Hi i got a problem with playing some movies on my TD
I made some movies this sunday at a dance party. When recording, the TD was recording in "full-screen" mode. And when i scroll through the movies i made, they are shown in "full-screen" on the TD.
But here the problem: when i start a movie of them, to play on my TD, the movie is shown is very small size, only 50% (or less) of the screen. How come? I can remember that before the TD just played my movies in FULL-SCREEN?
I want it back
Hey Sleehond,
Have you tried rotating the phone? I haven't recorded any video with mine yet, but that might work.
Myke...
No, that does not work...
Even in portrait-mode, when i start a video, it "smalls" down !
Normally in portrait mode, the video is played in full size from <-- to -->
But now, its is only 50% size of <-- to -->
Hope someone understands this
The video's are played in a size of a "stamp" maybe that is better to understand ?
I'm trying out dvdfab at the moment and was wandering if someone could provide me with a brief summary of the best types of file to convert the DVD to - pros and cons.
Also, why is coreplayer usually recommended over WMP to play movies on the Diamond?
Thanks in advance,
S.
coreplayer:More formats supported, depending on the version, better acceleration support.
it's all down to personal preference really.
I tend to rip my dvds to 640*x resolution so that it is as full screen as possible, but due to the small screen, i keep the bit rate down as you really can't notice the difference most of the time. however, on my athena, i ended up increasing the video bit rate a little due to the big screen!
i tend to aim for around 750kbps bitrate for video using either divx or xvid, and 128kbps mp3 for the audio. tends to give a file size of around 512MB which allows 7 or 8 on the 4GB storage, depending on the exact file size, which is different every time.....
others may have other preferences of course....there's bound to be other threads about this in practically every forum here, so have a good look around, try a few people suggestions and pick your favourite.
Some people will go for quality every time and end up with higher file sizes, some people like me will happily sacrifice a little quality (which is barely noticeable if done right) and go for having more films available!
I usualy encode movies at 320x240 with a bitrate around 700kbs, usig xvid or divx and 128kbs sound. It gives great quality, even though the resolution is only 320x240, but it will stretch automaticaly and you'll hardly notice any loss of quality because the size of the screen is not too big. it's like you would play a regular divx movie (576x????) on your desktop monitor at a much higher resolution. You won't see much loss of quality. And @ 320x240, the file size will be around 300 to 400 mb.
hyellow said:
I usualy encode movies at 320x240 with a bitrate around 700kbs, usig xvid or divx and 128kbs sound. It gives great quality, even though the resolution is only 320x240, but it will stretch automaticaly and you'll hardly notice any loss of quality because the size of the screen is not too big. it's like you would play a regular divx movie (576x????) on your desktop monitor at a much higher resolution. You won't see much loss of quality. And @ 320x240, the file size will be around 300 to 400 mb.
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I think, it´s a big difference between the resolutions. Yes, a movie 640-480 takes much space, but it´s so sharp, that it makes much more fun. I ripped some concerts to my diamond, and one of them in 320*240...it looks not really great.
Thank you all for your replies. Like you say, i'll have to play around with settings myself, but its nice to have a starting point through other's experiences.
I'm guessing that watching an average dvd movie will totally drain the battery? lol...
Spb Mobile DVD
Is great for converting most types of video.
Very simple to use - plus a great feature is that if the movie is in wide screen format, ie - 16:9 , you can crop it and stretch it while restraining the proportions so none of the screen space is wasted.
You can adjust the quality , and you can preview the final quality of the video before you convert it , you can finalise the file size according to the quality you want.
I tried the rest , and stuck with this.
Use core player , you can play anything with it , even FLV files which you can download/rip off youtube.
You can use the new free version of real player for that
Ripping movies to 640*480 does offer greater qauality,but its takes too much space, since we are stuck with a 4Gigs, 320*240 is more than adequate.
IT doesnt make much of a difference, converted video anyway has lossy quality.
Hi Everybody,
I'm having a great time with SGS's default video player (certainly the best player for android, bettering the third party players).
But there is one small problem I'm facing with this player.
I'm having loads of movies in my hard disk and I'm using Media Player Classic to see it in my monitor and I press the button 'NumPad 9' to zoom to my desired level, as I hate the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
But in SGS video player, there is no option to do so. There is one great option to "fit to screen". But that stretches the video. Is there any player, through which I can Crop the Aspect Ratio (or Zoom the video)?
If not, Can you guys help me find a video converter that just crops the aspect ratio of the video alone (no conversion, only cropping of aspect ratio), there by it doesn't take a lot of time to convert a particular video.
As of now, I'm using XiliSoft Video Converter.
I'm having D930 CPU. It is taking 200 mins to convert a video file of 2 hr length.
And the funny part here is, the video itself is 700mb. But I'm converting it to 900mb video (but still the quality is reduced) and it takes a lot of time and CPU energy.
If only there was a player to crop/zoom aspect ratio or a converter that just crops the aspect ratio, I CAN SKIP the HOURS of video conversion on my PC.
Help me out guys!!!!
Edit: BTW, if there is any such player to zoom aspect ratio, it'd be great if it plays all kinds of formats like our default player does.
Edit2: Tried Act1 Video Player. Didn't Help. There is an option to crop, but didn't work on SGS
currently i'm using mVideoPlayer, i've not been able to find a better one at this time
i know exactly what you mean, i watch a lot of foreign videos on my phone and sometimes the source aspect ratio is just not encoded properly, if you put it all full screen it looks weird, if you leave it as it, it also looks weird
a good video player software supporting subtitles files and option to control the video aspect ratio would do wonders
the first video i put on mine that was 2 hours was chup chup ke ....im sure you know that one haha sounds like your putting some long bollywood films on there.
BTW, act1video player is cool in cropping and zooming. They've got that option, but it doesn't work on galaxy s as of now
Hope they ll fix this issue soon
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7458822
my only concern with the SGS's Video player & mVideoplayer is that the fast forward/rewind is slow. when you ff a video using the time line, it'll take a few seconds to play.
This became a concern when I was defending my SGS against my friend's iFAG4. We used the same Avatar Video that i downloaded, when my friend ff/rewind the video on his iFAG4, we can see every frame while moving the timeline and immediately plays the video.
Pre-cropping the video on your pc is a no-go for you, since you will always have to re-encode it as well. Still, if you have no better options, I'd recommend Virtualdub for the job.
still no solution?
Thanks by advance guys!
Best program out there for video conversion!
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
unbelievable!
I give up!
If u guys at XDA have no answer, then there is no vid player for android that can crop. period!
when i watch movies on galaxy s2, the movie is a little strip of film between two huge black bars.
stretching wouldn't work in this case, coz people would look like they are falling into a black hole throughout the movie
core player and other players did a beautiful job in WM6.5! and wm6.5 is considered a fossil when compared to androids latest (like gingerbread).
makes u wonder... why does android have more than 200 million users...
In fact.... I really cannot understand why android is continuously loaded up with tons of potentially wonderful features, but all the users are punctually pissed off by poor implementations that make these features pointless.
Sadly, I'm starting to think that android is just an OS for "surprising friends" rather than an OS intended for actually enjoying your device.
Still searching for a player to crop the aspect ratio of a video.
mVideoplayer and ACT 1 video player has the option to crop to zoom. But both doesn't work Galaxy S
I use mVideoplayer with my SGS, and the crop/zoom options worked fine with Froyo 2.2.1.
After the 2.3.3 update, mVideoplayer is unable to zoom. Only stretching is possible, of course with black bars and wrong aspect ratio.
Foxreal Video Converter may help
Hello, you guys!I have find something that may help--Foxreal Video Converter.I have tried the free trial version,it wors like a charm!Something on their website:
Play video on iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 4, Droid X , Galaxy S, Motorola Xoom , Nook Color, Nexus S, HTC phones.
Support rich video formats like TiVo, VP6, MXF, MTS, M2TS, MOD, etc.
Edit HD and SD video with powerful editing functions.
Perfect audio and video sync technology and NVIDIA CUDA technology.
Hope it work for you too!
thanx for the attempt bro, but no thanx.
this is not a solution. it's not even a workaround. the device itself is still not cropping anything.
we wanna throw any vid in there and play with the right aspect ratio, without any bars, making use of ALL of the screen. simple.
You may try Asoftech video converter which helped me before, download from: Windows video converter
hope this helps.
Umyd said:
I give up!
If u guys at XDA have no answer, then there is no vid player for android that can crop. period!
when i watch movies on galaxy s2, the movie is a little strip of film between two huge black bars.
stretching wouldn't work in this case, coz people would look like they are falling into a black hole throughout the movie
core player and other players did a beautiful job in WM6.5! and wm6.5 is considered a fossil when compared to androids latest (like gingerbread).
makes u wonder... why does android have more than 200 million users...
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Haven't you ever heard of the app MX Player? It can do exactly what you are thriving for here. Try it.
Hello guys, I wanted to ask you something.
When I go to watch a downloaded video, in 720p on my dual is not in full screen.
Some video, while others have black bars above and below .. you can remove them, perhaps changing player?
thank you very much!
it all depends on the format that the video was encoded in. (panscan, letterbox, ...) On most videos you can push the double windows icon and on most of mine if i do stretch or crop it will almost always make full screen. This does not come without draw backs though. Cutting some of the picture our or stretching somethings out of ratio. This is the same issues you can have when watching DVD or BlueRays on a tv. Hope that helps you some.
whaaaatsup guys, I have a question for you all kind people that will help me
I have a mkv "the hobbit 2" 1080p and wanted to see how does my fantastic phone handle a full resolution video...u know, see all these little pixels used as they should...I am a big fan of images and screen quality!...it's like an orgasm
SO, copied the file, downloaded vlc (the best) and.....only audio! black screen...what?
another case: I watched a 1080 video on dailymotion (web) and same, black screen only audio...
what's wrong?? any help?