Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Best DVD to Android Converter 2018

With the Android tablets and phones blooming, more and more users can easily enjoy hottest movies, TV shows and even 360 degree videos from YouTube, Facebook, etc. But if you want to put and backup all of your DVD collections into an Android devices for viewing during a trip, you may need some professional DVD to Android converter for help.

Solution 1. Brorsoft DVD Ripper

Brorsoft DVD Ripper is one of the top-ranked DVDto Android converter that can quickly convert any (protected) DVD to Android phones or tablets compatible video files in fast ripping speed and excellent output video quality. Plus, it has the optimal presets for Samsung, Kindle Fire HD, Galaxy Tab, HTC, Sony, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, please turn to the equivalent Mac version entitled Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac.
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Solution 2. Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate

Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate is an all-in-one Blu-ray/DVD/Video converter that cna fast convert any Blu-ray, DVD and videos to Android tablets and phones supported mp4, mkv video formats without losing qualit. Besides, it provides customized settings for more Android devices like: Samsung, Amazon, HTC, Google device, Sony, Blackberry and more in a straightforward way. For Mac users, please turn to Brorsoft iMedia Converter for Mac.

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Guide: Rip DVD to Android Tablet/Phone Supported Video Format

Step 1. Import DVD Movies
Click the disc button to load the DVD movies. You can also load folders, ISO/IFO files. At the bottom, you can select your desired subtitle and audio track.
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Step 2. Choose output format
Select an Android friendly format, e.g. H.264 .mp4 for conversion. Basically the "Common Video -> H.264 Video (*.mp4)" is a universal format for Android tablets and smartphones. Besides, there are optimized formats for Samsung, Motorola, Acer, Asus, Sony, Toshiba, HTC, etc branded Android devices; choose a proper one as you need. Or depends on your device, you can choose a suitable video format from "Android" catalogue.
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Tip: If you think the video size this not suitable for your Android Tablet or Phone, you can first choose any one of the provided type, then change the settings. Please remember the file size is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in bigger file size, and lower visible quality loss.

Step 3. Start Ripping DVD for Android
When all the settings are OK, click "Convert" button to rip/convert DVD movies to Android tablet/phone supported video formats.
Once the conversion is complete, click "open" to locate the ripped video files. After that, you can connect your Android phone or tablet to computer via a USB device and transfer the videos to your device for playback smoothly.

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Copy and Backup DVD Collections to Plex Media Server

Q: "I can not figure out how to add a DVD movie to my Plex libray. I'm about to go insane. Watched every youtube video and cant seem to figure out how to do this to a nas device. Every video I watch is way out dated i guess. If anyone has a current link to a video that would be great. Any help would be appreciated."

Plex is a piece of very powerful media streaming software for the home. Based on a fork of the XBMC framework (now known as Kodi), the software turns your personal computer or NAS into a media server that enables access to all your films, photos and music, from a multitude of devices via a beautiful and slick user interface. For those who have problems to copy and rip DVD collections onto Plex media server, you have come to the right place. Read this post to get some useful clues.

In fact, Plex will automatically transcode and convert the incompatible video/audio formats into it's preferred H.264 MP4 during the streaming process, but it will cost lots of your CPU and need powerful network speed. In addition, most of commercial DVD discs are encrypted with heavy copy protections, and Plex will failed to convert and read DVD videos from your PC/Mac. To solve this problems, we suggest you transcode and rip DVD to Plex supported video formats in advance.

To finish the task, a professional DVD to Plex converter is neede. Here, Brorsoft DVD Ripper is the bee's knees, which can help you finish DVD conversion bypassing DVD copy protection. With it, you can convert DVD to Plex supported video formats and other popular formats like MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, WMV, AVI, etc without losing quality. Best of all, it allows you to copy your DVD to hard drive with original structure or main movie only. If you're using a Mac, please turn to Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac, which enables you to convert DVD to Plex Media Server on Mac OS X (High Sierra).

Free download DVD to Plex Converter:
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Step 1. Import DVD movies
Insert your DVD disc to the drive, then launch the DVD ripping software and click the "Load Disc" button to have the DVD content imported. You can also add VIDEO_TS folder, DVD ISO files are the source files for converting.
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Step 2. Set output format
Click Format bar and choose H.264 MP4 from Common Video, which can be recognized by Plex well. MKV is also a good choice; as a container format it takes whatever you give it.
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Tips: Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset.

Step 3. Start ripping DVD to Plex
With above settings, tap the "Convert" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert DVD/VIDEO_TS/ISO to Plex Media Server compatible video files.
Once the conversion is finished, click "Open" to quickly find the converted movies. Then, copy and backup the ripped files to Plex media server for streaming smoothly.

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