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How to convert .avi video files

Dear All,
Is there a software that i need in order to convert Windows media Player 9 files, in .avi format before downloading to my Xda Exec? I tried a couple of times but it just says the format is not supported. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks
regards,
Ravi

When you got WMV files your Universal's media player shouldn't have much problems with it. For larger files, say like ripped DVD's I use PocketDivxEncoder to shrink them & TCPMP to play them back on my Magician. Works like a dream & both programs are free .
Regards, M

I often use Windows Media Encoder to convert avi's and mpegs to wmv files.
The built in wizard includes options for Pocket PC sized files (320x240, low-ish quality sound) but you can totally vary the Bitrate (video & sound) to suit whatever quality/size balance you prefer.
You can download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
And it's totally free.
The only downside is that it doesn't seem to be able to rip a DVD directly and convert to wmv. I normally need to use a 3rd party ripper to convert the dvd to mpeg or avi.
Nowadays though with my new 4Gig SD Card - I just whap the full movie (700 odd meg) onto it and play it with the best PPC media player available: TCPMP (The Core Project Media Player)
(Oh - Windows Media Encoder is also useful if you have a TV card in your desktop - you can stream the TV out onto the net/intranet allowing you to watch your programmes on your XDA

Still unable to convert
Hi guys,
I downloaded the Windows media encoder but i am unable to convert the .avi file. Everytime i choose the input file and the output and click finish it says ''Input media format is invalid'' Why is that?????
I chose the Pocket PC option as i would like to view the file on my XDA but i keep getting this error msg.
Would it be helpful, if i downloaded another software for conversion???
regards,

Still unable!!!!!
Hi guys,
Downloaded the PocketDivxencoder and converted the file but when i tried playing it on my XDA it says file format not supported!!!!!
Is it a problem with the Windows Media player that i am using?????
Is Windows media player the default player for the XDA? Would it be helpful if i installed another Media Player?
Where can i get this TCPMP ?
Any suggestions would greatly appreciated,
thanks and best regards,

What kind of avi are you using, a divx maybe? Cause avi is just a container for many formats & wme doesn't support all of them.
Regards, M

Just google for tcpmp it's really easy to find.
M

OK DONE!!!
Hi guys,
Sorry for the multiple posts, but i finally managed to download TCPMP and converted the files via PocketDivxencoder and it now works...FINALLY!!!!!
Sorry to have bothered everyone,
regards,

I got it with the PocketDivxencoder too.
BUT: I got several avi-files, is it possible to get only one big file?
bennju

When playing AVI's it stutters, convert? specific program?

Hi, I've had my O2 XDA Mini s a week and love it.
As I'm new to all this, I'm having problems in playing avi files ad they won't play in Media Player. A friend suggested I install TCPMP which plays everything on his HP IPAQ. I installed it and it does play the file but stutters.
I have just loaded the avi file onto my 2gb SD Card and playing from there. I haven't converted the file smaller or anything. Do I need to do this? If so, what prog, resultion, size looking for etc. Any advice, help would be appreciated.
Also, I saw a store selling 4gb mini sd cards, do these work on this handset?
Thanks
m

Unfortunately the Wizard doesn't have a terribly powerful processor, running at 195 Mhz by default. I have the stuttering problem as well with larger files - there simply isn't enough grunt to process the stream fast enough.
You could try using Windows Movie Maker, which has targets specifically for Pocket PCs and/or a specific file size. Add your movie into a collection (make sure you turn off scene selection), drag it onto the story board, then save the movie. I can convert a 350MB 'HD' xvid in about 20 mins.
To answer your question about 4GB Mini SD, see this thread:
list of working 4gb mini sd, please contribute

HELP! i wnt 2 watch movies on Hermes ... howto do?

Hi All
iwant 2 watch movies on hermes, i already hav tcpmp installed, but cannot transfer movie files to memory card, it only works when i convert files 2 3gp format with convertor, but i get totally crappy quality.
Any advice out there?
Cliffy101 (newb)

I've always had issues with TCPMP. I just convert movies to MP4 with my laptop, stick 'em on my memory card, and watch 'em with WMP.

Just buy a memory card reader to transfer files to your card. They are dirt cheap on eBay and about 15$ in stores. The transfer rate via activesync is horrible, so you are better with it for file transfers, may it be pictures, videos or music.

Tnx
tnx, i'll try the mp4 & card reader options ...
I have another question though, the library of WMP cannot read media on the card, is this normal on hermes?

i dont have a hermes but when i choose update lib in options
and choose sdcard un the playlist i get all my music from the sdcard
that the wmp can play that is it dont support many formats

Cliffy101 said:
tnx, i'll try the mp4 & card reader options ...
I have another question though, the library of WMP cannot read media on the card, is this normal on hermes?
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Windows media has limited format support and sometimes videos are slow too. I sugger TCPMP when possible. Coreplayer, its shareware version, is an excellent player and features a library just like in windows media player, but even better!

N1c0_ds, reverse that, core player is commercial and tcpmp is shareware...
Really like core player though, has many format support...
If you don't mind paying for something, would recommend it.
Cheers.....

Cool!!! ... tnx all 4 ur advice, I cn't stop watchin movies now, i'm considering Core playr...
Vive la XDA!!!!

have you tried smartmovie converter?

dazza7111 said:
have you tried smartmovie converter?
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once, then i had to format my computer and phone in disgust

Video podcasts

Hy,
I have downloaded some video podcasts through iTunes and I have put them on my HTC Touch HD storage card, but when I have tryed to play them with TCPMP they don't play smooth at all. Someone knows a fix for this problem, pls?

use core player. it plays 700mb movies that i download of the net, i put em in my sd card and it plays perfect in

Ok... so I use core player but it seems that it can't handle de mp4s' for the iPod... any idea?

Waltery said:
Hy,
I have downloaded some video podcasts through iTunes and I have put them on my HTC Touch HD storage card, but when I have tryed to play them with TCPMP they don't play smooth at all. Someone knows a fix for this problem, pls?
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Try different video setting. Raw Frame Buffer works for me in most instance.

[Q] Playing Large MP4 Movie Files

Ok so my problem is regarding playing some movies I recently encoded. Movie info is as such:
h.264 MP4
2.8gb size
2000 kps Bitrate
800x480 resolution
29.75 Fps
128 kps audio
The movies I have tried are King Kong and Inception, now these movies have both played fine using WP7 but when I try to load them in Android they fail to play.
Is there a file size limit to what Android can handle processing? Shorter movies (FF7 Advent Children for example) will play just fine when the file size is about 1.5-1.8gb.
I tried the stock video player along with several free options from the market and same story every time.
Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me
Currently Rom I'm using is in my signature

2.8gb for movie files is too bigger to handled by android sd cache, have u try sd card booster ?
anyway what the encoder program u have used ? a 2.8gb with WVGA resolution kinda waste
Im suggesting 'auto gk ' for best compression

I believe the problem is the SD card file system.
Fat32 cannot support files bigger than 2048MB = 2GB

sorry to throw this into further confusion but i just finished watching sorcerer's apprentice and the mp4 file size is 2.6gb. i alternate between using rockplayer and vital player on my hd2. no problems and the skip / locate works well. example, i wasn't able to finish it on the train yesterday morning. in the afternoon, boarded the train and rockplayer picked it up from the last scene i left it. although....i DID run into an mkv 300mb file which was rather slow and the skip/locate froze up. which is really strange because i've watched other mkv files with no problems. could be the file itself regardless if it's mp4, mkv, avi, etc.

zach.antre said:
I believe the problem is the SD card file system.
Fat32 cannot support files bigger than 2048MB = 2GB
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Fat32 is 4gb limit if I remember right from my xbox360 days, if it was 2gb the file wouldn't be on a fat32 drive in the first place, or copy successfully onto a fat32 SD card from say a ntfs drive

download QQ Player from the android market. Thats what solved my problem.

2.8gb for movie files is too bigger to handled by android sd cache, have u try sd card booster ?
anyway what the encoder program u have used ? a 2.8gb with WVGA resolution kinda waste
Im suggesting 'auto gk ' for best compression
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I use iSkysoft media converter, very easy and great quality
Gunblade77 said:
download QQ Player from the android market. Thats what solved my problem.
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I tried that and still nothing
sorry to throw this into further confusion but i just finished watching sorcerer's apprentice and the mp4 file size is 2.6gb. i alternate between using rockplayer and vital player on my hd2. no problems and the skip / locate works well. example, i wasn't able to finish it on the train yesterday morning. in the afternoon, boarded the train and rockplayer picked it up from the last scene i left it. although....i DID run into an mkv 300mb file which was rather slow and the skip/locate froze up. which is really strange because i've watched other mkv files with no problems. could be the file itself regardless if it's mp4, mkv, avi, etc.
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See I wonder what it is that's different that allowed you to play that.