This one seems to work pretty well although I've only tried it once:
http://www.makayama.com/dvdtopocketpc.html
The key here is that it's really just using Windows Media Encoder under the
scenes - so it has standard WM profiles which you can edit (or copy) if you
want to make PocketPC 2002 compatible files (for that just switch from 48Khz
audio to 44) or larger files for laptop play. Just swap out the included
PRX files for your own.
The software is one button-easy and works in real time (takes as long to rip
a DVD as it does to watch it) since it's streaming the video into Windows
Media Encoder. I prefer Windows Media files so this works out fine for me.
You could also check out the following for VCD/DIVx ripping:
http://www.dvdxcopy.com/plus.asp
http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/InterVideoDVDCopyPlatinum_Profile.jsp
If you'd rather DIY for free you can - but it's anywhere from a little more
complicated to really freakin' complicated. Here are two of my favorite
sites with help/software links/message boards:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
http://www.digital-digest.com/index.html
I personally prefer to rip the files to either Windows Media or AVI formats
(DIVx) at a smaller frame size just because the loss of quality is
incidental and it takes a lot less juice to decode (and thus a lot less
power). A full movie converted to Windows Media or DIVx at a moderate
resolution can be 600 meg and only 120meg at a smaller handheld resolution.
Jim Davis
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From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:28 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: watching films on arplanes
How do you rip them to the hard drive?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:12 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: watching films on arplanes
On the few planes trips I've taken with the kids I always put something on
the laptop - "Lady and the Tramp", "Lion King", etc. The battery lasts SO
much longer if you rip the movies to the harddisk than if you play them
off
the built in DVD player.
I always invite the kids near us to watch as well: I get to read in quiet,
my wife gets to meet and talk with other moms and some kids get distracted
for a coupla hours.
Jim Davis
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From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:56 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: watching films on arplanes
I sat next to a guy on a flight from Chicago to San Antonio who pulled
out a laptop and started watching "Topsy-Turvy". After a few minutes,
he asked if I'd like to watch (I wasn't craning my neck or anything, I'd
seen it numerous times). Seeing as I had a choice of reading that
godawful in-flight magazine or watching the movie, I accepted. He had a
headphone splitter and another set of (nice) phones in his bag. Nice
guy. Good movie.
- Jim
Raymond Camden wrote:
>So, I don't expect anyone to admit to it - but has anyone heard of
someone
>watching a dvd screener (or some other film obviously not released yet)
on
a
>laptop on a plane and having someone in their row complain? I just
thought
>it would be kind of funny - like if you were seated next to a lawyer for
>Paramount. ;)
>
>-rc
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>
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