Full Screen Movies. This is the most often asked question I receive. With all the different video playback devices on the market, Blackberry, Droid, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Xoom, Zune etc, there is a large variety in screen aspect ratios, which affect the way movies and TV shows are displayed on-screen. Even if you use a [...]
To show-off the capabilities of the Xoom, I converted a couple of movie trailers using DVD Catalyst 4′s Xoom HQ1 profile. The original source of the trailers are 1080 versions downloaded from the Apple Trailer website, resized and cropped to match the entire video-playback area of the Xoom, resulting in true full-screen playback (minus the [...]
A bit quick, 5 days after the previous update, but somehow a bug regarding volume slipped into the new settings. With my complete attention focused on video playback quality, I never checked the volume settings. Currently 4.0.2.7 is available on the Tools4Movies website. The original installer files have been replaced, and of course you can [...]
To show off the capabilities of the Motorola Xoom, I converted a couple of 1080 trailers to Xoom-format with DVD Catalyst 4. I did increase the video quality setting to 2000. For DVDs this isn’t really needed, but if you use high-resolution video files, it is quite noticeable. In the next update additional profiles will [...]
After playing with the XOOM a bit, I noticed that the bottom menu bar stays active all the time. With the Xoom’s 1280×800 screen resolution, you would expect that to get full-screen video on your Xoom, you would need to create videos with that resolution, but unfortunately, if you do that, because of the active [...]
While Apple’s iTunes Store provides quick and easy access to new movies and TV shows, unfortunately, they have not created an easy way of transfering your own DVDs and video files onto it. With an extensive collection of DVDs, why would you purchase the same movies again, just to put them on your iPad2? This [...]
Just released, and already people are flooding forums and websites about the troubles they are experiencing with video playback on the XOOM, but not so if you use DVD Catalyst 4 to create your Xoom-optimized videos. This guide will provide you with all the info you need in order to experience the best movie and [...]
Well, I just picked up a Motorola XOOM. It looks and feels amazing, and so far I’m quite impressed with it. I haven’t done too much with it, but expect some updates over the next couple of days about my experiences and my findings.
Every now and then, people ask about audio sync issues, such as where lips don’t match up to the video. 99.99% of the times, this is because they use Windows Media Player to preview the files. While Windows Media Player (on Windows 7) can play MP4 files, the codec it uses is not completely reliable. [...]
Of course, DVD Catalyst 4 already has profiles for the newly released Android Honeycomb Tablet, the XOOM. Just fire up DVD Catalyst 4, select Android > Xoom and add your DVD/video files and click Go. Simple as that. Special DVD Catalyst 4v 4.0.2.6 XOOM update information: http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/dvd-catalyst-4-xoom-update-v4-0-2-6-release-notes/ Xoom How To Guide: http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/how-to-convert-dvds-and-video-files-for-the-motorola-xoom/
Video content such as DVDs and video files have different volume levels. When you watch a DVD usually you have to increase the volume of your TV or speaker system, but when you switch back to regular TV, the volume is a lot louder, forcing you to turn the volume down a bit. To eliminate [...]
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