Archive for the 'Android' Category

DVD ( and video) to Droid 2

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

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 [...]

DVD Catalyst Free for Droid X

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

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

DVD Catalyst 3 and Droid X

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

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 [...]

Easy Android Streaming with DropBox

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

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” [...]

How to make your own ring tones for free

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Make your own cool ring tones from your favorite movies, tv shows or music files.

How to stream movies to your phone for free

Friday, July 9th, 2010

This guide provides details on how to stream your own video collection to your (internet-capable) portable video player. It should work with all devices that can play H264 MP4 video files that feature a webbrowser, such as recent Blackberry devices (Storm/Bold/Tour), Android (Droid, Nexus, EVO etc) Windows Mobile 6.x (HTC HD2) and iPod Touch, iPhone [...]

DVD Catalyst 3 3.90.x recall, 3.86.2 current latest version.

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

We screwed up.
We were so excited about the new features in DVD Catalyst 3.90 that we took too much on our plates. During development, we added the new file-transfer code recently included in DVD Catalyst Free Plus, and besides inclusion of new device profiles, we modified 2-pass conversions so that the first pass would be [...]

DVD Catalyst 3.90 Released

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

DVD Catalyst 3 version 3.90 now available on www.tools4movies.com
Existing customers, just click on the big cat-eyes in DVD Catalyst 3 to update to the latest version.

DVD Catalyst Free for HTC Droid Eris

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Transfer your DVDs and video files to your Eris for free !
DVD Catalyst Free for HTC Droid Eris is the best free DVD conversion tool for the HTCDroid Eris. While based on the popular DVD Catalyst Free, we have made some significant changes to make it even easier to use than ever before.

DVD Catalyst Free for HTC EVO 4G

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Transfer your DVDs and video files to your EVO for free !
DVD Catalyst Free for HTC EVO 4G is the best free DVD conversion tool for the HTC EVO 4G. While based on the popular DVD Catalyst Free, we have made some significant changes to make it even easier to use than ever before.

DVD to Droid for free (for real!)

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Don’t you just hate it when you do a search on Google for a free DVD ripper, and all you end up with is darn trial versions, or when the conversion is finally complete, you get a huge advertising watermark in the video? Same here.
Besides these so-called “free dvd rippers”, there are other solutions with [...]

DVD Catalyst Free for Droid

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Transfer your DVDs and video files to your Droid for free !
DVD Catalyst Free for Droid is the first free DVD conversion tool for Motorola’s Droid. While based on the popular DVD Catalyst Free, we have made some significant changes to make it even easier to use than ever before.

DVD Catalyst Free (2.0) for Droid Incredible

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Transfer your DVDs and video files to your Droid Incredible for free !
DVD Catalyst Free for Droid Incredible is the first free DVD conversion tool for HTC’s Droid Incredible. While based on the popular DVD Catalyst Free, we have made some significant changes to make it even easier to use than ever before.

Free Movies !

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Somewhere in the back of my head, a wealth of information is hidden away. Usually it just sits there, collecting dust, but once in a while, something triggers a wake-up call, and it comes to use.
Today was such a day. On DroidForums.net, someone asked about downloading free movies, and while the question probably applied to [...]

HTC Windows Mobile phones and Audio synchronization issues

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Over the last couple of weeks, some people have reported issues in regards of audio synchronization (lips dont match the spoken words) with some HTC phones running WIndows Mobile, such as the HD2.
The problem lies in the phone. Playing the video files on anything else (tip: use Quicktime on a PC to verify your files) [...]

Multiple devices : One file for all or one file for each?

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

One of the most powerful (and less known) features of DVD Catalyst 3 is the capability to queue up multiple devices. While extremely handy if you own a collection of different types of video players, we often receive questions in regards of creating one video file that would play on multiple devices.

DVD to Droid Milestone Nexus : Sample Videos

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

A couple of trailers converted using the Droid profile in DVD Catalyst 3.
Download the file you want to watch, extract the video from the zip, then transfer the file directly to your Droid/Milestone/Nexus in USB mode for best results. The files can also be played on your computer using Apple Quicktime.

What is MP4 Streaming Server?

Friday, March 26th, 2010

If you are like us, and have build up a nice collection of video files for your portable device, so big that you can not fit everything onto your device, and often either forget to replace the files on your device you have watched already, or just don’t have the time to sync the files, [...]

MP4 Streaming Server 1.0 Release (free)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

It’s been long overdue, but as of today, MP4 Streaming Server (previously called iStreaming Server) is available for download.
(Works with Motorola Droid/MileStone, Google Nexus One and most Blackberry devices, including the Tour)

New Droid/Milestone Optimized Trailers (download & streaming)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Converted with DVD Catalyst 3 (of course) using the default (non-HQ) Droid profile
Source: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/disney/aliceinwonderland/
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA [...]