DVD Catalyst - A Must Have for movies

[dvdcatalyst]

Choose Android in the first box and Galaxy S3 in the second box. Try it out and see what you think. There are Galaxy S3 HQ options as well, which increase the bit rate. If you click on power user in the bottom right you can see exactly what settings each option has - but all Galaxy S3 templates use 1280 x 720 resolution.

Thank you jeffreii,

My personal recommendation for settings are the HQXT profiles. Originally I added those to eliminate the need of worrying about bitrate for different conversion sources (DVD, HD MKV's etc).

If you select the Galaxy S3 HQXT profile, it enables a setting called "CRF", which will automatically adjust the video bitrate during conversion to whatever is needed to achieve a certain quality (sort of like 2-pass, but without the 2 passes). By default, it is set to 24, which provides a good quality at a reasonable file size, if you want "mint" quality, enable "Power User" mode, and in "Modify" change it to 20.

With those settings, it is basically set it and forget it. No need to change the quality settings anymore, because it automatically adjusts to what is needed.

The advantage of this over a fixed bitrate is that with a fixed setting, there are quality differences between slow and fast scenes. Slower scenes (romance) don't need as much bits to get a perfect quality, but for faster scenes (explosions, car chases etc) a lot more is needed. With the HQXT profile, it adjusts this to whatever is needed, so your entire movie will have the same quality throughout.

Ever since I implemented it, I have not been using anything else myself.

 

[RVelle]

Just have to say DVD Catalyst is great, just purchased it about 10 min ago, movie is kicking along right now for my 2-day old S3.....

 

[Razelus]

I've had the program for more than a week now and wanted to ask you once you're done encoding a few things to see if u notice during a scene where the movie or program pans across if u notice a jerky type motion that doesn't seem fluid. I've encoded a number of programs and in almost all the scenes I've seen this same type of jerky motion. Maybe my settings are off a bit or something but I've even used recommendations from the post above u and still notice the same thing. For the moment I've reverted back to handbrake and have not seen or noticed the same type of issue I described above. Please let me know your results because I'm curious if it's my settings or user error. Thanks.

 

[vzwty]

I recently purchased this and its well worth the 10 bucks. I've been converting movies for my Nexus 7 mostly. Great program!

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[dvdcatalyst]

I've had the program for more than a week now and wanted to ask you once you're done encoding a few things to see if u notice during a scene where the movie or program pans across if u notice a jerky type motion that doesn't seem fluid. I've encoded a number of programs and in almost all the scenes I've seen this same type of jerky motion. Maybe my settings are off a bit or something but I've even used recommendations from the post above u and still notice the same thing. For the moment I've reverted back to handbrake and have not seen or noticed the same type of issue I described above. Please let me know your results because I'm curious if it's my settings or user error. Thanks.

Hi,

thank you for using DVD Catalyst.

Please try this:

enable "Power User" (bottom right, next to the facebook/g+ buttons)
go into GLobal Settings (top left underneath the cat-eyes)
look for the "tweaks" tab (right side)
then uncheck "inverse telecine (DVD)"

 

[barskin]

So its worth the $10?

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Oh, yes, wow, is it ever. I have 57 full length movies that I have ripped from my DVDs on my Asus Transformer. I only have 1 on my GS3 as of yet. I am only starting ripping in the GS3 format.

 

[Razelus]

Hi,

thank you for using DVD Catalyst.

Please try this:

enable "Power User" (bottom right, next to the facebook/g+ buttons)
go into GLobal Settings (top left underneath the cat-eyes)
look for the "tweaks" tab (right side)
then uncheck "inverse telecine (DVD)"

I'll definitely try that setting and let you know my results... It's an awesome program with all the presets and tweaks you can do and it was one minor issue I had with my encoded results. Thanks for the tip.

 

[jeffreii]

Hi,

thank you for using DVD Catalyst.

Please try this:

enable "Power User" (bottom right, next to the facebook/g+ buttons)
go into GLobal Settings (top left underneath the cat-eyes)
look for the "tweaks" tab (right side)
then uncheck "inverse telecine (DVD)"

Could you explain technically what that does? Thanks!

 

[dvdcatalyst]

Oh, yes, wow, is it ever. I have 57 full length movies that I have ripped from my DVDs on my Asus Transformer. I only have 1 on my GS3 as of yet. I am only starting ripping in the GS3 format.

Your Transformer-optimized movies will play perfectly fine on your GS3. No need to convert those 57 movies again

Could you explain technically what that does? Thanks!

Almost all movies are created for theaters, and shot at a framerate lower than that of what is used for TV's. When these movies are mastered for DVDs, the framerate is increased.

By default, DVD Catalyst 4 runs a "inverse telecine" filter on its conversions, which restores the original framerate of the movie, however, if you convert a TV show, or a movie that is either a made for TV movie or a straight to DVD release, this filter can cause complications such as what you are experiencing.

 

[Melinda Rozema]

Hi everyone. From what i can see, this is a good deal for the program so i think i am going to buy it. $10 is cheap for the program! Can someone help me figure out the exact settings to use this for my samsung galaxy tab 3? I have tried the presets and i have tried only in trial version to see if i can get it to work before i bought it. I have converted my dvd to mp4 but i am not getting something correct because i can't play the videos on my tab even with the mx player. If someone could help me, i would greatly appreciate it!! I have a 64gb micro sd card in my samsung galaxy tab 3 and i want to convert dvds that i own to movies i can watch on my tablet at a later time when i don't have a wifi access. I am using the samsung galaxy tab 3, model: SM-T210R. i love this tablet, i just need help with figuring this out please!
Thank you very much!!!