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I tried converting a DVD to mp4 format using uRex DVD ripper (I got for free) and the file was 1.63gb. I use MX Player on the Nexus and it plays really well. I just wonder if there is a way to reduce the file size without reducing the video quality that much.
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nm8 said:
I tried converting a DVD to mp4 format using uRex DVD ripper (I got for free) and the file was 1.63gb. I use MX Player on the Nexus and it plays really well. I just wonder if there is a way to reduce the file size without reducing the video quality that much.
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Have u tried adjusting some of the settings? I use wondershare and I modify some of the settings to help reduce file size. I've got all my videos stored on a flash drive and just use an otg cable. Best way to preserve on board storage
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I would get a better ripper. Average size of a regular DVD should be more around 700 mb lol yours is like bluray size
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Not sure what bluray rips you watch. Standard 720p bluray is usually 4-5gb at decent bitrate
90min DVD are usually 700mb
Any longer and size is usually bumped to 1.36gb so op is not far off
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so what screen size and settings do I use please ???

Size
Most DVDs are encoded 720x576 4:3
Or 720x480
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[Q] Video Converter for N4 formats

Guys what's a good video converter (free/paid) for converting Bluray/regular movies to a format that's perfect for Nexus 4 screen size?
Lemme know. Thanks!

Handbrake, perfect for any situation.
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I don't think you need 1. Just download MX player and it should handle the format very well. I used MX on my Galaxy Nexus to play some 720p mkv and it looked really gorgeous. Can't wait to watch Homeland on my Nexus 4.

wngmv said:
I don't think you need 1. Just download MX player and it should handle the format very well. I used MX on my Galaxy Nexus to play some 720p mkv and it looked really gorgeous. Can't wait to watch Homeland on my Nexus 4.
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The file themselves are too big, so converting them to a smaller file helps.
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Freemake! It's free, sufficiently good for the small screen, and you can use it for just about any device/situation you can imagine. That, and it's brain dead simple with a pleasing modern interface. You should check it out...
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/.
But, yeah, I would only re-encode if the 720p files are too large, and as we know, space is surely a commodity on this device.

Dragooon123 said:
The file themselves are too big, so converting them to a smaller file helps.
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Given the screen resolution of Nexus4 resizing will result in a much less enjoyable experience. Do you need to put 10G worth of video on your phone? Really?

wngmv said:
Given the screen resolution of Nexus4 resizing will result in a much less enjoyable experience. Do you need to put 10G worth of video on your phone? Really?
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If I don't reduce quality (not the resolution but the bitrate), one of my video will be of 10G.... There's a point beyond which quality is not noticeable on such small screen, so reducing the bitrate doesn't make much of a difference.
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I think I'll be perfectly happy playing 700 MB BR-RIPS with MXplayer! Thanks guys!

Just grab a 700MB or smaller torrent. A quick search for a popular movie showed blueray rips (BRRip) coming in at 450 MB. I have to think that futzing with ripping a 30-50GB blueray file in Handbrake easily equals the time, effort, and CPU cycles it would take for a typical 400-700MB torrent movie to download? While the screen may be HD on your phone, it is doubtful your eyes could discern much difference in quality on a 4-5 inch screen. The thought police may not like it if you are in the dying empire however.

Since I'm on a limited net connection which isn't very fast, it's cheaper and easier for me to convert videos than to re download them. Plus I got a beefy computer so it gets to flex it's muscle.
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Reason I don't play 720mkv on my iPad is a) space b) increased processing power and battery consumption, because it has to work harder

[Q] Is the nexus 7 good for watching movies.

Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.

Dmans said:
Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.
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I bought this tablet for two things.
I cannot save money.
My girlfriend moved four states away (NY to VA) and I wanted something to do while on the train for 7 hours. I did nothing on it for 14 hours total but watch movies (OTG cable) and play solitaire. It does both awesome!
Screen is great, headphone jack is nice. If the 10" was cheap I would buy one too!
Battery life while watching movies isn't stellar, however nothing is

Best small portable movie player I know of.
Use headphones in a noisy environment - helps the sound a lot.
I am fond of MxPlayer from the app store - plays .avi movies (ripped DVD format) without converting.

I also happen to think it's perfect for watching movies - having used both a phone and Xoom for comparison. I think the 7" form factor is perfect for tablets since you can comfortably hold the thing in one hand.
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Works great for movies, when rooted you can use an OTA cable and stickmount and play off external storage. However, I think external storage taxes the battery a bit more than on-board storage.
Root, stickmount, MXPlayer, VLC, and you're set.

Use dice player. Or mobo player best two video apps on android. On my 16gb ver without ocing I can play 720p h264 flac or aac audio with subs without any issues what so ever with dice player. As 720p h264 with flac or aac is really taxing and you need a high end device and the nexus7 fitted that to the T. smooth frame rate none or extremely little frame skip is not really noticeable at all unless you are looking for it and even if you are its hard to notice.
Best experience with video watching to date for me with android devices. Droid x2 was OK in the video department cause it had the tegra 2 and the dinc2 is just pathetic with its adreno 205. But this nexus7 plays videos much better them my own laptop. And my laptop is not really a pushover either. 380 dedicated vram, 4gb of ram, 1 tb 5400rpm HDD, dual core 1.9ghz turion (sp?). And this thing does the job either the same or little bit better or little bit worse depending on the video file. So far I have 1 video that won't play. But I think it was encoded improperly because only my PC with cccp with mpc can play it with no problems.
But highly recommended. And especially with dice and mobo player it should be hard to find and issues.
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I have to add - ES Browser is great for movies on your lan. I have a 500gb drive on my router (always on) with all my movies.
ES Browser sees this storage, and clicking on a movie launches MX Player. All .avi movies. Perfect playback.
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It's perfect to watch movies. The colors may not be perfect but the image is pretty sharp. The only disadvantage is that the screen is not very visible outside with sun directly at it. But this is with pretty much everything. It's also very portable and comfy to watch a movie. Specially if you have to hold it in your hand

Dmans said:
Hello all
I searched the internet as well as the forums and could not find an answer.
I might be picking up a 32gb nexus 7 for xmas tomorrow.
The title says it all.
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This is the seventh reply to verify the Nexus 7 is great for watching movies. I use the Dice player for h264 720p HD movies. After the 32GB is full, the Nexus Media Importer App and an OTG cable lets you stream movies from a USB flash drive. No rooting required.

Thanks all I will be picking up a nexus 7 from PC world on Tuesday hopefully.
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Get one from John Lewis as they give a 2 year guarantee!
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No john lewis in Ireland so........
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nexus 7 is really nice for movie watching. You see, other tablets is much heavier and this one lies in my hand really good. Also image is pretty nice.

rmm200 said:
I have to add - ES Browser is great for movies on your lan. I have a 500gb drive on my router (always on) with all my movies.
ES Browser sees this storage, and clicking on a movie launches MX Player. All .avi movies. Perfect playback.
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500 gig....amateur.
I do the same with mine. Works great!
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HDMI control

Is it possible to have more control of the HDMI output?
For example crop lower part (home button area) to get 16:9 ratio which is good for movies and XBMC as well as several games.
I also want to force certain resolution such as 720p or 1080p etc. I have some problems with one of my TV and I think it could help to manually set resolution.
Would this be possible either with an app or changes in rom or even kernel?
I can't believe I am the only one that would like this option. I'm quite surprised there wasn't more control built in from the beginning.
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Sv: HDMI control
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I also would like this

Johan1976 said:
For example crop lower part (home button area) to get 16:9 ratio which is good for movies and XBMC as well as several games.
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Custom ROM's can do this (usually called Expand Desktop)

Sv: HDMI control
So no need for kernel change then?
Can u possibly name one of the custom roms supporting this feature?
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Currently the nexus 10 just mirrors what is on the screen... Expand desktop just takes away status and navbar... Still 16:10... I am hoping that Google puts out an update that scales everything to 1080p or at least 16:9 so it could take advantage of 4k tvs... We'll see

espionage724 said:
Custom ROM's can do this (usually called Expand Desktop)
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Can you name any for nexus 10?
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It doesn't need a custom kernel, because the Play Store manages to get proper aspect ratio, without borders, on stuff you buy from Google. (Try it on the free content that comes with the device).
Now, if only it were documented how to do it, so third-party players could.

the_slain_man said:
Can you name any for nexus 10?
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Paranoid Android has expanded desktop (also known as AOSPA)
edit: link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010280

chaosdefinesorder said:
Paranoid Android has expanded desktop (also known as AOSPA)
edit: link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010280
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Extended desktop is also 16:10, what we need is to scale to 16:9 at least when playing a video with any app and at the moment we get 16:10 with everything (black borders in both sides) but the Google play movies. That one is the only app scaling a true 16:9...
This 16:10 **** makes the Nexus 10 a stupid video player.
Come on Google. Give us 16:9 with video apps!!!!

king conan said:
Extended desktop is also 16:10, what we need is to scale to 16:9 at least when playing a video with any app and at the moment we get 16:10 with everything (black borders in both sides) but the Google play movies. That one is the only app scaling a true 16:9...
This 16:10 **** makes the Nexus 10 a stupid video player.
Come on Google. Give us 16:9 with video apps!!!!
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Supposedly MXplayer is going to be implementing the same thing google does with hdmi in their next update... At least that's what they tell me

+1
It's really irritating to play videos on the big screen and having the black boxes to the right and left.
Hope this gets fixed in future updates. No screens receiving hdmi from a tablet will be 16:10?
Where did anyone hear about MX player coming up with a fix for this - sounds interesting

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2209700
Here ya go
They are telling me the next major update

This is where they say so https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mx-videoplayer/VkTmfrueMYk

Can't wait for the update!
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Best Video Format/ Encode Settings?

Basically I have a lot of films at 1920x1080 that are around 4gb each
I want to convert them down to 720x? Or something to get the file size down but with minimal quality loss
Can anyone point me in the right direction with settings and formats? I want to save as much space as possible but keeping it looking good on the phone
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What format are they now?

Mkv wmv avi mp4 all mixed lol
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rosswaa said:
Mkv wmv avi mp4 all mixed lol
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I use AVC H.264 codec with "Baseline Profile" for video, and AAC codec for audio in a MP4 container.
You will need to do tests with your encoder at various bit rates to find the best quality.
I use Avidemux on Ubuntu myself, but there are a lot of encoders out there for Windows and Mac.
For more info on "Baseline Profile" settings, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels

Cheers I'll give it a bash. What frame size is good? I'd rather 720x? Than 1280x720 but I want it to fill the screen :s
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1280x768

rosswaa said:
Cheers I'll give it a bash. What frame size is good? I'd rather 720x? Than 1280x720 but I want it to fill the screen :s
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Personally, I prefer lower screen resolutions (which give a better Q factor and more stable bit rate). I would test 640 x 360 (50% the built in video recorder) as a starting point. The best thing to do is test with a short video (3 minute music video) and create several tests at different bit rates.
If the bit rate gets too high, the video will stutter, or just freeze.

SpookyTunes said:
Personally, I prefer lower screen resolutions (which give a better Q factor and more stable bit rate). I would test 640 x 360 (50% the built in video recorder) as a starting point. The best thing to do is test with a short video (3 minute music video) and create several tests at different bit rates.
If the bit rate gets too high, the video will stutter, or just freeze.
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What's a good starting bitrate? I'll get some tests done later, cheers for the help
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rosswaa said:
What's a good starting bitrate? I'll get some tests done later, cheers for the help
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I would start with 1500 kbps as a max and 640 kbps as a min for video bitrate.
For audio, I normally use 96 or 128 kbps for AAC.