DVD ( and video) to Droid 2

The Droid 2 is about to be released to the public, and while it does ship with a Blockbuster video app to download movies, of course people rather use their own movie collection than to rent/purchase the same movies again.

Specification-wise, the video capabilities of the Droid 2 are identical to the original Droid and Droid X, so if you are upgrading from one of those models, there is no need to change anything in your video conversion tools.

Of course DVD Catalyst 3 supports the Droid 2, but a specific profile for the Droid 2 is a little time away yet until the new version is released, but the only difference with the Droid profile is the name.

The Droid 2 still sports the same 854×480 screen resolution, and still requires the video files to be in H264 MP4 format, so just select one of the Droid profiles for your video conversion needs.

If you want to use DVD Catalyst Free instead, (to convert your DVDs and video files for free) select the Droid version for best results.

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DVD Catalyst Free for Droid X

Convert DVDs and video files for your Droid X with DVD Catalyst Free.

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DVD Catalyst 3 and Droid X

While a completely new device, the Droid X features the same specifications in regards of video playback as the original Droid. In the next update of DVD Catalyst 3, profiles for the Droid X will be available, however, these are identical to the original Droid profiles already in DVD Catalyst 3, so you can use those as well.

For DVD Catalyst Free, just use the DVD Catalyst Free for Droid version.

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Easy Android Streaming with DropBox

A few days ago, someone asked me some questions in regards of streaming video through the online “DropBox” service. The question asked was why files created with DVD Catalyst Free 2.0 would stream if they were uploaded to the DropBox service, but files created with DVD Catalyst 3 did not.

As it turns out, the “AlbumArt” feature recently implemented in DVD Catalyst Free actually enables the streaming flag as well, and because this is not enabled by default in DVD Catalyst 3, it needs to be enabled for it to work. (Global Settings > Conversion: “Enable streaming for PC”)

After playing with the DropBox service myself to figure out what was actually happening, both the user who asked about it and myself figured it would be interesting for other users to provide a bit more information about using DropBox for streaming your videos.

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