Movies on Droid Question?

[DJ Jesus]

Hi, I'm new to the forum and the android world. I wanted to know if anybody knew of any good app for playing movies on the Droid. I upgraded from an LG Voyager, which was able to play full 3gp movies. Does anybody know if I can use 3gp dvd ripper (which I used to create files for the voyager) or any other program to rip the movies in the correct screen size. Also, what about digital movies that come with Blu rays, does anybody know how to put these on the Droid? Thanks for any help.

[DJ Jesus]

After doing some research, I found the answers to my own questions...well at least parts of it. Found a great Android movie converter called Videora. I'll be posting my findings on whats needed to put movies on Droid in the forum-:)Putting movies on Droid.

[khdwallace4]

I have tried to research the same and found some converters for pc but nothing for droid or even any phone. X iphone user, had astorm then got moto droid. After I download the videora, where do I go and what do ido to get movies to convert or what not? Thanx in advance for your research results. Dennis

[DJ Jesus]

Hey Dennis,

I suggest you use handbreak instead. Videora is only used to convert your movie files to the right size and file type, (MP4 or avi) so that it fits the phones screen, in essence, shrinking the file to about 500mb or so. But, videora doesn't extract the dvd file, handbrake on the other hand does both, extract and convert.

Some dvds are portected and you may have some trouble extracting the dvd, I suggest using anydvd, you can use this program to remove the protection. After you remove the protection, then you can extract and convert using handbreak. When I intially started my research I found Videora, but then realized that I still needed a dvd ripper to extract the file. This was an extra step that took about 30 to 40 minutes. I then found handbreak which extracts the dvd and converts the file at the same time. It can take some time, it can take about 3 hours to extract and convert but its worth it. Plus Handbreak gives you a better quality picture.


You won't be able to upload drm files aka protected files or downloaded materials such as itune movies, amazon movies, etc. Droid doesn't support drm protected files. For now at least. Do a search on the forums for videos on droid or search all my posts. I've detailed all the steps and additional option you will need. I had origianlly posted on the videora but as I continued my research I also found Handbreak. You'll find them under my posts. Let me know how they work for you.

[Vzard]

I have tried to research the same and found some converters for pc but nothing for droid or even any phone. X iphone user, had astorm then got moto droid. After I download the videora, where do I go and what do ido to get movies to convert or what not? Thanx in advance for your research results. Dennis

Videora is good for general video format converting, and Handbrake with DVD ripping as bonus, but neither of them can handle DRM-protected movie files like .m4v from iTunes .wmv from BBC iPlayer, Zune Marketplace, Xbox Live Store, Amazon Unbox, Windows Media Centre etc.

Personally i use Aimersoft Media Converter which can strip DRm license protection and convert both audio and video formats, of course, Handbrake for DVD movie.

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[lcgw01]

dont mean to high jack n e ones thread but where can u go to download movies already formated for the phone? and if there isnt a place to do that can i start a thread and post some of my movies i have?

[mr_manny]

another super easy option is available to all linux users :D

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f60/thought-my-1st-post-would-be-on-getting-your-vids-to-play-nice-w-your-new-droid-28379/

[DJ Jesus]

I found a video on youtube, which provides a link/program (free zip file)and directions on how to remove drm (protected) audio and video files. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG9dtZcxpQE
I'm finally able to put my blu ray digital copies on the droid. The only thing is that you can only convert video files at 320x240 resolution. I use 900 kbps high quality in the settings. As I've mentioned before I use act 1 which makes the video fit the whole screen. It works great for itunes files or other protected files. Enjoy guys!:)

[briguy523]

Format Factory is free and rocks. There's some presets but due to the resolution on the Droid, you should probably make a custom profile.

[jtan]

By contrast, you could try Daniusoft best DVD ripper which a friend told me. It can help u rip any DVD to .3GP/.MP4 format which is compatible with Andriod phone. It is already optimized for output setting for android phone, conveniently.

[stalker]

does this all software has a nexus one profile? If not what are the best settings for nexus one?

[Cold71]

Best app for this in my opinion is DVDfab. Among other options it has a File to Mobile option. You select the file format (mp4, 3gp, etc.) and you can customize resolution, audio/video quality, etc. I have ripped the entire 7th season of family guy from my DVD copy to fit the Moto Droid screen and it looks and plays flawlessly.

[stalker]

Best app for this in my opinion is DVDfab. Among other options it has a File to Mobile option. You select the file format (mp4, 3gp, etc.) and you can customize resolution, audio/video quality, etc. I have ripped the entire 7th season of family guy from my DVD copy to fit the Moto Droid screen and it looks and plays flawlessly.

is it free?

[olivianewton]

Hi guys,

You would need to download the movies from a file-sharing network. Any content that is purchased from Netflix, Amazon, Sprint TV, iTunes, etc. is copyrighted and cannot be transferred to your phone

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[stgeorge]

Look- there is a LOT of discussion on this (and other) forums as to how to convert your video to whatever format so that the Moto Droids can play them back. I want someone to answer me as to WHY the Moto Droids don't / won't playback an .AVI video file?

My Droid X came with DLNA- which is great- but all of my movies are in the universally supported file format known as AVI. Of course, it won't play these videos back- wtf???

Is the non-avi playback an issue with Android OS or is it a specific Verizon/Moto issue?

Thanks for the assistance.

[djunio]

No Android phone that I know of does natively. That's why you need a plugin or app to do it. I recommend rockbaseplayer it can play almost anything.

If I'm not mistaken, .avi is a Microsoft thing and they are not really buddies with Android.

[mikisaiah]

You can try Videora...that is the one that I use.

[2slo2ugly]

My vibrant plays avi files with its stock video player, no problem.
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[stalker]

My vibrant plays avi files with its stock video player, no problem.
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AVI is a container and I think playing AVI files is depends on the what encoder and decoder you've used..

[djunio]

My Vibrant doesn't play avi through the stock video player, it say unsupported file type. U have a special device if it does. However, through rockbaseplayer, it plays avi flawlessly.

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[tylerdurdin]

Thats odd, my captivate plays avi files through the stock player, come to think of it I never have paid much attention to any of the formats the movies I put in this thing were, I just drop the movie on the sd card from my home theatre pc and watch them, I must have gotten lucky because so far its played everything I have thrown at it. Infact I have 3 avi movies on this thing right now.

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[djunio]

Maybe they are divx or xvid? It does those natively. The Galaxy S phones is awesome. :-)

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[tylerdurdin]

Djunio your the man, good call, just checked the files on the phone all divx. couldnt see the whole thing on my pc in the unopened file, it only read AVI. We aint out smarting you here. Good to see someone knows about the phones we own.

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[djunio]

Lol, I try. Divx n xvid is better anyway. Avi is good too but its Microsoft n they'll probably get their panties n a bunch if Android ran it natively.

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