Copy DVD to USB Flash drive and play on LG-HS201 projector

[Tom1]

Goal is to put DVD onto USB Flash Drive stripping out all audio except Spanish to save space. USB will be played on LG-HS201 projector being powered by battery pack in remote jungle environment. Screen, projector and batterys will fit in back pack Weight, and power consumption critical.
If DVD player not needed weight and power consumption can be reduced.

[aedipuss]

you need to provide more info. find out if and what formats the projector will play off a usb drive. also find out how big a file it can handle and what format the drive has to be in.

[yoda313]

Here is the movie info from the manual:

MOVIE List
* The movie list is activated once USB is detected. It is used when playing movie files on projector.
Extension
name Video Codec Maximum
Resolution supported Frame Audio Codec Explanation
AVI
m4v
Divx
MPEG4
720X480
800X432
30P
AC3
• Bit rate range 32Kbps ~ 640Kbps
• Sampling rate 32KHz, 44.1KHz, 48KHz
MPEG
• Bit rate range 32Kbps ~ 448Kbps
• Sampling rate 32KHz ~ 48KHz
LPCM
MP3
• Bit rate range 32Kbps ~ 320Kbps
• Sampling rate 32KHz ~ 48KHz
Microsoft MPEG4 is not
supported.
WMV series are not
supported.
Playing a video only
support the Playback.
DivX 3.XX
DivX 4.XX
DivX 5.XX
DivX 6.XX
Xvid 1.00
Xvid 1.01
Xvid 1.02
Xvid 1.03
Xvid 1.10 Beta1/2
DAT
MPG
MPEG
MPE
VOB
MPEG1
MPEG2
Subtitle format : *.ass/ *.smi/ *.srt/ *.ssa
Supported Movie File
Precautions when playing the DivX
►► A DivX movie file and its subtitle file must be located in the same folder.
At this time, a movie file name and its subtitle file name must be identical for it to be displayed.
►► Specific subtitles created by the user may not be operated normally.
►► Some special characters are not supported in subtitles.
►► HTML tags are not supported in subtitles.
►► Subtitles in languages other than the supported languages are not available.
►► Time information in an external subtitle file should be arranged in ascending order to be played.
►► Damaged movie files may not be played, and certain functions could be limited during the playback.
►► Certain video files created with an encoder may not be played.
►► If the video and audio structure of recorded file is not interleaved, either video or audio is outputted.
►► Video with resolution higher than maximum resolution supported for each frame, cannot be guaranteed for smooth playback.
►► DTS Audio codec is not supported.
►► Playback for movie file exceeding 4GB (Giga Byte) is not supported.
►► Playing a video via a USB connection that doesn’t support high speed may not work properly.
►► When watching a video using MOVIE LIST, the function to ajdust screen deos not work.


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Convert your dvd with this information in mind.

Anything from handbrake to format factory would be good to use. Rip for free with the free version of dvd fab decrypter than convert using the programs I mentioned.

Edit - it does say it can play a vob file but it also has a 4gb file limitation so you'd have to transcode with dvdshrink to under 4gb if you wanted to that route. Or just use divx and set your file output to under 4gb and you are good to go.

[Tom1]

Have accomplished a lot from starting with no experience. Have ripped DVD, removed all unneeded languages, compressed needed segments with DVD Shrink. Encoded segments into individual AVI files with WinFF and tested from USB in projector OK!
Now I just need to do a little trimming of the files and combine into one. Will try Pinnacle Video spin.

This whole project is being done for a friend my only reward, a cup of coffee and a big thank you.