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getting mine this wek and wanna start watching some vid on there - ie from a data card...
in light of all the apple vid formats.. presumably unplayable on a ppc.... what are the best formats to play in?
Is it to use TCPMP with relative codecs for divx/avi etc - (ie bloody big media files) or is there a funky new small screen vid format i missed alond the way of ignoring apple's vid offerings..
Cheers fellas, loving this site again once more!
lr
little_rock said:
getting mine this wek and wanna start watching some vid on there - ie from a data card...
in light of all the apple vid formats.. presumably unplayable on a ppc.... what are the best formats to play in?
Is it to use TCPMP with relative codecs for divx/avi etc - (ie bloody big media files) or is there a funky new small screen vid format i missed alond the way of ignoring apple's vid offerings..
Cheers fellas, loving this site again once more!
lr
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I've had great luck with TCPMP. I followed MrVanx's guide to encoding using AutoGK. Great little app there. It makes a 2 hour high-quality movie using only 256MB! I use the XVid codec with no problems.
http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=27
What OS are you encoding video files on. There are a few Mac OS specific toosl I use for video encoding. I haven't experimented with the best format for TyTN ii but am preparing to do so.
wat mac programs are u using? i use handbrake and its not the most stable of aplications
well in my opinion, for ultra smooth playback and smaller file sizes + quality
Hands down its .m4v runner up 3gp
Tested(converted from avi-349mb)
.m4v(qvga mono)(47mb)
.3gp(qvga mono)(71mb)
-wmv (to choppy)(sized down qvga, 90mb)
-h.264(seeking was horrible)(sized down qvga, 83mb)
-mp4(not as smooth)(sized down qvga, 85mb)
-avi(again not as smooth)(sized down qvga, 90mb)
This was using Magic Video Convertor.
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wat mac programs are u using? i use handbrake and its not the most stable of aplications
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If you want to copy DVD's, you might want to try MacTheRipper + VisualHub. Handbrake has been pretty darn stable for me - aside from choking on some disk security.
m4v - will that run on tcpmp and how do I convert avi's and wmvs and mpegs to it?
Cheers!
Hi,
I am having a play around with Core Player 1.2.1 and am so far finding it great! I just wondered what people are currently using to convert their video files to the 320x240 native screen size.
So far I have tried:
A large 640xsomething Xvid file - picture is awesome but on some high action scenes its dropping a few frames
The same file converted with SPB Mobile DVD (Divx 25fps 500kbps) - Smooth throughout but lost a lot of quality
Whats the best app for converting to the smaller video size but keeping the quality?
Cheers,
Michael
http://www.soft32.com/download/63-58732/WMEncoder.exe
cyberkid2002 said:
Hi,
I am having a play around with Core Player 1.2.1 and am so far finding it great! I just wondered what people are currently using to convert their video files to the 320x240 native screen size.
So far I have tried:
A large 640xsomething Xvid file - picture is awesome but on some high action scenes its dropping a few frames
The same file converted with SPB Mobile DVD (Divx 25fps 500kbps) - Smooth throughout but lost a lot of quality
Whats the best app for converting to the smaller video size but keeping the quality?
Cheers,
Michael
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Hi dude
i generally use "cucusoft ultimate-dvd-video-converter-suite", using the 3gpp format with good video/sound quality and with about the half size than a normal divx (.avi) video!!i'm very satisfied with it!!
However there are many others good too, try to search on google!!
...and above all, it depend on which encoder (and settings) you use!!!
Ciao
You should look for something called Super C. It's a free encoder and I really like it a lot and seems like its pretty powerful too. Give it a try.
What I use for video
I basically use Pocket DVD Studio to convert video files from DVD or video files from itunes. It basically encodes the video as WMV with 320x240 resolution. It works very well for me. No complaints.
Spb Mobile DVD. Not free but works great!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobiledvd/?en
2 free ones, generally I use the first one:
PocketDivxEncoder
VirtualDub
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Spb Mobile DVD. Not free but works great!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobiledvd/?en
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I second that. The best part about it is it can any video provided your pc has the codecs. If your WMP can open it, it too can encode it as it uses the internal codecs of the computer rather than using a given set of codecs.
highly recommended
Hi all,
Just would like to know if anyone has had the time and the patience to figure out which program to use to rip a Dvd to what ever format is required to watch on the Diamond.
Anyone know what format the files should be???
I have tried CloneDVD Mobile & ImToo Dvd Ripper. However every time I've tried after transfer It can't be read.
I've tried - Mp4 - MPEG-4 multiple types, to Xvid even Iphone & Blackberry MPEG-4 formats.
I had an AVI music video file that I tried sync'ing through WMP just to test it and it worked however quality was absolutely shocking. a 60 mg H Def good looking video on a 17" WSGA screen get transfered and come out looking like a crappy pixelated washed out 16 colour type thing on a 2.8" vga screen.
Anyway
If anybody has sus'd this issue out and has some answers. It would be appreciated
Cheers all and everybody that will or has ever given any help to anyone on this site or not.
"PAY IT FORWARD MF's"
A godd all round freeware program is Super. The User Interface isn't great but you can convert to pretty much any format and also change the fps, audio quality, pic size etc. The link is below
http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html
You have to go through 2 pages of crap and on the 3rd page is the download link. Tried to put up link for final page, but it just re-directs you!!
Hope this helps
http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/
I use this to convert avis, choose a suitable resolution then lower the audio and video quality settings for smoother playback
Thanks for the quick response Nindy & Timbermill.
I will check them out and holla out the findings.
Timbermill, I maybe wrong but as far as I was aware DivX encoded files cannot be played on the Diamond. Only MPEG4 encoded files
However, can ask you guys what format and settings are you transfering your files to for the diamond?
Cheers again
Here's another nice (and free) tool:
http://mobidvd.xulsoft.org/
I use TCPMP to view my video files, it's great for divx
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.
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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.
ive been trying to download and play video podcasts on my g1 but every video player ive tried wont play it. im assuming its something to do with diffrent AR than the handset screen. is there anyway to play video podcasts on the go?
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We need more information... Can you give us links to the video files you're trying to play? It really wont work properly unless the video is 480x320 or less and video bitrate is < 768 kbps. As for aspect ration it really shouldn't matter if the res is smaller than the g1 screen.
so there is no android equivalent to say vlc which can set the video size to fit the screen?
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so there is no android equivalent to say vlc which can set the video size to fit the screen?
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No, there's no Android equivalent to VLC.. The problem isn't so much the size or aspect ratio, as the codec (video format). Android can't handle many formats.. h.264 is the only thing I know for sure. And like the other poster said, have to keep the bitrate low. I've managed 768 before, but it was unreliable (would skip, hang if I tried to jump around a lot). Probably need 512 or so to be safe.
so is there a decent free video podcast player? i want to watch the ted talks which are in mp4.
thanks guys