Oct 27th, 6:55 pm

By:
Mike

DVD to Zune Converter - Cucusoft

One of the best reasons to own a Microsoft Zune is to be able to watch full DVD movies on it. The 30 GB Zune can can play 100 hours of video and the new next generation 80 GB Zune will be able to play over 250 hours of video. Do the math and you can put over 50 to well over 100 movies on your Zune depending on what Zune you have.

A few weeks ago I introduced readers to the an excellent DVD to Zune converter from dvdXSoft that sells for $29 and has a free trial.

Another great Zune to DVD converter is the software Cucusoft produces. You can download a trial version of the DVD to Zune converter here.

The Cucsoft DVD to Zune converter is great because it comes with two modes; direct and batch. With the direct mode it is simply to convert a full DVD to your Zune with ease. The batch mode allows users to select DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list.

Here are some more of the Cucusoft DVD to Zune features.

*Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ….
–Under “Direct Mode”, through DVD menu.
–Under “Batch Mode”, through DVD Title list.
*Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track…..
–Under “Direct Mode”, through DVD menu.
–Under “Batch Mode”, through DVD Title list.
*Support various Zune video formats including Windows Media Video (.wmv): Main Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 1.5 Mbps peak video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio; Simple Profile, CBR, up to 736 Kbps video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio.
*Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.
*Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. “Keep aspect ratio” and “stretch to fix screen”.
*Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.
*Support customize output video file size and video quality.
*Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.
*Support DVD to Windows Media Audio(.wma) conversion.
*Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.
*Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.

Try out the Zune to DVD converter software and let me hear your feedback. Again, you can download a trial version of the DVD to Zune converter here.

This also works with Sony’s PSP (trial) the iPod (trial) and iPhone (trial).

Oct 14th, 4:13 am

By:
Mike

DVD to Zune Converter

I recently discovered a DVD to video program specifically built for the Microsoft Zune.

The software is responsible at $29.95 and the company offers a free trial version. The program is just 2.2 MB to download. The features include:
1. Converts your DVDs to MP4 format that is perfect for your Zune, iPod or PSP
2. Works very fast and has been tested on most DVD drives (use the trial version to see if it works for you!)
3, Enables you to different video options including MP4 video codec Xvid and H264, a rich list of different resolutions, video bitrates, video frame rates, audio bitrates, audio frequency, etc (see interface below).

Here is an image of the DVD to Zune converter interface.