Downloading Movies?

**dayoungdc** · 07-29-2011, 08:20 AM

Anyone able to tell me how to download movies on to the playbook? Is there an app or some other means of doing it??

Thanks
Dayoungatl

**behzad00** · 07-29-2011, 08:44 AM

you can use tubegrab.

**ericlc2** · 07-29-2011, 08:57 AM

search the entire forum for: mp4, theres a nice on going collection floating around

**DotNet** · 07-29-2011, 08:59 AM

if you already have the movie in your PC
you can plugin your PB throw USB to the PC and transfer the movie

**ubizmo** · 07-29-2011, 09:29 AM

I wonder if we'll ever see a video download market app on the PB.

**bigbamboo** · 07-31-2011, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by DotNet

if you already have the movie in your PC
you can plugin your PB throw USB to the PC and transfer the movie

Thank you. How would I go about doing this with a movie on iTunes? I tried dragging & dropping, but no luck...

**Just Me** · 07-31-2011, 10:03 AM

I wonder which will be the first video download service to land on the PB and future BlackBerry phones. Zune HD, iTunes, Amazon, or will 7digital get licensing to join the game?

One final though, in the absence of a legal way to acquire movies from the major studios does file sharing become an acceptable option?

**Just Me** · 07-31-2011, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by bigbamboo

Thank you. How would I go about doing this with a movie on iTunes? I tried dragging & dropping, but no luck...

iTunes DRM will not let you play video on competing devices. iDevices need such anti-competitive measure in place to remain relevant.

**bigbamboo** · 07-31-2011, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Just Me

iTunes DRM will not let you play video on competing devices. iDevices need such anti-competitive measure in place to remain relevant.

Okay, ta. So, if I copy a DVD onto my hard-drive can I just drag and drop it into the video folder on my Playbook? Or is there an easier way? (Apologies if this is a dim question!

) Ta!

**csTX** · 07-31-2011, 03:03 PM

Amazon Prime works flawlessly and Crackle.com works well also.

Use forum search and there is a list of movies somewhere to download. But I am hesitant to link it out in the open.

**JaredPress** · 07-31-2011, 03:24 PM

So if I understand this I can purchase a movie from Amazon Prime and it will down load in Playbook in the right format? Is there a format selection process or is it automatic?

**skyscraper04** · 07-31-2011, 04:46 PM

youtube.com/movies is a must.

**LimeTripBlog** · 08-01-2011, 12:34 AM

Are you looking to download movies from youtube directly to your PB.

**bigbamboo** · 08-01-2011, 04:13 AM

I really just want to rip movies from DVD to the PlayBook...

**Jean-luc_Picard** · 08-01-2011, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by bigbamboo

I really just want to rip movies from DVD to the PlayBook...

Handbrake if they're home movies (or other movies with little or no copyright). I personally haven't found out how to rip commercial DVDs with handbrake, but I think others have. If you can't figure it out, then you can do what I do and get TuneBite, which would rip commercial DVDs and make iTunes movies playable on your PlayBook, but it costs money (I think it was $40).

**pkcable** · 08-01-2011, 08:50 AM

Check out our Movies & Video section of the forum.

http://forums.crackberry.com/movies-videos-f66/

**kfehling** · 08-01-2011, 11:57 PM

i use a product called DVD Catalyst to convert any DVD to a pc file. i then copy the file to my PB. The cool thing is that you can select the specific device you are going to play the file on. it is dirt cheap and works beautifully.