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Make your movies mobile with DVD Catalyst Free
by Brad Linder Jul 21st 2008 at 12:00PM
DVD Catalyst offers one-click DVD ripping and encoding. Just launch the program, select your portable device, slide a DVD into your disc drive, and click the little green button. The program will choose the best resolution, bit rate, and other settings for you.
Up until recently, only a commercial version of DVD Catalyst was available. But now there's a free version with a limited feature set. If you want advanced features like the ability to set 2-pass conversions, split videos into multiple parts, or adjust the volume and framerates, you might want to shell out $15 to $20 for a full version. But if you're looking for a quick and easy way to cram a few dozen DVD movies on your iPod, DVD Catalyst Free might be all you need.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Insomnic said 4:11PM on 7-21-2008
How does this compare to using Handbrake?
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Brad Linder said 4:15PM on 7-21-2008
They both use the open source Mencoder to do the actual compression. But DVD Catalyst's strength is in its simplicity. The free version is literally a one-click DVD ripper. If you want more advanced features you have to pay. But if you know how to use the more advanced features, you might be happier with Handbrake.
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Stuart Halliday said 3:25PM on 7-22-2008
Hehe.
Some of us have no need to use such a time consuming piece of software. My Cowon A3 Media Player plays VOB files dragged direct from the DVD disc.
Imagine that.
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hazard said 7:13AM on 7-22-2008
The A3 is very cool but with 80GB you'd only get about 16-20 DVD movies .. with a codec like Xvid I find that I can get around a 7:1 compression ratio without any discernable loss in quality. IMO the little effort it takes to rip and compress a DVD is well worth the payoff :)
Stuart Halliday said 4:34PM on 7-22-2008
Yes DivX or Xvid is good. But I can't spare 2 hours to convert a DVD movie.
I used to use DivX's old video site to get old movies. And now Vreel.net is up I hope to do that again.
You can only watch so many DVD movies in a day and why would I put so many in a PMP?
I do tend to put TV programmes on my A3 to watch during a dull moment at Work. Then someone else has done the conversion. All I do is download them and watch them.
;-)
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william rindeika said 12:23PM on 8-02-2008
hi can any one please tell me is it possible to put 40 dvd movies one 1 dvd disc can some 1 tell me how i do it ty
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