Archive for July, 2009

Blue Lion Software Launches NetDVD for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Share your DVD drive with other computers on your network.

DVD Catalyst 3.82 Beta

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

The first beta version is available for registered users.
DVD Catalyst 3.82, the next version of DVD Catalyst 3 is currently available in beta form.
While most things are fully functional, there might be some issues.
Whats new:
To clean things up a little, 2 new TABs have been added in Global Settings.
*Boosterpack TAB, containing the settings for turning [...]

DVD Catalyst 3.82 progress

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Whats being added to DVD Catalyst 3?

Dead eeePC, Quick RMA return from ASUS

Monday, July 27th, 2009

2 weeks ago, my eeePC died. I’m not sure what happened, but it might have had something to do with switching harddrives (7200rpm).

Request: Sample videos that have issues with DVD Catalyst

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

We would like to receive clips of videos that have issues with DVD Catalyst.

DVD to Blackberry Tour 9630

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Last night someone asked me for settings for the Blackberry Tour 9630.

DVD Catalyst 3 supported formats

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Because DVD Catalyst uses the opensource mplayer/mencoder tools for it’s conversion engine it can read and create a huge number of video formats.

DVD to HTPC / Media Center / HD Media Player

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

With the continuous growth of sales for computer equipment used for home entertainment purposes, I receive many questions in regards of “backing up” DVDs so they can be used in some form of jukebox enviroment.

Zune 30 Boosterpack

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

IMPORTANT: THE ZUNE 30 PROFILE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE BOOSTER PACK !
The Zune30 is quite picky in the format of video file that it accepts. Due to a bug in the conversion engine installed by the boosterpack, an incorrect video quality setting is reported to the Zune Software with created video files. The setting [...]

Step By Step DVD to Zune with DVD Catalyst (with screenshots)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

How to put movies on your Zune quick and easy. This guide will show you the steps needed to create videos for your Zune and how to transfer them.

How to update DVD Catalyst 3 to the latest version

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

To update DVD Catalyst 3 to the latest version, all that needs to be done is to click on the (big) cat-eyes on the top left in the program.

Step By Step DVD to PSP with DVD Catalyst (with screenshots)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

This article will show the main steps needed to watch videos on your PSP with the least amount of effort.

DVD Editing (DVD to Computer to DVD)

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Over the years, I have received quite a few questions in regards of using DVD Catalyst to rip a DVD to a certain video format that works with some video editing application, and then make it into a DVD again.

DVD to HTC Touch Pro2

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

To convert DVD to your HTC Touch Pro2 Smartphone, you can use the Apple > iPhone profile in DVD Catalyst 3.
At it’s defaults, it creates good looking files, however, the get the most out of your device, click on “Modify”, and change the screen size to 800×480, and increase the video quality to at least [...]

DVD to Samsung S5230 Star

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

To convert DVD to Samsung S5230 Star, select the Apple > iPod Classic profile in DVD Catalyst. The files created using this profile will produce a good quality at a reasonable file size, however, to get the most out of your Smartphone, click on “Modify” in DVD Catalyst, change the screen size to 400×320, and [...]

DVD to Toshiba TG01

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

To convert DVD to your Toshiba TG01 Smartphone, you can use the Apple > iPhone profile in DVD Catalyst.
At it’s defaults, it creates good looking files, however, the get the most out of your device, click on “Modify”, and change the screen size to 800×480, and increase the video quality to at least 700kbps (1000 [...]

DVD to Philips GoGear Opus SA5295

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

In DVD Catalyst 3, select PocketPC > W Mobile 2005
Click on “Modify” and increase the framerate to 30.

DVD to Samsung i8910 Omnia HD

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Based on specs found here:
http://www.cellswholesale.com/Samsung-i8910-Omnia-HD,C,920/?gclid=CPWHpOy805sCFRPyDAodYkIJLQ#summ
Resolution:360 x 640 pixels, 3.7 inches
Video Playback:DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player

I would suggest to start with the Apple iPhone profile,
click on modify, change the screen size to 640×360, increase the video quality to 700
This creates video files using the best format, H264.
For faster conversions, change the conversion format from h264_ipod to divx5_mp3 or xvid_mp3

The iPhone Streaming Test files

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The iPhone testfiles posted earlier were created for indication purposes. In fact, all the files DVD Catalyst creates for Apple’s iPod and iPhone models can be used in a similar manner, as long as they are accessible from a webserver, and the web page to access them has the proper file-indication. These particular files were [...]

A basic test for 256kbps streaming video on the iPhone / iPod Touch

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

This is a test for (progressive) streaming video to the iPhone.