How to Play DVD Movies on Windows 8.1 Tablets

With full Start screen personalization and the ability to run up to four apps at once, you can work and play the way you want with Windows 8.1. If you've got a Windows 8.1 tablet like Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, Surface 2, Dell Venue 8 Pro, Asus VivoTab 8, etc, why not make full use of them like putting DVD to Windows 8.1 tablets for playback on the go? This article will quickly walk you through how to play DVD on Windows 8.1 tablets easily.

It is well known that DVD cannot work with Windows 8.1 tablet directly. If you want to become one of those who are enjoying DVD movies on Windows 8.1 tablets, then you will have to convert your DVD to a Windows 8.1 tablet supported file like H.264 MP4. For this purpose, you will have to find a good DVD ripper.

Brorsoft DVD Ripper is a high quality DVD ripper software which can help you to convert DVD to Windows 8.1 tablet compatible format without quality loss. It is fast in ripping but you are always assured of a high quality output video. In addition to Windows tablet, 150 more video presets for portable devices like Samsung, PS3, iPad, iPhone, Asus, Kindle Fire, etc. are provided to let your get videos with the best settings to fit your device. Furthermore, the built-in video editor allows you to easily get desired video part and effects. If you're using a Mac, please turn to Mac DVD ripping software, which enables you to rip DVDs on Mac OS X.

Download DVD converter for Windows 8.1 tablet:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Steps to copy DVD to Windows 8.1 tablets for smooth playback

Here the detailed steps to use DVD Ripper for Windows are described. The way to convert DVD video to Windows 8.1 tablet on Mac is the same.

Step 1. Add DVD movies to the program

First, load the DVD movies you want to play on Windows 8.1 tablet into the program: click disc button to import the files. As you see, you can either convert the whole DVD or just choose the chapters you want to convert.

Step 2. Select subtitles and output format

Since regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles like English, French, German, etc, you can click Subtitle to choose the one you need. After that, click Format bar and you can get optimized videos for your surface under "Windows > Windows 8 Tablet H.264 Video (*.mp4)".

Tip: Click Settings bar to customize audio and video parameters Video Codec, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

Step 3. Start to convert DVD for Windows 8.1 tablet

Finally, click the Start button to rip video from DVD for viewing on Windows 8.1 tablet. In a few minutes, you will get the converted movies. And then, just transfer the converted DVD to Windows 8.1 tablets and enjoy them.

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