Watching Films On Kindle via Format Factory
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Thought this info would be handy for those that do this. I rip my dvds to my laptop then upload them onto my kindle to watch (as lovefilm streaming has an awful selection). This used to be an arse as I'd have to rip with dvdfab and then use handbrake to convert it into a playable file (even tho dvdfab states it rips into a compatible format.....it doesn't.).
Before I even did the above I used to use the free software format factory to rip my dvds which played straight away without having to convert them again, problem was you'd get German subtitles on every film, highly annoying so I gave up.
Anyway I recently came across a thread on another forum where someone had figured out how to overcome the subtitles problem. I thought I'd share the info as you never know someone may find it useful, if not ignore the thread, anyway here it is......(and yes it works, I did it this evening)
" i found out how to do it.....click on the rip dvd thing.....then obviously click none for subtitles...then before you click ok...click output settings....then u will see a tiny tab called additional subtitles.....the very top option in that tab is blank...type into it...."None"...make sure to use the capital n...just in case....this is the first time i'v gotten this rip to work with only the subtitles that are suppossed to be in it (like when someone speaks spanish or they tell you a location or time)......its works perfectly..just in case you have a hard time reading it the way i wrote above..i will reword it one more time so its simpler to follow
-click rip dvd to video file
-click the subtitles button and select none
-then click output settings
-click the additional subtitles tab to open the tab for viewing
-click the VERY top space in that tabs section (not the button to the right of the blank space...click right on the blank space itself)
-type in "None"
and of course set whatever else you want...but that should fix your subtitle problems."
Thought this info would be handy for those that do this. I rip my dvds to my laptop then upload them onto my kindle to watch (as lovefilm streaming has an awful selection). This used to be an arse as I'd have to rip with dvdfab and then use handbrake to convert it into a playable file (even tho dvdfab states it rips into a compatible format.....it doesn't.).
Before I even did the above I used to use the free software format factory to rip my dvds which played straight away without having to convert them again, problem was you'd get German subtitles on every film, highly annoying so I gave up.
Anyway I recently came across a thread on another forum where someone had figured out how to overcome the subtitles problem. I thought I'd share the info as you never know someone may find it useful, if not ignore the thread, anyway here it is......(and yes it works, I did it this evening)
" i found out how to do it.....click on the rip dvd thing.....then obviously click none for subtitles...then before you click ok...click output settings....then u will see a tiny tab called additional subtitles.....the very top option in that tab is blank...type into it...."None"...make sure to use the capital n...just in case....this is the first time i'v gotten this rip to work with only the subtitles that are suppossed to be in it (like when someone speaks spanish or they tell you a location or time)......its works perfectly..just in case you have a hard time reading it the way i wrote above..i will reword it one more time so its simpler to follow
-click rip dvd to video file
-click the subtitles button and select none
-then click output settings
-click the additional subtitles tab to open the tab for viewing
-click the VERY top space in that tabs section (not the button to the right of the blank space...click right on the blank space itself)
-type in "None"
and of course set whatever else you want...but that should fix your subtitle problems."
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Iirc at has a set of output profiles for diffident devices and can handle avc.
unless it was 20 years ago that would not have been my choice of format.
i can see that under very limited circumstances ripping without conversion may have it's merits.
but a 7GB mpeg2 file is not going to be around on my equipment for very long.
I guess it's also about how keen you are on films and your viewing habits. I know some people like to build up a big digital movie collection but I only bother to keep a small % that I know I'll definitely want to watch again in future.
I'm no guru when it comes to all this but for my needs its great and doesn't feel like a chore anymore. If you want to watch films offline on your kindle I'd highly recommend this way. But what do I know