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Im new to the Vibrant world. What format are u guys using when converting your movies to put on the vibrant? ie MP4, AVI, ect.)..what screen size is better to use... thanks guys

.3gp was the extension avatar used; it is a typical format for cell phones.I found a converter through google and it worked great, and it compresses the movies to very small file sizes as well...which is the main benefit of that file type.
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cool...whats the name of the converter? how can I get it?

Dvix, Xvid and Mp4 as well as M4v all play fine.
Dvdfab does Xvid/Dvix fine and Handbrake creates pretty good Mp4/M4v
The only reason I even bother with Mp4 and M4v is my wifes iTouch plays those otherwise I would just use all my Xvid/Dvix files on my phone.

if you have vuze, let it automatically convert it for you, you don't have to mess with any settings, video looks great on my vibrant
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I never convert my video files, this thing plays almost everything. That's why I bought it.
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I use ffmpeg in a script initially designed for my ipod touch.
The parameters I'm using are:
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ffmpeg.exe -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -sameq -b 15000k -vol 600 -i infile.dvr-ms outfile.mp4
I obviously haven't spent time optimizing this yet for my vibrant, but it works good enough for "The Daily Show".
Robert

I Second Handbrake
I use Handbrake and it works great. I have standardized all of my videos, computer or mobile, to MP4. I belive 3GP is very similar to MP4, if not basically the same. Handbrake creates great videos for the phone using the "iPhone" profile.

pmnuon said:
if you have vuze, let it automatically convert it for you, you don't have to mess with any settings, video looks great on my vibrant
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I have vuse. How do I make it convert the files? Thanks
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just make sure your pc recognizes the vibrant thru usb, then startup vuze, make sure its the latest version of vuze. under devices in the left portion of the vuze ui you should see your vibrant listed. then just click that n drag n drop
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I have vuse. How do I make it convert the files? Thanks
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just use handbrake, its the best program if you don't really know what you're doing. I use MeGui myself but that's kind of advanced for most people

pmnuon said:
just make sure your pc recognizes the vibrant thru usb, then startup vuze, make sure its the latest version of vuze. under devices in the left portion of the vuze ui you should see your vibrant listed. then just click that n drag n drop
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awesome ill try it,
thanks!

Any way to play protected music on the Vibrant?

Is there a way to play protected music on the vibrant? Mines rooted and im willing to install a diff. media player or something but i have a ton of music but its all protected. Any ideas?

convert the songs
unfortunately, there are not any real good ways I know of, maybe someone else might have a better way, but way does work:
record the music on the computer while listening to it.You can download a"what you hear" from creative if you have a sound blaster or any other that works the same. It will allow you to record in mp4, mp3 . After that name the file and load on to your phone. That is the only way i know of

Like iTunes music? If so I recommend iSyncr from the market. Syncs music and playlists and videos from iTunes to your music player.
P.s. its only Like 2.99
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Convert it using dbpoweramp. Should work just fine. You can't create mp3s with the free version but you can create ape & flac from source.
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Convert the mp3 in a third party software, that will remove the protection. You can also burn it to a cd then transfer it back to itunes.
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Anthony B said:
Convert the mp3 in a third party software, that will remove the protection. You can also burn it to a cd then transfer it back to itunes.
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So,e DRM doesn't allow you to burn the music to CD. May work for some people though...
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Alex530 said:
Like iTunes music? If so I recommend iSyncr from the market. Syncs music and playlists and videos from iTunes to your music player.
P.s. its only Like 2.99
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thanks for the help but it didnt work
neither did the dbpoweramp one--neither of these apps can put the music with copy protection on my phone.
is there any way to do this or am i screwed?

alecjake said:
thanks for the help but it didnt work
neither did the dbpoweramp one--neither of these apps can put the music with copy protection on my phone.
is there any way to do this or am i screwed?
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Yourw screwed because different work-arounds may or may not work with different DRM types. People who are media focused can always do themselves a favor amd grt netter media devices lile those which run WM 6.5, WP7, iOS, or even Symbian.
The lack of support for certain DRM (iTunes and Zume, most notably) is a particular sore point for Android. maybe Google's Music store will change that in the future.
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Mind telling us what kind of protection the music has? There will likely be a program that strips the DRM from the file out there in the wild wild web....
-bZj

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Mind telling us what kind of protection the music has? There will likely be a program that strips the DRM from the file out there in the wild wild web....
-bZj
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it says its DRM. its all my itunes music and i have a ton of it so i really need a way to remove this DRM

It can be done use google and youtube
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Good gawd. How annoying.
Honestly I have no experience with this issue because I do not use itunes, but since I found the concept of not being able to play the music you have purchased where you want, I have done a small amount of research for you.
I found this page that has some helpful methods to get your protected itunes files converted to .mp3. The most practical being a piece of software called Jhymm.
It can be found here. It requires you to have a version of itunes prior to v6, but the should be obtainable.
Good luck.

U should also take a look at Tunebite, this one as far as I recall is able to remove the drm protection from Itunes.
U could use it to convert the protected iTunes music to mp3, might just solve the problem for u.

N8ter said:
The lack of support for certain DRM (iTunes and Zume, most notably) is a particular sore point for Android.
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The fact that iTunes and Zune even USE DRM is the problem.
Get your music from Amazon and you'll have real MP3s. Not DRM'd crap.

Is there anyway to allow nexus s to play mp4 video file

I have try use rockplayer and other video player all fail to play,but i can play those video file on my dell streak.
I really find nexus s is really bad for play movies.
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have you try ArcMedia from Market? i'm waiting for my device to arrive, so i can test out

I tried everything none of video player work at all, i cant beleive google didnt support enough video codec in their Rom
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nox0405 said:
I tried everything none of video player work at all, i cant beleive google didnt support enough video codec in their Rom
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thats a big licensing issue,

GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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nox0405 said:
GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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like i said, its a big licensing issue, and in the spirit of what they call "openness" they didnt

nox0405 said:
GOOGLE could add those codec into their Rom and it is not difficult for them
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Yes, it is difficult for them. As A Linux user, I can attest to this; proprietary/patented codecs cause licensing issues, pure and simple. Therefore, they can not be included in Vanilla (Open-Source) Android. And given that the point of the Nexus line is that they run Vanilla Android, you see the issue.
You can help solve this problem by converting your videos to open formats like Ogg Theora and/or WebM. That way, you can play your videos, and you help reduce the trend of technology being hampered by proprietary licensing. </rant>

BlackOtaku said:
Yes, it is difficult for them. As A Linux user, I can attest to this; proprietary/patented codecs cause licensing issues, pure and simple. Therefore, they can not be included in Vanilla (Open-Source) Android. And given that the point of the Nexus line is that they run Vanilla Android, you see the issue.
You can help solve this problem by converting your videos to open formats like Ogg Theora and/or WebM. That way, you can play your videos, and you help reduce the trend of technology being hampered by proprietary licensing. </rant>
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i gotta ask, what distro you use

slowz3r said:
i gotta ask, what distro you use
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Ubuntu mainly, with some Fedora on the side.

BlackOtaku said:
Ubuntu mainly, with some Fedora on the side.
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yay Fedora

I just dragged and dropped a 4GB mp4 movie and watched it on the phone with no issue. Are you sure you video isn't using some other form of compression?

remember .mp4 is just a container

So let me get this right ... there is no way to play divx / avi files even using 3rd party software?!

They are currently working on making rockplayer work on the Nexus S.
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I'm right now watching an episode of Mad Men that I ripped from my DVD using Handbrake on Ubuntu. It's an .mp4 container, and if I recall correctly I used H.264...

.mp4 will play just fine, it can be a baunch of different ways though because thats just the container, best program I have found period is Any Video Converter Pro. Just select Mobile devices/ Google Phones/ Nexus One. Perfect fit to screen and great quality. All it needs to be to run great is .h264, AAC audio, 800 x 480, about 1200 bitrate for video and 160kbps for audio and it will look and sound stunning. Most video players except mVideo Player are broken in someway on the Nexus S.

Rocklplayer has been updated on the website but not yet in the market. It now plays an AVI file on my Nexus S.

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Rocklplayer has been updated on the website but not yet in the market. It now plays an AVI file on my Nexus S.
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That's good to hear. All in sync and with no issues whatsoever?

Ripping a DVD

I wont to rip a dvd to my laptop to allow me to put it on my Samsung galaxy tab is this possible
If so how do i do it
Brian

I use a program called Freemake (www.freemake.com). It is very easy. This program has a bunch of options of what format to rip it to.

Another good free program is called handbrake. Search the forums; some people here figured out the best settings for the tab.

+1 on Handbrake.

Cheer's for the replies, so do i need to RIP the dvd to my laptop first? if so how do i do that?
Brian

Yes, using one of the above mentioned or other app to rip to PC and then copy over to tab via USB mass storage mode.
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Cheer's for the replies, so do i need to RIP the dvd to my laptop first? if so how do i do that?
Brian
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jamesythfc said:
Cheer's for the replies, so do i need to RIP the dvd to my laptop first? if so how do i do that?
Brian
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No offense intended here, but this is the type of question that has been asked and answered thousands if not hundreds of thousands of times on the internet over the years. This is really one of those times that you should google before you ask a question, or at least download the suggested programs and just try to figure it out. If you're smart enough to find XDA, you're smart enough to find this answer on your own.
Please don't take this as a flame. That's not the intention.

DVDfab dvdripper is also a good app that works well.

Here are the settings for Handbrake to make the perfect Tab 10.1 Video file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13411527&postcount=1

I think you'll need to use some extra software in combination with handbrake as it does not allow you to rip protected dvds afaik.

Stuckinabox said:
I think you'll need to use some extra software in combination with handbrake as it does not allow you to rip protected dvds afaik.
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It will once you have found the file libdvdcss.dll or livdvdcss-2.dll on the internet and copy it into the handbrake directory. The filename in the directory has to be libdvdcss.dll. So you might have to rename your finding.
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Achim

Anydvd and handbrake work great. Just get the correct profile for handbrake encoding and use dice player for playback. BS player has also been mentioned but I haven't tried it...
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Here are the settings for Handbrake to make the perfect Tab 10.1 Video file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13411527&postcount=1
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thanks for this !

IceCreaMan said:
DVDfab dvdripper is also a good app that works well.
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I second the DVDFab Decrypter! The paid version will rip to any format and the HD version will rip Bluray too! And its a multithreaded application so the more CPU cores you have, the better the better the performance(in general of course)

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I think you'll need to use some extra software in combination with handbrake as it does not allow you to rip protected dvds afaik.
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DVD43 works for this. Though... I have to remember disable it when connecting my phone to the USB or it causes a mem-dump/BSD on my laptop.

markdj57 said:
Anydvd and handbrake work great. Just get the correct profile for handbrake encoding and use dice player for playback. BS player has also been mentioned but I haven't tried it...
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My setup is exactly like this. Works fine for me, given that I input the correct profile. Usually takes 3-4 hours to complete. I use BS player and it works very well
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[Q] Looking for help on DVD playback

I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

chrisbass said:
Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.
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I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
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Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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chrisbass said:
Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks
The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

b00mb00mchuck said:
Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?
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MACHEK said:
Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
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Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?
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MACHEK said:
Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.
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MACHEK said:
Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.
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If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.

chris198810 said:
Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...
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Looking for help on DVD playback
I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.