Part 2 of the Subsonic Guide, setting up the Android App.
Access your entire music (and video) collection from your phone or tablet anywhere you are. A dream? Not anymore, meet the free Subsonic Streaming application.
Not really advertised, DVD Catalyst actually works with TiVo files.
DVD Catalyst 4 V4.0.3 Beta 5:
A new public beta of DVD Catalyst 4: Mainly internal fixes, but Toy Story 1 and 2 (Special Edition) should work fine now. The work-around should kick in when needed for other DVDs as well.
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 [...]
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 [...]
With the Xoom update released, here’s what is next on our todo-list at this point:
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 [...]
DVD Catalyst 4′s capabilities are often underestimated. While it is quite easy to use, it offers a lot more than just 1-click DVD to Whatever conversions. Besides all the standard features, DVD Catalyst 4 includes many options that you will not find in any similar application:
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. [...]
And another DVD Catalyst 4 update. While noting really major was changed or fixed, I just wanted to release an updated version.
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 [...]
One of the more often asked questions we receive is what profile to choose. For many popular devices, DVD Catalyst 4 offers a variety of profiles, such as Standard and HQ, and for some even Fast and HQ2, and selecting one that fits your needs can be a little confusing. This article is intended to [...]
We just updated our MP4 Streaming Server application to work with DVD Catalyst 4.
Below a list of the included device profiles available in DVD Catalyst 4.0. If your player/phone is not listed, DVD Catalyst 4 is in most cases still capable of creating video files for it. Many devices use similar settings, so by selecting a device that resembles yours, you are probably good to go. Most Android [...]
With the new iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple has been promoting the new screen with a higher resolution, and gave it a fancy name “Retina Display” With an increase of resolution from 480 x 320 for the previous models to now 960 x 640 you would expect a drastic improvement in terms of video playback, [...]
Make your own cool ring tones from your favorite movies, tv shows or music files.
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 [...]
