Category: Media Conversion
How to Play Video TS folders / VOB files in Windows 7 Media Center
Some of you may be thinking, “what are VIDEO TS folders and VOB files and why would I ever want or need to play them in Media Center?” VIDEO TS is the folder on a DVD movie. It holds VOB files that contain the contents of a DVD, such as video, audio, menus, extras, and [...]
How to Rip a DVD to Your Hard Drive to Play in Windows Media Center
This is a bit of a follow up on my previous article on how to play VIDEO_TS and VOB files in Windows 7 Media Center. The first time I focused mainly on how to play the DVD rips using the Media Browser plug-in for WMC. This time around, I’m going to focus specifically on ripping [...]
Rip a Copy Protected DVD to Your Hard Drive for Free with DVDFab HD Decrypter
DVDFab’s HD Decrypter is one of my most essential video conversion tools. Although, it can be rather confusing to understand just what HD Decrypter is when compared to DVDFab. So, I thought I’d take the time to walk through it and explain just what it is and what it does. In simple terms, DVDFab HD [...]
How to COnvert Windows 7 Media Center .WTV files to .DVR-MS
In previous versions of Windows Media Center (before Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008) Windows Media Center recorded TV in the DVR-MS file format. In Windows 7, Media Center now outputs all Recorded TV to .WTV file format. Unfortunately, the WTV files do not “play nice” with video conversion applications, commercial skipping, etc. So, to [...]
Convert Video files (AVI, MPEG, MOV, etc.) to DVD for free with DVD Flick
DVD Flick is a nice little DVD Authoring tool that can convert most common video file formats and burn them to a DVD that you can play in your DVD player. If you’re anything like me, your hard drive is loaded with video files. Perhaps you have your own PVR setup and want to convert [...]
