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DVD ripping

What's the best freeware to download for ripping dvds to my xda2?

If you did a search with "dvd convert" on this site, you would have found al the info you need!
For instance here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4707&highlight=dvd+convert
Or you could have use "dvd rip" and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=1283&highlight=dvd+rip

Thanks. Didn't think to search with ''convert'', ''rip'' produced no results. Still doesn't really give me the noddy guide. I have divx and windows media player and encoder. Where do I go from here in 5-10 basic steps?

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=799566190a12219516a1c87586aa4181&threadid=261926

This is my experience in ripping:
I rip to a version that can fit on a CD so I can watch it on a laptop, and then from that I create a PDA version. You can also create a PDA version directly but you have to create a pseudo AVI which takes around 40 minutes. I could not get Pocket DIVX working so I rely on PocketTV which plays MPEG videos. You'll fit a 90 minute film on a 256Mb SD card but when you go over that you need a 512Mb card.
Smart Ripper: DVD to hard drive
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/smartripper.cfm
To create PC version that fits on CD:
Flask: VOB files - AVI
http://go.to/flaskmpeg
Best use XVid codec for video, and MP3 codec for audio, I found max video bitrate to be 750, audio 96, video width: 512. Can get codecs in Nimos Codec Pack:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html
To create PDA version only:
DVD2AVI: creates a pseudo AVI to be used in TMPGEnc
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd2avi.cfm
Save the project (creates a d2v file)
TMPGEnc: AVI - MPEG
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
Open the XVid avi file or the d2v file, I use a bitrate of 180-190, audio 96, use audio-edit, increase volume by 200% if you are going to watch the film on a train or plane.
If you are making a MPEGs from an XVid AVI, follow these instructions:
- With Nimo's Codec pack only install VidX and MP3
- Install FF DirectShow filter and follow the below:
The error you receive is because direct show does not have priority over the *.avi gfiles. So the fix goes as such. In TMPGEnc, press option, then environmental setting. Press on VFAPI plug in tab on the right hand side. In here you will see "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" and priority -1. You need to make it +1, so right click on it and choose "Higher Priority". Do this twice to take it to +1. Now press okay and all is fixed. (Note that this error only usually occurs on xvid transcoding, so if you're doing anything else, you may want to revert the priorty.
If you have a Windows XP, change the compatibility mode of the TMPGENC EXE file to Windows 2000 in the Properties of the EXE file
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53761
PocketTV: for watching the MPEG file on your PDA
http://www.pockettv.com/
Advanced Bitrate Calculator is useful for figuring out bitrates:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/advanced_bc.html

PocketDivXEncoder
Try this one:
http://divx.ppccool.com/index.php?lang=en

mp4 video play back on PC

Hi Folks,
I just took for the first time a video clip with my Magician today, and had the Camera settings to
Capture Mode: Video
Capture Format: MPEG-4
Capture Size: Large
it produced a nice video clip file with in the .mp4 format (lets not talk about the quality)
I copied this file over to my SD card, and from there to my PC to play here.
It played by default using Apple Quick Time (7.0.3), no probs.
I tried to open it with WMP10 on my PC, and only got the sound, not video.
I was assuming, that a video clip taken with a Microsoft product (Magician WM2003) would play by default using the Microsoft pendant on the PC (WMP10), and MS does not rely on a 3rd party software (QT).
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or if I'm just missing the right codec on my PC to play back the file ?
Thanks

torklemm said:
Hi Folks,
I just took for the first time a video clip with my Magician today, and had the Camera settings to
Capture Mode: Video
Capture Format: MPEG-4
Capture Size: Large
it produced a nice video clip file with in the .mp4 format (lets not talk about the quality)
I copied this file over to my SD card, and from there to my PC to play here.
It played by default using Apple Quick Time (7.0.3), no probs.
I tried to open it with WMP10 on my PC, and only got the sound, not video.
I was assuming, that a video clip taken with a Microsoft product (Magician WM2003) would play by default using the Microsoft pendant on the PC (WMP10), and MS does not rely on a 3rd party software (QT).
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or if I'm just missing the right codec on my PC to play back the file ?
Thanks
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Correct me if i'm wrong but i do believe the camera program on modern HTC devices (like the Magician) is made by HTC itself and not by MS. So it's possible it uses different kind of codecs.
MS isn't allowed to ship a lot of codec with WMP. Only some basic and MS-made codecs. So you have to rely on third party apps/codecs to play the .mp4 files.

Hello Torklemm
You can use the VLC Player to Play almost any type of media including the mp4 , 3gp etc etc .
here is the link to download it - h**p://www.download.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-2194_4-10267151.html
You can also install the Nero Digital MPEG 4 AVC h.264 dshow decoder , after i installed this , my wmp ver 10 was able to play the Mp4 video files.
Cheers.

Sean_Dillon said:
Hello Torklemm
You can use the VLC Player to Play almost any type of media including the mp4 , 3gp etc etc .
here is the link to download it - h**p://www.download.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-2194_4-10267151.html
You can also install the Nero Digital MPEG 4 AVC h.264 dshow decoder , after i installed this , my wmp ver 10 was able to play the Mp4 video files.
Cheers.
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very useful decoder!
but only motion decoding not audio track.
i see only motion without sound.

Hmmm , That is Strange Vigor_ , I thought the audio recorded in the video format of Magician was either mp3 , wma or wav . . . all 3 being suported by wmp. Will have to check this Thanx.

It's none of those. The audio is AMR Narrowband, whatever the blazes that is! I've been having the same problem converting it. AMR doesn't seem to be supported by much.

mp4 format
You should use a plugin or converter program. For plugin Ulead video suite v9.0 is the best solution.For convert purpose I offer IMTOO program.Another way is using avi format instead of mp4

Where do you get that Nero Digital dshow decoder? A Link would be nice.

Re: mp4 format
bucat said:
You should use a plugin or converter program. For plugin Ulead video suite v9.0 is the best solution.For convert purpose I offer IMTOO program.Another way is using avi format instead of mp4
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The same with me. I use ImTOO 3GP Video Converter 2.1.55.1107b, good stuff.

Where do you get that Nero Digital dshow decoder?
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How to do it for free, though it's a ton of work
Okay, I've successfully done it now. My biggest problem was that imTOO 3gpp costs money, and I just couldn't justify spending the money on it.
There's probably a few different ways to do this, but here's how I've done it:
1) Separate the Video stream from the audio stream
I used Microsoft Graphedit for this. It comes in a Microsoft SDK, but if you google it, you can find it.
When you open graphedit and select render the file, you'll get a message saying that part of the stream isn't recognised. That's the AMR audio. That's step 2, so ignore. Assuming you've got an xvid mpeg 4 codec on your machine already (and I suspect also a 3ivx codec), a graph will show up starting with your video file and ending with a video renderer. Click on the video renderer, delete it, and click on the xvid decoder and delete it. Then add a filter called file writer to the video stream coming out of the 3ivx media splitter.
Run that and you have an xvid mpeg-4 video stream with no audio.
2) Separate the amr audio stream
I used Miksoft 3gp decoder for this. For some reason I couldn't do video with this tool, so I just clicked the "convert audio only" option. It gave me a PCM .avi file.
3) Mix the two together
I have used two programs for this, both locatable through google and both freeware. Virtualdub and TMPGENC.
Virtualdub is handy if you have to rotate the video stream. I don't think you can use virtualdub to finalize the video because the .avi sound file kicks up an error for me. But the video I wanted to convert was filmed on my JAM with it held lengthwise (aka 320x240), so when the file is normally viewed, you see it 240x320 and have to tilt your head.
I prefer to use TMPGENC and end up with an MPEG-1 file. Here's why...
You input the xvid video file as the video source, the .avi pcm audio as the audio source, under advanced, select "Full screen (keep aspect ratio)" instead of the "full screen" that is presented there, and then let her run. You end up with a video in mpeg-1 that is formated to 352x240 (NTSC vcr resolution), but with black stripes above and below so that the image isn't stretched or distorted, like it would be if you just went with "full screen". You can then convert that into an avi file with whatever software you want.
It's a ton of work to do, but for me, it was a better solution than spending another $30US on something I'd use minimally. I also do a fair bit of video work, so I had all the other tools and codecs handy.
Good luck!

Hi
I use apples Quicktime - pro can also convert to AVI's.
BR
Daniel

The way I did it was to get the K-lite codec pack. Google it and don't download any versions from places that try to charge you for it, it's free. Also be aware of dodgy sites that may include spyware/malware with it. I've been stung a couple of times.
Then nearly any freeware converter will work. You can also play them in WMP.

Errrr...yes, that would seem to be a "faster" way of doing it...

screen capture
hmmm, need help...can't seem to capture images (using the screen capture button) when playing mp4 files on the vlc player...i've imported the image on adobe photoshop but it was distorted...help?

this is for info in relation to the original post
I too could not play my mp4 videos on my PC with sound and tried all the various players and plugins but this link from last year worked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=12308&highlight=mp4

convert videos?

hi,
how do i convert videos taken with the blackstone?
i setup mpeg4 but neither windows movie thing editor nor virtualdub can handle the file.
but i can play it with mpc without any problems.
linux...at least i see the video
i like to convert it to some moviemaker compatible format so i can quick edit some files to one video with effects in between.
thx!

Blackstone videos are already highly compressed as it is, so recoding them only to be able to use them in movie maker would give you awful videos. your best bet is avisynth - a frameserving application which basically feeds uncompressed stream from original video to the editing application. The idea is this, you create a text file which contains a link to the input file, save it with an .avs extension and then open that with an editing application. The avs file could be as simple as this:
DirectShowSource("c:\VIDEO0001.mp4")
I tried it now, and it works. You need to download avisynth and install it. Unforunately, i don't remember which apps open .avs files.

sorry i don't get it...
it's not about compression in detail.
i mean i do not want to compress or decompress the files.
i can not use it with moviemaker cause i just hear the sound and the picture is black.
so i thought i convert it to a format moviemaker can handle as it seems htc is saving it in some format that can not be used.
which i think is strange but...what do i know...
i which i could do all that with my jaunty

Well, here's the deal - every time you edit a video and save it, you are recompressing it, meaning you're getting a degraded picture quality. If you are only cutting out portions of video, then you can save it without recompression, meaning you get the same quality as the original file. The moment you add effects to the video (transitions, resizing, etc...), you have to reencode video - and get lower quality. Now, that may not be a big deal when your input files are high resolution videos, but when the input file is a heavily compressed ile, such as those made with Blackstone, it will definitely show.
Movie maker can't open mp4 files. The way i see it, if you really want to edit the files, your best bet is to download Super, a freware app which uses AviSynth as a part of it's encoding process, then output the files from blackstone as avi files in HuffYuv codec (lossless compression codec), open it in Windows Movie Maker, edit it and then save it. Note that Windows Movie Maker doesn't output to mp4, only wmv.
As far as getting only the sound an no video - deinstall all codecs or codec packs from your system and install ffdshow.

[Q] How to convert video + subtile ?

Hi!
I use handbrake to convert video for NookColor to 720p and it work perfect.
However i can't make the subtitle embed to the video picture.
Is there any way ?

subtitles
yes, handbreak and drop folders!
add
Code:
-s 1 --subtitle-burn 1
to the end of your other settings.
in the handbreak gui you just select the subtitle from the source and choose burn in. (google this one for better pointers)
i'm using nightly builds of handbreak (both gui and cli)

you dont neet to embed the subtitles,
if you place them in the same folder, with the same name of the movie file (of course, with different extension) the video player will show them. at least with moboplayer, mvideoplayer and i think rock player does so
i prefer to keep them separated.... you never know when you want to see the movie without the subs.
i have only tried with .srt subtitles, don't know about other formats

epilady said:
yes, handbreak and drop folders!
add
Code:
-s 1 --subtitle-burn 1
to the end of your other settings.
in the handbreak gui you just select the subtitle from the source and choose burn in. (google this one for better pointers)
i'm using nightly builds of handbreak (both gui and cli)
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i try like you said but it didn't work. please see my image
don_ernesto said:
you dont neet to embed the subtitles,
if you place them in the same folder, with the same name of the movie file (of course, with different extension) the video player will show them. at least with moboplayer, mvideoplayer and i think rock player does so
i prefer to keep them separated.... you never know when you want to see the movie without the subs.
i have only tried with .srt subtitles, don't know about other formats
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those player cannot play 720p video on nook

anyone know ?

How to extract Audio from SWF File

When you search Google or yahoo, you can find there many swf files. But, sometimes you are only attracted by the sound in the swf file. Whether an idea that I should extract the sound from swf file occurs in your mind? That’s great, you can do what you want with the help of swf to Audio Converter for Mac. Next, I will show you how to extract audio from swf file.
Step 1: Add SWF Files
Go to the top of swf to Audio Converter for Mac and click “Select File” to import swf files from your computer. Or click “Grasp SWF” button, then input a website address and click “Grab” button to download a SWF video to SWF Video Converter. The SWF video can be viewed on the left.
Step 2: Choose AAC, AC3, AIFF, MP3, WAV and other audio formats from the drop-down list of "Profile" and set as output audio format.
Step 3: Convert SWF to Audio on Mac
Click "Next", then "start" to convert flash .swf files to audio format on Mac. The program will finish the process in seconds.
This is very easy to do. What’s more, the converter can convert swf to audio. I provide some other converters for you; sincerely wish they can help you: swf to jpg converter, swf to mp3 converter.

To extract audio from SWF files, I think Faasoft SWF to MP3 Converter is a nice choice. It can easily extract audio from SWF and then save the extracted audio into MP3, WAV, AAC, AC3, M4A, etc.