DVDs to Infinity?

**Soul TKR** · 01-03-2013, 07:48 AM

I just ordered my Infinity, but was wondering how everyone is getting their movies onto the tablet? I've got quite a large movie collection but am a little unsure of how to transfer them to the Infinity?

**c00l0ne** · 01-03-2013, 10:15 AM

I use my micro sd card and just play it from there. I don`t transfer them on the tablet.

**Soul TKR** · 01-03-2013, 12:17 PM

K so how do you get them from dvd form to your micro sd card?

**illdini** · 01-03-2013, 12:34 PM

Generally speaking, you rip the DVD/Blu-Ray using your computer + a ripping program (such as Handbrake), then copy the resulting file to the MicroSD card in your tablet.

**Soul TKR** · 01-03-2013, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by illdini

Generally speaking, you rip the DVD/Blu-Ray using your computer + a ripping program (such as Handbrake), then copy the resulting file to the MicroSD card in your tablet.

So if I have about 500+ DVDs, your saying this could take some time? Lol

**Weirdo0815** · 01-03-2013, 08:32 PM

I would use DVDFab. You can rip your DVD and Bluray movies to video files. I use it for my movies.

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**Soul TKR** · 01-03-2013, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Weirdo0815

I would use DVDFab. You can rip your DVD and Bluray movies to video files. I use it for my movies.

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Yea I just got dvd fab today, unfortunately it doesn't have any presets for the Infinity tablet. I guess I just use the ipad presets?

**berndlb** · 01-05-2013, 06:12 PM

I use DVD Catalyst. It has presets for the TF700 and if you have 2 dvd drives you can rip two discs at once. Or better: Sequentially without having to be there to swap. I often load 2 dvds at night and let it do it's thing while I sleep.
Copying the files to a 32gb class 4 microSD is pretty fast on a PC. Tried to transfer the files via Airdroid over WiFi, but that takes forever. Plus, Airdroid does not transfer to external cards and I don't want to clog up my internal card with media files.

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**Soul TKR** · 01-05-2013, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by berndlb

I use DVD Catalyst. It has presets for the TF700 and if you have 2 dvd drives you can rip two discs at once. Or better: Sequentially without having to be there to swap. I often load 2 dvds at night and let it do it's thing while I sleep.
Copying the files to a 32gb class 4 microSD is pretty fast on a PC. Tried to transfer the files via Airdroid over WiFi, but that takes forever. Plus, Airdroid does not transfer to external cards and I don't want to clog up my internal card with media files.

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Can't you plug in the usb and transfer via that? I'd imagine that would be pretty fast...?

**berndlb** · 01-06-2013, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by Soul TKR

Can't you plug in the usb and transfer via that? I'd imagine that would be pretty fast...?

Possibly. My home PC runs WinXP and doesn't "see" the TF700 since the JB update. My laptop runs Windows 7 and would, but since I'm doing much of the heavy lifting, like ripping the DVDs, on my desktop, it's easier for me to just pop out the microSD card from the tablet and transfer the files on the desktop.
I'm also developing an aversion to cables - probably a Dropbox user effect :sly:

I have not tried to transfer large files on the Win7 laptop which is mostly collecting dust these days, since I used it mostly when out of town, and I am now using the TF700 when I'm traveling. But I would expect transfer speeds to be similar - if Win7 recognizes the external card(s). Does it?

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**Soul TKR** · 01-06-2013, 03:41 PM

So how's the quality on DVD Catalyst? Also, and this is a stupid question, but can you rip a Bluray on a regular DVD drive? I don't have a Bluray drive but lots of Blurays.

Is there a way to make subtitles available when ripping but have the option to turn them on/off on the Infinity? I like to have subtitles available, but don't always want to use them.

**berndlb** · 01-06-2013, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Soul TKR

So how's the quality on DVD Catalyst? Also, and this is a stupid question, but can you rip a Bluray on a regular DVD drive? I don't have a Bluray drive but lots of Blurays.

Is there a way to make subtitles available when ripping but have the option to turn them on/off on the Infinity? I like to have subtitles available, but don't always want to use them.

The quality is just fine for me. The movies look just as they would when playing the disc. DVD catalyst has several presets for the Tf700. Normal, fast, HQ1, HQ1 1080, HQ2, HQ2 1080, HQXT and HQXT 1080. Their website has all the necessary info:
There's a fully functional trial version which rips 25% of each track on the disc. The full version is $10. Pretty reasonable IMHO.
I know that you need an additional piece of software to rip Bluerays - it's in the help files.

I remember reading something about subtitles, I believe that functionality is there. If you can turn them on or off doesn't have anything to do with the Infinity per se. It depends on the app you use to play your movies.

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**Soul TKR** · 01-07-2013, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by berndlb

The quality is just fine for me. The movies look just as they would when playing the disc. DVD catalyst has several presets for the Tf700. Normal, fast, HQ1, HQ1 1080, HQ2, HQ2 1080, HQXT and HQXT 1080. Their website has all the necessary info:
There's a fully functional trial version which rips 25% of each track on the disc. The full version is $10. Pretty reasonable IMHO.
I know that you need an additional piece of software to rip Bluerays - it's in the help files.

I remember reading something about subtitles, I believe that functionality is there. If you can turn them on or off doesn't have anything to do with the Infinity per se. It depends on the app you use to play your movies.

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I see... Yea I've been playing around with dvd catalyst today. Still trying to figure out the best setting. They have them listed as you mentioned above for both TF700T and INFINITY. Which settings do you use? As well as what quality setting (you mentioned above).

**Soul TKR** · 01-08-2013, 11:26 AM

Bump...

**Tom Whitmore** · 01-15-2013, 11:02 AM

I use DVDFab, choose ipad 1080p and the blu_rays so converted are fabulous. I put them on a 500gb usb drive, plug it in to the tablet and watch from the external hd.

**Soul TKR** · 01-15-2013, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Tom Whitmore

I use DVDFab, choose ipad 1080p and the blu_rays so converted are fabulous. I put them on a 500gb usb drive, plug it in to the tablet and watch from the external hd.

Yea I went back to dvd fab. The quality just seemed to be the best on that one with the same settings you mentioned. Unfortunately I will only be able to fit 10 - 15 movies on my tablet, but oh well I can always swap them out.

**bill2reg** · 01-19-2013, 05:59 AM

You can always put them on micro-SD cards which are small enough to carry with your tablet, and then just swap the cards. I use DVD fab, rip to mp4 and have a few 32GB class 10 cards so plenty of movies, music concerts etc. for when I travel. Noise-cancelling headphones and it's a great experience on an airplane. Now if only we could get the airlines to treat us better...........would be perfect!

**Tekkmonkey** · 01-27-2013, 10:48 PM

This guide is great if you want full quality blu ray rips like me! I've got a usb hard drive I put all the movies on. Or if i need to travel light I will load a few on the micro sd card.

**waldo859** · 02-15-2013, 04:25 PM

I have a external hard drive loaded with movies. What would be the best way to transfer some of them to my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T?

**berndlb** · 02-15-2013, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by waldo859

I have a external hard drive loaded with movies. What would be the best way to transfer some of them to my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T?

For a large amount of data there is still nothing faster and easier than copying them to a microSD card (alternatively SDcard or USB stick if you use the dock) and popping that into your Transformer.
The TF700 can handle 64gb cards with no problems. That should last you a while...
And you don't want to clog up your internal card with media anyway,right?

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**waldo859** · 02-16-2013, 10:17 AM

Thanks for the info. So after I plug in my external HD to my laptop and pick a few movies I could drag them into a SD card or USB stick (flash drive) and then plug that into the Transformer Pad TF700T. I'm assuming I would need a USB to micro USB adapter. Using the microSD I might need some adapter so it fits into my laptop. With the movies on a stick of SD card, is it just plug and play?

**berndlb** · 02-16-2013, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by waldo859

Thanks for the info. So after I plug in my external HD to my laptop and pick a few movies I could drag them into a SD card or USB stick (flash drive) and then plug that into the Transformer Pad TF700T. I'm assuming I would need a USB to micro USB adapter. Using the microSD I might need some adapter so it fits into my laptop. With the movies on a stick of SD card, is it just plug and play?

If you buy a microSD card it usually comes with an adapter to fit into a standard SD card slot on your laptop.
If your laptop doesn't have a SD card slot, you can buy a microSD/SD to USB adapter. That's basically a USB stick with slots that fit microSD and SD cards. That's what I did since I find it much easier to fit the tiny cards into the USB adapter than fiddling them into the SD card adapter. But that's due to my large fingers and bad eye sight

The stock video player plays a respectable number of movie formats. I don't have a list handy, but that should be easy to google.
If your movies are in a different format I would bet it's much easier to find a replacement video player in the Play Store than converting the movies.

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**waldo859** · 02-16-2013, 11:24 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll give it a shot.

**berndlb** · 02-16-2013, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by waldo859

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll give it a shot.

No problem - anytime, and if you're not familiar with micro/SD cards here a little pointer:

I would only buy name brands like ScanDisc, Samsung, Kingdton, Transcend etc. There are a lot of knock-offs and cheap imitations out there, especially on Ebay.

You will find, that the cards are described as 'class 4', 'class 6', class 10. That's the read/write speed that card is capable of. The higher the number the better.
I would go for a class 10.

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