The Smurfs DVD is a bit tricky to convert, but with a small change in the settings of DVD Catalyst 4, it converts just fine.
Insert the DVD and start DVD Catalyst 4 as usual so it will scan the DVD:
There are multiple tracks listed, so to save time, its easier to find the track to use.
This time I used VLC (www.videolan.org) but if you play it in a real DVD player, it will display the track number to use in its lcd display.
Either way, get to the DVD menu:
and play the actual movie. To make sure the track doesn’t change, skip to the middle of the movie, or at least 1-2 chapters/scenes from the beginning:
then look for what track is currently playing by going to (in vlc) playback > title. In my case, easy enough, it was the first one.
close VLC, and in DVD Catalyst, select the tracks you don’t want, and below, remove the checkmark for “enable for conversion”. This will have DVD Catalyst ignore the ones you don’t need/want.
then, you need to make a few changes to the settings in order for this movie to convert properly. By default, DVD Catalyst runs in a fast conversion mode, but for some reason, “The Smurfs” doesn’t like this.
Enable “Power User” down on the bottom right,
then tap on “Global Settings” on the left side near the top
then look for the “DVD” tab on the right, and near the bottom, turn off “faster conversions” and turn the “standard access” checkmark on:
then click on Global Settings again, and start a conversion by tapping “Go”
For the conversion, I used the standard “NOOKtablet” profile in DVD Catalyst, and left all the other settings as they were.
The MP4 file created from “The Smurfs” for the NOOKtablet ended up being slightly less than 900MB, so you don’t need an SD card for your NOOKtablet to actually watch the movie on it.
