Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Watch DVD Movies on Samsung Chromebook Pro

The 12.3-inch Samsung Chromebook Pro is a solid hybrid that brings up one step closer to the perfect marriage between Chrome OS and Android. The sleek metal body is as comfortable to carry as a tablet and easy to fit in your bag while you're on the go. Want to take your favorite DVD movies with your on your Samsung Chromebook Pro when you are out for traveling? How about the possibility to play DVD on Samsung Chromebook Pro? Have more interest, just read on..

Can Samsung Chromebook Pro play DVD disc?

Do Samsung Chromebook Pro have a DVD disk drive?

Chromebooks don't have DVD drive, but you can connect an external disc drive via USB to access files stored on DVDs.

Can Samsung Chromebook Pro play DVD?

Although it is possible to connect an external USB drive to your Chromebook, however, you can not currently watch DVD movies by default in Chrome OS. The main reason is that the playback of DVD Video requires special decoding software and codecs to work. Google has not licensed this software and included it with Chrome OS.

Solution to play DVD with Samsung Chromebook Pro

The good news is that VLC, one of the best free programs for local media playback, now runs on Chromebooks you can download it from the Chrome Web Store for playing various video and audio file types. However, as VLC for Chrome OS lacks the ability to access DVD drives, you will need to help of following 2 programs to get DVD movies played on Samsung Chromebook Pro with VLC media player.

Solution 1: Using crouton along with VLC

watch video DVD movies using crouton along with software like VLC, but this requires switching your Chromebook into developer mode and installing a secondary operating system, something that is not recommended for everyday Chromebook users.

Solution 2: Use DVD Ripping software

Although VLC can't access DVD movies from DVD drive, but it can play movies stored on USB flash drive or external hard drive or microSD cards, therefore, you can use a DVD Ripper software to rip or convert DVD to Samsung Chromebook Pro playable digital video and audio formats listed below for viewing on the Chromebook with VLC media player from external drives.

Here, you can get the job easily completed with a simple to use yet powerful application called Pavtube DVDAid, the program can powerfully bypass all DVD copy protection and region code from the disc. In addition, it also keeps constant update with perfect support for the new encryption used on many recently released DVD disc. You can then freely rip the non protected data on DVD to Samsung Chromebook Pro readable video and audio file formats listed below:

Video/Audio container formats: 3gp, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mp3, .mkv, .ogv, .ogm, .ogg, .oga, .webm, .wav

Codec

Remove subtitle and deinterlace video

Chromebook can't play video with subtitle or that is interlaced recorded, therefore, when ripping DVD to Samsung Chromebook Pro with subtitles using the program, you can select the "none" option under "Subtitle" drop-down list. In the video editing window, you can also tick off the "Deinterlacing" option to deinterlace interlaced video to get better output video quality.

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Step by Step to Rip DVD for Samsung Chromebook Pro Playing with VLC?

Step 1: Import DVD Movies.

Download, install and run this DVD ripper. Inser the DVD disc into your computer optical drive. You can load DVD by clicking "File" > "Load from disc". Or load DVD Folder by clicking "File" > "Load from folder" or load DVD IFO/ISO image by clicking "File" > "Load IFO/ISO".

Load DVD movies

Tips: On the main interface, from "Subtitle" drop-down list, choose "

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select one of Samsung Chromebook Pro playable file formats such as "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Output Samsung Chromebook Pro playable file formats

Tips: Click "Settings" to open "Profile" settings window, here you can flexibly tweak the output video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels according to your own needs.

Step 3: Deinteralce DVD video.

Open "Video Editor" window, under the "Effect" tab, select "Deinterlacing"to convert interlaced DVD movies into a progressive form so that you can enjoy a better and clear video effect.

Deinteralce DVD video

Step 4: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, press the "Convert" button in the right-bottom and begin DVD to Samsung Chromebook Pro playable file formats conversion process.

When the conversion is over, click "Open output folder" to pop out the converted files, then feel free to transfer converted files to a USB flash drive, external hard drive or microSD card to plug into your Samsung Chromebook Pro for playing with VLC media player.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

View MP4 Files on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

For media lovers, the first thing you'd probably want to do when you get your hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus is to watch videos on the move. The condition is that you happen to have some MP4 files downloaded from online video sharing sites or shot with your device recorders on your local hard drive, then you may wish to transfer and play the MP4 video on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. The following article will show you how to make that realized easily.

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported file formats

Before going any further, first you should know what video and audio file formats can be viewed on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. From Samsung's official page, we get the information that we can play the following file types on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus.

Video Playback format

MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

Audio Playback Format

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, DSF, DFF

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Can you play any MP4 files on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus?

Although both Galaxy S8/S8 Plus has included native playback support for MP4 file format. However, it is well known that MP4 is a multimedia container file format, which can be encoded with various different video or audio codec listed below:

Video codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (A)SP, H.264/MPEG-4, H.265/HEVC, VC-1/WMV, Real Video, Theora, Microsoft MPEG4 V2, VP8, MVC
Audio codec: MP3, WMA, AAC, AC-3, DTS,ALAC, DTS-HD

Your Galaxy S8/S8 Plus can only open the MP4 files that's compressed with its readable video or audio codec. To fix this problem, you can either download and install the following more powerful third-party video player for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus:
BSPlayer, MoboPlayer, MX Player, VLC Player for Android, RealPlayer
If you still fails to open the MP4 files with above listed third-party video player apps, you can download a powerful MP4 Video Converter - Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to convert unsupported MP4 to Galaxy S8/S8 Plus readable video or audio file formats listed above.

To get better output video and audio quality for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like.

Reduce MP4 file size for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

To save more space for your Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, you can compress video with the program in 3 different ways: trim video to remove unwanted parts (no quality loss), lower video bit rate (lossy video compression) or reduce output file size/resolution(lossy video compression).

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Step by Step to Convert MP4 for Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus Playback

Step 1: Add unsupported MP4 files into the program.

Run the program on your computer and click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from folder" to add unsupported MP4 files into the program.

Load unsupported MP4 video

Step 2: Define output file format.

Tap on the "Format" bar, choose Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus best compatible MP4 as output file format. To achieve a smooth video playback effect, it is idea for you to choose to output "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" as final output file format.

Output Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported file formats

Step 3: Reduce file size in 3 different ways.

Adjust output file size and bit rate

Open "Profile Settings" window, here you can reduce video file size by output file resolution or bit rate with small values.

Lower output video resolution and bitrate

Trim video file size

Click "Video Editor" icon on the main interface to open video editing window, switch to "Trim" tab, drag the slider bars to set the start time and end time to select only your wanted parts to be converted.

Trim video file size

Step 4: Start the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process from MP4 to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported file formats and settings conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then follow the steps below to transfer video from computer to Galaxy S8/S8 Plus:
1. Windows users should download and install the USB drivers for the Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. Mac users can download and install Android File Transfer.
2. Connect the device to an available USB port using the included USB cable.
3. A prompt will appear on the screen of the phone that says "Connected as media device" or "Connected for charging". Drag the notification area down, tap it, then make a selection based on what you wish to do with the device.
- Transferring media files - Connect the phone to your computer to transfer files. Windows users can look under Computer and find the device listed under Portable Devices.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Watch ISO Files on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

Your hard drive are full of ISO image files ripped from Blu-ray/DVD disc. It won't be difficult for access those ISO files on computer via free ISO video player apps like VCL media player, 5K Player, etc or mount via virtual drive tools like Daemon Tools. For those people who have just got a Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus, how about the possibility to watch ISO files on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus when you are on the move?

Obviously, there are almost no direct ways for you to view the ISO image file on Galaxy S8/8S Plus since it is not impossible to install a virtual drive on your mobile phone to mount the ISO image file, what's more, the built-in video player app also lacks the ability to handle the ISO image files.

Convert ISO to Galaxy S8/8S Plus

The good new is that with a powerful ISO Ripper application, you can easily convert ISO to Galaxy S8/8S Plus readable file formats listed below:

Video Playback format

MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

Audio Playback Format

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, DSF, DFF

If you are looking for a program that's capable of handling both Blu-ray ISO and DVD ISO image files, you can't miss Pavtube ByteCopy, which is a combo function of Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper with full support for Blu-ray disc, BDMV folder, ISO image file and DVD disc, Video_TS folder, IFO/ISO image file.

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With the program, you can easily rip ISO files to Galaxy S8/8S Plus readable video formats like MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM and audio file formats like MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, FLAC listed above. To get better output video and audio quality, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like.

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How to Convert ISO Files to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus Playback?

Step 1: Load ISO files.

Initiate the program on your computer, on the main menu bar, click "File" > "Load IFO/ISO" to import ISO files to the program.

Load ISO image files

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, choose one of Galaxy S8/S8 Plus playable file formats such as "WMV HD Video(*.wmv)" under "HD Video" main category.

Output Galaxy S8/S8 Plus playable file formats

Step 3: Adjust output profile settings.

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus.

Adjust output profile parameters

Step 4: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin Blu-ray to Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported video and audio file formats ripping process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then follow the steps below to transfer video from computer to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus:

1. Windows users should download and install the USB drivers for the Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. Mac users can download and install Android File Transfer.
2. Connect the device to an available USB port using the included USB cable.
3. A prompt will appear on the screen of the phone that says "Connected as media device" or "Connected for charging". Drag the notification area down, tap it, then make a selection based on what you wish to do with the device.
- Transferring media files - Connect the phone to your computer to transfer files. Windows users can look under Computer and find the device listed under Portable Devices.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Convert Videos to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

Samsung's two new flagship phones, the Samsung Galaxy S8 joined by the larger Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus - are now out in the wild. For media enthusiasts who wish to get a Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus in hand, you may wish to enrich your smartphone with all your personal media types such as store purchased commercial Blu-ray, DVD movies, online downloaded movies/TV shows or device recorders shot footage. The following article will show you how to convert any video into Galaxy S8/S8 Plus for viewing.

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported video

To get video played on Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, first you should be clear of what video file types can be viewed on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. From Samsung's official page, we get the information that we can play the following file types on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus.

Video Playback format
MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

Audio Playback Format
MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, DSF, DFF

Play unsupported disc media or digital video on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

From above lists, we can see that the supported file formats by Galaxy S8/S8 Plus are limited to just few video and audio file formats. You can extend the media playback capability of Galaxy S8/S8 Plus by downloading third-party video players for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus such as BSPlayer, MoboPlayer, MX Player, VLC Player for Android, RealPlayer, etc.

Obviously, you will fail to open disc media such as commercial Blu-ray/DVD disc or fail to get a better playback effect when viewing certain file types such as MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, MXF, AVCHD, XAVC/XAVC S, H.265, Prores, etc on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. When in that condition, you can download a more powerful media conversion tool - Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate which can assist you to comprehensively rip encrypted Blu-ray/DVD disc or all the unsupported digital file formats into Galaxy S8/S8 Plus readable video or audio file formats listed above. 
To get better output video and audio quality for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like.

Reduce video file size for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus

The digital video will occupy a lot of space on your Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, you can compress video with the program in 3 different ways: trim video to remove unwanted parts (no quality loss), lower video bit rate (lossy video compression) or reduce output file size/resolution(lossy video compression).

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Step by Step to Convert Video for Galaxy S8/S8 Plus Playback

Step 1: Input Blu-ray/DVD or digital video.

Start the application on your computer. For loading digital video, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from folder" (batch load multiple files) option. For loading Blu-ray or DVD disc, Insert your Blu-ray or DVD disc into your computer's optical drive , hit "File" >  "Load from disc" option.

Load Blu-ray/DVD or digital video

Step 2: Define output file format.

Tap on the "Format" bar, choose Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus best compatible MP4 as output file format. To achieve a smooth video playback effect, it is idea for you to choose to output "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" as final output file format.

Output Galaxy S8/S8 Plus best compatible MP4

Step 3: Reduce file size in 3 different ways.

Adjust output file size and bit rate

Open "Profile Settings" window, here you can reduce video file size by output file resolution or bit rate with small values.

Adjust output file size and bit rate

Trim video file size

Click "Video Editor" icon on the main interface to open video editing window, switch to "Trim" tab, drag the slider bars to set the start time and end time to select only your wanted parts to be converted.

Trim video file size

Step 4: Start the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process from Blu-ray/DVD/Video to Galaxy S8/S8 Plus supported file formats and settings conversion and ripping process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then follow the steps below to transfer video from computer to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus:

1. Windows users should download and install the USB drivers for the Galaxy S8/S8 Plus. Mac users can download and install Android File Transfer.
2. Connect the device to an available USB port using the included USB cable.
3. A prompt will appear on the screen of the phone that says "Connected as media device" or "Connected for charging". Drag the notification area down, tap it, then make a selection based on what you wish to do with the device.
- Transferring media files - Connect the phone to your computer to transfer files. Windows users can look under Computer and find the device listed under Portable Devices.