Last updated on 2013-07-25, by David Brooks

Can’t Play DVD Movies on Nokia Lumia 1020 ? Solved

Have some DVD movies and want to watch them on your Nokia Lumia 1020? Here you will find an effective solution to make DVD movies playable on your Lumia 1020 mobile.

The first-rate hardware packed on Nokia Lumia 1020 makes it a quite great device for enjoying any media files anywhere. If you get the Lumia 1020 handset and want to put your favorite DVD movies onto it for playback, you need to do some work in advance. I mean you have to convert DVD to Lumia 1020 compatible video firstly and then transfer converted DVD movies to Lumia 1020 for enjoyment. You know, Lumia 1020 can’t play back DVD disc or folders directly, and it only reads videos in MP4, WMV, etc. formats.

To get the DVD to Lumia 1020 video converting task done, a DVD ripping tool is needed. Possibly you are confused about choosing a suitable tool. So here I recommend you take a try on Leawo DVD Ripper – the tool could perfectly function as a DVD to Lumia 1020 converter, helping you rip DVD to Lumia 1020 recognized video. Besides, this DVD Ripper can rip DVD to video in FLV, MKV, MOV, F4V, Xvid, WebM, etc. formats for playing and sharing anywhere. If you are a Mac user, you can use theLeawo DVD Ripper for Macto complete the DVD ripping process. Now download, install and run Leawo DVD Ripper on your Win computer. Then follow the guide below to know how to play DVD movies on Lumia 1020.

   

Full Guide

Import DVD Movie

After entering into program main interface, you can click "Load DVD" button to import DVD movies from your computer hard drive or DVD disc. All added files could be previewed on program right viewing window. You can take snapshots of your favorite movie scenes.

Tip: For desired subtitle and audio track selection, you can open the drop-down box of "Subtitles to convert" and "Audio tracks to convert" to do the selection.

Select Output Profile

For converting DVD to Lumia 1020 compatible video, you have to head to program "Profile" box to pick up a Lumia 1020 compatible video format as the output, say MP4.

For far better movie enjoyment on Lumia 1020, you are highly suggested to reset the advanced video and audio parameters via clicking "Settings" button next to the "Profile" box: video codec (H.264 suggested), audio codec (AAC suggested), bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, video size (1080 x 720 suggested), etc.

Rip DVD to Lumia 1020

In the last step, you can click bottom-right button "Convert" to get the DVD to Lumia 1020 conversion started. The full converting status can be checked on the pop-up menu. After conversion, it’s the time for you to transfer all ripped DVD movies to Lumia 1020 for enjoyment.