Getting DVDs on Microsoft Surface RT/Pro for playback

Microsoft Surface is poor in video playback. It lacks powerful video apps to decode kinds of video files. Though it’s as powerful as a laptop in some respects, it doesn’t have the ability to read and play discs. So it’s a great pity for users who store lots DVD discs in their home.



In my opinion, spending lots of time to find a video app isn’t equal to put DVD movies on Surface RT by using a 3rd party tool. Here, i will share my own experience on how to load DVD movies onto Surface with you.

At first, you should use a Windows 8 DVD Ripper. Here i take Pavtube DVD Ripper to show you how to use such DVD ripping software for Windows Surface RT. Install this tool on your computer ( Note: This application only works on Personal computer ). After that, just follow the steps.

Step 1. Run this DVD to Surface converter. Load your DVD movie into it. As far as i know, you can import DVD disc, DVD ISO, DVD IFO or DVD folder.



Step 2. Select a suitable video format for Surface playing. With Pavtube, what you need to do is rather easy, just click “Format > Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT H.264 Video (*.mp4)”.



This profile is encoded in 16:9, which will give you Full Screen effect.

Step 3. Start ripping DVD movies for Surface RT by clicking on “convert” button.

Hope this simple guide is really useful for you to convert DVD videos to Surface RT for viewing.

The method to transfer iTunes movies to Nabi 2 tablet

Fuhu Nabi 2 is outstanding based on its Kid-friendly design, Excellent kid-safe mode, Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and more other highlights. This tablet run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, just like other android devices, it doesn’t have a license to play DRM protected iTunes contents. No matter iTunes movies or TV shows you purchased from iTunes, all can’t be supported by Nabi 2.






If you just bought some Disney cartoons or other your children liked movies from iTunes, it’s disappointing when you can’t transfer them to Nabi 2 successfully for your children. In fact, we can resolve the incompatibility with the help of an external tool, such as ChewTune. Which could help us remove DRM protection off iTunes movies and convert the movie into a free format for Nabi 2 playing freely.

In the following article, i will show you how it works in the form of a tutorial. But, first of all. You’d better download and install this iTunes to Nabi 2 converter on your windows or Mac computer. Here is the free trail link:



Before use this program, you need to set iTunes not to remember playback position, as follows:

1. Launch iTunes, and switch to “Movies” LIBRARY.
2. Select the videos you’d like to convert, right click on them, and select “Get Info”.



3. Switch to “Options” tab, find “Remember position” and select “No” from its drop-down list. Click “OK” to confirm.




Now, you are ready to convert iTunes movies to Nabi 2. Just follow the quick guide to make it.

Step 1. Launch the iTunes video converter, drag and drop your movies from iTunes Movie Library to it.

Step 2. Click “Format” bar and select output format for Nabi 2. Here, just choose “H.264 Video (*.mp4)” as output.




At the same time, click on “Settings” to get the best video quality on Nabi 2. As follows:




Step 3. Start transcoding iTunes movies to Nabi 2 by clicking on “Convert” button.
Wait until the conversion completes, transfer the converted movies file to Nabi 2.

Below is the full information you need for transferring.

1. Plug the Micro USB cable from your computer to nabi.
2. A dialog box should appear asking you what you want to do with the new hardware. Select Open Device to View Files. If the box does not show up, you can go to Start Menu > My Computer and double click Removable Disk “No Name.”
3. Next, look for “Movies” folder, or create your own to organize the files you are saving on nabi. Select the files you would like to transfer from your computer by dragging and dropping movies into the folder.
4. Once all files have been transferred, safely remove your device: Click Safely Remove Hardware on the bottom right side of your computer screen, then click USB Mass Storage > Stop.
5. When the DRM-free movies are copied to Nabi 2, you’re free to play them. Open the movies by going to the Gallery app on your nabi.

Hope this article is really useful for you to transfer iTunes movies to Nabi 2, just enjoy yourself!

Galaxy Note 10.1 supported video formats and how to play camera videos on Note 10.1

In advance, let's have a look at the video formats supported by Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.


Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 supported video and audio file types:
Video
1080p Full HD video recording & playback
Recording: 1080p@24~30fps/
Playback: 1080p@30fps
Codec: MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ DivX, WMV, VC-1
Audio
Codec : MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG
Music Player with SoundAlive
3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS


Unfortunately Galaxy Note 10.1 does not support AVCHD codec, so the 1080p footage .mts or .m2ts recordings can’t be played on Galaxy Note before they are converted into MP4 or WMV video. To convert AVCHD to MP4 video, you need a Video Converter app.

Software Availability:
1080p Galaxy Note 10.1 Converter for Windows
1080p Galaxy Note 10.1 Converter for Mac

This Galaxy Note 10.1 video Converter provides the best settings/presets that convert MKV/AVI/WMV/MOV/MTS/M2TS/MOV to Galaxy Note 10.1 optimized H.264 .mp4 video. With GPU acceleration the conversion speed can be quicken by 3-5 times faster.

The following guide shows you how to convert 1080p AVCHD videos to MP4 with best video and audio quality for playback on GT Note 10.1:

Step 1. Drag and drop source 1080p MKV/AVI/MP4 video to the Galaxy Note 10.1 Video Converter.

Step 2. Click the pull down menu at the opposite side of “Format”, and then choose “Samsung” ->“Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (*.mp4)” format.



Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start compressing HD videos to Galaxy Note 10.1 friendly format and size.

And you can preview and customize output file size.
To do this, click on "Settings" button. In the pop-up Profile Settings window you can find set settings and check task details. The upper parts shows you the a/v settings you're using. The lower part displays the file information.



When 1080p HD video to Galaxy Note 10.1 conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to find generated 1080p videos on Mac. Now you can sync movies to Galaxy Note 10.1 with Samsung Kies and movies on the slab!

Best Apps to find lost or stolen Android devices

Some of us are so dependent on our Android devices that our breathing gets weird just from thinking about losing them. If you lost your Android phone, it can be a real big problem. Because with the phone you lost all your important files, emails, contacts and more. So it's a good idea to think ahead and plan for misplacing your Android device.  Fortunately, there are some easy ways to track them down beyond just calling and hoping to hear the ring under a pile of laundry. So we’ve compiled the 5 best Android apps for finding a lost or stolen phone.



1. Prey Anti-Theft (Free)
It allows you to track the GPS location of your phone or tablet by sending it a text message. You track via web interface, remote lock the device, plus they have software for tracking laptops. This app too works if a theft swaps the SIM card.

2. Wheres My Droid (Free, Donate $1.00)
The Android app allows you to text an attention word to your phone to make it turn the volume on high and ring even if was on low ringer, vibrate or silent. Separately you can set an attention word to have the phone send back GPS location to hunt it down.

3. SeekDroid ($0.99)
SeekDroid is meant to track down your lost or stolen phone or tablet. It offers a slew of features to help you track a lost or stolen phone. You can access a website to locate your device via GPS, set off the phone’s alarm, lock it or even remote wipe the phone or SD card! IT folks or those looking for more features would appreciate this one as works even if a thief swaps the SIM card. The app requires Android 2.2 (Froyo) and higher, so sorry older phones- can’t use this one.

4. Lookout Security & Antivirus (Free)
As per the name of the app is award-winning security & antivirus from Lookout. Is a free antivirus program for your android mobile phone which gives you protection against viruses, threats, spyware, and trojans. On the other hand also helps you to find your Android phone. It has lots of feature Find My Phone is one of them. It allows you to locate your lost or stolen phone on a Google map even if GPS is turned off also activate a loud alarm, even if your phone or tablet is on silent.

5. McAfee WaveSecure (Free 7 Day Trial, $19.90/year)
McAfee WaveSecure is award-winning mobile protection for your Android device. Backed by the world’s largest dedicated security company, McAfee WaveSecure protects your mobile life. McAfee WaveSecure secures your mobile device and personal data in the event of loss or theft by allowing you to locate/track your device, helps prevent device misuse, and remotely locks your device and wipes your data. It enables you to back up and restore your data from the device or via an easy-to-use web portal.

More Android video solutions:
Best way for streaming TiVo recordings to Android devices
Enjoy iTunes Movies with Android tablets on the go
How to transfer digital copy movies to Android smartphone or tablet?

Stream DVD movies to Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 via Samsung Kies for Mac

Samsung Kies is a decent way of organising and converting your music, video and photos for use on the Tab, though the integration and execution still lags behind Apple’s iTunes. File compatibility is good. However, have you heared about how to transfer DVD movies to Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 via Samsung Kies. It’s impossible unless we rip and convert DVD movies to a format that the tablet played well.

To achieve it, we need the help of DVD ripping program that works on Mac platform. I use Pavtube Bytecopy for Mac. Which is a professional one and can work on Mac OS X 10.5 or above. Below is the guide:

Part I: Rip DVD movies to Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 playable mp4.

Step 1. Install the Mac DVD to Galaxy Tab 2 converter on your Mac. After that, run it and import your DVD source file into the program, it can be DVD disc, DVD ISO, DVD IFO or DVD folder.



Step 2. When your source movie file appeared in the conversion task. You can do some simple editing on the movie and you are free to select the subtitle and audio track you like.

Step 3. Select output format for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Click on ” Format > Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Tab H.264 (*.mp4) “. Note: In order to get full screen, you need to click on ” Settings ” to adjust video “Size” as “1024*600″.

Step 4. At last, click the “Convert” button to start converting DVD movies to Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

When the conversion is done, you can find the converted movie file by clicking on “Open” button.

Part II: Transfer the converted media file to Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 via Samsung Kies from your Mac.

In advance, you need to Download Samsung Kies 2.0 for Mac from here. Then just follow me step by step.
1. Connect Samsung Galaxy Tablet with your Mac/iMac/MacBook/Mac BookPro.
2. Install and Run Samsung Kies. The main interface shows you basic information about the tablet.
3. Click “Sync” tab.



4. Movie your mouse down to Multimedia area. Here you can see “Sync music”, “Sync photos”, “Sync videos” and “Sync podcasts”.



5. In order to sync a local video or song to Samsung Galaxy Tab, you need to add the song/video to Kies library. To do this, you can switch to “Video” tab from the left column, and press “Add music”/ “Add video” and browse to the source file.


Learn more about how to sync Music, Videos and Photos from Mac OS X 10.8 toGalaxy Tab via Samsung Kies.
Now, the “DVD movie” has been transferred to your tab. Just enjoy watching movies on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 as you like.

Get DVD movies playback on Samsung mega 6.3/5.8 phone

The Galaxy Mega phones are equipped with an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera. Both the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and 5.8 run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and feature a dual-core processor. Both have 1.5GB RAM. Both phablets have an internal storage space of 8GB, which can be expanded up to 64GB using a microSD card.

As we know, most DVD movies with 480p resolution, while the resolution of Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8 display up to 1280*720, this means that it has the full ability to show DVD movies in a perfect way. You are right here, the following i will tell you how to rip, extract the DVD movie out and convert it into a digital format to play on Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8.

Rip DVD to Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8: Step 1 -> Pick out a DVD ripping program. There are kinds of applications could help us doing it. Select the one you like. For myself, i use Pavtube DVD Ripper.



Rip DVD to Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8: Step 2 -> Install the DVD to Galaxy Mega converter on your computer. After that, launch it and load your source DVD file into it. It can be DVD disc, DVD ISO image, DVD IFO image or DVD folder. When the movie appeared in the task list, you are allowed to choose subtitle and audio track you want if your source movie have multiple subtitles and audio tracks.

Rip DVD to Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8: Step 3 -> Choose output format for Galaxy Mega. Here i suggest you selecting “Samsung Galaxy Note  (*.mp4)”



Note:
In order to get the best video quality on Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8. Here you’d better click “Settings” to adjust size as “1280*720″. But, if the resolution of your movie is lower than 720p, i don’t suggest you doing this, you can choose “Original” to keep the original video resolution.

Rip DVD to Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8: Step 4 -> Start converting DVD to mp4 for Galaxy Mega by clicking on “Convert” button.

If you use Mac OS X, you need to use the Mac DVD to Galaxy Mega converter. The steps are similar with the above. When the conversion task is done, click “Open” button to get the converted movie file, and transfer it to Galaxy Mega via USB cable. Now, you can watch/play DVD movies on Galaxy Mega 6.3/5.8 as you wish.

If you need to rip Blu-ray to MKV with multiple subtitles, the Bytecopy is a good tool for you.