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New to Android - Confused About Movies/TV

I've got the LG G2x. I reckon the battery won't sustain watching a movie or tv show. But I'm game to try!
I see that I can rent movies from Android App Market but unless i am mistaken these are streaming. I travel often for business and would like to watch a movie or tv show on the plane without paying for wifi on the plane. Plus it is not available on all flights.
So how can I download content to the Android phone and watch it not streaming?
I've researched some and most threads talk about pirating and converting, etc. I'm looking for legal and easy.
Thanks in advance!

Well you can still purchase dvd's...either standard or blu-ray and rip the movie onto your computer as a backup, and it's 100% legal. Then you can buy a program that will convert the file into a more compressed format...again, legal. Then you can purchase a large sdmicro card to put the file onto your phone. Then you can find an app on market that plays the file format you have converted to.
All of this would be legal. Now the specifics on HOW to do it, are a bit more complicated, and you would really be better served doing some research on forums dedicated to video converting.
Personally, I use a program called AnyDVDHD for the ripping part. Then I use Pavtube for the converting part...I like it because it lets me specifically choose container type, audio bitrate, video bitrate, etc...it's more customizeable than others that I've tried. As far as playing the converted video on the phone, I use Moboplayer or Arcmedia, depending on the file.

mmapcpro said:
Well you can still purchase dvd's...either standard or blu-ray and rip the movie onto your computer as a backup, and it's 100% legal. Then you can buy a program that will convert the file into a more compressed format...again, legal. Then you can purchase a large sdmicro card to put the file onto your phone. Then you can find an app on market that plays the file format you have converted to.
All of this would be legal. Now the specifics on HOW to do it, are a bit more complicated, and you would really be better served doing some research on forums dedicated to video converting.
Personally, I use a program called AnyDVDHD for the ripping part. Then I use Pavtube for the converting part...I like it because it lets me specifically choose container type, audio bitrate, video bitrate, etc...it's more customizeable than others that I've tried. As far as playing the converted video on the phone, I use Moboplayer or Arcmedia, depending on the file.
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What file type are you converting too? also whats best for phones? audio and video bitrates?

http://handbrake.fr/
For all your video-converting needs. Windows /Mac /Linux
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Most dvd's and blue ray's are now are coming with a digital copy. I guess they include this as a option for people like you.
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DVD Catalyst is the best IMO.

So no easy way it seems. I guess this is another reason iPhones are so expensive!

Opera Mini will download streaming videos. You can go to youtube and search for free movies, they got some good ones such as "They Live" and the last one I just watched "Sex & Consequences", or just go to any other site that streams video and you can download it using Opera Mini browser to watch at your convenience. Simple...
EDIT: in order to download from youtube you need to change to desktop view. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the site from within opera mini then choose desktop.

Handbrake for the win! Pop in a DVD, select the output method hit start, 30 mins later your dvd has been ripped to you desired video format, best of all it is totally free for both Mac and PC

I ripped some of my favorite movies from my DVD collection into AVI..bought an 8GB Class 10 Micro SD card = total of 16GB... and transfered 10 movies into there... if I get bored I just delete and put another movie in there...

Movie player

Hi guys,
just got a HP touchpad. now is there a video player on here? and if its there what format do they have to be in to view it. have tried a couple of different ones and cant get them up.
Is there a player app i can download onto it at all ?
thanks

there is a photos & videos app built in, but it's pretty poor for video.
you need to add your video files to the root of the built in storage (the tablet installs onto your computer as a removable drive).
i still haven't got my head around the video file support just yet, but it doesn't seem to handle .avi, divx, xvid etc.
mp4 seems to be the main format.
there are a couple of apps for streaming videos from a upnp media server, but nothing free as far as i can tell.
kalemsoft media player seems to be the best of these as it lets you load video files from the local storage on your tablet as well as browse for remote stuff.
i have successfully played an avi file using this app.
i've only tried the demo version so far which requires internet access in order to assess the trial period.
i don't particularly want to purchase the paid version just yet.

I used Handbrake and followed the instructions here: http://forums.precentral.net/hp-tou...n-resources/287212-handbrake-preset-dvds.html I just tried a short 45 minute kids dvd to see if it would work okay. It was about a 400mb file. Placed it in a folder called Videos on the root of the usb partition and it shows up fine in the Photos and Videos app.

cdbillups said:
Placed it in a folder called Videos on the root of the usb partition and it shows up fine in the Photos and Videos app.
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see i tried doing that as well. creating a folder called videos on the root and it wasn't detected.
only when i added the file direct to root could i access it.
are directory names case sensitive?
a video player that allows you to browse and/or add directories would be much better.
EDIT: looks like i had a folder called video. changed it to videos and it shows up.
strangely enough kalemsoft creates a folder recordings. when i added a video file to that, it also showed up.

I have put my videos in the download folder and they show up in the stock player fine. Also converted DIVX avi files to MP4 with Handbrake. Used the ipad HD settings for nice quality.

Kalemsoft Media Player wil read a lot of video formats , you can find it on app catalog.

The kalemsof that i downloaded isnt displaying in full screen and sometimes will hang on my TP. Guess its still not compatible to TP yet?
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nunjabusiness said:
I have put my videos in the download folder and they show up in the stock player fine. Also converted DIVX avi files to MP4 with Handbrake. Used the ipad HD settings for nice quality.
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Thanx for the tip about Handbrake, nunja. I'll try it for conversions. I concur with the settings...
I'm on a Pre 2 and have no problems with mp4 playing (once you get the settings down it becomes rote). For my phone I use iPod settings...
For ripping from DVD I use DVDFab3 - I know there are way newer versions out there and I tried them but always go back to version 3. I just like the UI and it has never let me down. Point it at a DVD or ISO and under Mobile click Generic. You can configure it for generic mp4 and get a resolution up to 848x480 which should be alright on the TP screen. Your settings like Resolution, bitrate, volume level, subpicture - can all be saved as a profile.
DVDFab3 in a .rar file. Just extract and it will run out of the folder without install...

Which Video Player and Encoding methods do you use

Hi all
Just thought i would share my findings.
I am using MX Video Player as my video player.
I use Mizzu Movies as the front end for it - it really is very very nice and will auto get information, reviews, trailers etc etc for movies.
To convert my Blu Ray mkv files, DVD rips or pretty much anything i use DVD Catalyst on Windows 7 PC
I use the asus transformer HQ settings and select partial border removal.
Using all the above results in very nice looking movies with flawless playback.
I travel abroad quite a lot and everyone who see's me using the Asus for movies on the plane is very interested in what i have.

For Blu-rays I've found DVD Catalyst 4 to be inadequate because of sync issues. I've also read that by turning off Blu-ray Telecine will correct this issue but it doesn't. So, I had to look at other software to rip and convert my Blu-rays. Also DVD Catalyst 4 set my Kaspersky Antivirus Heuristic virus detection off and said it was performing in a way similar to a virus or trojan.
I've found that Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper works really well and is my favorite. It has video acceleration and will utilize you're AMD (app acceleration) or a NVidia video card with (Cuda technology). It's normally $39 but you can get it HERE for $23.40 with the coupon code 'SMRT-ADEK'. HERE is a guide as to what settings to use for the TF. It tends to make my videos a little less in size than Pavtube does. i.e., Aieesoft Blu-ray Ripper will create a file say 2.5gb in size while Pavtube is a little higher. Also, since I have an AMD/ATI video card it will accelerate the ripping process to nearly half the time as Pavtube due to the fact that Pavtube doesn't support AMD/ATI acceleration, just NVidia Cuda technology. Also, Aieesoft Blu-ray Ripper will automatically preserve forced subtitles while Pavtube you have to actually check ON a tick box for it to pick up forced subtitles. Also it has a video preview while ripping while Pavtube does not. Incidentally you can turn this feature on or off, whichever you prefer.
Another great software would be Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate which runs $65 but you can get it for $37.70 HERE with coupon code 'SOFT-K8TT'. It makes flawless videos for the TF using the XOOM settings. HERE is a guide on how. It has video acceleration just for NVidia video card. It will also let you select not only different subtitles but allows for 'Only allow forced subtitles'.
Incidentally, both rippers have built in AACS ripper technology and can even rip the new AACS-24 copy protection which is the newest copy protection format. So there is no need to also run AnyDVD HD in the background while you rip to be able to rip. A huge plus in my book.
I use either Dice Player or MX Video to play my movies in HW acceleration mode.
This is the Pavtube settings. Right click on the picture and 'Save As' to download a short single chapter MP4 file to test on your TF.
This is the Aieesoft settings. Right click on the picture and 'Save As' to download a short single chapter MP4 file to test on your TF.
cheers...
EDIT: Please read further into this thread as things have changed drastically. Thanks

I use the extremely convenient VidsOpt script for reencoding and remuxing x264/MKV. I tried out some other ripping tools like DVD Catalyst and XviD4PSP but they were cumbersome and too heavy on my system (only 2.8GHz P4/1GB RAM). After this step, there is really no reason not to use the stock player since MP4 files can be HW decoded (video and audio). If I am watching something with subtitles or the occasional XviD I will use MX Video.

AcIdC0R3 said:
For Blu-rays I've found DVD Catalyst 4 to be inadequate because of sync issues. I've also read that by turning off Blu-ray Telecine will correct this issue but it doesn't. So, I had to look at other software to rip and convert my Blu-rays. Also DVD Catalyst 4 set my Kaspersky Antivirus Heuristic virus detection off and said it was performing in a way similar to a virus or trojan.
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What Sync issues are you referring to AcidCore? I am aware of audio sync issues if you play the created video files on a PC using Windows Media Player, but this is due to some codec-issues with WMP itself. This is also mentioned in numerous locations on my website. For device playback as well as playback using Quicktime or VLC, the files should play just fine.
As for the Kaspersky, it doesn't like it when an app is running the conversion as a separate process. I have tried to work with them, but it is easier for them to mark something than to actually unmark something. DVD Catalyst is clean.
As for the links you provided, those articles are loaded with affiliate-links, meaning that those articles are mainly written to lure people into a purchase so that the guy who wrote them gets about 50% of the purchase price for the sale.

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What Sync issues are you referring to AcidCore? I am aware of audio sync issues if you play the created video files on a PC using Windows Media Player, but this is due to some codec-issues with WMP itself. This is also mentioned in numerous locations on my website. For device playback as well as playback using Quicktime or VLC, the files should play just fine.
As for the Kaspersky, it doesn't like it when an app is running the conversion as a separate process. I have tried to work with them, but it is easier for them to mark something than to actually unmark something. DVD Catalyst is clean.
As for the links you provided, those articles are loaded with affiliate-links, meaning that those articles are mainly written to lure people into a purchase so that the guy who wrote them gets about 50% of the purchase price for the sale.
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Actually, when I ripped the movie Wanted it played just fine on WMP but on both Dice and MX the audio was out of sync with the video. I felt like I was watching a dubbed movie or something. I tried three different settings with Catalyst and I got the same thing. Also when I ripped the movie Apocalypto which the whole movie is subtitled and Catalyst overwrote the subs with some kind of font that looked like it had some type of halo effect to it. I had to enable the Booster Pack 2 in order for it to pick up the subs at all. All other movies seemed OK though.
As for the links, I bought both Aieesoft Blu-ray Ripper and Pavtube at a 40% discount each which was a big plus in my book.

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Actually, when I ripped the movie Wanted it played just fine on WMP but on both Dice and MX the audio was out of sync with the video. I felt like I was watching a dubbed movie or something. I tried three different settings with Catalyst and I got the same thing. Also when I ripped the movie Apocalypto which the whole movie is subtitled and Catalyst overwrote the subs with some kind of font that looked like it had some type of halo effect to it. I had to enable the Booster Pack 2 in order for it to pick up the subs at all. All other movies seemed OK though.
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Did you try the stock player?
The files dvdcat creates are optimized for hardware playback on the Tegra2. While MX and Dice can play a lot more video file types, their settings can get in the way of how the file plays. Using the stock player the videos should play just fine.

dvdcatalyst said:
Did you try the stock player?
The files dvdcat creates are optimized for hardware playback on the Tegra2. While MX and Dice can play a lot more video file types, their settings can get in the way of how the file plays. Using the stock player the videos should play just fine.
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I just tried playing it with the stock player and it's still out of sync.
My settings are:
Player Screen Size: 864x432
Video Quality: 2250kbps
Video Mode: 1 pass
Sound Quality: 160kbps
Audio Mode: stereo
Conversion Format: h264_xoom
Framerate: 30

AcIdC0R3 said:
I just tried playing it with the stock player and it's still out of sync.
My settings are:
Player Screen Size: 864x432
Video Quality: 2250kbps
Video Mode: 1 pass
Sound Quality: 160kbps
Audio Mode: stereo
Conversion Format: h264_xoom
Framerate: 30
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What did you convert?
from Bluray using dvdcat's Bluray mode or using file-mode (just the m2ts file directly)
Besides the settings you mentioned, you also mentioned the telicine option. Are there any other settings in "Global" that you enabled?
Try resetting DVD Catalyst to its defaults:
* Make sure DVD Catalyst is not running
* Click on "START" > "RUN" (or hold down the windows-key on your keyboard and tap the "R" key)
* In the run dialog, type in:
%appdata%
and click OK
*delete the "DVD Catalyst 4" folder
After that, start dvdcat, and if you want to convert Bluray (icw AnyDVD HD or something similar), enable power user, and enable the checkmark in the Bluray tab in Global Settings.
Then just select your profile, and leave the rest of the settings as they are.

so far i have tried about 5 different methods to convert to mp4 from mkv etc
I have used dvdcat to convert about 10 movies so far and have not run into sync problems.
I have left most things on default so dont find it cumbersome at all, in fact I found it a lot easier to use than most others, i do have a quadcore 4gb windows 7 64bit system though so runs pretty fast. I use eset nod32 smart security which is a superior product to kaspersky without false positives.
I will also play around with more options in time.
Nice to see some alternative methods here though which I will also try.
Any other methods guys?
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dvdcatalyst said:
What did you convert?
from Bluray using dvdcat's Bluray mode or using file-mode (just the m2ts file directly)
Besides the settings you mentioned, you also mentioned the telicine option. Are there any other settings in "Global" that you enabled?
Try resetting DVD Catalyst to its defaults:
* Make sure DVD Catalyst is not running
* Click on "START" > "RUN" (or hold down the windows-key on your keyboard and tap the "R" key)
* In the run dialog, type in:
%appdata%
and click OK
*delete the "DVD Catalyst 4" folder
After that, start dvdcat, and if you want to convert Bluray (icw AnyDVD HD or something similar), enable power user, and enable the checkmark in the Bluray tab in Global Settings.
Then just select your profile, and leave the rest of the settings as they are.
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Yeah, it was the first Blu-ray that I tried to transcode. Let me try your recommendation and see what I come up with. Thanks.

AcIdC0R3 said:
Yeah, it was the first Blu-ray that I tried to transcode. Let me try your recommendation and see what I come up with. Thanks.
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You are welcome,
If you run into complications or have questions, rather than using this thread, maybe shoot me an email instead. I don't mind answering on forums, but I don't think this thread is the place for it though.
email is my username at gmail dot com.

I have to say that by taking your advice and setting things back to default that the Blu-ray rip came out perfect. It even came out smaller in size and the cropping was perfect. While most of my movies play in letterbox (black bars above and below the picture) that after ripping with DVD Catalyst and then playing in MX Video that I had no letterboxing. It played full screen. Stock video player and Dice Player both still played it in letterbox. The video setting was defaulted to 1280x720 and the video formatted out to 1280x544. There was no sync issues any more. Time to rip the movie Wanted using Aieesoft Blu-ray Ripper took a little over 2 hours and the time it took DVD Catalyst to rip the same movie was just over 40 minutes. Impressive to say the least.

Video player : Built-in video player
Encoder : FFMPEG (git-latest) command line. transcoding to playable MP4 format.

I just changed my dvdcat setup to just removing black bars from the video file instead of remove partial borders and quality is now better.
Removing partial borders lowered the resolution to 1072 x 512

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I just changed my dvdcat setup to just removing black bars from the video file instead of remove partial borders and quality is now better.
Removing partial borders lowered the resolution to 1072 x 512
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I always use "remove from file" (the default) myself. The other ones cut off part of the video to get more screenfill. If you use a video player other than the stock, you can usually zoom the video anyway if you want full-screen.

I've been re-transcoding my movies using DVD Cat and while the movie Underworld "Evolution" ripped perfectly using default settings Underworld did not. It's defaulted to just removing the black bars but it shoved the video to the left and it was severely cut off on the left. I looked all through the settings and couldn't find anything to fix this. Although when I went to 'Preview' the setting was defaulted to 1.33:1 and the first little picture with the borders was selected. I had to put it down to 1.35:1 movie default and choose the second little picture without the borders. Strange; as it made it 1280x405, so it was constrained but it fit and had no borders on the TF.
Needless to say, DVD Cat is going to take some trial and error to figure it all out.

Underworld is a bit tricky because it is so dark.
In Global > Borders, you can increase the scan-point count, which should eliminate the issue you experienced. It is quite rare, but its tied to the way DVD Cat actually detects borders on movies. Rather than using fixed values, it takes screenshots of the movie at 5 (default) points, and then looks for the actual borders.

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Underworld is a bit tricky because it is so dark.
In Global > Borders, you can increase the scan-point count, which should eliminate the issue you experienced. It is quite rare, but its tied to the way DVD Cat actually detects borders on movies. Rather than using fixed values, it takes screenshots of the movie at 5 (default) points, and then looks for the actual borders.
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I remember seeing that. It's set at 5 right now. Is that a setting under the borders tab that's selectable or is it always on? I'm at work so I can't look at the software at the moment.

its defaulted at 5, but you can change it to something like 7 or 8.
I've only ran into the issue 3 times.
twice with episodes of 24, where the shots were taken during the time-display part, and Underworld 1

So what setting do you recommend; 7 or 8? I guess I'll just have to tinker with it when I get home. What is your final file dimmensions on Underworld 1 after transcoding with DVD Cat?

What to do with my music library

I recently bought a tf700 32gb. I have a roughly 25 gb music collection and a couple movies I want to put on my infinity from my old laptop. I have all of the media saved on a 32gb sd card, the problem is that the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?

tttimmcg said:
the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?
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I can recommend BSPlayer.

BSPlayer is what I use too, seems to play everything under the sun...

BS player won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.

*player (still getting used to this keyboard)

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BS plagued won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.
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I have not had any issues in playing movies in excess of 4 GB with BSPlayer

tttimmcg said:
I recently bought a tf700 32gb. I have a roughly 25 gb music collection and a couple movies I want to put on my infinity from my old laptop. I have all of the media saved on a 32gb sd card, the problem is that the stock music and video players don't like some of the file types ( it won't play. WMA music or .mkv or .mp4 movies). What would all of you recommend as far as players that handle more file types or ways to convert the files?
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PowerAmp for audio. DICE player for video.

I have the free version of the app, could that cause the problem?

BS player has played everything i threw at it. Im watching n 11gb 1080p blu ray mkv of Avengers right now, with no issues.
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I have the free version of the app, could that cause the problem?
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I would copy some media files to the internal storage and try it again, this would rule out sd card issues...

While I'm at it, can I ask how your sdcards are formatted, or where the media your playing is saved?

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While I'm at it, can I ask how your sdcards are formatted, or where the media your playing is saved?
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Sandisk 64 microsd, straight out of box, mkv, vob, avi, mpeg m4v files have been played via bsplayer.
Have played files from micro sd, internal storage, and smb share.

tttimmcg said:
BS player won't do it. Sometimes it'll play about a second of the movies before crashing, mostly it just t fails to open the files. Could it be that the files are too large? All of them are larger than two and a half gb's. I'm pretty sure my card is formatted correctly because i can play a 700 mb .avi video from it.
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I haven't had any issues with it. Granted I have only played mkv (with DTS audio) on it, either from local storage or streaming from a Twonky server. It can't be the file size, the movies I played were 10+ GB.

Ok, so i wasn't specific enough before, I had my music and movies on a 32 microSD drive, mounted to the tablet. I tried putting it into an adapter and using it with the keyboard dock. Now everything is working exactly like i should be. I took the files from my laptop with the card and adapter combo too, but i dont know if that has anything to do with this solution working. This is different from the original subject, but does anyone know why this might be, or how I could get it to work with just the microSD?
And for the record, Im liking BSPlayer for movies, and Player Pro for music.

[Q] watching dvd movies on my note tablet

Anybody know what i can do to watch dvd on my Samsung note 10.1.?
Now i get all the time an error becaus he cant find the right program to read the dvd files.

Switch the file type and i use mx player for my movies
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Pinraiser said:
Anybody know what i can do to watch dvd on my Samsung note 10.1.?
Now i get all the time an error becaus he cant find the right program to read the dvd files.
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I use DVDFab to rip the DVD to my laptop as a .iso file type (about 7-8 GB). I then use DVDFab to convert the .iso to a MP4 file type and cut the file size down to about 2+ GB. Copy that to the external SD card for the tablet.
The stock movie player handles this just fine.

I use Handbrake, with the right support files installed (can't help you here, it Just Works on a Linux box with the Medibuntu repo added) it rips DVDs right off the drive with no problem.
I'll post my preset when I have some time.

I get my movies from thebay
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gronimo21 said:
Switch the file type and i use mx player for my movies
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In what filetype must i switch?

My old Pentium computer with a 166Mhz CPU (and also my 1st gen xbox) can play DVD iso files so I can't understand why our tablets can't do it. Especially now when the file system on our MicroSD cards allow +4Gb files.
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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why would anyone want to play .iso on our tabs? all an iso is is a replica of the entire dvd which is useless on a tab.

Pinraiser said:
Anybody know what i can do to watch dvd on my Samsung note 10.1.?
Now i get all the time an error becaus he cant find the right program to read the dvd files.
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if you're ripping the dvd's on PC I recommend using DVDfab - convert them to mp4, don't muck with the resolution but you might want to swith the audio from 5.1 to just stereo.
for the playback I recommend Super Video. After messing with various mobos, MX, real, and whatever else I got a hold of I was won over by Super with it's use of picture-in-picture, easy integration of subtitles, all the formats it can playback and built in screenshot tool (ya, I know, the tablet has one already). plus it has some nice sorting tools for the videos. The only annoying downside I found was that it'll list off what's in a .nomedia dir and doesn't have the option to ignore those directories.
here's to finding what works for you!

gronimo21 said:
Switch the file type and i use mx player for my movies
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MrWall said:
if you're ripping the dvd's on PC I recommend using DVDfab - convert them to mp4, don't muck with the resolution but you might want to swith the audio from 5.1 to just stereo.
for the playback I recommend Super Video. After messing with various mobos, MX, real, and whatever else I got a hold of I was won over by Super with it's use of picture-in-picture, easy integration of subtitles, all the formats it can playback and built in screenshot tool (ya, I know, the tablet has one already). plus it has some nice sorting tools for the videos. The only annoying downside I found was that it'll list off what's in a .nomedia dir and doesn't have the option to ignore those directories.
here's to finding what works for you!
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Thanks
For the one who asked why i want to watch dvd files on the tablet? Simple i got some movies on USB and watch them on vacation On the tab.
The next downloading movies are xvid or avi files, then the problem seems to be solved

Tubgirl said:
My old Pentium computer with a 166Mhz CPU (and also my 1st gen xbox) can play DVD iso files so I can't understand why our tablets can't do it. Especially now when the file system on our MicroSD cards allow +4Gb files.
Brgds... /Tubgirl
Sent from my GT-N8000 using xda premium
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A 166 MHz Pentium is nowhere near capable of MPEG-2 DVD playback - If a device like that was playing DVDs, it had hardware acceleration.
These days, hardware acceleration focus has changed - MPEG-4 is the dominant codec. While I think technically our devices support hwaccel MPEG-2, it's not a high priority/focus due to the fact that it delivers very poor compression ratios compared to MPEG-4 AVC. The VOB container format used for DVD, while derived from the MPEG-2 program stream container, is a complex mangled mess. Since no Android device has a physical DVD drive, no one bothers expending time to support this format since it's easy for a PC to transcode from VOB with MPEG-2 video and AC3 audio to a format more appropriate to mobile devices.
MPEG-4 AVC (aka H.264) when combined with AAC audio can easily compress a full length movie to <1GB and retain excellent quality. A DVD, on the other hand, will typically be 4GB or more. In fact, most Blu-Ray movies will compress to 720p H.264 at <2GB while retaining excellent quality.
A 4x or more improvement in compression ratio is worth the time spent to transcode to H.264+AAC. (especially since you can just stick the DVD in, kick off Handbrake, and go to bed.)

Pinraiser said:
Thanks
For the one who asked why i want to watch dvd files on the tablet? Simple i got some movies on USB and watch them on vacation On the tab.
The next downloading movies are xvid or avi files, then the problem seems to be solved
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i said why would anyone want to play .iso on our tabs? it is completely pointless just rip the dvd to mp4 format.

Would I say it'd be impossible to play DVDs? No,nothing is, but it begs the question of why it would be needed, if developed when you can rip it onto a 32/64/128 gb microsd card.
I do have one idea why, and it is because it allows people to use their DVD collection on their Droid without all that work.
Considering that Droid devices like Samsung's have the capability to use external drives so long as they are self powering, it all comes down to the software end. Like an emulator, the app or mod will need to supply the drivers or BIOS suitable for DVD drives and I know where such thing could be sourced from. Linux.
I know that Linux can play DVDs , so they must have the drivers out there to port to the Droid OS to insert via a modded Rom that supports DVD drives and thus, DVD playback. A DVD/Keyboard hybrid and a dock connector to hold the tablet would be a cool thing to undergo , especially since it would give the Note 10.1 and other tablets a laptop-like ability.
In fact , Samsung has done the DVD part, called the SE-218BB DVD / CD writer.
While I love the top concept, it seems useless unless it went a step further and had a keyboard. The only obstacle is that the form factor of the Note 10.1 first generation would look f'ed up with such a setup but next gen? If they did or a third party went for this setup to accommodate the Note's form like a certain iPad keyboard, that would in turn be pretty neat because it would make the Note 10.1 into a netbook with a DVD wallop.

Buy a DVD player that has WiFi sharing capabilities, either Asus or Samsung make one.

Why is it so hard to understand that some people don't want to convert their ISO files to other formats? I have a massive DVD collection on my NAS and it would be nice to be able to play them on my Note. With the DVD format you keep the chapter information which is nice on DVDs with music videos and karaoke DVDs for instance.
The Note is definitely capable of playing the mpeg2 stream... no doubt about it.
I've got a 13TB NAS so space is no issue whatsoever.
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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I need help setting up my se-218bb
Bystorm said:
Would I say it'd be impossible to play DVDs? No,nothing is, but it begs the question of why it would be needed, if developed when you can rip it onto a 32/64/128 gb microsd card.
I do have one idea why, and it is because it allows people to use their DVD collection on their Droid without all that work.
Considering that Droid devices like Samsung's have the capability to use external drives so long as they are self powering, it all comes down to the software end. Like an emulator, the app or mod will need to supply the drivers or BIOS suitable for DVD drives and I know where such thing could be sourced from. Linux.
I know that Linux can play DVDs , so they must have the drivers out there to port to the Droid OS to insert via a modded Rom that supports DVD drives and thus, DVD playback. A DVD/Keyboard hybrid and a dock connector to hold the tablet would be a cool thing to undergo , especially since it would give the Note 10.1 and other tablets a laptop-like ability.
In fact , Samsung has done the DVD part, called the SE-218BB DVD / CD writer.
While I love the top concept, it seems useless unless it went a step further and had a keyboard. The only obstacle is that the form factor of the Note 10.1 first generation would look f'ed up with such a setup but next gen? If they did or a third party went for this setup to accommodate the Note's form like a certain iPad keyboard, that would in turn be pretty neat because it would make the Note 10.1 into a netbook with a DVD wallop.
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Could someone please help me by instructing me On how to connect my galaxy note 10.1 to my Samsung se-218bb. Please someone help me

Oneqtnva4u said:
Could someone please help me by instructing me On how to connect my galaxy note 10.1 to my Samsung se-218bb. Please someone help me
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I saw this on Amazon in the review section I hope it works for you.
(1) Install mxvideo player on your tablet.
(2) Plug your dvd writer SE-218 into your tablet via usb.
(3) Press the eject button to eject the tray.
(4) While the tray is open, press and hold the eject button until the green light on the tray stays lit. Then release. This brings your dvd drive into av mode.
(5) Close the tray.
(6) Now, eject and open the tray and put in a dvd.
(7) Your tablet will now recognize your dvd as a usb device. Your tablet will appear to be frozen for about 10 seconds. Don't panic! It's just reading the dvd disc. Just leave it alone until it's read it.
(8) Using a file manager, navigate into the usb device and find a vob file that is big, like a couple gigs or so. Play it with your mxplayer.
VOILA! You can now play dvd's on-the-go. Please spread the word. Amazon is only selling this puppy for 34 bucks. Well worth it!
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I forgot to mention. Every time you plug in your drive to watch a dvd, you will have to eject the tray and press the button for 3 seconds.

Can't get Power to even come on to dvd??? to follow instructions given...
Thanks for the feedback.... I tried doing as you instructed. I brought the Samsung Usb connector and connected the Dvd and I could not even get power to the Dvd player to come on.... So I checked to make sure that the Samsung Dvd was actually working..... I connected it to an actual power supply and the green light came on and I was able to pop open the Dvd tray. I disconnected it and went back to the usb connection and my device recognized that I had a High Power USB connector in but that's it.... No juice or No fire for the Dvd Player......no green light ever comes on....What am I doing wrong???? Or what do I need to do????
Thanks So Much for your help.........
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I saw this on Amazon in the review section I hope it works for you.
(1) Install mxvideo player on your tablet.
(2) Plug your dvd writer SE-218 into your tablet via usb.
(3) Press the eject button to eject the tray.
(4) While the tray is open, press and hold the eject button until the green light on the tray stays lit. Then release. This brings your dvd drive into av mode.
(5) Close the tray.
(6) Now, eject and open the tray and put in a dvd.
(7) Your tablet will now recognize your dvd as a usb device. Your tablet will appear to be frozen for about 10 seconds. Don't panic! It's just reading the dvd disc. Just leave it alone until it's read it.
(8) Using a file manager, navigate into the usb device and find a vob file that is big, like a couple gigs or so. Play it with your mxplayer.
VOILA! You can now play dvd's on-the-go. Please spread the word. Amazon is only selling this puppy for 34 bucks. Well worth it!
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I forgot to mention. Every time you plug in your drive to watch a dvd, you will have to eject the tray and press the button for 3 seconds.
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try mxplayer.
it can play many formats (mp4, avi, rmvb, .... divx, xvid)

BOStaurus said:
try mxplayer.
it can play many formats (mp4, avi, rmvb, .... divx, xvid)
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wondershare, free on play market, can play DVDs: just rip the dvd and copy to sd card or barely copy it to sd card,
or you ca use MakeMKV to create an mkv out of the dvd: it takes space but it's faster than converting in divx or mpeg
do not forget you cannot copy files greater than 4gb to sd card, so after mkv is create just split it in two (I believe you can do it with makeMKV otherwise try MKVmerge)
wondershare is faster: just copy dvd to sd card, makeMKV you can leave out unwanted audios, subs and extra features