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Wondershare DPG Converter was available as a giveaway on July 17, 2009!
Wondershare DPG Converter is easy-to-use and powerful DS Converter, which is aimed to help you convert almost all videos to DPG video format for playback on your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite with high speed and excellent video quality. It can convert not only standard videos (AVI, WMV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DAT, FLV, ASF, MPG, MPEG, etc) but also HD and AVCHD videos to DPG video format such as m2ts, ts, tp, trp, etc.
Besides, Wondershare DPG Converter is equipped with the powerful editing performances which empower you to crop, trim, adjust video effect, add watermark and plug-in subtitle, etc to get your ideal DPG video. In addition, it offers you adjustable video/audio output parameters such as resolution, bit rate, frame rate, etc. to help you get tailor-made video/audio for Nintendo DS.
Windows 2000/2003/XP (32-bit)/Vista (32-bit) (installation of all recent updates is recommended); 1GHz or above Intel or AMD processor; 512 MB RAM; 1GB HD space; Sound card: 16-bit or 24-bit sound card compatible with HDCD or 5.1 channel audio, such as Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 or Sound Blaster Audigy; Echo Audio Layla24 or Mona; M-Audio Delta 1010, Delta 1010-LT or Delta 410; DirectX compatible graphic card; XGA (1024x768) or higher resolution monitor; Speakers or earphones; Windows Media Player DirectX 9.0 or above, QuickTime, iTunes
7.48 MB
$19.95
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#20... when you exit Network Inventory Advisor, your printing footers and headers will be returned to their original values.
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Since mike indicated that this doesn't do much damage, I installed it. Activate needed to be run as an administrator on Vista (obviously, it's too late if you didn't).
Those with a DSi will need a compatible flash-cart, such as an Acekard 2i, DSTTi, M3i Zero, R4i, etc.
The iPlayer ($44) is a hardware decoder for the DS/DSL/DSi which directly supports all popular video formats, including 3GP, ASF, AVI, DivX, XviD, FLV, MOV, MPG, RM, RMVB, and WMV, 640x480 recommended, and all popular audio formats, including AAC, APE, FLAC, MP3, M4A, OGG, RA, WAV, and WMA. Additionally, iPlayer supports DLDI, so you can use DSOrganize, MoonShell, DSReader, Reno Studio, etc.
#18, Jason, did you use the specific preset for MoonShell 2.0?
This comment was supposed to be posted early, but Vista crashed due to memory management issues. The culprit is my nVidia drivers. The latest beta largely fixes multi-monitor support which they broke in the last several drivers. However, recent drivers include the nVidia Stereo Vision Control Panel API Server, which eats a whopping almost a GB of RAM on my PC (more than that, virtual).
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#5 - You mean a 1 GHz processor is not that big a deal today in terms of requirements. If that's what they're saying it would probably run OK w/ 600/700/900 Mhz if nothing else was running. Most people have at least a 1 ghz today anyway.
Thing is -- how many people really want to convert video to run on a Nintendo? Seems pretty niche to me.
-Ric
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#41: Thanks for the great answer, but let me reword my original post...
"I know that loading the files onto an original DS/DS Lite, you need a DS chip with a slot of a MicroSD chip. I’m NOT looking to acquire DS games in any way (I buy them in stores).
So, with that said, what’s the least expensive and most easily-accessable Nintendo DS/Lite playback device on the market?"
(That was my fault; I should have specified.)
ChivalRuss
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#42 - it worked fine on my 64-bit Windows 7. Just because it doesn't *say* 64-bit in the specs doesn't mean it won't work.
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It does not support vista 64-bit so it is useless. Why can't companies make products that support the latest and most advanced version of windows?
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#29: "So, with that said, what’s the least expensive and most easily-accessable playback device on the market?"
You can only choose one of your 2 requirements. ;-)
Cheap... there are loads of mp3 players that do video on the market, & many are extremely cheap -- mine was $10 shipped!
But most are a PITA getting your video on the device so it will play. I have to go thru 3 steps 1) get the video. 2) resize the video. 3) convert it using special software, from the company that makes the electronics inside the player. My son has a Sandisk player he uses for mp3s that cost about $60 -- have to use a special program from SanDisk that's *Very* buggy.
Easy to use... buy an iPod. Zunes aren't too bad, but still harder unless you use the slow Microsoft program to re-encode everything. But better video requires better chips which means more money -- the PSP, DS, some cell phones etc have a better chip already, so many use those. None of these alternatives come cheap.
In between is a portable DVD player, but they're bigger, you have to carry the discs, & they take a lot of power -- either plug in or make do with just a couple of hours battery life.
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#32: "I am looking for a program to compress std video cam footage to a much smaller file size so i can email it or upload it to the web so i can share it with family. will this program do this? if yes, can it be replayed and watched any other way without a DS? the grandparents are dying to see video of the kids. thanks much."
No... it'll certainly make video files smaller, but not so much good for the grandparents, even if they have a Nintendo DS. ;-)
Best way is to use YouTube like millions of others, or use one of the other video sharing sites. Videohelp.com & doom9.org both have a lot of info published & in their forums on converting whatever type of video your camera shoots -- the only thing close to a std. was DV, which isn't what most cameras use today. Lots of hidden gotcha's for some camera's, so don't skip the research. Then use software from one of those sites, wait for GOTD to offer another video program that will work, or buy editing/conversion software.
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DPG Converter is just like the other Wondershare converters -- you get the same interface [GUI] etc with specialized output, in this case for the DS. Wondershare has a great rep, & the encoding part of their converters is top notch -- they include encoders licensed from MainConcept, same as Adobe's Premiere Pro & Sony's Vegas, programs costing several hundreds of dollars each.
And like the other, Wondershare converters, today's GOTD DPG version doesn't have much impact on Windows, with Registry additions mostly related to uninstall, & no files to add to the Windows System folders... Vista users should be happy with no NCT libraries to potentially cause problems. DPG Converter installs with 121 files, 11 folders, totaling about 35 MB. Like most other video converters, DPG Converter uses profiles for output format, allowing only a small amount of customization -- this is a double-edged sword, keeping things simple, But, at the same time keeping you from tweaking all of the settings to improve your results.
You can do some very limited editing in DPG Converter, & most input formats are recognized & accepted. While it's not a DVD Ripper, it will accept the VOB files where a DVD stores it's audio/video content. Probably the easiest way to convert a DVD would be to 1st use the free DVD Shrink, with preferences set to DVD9, & on the Output tab, "Split VOB files..." un-checked. You should also use Shrink's Re-Author mode. That way you wind up with just 1 VOB file containing the movie or TV show you want, that you can easily import into DPG Converter. Since a DVD can contain over a dozen VOB files, you can see why having just 1 is worth the extra few minutes it'll take you in Shrink.
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The only way to play a DPG file on a DS is with a flash-cart, like a Acekard or M3.
I use a M3 Real with the M3Sakura firmware to watch my videos. I have no use for this application called Moonshell personally, but here's a Wikipedia page on it for those interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoonShell
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To bring video into your DS, you'll need an cart that accepts a micro-SD.
There's a few different ones available, my M3 Real cost about $50 and was well worth it.
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Got it cranking on some mkvs right now. Nice, easy interface...we'll see how it comes out. The freeware I've used had some skipping issues (seemed to drop a frame/audio every 30 sec or so). The batch options is nice, but you can't seem to "add a directory" for converting DVDs. That's a bummer, as I've got most of my DVD collection ripped to disk in the original format (well, minus the menus and fluff). I haven't tried combining the .vobs and choosing the "combine" options yet (though that would preclude batch processing).
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CERBOTTO (wrote the post number 6) is a person to be avoided. About a year from copy and paste your comments in the Italian section, shouting to all who are his ... if you can avoid it is just a poor man with no brain ! good day
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I am looking for a program to compress std video cam footage to a much smaller file size so i can email it or upload it to the web so i can share it with family. will this program do this? if yes, can it be replayed and watched any other way without a DS? the grandparents are dying to see video of the kids. thanks much.
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It works well and does what it says it will do.I know a few people who still have very low processing power,like under 1Ghz.It loaded and worked well on a Compaq Presario 3500 notebook with a 750Mhz Processor/Win XP SP3.
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Will this work on the new Nintendo DSi?
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I know that loading the files onto an original DS/DS Lite, you need a DS chip with a slot of a MicroSD chip. I'm NOT looking to acquire DS games in any way (I buy them in stores).
So, with that said, what's the least expensive and most easily-accessable playback device on the market?
ChivalRuss
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You can put a movie onto an SD Memory Card and insert it into the slot of the DS.
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Please tell me what is DPG anyway.
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#20 Fubar, to reply, I forgot that GAOTD was US-centric! PSP sold a lot better in Asia and Europe... (considering as I'm Chinese)
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Fubar! Nice read bro. but, those worrie s are all behind me now that I've moved up to Vista Ultimte X64. I've scowered the nwt & found that theres only been one virus written to attack an X64 platform & it was detected by Noron last November. I guess theres not enough of us 64 bit beleivers for those people to make it worth their time targeting us.
One ofyour comments here about a month or so ago said your PC will support X64 & your comming on up. have yoy? It's worth the time, beleive me. This PC is totally different when my X64 Drives are in it then whab mt 32 bit set is.
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Tried it on a .vob file I had.
there is no way to select which audio track is converted.
in this case the first audio track was french.
is there a way to select which audio from.vob files?
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Ok, call me a dunce. I have a DS, not the new DSi (?), but a DS. Once the videos are converted, how do I transfer them to the DS device?
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@Mike: This is not a niche product at all. The Nintendo DS is the most popular video-game system in the world, with more than 106 million units sold to date. There is no "bigger potential target group" than that.
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How do you get the videos onto a DS?
Thanks.
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#5, PESfan, I don't own a DS, but this June, Nintendo sold 766,500 of them vs. 163,500 Sony PSP's in the U.S. As for QuickTime, I always recommend using the corresponding official player for proprietary formats.
#18, Jason, while there's some neat software which so far is only available for the DS, I'm not sure that I want to pay for the hardware just to use the software. Nonetheless, thanks for mentioning MoonShell. The Wikipedia article on it mentions some alternatives. Read the fine print at the top of the official download page. The Moon Books Project 2.0 has downloadable classic books, films, and other stuff for the DS.
NOTE: Network Inventory Advisor 3.5, the July 8th giveaway, modifies your default headers and footers for all printed documents. I found out when things which I saved as PDF's while browsing were all mislabeled.
Speaking of browsers, and the announcement of yet another critical vulnerability in Firefox (not my primary browser), F-Secure Exploit Shield Technology Preview (ESTP) is supposed to protect users of IE and Firefox by various methods, including applying their own hotpatches and workarounds. Despite the Vista-bashers (and Windows 7 is internally more Vista than not), I haven't seen any vulnerabilities worth worrying about on Vista with UAC, running IE8 in Protected Mode with DEP (XP users are frequently vulnerable). In the unlikely event that anything gets past that, my security software should take care of it, so I don't use Exploit Shield (if you're already protected, the workarounds can do more harm than good).
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Nice app, although I think I'll stay with batchDPG... But well I will give it a try
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Well, I am one of the niche market for this, having a DS and the required setup to play back DPGs, so I figured I had to download it and chime in. Encode speed was great for me, about 6 minutes for a typical 45 minute TV episode. (A Babylon 5 ep) Most importantly, the resulting file played perfectly in Moonshell 2.0, although at the default settings, the MPEG compression was distractingly bad at times. However, tests with higher encoding settings still played back well and looked much better, although still not great. Oddly, the volume seemed excessively quiet - I had to turn the volume up to max on both the unit and the software to get something acceptable.
However, the real question is whether this is better or worse than the encoder that comes with Moonshell - if you can play DPGs, you already have a tool for making them. Well, first of all, it took twice as long to encode the same file, and it was larger than even the largest file produced by this program would have been... However, the video quality was VASTLY better - higher framerate and far less breakup due to compression artifacts. On both the audio and sound fronts, there is simply no comparison. Additionally, the seek function was quite slow on the files created by this Wondershare software, but was effectively instantaneous in the file made by the "official" tool.
The bottom line is that this has a couple nifty features, like customizing the zooming and cropping of the video, but I simply cannot recommend it based on the poor quality of the resulting video. Stick with the pack-in conversion tool.
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Hi,
Can this program convert a DVD to the DS?
I know it is possible, but I don't know if this can do it.
I just tried to convert a .VOB file and it did not work.
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So I can convert videos to DPG video format, now how do I get the DS to play them?
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I added a thumbs up, since I do like the program.
Some things that can be improved:
- Add support for multi-core. It seems it can only use 1 core at a time. I have 4 to offer :(
- Defaults to C:\ ... I have an SSD and don't need preview JPG's etc on my SSD. I have put everything on another drive, also the output folder.
- When I ran ACTIVATE.EXE, it opened my firefox and showed like 8 or 10 TABs of whatever websites?? This didn't look good :(
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Nice one - my children have been asking for video conversions for the DS for ages. There is a great freeware product called Super that will do it, plus virtually every other video conversion you could want, though I resorted to a commercial product due to the complexity of Supers interface.
Still, if you miss today's giveaway or want a more permanent file conversion program Super is one alternative. That said it's nice to find a program specific to DS video conversion, so it will do nicely. Thank you yet again to Wondershare and to the giveaway team.
You can download Super from the following address:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_super/
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I can't get the software to activate - any ideas?
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Install with no problem, convert my mkv file for DPG flawlessly.
Thanks GAOTD for this great stuff!
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Program installed on vista 64 bit
ran gui ok
Application Fault after 5:26 during conversion
at end of log file this text is found.
"The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access."
Ran as administrator same app fault
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... oh ... it would be so nice to have the hardtalk 6 from real illusion ...
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This is my quick summary after using wondershare DPG converter:
1.conversion speed is fast;
2.the import fomats are diversiform;
3.it is equipped with the powerful editing performances which empower you to crop, trim, adjust video effect, add watermark and plug-in subtitle, etc to get your ideal video;
4.i ever got Wondershare DVD to Flash converter from Giveaway.com and it's also cool to convert DVD to FLV\SWF for sharing DVD movies to internet.
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What a niche product... GAOTD should put up applications that have a bigger potential target group.
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@6 - If you are going to write a review - please do not plagiarize the work of others, and put your name to it.
http://blog.downloadatoz.com/4750_editors-review-convert-almost-all-videos-to-dpg-format-with-high-speed-and-excellent-quality.html
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Hi folks!
This is CERBOTTO, also knowed as "The King of Giveaway"... LOL!
I'm a GEEK and GURU of informatic.
This wonderful software convert almost all videos to DPG format with high speed and excellent quality.
GOOD
It is said that Wondershare is an industry leader in multimedia design and has a number of key patents pending. Wondershare DPG Converter is one of the successful software, which was recommend not only the powerful functions, but also easy to operate of its programs. Professional video editing now available even to amateurs, which help you convert videos to DGP video easily. There is a detailed Help file for Wondershare DPG Converter.
BAD
A watermark logo will be displayed on the output video or the output audio will be limited to 3 minutes in trial version.
Benefits
Tried of the dull Video files, you may want to have a simplest Video files DIY method, fortunately Wondershare DPG Converter can accomplish this task in a simple way. It's cool to own a Wondershare DPG Converter, which is aimed to help you convert almost all videos to DPG format.
Wondershare DPG Converter is easy-to-use and powerful Nintendo DS Video Converter, it is capable of converting most standard videos files including AVI, WMV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DAT, FLV, ASF, MPG and MPEG and so on. Besides, it fully supports converting high definition videos and AVCHD videos such as m2ts, ts, tp, trp, etc to Nintendo DS.
This powerful software does a really good job. It offers you adjustable video/audio output parameters such as resolution, bit rate, frame rate, etc. to help you get tailor-made video/audio for your Nintendo DS.
It has been tested that no unstable or unpredictable behavior has been observed under several Windows versions including antivirus applications.
Setup
It takes only a few seconds to install this tool. The download size of it is about 7.68 MB. It's a safe program since there are no malicious wares at all. If you find it can not meet your needs, you can unstall it easily with only one click, which is really considerate for users.
Interface
The interface of Wondershare DPG Converter is really cool. Straightforward navigation, Auto-Started Program and Graphical User Interface, which may attract most users's eyes, you could operate with ease.
System Requirements
This powerful software runs smoothly on Microsoft Windows XP, 2003, Vista. The requirements of peripheral are: 1G Hz CPU or above, 128 MB of RAM (256 MB Recommended), any VGA card.
Conclusion
It is easy to operate and the parameters could be utilized by amateurs. The conversion quality is quite nice and there are many parameters to be set by experienced users. It's welcomed by common users because of it practicability and compatibility. I think you'll find it both interesting and beneficial.
Cheers from Cerbotto!
note: Please see following comment. BuBBy.
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This is one of those average programs on GAOTD that some people have use for. It converts videos to DPGs for NDS, but most people do not view videos with the NDS, instead they do it using a PSP for a portable device, so Wondershare's Video Converter Platinum, previously offered here is good. However, this is one of the first programs i've ever seen enabling video conversion to DPG, so I would recommend installing so as to be ready for any future uses. Who knows, maybe the PSP might be not so popular for viewing videos in the future??
PROS
Nice and easy-to-use interface, just as all other Wondershare products that have been giveaways in the past.
Quick conversion speed.
supports High-Definition videos.
Can add subtitles of .mkv format with average quality.
High level of customization for output settings, e.g. resolution, contrast, frame rate, etc.
CONS
Requires QuickTime Player, which most people don't use nowadays.
High requirement for processor size (1GB).
Slow conversions on older machines (tested on Win7 with 3.5GB processor on 5 minutes conversion for a 26 min video, WinXP SP2 with 1 GB processor, 29 minutes for the same video)
Average video quality (viewed on my NDS usually used only to play games)
Verdict: a 6/10 for a unique-idea program that has a good interface but only average conversion video quality and speed.
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WOW Thanks GOTD. This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. I can now convert all my videos and play them on my DS. Brilliant. Software works really well too. Thank you once again GOTD and Wondershare. A Brilliant product. Recommended highly.
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Well i don't have a Nintendo DS, I had Play Station 2 in ma teenage. i don't play games now but m pretty much sure that this Software will do what it say. A huge Gift and Time saver for Gamers. after all Nintendo DS is a good gadget and if i had one i surely feel pleased by this Promotion. Thanx to Wondershare and GAOTD from all Nintendo DS Owners
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Wondershare DPG Converter is easy-to-use and powerful Nintendo DS Video Converter, which is aimed to help you convert almost all videos to DPG format for playback on your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite with high speed and excellent quality.
This Nintendo DS Video Converter is capable of converting most standard videos files including AVI, WMV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DAT, FLV, ASF, MPG and MPEG and so on. Besides, it fully supports converting high definition videos and AVCHD videos such as m2ts, ts, tp, trp, etc to Nintendo DS /NDSL.
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First comment .. this is fairly useful if you have the newer nds
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