Watch DVDs on your PocketPC

Colin Dunstan · 11-08-2004, 06:47 AM

Today I stumbled over a tool called DVD to Pocket PC. Its claim:

You can convert your DVD's to your Pocket PC and watch them in great quality, with stereo sound and in full screen landscape mode. A memorycard as small as 128 Mb is sufficient to store a full length feature film, up to a hundred minutes

From what I understand, the movie files are re-encoded using Microsoft's Windows Media 9 format which has a much better compression algorithm than DVD (Mpeg2).

A free trial is available. I would be curious to hear your experiences on watching full-length movies on a PDA. How does it work? Can you recommend it despite the small LCD screen?

Zire · 11-08-2004, 10:53 AM

Cool news! Here is an alternate that works for poth pocket pc and palm. http://www.pqdvd.com/

cbarnett · 11-08-2004, 07:13 PM

I've tried watching movies on my ipaq, and it's surprisingly good!!! Sounds and image quality is good, and quite watchable.I don't really have the HD space to do it properly at the moment, but I will soon, and will be watching a lot more then.

There are a few commercial products available to do the job "in one click" for you. There's also a few freeware tools that can do the same, but require a little more work.

Craig.

11-08-2004, 06:47 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Watch DVDs on your PocketPC Today I stumbled over a tool called DVD to Pocket PC. Its claim: You can convert your DVD's to your Pocket PC and watch them in great quality, with stereo sound and in full screen landscape mode. A memorycard as small as 128 Mb is sufficient to store a full length feature film, up to a hundred minutes From what I understand, the movie files are re-encoded using Microsoft's Windows Media 9 format which has a much better compression algorithm than DVD (Mpeg2). A free trial is available. I would be curious to hear your experiences on watching full-length movies on a PDA. How does it work? Can you recommend it despite the small LCD screen?

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11-08-2004, 10:53 AM	#2
Zire Fanatic Posts: 522 Karma: 14050 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Astoria, NY Device: Zire 71	Cool news! Here is an alternate that works for poth pocket pc and palm. http://www.pqdvd.com/

11-08-2004, 07:13 PM	#3
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	I've tried watching movies on my ipaq, and it's surprisingly good!!! Sounds and image quality is good, and quite watchable.I don't really have the HD space to do it properly at the moment, but I will soon, and will be watching a lot more then. There are a few commercial products available to do the job "in one click" for you. There's also a few freeware tools that can do the same, but require a little more work. Craig.

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