The Zune30 is quite picky in the format of video file that it accepts. Due to a bug in the conversion engine installed by the boosterpack, an incorrect video quality setting is reported to the Zune Software with created video files. The setting detected by the Zune Software is higher than what the Zune software allows to transfer, even though the actual quality setting of the video file is different. The original conversion engine of DVD Catalyst has a work-around applied specifically to eliminate this issue by reporting a lower quality setting, regardless of what the quality actually is, and this is allowed by the Zune software.

By installing the boosterpack, the work-around is not used in the conversion engine, resulting in that the Zune software will (attempt to) convert the created video file.

If you installed the boosterpack, you can disable it in “Global Settings”. The top title of DVD Catalyst should not have a + behind the 3 to ensure the boosterpack is not enabled.

*Update. This will have DVD Catalyst check for updates. It will connect to the tools4movies website to get information from the latest DVD Catalyst 3 version. It will display the most recent changes, and if you are using a different version that the one that is available, it will offer to download it.

*Boosterpack. This opens a web browser to the Tools4Movies website to provide you with quick acces to the Boosterpack information and download link.

*About. This shows the Tols4Movies splash screen with the DVD Catalyst version information.

The boosterpack installs a new conversion engine, which can speed up conversions quite a bit, for both older computers, as well as newer multi-core computers.

(Note, boosterpack is NOT compatible with Zune 30 devices)

Below a few conversion speed indications performed by some beta testers:

on a core2duo 2.16Ghz system, conversion speed using the Apple iPhone format at it’s default settings went up by 30%

DVD conversion speed: a 2 hour movie in about 30 minutes!

on a Core i7-920, 2,66MHz, Quad Core system, the Apple iPhone conversion format went up from 4x speed to 12x speed (66%)

DVD conversion speed: a 2 hour movie in about 10 minutes!

on a Dual Quad Core Xeon, the HTC Touch HD HQ format at it’s defaults went up by about 20% (note this is for the HQ format, not the standard)

DVD conversion speed: a 2 hour movie in about 15 minutes!

The reason why the booster pack is provided as a separate download is because there *might* be issues with some conversions. While all the commonly used formats have been tested successfully, not all of the less-commonly used formats have been tested at all, so there is a slight possibility that issues can occeur. We decided to release it as-is, due to the significant performance boost it offers on newer as well as older computer systems.

If you only use DVD Catalyst for popular devices, it’s definitely worth the download.

Use the download link on the side to download it.