Ron Hershey
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We provide the service for people who don’t want to do it themselves, or I can register you for the software to do it yourself. If you want to do it yourself, I’ll need to get some information from you to get you started. Let’s discuss by phone, perhaps on Monday?
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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No, there’s no way to use a third party burning software to make a usable DVD.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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The USB is standard, only the file format is proprietary. Yes, the software to put one DVD on a Flash drive is available. Putting multiple DVDs on a Flash drive works well, but is not currently an integrated function.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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Robert, I’m not entirely sure if I understand the “make original DVD-format shows for USB” part of your question. We take a physical DVD (or DVD image, i.e. a DDP or ISO image) and convert it to a proprietary format that enables the full capabilities of the DVD on the Flash drive when played from the Flash drive with the viewer. After that, copy protection is applied during the duplication of the Flash drives. Of course, there are a variety of Flash drive styles, most of which can have a logo or some graphic printed on them. Does that answer your question?
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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What it does is makes the DVD into a single file that requires the viewer installed on the Flash drive to play it. It is a proprietary format that contains all the properties of the DVD and it retains the ability to re-create the original DVD. However, the ability to re-create the DVD is only available with the download version because the “burning” engine that is not a part of the Flash drive player. One reason it is not included with the Flash drive player is because of the inability to control the number of copies produced if they being burned from the Flash drive.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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They cannot make a playable DVD from the Flash drive. However, you can enable them to make a copy-protected DVD from the download version, or you can prevent any burning of DVDs. Also, depending on the download service level you select, you can specify the number of times they are allowed to burn a DVD (default base level is only one time). Burning their own DVD can only be done on a Windows PC.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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We process the DVD conversions and produce the Flash drives on Windows systems, but the playback is perfect on any system that can access the content. It works great on Windows and Mac OS systems. It works well on Android tablets, provided the tablets have a standard USB port and a newer version of the Android OS. It also plays well on Chromebook, but it is necessary to download a viewer from the Google Play Store to view the content using Chromebook.
On the other hand, if you make the content available for download, it can be played on Windows, Mac OS, Android tablets and smartphones, Apple iOS devices (iPad/iPhone/iPodTouch), Kindle Fire, and Chromebook. It’s still protected and plays like the original DVDs on any of these platforms.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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Hi Ryan,
We have a solution that can take a DVD, retain chapters, menus, bonus material, subtitles, languages, etc., and record it to USB with copy protection. The playback works exactly like playing the DVD. This same solution can also be delivered electronically via download.
I’ll be at a customer site all day, but could discuss with you in more detail tomorrow. Please contact me if you would like more informaion. Or see our web page on e-Delivery (https://bit.ly/1dIR3RJ) – most of the same concepts detailed there for the download solution also apply to the USB solution.
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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Hi Andy,
I’ve got the solution you are looking for! e-Delivery lets you deliver a digital version of a DVD, complete with all menus, chapters, subtitles, bonus content, etc. The download will play on PC, Mac, iOS devices (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch), Android smartphone or tablet, or Kindle Fire (you can even deliver to SmartTV if you have an app for it). You can prevent unauthorized copying and distribution, and you can allow users to burn their own copy-protected DVD (available only on PC downloads). You also get an e-commerce web site to sell and manage your distributions (can be run on a subdomain of your site). There are many other advantages and options for this type of electronic delivery. Call me – let’s talk about it!
You can also see more at our web site (https://bit.ly/1dIR3RJ) and see my blog post about how your e-commerce shop can outperform Amazon (https://bit.ly/1lDvfsn). Some of my customers have tried Amazon with disappointing results. They said unless you have a product that is very popular, or you are willing to spend big money to promote it, you just can’t get the ranking you need to make sales. And, while you’re not making sales, you’re still left paying Amazon’s monthly fees for hosting your content!
We can help!
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
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The fact that “On Amazon you’re in a pool of millions of titles” is actually part of the problem with selling on Amazon. I’ve had customers tell me they are selling on Amazon, but their product isn’t popular enough to get premium position. And with the costs Amazon has for selling on their site, they can’t make money if they can’t get positioning and sell more.
As a result, my customers with specialized products have found that utilizing non-traditional channels and marketing with their own web shop (optimized for SEO, of course) outperforms what they were able to achieve on Amazon.
But, I agree with you that it is imperative to market aggressively. Utilizing Creative Cow or other outlets is a good start, but for niche products, you need to market in every place where the members of that niche market tend to be. Getting mentions in key blogs is an excellent source for generating sales. Another great way to build business is using “co-branded” or complementary marketing – basically teaming with compatible company(s)/product(s) that are not competitors and all participants promote their products along with everyone’s products.
Changes to the landscape of business over the last 5-6 years, along with social marketing and disruptive technologies, have completely changed the way products are promoted and sold. Almost nothing is off limits as something to try!
Ron Hershey
Endeavor Digital, Inc.
Digital Content Management Solutions
717-685-4030
ronh@endeavordigital.com