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Fastest MKV conversions ?

What program/script is the best option for converting my high profile mkv's to a usable format on my xoom. I'm not really interested in 1:1 quality as I think 720p is overkill for the 10" screen. I'm just interested in a quick and painless method that will also allow me do batches because I have quite a few films to do.
Thanks,

i tried looking around for conversion apps and i only found one. Its called MyView(on the market). I didnt get a chance to test it out yet tho. And if that doesnt work you can play .mkv's from the rockplayer app(its my personal favorite). I hope that helped

I'm using A's Video Converter on PC
Using Radeon HD Gfx board as engine.
Awesome fast.
http://bluesky23.yu-nagi.com/en/index.html
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R3wt3d said:
I'm using A's Video Converter on PC
Using Radeon HD Gfx board as engine.
Awesome fast.
http://bluesky23.yu-nagi.com/en/index.html
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I got an nvidia card, damn it

try badaboom or Media coder full
google "CUDA encode" for more info for nvidia gfx card

mug2k said:
I got an nvidia card, damn it
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Definitely Badaboom. It's really fast for me and I only have an 8800gt, newer cards should be even better. There is a preset for the Xoom and even a batch processing mode.

mug2k said:
What program/script is the best option for converting my high profile mkv's to a usable format on my xoom. I'm not really interested in 1:1 quality as I think 720p is overkill for the 10" screen. I'm just interested in a quick and painless method that will also allow me do batches because I have quite a few films to do.
Thanks,
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Have you tried the search function? Is many threads about video conversion here and on asus transformer and galaxy 10.1 forum.
I use dvdcatalyst or the script below depending what spec the video have
http://www.tools4movies.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102922
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champers said:
Definitely Badaboom. It's really fast for me and I only have an 8800gt, newer cards should be even better. There is a preset for the Xoom and even a batch processing mode.
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Thanks for the heads up, and will try this later. Have you used this program alot? Does the audio and video sync fine and does it plays smooth?
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I love badaboom. I use it to convert files for my Xoom and PS3

Hard Drive

I thought I can connect a external hard drive, sales rep told me I can but so far works with thumb drive. I'm not rooted yet, just got it last night. Is it possible.
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You can plug in any drive but you'll need a special program if the drive uses a NTFS filesystem (USB mount all, Drive mount,...).

dito33 said:
I thought I can connect a external hard drive, sales rep told me I can but so far works with thumb drive. I'm not rooted yet, just got it last night. Is it possible.
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You must check the filesystem you are using. By default, ie. without any additional apps or such, A500 supports only FAT - or FAT32 - formatted drives. Either format your drive to FAT32 on Windows or install the NTFS - app the above poster mentioned. After that it works just peachy, I've got several drives I use and haven't met a single hitch yet.

Thanks guys, I'm using ntfs drives and wouldn't like to change it to fat. I'm having a hard time locating those app on the market, are those paid apps, one refers to mount sd card, I need a little help here please.
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dito33 said:
Thanks guys, I'm using ntfs drives and wouldn't like to change it to fat. I'm having a hard time locating those app on the market, are those paid apps, one refers to mount sd card, I need a little help here please.
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Search for drive mount on the market.....you will need root access to mount ntfs whatever app you use...
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Here you go:
https://market.android.com/details?id=au.dach.drivemount&feature=search_result
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.USBMountAll&feature=search_result
The first app is free.

Thanks I'll check that out as soon as I get home.
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dito33 said:
Thanks I'll check that out as soon as I get home.
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Just remember you need to be rooted for a ntfs drive mount program to work

Yup. As the above poster said: "No root no dice."

Feedback, I got all that, thanks guys.
Now half of my dvix movies don't play the audio do I need to install some kind of codec, using mxplayer, mplayer, realplayer, etc all doing the same.
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dito33 said:
Feedback, I got all that, thanks guys.
Now half of my dvix movies don't play the audio do I need to install some kind of codec, using mxplayer, mplayer, realplayer, etc all doing the same.
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Do they have audio in AC3 format? Lots of people -- ie. most people -- can't get audio when it's AC3, I don't know if it's a limitation of Tegra2 or what. If you have AC3 audio in your files then your only reliable option seems to be transcoding the files.
I personally have never even tried, there's no point in having multi-channel audio when I'm only using stereo headphones to listen to it.

Try mobo player; its located on the market. I've found it to play any of my vid formats.

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Try mobo player; its located on the market. I've found it to play any of my vid formats.
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+1 on that. It even plays all my movies over the network when used in conjunction with UPnPlayer or whatever it is
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I did some checking, no support for exfat either. So fat32 it is.
If anyone has a spare laptop hdd or old laptop lying around, take the hdd, put it in an enclosure and use easeus partition manager to format the whole thing to fat 32 regardless of capacity over 40 gbs and velcro that to your Iconia and u will have all the storage ud need. Just keep your files under 4 gbs.

veer01_42 said:
I did some checking, no support for exfat either. So fat32 it is.
If anyone has a spare laptop hdd or old laptop lying around, take the hdd, put it in an enclosure and use easeus partition manager to format the whole thing to fat 32 regardless of capacity over 40 gbs and velcro that to your Iconia and u will have all the storage ud need. Just keep your files under 4 gbs.
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That's not bad idea I have my body did to his laptop with 2 500gb hard drive, but I don't have any problem rite now attaching my ntfs 500gb as external since reads everything now the problem is like I mentioned earlier some dvix won't play audio, ill try those other players latter.
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veer01_42 said:
and velcro that to your Iconia
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Hahahaha...

Just applied this!
Very nice, thanks!

Question to Nexus 7 16GB or 32GB owners

Hi, guys. I have a question. Can you put 5GB or bigger file to your Nexus 7 16GB/32GB as it is ext4?
Thanks

Winudert said:
Hi, guys. I have a question. Can you put 5GB or bigger file to your Nexus 7 16GB/32GB as it is ext4?
Thanks
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No you cant...and it is not ext4.

Just tried on Mac:
The file "testfile.txt" is too large.
Android File Transfer can only transfer files under 4 GB in size
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I had no problem transferring HD movies on my device. (One was 4.4GB and the other 7GB)
But I'm on CM10.1 nightlies, so that night be a factor.
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[Q] Video capture limit to 4 Giga ??

Is there a way to bypass that limit?
On Full Hd allows you to record only 32 min. I need more. My card is exFat formatted . Thank you for help.
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No one? All of you are happy with 32 min of Fhd recording?
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If I am not mistaken for FAT filesystem max file size is something around 4GB. So with that file system i don't think it is possible to get larger.
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tom_bombadill said:
If I am not mistaken for FAT filesystem max file size is something around 4GB. So with that file system i don't think it is possible to get larger.
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Its pretty clear that you can't read at all. He said his card was formatted in exfat. But anyway I wonder if maybe there is an xposed module that would allow longer hd video

frome some reason sammy limited video rec to 4 gigs (

criszz said:
frome some reason sammy limited video rec to 4 gigs (
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Probably lazy and couldn't be bothered coding 4Gig limit for FAT32 only
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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.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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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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mrlaigle said:
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.