. I'm serious. Try it out. I always get good speeds on WiFi, 3G and even EDGE.
It costs money on the Market, but it's REALLY worth it.
oquinones said:
+1 for Handbrake.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
agrover5279 said:
I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Most of my movies are MKVs and I've used Handbrake CLI for all of them. Just use the following
.mp4 container
H.264
AAC
1280x720 (this is optional but it works the best for me)
24 FPS
You can lower the resolution if you want but 720p has a really good quality. If your videos are in 16:9 then you can lower the resolution to 854x480 to maintain the aspect ratio. If the movies are in 2.35:1 then you would still use 854x480 but you're going to have black bars.
gagb1967 said:
As I understand the player does not work very good with files over 2 GB.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have three movies over 2GB on my sdcard and they work fine.
Hello
Im looking for a media player that can reproduce all possible formats (mostly videos). Something like VLC for Android would be nice.
Anything out there?
Rockplayer is awsome, but it's only for videos, and it's not free either, but worth the $, so far it played any video I threw at it. Videos over 2GB tend to play a bit slow though.
Vplayer alpha is your best bet. It is free and it supports all fortmas.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
Also option is to get xiisoft (take regard of name typo) video converter who got a lot of profiles to optimise playing from multiple different devices and such, one of those profiles includes lot of android devices.
To just span the options here.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
crs77 said:
Rockplayer is awsome, but it's only for videos, and it's not free either, but worth the $, so far it played any video I threw at it. Videos over 2GB tend to play a bit slow though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see it is free but just has ads at the bottom (of the program I assume; Not during playback)
Thats alright.
can we get a new thread on this? i would liek to know what to use
i think MX player is the best one or else you can go for paid player they will give more formats and mx player is best for watching videos and also you can add custom subtitle and there is an option like video play back hahaha it is very interesting while lock the phone and listing audio without video.
I've been using an iPhone for god knows how long just becuase of Air Video - there are no alternatives for Android. The Galaxy S II is looking absolutely perfect, but there's just one more thing I absolutely must confirm before I make the purchase.
I'm a huge anime watcher. I watch anime on the go all the time. The iPhone 4 uses Air Video and does that perfectly. Since there's no alternative for Android the Galaxy S II must be able to watch it without conversion for me to replace my iPhone with it.
My anime are almost always 720p, MKV encoded with h.264, softsubs. That's generally the industry standard for anime distribution. Will the Galaxy S II play these files without conversion. If it's a yes, then I'm ordering right now.
If someone here actually has one and watches anime, it would be much appreciated if you can download an episode and try it out on your device. Telling me your results would be much appreciated!
The most important thing is framerate, audio and subtitle rendering.
Havent watched anime specifically but tested a x264 encoded blu ray 1080p and that worked fine.
Edit: Have u got a sample that i/we could test?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
tjjensen23 said:
Havent watched anime specifically but tested a x264 encoded blu ray 1080p and that worked fine.
Edit: Have u got a sample that i/we could test?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would love to post a link here, but as a new member, I can't post images or links.
EDIT: I sent a link to you via. PM. It would be great if you can test it. Don't worry, it's not licensed outside of Japan. Not illegal.
And I'm in Melbourne too! Where did you get your S II from?
Got mine on lauch from handtec
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
I can confirm 720p (and 1080p as well most likely) MKV files (yes, anime. Tried it with released from gg, commie, UTW) with .ass/.srt softsubs play perfectly. The more advanced aspects of .ass subs don't work but it's no big deal - Styling, transition effects, etc.
I'm using mVideoPlayer instead of the stock one as the stock can't read .ass softsubs.
If I had this two years ago when i used to go on anime binges it would've been perfect. Didn't like waiting 30 mins for each ep to convert to 480x272 mp4s.
Should play them, make sure the subs file name is the same as the video (up to the file extension obviously). If the subs don't play try converting them to .srt subs and try again!
1920x1080 mkv's play fine, full speed. This is the only phone that's been able to play my 'Bad Apple PV' test mkv at full speed without the video/sound getting out of sync after 20 seconds.
However subtitles did not work in any of the players I tried (default, mobo & rock). Will look for another player later.
NZtechfreak said:
Should play them, make sure the subs file name is the same as the video (up to the file extension obviously). If the subs don't play try converting them to .srt subs and try again!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
These MKV's don't have a separate subs file. They're built into the mkv as a separate data stream.
For those looking for an alternative to Air Video, I've been using Plex. It has a companion program that runs on your comp (just like air video) that converts pretty much any video format to stream to your android device. Only problem is that it's not quite as easy to set up to stream over 3g/4g as air video is. But if you know how to port-forward your router, it's pretty easy from there. Hope this helps some ppl!
Uvaavu said:
1920x1080 mkv's play fine, full speed. This is the only phone that's been able to play my 'Bad Apple PV' test mkv at full speed without the video/sound getting out of sync after 20 seconds.
However subtitles did not work in any of the players I tried (default, mobo & rock). Will look for another player later.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try mVideoPlayer.
Sticks02 said:
I can confirm 720p (and 1080p as well most likely) MKV files (yes, anime. Tried it with released from gg, commie, UTW) with .ass/.srt softsubs play perfectly. The more advanced aspects of .ass subs don't work but it's no big deal - Styling, transition effects, etc.
I'm using mVideoPlayer instead of the stock one as the stock can't read .ass softsubs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This post confirmed it. Thank you very much. Placing the order now.
Sticks02 said:
If I had this two years ago when i used to go on anime binges it would've been perfect. Didn't like waiting 30 mins for each ep to convert to 480x272 mp4s.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why are you not watching anime anymore? There are so many good things this season.
The S2 can play HD content no problem, it's the media player you should be looking at. If one doesn't read subs in MKV containers then just move on to the next media player and check. Yeah anyway, no problems.
As for why i'm not watching any, i'm too busy. I work/study 50+ hours a week now, I try to squeeze something in during the commutes though.
Enjoy your new beast phone.
theproskater said:
For those looking for an alternative to Air Video, I've been using Plex.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It doesn't support subtitles, so it's of no use for people who watch anime. xD
Uvaavu said:
These MKV's don't have a separate subs file. They're built into the mkv as a separate data stream.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, not sure why I was thinking of external subs. I have some 720p MKVs and their subs, of the kind you mention, do play in the default player for me...
...and to answer a question above: Yes! Seeking within 1080p content works just fine.
ImperialX said:
I would love to post a link here, but as a new member, I can't post images or links.
EDIT: I sent a link to you via. PM. It would be great if you can test it. Don't worry, it's not licensed outside of Japan. Not illegal.
And I'm in Melbourne too! Where did you get your S II from?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tested and verified that it works 100% playback, subtitles and skipping through (used mvideoplayer)
tjjensen23 said:
tested and verified that it works 100% playback, subtitles and skipping through (used mvideoplayer)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you so much. Buying now from handtec.
I have the default player, moboplayer, mvideoplayer, and Rockplayer installed, each will do a little something the others won't. Interesting there is now enough CPU and RAM grunt for software decoding to manage things that were like slideshows on other phones.
whats the largest size file you can put onto the gs2?
tried to copy a 4.4 gb mkv to the phone and says its to large of a file,
do i have to create a partition in a different format?
if so whats the best method?
any help much appreciated.
On the subject of video, has anyone use DLNA to connect to a Twonky server? My G2X would connect but not play video. I'm hoping it's because the G2X couldn't support MKV which is what all me stuff's encoded in. Thx.
I have a 3gb 1080p anime movie I use for testing. Lots of things happening on screen. I dont watch anime at all, but subtitles was included in the movie and displayed fine.
1 was a subtitled Dragon ball z/gt(dont know really) but played fine with subtitles. the other was a soul blade(i think) that played smoothly also.
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
drspikes said:
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Drag and drop Worked so far on almost all movies I've put on my phone, alogn with TV shows and even streamed Southpark studios full eps over it
How can you drag and drop a dvd? , I use DVDfab not free but very good, I am ripping a dvd in flv to see what the quality is like.
If you are on Ubuntu you can use OgmRip...the best!
Seems fairly obvious but if you're watching direct on your phone I'd also advise to rip as close to 800x480 if you can so there is less up/down scaling needed to be done by the phone.
Might as well be as close to native screen resolution as possible - 1 pixel to 1 pixel always works out better!
Thanks.
Any advice on the best format to rip to. MKV seems popular but MP4 or H.264 seem common to.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
MP4 or H264 or H263 .
MKV to many post problems with that format .
jje
drspikes said:
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you may try foxreal dvd ripper, it's really easy to use, just click,click and done.
and from its website, you will find lots of tutorial on galaxy s 2, they introduce the galaxy s 2 video format with detail settings to us
hope this can help you
I've been using dvdNext. I first create an ISO then convert to h.264. The program allows you to create ISOs, burn to disc, and select from a multitude of mobile formats with differing qualities and resolutions.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
Some of these replies don't make sense, as mp4 and mkv are containers whereas h.263 and h.264 are video codecs. Also, native DVD format is 720x480 so it doesn't make sense to rip to resolutions higher than that (you might as well let the phone do the resizing).
My suggestion is to use handbrake and rip to a high-quality format with good compression (e.g., h.264 video/AAC audio, mkv container). The High Profile preset is good (although it defaults to mp4 rather than mkv).
Ok, firstly, i used the search, found this thread, didnt help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427587
I know the prime can read pretty much any video file given the right player, thats not my question.
My problem is most of my bluerays have been converted to digital, in some cases the files are over 10 gigs. Now i CAN play those files on my prime however i can only fit a couple on my sd card before i run out of space.
What im looking for is settings to optimize conversion for best quality the prime can show while reducing the file size to the smallest possible.
For instance, a 1080P video will play at a max resolution of 1280 x 800. Audio can be stripped to stereo instead of 5.1 surround since the prime wont output much better anyways.
Most of my files are MKV format.
WinFF is my software of choice, its worked well for me in the past but there were specific config files for it. Unfortunately i dont know enough about video encoding to know which settings to use for the prime.
Anyone have experience with WinFF? Have other software you use that works better? If anyone has suggestions im open to them. Thanks!
If I remember right, AVS vide converter has that option but it's not free. I'm sure there are free alternatives but I can't name any
Sent from my sgs2 running cm9
edited first post. WinFF is my software of choice but im not sure what settings to use other than 1050x800 for the resolution. What bit rates should i use, what presets? any ideas?
I wouldn't use x800.
Down-convert to 720p and stick to the Scene rules (attached) and you'll be good.
Edit: looks like the .png attach gets resized to useless. Grab the .c file and rename to .png.
I stick to CD size 700Mb downloads and they seem to work fine whatever the resolution.
I use handbrake (free) to convert my movies. If the movie is 1080p scale it down to 720p. i use the profile from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060825
movies end up being like 2 gb tops and play great. they will even stream with the average wifi signal on the prime.
I do my conversions with RipBot264.
For the Prime, I convert:
Video down to 720p mkv with quality set to High-Profile CQ19 or CQ20. No sense in 1080p unless I'm watching on 40"+ big screen that can show the extra resolution.
I set audio to DD/DTS "5.1 core only" because I use the same files with my laptop (Lenovo X220) which can output 5.1 via HDMI or optical equipped USB sound card ($25 SIIG soundwave in my case). I can understand why some would go down to stereo, but audio data is small compared to video data.., so there's not that much of a size penalty for keeping 5.1 audio since I might actually use it.
Main reason I use RipBot is to deal with movies that have forced subtitles. I can identify the forced subtitle track and have it build/render the subtitles into the video frames. This is so I don't have to deal with whether my device/player supports subtitles correctly. Watching something like District 9 (heavily subtitled) would be a disaster, otherwise.
Size wise, I usually see around an 80-85% reduction in size vs the original source m2ts file.
But this is what I love about the TF201. If I'm in a rush to make a flight, I don't have to convert. It will play the same 1080p CQ18 mkv I use on my XBMC / NAS setup. Heck, it'll even play the raw Bluray m2ts file straight off the disc. Love my TF201.
Ya, as stated in OP PLAYING the videos is never a problem, its just storing more than a couple of those extra high res videos takes a toll on my onboard memory
Thanks for the tips all around, will definately give them a go.
Just use ttorrent. Problem solved.
Sent from my Samsung iDroid
dnar56 said:
Just use ttorrent. Problem solved.
Sent from my Samsung iDroid
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not quite. Not all movies make it to a torrent. Hand brake as was previously posted is what I've been using for a while and it works great. SUPER works and has presets for quite a few screen types and sound codecs.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium
gunz.jones said:
Not quite. Not all movies make it to a torrent. Hand brake as was previously posted is what I've been using for a while and it works great. SUPER works and has presets for quite a few screen types and sound codecs.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what presets are you using? how do the movies turn out? what file size would an average length movie turn out to?