General Discussion - How to play DVD movies in Zoom Player Standard? tutubebe99 - Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:51 pm Post subject: How to play DVD movies in Zoom Player Standard?
How to play DVD movies in Zoom Player Standard?
Zoom Player Standard, the free media player developed by Inmatrix, is able to play various videos, including AVI, DIVX, XVID, MPEG, Flac Audio, Monkey Audio, Matroska, Windows Media, OGM, RealMedia, QuickTime, Flash and more. However, it’s unable to play DVD movies in Zoom Player Standard unless you pay for its professional versions. Is there a way to watch retail DVDs in Zoom Player without upgrading to Zoom Player Professional? Actually there is. What you need do is just using a DVD Ripper to rip DVD to Zoom Player Standard for playback. Go to see a detailed guide on it in the following contents.
Step 1: Free download Pavtube DVD Ripper, install and run it.
Once run the DVD disc ripper, click “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder”, or “IFO/ISO” icon to load your DVD movie files, so as to rip DVD to Zoom Player Standard for playback.
Step 2: Select output format for Zoom Player
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” to select target format for Zoom Player Standard. Pavtube DVD Ripper offers a wide range of format presets for users to choose from, so that you can rip DVD to mp4, rip DVD to DivX AVI, convert DVD to MKV…at will. We choose “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” for Zoom Player as an example.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings
The DVD disc ripper allows users clicking “Settings” button to adjust video and audio parameters before ripping DVD to Zoom Player for playback, so that you can watch retail DVDs in Zoom Player with your required file quality. The adjustable settings include codec, size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. In general, the bigger input figures, the larger output file size, as well as the better quality. On the contrary, the smaller input figures, the smaller output file size, as well as the inferior file quality.
Step 4: Rip DVD to Zoom Player
Click “Convert” button to start ripping DVD to Zoom Player. The DVD Ripper is capable of finishing conversion at speed without causing you any audio and video out of sync issues. When the conversion is completed, you can simply click “Open” button to get the final Output files. By then you are ready to play DVD movies in Zoom Player Standard.
Blu-ray ripping: why it takes so long?
By ripping Blu-ray to 1080p HD video clips, the Blu-ray movies can be played back freely over PC HD media players and Video DVD players as well, and are no longer restricted to play in applicable Blu-ray player only. Many movie lovers find it takes long time to rip a Blu-ray Disc to PC, especially when they choose 1080p MKV/MP4/AVI/WMV as export format. If you have a PC/laptop with Intel CORE i5/i7 processor with 6GB of RAM or above and run an effective Blu-ray ripping/converting tool exclusively, the Blu-ray ripping process could takes around an hour. Generally speaking, Blu-ray ripping process can cost 2-8 hours when working on a slower/regular PC. The higher quality you get, the longer it takes.
Time-saving solutions for ripping Blu-ray Disc to Windows 7
Is there any way to shorten the Blu-ray ripping time? Yes. Here I’d share with you some tricks for ripping Blu-ray at faster speed.
A. Rip Blu-ray to M2TS streams without en-decoding.
This is an easiest and fastest way for backing up full Blu-ray data, as it copies high-def Blu-ray M2TS to your hard drive straightly without en-decoding process. The good thing is you’ll get Blu-ray clips in the way they are made into BD, so there will not be any quality loss. All you need is Blu-ray decrypting software like Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.7, and the whole process takes 40min to 1 hour only on a regular PC. But there are few portable media players play M2TS streams without a hitch, so make sure your media player or PC meet the Blu-ray playing specifications first. VLC Player software is recommended for playing M2TS on PC. Learn how to copy Blu-ray Disc to lossless M2TS streams.
By processing video conversions on NVIDIA's GPU instead of your computer's CPU, Blu-ray ripping time can greatly shorted and more CPU resources can be spared for other applications, making your computer run much smoother. For instance, recently released Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.7, which is accelerated by CUDA (NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240), takes 90min only to rip Blu-ray Avatar to 1080p H.264 MP4 file (output size- 10GB), comparing with 270min when ripping with its previous version Pavtube Blu-ray Disc Ripper v3.6. The ripping speed can be faster when/if the GeForce GTS 240 is replaced with a more powerful CUDA enabled Graphics card. This way works only when there is an NVIDIA’s CUDA enabled Graphics card and you rip Blu-ray into H.264 encoded formats (H.264 MKV, MP4, MOV, TS, etc). Learnhow to gear up Blu-ray ripping speed with CUDA.
C. Make a concession in video quality to shorten Blu-ray ripping time.
If you do not mind losing some quality, a good way that shorten Blu-ray ripping time is setting lower output quality when ripping Blu-ray to hard drive. The smaller output video is, the short time it takes to rip Blu-ray to your computer. Again take Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper v3.7 for example; a Blu-ray movie of 20GB will be compressed to 12GB when you set “MKV HD” as output format. When you set the video “Bitrate” to “medium quality” instead of “high quality”, the file size is cut down to 8GB and the ripping time is 1/3 down meanwhile. Learn how to balance video size and quality when ripping Blu-ray movie.
D. Use a faster computer to do Blu-ray ripping.
As I mentioned above, a faster computer rips Blu-ray at faster speed. I believe that movie enthusiasts and people who intend to build a HTPC home network for sharing video contents would probably choose this ultimate solution. One of my friends told me that his newly built HTPC is able to complete the ripping of a 90min Blu-ray in half an hour, and he use 1080p HD MKV format!
Hope this post helps. More Blu-ray ripping solutions can be found at Pavtube Blu-ray Special.
Avid Xpress Pro was a non-linear video editing software aimed at professionals in the TV and movie industry. However, Xpress Pro was discontinued on March 17, 2008, and was no longer for sale after June 30, 2008. If you are using Panasonic AVCCAM cameras or some JVC cameras which record footage in the format of MTS, MOD, or TOD, you may get trouble when importing these files into Avid Xpress Pro for further editing. In that case, you just need use a practical Avid converter to convert MOD, TOD, and MTS files to Avid Xpress Pro compatible file types, like Avid DNxHD (*.mov). The following guide tells how to edit MOD, TOD, and MTS files in Mac Avid Xpress Pro in detailed steps, if you are looking for such a solution, just feel free to check it.
Step 1: Load MOD, TOD, and MTS files to Pavtube Mac Avid converter.
Run Pavtube HD Video converter for Mac as the Mac Avid converter. Click “Add” button to load MOD, TOD, and MTS files shot by Panasonic AVCCAM cameras or JVC cameras. You are allowed to add multiple files to do batch conversion at a time. Meanwhile, if you wanna combine several files into a single file, you can tick off the checkbox “Merge into one file”.
Step 2: Select “Avid DNxHD (*.mov)” as output format for Mac Avid Xpress Pro
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and then follow “QuickTime Movie Format” > “Avid DNxHD (*.mov)”.
Step 3: Set advanced settings
To convert MOD, TOD, and MTS files to Avid Xpress Pro, you are allowed to click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters, including size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel.
Step 4: Convert MOD, TOD, and MTS files to Avid Xpress Pro
Click “Convert button to start converting MOD, TOD, and MTS files to Avid Xpress Pro. When conversion is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the final output files. By then you are ready to edit MOD, TOD, and MTS files in Mac Avid Xpress Pro.tutubebe99 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject:
The Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper
-All-in-one Blu-ray/DVD ripper, converter, and editor.
-Rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD to AVI, MKV, MPG, and more.
-Remove AACS and BD+ encryptions up to MKB V20 from Blu-ray Discs.
-Guarantee audio and video in sync/3X faster with CUDA acceleration.
-Support using multiple cores to do conversion.
-Support selecting audio tracks and subtitles, including forced subs.
-Support “Full Disc Copy” to remain Blu-ray/DVD originals.
