Dell Streak Video Converter - Convert TiVo/MKV to Dell Streak WMV

Published on May 4 2011 by transcode-video

At the end of 2010, the technology expert of Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg, released the tablet report of 2010. Dell Streak was the first tablet in 5-inch multi-touch screen, however, it is said that this Android-based tablet is the worst according to Mossberg's report. iPad was ranked as the year's best.

There are many reasons for the fall of Dell Streak, e.g. small screen and older Android OS. Dell Streak 7, the 7-inch Android tablet, would be come with Android 2.2 Froyo. As rumor goes, Dell Streak 7 will be available via T-Mobile in January 2011.

If you like the size of Dell Streak 5, have updated your Dell Streak or would like to get Dell Streak 7, you would want to put and play videos and music on Dell Streak, you will be limited to certain movie formats supported by Dell Streak. Below is the supported video codec and audio codec from official site:

Dell Streak supported video:
H.263 / H.264, .3GP, MPEG4, WMV

Dell Streak audio and speakers support:
MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, Midi, WAV

While you get TiVo videos, MKV videos or other videos from television-internet integration products like TiVo's Premiere, DVR, or torrent sites, you need third party software to convert the videos. Aunsoft Video Converter is the recommended Dell Streak video converter to get most videos and audios to Dell Streak supported format.

Below is the quick guide for you to convert TiVo, MKV videos to Dell Streak, and transfer videos files to your Streak with Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) option.

Step 1. Run Aunsoft Video Converter on PC (Mac users can use Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac), as Dell Streak video converter, click the "Add" button to import videos like .mkv, .tivo, .ts, .tp, etc.

Step 2. Click the "Format" option and choose Common Video > WMV3 (WMV9)(*.wmv) as output format for Dell Streak. As the screen resolution is 800x480, you can click the "Settings" button and enter 800*480 as the video size.

Step 3. Click the convert button under the preview window to start converting TiVo/MKV to WMV for Dell Streak.

Step 4. Connect your Streak to PC, and you will face the following options on Streak screen:
* Copy media files to/from your computer (MTP)
* Copy other files to/from your computer
* Charge only

Choose MTP option to copy and sync media files from PC to Streak.

After the transferring the videos to Dell Streak, you can watch TiVo videos, MKV videos on Dell Streak Android tablet.

Tips:
If you would like to transfer and watch your Blu-ray and DVD collections on Dell Streak on your spare time, Blu-ray Video Converter will be the best choice for you to rip Blu-ray DVD to Dell Streak.