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I have tried loads of converters and can get GOOD quality videos if i like with no lip sync problems but i want EXCELLENT quality video like the encodes i had for my HD2 but just can't find a stable converter which works all the time.
The best video quality i can get is by using....
Winmenc then DVD Catalyst 3 then Any dvd Converter.
I can get stunning video from Winmenc but some clips either dont display the picture on the phone or have lipsync problems.
DVD Catalyst comes a close second for video quality and all clips play but still get lip sync problems.
Any dvd converter gives good quality video with no lip sync problems but picture is nowhere as good as Winmenc.
Anybody got any custom profiles or programs to get excellent quality video with no lip sync problems?
Thanks for any help
Try this..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478050
I absolutely love it
benko286 said:
Try this..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478050
I absolutely love it
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Thanks
I think i may have tried an older version of this.....will give it another go.
What profile are you using?
Cheers.
I've been using Super(c) for years with custom profiles and it works as perfect as anything I've yet heard about or seen. Plenty of such settings can be adjusted in it perfectly.
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I use AnyDvD Converter Pro, playback is flawless using the following settings:
VIDEO
custom mp4
800x480 (or any other scaled resolution with 800px width that preserves the aspect ratio, unless source was low res to begin with, in which case i'll stick to the source's original res)
x264 video encoding
bitrate 2000kbps (again,provided the original bitrate was higher of course, otherwise,source's value )
25/23.97fps depending on source of course
AUDIO
aac audio encoding
bitrate 320kbps
sampling 48000/44100 depending on source
2 channels
I have converted uber quality 1080p rips ( 20-30Gb worth, 20-25Mbps video bitrate, 1536+kbps 7.1 DTSHD audio) with these settings, and the results are GREAT . I havent tried pushing the video bitrate any higher, but it might playback nicely with higher values as well.
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I use AnyDvD Converter Pro, playback is flawless using the following settings:
VIDEO
custom mp4
800x480 (or any other scaled resolution with 800px width that preserves the aspect ratio, unless source was low res to begin with, in which case i'll stick to the source's original res)
x264 video encoding
bitrate 2000kbps (again,provided the original bitrate was higher of course, otherwise,source's value )
25/23.97fps depending on source of course
AUDIO
aac audio encoding
bitrate 320kbps
sampling 48000/44100 depending on source
2 channels
I have converted uber quality 1080p rips ( 20-30Gb worth, 20-25Mbps video bitrate, 1536+kbps 7.1 DTSHD audio) with these settings, and the results are GREAT . I havent tried pushing the video bitrate any higher, but it might playback nicely with higher values as well.
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Is it possible for you to upload a sample video encoded with above settings to try on our desires??
Double Twist
Why don't you try to use DoubleTwist?
It looks like iTunes, and when you sync any type of movie or audio with Desire, it will convert to the format that Desire can play. Just like that, no need to configure anything.
It also run quite fast, and it's free!
jpopgt said:
Thanks
I think i may have tried an older version of this.....will give it another go.
What profile are you using?
Cheers.
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Diamond but changed a little bit, max res is 800x480, veryhigh, x.264 one pass
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I use AnyDvD Converter Pro, playback is flawless using the following settings:
VIDEO
custom mp4
800x480 (or any other scaled resolution with 800px width that preserves the aspect ratio, unless source was low res to begin with, in which case i'll stick to the source's original res)
x264 video encoding
bitrate 2000kbps (again,provided the original bitrate was higher of course, otherwise,source's value )
25/23.97fps depending on source of course
AUDIO
aac audio encoding
bitrate 320kbps
sampling 48000/44100 depending on source
2 channels
I have converted uber quality 1080p rips ( 20-30Gb worth, 20-25Mbps video bitrate, 1536+kbps 7.1 DTSHD audio) with these settings, and the results are GREAT . I havent tried pushing the video bitrate any higher, but it might playback nicely with higher values as well.
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1500 is more than enough, I use 1000kbps and video is fantastic
i will try with 1500, but I think that is overkill too
Does AnyDvD Converter Pro supports subtitles?
Thanks for the replies
th3 said:
I've been using Super(c) for years with custom profiles and it works as perfect as anything I've yet heard about or seen. Plenty of such settings can be adjusted in it perfectly.
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You got some settings you could pass on for Super?....i have never got great results with it.
Cheers.
I have encoded this Lady Gaga clip using the settings mentioned here with Winmenc, Any DVD Converter Pro and MP4forHD
Winmenc i think still has much better picture quality but lip sync is way out, especially if you fast forward or back....
Any DVD looks great to but i think the lip sync is slightly out....
And MP4forHD looks great and plays fine when i set audio delay to 0.3.
Any DVD Converter....
http://rapidshare.com/files/389703402/Any.mp4
MP4forHD....
http://rapidshare.com/files/389712600/MP4ForHD.mp4
winmenc.....
http://rapidshare.com/files/389707134/winmenc.mp4
Maybe someone here could modify this profile for winmenc to get the lip sync sorted....
http://rapidshare.com/files/389723529/_0-HTC_HD2__MP4_H264_800x480_2000kbps_Sharpened__AAC_44Khz_96kbps.ini
All credit goes to the person that made this profile for the HD2.
Cheers.
Sorry for the late reply, here are the megaupload links to a couple of video clips i've encoded using the preset i posted yesterday. Souce was a 1080p BRrip in both cases.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V8TPXP3T
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3V318NMP
The Transformers' souce had a subtitle track and it was embedded in the rip, so that answers the previous question about subs. I have yet to check if subtitles can be disabled, but i guess it can be done (in my case, i am interested in plain english audio tracks, i don't even know what language is that )
edit: for some weird reasons the audio is noticeably out of sync WHEN PLAYED ON A PC...they are perfect on the Desire though. Pretty weird, last time i checked my pc kicks asses so the problem must be resting in the mp4 container..
You got some settings you could pass on for Super?....i have never got great results with it.
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I'll upload the profile for you when I get back on the PC (by weekend). I change some things around with every vid though, depending on its properties. Too many internal coder settings you can tweak for slight visual/acoustic differences including how much to raise the sound in db and how much of the clip to cut out.
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I'll upload the profile for you when I get back on the PC (by weekend). I change some things around with every vid though, depending on its properties. Too many internal coder settings you can tweak for slight visual/acoustic differences including how much to raise the sound in db and how much of the clip to cut out.
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Ok Thanks
Just to quickly add - I don't tend to use automated profiles although I know it's what most are after (quickest).
What do you think of YouTube HD? Good enough quality for you or, you'd like better?
I had a quick look at your upload vid properties and they have different internal recode settings and different end file sizes. As such, a true cross-comparison is very difficult (all things kept consistent, the stream with the highest bit-rate and file size will have better visuals). The point of transcoding really is to keep the file size as small as possible with video and audio at your accepted levels -- that level differs for everyone depending on a variety if factors. Many YouTube HD vids are for instance only 480-560 Kbps streams. But all things which impact quality were not automatically kept fixed in these transcodes. Your vids were;
1) Any
Duration : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 2,091 Kbps
Video
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1,865 Kbps
Width : 800 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.194
Stream size : 27.1 MiB (89%)
2) MP4
Duration : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 1,994 Kbps
Video
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1,544 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 2,932 Kbps
Width : 800 pixels
Height : 448 pixels
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.172
Stream size : 27.0 MiB (93%)
3) Winmec
Duration : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 2,713 Kbps
(missing vital info it would not show here)
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2,579 Kbps
Width : 800 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.269
Stream size : 37.4 MiB (95%)
So the Winmec transcode should have much better visuals than the other two here, even just looking at the empirical data, however, how much of that better-ness is perceptible to untrained and trained human eyes? Judging by mass-accepted online "HD" video, usually not much - and on portable phones - even less (perceptible difference threshold decreases with decreasing display size).
I'll upload a few transcodes using different settings... see which you feel is better (on the intended phone).
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Thanks for the info.
Another update:
Looks like your A/V sync issues are caused by too high bit-rate video streams being too power demanding on the hardware of the phone and so the CPU can't keep up. While running some test encodes for the post I had promised, upon checking playback on the Desire, I noticed getting the same A/V sync problems which don't exist on the Desktop. Dropping the video bit-rate alleviated that problem completely albeit the visual quality dropped too. I better check the vids in the default player too just to be sure now (I use Act 1 or Meridian video players mainly). So do keep in mind that higher bit-rate video playback requires more hardware power and hence much higher battery usage than lower bit-rate.
At the moment, I'm stuck with the latest update I've just installed for Super(c) not changing internal codec settings no matter what options I choose (same Lady Gaga 1080p video taken from a Blu-ray rip). Very strange. Just working on getting that running before posting some transcodes. Bear with me, please...
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sorry if this is irrelevant but how do i hardcode subtitles with mp4hd?
nikosrs4 said:
sorry if this is irrelevant but how do i hardcode subtitles with mp4hd?
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You just need the srt file with the same name as the movie in a folder and have the srt option selected in the edit settings of MP4forHD.
maybe I forgot the language selection..I'm trying again now, thanks
Ok, I present to you what I believe to be the best trade off between file-size and quality, given when I'm likely to watch a film on this thing. Feel free to disagree, everyone has their own preferences.
Why have I chosen these settings?
Well, given that I normally watch films on a television, watching them on the Tab is only gonna happen when I'm on the move. So a >1GB video seems pointless, as on a screen that size you'll barely notice the difference in quality. So I aimed to get a film in to ~500MB and to a quality that is still watchable. I went for 500MB as a target because a film that's ~700MB on a 15.6" laptop screen is perfectly watchable. On the Tab the screen is smaller, and the pixel density higher, so we can afford a smaller file size for a video of the same dimensions. I chose to upscale during the encode instead of during playback because the Tab does a really bad job of upscaling (horribly pixilated, especially in high contrast). I think that you could get a film to 400MB, but that's too far for my taste.
To reiterate, I use these settings to keep file size to a minimum while maintaining a watchable quality. I do not need a 2GB HD film when I can fit 4-5 films in that space. If I want to watch a film at a high quality I use my 42" TV, not a 7" tablet.
What you need:
A film to convert for use on your tablet
Handbrake
Time
How do I do it then?
Load up handbrake, and select your source and destination files.
Ensure the preset is set to "Normal"
On the "Picture" tab make sure "Anamorphic" is set to "None"
Ensure "Keep aspect ratio" is ticked
Set the height of the output to the max it'll allow (assuming you're using an SD film. If not, set the width to 1024)
Switch to the "Video" tab
Ensure "Constant Quality" is used, and set the RF value to ~27. Larger numbers mean lower quality, and it's a logarithmic scale.
Switch to the "Audio" tab
Change the mixdown to stereo and the sampling rate to 48
Hit "Start"
After a number of hours (at least the length of the film you're converting) you'll have a ~500MB video file (depends on the length of the film, and genre) ready for playback on your tab. When you hit play tap the screen, then tap the zoom setting button (top right) once. This will correct the aspect ratio.
For higher quality (and larger file sizes) make the RF lower (eg: 22).
Feedback is welcomed, I want to know how you guys do it.
Interesting posts
A few interesting posts are littered through the thread, here are a few:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10934317&postcount=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11021354&postcount=28
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11022128&postcount=30
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11044836&postcount=35
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11046438&postcount=38
Sounds like pretty solid advice to me. When I convert I just use a freeware converter called iWisoft which has a ton of preset options for different media devices.
I've never worried too much about trying to cut their size down though because you're right, a 700 mb movie on a laptop is perfectly watchable. And to this day, with multiple movies, backed up images and ROMs, pics, backed up apps, etc, I've yet to run out of space on my 16 gig SD.
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Thumbs up on the howto. This is how I've been converting videos for my SGS and SGT. Handbrake is great software.
Cool. Glad you like this.
I've just done a few more and the lowest I've seen is 306 MB. Lol (short film, not action) EDIT: And I forgot to upscale. Damn
Well. On Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) this is what I do..
Had a load of .ogm files that won't play on default player.. so...
I have a file called convert_vids.sh
Code:
> touch convert_vids.sh
Make sure you can run it..
Code:
> chmod +x convert_vids.sh
Open in a text editor
Code:
> nano convert_vids.sh
Then copy & paste this into it..
Code:
#!/bin/sh
for z in *.ogm
do
echo Converting file "$z" to "$z".avi
mencoder "$z" -aid 1 -slang en -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=192 -mc 0 -xvidencopts pass=1:bitrate=1000 -o "$z".avi
done
And run it in the directory you wish to convert
Just use the main function if you only want to convert a single file or to test it works first!
Code:
mencoder thefilm.ogm -aid 1 -slang en -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=192 -mc 0 -xvidencopts pass=1:bitrate=1000 -o thefilm.avi
You can play with the settings but basically it'll pick the first audio track, English subtitles, and encode it to xvid with a video bitrate of 1000kbps and mp3 audio of 192kbps and output the file with the same name as before but .avi added to the end. (These settings might be higher than some people want, but I like to future proof them..)
I like my manga in the original language with subs..
Enjoy.
A very elegant solution.
(mac only) Or downliad the handvrake nightly and update the presets. remove it and download and open 0.9.4 and use the ipad preset (tab has a 1024 * 600 screen compared to the ipads 1024*768)
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Is there any way to upscale standard DVDs using Handbrake or something else? I'm less concerned about the size of the file as I am with the quality of the video.
Everything I do rips only to 720 wide. It always looks pretty junky on the Tab's screen.
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Ripbot264 is an excellant tool. With a lot of features and simple to use.
slamorte said:
Is there any way to upscale standard DVDs using Handbrake or something else? I'm less concerned about the size of the file as I am with the quality of the video.
Everything I do rips only to 720 wide. It always looks pretty junky on the Tab's screen.
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Yeah, follow these instructions. Use the arrows on the height field, and click the up one until it maxes out
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slamorte said:
Is there any way to upscale standard DVDs using Handbrake or something else? I'm less concerned about the size of the file as I am with the quality of the video.
Everything I do rips only to 720 wide. It always looks pretty junky on the Tab's screen.
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Why would you want to upscale for the Tab?
DVD's are 1024x576 (480 US), so its the perfect size for the Tab, just throw it into a decent x264 front end like Handbrake or Ripbot and set video quality to 21, AAC 160kb audio and it should a transparent copy.
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Cool. Glad you like this.
I've just done a few more and the lowest I've seen is 306 MB. Lol (short film, not action) EDIT: And I forgot to upscale. Damn
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Size means nothing, just quality.
If you set it to constant quality of around 21, it will be pretty transparent and the size will be whatever it will be.
dansus72 said:
Size means nothing, just quality.
If you set it to constant quality of around 21, it will be pretty transparent and the size will be whatever it will be.
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The size doesn't bother me too much, as long as it's below 600mb. That example threw me, as I was expecting about 450mb for the film. With upscaling it was 430
dansus72 said:
Why would you want to upscale for the Tab?
DVD's are 1024x576 (480 US), so its the perfect size for the Tab, just throw it into a decent x264 front end like Handbrake or Ripbot and set video quality to 21, AAC 160kb audio and it should a transparent copy.
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I upscale because, in the UK, films are stored in a frame that is 720*480, so widescreen films are squashed into that. When played back it's stretched lengthways to restore the aspect ratio, resulting in a display size of ~1024*480. Seeing as Android ignores PAR and just stretches the footage to fullscreen, actual size or full width we need to fix the aspect ratio in Handbrake. However, this results in films that are 720*3xx. Which looks awful, especially when you let the Tab scale it up to fullscreen. So I upscale in handbrake, because it does a better job of it, and it results in a film that's about the same size as the Tab's screen
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I upscale because, in the UK, films are stored in a frame that is 720*480, so widescreen films are squashed into that. When played back it's stretched lengthways to restore the aspect ratio, resulting in a display size of ~1024*480. Seeing as Android ignores PAR and just stretched footage to fullscreen, actual size or full width we need to fix the aspect ratio in Handbrake. However, this results in films that are 720*3xx. Which looks awful, especially when you let the Tab scale it up to fullscreen. So I upscale in handbrake, because it does a better job of it, and it results in a film that's about the same size as the Tab's screen
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If your encoding a 16:9 pixel (Anamorphic), and Android doesnt read the PAR, just force 1024x576 (PAL) or x480 (NTSC) in the settings and it should be fine.
If you cant force 1:1 pixel in your program of choice, i suggest you try Megui.
That forcing it essentially what I'm doing. Handbrake doesn't add padding though, which is why I max out the height
Do me a favor, go dl bourne ultimatum hd trailer u will know y
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I'd much rather you explained why. I assume you're wanting me to witness the joy of 1080p footage on the tab? My answer to this would be thus: if I wanted to watch 1080p footage I'd watch it on my 42" TV with surround sound
To each of his own. My point is it doesn't matter where I watch it (TV or the tab), I always have the highest quality video and it looks gorgeous on either output
Upscale in handbrake
I must be thick cos I can't get Handbrake (0.9.5 on Win 7 64 bit) to upscale at all. If I load a film which is say 720x304, then (turning anamorphic to none) use the arrows to up the height (or width) it just defaults back to the original width and height. Am I missing something?
{EDIT.. If you use custom in the Anamorphic setttings it lets you upscale}
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To each of his own. My point is it doesn't matter where I watch it (TV or the tab), I always have the highest quality video and it looks gorgeous on either output
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And twice the battery drain.
At what resolution and bitrate do you encode your movies for Note or similar mobile devices?
Okay, I encoded Kung Fu Panda into x264/AAC with Handbrake. I chose 800kbps as average bitrate and 128 as average audio bitrate, encoded with 2 pass + turbo first pass at a resolution of 1280 x 540, it's about 1:32 hours and it came out to be 615MB. I'm very space conscious as I don't have a lot of space considering the amount of crap I want to put into the Note, but this seems quite good.
EDIT : Hmm...800kbps is indeed a bit too low for this resolution, I'm going to try 1000kbps.
encode?
Direct transfer and go.
kersh said:
encode?
Direct transfer and go.
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Each of my movie is about 8-10GB and I got more than 20 of them. Yeah right.
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Okay, I encoded Kung Fu Panda into x264/AAC with Handbrake. I chose 800kbps as average bitrate and 128 as average audio bitrate, encoded with 2 pass + turbo first pass at a resolution of 1280 x 540, it's about 1:32 hours and it came out to be 615MB. I'm very space conscious as I don't have a lot of space considering the amount of crap I want to put into the Note, but this seems quite good.
EDIT : Hmm...800kbps is indeed a bit too low for this resolution, I'm going to try 1000kbps.
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I would just use m720p 1-2GB for the space concious ones.
For me 3-4 movies of 2-2.5GB each are spot on. Space wise.
And another 16-32GB microSD is a must this days.
I have a 1080p MKV with a video bitrate of 9,500kbps and it plays fine on my SGSII and Note
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I have a 1080p MKV with a video bitrate of 9,500kbps and it plays fine on my SGSII and Note
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That is not my question, I'm looking for an optimal setting where the movies look good without using too much space.
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I have a 1080p MKV with a video bitrate of 9,500kbps and it plays fine on my SGSII and Note
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Wow! Incredible!!
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That is not my question, I'm looking for an optimal setting where the movies look good without using too much space.
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Pretty subjective thing though wouldn't you say? Hard for anyone else to advise you on what the right rate is for you. Videos I have at ~7000kbps total bitrate look OK to me, so maybe start there and do a few brief encodes of the same thing at 5 and 3mbps and see how they look to you.
Others might be interested in this, since they will come here to see information on video playback:
Hi,
Can anyone recommend any video conversion software for the nexus 7's 7 inch screen.
There's Mediacoder and hanbrake.
I second Handbrake.
Thanks!
MediaCoder is my favourite. It's really fast and has sooo many options.
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I actually like Freemake. http://www.freemake.com/
It's free lol there's presets but you can also customize the resolution.
Can anyone suggest general settings for converting videos? Googling says to use Ipod settings? 1280x800 res? Thanks for any input
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AtropineNa said:
Can anyone suggest general settings for converting videos? Googling says to use Ipod settings? 1280x800 res? Thanks for any input
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Depends on how big a file you want. Id start with 640x360 at 1.5 mbps bitrate and go from there. I find this setting to be good enough quality at a good file size
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I tried this MediaCoder. It is ad ridden and very slow. I'd rather just remux with Wild Media Server, it takes a few minutes.
I am using Quick media Converter, and there are roughly 1000 options,
so lets start with something simple:
What codec and output file type (format) should I choose? I am guessing 16:9 aspect ratio?
Thanks!
You'll want to keep the same aspect ratio the video you're converting has. Haven't used Quick media Converter, so can't offer any specific help for it, sorry!
Could be best to try a few different settings with a short video clip to see what works best - saves having to convert a full episode, film or whatever you're converting.
Why bother converting the video file when you can use an app like MX Player that can handle most video formats ?:silly:
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Why bother converting the video file when you can use an app like MX Player that can handle most video formats ?:silly:
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MX player is nice for a bit, but I am much more excited for vlc to drop it's beta tags. MX is to buggy and finnicky for my palate.
rmm200 said:
I am using Quick media Converter, and there are roughly 1000 options,
so lets start with something simple:
What codec and output file type (format) should I choose? I am guessing 16:9 aspect ratio?
Thanks!
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Suggest Handbrake and start with an iPad preset then adjust as follows:
MP4 container
ACC sound (stereo)
h.264 video codec , level 4.1 or lower. Maybe level 3.x to start to check for compatibility.
Audio
I suggest 128 kbit/sec with some Dynamic range compression (x2) and audio normalization - assuming you are using a movie source
For a 1080p or 720p source I would recommend setting 1280 pixel width, keep aspect ratio, and allow the converter to adjust the (output) height to be correct.
I would suggest 1400 kbit/sec for the video encode and then try higher bit rates if you like as there may be an upper bit rate limit for the hardware decoder on the N7.
Thank you!
That really covers what I was looking for.
Converting my ripped movies will keep me busy until I get my tablet.
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Suggest Handbrake and start with an iPad preset then adjust as follows:
MP4 container
ACC sound (stereo)
h.264 video codec , level 4.1 or lower. Maybe level 3.x to start to check for compatibility.
Audio
I suggest 128 kbit/sec with some Dynamic range compression (x2) and audio normalization - assuming you are using a movie source
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I was with you up until the last bit.
Avoid dynamic compression and normalisation, there's really no need.
I took Avatar from a BRD down to 37GB MKV with make MKV then used Handbrake to take that file down to a 3.69GB .MP4 file.
Took about 2 hours to do but the film looks, plays and sounds great on the N7
Hello,
I'm trying to create a good preset in Handbrake for Videos to play on my Nexus 7. Can anyone tell me if I would get better results settings the picture size to 1920 (width) or 1280 (width)?
I know the N7 has a resolution 1920 x 1200 but I want to keep the file sizes reasonable whilst retaining decent HD quality?
I'm guessing that if I were to use 1280 x 720 the video would then be stretched to fill the screen thus making the reduced file size pretty redundnt?
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I'm guessing that if I were to use 1280 x 720 the video would then be stretched to fill the screen thus making the reduced file size pretty redundnt?
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I'm not really following you here.
The screen is 16:10, which means most stuff will run with small to medium sized black bars on the top and bottom of the screen while held in landscape. Old 4:3 AR stuff will have black bars at the sides.
If I personally were to make a trip where I wanted to take a lot of videos and didn't have a lot of storage capacity, I'd resize them to be 720p. Unless I were to output them to a TV later on. 1080p on that screen size, I can't really see the difference.
But my advice to you: try it out. Make some 1080p and 720p encodes and then have someone start a video and you have to try and guess if it is 1080p or 720p. If you guess right 50% of the time, do 720p.
I do all my videos at 720p with Handbrake and they look great on the N7. There is a lot of information out there about encoding settings. It comes down to personal preference and the amount of time you're willing to spend encoding videos.
I do most of my conversions at 720p with handbrake. The settings I change are: 1280 width loose / h.264 .mp4, check large file size if input is > 5GB / 18fps/ aac faacp & ac3 passthru (no need for the two audio tracks unless you use an Apple TV which will only use the 1st track)
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iamtherealmungo said:
Hello,
I'm trying to create a good preset in Handbrake for Videos to play on my Nexus 7. Can anyone tell me if I would get better results settings the picture size to 1920 (width) or 1280 (width)?
I know the N7 has a resolution 1920 x 1200 but I want to keep the file sizes reasonable whilst retaining decent HD quality?
I'm guessing that if I were to use 1280 x 720 the video would then be stretched to fill the screen thus making the reduced file size pretty redundnt?
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On a screen this size you will be fine with 720. I have a 1080p projector and an 84" screen and I only notice a big difference with animated movies such as pixars or DreamWorks in 720 vs 1080.
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mertzi said:
On a screen this size you will be fine with 720. I have a 1080p projector and an 84" screen and I only notice a big difference with animated movies such as pixars or DreamWorks in 720 vs 1080.
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Agreed. Even on my 40" LCD TV, 720p is plenty. So it is certainly enough for a tablet.
The extra resolution on these things is more useful for text based applications IMO. Video is fine at 720p.