Archive for the 'New devices' 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 [...]

Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

To convert DVD’s and movies for the new Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S, use the Samsung Omnia II profile in DVD Catalyst 3.
While the phones are different, the video screen resolution as well as the video format it needs to play is identical.
DVD Catalyst Free for Galaxy S now available

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 [...]

DVD Catalyst 3 & iPhone 4

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

For the iPhone 4, just select the Apple > iPad profile, and change the screen size in “Modify” to 960×960.

DVD Catalyst 3 & HTC (Sprint) EVO 4G

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

For the EVO 4G, just select the HTC HD2 profile. The settings for the video files are identical.

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 3.90.1

Monday, June 28th, 2010

A small bug in 3.90 in regards of black bar removal came to light today, and was causing some major havoc with some DVD conversions “(FAILED)”. DVD Catalyst 3.90.1 takes care of these issues. In addition, the black border removal code has been tweaked a bit for better results.
Of course the new profiles and the [...]

DVD (and Video) to iPhone 4 for Free (for real!)

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Free iPhone 4 Converter. If you have already looked for applications that match this search term on websites like Google and Bing, you are probably aware that most of the programs you find are limited trial versions, which only convert partial content or insert a huge watermark over your video files.
Other solutions you might have [...]

New device, device not listed

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

DVD Catalyst 3 includes support for more devices than all similar products combined. 100’s of different devices have their own conversion profiles, and are easily selectable using the dropdowns. However, every day new phones and media players are released and it is impossible to include profiles for each one of them.

DVD Catalyst 3 and iPhone 4

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Of course DVD Catalyst 3 can create video files that will play on the iPhone 4 in great quality!
DVD Catalyst 3.90 is now available, and includes profiles for the new iPhone 4 !!
The Apple iPhone 4 is close to being released, and questions for ripping your movies for the iPhone 4 are coming in as [...]

Verizon HTC Droid Incredible

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

The phone was released shortly after DVD Catalyst 3.86 was rteleased, so no specific profile for this phone is available in DVD Catalyst 3 yet. However, Due to it’s open design, of course you can use DVD Catalyst to create videos for this phone. Just select one of the Droid profiles, and in “Modify” change [...]

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) [...]

XBOX 360 (Part 1)

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Being a (late) first-generation gamer, I grew up with computer systems such as the Atari 2600, Colecovision, ZX Spectrum, MSX, C64, Amiga 500, and various Nintendo and Sega consoles. When it comes to games, I have a fairly short attention span, so with the console systems, I ended up picking up 2-3 $40 games a [...]

DVD to iPad & Apple TV : Sample Videos

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

A couple of trailers converted with DVD Catalyst 3 to AppleTV HD format. The next update of DVD Catalyst will include iPad profiles, but these will be based upon the AppleTV profile. Both devices can play the same video content.
Download the file you want to watch, extract the video from the zip, then add the [...]

DVD to Blackberry Curve : Sample Videos

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

A couple of trailers converted using the Blackberry Curve 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 Blackberry in USB mode for best results. Do not use Windows Media Player or the Blackberry Video transfer tool to transfer. The [...]

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, [...]

DVD to Samsung Impact SGH-T746

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

In DVD Catalyst, select Apple > iPod Classic (Fast)
This produces video files that will play properly on the Impact.
Unfortunately when a higher screensize is selected, the files will not play, however, the 320×240 resolution of the iPod CLassic profile produces great quality.

DVD to Nexus One

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

As of DVD Catalyst 3.84.5, DVD Catalyst includes profiles for the new Google Phone, the Nexus One.

DVD to Nokia N86

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The current version (DVD Catalyst 3.84) does not include a profile for the Nokia N86 yet, however, it can convert video and DVDs to great looking video files that will play nicely on the N86.
The next DVD Catalyst release will include a profile for this device, however, for now, just select Apple > iPod Classic [...]

DVD to Nokia N97

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The current version (DVD Catalyst 3.84) does not include a profile for the Nikia N97 yet, however, it can convert video and DVDs to great looking video files that will play nicely on the N97.
The next DVD Catalyst release will include a profile for this device, however, for now, please use the following settings:
Select Apple [...]