Archive for the 'Android' Category
DVD Catalyst 3 Multi-Device Conversions
Monday, February 8th, 2010For my previous post, the Box Office Trailers, I converted 10 Movie trailers for 4 different devices. While the video format for these devices is similar, I used a feature of DVD Catalyst 3 that can not be found in any other product on the market; Multi-Device.
Multi-Device enables you to queue up multiple devices (Multi-Device) [...]
Streaming Box Office Trailers 02-08-10 for Droid, Nexus, iPhone and Blackberry
Monday, February 8th, 2010# 1. Avatar
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
Source: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/
http://www.tools4movies.com/boxoffice/bold/avatar.mp4
http://www.tools4movies.com/boxoffice/droid/avatar.mp4
http://www.tools4movies.com/boxoffice/iphone/avatar.mp4
http://www.tools4movies.com/boxoffice/nexus/avatar.mp4
# 2. Edge of Darkness
“Edge of Darkness” is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big [...]
Detailed Black Bar Removal
Friday, February 5th, 2010One of the most asked questions is in regards of black borders on the video, and how to get rid of them.
Movie Trailers for your Nexus One
Thursday, January 14th, 2010First post on the Nexus Forums, but I’m actually quite active on the DroidForums
A few days ago I started a thread there with movie trailers for the Droid, and figured I might as well do the same for all the Nexus One users.
The trailers are all converted from Quicktime HD files (720p or 1080p) [...]
DVD Catalyst Free 1.7 Released
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010DVD Catalyst Free now includes Google Nexus One, HTC Droid Eris and Motorola Droid profiles.
Besides the other most popular devices, such as the iPhone, Blackberry, WIndows Mobile and Zune devices, support has been added for the most popular Android phones on the market as well.
Are the other free conversion methods too complicated or too much [...]
Droid optimized movie trailers
Monday, January 11th, 2010To show off the capabilities of your Droid, as well as the capabilities of DVD Catalyst 3, I converted a couple of movie trailers to a format that plays onthe Verizon/Motorola Droid Smartphone.
DVD to Nexus One
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010As of DVD Catalyst 3.84.5, DVD Catalyst includes profiles for the new Google Phone, the Nexus One.
DVD Catalyst Conversion Speed Tips
Saturday, December 26th, 2009CONVERSION SPEED
*Install the Boosterpack. The boosterpack installs an additional conversion engine, which is basically a newer version than the one DVD Catalyst has. It’s a free download, and will speed things up considerably, even with the same settings.
*Turn off the CPU indicators. In Global Settings > Advanced, remove the checkmark for them, restart DVD Catalyst, [...]
Video Quality
Saturday, December 26th, 2009A few days ago, I was asked to write up something about video quality and conversion speed. There are a lot of ideasfloating around the web on this topic, written by people who think they know a lot about video (including me). In most of these write-ups, people just throw around a bunch of numbers, [...]


