I'm trying to use pocket DVD, and i though it woudl be point and click!
I put my DVD in, click open, find the title i want, then press action, then all i ever get is Decoder not initiated, Opend an IFO file first.
can anyone enlighten me as to what is going on?
not sure about pocket DVD, but i just got the templates for TMPGEN (Freeware) and it converts VCD's down to files small enough to play on pocket PC. i bought MovieJack and convert DVD down to MPG, then run through TMPGEN with the template and there is no loss of pic quality.
so DVD (around 4gig) down to MPG (around 1gig) then down to PPC (128 or 256MB ) 4 gig down to 256 or 128 MB depending on your settings !!!!!!
hope this helps
cheers
I use dvd to pocket pc, it is simple and effective.
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Hi everyone
, Can anyone please sugest a good encoding standard for making films that will play on the XDA-2, I would like to put some of my DVDs on to some 256MB SD cards, Dose anyone know of a simple program (free or needs to be purchased) to easiley convert from DVD to any standard that will play good on the XDA-2. Or if not any ideas on the best settings in windows media encoder
Thanks for any help
John
http://www.pocketmovies.net
http://www.pocketmovies.net/dvdrip.php
All the info you need is there.
Another source for info is http://www.ppcw.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=628 (I figured it would be quicker to post the link instead of rewriting the answer I gave in that Forum) Hope this combined with www.pocketmovies.com helps
Travis
SORRY I meant .net not .com
DivX is the best.
what about windows media encoder???
From the little I've tried,
it seems that Microsoft Encoder, which is free, provide
a pretty damn good encoding to a PPC WM9 player format.
You can use AVI and DIVX rips to encode.
make sure you use 320x240 and resize/crop to this, 15fps
this will play in ANY WM2003 device ...
Again, as far as I can tell, for size and compatability, MS is
the best (and I hate MS!)
Thanks to everyone for your help and thorts.
I tried the first gide and it worked must i must have sliped up somewhere as i made the film Top Gun from a DVD but usinf the setting shown in the guide it nded up being 315MB, i did then use windows media encoder 9 to convert this to a .WMV (i think) that was small enough to fit on a 256 card and played in media player, rather than pocket TV,
dose anyone know if there i a click and go software to do this, As in put the dvd in the PC and push a majic button and the next day you have a film made that will fit on a 256 card
Thanks again for your thorts and info
John
Well I don't know of one but if you find it PLEASE let us know
matrix in WMP - 100Mb
I just downloaded and played matrix (the first, 2:10 time).
My setting:
source: divx mpeg file
downsize to 320x168 (clipped 15% of the sides)
15fps
16khz mono sound
85k video
total 100kb/sec estimate
final video is 100Mb and plays pretty good.
e.g. the Jump scene is very watchable.
My suggestion to anyone with a DVD to convert:
dont convert
download the movie in divx etc format from emule
then use MS encoder as above
Hi i would agree with that the converting from a dvd to ppc izs greif, but from a divx or mpeg its nice and easy, So in that case dose anyone know of a easy to use software to convert from DVD to Divx, (that would be handy for the xbox) then i could further encode the divx using media encoder 9 to run on the XDA
Thanks
John
DVD TO POCKET PC
Now you can convert your DVD's to your Pocket PC and watch them in great quality, with stereo sound and in full screen landscape mode. A memorycard as small as 128 Mb is sufficient to store a full length feature film, up to a hundred minutes. Take your DVD's on the plane, train or automobile, watch them on vacation, at work or at school. With only two clicks, this PC software converts the content of your DVD to a super small movie file, which will play on any Windows Mobile 2003 device, such as HP iPaq, on a postage stamp size memory card. You can use a headset or the built-in speaker to listen to the sound. Subtitled and foreign language DVD's are also supported. You wil have to see the quality to believe it, using Microsoft's supreme Windows Media 9 encoding, feature films look crisp and sharp on your Pocket PC and still fit on a relatively small Secure Digital card. On a 512 SD card, you can even crunch 4 films!
While hunting for new software for my XDA2, visited this site, hope this one's good. Heres the link.
http://www.makayama.com/dvdtopocketpc.html
chameleon said:
DVD TO POCKET PC
Now you can convert your DVD's to your Pocket PC and watch them in great quality, with stereo sound and in full screen landscape mode. A memorycard as small as 128 Mb is sufficient to store a full length feature film, up to a hundred minutes. Take your DVD's on the plane, train or automobile, watch them on vacation, at work or at school. With only two clicks, this PC software converts the content of your DVD to a super small movie file, which will play on any Windows Mobile 2003 device, such as HP iPaq, on a postage stamp size memory card. You can use a headset or the built-in speaker to listen to the sound. Subtitled and foreign language DVD's are also supported. You wil have to see the quality to believe it, using Microsoft's supreme Windows Media 9 encoding, feature films look crisp and sharp on your Pocket PC and still fit on a relatively small Secure Digital card. On a 512 SD card, you can even crunch 4 films!
While hunting for new software for my XDA2, visited this site, hope this one's good. Heres the link.
http://www.makayama.com/dvdtopocketpc.html
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not good at all...
DVD's?
Just use smartripper, DVD2AVI and Tmpgenc (all free) and you have the same or better results and will cost you nothing.(I'm Dutch, you undersstand?)
I think DVD-to-Pocket PC is very good and very intuitive. It just takes the hassle out of DVD conversions. One click and off you go....
I prefer pocket DVD studio 1.2
It records to Xvid which can be played in the free Betaplayer.
It provides much better results and is a lot more customisable.
Test both for yourself with the trials and then decide.
I used to always encode with windows media, but now I'm a convert to PocketDivX Encoder - so quick and simple (3-5x real time! Mind you I have a monster PC), and Betaplayer of course to view the files. I use DVD Decrypter to get the files off my DVD. All these are freeware and easy to use.
Hi All
Xda exec ,Tcpmp and wm ,network
I stream dvd from pc to exec across wifi ,Wont play in Tcpmp so only have v small picture in media player.
Any Idea how to get media player pic bigger or Tcpmp to play dvd
_^.^_
ur a nobody till u been ignored by a cat
Hmm,
I use PocketDivxEncoder to compress a dvd. It's not streaming, but maybe good enough for now?
M
Use DVDShrink to backup the DVD to HDD (takes 20 mins)
Use AutoGordianKnot to shrink the DVD file to something that will fit onto an SD card (in Xvid format: .avi) (about 4 hours per DVD but can do multiple jobs overnight)
Use TCPMP to play full screen on your device wherever you want.
Find the software online using Google (it's all free) and read the tutorials.
just bought myself a 1 gb sd card from crucial.
can i convert my dvd collection to a format small enough to fit onto my 1 gb sd card. copying my dvd collection is not legal as long as i have an original copy at my home, correct?
i have got dvdshrink, can i use this to shrink dvd's to a pda exec size?
The dude tells you this ;-)
Pocketdivxencoder to shrink them to ±250MB each
TCPMP to play them on your Universal.
The combo is awesome & really a show off.
Cheers, M
Converting dvd to SD
There is a software called " dvd studio" it's meant to be really good. you can buy it on pocketgear I think.
PocketDivxEncoder is free
oltp said:
The dude tells you this ;-)
Pocketdivxencoder to shrink them to ±250MB each
TCPMP to play them on your Universal.
The combo is awesome & really a show off.
Cheers, M
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what settings do you usually use to get the dvds to that size?
DVD shrink to backup a re-authored copy (remove the menus and other unneccessary frippery) (free)
AutoGordianKnot to convert the films down to 300Mb (ish) each (free)
TCPMP player to view (free).
lohwj said:
what settings do you usually use to get the dvds to that size?
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Standard qvga (320*240) biggest problem is the sound, that must be good. So I'm still tweaking for best results. Have good experience with the wmv format too. Pretty compact & good quality. I downloaded a free Microsoft converter somewhere for this, but handles like hell.
M
I have all my movies for pocket pc between 165-170MB each to fit three onto a 512MB card and the quality is very good. PocketDiVxEncoder rocks!!! You can do absolutely everything, crop it to fit better to the screen, adjust the volume, cut the movie.
And of course TCPMP as a player!
I've just converted few movies for my 13h flight tomorrow.
thanks for the replies
i just downloaded the pocketdixexncoder on my pc, do i convert .iso's into output file, and what outfile do i convert it to
i guess i speify the outut file in the second dialog(tab). out of interest what software was pocketdixencoder written in?
i went to the tcpmp site, i geuss i should download this file tcpmp.smartphone.0.71.exe, correct?
no. The Universal is a Pocket PC , not a Smartphone.
xda_guy said:
i just downloaded the pocketdixexncoder on my pc, do i convert .iso's into output file, and what outfile do i convert it to
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I usually copy my dvd to harddisk or convert straight from dvd. Convert them to divx (avi container) & TCPMP will do the rest on the PPC
i went to the following link
http://corecodec.org/frs/?group_id=53&release_id=224#r224
and it gives me the following options
tcpmp.arm.cabs.0.71.zip
tcpmp.mips.cabs.0.71.zip
tcpmp.setup.0.71.exe
tcpmp.sh3.cabs.0.71.zip
tcpmp.smartphone.0.71.exe
convert straight from dvd using pocketdivxencode ??
I've just converted few movies for my 13h flight tomorrow.
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will the xda exec have juice for 13 hours?
It depends on your cpu, which to download. For magician it is arm (pxa272), since a universal got a pxa270 you should download the same arm version.
Point PocketDiVXencoder to the first vob of the movie & go
M
xda_guy said:
convert straight from dvd using pocketdivxencode ??
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Not if it is "protected". Use DVDDecrypter to rip the DVD contents to .VOB files, then PocketDivXEncoder to convert and compress these into avi for TCPMP.
AnyDVD ain't free, better results with newer protection systems & you can run straight from DVD ;-)
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DVD shrink to backup a re-authored copy (remove the menus and other unneccessary frippery) (free)
AutoGordianKnot to convert the films down to 300Mb (ish) each (free)
TCPMP player to view (free).
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This is how i watch movies on my universal, I tend to use DVD Decypter as well for occasionaly as well as DVD shrink.
It works great, got a collection of CSI season 1 on my universal at the moment
Rich
thanks for the replies guys
i downloaded tcpmp.arm.cabs.0.71.zip and when i unzipped it, i ended up with 5 files. i was expecting an exe file and i saw the following files.
readme.txt
tcpmp.arm720_ce3.cab
tcpmp.arm_ce2.cab
tcpmp.arm_ce3.cab
tcpmp.arm_sp.cab
does arm720 mean that it is an ARM 7 processor, i thought the universal had an xscale in it. i went through the readme file the cab files seem to be for wince 2.xx, 3.xx and 4.xx
does not the xda exec have a windoes mobile version 5.0
should i use one of the above for tcpmp, also it is a .cab file, do i copy the cab file to a location on my xda.
if i need to copy it, can i copy it to my sd card memory?
hey i did a bit of searching and came across an exe file which i have downloaded from http://www.tcmp.org/
if this is the player tcmp4.exe then what do i do with the .cab files
also when i start up pocketdivxencoder
i select my device as smartphone (leftmost option), is that the right option for the xda exec
P.S. is there a way i can unzip zipped files on my xda?
Before installing the cab-file, get a copy of cabinstl first. With cabinstl you can decide yourself where a cab installs.
I'd go for tcpmp.arm_ce3.cab, if it's not correct you can always try another, & no you have a PPC & not a SMART PHONE :!:.
With Resco Explorer you can unzip on your PPC, PocketRar is nice as well & there's a stand-alone zip which I got from TMO in my ext-roms ftp://xda:[email protected]_1.13.125/Zip_Magician_T-Mobile_WWE_RC20.CAB maybe it works on your device too. Didn't found a universal variant.
Don't know about that exe file, but you can always uninstall it. Or make a backup first with Sprite Backup.
Regards, M
tcmp rocks. i managed to get an avi file based on a dvd playing on my xda.
i had one question, a dvd is composed of multiple vob files, say vob1, vob2 and vob3, this means that i end up with 3 avi files, myavi1.avi, myavi2.avi, myavi3.avi, is there any way i can end up with a single avi file?
I use Video Convert Master 3.0 from
It gives the option convert anything, from file or DVD disk direct, (although never used this i tend to start with the avi and need to reduce the size)
anywhoo it will convert to Mpg RM WMV AVI and DVD, there are seperate profiles for converting and within WMV there is an option for POCKETPC (windows media video 9 for pocket pc) which will encode the file to the correct screen size etc, TCPMP sorted the need for this being able to play avi direct.
You can limit the output file size to 170meg also it has the 'priceless' option of entering multiple video files and it will automatically combine them onto one file,
Hope this helps,
http://www.video-convert-master.com
Also the files you mentioned in TCPMP zip file,
I have found that there are two display types for TCPMP, the menu bar can be at the top as normal or switched to be at the bottom with the player functions at the top.
Good in theroy and does look nice, personally i dont like my handset having that much work to do when coming out of watching a film, has caused issues for my software overloaded pda in the past.
So the files as i know them are
tcpmp.arm720_ce3.cab - doesnt work, (on (my) 2003 anway)
tcpmp.arm_ce2.cab - Cab file for UPSIDE DOWN VIEW
tcpmp.arm_ce3.cab - Cab file for NORMAL VIEW
tcpmp.arm_sp.cab - Never used it dont know.
Hi there,
I am reasonably new to the HD, and WM in general. Just got my HD and absolutely loving it. I have a few long train journeys coming up though, and am looking to make the most of video/audio playback.
Basically I'm not 100% sure how to do it all. I have some DVDs that I would like to rip to my harddrive and then convert into a suitable file type to be played on my HD. I have DVD Decrypter which I will use to rip them to my harddrive, but I'm not entirely sure of the best way to proceed from there. They will just be in standard DVD format on my harddrive. If anyone can help and give me a quick tutorial and recommend a few programs to use, I would be most appreciative.
Thanks!
Firstly I rip the DVD movie to a Divx format.AVI file, then I use a program on my desktoppc called "PocketDivxEncoder" which converts the .AVI to a compressed format suitable to dump onto my memory card (about 80MB for a 45min TV show with reasonable quality - so on that basis a movie would be arounf 160 - 180MB), then finally use PocketDivx player (downloaded from www.divx.com) to watch fullscreen - works perfect for me, I have a 16gb card and have several completer series of tv shows stored quite happily with really good quality viewing!
Thanks for that. How do you rip the DVD movie into DivX? Sorry, new to all this!
there are several freeware apps that you can use to rip a DVD, I use one called "Shark Ripper", it has numerous options incl. output format - where I select DIVX video compression and MPe audio compression. Take a search on download.com and I'm sure you'll find a suitable freeware DVD ripper!