How do you download movies on your Disney Mix-Max?

Answer 1

You will need:

1. Computer with DVD reader (if ripping from DVD)

2. DVD or Video File (www.Movies-Tv.Com if you dont have a DVD reader)

3. DVDVideo ripping software such as Magic DVD Ripper or TubeHunter Ultra

4. Converter Software such as Prism Video Converter or TubeHunter Media Center

5. Windows Media Encoder 9 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5691ba02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f1182cdf24&displaylang=en

5. Windows Media Player

6. Disney Mix Max

Instructions:

1. Download and install the needed Software.

2. Rip the video. With TubeHunter it is as easy as opening the program, opening the video and pressing F5 to download. For first timers, save file onto the desktop for easy use.

3. Connect your MixMax to the computer.

4. Use Prism Video Converter or TubeHunter Media Center to convert video file to WMV format. I've read instructions stating you have to change codes in Prism, but I didn't find this necessary.

5. Okay, this is where you can choose your options of how to format the WMV movie to WMV9 to play on the mixmax....

A. Open the Windows Media Player...click on Videos (top left corner buton)...click on Library....click on All Video...drag and drop your WMV file into your Windows Media Library.... then click on Sync Device... That's it! The movie should be on your Mix Max to play! If you choose, you can also open Mix Max from My Computer...Open SD Memory Card from My Computer... and Drag and drop appropriate WMV9 file from Mix Max to SD Memory Card for later easy use.

B. Open Windows Media Encoder 9 (to save directly to SD card, manually, without MixMax)

click on COVERT A FILE and press OK

Then choose your source file ( the movie you just converted with Prism)

Then Choose a new output file like make a new folder and name it MIX MAX MOVIES and click ok

On the next screen just press ok. Don't worry about the setting at this point because we will change them later.

Name the movie. and click ok and FINISH

Once the converter starts press the STOP button on the top toolbar., its RED,

a window will pop up, click CLOSE to close the window.

Then at the top of the converter click on the PROPERTIES tab.

A window will pop open. Click on the COMPRESSION tab in the middle of several tabs.

Click EDIT on the right hand side of the COMPRESSION window.

Now you should see 2 tabs. A GENERAL tab and a 259kbps tab

On the GENERAL TAB change everything to the following:

Make sure Video and Audio are both checked

Audio CBR Windows Media Audio 9.2

Video CBR Windows Media Video 9

Click the 259kbps tab and change to the following. ( If you see something I don't mention here THEN DON'T CHANGE IT )

Audio Format 128 kbps, 48 (NOT 44) kHz Stereo CBR

Video Size 220 X 176

Frame Rate 30

Key Frame Interval (some say this should be 2...others say it should be 5)

Video Bit Rate 384K (this is a little tricky. MAKE SURE IT SAYS 384K)

Buffer Size 5 sec

Video Smoothness 0

Decoder Complexity Simple

for a total of 521.02

CLICK APPLY and wait a few seconds for it to apply and then START ENCODING on top toolbar. When this movie is finished it will play on your MIX MAX, if it still says that the FILE IS NOT SUPPORTED then you have to go into the setting on the max and change the mass storage setting. There are 2 choices can't remember off hand what they are but choose the opposite one obviously and try again. Also you actually have to go to the movies or video tab on the max player not NOW PLAYING cuz that button is pointless.

So, the short story is...

Rip it, Convert it to WMV, Convert it again to WMV9, Sync to MixMax, Save to SD Memory Card.

Additional Links:

http://digiblue.com/customer-service/downloads/DMP9050_WMV_encoding.pdf

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

www.movies-tv.com (for media content from the internet)

www.neoretix.com (for TubeHunter to Rip Media Content from Internet)

www.magicdvdripper.com (to Rip Media Content from DVD)

www.brothersoft.com › DVD & Video › Video Conversion - (Free, for first WMV conversion

if you are converting files manually using Windows Media Player\Encoder)

www.pocketdvdwizard.com (to Convert Media files straight to WMV9 format)