Monthly Archives: March 2010

What’s firmware and why would I need to upgrade it?

Some times we can not play the DVD on our computer, and was told to upgrade our firmware. So how to deal with it?
DVD players are just computers. Each of them has a software program that decides how it plays discs. It’s called firmware because the software is stored on a chip. Some players have [...]

What is dual layer disc? Can I play it on my PC?

Dual-layer disc is a kind of disc which has two layers of data, the first layer is semi-transparent so that the laser can go through it and read data on the second layer. Since both layers are readable from one side, a dual-layer disc can hold almost twice as much data as a single-layer disc, [...]

What is MKV and how to play it?

First, to clarify a misunderstanding, mkv is not a compressed format, DivX, XviD is the video compression format, mp3, ogg is audio compression format. The mkv is a “combination” and “package” format, in other words is a container format.
Universal multimedia container
MKV is a Matroska media files, Matroska is a new multimedia package format, which can [...]

What is XviD?

XviD is a word play, read it the reverse way and you might find a familiar term. XviD is an open source MPEG-4 codec which depending on whom you’re asking yields even better quality than the best DivX codec.

The guidence of DVD purchase

For one time play or for collection?
If just for DVD play, then no need to over-pursue version! As long as a clear translation in general can be fine. To be frankly, lossy compression (ysys) D5 film much better than the VCD, and I usually buy the D5 film, I buy D9 for collection, buy the [...]

Why the movie sound stopped and then continue playing?

Transmitted through the SPDIF audio signal loss arising may be your power supply is of low-quality, perhaps you need to purchase a surge suppressor to limit the current. Audio signal loss may be also caused by low-quality fiber-optic or coaxial cable caused. Some users have reported that poor PC power supply can also cause the [...]

New product on shelf – CloneDVD for Mobile

As the name goes, CloneDVD for Mobile is a powerful DVD ripping and copying software, it can clone or rip any DVD movie for you, even those copyright-protected DVDs to mobile device.
With CloneDVD for Mobile, you can clone DVD to iPhone MP4, DVD to BlackBerry MP4, DVD to AVI, DVD to ASF, DVD to iPod [...]

A comparison between DVD X Player and DVD Ghost

Generally speaking, both DVD Ghost and DVD X Player can break DVD copyright; and they all can help you in DVD copying. But DVD X Player have a lot more function than DVD Ghost does, like DVD play, record ect.
Similarity:
1, Removes all kinds of restrictions (CSS, RPC Region code, RCE, APS, UOPS etc.) from the [...]

An introduction of DVD Ghost

DVD Ghost is a software that bestow your DVD players and DVD copy/backup softwares to play or copy any copyright-protected DVDs.
DVD Ghost is a professional DVD copyright breaker. It is a small, effective sofrware working with other DVD softwares. It is light on your system resources and resides in system tray. It removes all kinds [...]

What is AAC?

Audio formats like computer hardware and software, will be replaceed at last, like the position tape being taken by CD? The CD will also have to be replaced by DVD-Audio. As time goes by, MP3 more and more unsatisfactory, its compression ratio lower than Ogg, WMA, VQF and other formats, sound quality worse (especially under [...]