playing dvd on android tablet

calmat · 24-07-2012, 5:52 AM

hi everyone
just bought an android tablet and i would like to play my dvd`s on it.
can anyone tell me how i do this.

regards calmat

EndlessWaves · 25-07-2012, 2:30 AM

Are you asking if it can be hooked up to a DVD drive or do you just want to know how to get the movies off the DVDs and onto the tablet?

calmat · 25-07-2012, 5:30 AM

hi endless waves

thanks for reply, yes I would like to know how to get movies off of my DVD`s and onto my tablet.

regards calmet

Trollslayer · 25-07-2012, 5:53 AM

If it is the main film you want then the best way is to convert it to a MKV on the PC, there are many ways to do that.
MakeMKV for example.

**MarkE19** · 25-07-2012, 4:17 PM

MakeMKV will do the job, but the films will be around 4Gb each so will eat up space quickly. I therefore compress all my movies that go onto my tablet using Handbreak and can get them to under 1Gb per film. Due to the smaller size of the tablets screen I don't think there is too much quality lost doing this, but wouldn't want to play these files on my plasma TV as it would likely look poor on a 46" screen.

Mark.

calmat · 26-07-2012, 6:58 AM

hi everyone

thanks for all your help, I have downloaded both programmes

regards calmat

calmat · 28-07-2012, 8:50 AM

hello everyone

I have a dvd which i copied off of film 4 on my television, they are media files
I tried to rip using MakeMKV but it failed. Can anyone help and tell me why
it did not work.

I took a snippet of the files and tried to send it but do not no how, can anyone tell me how to send attachments.

regards calmat

gerbi · 21-11-2012, 7:43 PM

Does anybody know the following please.Have bought a Samsung Galaxy 2 Tablet for my niece and am thinking of buying Brave on an American Blu ray.Will the digital download work on a UK Tablet.Thank you.

Peridot · 15-12-2012, 11:29 PM

I haven't tried it, but VLC on PC/MAC can play just about any video file and is available (in beta form) for Android:
VideoLAN - VLC media player for Android™

EDIT: It seems that VLC does not yet support the chipset in the Galaxy Tab

Good discussion of video player software here

nwgarratt · 16-12-2012, 6:04 PM

Digital copies have DRM in them.

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Trollslayer Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bristol Thanks: Gave 745, Got 937 Posts: 7,201	If it is the main film you want then the best way is to convert it to a MKV on the PC, there are many ways to do that. MakeMKV for example.
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MarkE19 Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rainham Essex Thanks: Gave 261, Got 1,864 Posts: 14,824	MakeMKV will do the job, but the films will be around 4Gb each so will eat up space quickly. I therefore compress all my movies that go onto my tablet using Handbreak and can get them to under 1Gb per film. Due to the smaller size of the tablets screen I don't think there is too much quality lost doing this, but wouldn't want to play these files on my plasma TV as it would likely look poor on a 46" screen. Mark.
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calmat Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Thanks: Gave 0, Got 0 Posts: 32	hi everyone thanks for all your help, I have downloaded both programmes regards calmat
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gerbi New Member Join Date: May 2009 Thanks: Gave 1, Got 0 Posts: 14	Does anybody know the following please.Have bought a Samsung Galaxy 2 Tablet for my niece and am thinking of buying Brave on an American Blu ray.Will the digital download work on a UK Tablet.Thank you.
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Peridot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newport, South Wales Thanks: Gave 262, Got 236 Posts: 2,608	I haven't tried it, but VLC on PC/MAC can play just about any video file and is available (in beta form) for Android: VideoLAN - VLC media player for Android™ EDIT: It seems that VLC does not yet support the chipset in the Galaxy Tab Good discussion of video player software here Last edited by Peridot; 16-12-2012 at 10:17 PM.
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nwgarratt Eminent Member Join Date: May 2002 Thanks: Gave 478, Got 2,052 Posts: 21,749	Digital copies have DRM in them.
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