Archiving my DVD Collection for Mobile Use

Like every passionate movie fan, I have a large DVD collection. These are my favourite videos which I fear to lose! Of course, today it’s not a problem to find any digital content online, but why pay twice? I found a very easy solution how to back up all my DVD videos and make them ready for mobiles and gadgets. I use Freemake Video Converter to rip DVDs for my iPhone 4S and BlackBerry Playbook. So I’d like to tell you how to do this.

First, you need to add a DVD movie into the program: insert a DVD disc, launch Freemake, and hit “+DVD” button to add the whole VIDEO_TS folder. Usually a DVD contains several titles (the movie itself, trailers, ads), tick only those you’d like to rip. In the video line select audio track (language) and subtitles (if necessary). You can also embed subtitles from the Internet in SRT, ASS, SSA formats.

The next step is to choose the output profile. You may rip DVD to a specific format like AVI, MP4, MKV, WMV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, or make it compatible with your portable device.

Here is the list of ready profiles available at the video converter:

• iPad 1, 2, 3 (video to iPad how-to);
• iPod Touch 1-5G, iPod Classic, iPod Nano;
• iPhone 1, 3G, 3S, 4, 4S;
• Apple TV;
• Sony PSP, PS3;
• Nokia N900, N800, E90, E6, N97, 5800, 5230;
• Samsung Corby, Captivate, Droid Charge, Duos, Epic 3G;
• BlackBerry Torch, Storm, Curve, Bold, Style, Playbook.

As for Android phones (since there’s a great variety of them), you should choose a preset on the basis of your gadget display resolution: 1280×800, 1024×600, 854×480, 800×480, 640×480, 480×320, 320×240. You may easily find it with Google (e.g. “HTC Sensation XE display resolution”).

If you didn’t find your gadget in the above list, don’t worry: Freemake Video Converter lets create personalized profiles with almost any output parameters. Look here how to create a custom preset to fit videos to your device model.

Since it’s quite challenging to find right video specs for a certain gadget model, I assembled the most popular video profiles and helpful resources for you.
Note: one and the same device may support more than one video format/codec, so video parameters may vary from site to site.

Xbox 360

Microsoft developers claim that Xbox 360 console can play DVDs without any special software or hardware. However, each Xbox console is manufactured for a specific DVD and game region, so it can play only the discs sold in the same region as the console. If your Xbox refuses to play DVDs, you may easily convert them to one of the supported movie formats. Here are some profile options:

Format	AVI	MP4	WMV
Video codec	MPEG-4	H.264	VC-1
Frame size	1280×720	1920×1080	1920×1080
Bitrate	5 Mbps	10 Mbps	15 Mbps
Frame rate	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Audio codec	MP3	AAC	WMA Pro or WMA Lossless
Channels	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo or 5.1
Audio bitrate	Auto	Auto	Auto

UPDATE: ready presets for Xbox 360 are available in Freemake Video Converter, ver. 3.1 and later.

Samsung Galaxy S 1, 2, 3

Samsung Galaxy S is one of the most popular Android smartphones which has undergone already three major upgrades. All three generations of Galaxy S come with support for video file formats, including AVI, WMV, 3GP, MPEG-4, MKV, and FLV. Use the below profiles to convert video for your Samsung Galaxy S 1st ,2nd, or 3rd generation.

	Samsung Galaxy S 1	Samsung Galaxy S 2	Samsung Galaxy S 3
Format	MP4	MP4	MP4
Video codec	H.264	H.264	H.264
Frame size	480×800	480×800	1080×720
Bitrate	1500 kbps	1500 kbps	1500 kbps
Frame rate	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Audio codec	AAC	MP3	MP3
Channels	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo
Audio bitrate	160kbps	Auto	Auto

UPDATE: ready presets for Samsung Galaxy S 1,2 are available in Freemake Video Converter, ver. 3.0 and later.

Sony PlayStation Vita

PS Vita is a Sony game console of new generation. As all its precursors, PS Vita can play video files, but it supports limited video formats (MPEG4 or H.264) and it isn’t powerful enough to make full use of our discs. Use the specs below to convert files for your PC Vita.

Format	MP4
Video codec	MPEG4
Frame size	960×544
Bitrate	Auto
Frame rate	29.97 fps
Audio codec	AAC
Channels	Stereo
Audio bitrate	Auto

UPDATE: ready presets for Sony PS Vita are available in Freemake Video Converter, ver. 3.1 and later.

Zune HD

Zune HD is a portable media player with a touchscreen, radio, HD video out, and wireless sync. The gadget features the support for H.264, MPEG4, and WMV video. We recommend the following parameters to convert video for Zune HD.

Format	MP4
Video codec	MPEG4
Frame size	720×480
Bitrate	Up to 2.5 Mbps
Frame rate	30 fps
Audio codec	MP3
Audio bitrate	Up to 320 kbps
Sample rate	Up to 48 kHz

Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire is a famous tablet from Amazon. Like most other tablets, Kindle has a limited number of supported video formats – MP4 and VP8. Still you can use Freemake Video Converter to encode videos for your Kindle, just use of the preset 1024×600 (MPEG4, AAC) for Android.

Innotab

Innotab is a popular touchscreen learning tablet for children with the possibility to play videos. Learn here how to convert videos for Innotab.

iRiver (E300, E150, S100, X20)

iRiver is a manufacturer of popular music players which can play videos as well. The following specs suit most iRiver models which have 320×240-pixel screen.

Format	MP4
Video codec	MPEG4
Frame size	320×240
Bitrate	32-512 kbps
Frame rate	15-30 fps
Audio codec	WMA or MP3
Audio bitrate	Up to 320 kbps
Sample rate	Auto

Once you’re done with choosing/creating a profile for your device, click “Convert”. After the conversion is complete, upload video files to your gadget.

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