I'm about to take a long plane trip with a toddler, and I think converting some of the DVDs I have to some type of digital format we can watch on the Surface 2 would be helpful. The problem is I'm not totally sure what I'm doing. From what I can tell there is basically 2 steps:
1) Convert to digital file (I'm using a Win7 PC for this).
2) View video file on Surface 2
What do I need for each of the steps? I know there are various programs for transferring DVDs to digital formats, but I'm not sure what format I should be choosing (if I can pick one that will allow the video file to play on both my Surface 2 and my wife's iPad that would be great). Also not sure what is a good program.
As for viewing it on the Surface 2, I'm not sure how well the built in Xbox video player really works. I tried transferring one DVD, and since the DVD would be in 480, I just made the digital file that way (figuring that would help with file size). My guess would be I could just "zoom in" on the video when it was playing, but that didn't seem to work. Is there a better program to be using for viewing the files? Or do I need to convert the files to 1080p (which to me seems kind of wasteful storage size wise)?
1) Convert to digital file (I'm using a Win7 PC for this).
2) View video file on Surface 2
What do I need for each of the steps? I know there are various programs for transferring DVDs to digital formats, but I'm not sure what format I should be choosing (if I can pick one that will allow the video file to play on both my Surface 2 and my wife's iPad that would be great). Also not sure what is a good program.
As for viewing it on the Surface 2, I'm not sure how well the built in Xbox video player really works. I tried transferring one DVD, and since the DVD would be in 480, I just made the digital file that way (figuring that would help with file size). My guess would be I could just "zoom in" on the video when it was playing, but that didn't seem to work. Is there a better program to be using for viewing the files? Or do I need to convert the files to 1080p (which to me seems kind of wasteful storage size wise)?