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I want to watch some videos on my Touch 64/128, but 1 video is about 700MB.
Witch program should I use and do I have to convert it to some other format (not .avi)?
Thanks!
try windows movie maker .. haves a format just for pda phones!!
guyaneseamir said:
try windows movie maker .. haves a format just for pda phones!!
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I haven't use it before. Can you tell me what do I have to do to make .avi to pda format???
matumartin14 said:
I haven't use it before. Can you tell me what do I have to do to make .avi to pda format???
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Very easy.
Just install a Pocket PC Video Converter application onto your PC such as, Apex Free Pocket PC Video Converter.
Then use this application to transform or convert all video files to PDA playable format.
Of course, afterwards, you need to copy the outcome to PDA to play..
sas_sas said:
Very easy.
Just install a Pocket PC Video Converter application onto your PC such as, Apex Free Pocket PC Video Converter.
Then use this application to transform or convert all video files to PDA playable format.
Of course, afterwards, you need to copy the outcome to PDA to play..
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Thank you very much!
Problem!!!
One question.
I want to convert a 700mb movie, but the trial versions won't let me convert it!!!
Is somewhere a full version? (FREEE)
the best tool for converting video is Spb Mobile DVD it has very good converting profiles and for tcpmp also and you can decide if you want to cut 16:9 or 4:3 but its not for free. you should buy it or use google to gain it, maybe you get it..
the video size decrease to ~270mb for 1 hour movie
matumartin14 said:
One question.
I want to convert a 700mb movie, but the trial versions won't let me convert it!!!
Is somewhere a full version? (FREEE)
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Look into some free alternatives that will transcode videos. Try Super, MediaCoder, or PocketDivXEncoder.
Youtube
thanks hotmail!
Can I watch youtube videos with TCPMP player???
Here's what i do
I use DVDshrink (freeware) to rip the main bits off a dvd to my hard drive
I then use AutoGordianKnot (AutoGK) Freeware to convert the dvd rip into an avi and play it using TCMP or coreplayer.
I've ripped Monsters Inc entire movie into 400k and it's perfectly watchable!
matumartin14 said:
thanks hotmail!
Can I watch youtube videos with TCPMP player???
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Yes indeed, TCPMP will play Youtube videos. Funny... I just posted on this very subject in another thread. Go figure.
TangerineTractor said:
... I've ripped Monsters Inc entire movie into 400k and it's perfectly watchable!
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400k!!!! That's some SERIOUS compression. I'll have to blow the dust off my old 3.5" floppy disk drive and start using it for movie storage. Are you sure it wasn't 400MB? That'd be typical of high quality Xvid, Divx or WMV compression at or lower than 640x480.
TangerineTractor said:
I use DVDshrink (freeware) to rip the main bits off a dvd to my hard drive
I then use AutoGordianKnot (AutoGK) Freeware to convert the dvd rip into an avi and play it using TCMP or coreplayer.
I've ripped Monsters Inc entire movie into 400k and it's perfectly watchable!
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Could you tell me how did you do this? (Step by Step)
I have a few 700mb movies on my computer and I want them on my ppc, but they are too big. So if you could post here how did you do this, then I will be vey happy!!!
Hi there.
I'm very interested in bying this HTC Touch, basicaly for it portability but i'm very concerned about it CPU and general perfomance.
I now have the HTC 3600 and i'm very happy with it's perfomance. My usage is normal, not many programs at the same time but i like to see some movies some times and i'll like to use TomTom via bluetooth if i bye the touch.
What do you think? Am i get perfomance issues with tomtom or to see some movies?
Thanks in advance!
matumartin14 - I've had very good results using pocketdivxencoder (0.3.96). I've converted several DVD's (VOBs), divx movies and divx tv shows for use on my Elfin. I have a lot of experience using old school tools, but pocketdivxencoder does everything I need fast and painlessly. I can whip up a short guide if you like.
Hugo RSF - I've actually been fairly impressed with the video performance of the Elfin. For years I used a Dell X5 basic which has a 300MHz Xscale (overclockable to 400MHz) and I've notice no loss of performance with my 201 MHz OMAP, other than the smaller screen (2.8" vs 4.0").
I've used an external GPS with my Elfin on several occasions (using Nav4all), but never TomTom so I couldn't comment on that.
Prism Video Encoder also works well. Basically convert anything to anything and wickedly simple to use. Usually convert to MP4 and Elf plays them in good quality no problem at all.
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matumartin14 - I've had very good results using pocketdivxencoder (0.3.96). I've converted several DVD's (VOBs), divx movies and divx tv shows for use on my Elfin. I have a lot of experience using old school tools, but pocketdivxencoder does everything I need fast and painlessly. I can whip up a short guide if you like.
Hugo RSF - I've actually been fairly impressed with the video performance of the Elfin. For years I used a Dell X5 basic which has a 300MHz Xscale (overclockable to 400MHz) and I've notice no loss of performance with my 201 MHz OMAP, other than the smaller screen (2.8" vs 4.0").
I've used an external GPS with my Elfin on several occasions (using Nav4all), but never TomTom so I couldn't comment on that.
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Ok thanks!
If I have a 700mb movie and i convert it, then how small would it be??? MB???
Depends on the quality of the video and audio that you can live with. A full length movie can be compressed down to around 165 MB and still be fairly watchable if your hurting for space. I'm pretty picky about quality and shoot for around 250 to 350 MB for a full length movie.
I'm in the process of converting X-Files episodes and so far they are ending up around 110 MB in size (approx. 45 min each).
You can get much better compression with MP4 (h.264), but from what I can tell, the Elfin is too slow to decode h.264 without dropping frames. My h.264 testing was done using streams created by RipBot and meGUI.
As far as a conversion guide, should I start a new thread or just post one here?
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matumartin14 - I've had very good results using pocketdivxencoder (0.3.96). ....
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From the website:
This soft doesn't allow you to copy commercial DVDs...
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I've purchased DVDs (strictly legal) and want to view them on my Touch - but can't with this software. I have a package to convert DVD to iPod format, but the playback on the Touch is jerky.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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trueg said:
Depends on the quality of the video and audio that you can live with. A full length movie can be compressed down to around 165 MB and still be fairly watchable if your hurting for space. I'm pretty picky about quality and shoot for around 250 to 350 MB for a full length movie.
I'm in the process of converting X-Files episodes and so far they are ending up around 110 MB in size (approx. 45 min each).
You can get much better compression with MP4 (h.264), but from what I can tell, the Elfin is too slow to decode h.264 without dropping frames. My h.264 testing was done using streams created by RipBot and meGUI.
As far as a conversion guide, should I start a new thread or just post one here?
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Just post here
TheNorm - Your correct in that PocketDivxEncoder cannot convert directly from an encrypted DVD. You would require a separate tool to first 'rip' the DVD to your HD. (DVDFab HD Decrypter is the best by the way, www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/225/59/). Also if you happen to own DVDFab HD Decrypter Platinum, it will do DVD to Divx all in one step.
As far as your iPod tool, it is converting your DVDs to MP4 (AVC/H.264). Although CorePlayer can handle H.264 videos, the Elf/Elfin OMAP 850 can't quite decode videos in the format fast enough. If you disable the AVC deblocking filter in CorePlayer, you will get better performance at the loss of quality which may help the jerkiness.
Menu/Tools/Preferences/Advanced/Disable AVC deblocking filter
Also ensure you are using 'Raw FrameBuffer' under the Video settings. This is all assuming your using CorePlayer. AVC deblocking can not be disabled in TCPMP.
Handbrake works but it's impossible to use for converting lots of videos.
I like WinFF (ffmpeg front end) and it's easy but I can't find a preset that doesn't make the audio go out of sync. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
How many videos are you trying to convert? I have used Handbrake to convert about 10 videos over night before without any issues.
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Never used that encoder I use MeGUI it does it all and fast I've got all kinds of XviD rips from x264 BRRips that look great on my tv and vibrant there all about 2 gigs.
I use AnyVideo Converter. It has several presets specifically for Android, and works well with multi-core CPU's to convert rather quickly. Never had a problem, it even made good videos for my old MT3G.
earljg said:
How many videos are you trying to convert? I have used Handbrake to convert about 10 videos over night before without any issues.
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With handbrake and megui you have to add each file one by one to a queue. If I want to convert 20 or 40 files that's annoying.
Can you guys tell me what ffdshow parameters you are running with?
mk262 said:
Handbrake works but it's impossible to use for converting lots of videos.
I like WinFF (ffmpeg front end) and it's easy but I can't find a preset that doesn't make the audio go out of sync. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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xvid4psp
best one i've ever used, and free, I believe opensource also
like the title says.. what do you use to get the best video quality and best conversions from movies for you N1 i use videora and Android Converter and they both are.. mediocre at best
I never managed to convert a video on ubuntu to get it playing on the nexus.
Now I have this software player that can play alot though...
I used ffmpeg, now I don't convert anymore 'cause I don't watch films on my phone
By the way, the script should still work:
avc (main executable): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1512702/android/avc/avc
functions (BASH functions): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1512702/android/avc/functions
preferences.avc (preferences file): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1512702/android/avc/preferences.avc
I use Super for my conversion needs. it's free but runs on windows.
Also since I'm lazy, I use Rockplayer that does a good job at playing nearly everything
I don't do much video encoding myself, but Handbreak always comes up in discussions about encoding software. I think it has a preset iPhone encoding which should also work pretty well for Android.
rock player... no re-encoding necessary
doubleTwist.... its like iTunes for iphone but faster. Just drag video to software, it will convert and transfer to your phone at highest bitrate possible to retain best quality.
JHaste said:
rock player... no re-encoding necessary
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Yea, this.
pfmiller said:
I don't do much video encoding myself, but Handbreak always comes up in discussions about encoding software. I think it has a preset iPhone encoding which should also work pretty well for Android.
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Handbrake is quite excellent; I've used it with the iPod preset with great success.
JHaste said:
rock player... no re-encoding necessary
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I like to convert videos to save space. I don't need a full-resolution movie on a 3.7-inch screen.
handbrake ftw!
adrianr514 said:
like the title says.. what do you use to get the best video quality and best conversions from movies for you N1 i use videora and Android Converter and they both are.. mediocre at best
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Handbrake. free and fast and so far the best video to mp4/m4v converter i've used.
http://www.handbrake.fr
another thumbs up for handbrake from me!
Converting videos is for chumps.
RockPlayer. Plays nearly anything.
GldRush98 said:
Converting videos is for chumps.
RockPlayer. Plays nearly anything.
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How many 12GB Blu-Ray rips would i get on my 16GB SD card without using Handbrake?
I use Any Video Converter, it's free and easy to use. I mainly watch Anime on my phone with subtitles so this works well. It can convert an .mkv into an mpeg4 and RockPlayer will still display the subtitles.
I can't seem to get Handbrake to keep the subtitles after converting .mkv's into .mp4. I've tried extracting the .srt file from the .mkv and burning them into the converted file with handbrake but it still doesn't work.
is there anyone covering video and or audio on the phone itself? would probably be hard on the battery but I can think of a couple of situations I would have needed this function.
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I don't know if you know, but encoding/decoding is one of the most CPU stressing processes. For sure you may re-encode a video, but while it takes ~30 minutes to convert a film on a dual core 3 Ghz, it may take ages on our phones.
vlc is comming soon to android i cant wait
DirkGently1 said:
How many 12GB Blu-Ray rips would i get on my 16GB SD card without using Handbrake?
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Your problem is using an uncompressed video format in the first place.
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Your problem is using an uncompressed video format in the first place.
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All video formats are compressed. The ones i use just happen to be compressed better. Start with a good quality source and work down. The Handbrake converted films look pretty good on an Amoled, WVGA screen at sizes as low as 700MB. At sizes of 2 Gigabyte or more they look incredible!
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Your problem is using an uncompressed video format in the first place.
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Ah, so you do need to convert it at some point, even though it's for chumps?
Hi guys, it's about a week that i'm tring to create a flawlessy working HD video for the Iconia, i've tried a lot of config but no one works, so i tried with Up downloaded from iTunes and it works like a charm, with a very good quality in about 4GB with the native Honeycomb player. So i take my Tron Legacy BluRay and tried to create a MP4 with HandBrake with AppleTV 2 preset but when i play it with every player i've got on my tab (native, Mobo, VPlayer, RockPlayer, Vital and Nemo) it's like fast forwarding and i cant slow it down to normal speed. With MediaInfo i compare the downloaded Up m4a and my rip of Tron, they look the same (same ref frames, same b-frame and all) but the iTunes one works, mine not. Obviously on PC everything it's ok.
So guys, what do you use to convert your videos to playback on Iconia?
I took the advice from this post and was able to get a 720p conversion using Handbrake from a 1080p mp4 rip of Shaun of the Dead, using Loose Animorphic setting and 1280 Picture width. You have to go to the Advanced tab and set Maximum B-Frames to 0 (from default 2?) and Preferences/General/Output Files, uncheck "'Use iPod /iTunes friendly (.m4v) file extension for MP4'". Also a good idea to make sure the Audio's set to no more than 160kbps, I think that's the Honeycomb maximum audio rate for video files atm.
Oh, the 720p file ended up being ~2GB, looks good but not great picture (occasional blur artifacting on hard scene transitions.)
Thanks, did you use AppleTV preset?
I'm going to try with your settings (i thought i used the same, but probably i'm wrong), tomorrow morning i'm coming back to update.
I've been using this preset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVBpeQNWbEQ and have had no problems
That preset works perfect.. Thanks!
I use normal and no b-frames and i got a playable videos but very choppy. I'm going to try that present, thanks Bootup.
I've used HandBrakeCLI under Linux to convert HD MKVs for use on my Iconia. It definitely works ok for 720p video but not yet tried any 1080p.
I've written a couple of scripts that convert a single mkv file and also a directory full of mkv files, they can be downloaded here: http://db.tt/Fq7knIr
Usage is simply: "mkv2iconia.sh inputfile.mkv" or just "bulkmkv2iconia.sh" for a full directory. They will both produce "inputfile.mp4" that can be played via hardware accelerated system player
Requirements: a linux command line, HandBrakeCLI, and a lot of time/patience.
Hope this is useful to someone.
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I'll give it a try if the preset posted before wont work for my rip of Tron Legacy.
I've been using a Windows application called DVD Catalyst 4 (tools4movies.com) to convert video. It had a lot of buzz about it on various forums, but I was skeptical. But it has a group of settings specifically for the Acer A500 (fast, HQ, 1080p) which make it easy to use and the new beta version works with DVDs or Blu-Rays (even copy protected ones if you have AnyDVD installed). I've done a few movies as tests and it seems to work very well.
And I was a user of Handbrake and RipBot264 previously.
I'm ripping a DVD now to try this process. It's getting good feedback,but I'll be able to decide for myself once I get it on tab. http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...rum/14292-ripping-videos-dvd-acer-solved.html
Update: Just transferred the movie onto my tab (Tangled @1.05 GB) and all I can say is wow!! You guys definitely must give this a try.
@DJ_Jedi
At the risk of sounding stupid, how are you using videos downloaded from iTunes on your Acer? I thought they were DRM protected.
Do all of your videos that you have encoded come out a bit choppy? Like skipping frames all the time.
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At the risk of sounding stupid, how are you using videos downloaded from iTunes on your Acer? I thought they were DRM protected.
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I just take it, renamed to .mp4 and copy into my Movies folder, it said "Could not work, copy anyway?" i said yes and it works.
But great news guys, used the Xoom preset posted on the previous page and it works great! Picture quality it's not the best, a little bit lower than on my previous tries, but definitely good, i'm gonna try 2 ref frames and target size 4GB and not avg bitrate 3500.
i use rock player... it plays pretty much every video file
Here is a guide for ripping high quality DVD to a500. Read to the bottom, as video conversion is discussed as well.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...rum/14292-ripping-videos-dvd-acer-solved.html
EDIT: Woops, that was already posted above.
I have been using dvdvidesoft for our other android phones with the iPhone/I pad settimgs with no issues. I switched to it from handbrake because it was faster...,very user friendly and wasn't quite the resource hog handbrake was
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I've been using a Windows application called DVD Catalyst 4 (tools4movies.com) to convert video. It had a lot of buzz about it on various forums, but I was skeptical. But it has a group of settings specifically for the Acer A500 (fast, HQ, 1080p) which make it easy to use and the new beta version works with DVDs or Blu-Rays (even copy protected ones if you have AnyDVD installed). I've done a few movies as tests and it seems to work very well.
And I was a user of Handbrake and RipBot264 previously.
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Been using DVD Catalyst for a long time now. I usually rip in a Divx encoded AVI wrapper, but the Iconia Tab d/n support AVI files. So I did a couple rips using the Apple TV HQ HD settings and that is working peachy. I didn't realize it had a specific device profile for the Acer (doh!).
I like this tablet, but the poor media file format support will keep it from being my main entertainment portable go to device. That will remain my Archos 70IT (250GB) for the time being.
I think i'll stick to Handbrake + Xoom Preset downloaded from here, good quality and about 3 hours conversion with a 2.1 dual core mobile CPU, guess how much it takes with an i7, because i'm going to buy a new PC this summer and i'm waver between i7 2600 and new AMD's Bulldozer...
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm
Converts in minutes
saeba said:
I've been using a Windows application called DVD Catalyst 4 (tools4movies.com) to convert video. It had a lot of buzz about it on various forums, but I was skeptical. But it has a group of settings specifically for the Acer A500 (fast, HQ, 1080p) which make it easy to use and the new beta version works with DVDs or Blu-Rays (even copy protected ones if you have AnyDVD installed). I've done a few movies as tests and it seems to work very well.
And I was a user of Handbrake and RipBot264 previously.
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I don't know what version you have but my dvd cat 4 is a retail copy and i do not see anything on the a500 . I do see the xoom but thats it. No Iconia a500
i am traveling this week for the memorial day weekend. i ripped some of my dvd movies and would like to transfer them to my xoom. are there any converters in the market and what format do you guys recommend? what app plays movies on the xoom? thanks in advance.
I use DVD FAB, I have it set to rip to AVI format, tried MP4 but that didnt work very well, would play nicely on the PC but not on the xoom, I use RockPlayer to play using Software Compression
Tray vlc on the PC
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It is not free, but DVD Catalyst is well worth it. It creates very good quality files that play perfectly on the Xoom. They have several presets for the Xoom based on how you plan on watching (Xoom or HDMI).
http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/dvd-catalyst-4-xoom-update-v4-0-2-6-release-notes/
If you have already ripped your movies you can still use those files with DVD Catalyst, but it can also rip them for you.
I do not work for them or are in any way related, just a happy customer.
If it's a dvd rip, you might be able to get away with moboplayer's (or rockplayer's) software decoding mode. Get it (on your xoom) and try one or two of your rips before you convert everything.
ok guys. i use dvdfab to rip the movie and then purchased dvd catalyst 4 xoom to convert. i uploaded the mp4 video to the xoom and the movie does not play. i downloaded moboplayer with avi codec and it still doesnt play. what movie player do you guys recommend on the xoom??
Moboplayer should defo work. If not try that vplayer trial for 7days should last you for your trip :-D
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ok guys. i use dvdfab to rip the movie and then purchased dvd catalyst 4 xoom to convert. i uploaded the mp4 video to the xoom and the movie does not play. i downloaded moboplayer with avi codec and it still doesnt play. what movie player do you guys recommend on the xoom??
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The MP4 files created with DVD Catalyst play best using the stock video player (since it has better hardware support) however, Gallery tends to be a bit picky.
The best way is to use a file-explorer (es file explorer or root explorer for example) to browse and select the video.
edit: try directly from DVD rather than using dvdfab first. I am not sure if you changed any settings in DVD Catalyst, but try the defaults first. There is a Xoom guide (pdf format) included in the zipfile you downloaded. It makes things a lot easier
I use DVDFab to rip and convert at the same time right from my DVD disc. I use it for MP4/AAC at 20fps, subtitles turned off and choose 2 pass conversion. Comes out really nice. Terminator 2 took about 37mins on my PC and was ready to xfer to my xoom.
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so the xoom isnt as easy to get and play dvd rips on as my galaxy tab,for that i just use handbrake and put it on the sdcard and plays perfect everytime was hoping when my xoom gets here it would be that easy. cause i have a bunch all ready ripped to use. their in mp4 format will those work(will handbrake work for xoom using default player)? thx