is it possible to record movies fullscreen.
now when ik record a movie i have to watch tru 3 by 4 cm or so..
can i make this fullscreen?
and does any know how to make my mda make proper pictures when it is dark..(not really dark...but just a bit)
TIA
use coolcamera ver 1.13
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thanks, but i need it for video capture
it does it just click the left arrow and it switches to video...it can record in 640x480, 320x240, 320x176(widescreen), 640x...(again wide) can set fps and etc
Is there a way to close the camera with a hard button? The ok button just switches to the today screen. I want to use the camera without touching the screen...
Is there any alternate software that can use the camera?
Is there a way to record in avi format?
Is the CIF resolution a hardware limitation (sensor/processor) or just software?
I'd like to be able to record on NTSC (640x480) or PAL (720x576) resolution.
Thanks in advance
n0t said:
I'd like to be able to record on NTSC (640x480) or PAL (720x576) resolution.
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Why do you limit yourself like this? Your goal should be 720p or 1080p resolutions... Sky is the limit.
To be more realistic, if only we could manage 25 fps with high bitrate that would be great. You can read this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288995
It's not the ULTIMATE solution, but it's the only solution i found to watch videos perfectly in my Touch HD.
Video : HD trailer 800x480 @ 25 fps : Ice Age 2
Software : CorePlayer 1.2.5
First benchmark = 87%
First step :
Re-encoding the video in 240x400 on your PC with http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/ or http://www.virtualdub.org/
Why 240x400 ?
- the video is pre-rotated (instead of 400x240) (performance +5%)
- the resolution is exactly the half of the native resolution (480x800) (performance +60%)
Second step :
Customize the options of Coreplayer :
Menu / Tools / Colors = Native
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Video output = Raw FrameBuffer
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Smooth zoom = OFF
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Dither = OFF (uncheck)
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Advanced / Slow video memory = check
Results (the quality of theses videos seem egal)
800x480 : 87%
800x480 (with the options) : 95%
240x400 : 141%
240x400 (with the options) : 232%
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Enjoy
Sources :
http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 480x800.avi
http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 240x400.avi
Any visible degradation on picture charity and details?
Would be good if you post both clips for all to see for themselves.
Beautiful work. Thanks.
Millenius said:
HD trailer 800x480 @ 25 fps with CorePlayer 1.2.5
Benchmark = 87%
First step :
Re-encoding the video in 240x400 = 141%
Why 240x400 ?
- the video is pre-rotated (instead of 400x240)
- the resolution is exactly the half of the native resolution (480x800)
Second step :
Customize the options of Coreplayer :
Menu / Tools / Colors = Native
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Video output = Raw FrameBuffer
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Smooth zoom = OFF
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Dither = OFF (uncheck)
Menu / Tools / Preferences / Advanced / Slow video memory = check
Result = 232.56 % !
Enjoy
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no, the quality seems the same
because the DPI screen is very high (800x480 for 3''8)
Sorry are you saying we have to re-encode a hi res video ourselves (on a pc) to half the resolution (step 1) or does the player do it automatically?
I upload the trailer "Ice Age 2 HD" on rapidshare (ready in 15min) :
800x480 3Mbits : 26 Mo
240x400 3Mbits : 13 Mo
tboy2000 said:
Sorry are you saying we have to re-encode a hi res video ourselves (on a pc) to half the resolution (step 1) or does the player do it automatically?
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Re-encode on your PC !!
With PocketDivxEncoder for example Very easy to use !
OK, the upload on Rapidshare is done :
http://rapidshare.com/files/163866230/Benchmark_HTC_Touch_HD.zip.html
You have 2 files : the original, and the optimized 240x400
BUT YOU NEED TO change the options on CorePlayer (see the 1st post of this topic) to see the result.
Default options :
800x480 : 87%
240x400 : 141%
With the optimized options :
800x480 : 95%
240x400 : 232% !!!
Good post. I think our moderator should sticky this.
Well I got to that solution a week ago, when I got my Touch HD.
But the Coreplayer options, I didn't knew.
Simpy using pocketdivxencoder is enough for me.
But thanks!
Cheers.
Nice solution...
The only problem many of us expecting the Touch HD to have good video performance without the hassles of re-encoding videos.
You can't really expect the phone to resize every frame of a massive video eg 800 x 480 or whatever on the fly. If you want better results, of course you have to re-encode yourself to a more suitable size. Otherwise it's just wasting CPU usage and you'll definitely get slow downs.
Sorry but this doesnt sould like a solution to me. Its just reencoding a file to a extreme low res, only a fourth of the pixels, and playing it.. Of course it plays ok, but its only 240x400, and besides that, its completely unpractical to reencode every moviefile. So: nothing changed, no solution at all...
Millenius said:
First step :
Re-encoding the video in 240x400 on your PC with http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/ or http://www.virtualdub.org/
Why 240x400 ?
- the video is pre-rotated (instead of 400x240)
- the resolution is exactly the half of the native resolution (480x800)
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What video bitrate and audio bitrate did you use in pocketdivxencoder to resize your video?
In the advanced options did you choose your ppc as portrait or landscape?
Finally, I can only resize at 400x240. How could you resize at 240x400?
Thanks!
oh yes, what a super duper solution, re-encode the video with less quality on a pc and losing time.
HTC should contract you for new developments.
This is not a solution, the only solution is get hardware acceleration and software allowed to use it.
Guys,
If there is no noticeable degradation in picture quality and sharpness (which was my question in my post), why are you having problem with this solution? Why carry along and process all the 7.1 sound system when you only have stereo capability? Why carry along all the resolution of a blueray when you don't need it? Of course it is reasonable to go through some processing and bring it to a form that we need, minus all the unwanted and unnecessary stuff if that provides the same clarity and improves performance.
Is the reduced resolution becoming ****ty? If it is, then all the phones out there with such resolution (includinding the most worshipped iPhone) ought to be thrown in the bin too as a meda device.
Millenius, thanks for all your tips. It is definitely helpful.
Millenius said:
OK, the upload on Rapidshare is done :
http://rapidshare.com/files/163866230/Benchmark_HTC_Touch_HD.zip.html
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Can somebody re-upload the files?
I can't get the file also. I think the link address may be incomplete??
ez2remember said:
Nice solution...
The only problem many of us expecting the Touch HD to have good video performance without the hassles of re-encoding videos.
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I agree, although the proposal is offered as a solution I would say it's a clunky and expensive workround....but thanks for sharing for those who maybe already have the Coreplayer software. [1]
My Archos (heaven forbid I am going to say something positive about it) just does it .... screen is the same resolution. I drop a 700Mb file and it plays.
I do not know the difference in the internals but it is a disappointment because I was hoping to reduce down to a single device .... looks like the Archos has some life left in it yet.
Mal
[1] Why is there no trial for Coreplayer?
kersh said:
oh yes, what a super duper solution, re-encode the video with less quality on a pc and losing time.
HTC should contract you for new developments.
This is not a solution, the only solution is get hardware acceleration and software allowed to use it.
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Yes, HTC should supply the video acceleration drivers...no doubt. However, there aren't many portable devices that can take a high res movie that is meant for a PC and play it perfectly. Another example, would you take a 12 mega-pixel image that you took from your DSLR and just download it to your HD for viewing...of course not, you would re-size it first to save disk space, knowing that the extra resolution is wasted on a screen that size anyway. It is a hassle, but worth the trouble.
I dont know much about video resolutions and such, just want to be able to watch Divx TV series on my HD. And at this the HD did just fine - until I tried the settings recommended in the 1st post. Then I had a noticeable lag, and between every scene it felt like someone turned a page - black frame(s) - or turning a curtain, dont know how to explain otherwise. Got rid of all the changes, except Colour, and cannot check Dither again. Any idea?
CorePlayer 1.2.5, Video Divx 624x352, 23,97 fps, video file is 350 megs
Ok so I converted Batman Begins straight from DVD to 800x480 resolution using Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate. I Converted it to an mp4 as xvid as the encoder. I've also tried H.264 as the encoder as well. I have tried everything to get the video to expand to the edges like the transformers movies did. I had kumar's lite rom but then switched to NRG's rom and its still doing it. I messed with the settings in the TCPMP player to see if I could force it to expand but it keeps staying cropped. I've included a sample pic to show you guys. Any help would be awesome!
*edit* after looking at the viewable size of the movie in the pic vs my screen size I would have to say its about the same size. But when you look at my screen as its playing the movie, it doesn't look that wide at all.
855-480 res with 16:9 aspect ratio?
ok sweet I think I figured it out. Another question. Looking at the size of the transformers movies (around 1.2gb each) and looking at the quality of the video, how could I make my rips the same quality but retain the same size of video?
.mp4 high quality codec try that setting
how did you figure out to get around the cropping?
I use core player and play movies. wmplayer does not do it for me. I use to convert movies for my omnia but you can adjust the aspect ratio on the fly. I usually do 16:9 but on the hd2 I have been choosing "fit to screen" and there is no cropping.
Tried converting a 1920x1080 video to 1280x720 for the webtop to Plasma conversion. Video plays fine, however, if I leave the height set to 720, both TVs get about an inch of picture cut off. I had to manually set the conversion resolution to 1280x700 for it to work.
Why would this be?