In what is–seriously–the worst-kept secret of the summer, Sony officially announced the first members of its innovative new series of cameras, the Alpha SLT-A33 and SLT-A55V, which are the first cameras to incorporate translucent mirrors. I, along with about 15 other reviewers, got a chance to shoot with the cameras–as per our policy CNET footed the bill for my trip rather than Sony–and have sample photos and some preliminary analysis of the photo and video quality and ergonomics of the cameras.

Also known as a pellicle mirror, a TM passes most of the light from the lens through a fixed semitransparent mirror, reflecting a small bit of the light upward to a separate phase-detection autofocus sensor. This is how Sony achieves the faster phase-detect continuous AF for movie capture, while most current interchangeable-lens cameras (ILCs) and dSLRs use the slower contrast AF, which is based off the imaging sensor.

One doesn’t necessarily need to use a mirror to incorporate phase detection, though; for example, Fujifilm’s recent F300 EXR and F800 EXR point-and-shoots use a phase-detection array layered over the image sensor. Because many older dSLR-mount lenses can only work with phase-detection AF–that’s why ILC adapters for older lenses generally don’t support AF–Sony’s system enables autofocus when using those lenses for shooting video.

Most traditional lenses have noisy focusing and aperture activation mechanisms, however, which makes them unsuited for video AF. Sony says it focuses so quickly that the noise should be barely perceptible, and that anyway you should use one of the new dedicated microphones (models ECM-ALST1 and ECM-CG50) for better separation from the lens. I didn’t get a chance to test Sony’s audio claims. The quieter lens is one of the rationales behind the electromagnetic activation in the NEX series’ E-mount lenses, and it’s hard not to feel like Sony’s entering some confusing territory by pairing its most video-oriented still camera with its old-fashioned lens system. The cameras also update to a 1200-zone metering system.

The A33 has a traditional dSLR analog, the DSLR-A560, announced at the same time, which replaces the A550 and A500. Here’s Sony’s current sub-$1,000 Alpha lineup:

The SLTs seem to compete more with the dSLRs than they do with their ILC cousins, the NEX-3 and NEX-5 for a variety of reasons, including the shared lens mount, size, speed, and user interface. Unlike the NEX models, the SLTs have electronic viewfinders–probably the best I’ve ever used. But while I love EVFs for shooting video, and that’s one of the things that give the SLT models a decided advantage over the A560, which otherwise has a similar set of video capabilities, there are still trade-offs between EVFs and optical viewfinders when it comes to burst shooting. Even the best EVF can’t refresh quickly enough to allow for panning or easily following the subject. There are technological limitations that prevent the use of a traditional TTL optical viewfinder with this mirror design, though; while the mirror can bounce enough light for the phase-detection sensor, it’s not sufficient to illuminate a viewfinder and you don’t want to divert much more from the imaging sensor. A dynamic AF tracking mode would really be useful here, but I suspect Sony’s saving that for an even more expensive model.

I give the cameras high marks for general photographic usability, and the drop-down articulated LCD, like the one on the Nikon D5000, comes in very handy. They function very much like Sony’s standard dSLRs, which is a big plus over the NEX’s paradoxically dumbed-down yet awkwardly arranged interface. Sony adds a new Auto+ mode, an automatic scene selection mode that the rest of the world already has, as well as its usual assortment of multishot modes like Auto HDR (increased to six shots for a possible 6EV increase in tonal range), Handheld Twilight, Sweep Panorama, and Sweep 3D. The geotagging on the A55 works seamlessly; as far as I could tell it didn’t add any performance overhead and accurately tagged the photos. We’ll see what happens when I put it to the test here in NYC, though.

The video capture, however, will probably annoy a lot of folks who are wishing it’s more than it is, and it annoys me because the capabilities feel arbitrarily constrained–like Sony’s planning to put them in a more expensive model. First, there are practically no manual exposure controls, and what few there are you can’t set independently from still photos. There’s an aperture-priority movie capture mode, but it only works with manual focus, and it locks the aperture wide open. This is likely to keep the A-mount lens’ loud aperture activation from registering on the audio track.

But typical consumers used to point-and-shoot video, Flip camcorders, or even your typical sub-$600 HD camcorder will likely find it both comfortable to shoot video and will like the result (although as I mentioned I’m withholding judgment on the potential lens noise). Because of the fast AF, large sensor, and better metering system, the few pieces of footage I shot looked as good as anything I’ve shot with a decent consumer camcorder, and with some practice would probably look even better.

Ditto goes for the still photos. While they had a bit of the point-and-shoot look I don’t expect from a camera in its price range, the A55 had very good noise reduction at ISO 6400 and 12800, and most consumers will find the continuous-shooting autofocus performance and photo quality good enough for shooting kids, pets, and sports–the mainstream dSLR trifecta. Keep in mind that a fast (30MB/sec) SD card will make a big difference in your burst performance experience.

The SLT-A33 and A55 are relatively expensive, especially for most people who are looking for dSLR capabilities at well less than $600. But their closest competitor is really the Panasonic DMC-GH1, which offers an even better set of video chops, albeit at a much higher price (in part due to the pricey lens it comes with). However, rumors abound that its successor is slated for announcement at Photokina in September, making that a wild card. Sony’s translucent mirror technology is likely only one of a few solutions we’ll see over the next year to solve the video AF problem in still cameras, but for the moment, it looks like it’s a workable one for the mainstream–and one limited enough that won’t cannibalize Sony’s potential market for the NEX-VG10.

Source form: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20014358-1.html

The Pavtube DVD to HTC Converter for Mac helps HTC Androids players to put their DVD collections to HTC Evo 4G,HTC Incredible, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Touch Pro and more HTC smart phones. This guide is written to help Mac guys that wanna put their DVD to HTC Droid (X) for play back. It focuses on downloading DVD to Mac, converting DVD movie episodes to HTC Droid optimized videos, and synchronizing converted shows to HTC Droid.

Converting DVD to HTC Droid compatible formats on Mac:
Software you’ll need: Pavtube DVD to HTC Converter for Mac

You may download and install the DVD to HTC Converter for Mac (Intel processor oriented, for PowerPC version please go to product page) and try it out. The trial gives you full access of the features,but creates video with a Pavtube logo on the screen. Now please refer to the below how to convert DVD to HTC Droid:

Detailed steps of converting DVD to HTC android phones
Step 1: Import DVD movie to the Mac DVD movie to HTC Converter.
Launch Pavtube DVD to HTC Converter for Mac, when it starts up, a dialogue box pops to ask whether you’d like to select Order or Trial. Click on “Trial” button. Insert your DVD to Mac or MacBook, click “DVD Folder” to load DVD movie from disc, folder and ISO image file, “IFO” to load DVD from ISO files. Preview the DVD as you like by clicking the “Preview” button.

Step 2. Select movie chapters and specify audio tracks and subtitles for them.
The titles in a DVD movie are all checked by default when you loaded them, if you just wanna rip and convert DVD movies to HTC with Main Title, you can right click on the main title to “Uncheck All” firstly, and then tick off the “Main Title” only.

Click on the Audio box and select an audio track with desired language. Set subtitles in the same way. There’s also an “Only show force subtitle” option, which enables you to see subtitle only when actors are speaking a different language. For instance, if you specify English (your mother tongue) as your subtitle, and tick off “Force Subtitle” option, then when actors are speaking English, no subtitles will show up, but when they are talking with each other in French, the English subtitle will appear accompanying with the French.

Step 3: Select an output format for converting DVD to HTC Droids videos on Mac
To convert DVD to HTC Droids, you need select the proper format specialized for HTC smart phones. Just click the drop down list of “Format”, and then tap on “Android” and choose an output format for your HTC Android. The Pavtube DVD to HTC Converter offers customized formats for HTC Android phones: HTC Droid Incredible MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), HTC Supersonic Evo 4G MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), HTC Hero MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), HTC Legend MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), and HTC Touch Pro MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4). These formats are specialized for both HTC Android phones, which guarantee fluent and perfect video playback.

Step 4: Click “Convert” button to start converting DVD to HTC Droid videos on Mac.
Now click “Convert” button and wait. The popup window will present you all the info such as conversion progress, conversion state, elapsed and estimated conversion time, and generated and estimated conversion file size. Once finished, you can get the output files via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly.

Tricks of using Pavtube DVD to HTC Converter for Mac.
A. Let your Mac shut down automatically. You do not need to be there waiting all the time till it completes. The Mac DVD to HTC Converter allows you to set auto shutdown. You may set auto shut down before conversion starts by entering “Option” window and check the box of “Shut down the computer after conversion”.

B. Cut down the file size (shorten converting time). Clicking on “Settings” and select a smaller video bit rate if you want to reduce the file size. It will still look fine on screen of HTC phones. Keep in mind that smaller bit rate value leads to a smaller output file size and lower video quality. To maintain better quality, just set video bit rate up.

Transfer DVD movie to HTC Droid for playback.
Finally, you got to transfer the converted DVD to HTC Droid. Details of transferring video to HTC Droid memory card (by the official site of HTC): To transfer files from your computer to your phone’s storage card, you need to set the phone’s storage card as a USB drive. Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable, and then choose Disk drive from the on-screen menu that appears. The storage card is now mounted as a USB drive. Drag and drop the desired files to your PC to back them up. Then you can play them freely on HTC smart phone.

Afterwards you can play the shows freely on HTC Droid. Wish the guide helps!

Pavtube DVD to  Motorola converter is specially developed  for Motorola smart phone users to convert DVD to Motorola Droid X, convert DVD to  Motorola Droid, convert DVD to Motorola Droid 2,  or convert DVD to many other popular Motorola phones, like Motorola BACKFLIP, Motorola CLIQ XT and more. The DVD to Motorola Droid converter is good at removing CSS and region code protection from commercial  DVDs, which makes it possible to watch DVD movies on your Motorola phones  whenever and wherever. The following guide provides a solution on how to convert DVD to  Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid, and Motorola Droid 2 and other Motorola phones like Motorola BACKFLIP, Motorola CLIQ XT by using the DVD to Motorola Droid converter, if you are looking for such a solution, just feel free to have a look at it.

Step  1: Free download DVD to Motorola  converter, install and  launch it.
Once launch the DVD to Motorola  phones converter, you can click “DVD Rom”,”DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO” icon  to load your source DVD files.

Step  2: Select output format for your Motorola Android phones
Click on the pull down menu of  ”Format” and then hit “Android” option, afterwards, all the format presets  designed for Android phones will show up as below, like Motorola  Droid X, HTC  Evo 4G, HTC Droid Incredible, Nexus  One, Samsung Fascinate, etc. To convert DVD to Motorola Droid X, convert DVD to Motorola Droid, or  convert DVD to Motorola Droid 2, “Motorola Droid (X) MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)” is  your appropriate choice.

If there are no format presets for your Motorola smart  phones, like Motorola BACKFLIP and Motorola  CLIQ XT, you can then do as below after clicking the drop-down list of  ”Format”:
Firstly tap on “Common Video” option, and then choose “MPEG-4 Movie  (*.mp4)” as output format for your Motorola phones.

Step  3: Adjust audio and video parameters
To convert DVD to Motorola Droid X,convert DVD to Motorola Droid,or convert DVD to Motorola Droid 2 by using Pavtuve DVD Ripper for Motorola,you can click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters like codec name,aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the  following popup window to customize the output file quality.

Step 4: Convert DVD to Motorola Droid X/Droid/Droid 2
Click the big button  ”Convert” to start converting DVD to Motorola  Droid X/Droid/Droid 2 by using Pavtube DVD to Motorola converter.The DVD to Motorola Droid converter adopts multi-thread encoding technology and advanced  audio and video in sync technology, which guarantee a much faster conversion  speed and audio/video in sync output quality. Once the conversion is completed,  you can click “Open” button to get the converted files for your Motorola phones  with ease. Have fun.

In order to transfer videos and music to Google Nexus One for  playback, you need to make sure that the video (or audio) format is supported  by the   Nexus One. Let’s take a look at acceptable code by Nexus One:
Video codec: H.263, MPEG-4 SP, H.264 AVC
Audio codec: AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced  AAC+), AMR-NB, AMR-WB 9, MP3, MIDI SMF, Ogg  Vorbis, WAV
If your source video or audio file is encoded by above  mentioned  codec, please move on to the next step. Otherwise you need to convert the video or audio to supported format for Nexus One before transferring video  to Nexus One.

Detailed  guide of transferring videos and music from PC to Nexus One:

1. Use the USB cable that came with your Nexus One to connect the phone to your PC, and you’ll receive a notification that the USB is connected.

2. Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.Then touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files. The Nexus One  phone is connected as USB storage, and the screen will indicate that USB storage is in use and   you receive a notification.

3. The SD card of Nexus One is mounted as a drive on your computer.You can now copy videos from PC to the SD card. During this   time, you can’t  access the SD card from your Nexus One or share your  phone’s data connection with your computer via USB.

4. When the videos are copied to the SD card of Nexus One, you can disconnect your phone from PC. First unmount the SD card on your PC, then open the Notifications panel and touch Turn  off USB storage.

Create   Nexus One videos from  movies, TV recordings, HD shootings, DVD videos, Flashes, etc:

What if the video formats are not supported by Nexus One? Is  there anyway to make Nexus One play movies, TV shows, Flashes and general videos  that are not encoded in accepted codec? Surely there is. In the   following guide  I will show you a way enjoying videos of AVI, MOV, TiVo, FLV, MKV on Nexus One.The tool I use is Pavtube Video Converter.   You may access a trial  version of Video to Nexus One Converter and try it out.

Step 1. Load Videos to the Video to Nexus One Converter.
Install Video to Nexus One Converter and run the  application. The interface is intuitive and easy to operate. Click on “Add”  button to   import source videos, or drag and drop videos to the program. This Video to Nexus One Converter is able to convert various video formats, such   as TiVo,  AVI, MP4, WMV, MPG, MKV, FLV, VOB, F4V, FLV, etc. To convert   commercial DVDs to Nexus One, or rip blu-ray movie to Nexus One, you   can have a try with Blu-Ray to Nexus One Converter.

Step 2. Select Nexus One as output format.
Click on the “Format” bar and there are various output formats for you to choose from. As we’re converting videos to Nexus One, you  may   follow “Android”->; “Google Nexus One MPEG-4 (*.mp4) format. This format gives video of 480*320, which looks fine on Nexus One. If you’d like to create  Nexus One video of better quality, click on “Settings” and set File Size to 800*480, and bit rate to 1500/2000/2500.

Step 3. Start converting videos to Nexus One optimized video format.
Now click “Convert” button to start converting videos to customized Nexus One video. Wait till the conversion finished. Luckily the Video to Nexus One Converter is of high conversion speed and  usually you do not  have to wait long.

Step 4. Transfer videos to Nexus One.
After conversion completed, the video clips are ready to be transferred to Nexus One for playback. Refer to above how to transfer videos to Nexus One.
Extract music from video for playback with Nexus One?Convert video to Nexus One audio?

It is very simple to extract sound track from videos. You  can convert every video that loaded to the converter to Nexus One music.Simply  select desired audio format in Step 2 (see the above guide). For example, you may follow “Common Video”-> “MP3 – MPEG Layer 3 Audio (*.mp3) or “AAC- Advanced Audio Coding (*.aac).

What if I just need partial of the track, not a full length? Well, here you are advised to use the Trim function in the Editor of   Video to  Nexus One Converter. Select the item you want to trim, click “Edit” button, then switch to “Trim” tab to set start and end time. Always trim the video  before setting output format.

The picture above reveals that I cut the video length from 55 secs down to 30 secs. I then back to the main interface of Video to Nexus One Converter, set output format as MP3, and click “Convert”. Few seconds later, I get an MP3 file of 30 secs.

The Nexus One Converter- convert Nexus One  shootings to Youtube, FaceBook, etc

With the Google Nexus One, up to thirty minutes of video can be shot in a 720 x 480-pixel resolution, surely you can watch the videos on the smart phone, but when you feel like posting your shootings to Youtube,FaceBook, Viemo, etc, this powerful Pavtube Nexus One Converter also helps you to customize Nexus One shootings (H.263 or MPEG-4 encoded videos) to Youtube,FaceBook with proper formats, size,and duration. But maybe I would leave it in another guide, since that’s not today’s topic.

Ready to put DVD movies to Motorola Droid X, Droid 2?
Among the reviews of top 10 smart phones 2010, you can always find Motorola Droid X. With a beautiful 4.3-inch display, the phone is great for multimedia files and internet,not to mention the Android 2.1 os and full-featured software. Now everyone knows that Moto is all set to launch Droid 2 this August. Good news for cell phone players. The Motorola Droid features a 3.7 inch display, which was fine; when Droid X was released, we were pleased with the 4.3-inch high-resolution screen. What will it be for Droid 2? Maybe this time we could expect a 5-inch display? Anyway, what will you do with the big screen? If you’ve not any plan yet, I’d like to share with you a good idea: transfer your DVD collections to the Motorola Droid X (and maybe Droid 2 in the near future) and play the blockbuster movies wherever you like. With the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac, you can easily copy any protected DVD movies to Motorola Droid/Droid X/ Droid 2.

What can the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac help you?
- Copy commercial DVD movies to Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, and the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 for playback.
- Convert DVD movie from DVD ISO image file, DVD folder, and directly from disc.
- Rips DVD to Motorola Droid video (H.264 and MPEG-4 encoded MP4) at fastest speed and stunning visual quality.
- Extract music from DVD and convert to Motorola Droids optimized audio formats (AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA).
- Select desired language as audio track, set or unset subtitle.
- Output DVD movie clips either as one file or by chapter, trim out unwanted frames, remove interlacing lines, adjust video bit rate, frame rate, codec, etc.

Purchase and Trial of the Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac
you are encouraged to read more details about Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac, and take a stab at the trial version before purchasing the software.There is not a time limitation for trial, only it creates videos with a Pavtube logo on the screen.

A detailed guide of converting DVD to Motorola Droid video on Mac
Now let’s focus on the detailed working flow of converting DVD to Motorola Droid,Droid X,and Droid 2.By DVD I mean disc,folder and image file.Here I take a standard DVD disc for example:

1. Load DVD to Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter for Mac

Insert your DVD to Mac/MacBook/ iMac, run the DVD to Motorola Droid Converter. When it starts up, a dialogue box pops to ask whether you’d like to select Order or Trial. Click on “Trial” button. To load DVD movie, you can click “DVD Folder” and browse to the DVD movie you’d like to convert, and then click “Choose” to confirm.

2. Decide which chapters to convert to Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, etc.

The DVD movie is displayed in a directory.Click the triangle arrow to expand the directory for checking movie chapters.Basically the main movie is included in the first Title, so you can right-click, select “Uncheck All” and then check the main title (usually the one with longest duration) only. In the following picture, the main title of the DVD movie Avatar is the third one.

3. Set audio track and subtitles for selected chapters.

Now you got to select audio track and subtitle (if necessary). Click on the Audio box and select an audio track with desired language. Set subtitles in the same way. Always note that you got to check the chapter before setting audio and subtitle. And you have to select subtitle and audio for each Title. By default there will be no subtitle at all. There is a box of “Force Subtitles” too. When you set English as subtitle and check the box of “Force Subtitles”, the subtitle appears only when languages other than English are spoken. For example, in the movie Avatar, I select English subtitle and set Force Subtitles, the subtitle appears only when the Navi language is spoken.

When setting audio and sub, you can view the movie clips from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot. Just click the“Snapshoot” button when it plays to your favorable frame. If you’d like to have one file instead of individual chapters (multiple movie clips),please check the box “Merge into one file”.

4. Determine output format for your Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, etc.

The Pavtube DVD to Motorola Converter is capable of decrypting and converting protected (and unprotected) DVDs. It is capable of converting DVD to Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, and some other video and audio formats like WMV, MOV, VC-1, M4V, AVI, Divx, MKV etc. You can click on the “Format” bar, find “Android” tab and select “Motorola Droid (X) H.264 Video (*.mp4)” or “Motorola Droid (X) MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”. H.264 MP4 is recommended if you are producing Droid X or Droid 2 video. Customized video formats for other Android phones like HTC Droids are available too. You may customize video and audio parameters in Settings panel as well.Simply click “Settings” button to and set the bitrate, frame rate,channels, sampling rate as desired values.

5.Specify an output location.

Click “Browse” button and specify an output folder to save converted files. Click “Choose” to confirm.

6. Start conversion… Done!

Click“Convert” to start converting DVD to Motorola Droids compatible format when everything’s done. When the conversion completes you may click “Open” button to find generated MP4 files and copy DVD movie to the SD card of Motorola Droid so as to enjoy the movies whenever and wherever you like.

To enjoy blu-ray movies and other HD videos on Motorola droids, please refer to converting videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on Mac.

Motorola XT720, one of the world’s slimmest 8 Mega pixel smartphones running Android 2.1, features a 480 x 854 3.7- inch touch screen, an 8GB included SD card supporting up to 32GB capacity expansion, which offers fabulous 720p HD playback quality when watching movies or videos on the go. Haven’t found out an available way to convert Blu-ray and DVD HD movies to Motorola XT720 for playback? No worry, this article will direct you on it in detailed steps with Pavtube Blu-ray DVD to Motorola XT720 converter.

Step 1: Download and install Pavtube Blu-ray/DVD to Motorola XT720 converter, and add Blu-ray/DVD movie source to it
You can load BD/DVD movie files into the application through “BD/DVD ROM”, “BD/DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO”.

Step 2: Choose output format for your Motorola XT720
To convert BD and DVD to Motorola XT720 with Pavtube Blu-ray DVD to Motorola XT720 converter, it is necessary to know the file formats supported by Motorola XT720, please see the details as below:

Playable formats:
MP3, AMR WB, MPEG-4, WAV, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, AMR NB, WMA v9, ACC+ Enhanced

That means to rip Blu-ray and DVD movies onto Motorola XT720 for watching, MPEG-4 is the proper format. Click on the drop down list of “Format”, and then follow “Common Video”> “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)” to make your choice.

Step 3: Set advanced settings
If you have higher expectation on the output file quality, you can click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters like codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the following popup window.

Step 4: Rip Blu-ray and DVD to Motorola XT720
Click “Convert” button to start converting BD and DVD to Motorola XT720 supported MP4 format with Pavtube Blu-ray DVD to Motorola XT720 converter.The app adopts advanced audio and video in sync technology, which will guarantee you a perfect audio and video in sync output file quality. When the ripping task is finished, you can get the final files for your Motorola XT720 via clicking “Open” button with ease. Just copy the files to your micro SD card, and now you are ready to experience your Blu-ray or DVD movies on the Motorola XT720.

Blu-ray/DVD Video to Android Phone Converter Ultimate
Blu-ray/DVD Video to Android Phone Converter Ultimate is a comprehensive ripper, converter and editor for you to rip Blu-ray discs, common DVDs and convert almost all kinds of videos(SD video, HD video, QuickTime video, Flash Video, DVR video, etc) to universal video and audio formats including AVI, WMV, MKV, MPG, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, MOV, M4V, ASF,VOB, DV, TS, M2TS (from blu-ray disc), MP3, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, AC3, M4A, etc with super fast conversion speed and excellent image and sound quality. In addition, Pavtube Blu-Ray Video Converter Ultimate supports output formats for Android Phones like Motorola Droid, Google Nexus One, HTC Droid, Samsung Fascinate, etc.

Pavtube Blu-ray to Android Phone Converter
Pavtube Blu-ray to Android Phone Converter is an ideal and professional utility to rip both Blu-ray discs and standard DVDs to your required HD or SD media formats. With full Blu-ray disc support, it is able to remove different copy protections of your commercial Blu-ray discs, no matter AACS, or BD+. The new released MKB V17 protection is supported as well.With this BD application, you can convert Blu-rays and general DVDs to whatever file formats you needed. Optimum presets are available for kinds of Android phones.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Android Phones
Pavtube iMedia Converter for Android is an all-in-one Mac Blu-ray ripper, DVD ripper and video converter. It helps you back up or rip blu-ray disc and DVD (ISO image file included), either encrypted or non-encrypted, and convert videos of all popular formats to your hard drive for playing with.

Learn more:http://www.pavtube.com/hot-mobile-phone/index.html

The most popular Motorola phones like Motorola Droid and Motorola Droid X are all have powerful video playback functionality. With wide screen and large storage capacity matching (For example, Motorola Droid comes with a 3.7-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen display, and Motorola Droid X features a 4.3-inch display with a resolution at 854×480, and both have a 16 GB preloaded microSD memory card, which can be upgraded to 32GB),these smart phones are suitable for owners to watch videos and movies when travel on a train or some other public vehicles. What happens is that due to format compatibility issues, Motorola phones only support certain video format like MP4 in a beautiful way, that is to say, to watch videos on Motorola phones, you need use a video to Motorola converter to convert video to Motorola Droid compatible format, or convert video to Motorola Droid X supported format, or convert video to Motorola phones playable file format before adding them to your little gadget for watching. In the purpose of pointing out a way on format conversion, this guide offers a solution on how to convert video to Motorola phones with Pavtube video to Motorola converter. A detailed guide is showing as below.

Step 1: Run Pavtube Motorola converter, and add video source to it
Click “Add Video” to load your source file. The video to Motorola Droid converter supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple files to it at a time. To combine several files into a single file, you need tick off the checkbox of “Merge into one file”.

Step 2: Choose output format for your Motorola phones
Click on the drop-down list of “Format” to select output format for your Motorola phone. For instance, if you need convert video to Motorola Droid, or convert video to Motorola Droid X, you can follow “Android”> “Motorola Droid (X) MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”.

Step 3: Set advanced settings
If you have higher expectation on the output file quality, you can click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters like codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the following popup window.

Step 4: Convert video to Motorola Droid/Motorola Droid X/Motorola phones
Click the big button “Convert” to start converting video to Motorola Droid/Motorola Droid X/Motorola phones compatible video format via using Pavtube video to Motorola converter.Once the conversion task is done, you can click “Open” button to get the resulted mp4 files for your Motorola Droid/Motorola Droid X/Motorola phones with ease. Add them to the SD card of your Motorola phones for watching. Have fun.

Mac users can see more about How to convert videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on Mac?

HTC has brought consumers numerous hot smartphones, like the hottest HTC Evo 4G at the moment, the HTC Hero, the HTC Touch, the HTC Desire and so on. What is your way to watch videos, TV shows, podcast, and movies on these remarkable HTC phones? In case you haven’t found out a proper way to watch videos in different formats on your HTC smartphones, this guide provides you with a solution on how to convert video to HTC phones for entertainment with Pavtube video to HTC converter. Go to check a detailed tutorial in the following contents.

The video to HTC phones converter we will use supports input a wide variety of videos, including TiVo recordingsfrom TiVo DVRs, MOD, TOD, MTS/M2TS, MXF footagescaptured by JVC, Panasonic, Cannon, Sony, DVs/cameras/camcorders, FLV/F4V files downloaded from video sharing websites like YouTube, Metacafe, Hulu…, the popular MKV files, Xvid/Divx encoded AVI files, WMV/MOV/TS/TP files, M2TS and VOB files from copy protection removed Blu-ray discs and standard DVDs, more than that, copy protected commercial Blu-rays and DVDs are supported as well.

Tutorial: How to convert video to HTC Evo 4G, HTC Hero and HTC Touch with video to HTC converter?

Step 1: Free download video to HTC converter, install and launch it.
Once launch it, click “Add Video” to load your source videos. The video to HTC phones converter supports batch conversion, so you are allowed to add multiple video files into it at a time. Also, if you wanna join all the files into a single file, you can tick off “Merge into one file” to realize this goal.

Step 2: Select output format for your HTC phones
Click on the pull down menu of“Format” and then hit “Android”option, afterwards, all the presets developed for HTC phones will show up as below, like HTC Evo 4G, HTC Hero, HTC Touch, etc. To convert video to HTC Evo 4G, you can select “HTC Supersonic Evo 4G MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”, to convert video to HTC Touch, you can choose HTC Touch Pro MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”, to convert video to HTC Hero, you can select “HTC Hero (T-Mobile G2 Touch) MPEG-4 Video”, etc. Overall, which format to choose is totally depending on the model or type of your HTC phone. We choose “HTC Supersonic Evo 4G MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)” as output format for example.

Step 3: Clicking “Settings” button to adjust video and audio parameters
No matter you need convert video to HTC Evo 4G,or convert video to HTC Touch/Hero/Desire or whatever, you are allowed to adjust video and audio settings to customize the output file quality. The adjustable settings include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel.

Step 4: Convert video to HTC Evo 4G/HTC Hero/HTC Touch…
Click “Convert” button to start converting video to HTC Evo 4G/HTC Hero/HTC Touch…by using video to HTC converter. With multi-thread encoding technology and optimized audio and video in sync technology, Pavtube video to HTC phones converter is able to finish conversion at speed without any audio and video out of sync issues. In addition, it adopts unique built-in codec, which will absolutely ensure not to install any codec on your computers to disturb the original systems. For its powerful conversion ability, as well as the perfect output quality, fast conversion speed, and clean and green conversion environment, Pavtube video to HTC converter is a practical utility for you to convert video to HTC hero, convert video to HTC touch, or convert video to HTC Evo 4G for entertainment. Once the conversion is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the final output files for your HTC phones.

Wanna make better use of  the 3.7-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen display of Motorola Droid, or the larger  4.3-inch 854×480 screen of the new Motorola Droid X to watch videos, DVDs and  Blu-rays? If so, you may come to the right place, because this article intends to  provide Mac users with a solution on how to convert videos, DVDs and  Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid. Just feel free to see if  it is what you are looking for.

Required  software:
Pavtube  iMedia Converter for Mac
The reason why we choose  this program is that it performs very well to transfer videos, DVDs and Blu-rays  to Motorola Droid X, and many other Android smartphones, such as HTC Hero,Nexus  One,HTC  Evo 4G, Motorola Droid and so on.

Step-by-step  guide:
How  to convert videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on  Mac with iMedia Converter for Mac?

Step  1: Download, install and run Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac
Once run it, click “Add  Video” to load different video files, like TiVo, MKV, MTS/M2TS, FLV, etc. or  click “BD/DVD Folder” to import standard DVD or Blu-ray movie files, or click “IFO  File” to load general DVD files. Once movie files are loaded, you are ready to convert  videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on Mac.

Step  2: Select output format for Motorola Droid X or Motorola Droid
Click on the drop-down list of “Format”, and then follow “Android”  > “Motorola Droid (X) MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)”. This format is specialized for  both Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid, which enables you to watch videos, DVDs and  Blu-rays on Motorola Droid without troubles.

Step 3: Set advanced  settings
When convert videos, DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X  and Motorola Droid by using Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, you are allowed  to adjust audio and video settings in your own ways, including codec name, bit  rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, sample rate and audio channel. Supposing you  are not experienced in adjusting these settings, you can totally skip this step  by using the default settings. The default settings will produce you files with  acceptable quality when play them back on your Motorola Droid X, or Motorola  Droid.

Step 4: Convert videos,  DVDs and Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid
Once the above mentioned three steps are finished, you can  click “Convert” button to transfer videos, DVDs and  Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid. iMedia Converter for  Mac is able to complete conversion at speed without any video and video out of  sync issues. When the conversion task is finished, you can click “Open” button  to get the resulted files for your Motorola Droid X or Motorola Droid for  entertainment.

Additional Tips:
How to select your needed subtitle and audio track when convert  Blu-rays to Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid on Mac?

1. Select subtitle
Click the drop-down list of “Subtitle”, then all the  subtitle info in the Blu-ray will be shown clearly, including language and  stream ID, so you can select your needed language as your subtitle in an easy  way.

In addition, Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac also offers an option called “Force Subtitle”. When you check “Force Subtitle”,  you will see subtitles only when actors are speaking a different language. For  instance, if you specify English (your mother tongue) as your subtitle, and  meanwhile tick off “Force Subtitle” option, then when actors are speaking  English, no subtitles will show up, but when they are talking with each other  in French, the English subtitle will appear accompanying with the French.

2: Select audio track
Click the pull down menu of “Audio”, and then the popup  list will give you the detailed information of audio tracks, including  language, audio codec, stream ID and audio channel. TrueHD audio and DTS-Master  Audio in a Blu-ray movie are both supported as well.

If you are using a Windows PC, you can see:

How  to transfer videos, standard DVDs and Blu-ray movies for playback on Motorola  Droid X.