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Creating Hermes friendly .WMV files

I'm sure this can't be too hard...
I'm playing around with converting YouTube videos so they can play back on my Dopod. Currently I am using Free FLV Converter v3.5.0, but I always get video that play back jerky in Windows Media Player Mobile 9 (off my 8GB MicroSD card).
Can anyone recommend the best settings for video on a Hermes? Currently using:
Codec: WMV2
Size: 320x240
Video Bitrate: 750Kbps
Frame Rate: 25
Aspect: Auto
Audio Codec: WMA
Frequency: 22050
Channel Mode: Mono
Audio Bitrate: 96Kbps

Google a copy of Any Video Converter. I use it to convert WMA, FLV, anything really into MP4 format (Which our phones record in natively, so playback is smooth and clear). I use the follow video setting in Any Video Converter after choosing the mobile/pocket pc option:
Video Codec: MP4
Video Size: 320x240 (This fills the whole screen in landscape)
Video Bitrate: 512
Video Framerate: 30fps
Audio Codec: aac
Audio Bitrate: 64
Sample Rate: 11025
Audio Channel: 2
Disable Audio: 2
A/V Sync: Basic
With these settings, the video's I convert look nice.

Thanks, but do those play back in Windows Media Player Mobile 9, or do you use different software to play them back?

Using those settings in Free FLV Converter v3.5.0 results in an AVI file that gives "Cannot Play File" when trying it on my Dopod

Woohoo! The exact same settings with the free version of Any Video Converter works perfectly! Thanks!

Album won't show h264 files

I've got some h264 encoded mp4 files on my mem card, and Album won't list them to allow me to play them.
Anyone got any ideas why? I also can't play them in WMP [blank screen] or Coreplayer [extremely stuttery playback].
The mp4 encoded mp4 files are fine.
This is the ffmpeg of the h264 file:
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Nightwatch.mp4':
Duration: 01:49:39.76, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1148 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x400, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16

Actually, if I open it into Album through File Manager, I still can't see and picture.
Hmmm... very irritating!

The fact that you can't play them might have something to do with it... Do they work on your PC?

Yeah, they play absolutely fine.
It's so weird. It must be something to do with the encoding. But I'm not sure what.
Iirc there's a couple of levels of h264 encoding... I'll look into that.

re-encode them in a lower res is what I would do
don't think the cpu have enough juice to play video
fluently in the full res

I get the same Problem.
The Files (Simpsons) are encoded in:
Video: x264 96kbps 240x176
Audio: AAC Stereo 44.1kHz 96kbps
So 1 single Simpson movie is about 30MBytes large. They play very fine with Corplayer - in the Benchmark i get 140% of the original speed.
I think the decoder is just missing for HTC Album. Is there any chance to add one? Till then i watch with Coreplayer.

CamCorder + Amr in Galaxy S

Hello everyone, I'm here to ask if it is normal that our camcorder records with H263 video codec and AMR audio codec.
Same codec for the voice recorder native.
This inevitably leads to a disaster for our audio SGS, why not talk about them enough to find a solution?
I think this is serious for the SGS see in noisy environments or not, it should be final quality of the shot!
These are the parameters of the SGS CamCorder:
info:
CamCorder: info
File format: MPEG 4
Audio bit rate: 12200 bits/sec
Audio Channel: 1
Audio Codec: AMR ( Narrowband )
Audio Sample Rate: 8000
Video bit rate: 3000000 bits/sec
Video Codec: H263
Video frame rate: 24 frame/sec

Yup, camcorder is useless unfortunately in its current state...

dagrim1 said:
Yup, camcorder is useless unfortunately in its current state...
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I think that Rom do for our SGS is good but we must first make 100% of the functionality of the cell!
I do not understand why we speak so little as it is a serious problem!

[Q] Handbrake settings for video encoding

Hi All,
I started using Handbrake to encode movies lately. Using the default settings, playback is Ok on the Nexus S albeit I think the default bit-rate is a tad too high as playback is slightly choppy.
If you use Handbrake [1], what settings did you tweak to adjust the frame rate for DVD encoding?
[1] http://handbrake.fr/

WWW.mirovideoconverter.com does a good job but can only do one at a time. You would want the nexus one preset.
As for handbrake, video bitrate should be 1500-2000, framerate same as source, two pass encoding not Turbo first pass. In audio, downmix to stereo, 48k sample rate (if master is DVD or blueray), 160+ bitrate. Advanced, uncheck cabac. Settings on top (I forgot the name), no resizing in anamorphic, auto crop, and deinterlacing slow. As for preset, I didn't use one I think. Cabac must be off or it requires more CPU to decode and causes studdering on smaller CPU devices. 48khz sampling rate for audio is important for DVD or blue ray masters or you'll lose audio/video sync the longer the video is. After encoding, rename the file extension to mp4.
This is from memory so the words might not be exact.

Handbrake settings

Hi there,
wondering if anyone has good settings for handbrake?

machina2 said:
Hi there,
wondering if anyone has good settings for handbrake?
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In for this as well.
Also want to start using it for the TV too.

For HD videos in the best quality with the best compression:
Destination: Make sure you set the file format as MKV.
Container: MKV
Size: Original (auto-set)
Anamorphic: Loose(default)
Modulus: 2 (default)
Cropping: auto/0x0x0x0
Filters: All off.
De-interlace: Only if using a US file in a Non-US device (Better to turn it off and set this in the video player.)
Video:
x264 preset: Set this to the slowest possible setting your PC and patience can handle. Slower = higher quality & smaller files.
Video Codec: H.264 (x264)
Framerate: Same as source. (NTFS (USA) = 29.97 fps, PAL(Worldwide) = 24/25 fps.)
Leave the rest on default.
Audio:
Codec: MP3 or AAC. For best compatibility, pick MP3. Most videoplayers have cut out AC3 and DTS support due to licensing issues. (And Stock never supported DTS anyway.) AAC is also an option.
Bitrate: For best sound quality, 192 and above.
Sample Rate: Auto.
Mixdown: Depends on what's originally included in the file. You can't force a 2:1 onto a 5:1. (The audio track should say what it is.) If unsure, use default.
DRC: Leave alone
Gain: If you find the sound too quiet, add 1-5 points.
Subtitles:
If you've got a .srt file you want to bake into the video file, add here. If you prefer to use a separate .srt file (same name as the video = auto detect by most players), skip.
Chapters:
If you want to make chapters, do so here. If not, skip.
Don't know if Stock plays MKV, but you're better off using another app anyway. VLC, Dice, MXplayer, BSplayer. Any of those.

"Don't know if Stock plays MKV, but you're better off using another app anyway. VLC, Dice, MXplayer, BSplayer. Any of those."
MKV won't play in my stock SM-P900 but MXplayer will play those MKV files. Haven't tried the others mentioned.