Pocket DVD Wizard - Watch DVDs on your Pocket PC

What is the Pocket DVD Wizard?

The Pocket DVD Wizard converts your DVDs and video files so you can download, and play them back on your Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Portable Media Center, Smartphone or Windows CE device.

Unlike other solutions, no additional software if required on your pocket device to play back the video output. All the conversion and file handling is done using the speed and power of your main Windows PC improving quality and saving you time and money.

The Pocket DVD Wizard software uses advanced compression techniques to fit a whole DVD on a memory card the size of a postage stamp. You can then play back the resulting movie file using the standard Windows Media Player already installed on your Pocket PC.

Easy to use!

The Pocket DVD Wizard has been designed from start to finish to be very easy to use. It will take you through the whole conversion process in a simple, step by step basis, allowing you full control over the DVD conversion.

If you do get stuck, the installation includes an extensive help file with details ranging from common conversion problems, through to copying the output file to your Pocket PC and playback of the file on your Pocket PC.

Powerful functions

If you want to select some of the more powerful options, such as playback language selection, legible subtitle addition or even alter aspect ratios or clip the original DVD content, you can. Simply click the `options` tab in the software.

No more `black bars`

The Pocket DVD Wizard gives you the choice when converting wide screen video. You can choose to retain the original format, and have `black bars` on the top and bottom of the video output, or use `pan and scan` to remove the bars and use the full screen area on your Pocket PC.

Landscape `Full Screen` Pocket PC playback

On both standard and VGA Pocket PCs, simply hit the standard `small square` in Windows Media Player and the video will be played back full screen (landscape mode) to make the most of your Pockets PCs screen.

Target your memory card size

From 128mb through to 1Gb, you can select your target card size.

The Pocket DVD Wizard is not restricted to fixed memory card sizes, you specify the memory card size you have (or how much space you want to use) and the software makes the adjustments needed to give you the best conversion possible, whilst targeting your specified output size.

Specify start and stop times

If you have a clip you want to convert, you can do just that. Specify the start and stop times and the Pocket DVD Wizard will create a video file from that part of your DVD or video file.

High quality conversion

The quality of the conversion is very high in all modes, but it can be set to three different levels, depending on how much time you have to convert the file.

You can also select a `switch off pc` option, to turn the pc off when the conversion has finished.

VGA or Standard Pocket PC display

Both are supported, simply select the the device you have in the easy to use, step by step wizard interface.

All versions of Windows supported

The latest version of the Pocket DVD Wizard runs on any desktop or laptop pc capable of playing DVD videos. If you can put a DVD in your CD/DVD drive (it does not have to be a DVD writer) and Windows can play the DVD, the Pocket DVD Wizard should work perfectly for you.

Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows NT / 2000 are all supported.

More than just a DVD conversion tool...

Version 3.2 also allows you to convert MPEG, AVI and WMV files!

All the popular DVD editing functions, such as targeting specific output file sizes, start and stop `crop` points and removal of the wide screen black bars are supported for video file conversions in the current version of the Pocket DVD Wizard.

Forget expensive, and bulky portable DVD players, if you already have a Pocket PC you can keep the kids (and the adults!) quiet for hours.

Further information can be found at the authors website.