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What does everyone use for:
a. Video Format and Size?
b. Software to Convert?
c. Media Player on their Kaiser to play their videos?
I am trying to determine what the all around most efficient video format and player is. Also looking for a great video converter that is efficient and preferably free.
avi-DivX
SUPER converter\pocket divx encoder
TCPMP!!!!! With Raw or DirectDraw drivers, works great for me!
i am currently using Magic DVD ripper which converts my movies/tv shows into avi's suitable for pda. File size is pretty big but it's pretty much perfect quality and great sound. oh and play them in TCPMP of course. I think my transformers movie is about 1.7gig
briggs81 said:
i am currently using Magic DVD ripper which converts my movies/tv shows into avi's suitable for pda. File size is pretty big but it's pretty much perfect quality and great sound. oh and play them in TCPMP of course. I think my transformers movie is about 1.7gig
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HA!
I got transformers dvd down to 300m/o with 320x240 divx
Sorry for going out of the topic..
I would like to know, what i have read on this forum that on Kaiser you can't play videos? than how can avi files can be run smoothly? Can anyone please elaborate.
Regards,
of course you can play video on the kaiser. just use xilisoft dvd ripper to convert a dvd and then install tcpmp on your pda
Check out the first post on this thread. It's what I use and have never had a problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357330
Since the N1's resolution is pretty much full DVD res, are there any tricks out there besides watching a non-full screen movie to minimize the filesizes? I'm using handbrake and even with 50% quality movies come out at about 1GB a piece...
Using H.264. Any tricks?
Thanks.
-Mike
You need to reduce the bits per second. I've used handbrake, but I usually use SlySoft's DVDmobile. I get excellent results with file sizes between 500-700MB.
Just get Format Factory and use the default settings for HTC. I've been using that and my file sizes come out smaller than the original and quality is excellent. This was discussed in a thread just a month or two ago.
You can try Mp4forHD that was developed by Jandre here on XDA-Devs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478050
You can use the HD settings to produce an mp4 file that gallery3D can read without problem.
Thanks guys. I thought the quality setting in handbrake was VBR and would shrink the size more than it did, but I'll look into setting a hard limit.
Thanks for the heads up on those other programs to.
-Mike
The percentage encode option in Handbrake, despite being their preferred method, doesn't make any sense to me as it's too subjective based on the quality of the input file.
Alternatively, break out the calculator and work out what bitrate you need to use to get x size.
Just use the "target size" option instead. It's not "correct" but it's easy and you know what you're going to get.
You can also try WinFF if you want something really no-frills that gets the job done. It supports multithreaded encoding (pretty sure HandBrake does too). I belive the 64bit version of handbrake is noticably quicker if your hardware support it (which it will).
use DVD shrink and then convert in handbrake. Normal movie sizes are 500-600k after DVD shrink
any free software for mac that can do this?
xXJay_RXx said:
any free software for mac that can do this?
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Handbreak works on Macs too.
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
i use handbrake at ~700-800b/s, good enough for me
I use handbreak and select "target size" for 700MB , quality is good. For music videos i do constant quality RF 23 most of the time it works well , occasional video needs extra tweaking.
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Handbreak works on Macs too.
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If I'm not ripping a DVD but want to convert a movie to MP4 with h.264 I use iSquint on the Mac and go for Optimize for TV setting.
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Handbreak works on Macs too.
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
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yea but the past few times i tried on mac, i really couldn't figure out how to use it. still dunno how to use it. cant find out how to rip a dvd using it
saint327 said:
Since the N1's resolution is pretty much full DVD res, are there any tricks out there besides watching a non-full screen movie to minimize the filesizes? I'm using handbrake and even with 50% quality movies come out at about 1GB a piece...
Using H.264. Any tricks?
Thanks.
-Mike
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Don't use H.264. I use anydvd to rip any dvd on the fly with dvdshrink to .iso files, then I use handbrake to make .mp4 copies for my phones. My Nexus gets files about 330mb and my Magic get movies that work perfectly at about 170mb. Adjust video output for each target device, maintaining aspect ration of the original movie.
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attn1 said:
Don't use H.264. I use anydvd to rip any dvd on the fly with dvdshrink to .iso files, then I use handbrake to make .mp4 copies for my phones. My Nexus gets files about 330mb and my Magic get movies that work perfectly at about 170mb. Adjust video output for each target device, maintaining aspect ration of the original movie.
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Good job sherlock. When you're using Handbrake, you ARE encoding to H.264. Derp.
H.264 is best since the phone has a hardware decoder for it.
I'm confused. I dl a movie online and its usually about 700mb or like 1500mb which I guess is higher quality? I think the nexus can playback 720p but I don't know how to know if I'm playing a 720p video, so what are you guys watching that you can cut them in half to 700? My ignorant assumption is that 700 is DVD quality and 1400+ is HD? I've also seen torrents that were like 6,000mb so I'm not sure what if anything about the file's quality can be determined from its size.
great info. can someone suggest a movie player?
AndroidPerson said:
I'm confused. I dl a movie online and its usually about 700mb or like 1500mb which I guess is higher quality? I think the nexus can playback 720p but I don't know how to know if I'm playing a 720p video, so what are you guys watching that you can cut them in half to 700? My ignorant assumption is that 700 is DVD quality and 1400+ is HD? I've also seen torrents that were like 6,000mb so I'm not sure what if anything about the file's quality can be determined from its size.
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The higher the filesize, the greater the resolution, video bitrate, audio channels, or audio bitrate.
Just because you have a higher filesize movie doesn't mean you necessarily have better quality. If you're watching movies using the screen on the nexus, why would you ever need to make sure it's 720p? Granted, it'd look better on an HD screen, but on the nexus 800x480 screen it's just not needed.
My girl friend have a nook color, We are going to travel, i have some video and want to play them on my gf's nook color, but i donot know what format nook color support, and can play them in full screen.
i google and found some people convert videos to mp4 854*480 can play them in full scream, is it true? the nook color no here I can't test, everyone can help me thanks.
Hi, use Handbrake and a profile from this thread. 100% working.
Regs,
Maciej
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My girl friend have a nook color, We are going to travel, i have some video and want to play them on my gf's nook color, but i donot know what format nook color support, and can play them in full screen.
i google and found some people convert videos to mp4 854*480 can play them in full scream, is it true? the nook color no here I can't test, everyone can help me thanks.
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I've had great results with a program called DVD Catalyst. It's just $10.00 and I've used it to has flawlessly and quickly (well, about 40 minutes per movie) convert some 90 of my DVDs for playback on my Nook Color.
Google DVD Catalyst and you'll find the site.
thanks everyone, I already convert my test video via my own software, but i do not know if can watch on nook color full screen, everyone can test it for me.
here is the video files: http://uploading.com/files/2ef1d977/nookcolor854x480.mp4
If you don't want to convert just use Moboplayer, it's free. It has options to change the ratio or stretch the screen.
dsf3g said:
I've had great results with a program called DVD Catalyst. It's just $10.00 and I've used it to has flawlessly and quickly (well, about 40 minutes per movie) convert some 90 of my DVDs for playback on my Nook Color.
Google DVD Catalyst and you'll find the site.
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Tip of the day
Just downloaded Catalyst and ripped a DVD, with subtitles and audio.
Catalyst has built-in presets for a lot of devices, including Nook Color, so converting to mp4 was so easy.
It plays perfectly on my Nook, great quality!
also the guy who made DVD Catalyst is a great guy, I was more than happy to support him by buying it and you should do the same if you can (it's great for all mobile devices and is often updated)
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thanks everyone, I already convert my test video via my own software, but i do not know if can watch on nook color full screen, everyone can test it for me.
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He just hope someone can help test the video can watch on nook color in full screen, he not need a software.
I am sorry, I have no nook color, can any body test it.
The linked video plays fine with the stock NC Gallery player. No special player is needed and you don't even need to root the NC to play it.
Note that the NC automatically scales video to fullscreen. You do not have to encode at 854x480 to fill the screen. Upscaling video to encode is generally not recommended (larger file without better quality). Unless your source is larger than 854x480, you should encode for the NC at the same resolution as the source.
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If you don't want to convert just use Moboplayer, it's free. It has options to change the ratio or stretch the screen.
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And if you want the audio to sync use VitalPlayer Neon.
razmajazz said:
The linked video plays fine with the stock NC Gallery player. No special player is needed and you don't even need to root the NC to play it.
Note that the NC automatically scales video to fullscreen. You do not have to encode at 854x480 to fill the screen. Upscaling video to encode is generally not recommended (larger file without better quality). Unless your source is larger than 854x480, you should encode for the NC at the same resolution as the source.
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I have an Panasonic HDC-TM700, i Record some .mts videos. can play them on nook color, I need to convert it?
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I have an Panasonic HDC-TM700, i Record some .mts videos. can play them on nook color, I need to convert it?
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probably need to convert.
chisleu said:
probably need to convert.
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what's the best format for nook color, when i convert .mts files
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what's the best format for nook color, when i convert .mts files
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.mp4 works the best.
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.mp4 works the best.
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I had convert my .mts files to mp4, here is the file's link: http://uploading.com/files/649m2ad4/00025.mp4/
everyone can help me test it, can it work great on nook color
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The linked video plays fine with the stock NC Gallery player. No special player is needed and you don't even need to root the NC to play it.
Note that the NC automatically scales video to fullscreen. You do not have to encode at 854x480 to fill the screen. Upscaling video to encode is generally not recommended (larger file without better quality). Unless your source is larger than 854x480, you should encode for the NC at the same resolution as the source.
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I have a video less than 854 * 480 shot by my cell phone. I want to know if I upscale my 320*240 video to 854 * 480 to play on Nook Color, does the quality will be okay? Thanks for the help!
apxf8888 said:
I have a video less than 854 * 480 shot by my cell phone. I want to know if I upscale my 320*240 video to 854 * 480 to play on Nook Color, does the quality will be okay? Thanks for the help!
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It was already mentioned by razmajazz here, but if the resolution is less than 854x480, there's no need to upscale--you'll only get a larger file-size, not a better picture. That is, unless you're working with a really great source and doing some very intensive preprocessing in AVIsynth or something AND doing a really great job of reencoding afterwards--and at these resolutions, all that work is not likely to be noticeable in the slightest. The Nook's/player's real-time upscaling should effectively be just as good, realistically (I don't yet own one).
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.. no need to upscale--you'll only get a larger file-size, not a better picture.
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Not sure about that. Agree that re-encoding to higher resolution from same 320x240 source pointless, but as long as video bit rate held constant file size should be pretty much identical.
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Not sure about that. Agree that re-encoding to higher resolution from same 320x240 source pointless, but as long as video bit rate held constant file size should be pretty much identical.
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Yes, very true. I should have said:
* @ same bit-rate, you'll get approx the same file size, but the chances of having any visual improvement over real-time upscaling @ playback, without intense effort, is approximately zero, whereas applying another level of lossy compression resulting in qualitative visual quality loss is in the range of 1 to 0 inclusive.
* @ higher bit-rate, you'll get a larger file size, and still unlikely to have any visual benefit without heavy pre-processing, and again the chances of applying another level of lossy compression resulting in qualitative visual loss is in the range of 1 to 0 inclusive.
* @ lower bit-rate, you'll have a smaller, very likely lower-quality file, with the chances of any potential benefit in picture somewhere in the range 0 to very large values of zero, and benefit of lower file size between 0 and 1 inclusive.
I think that covers it.
I had NC with Cyanogen Mod 7. I couldn't get 720p to work on it.
Now that my NC got broken, I'm thinking of buying it again. Is there anything new about 720p?
i'd like to know too. as from the day after tomorrow i will be a Nook owner too
In this price range you're still not going to find a decent tablet with 720p capabilities. If your only goal is videos, start taking a look at the chinese tablets and the archos. If you want a tablet with the ability to do it, but not perfectly, then the nook is your best choice.
I say not perfectly, as I found that 720p video was better on the .29kernel (1300mhz) with Moboplayer. 720p works okay with overclock and Moboplayer on the .32 kernel though...
That said, 720p is overkill for that small of a screen.
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I would see the tablet being worth it if it was 1080p but I'm not sure aboutv720
Check out my newbie YouTube: http://youtube.com/androidhow
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Um what? ----
Basically no, there isn't any news on the video playback front. The new B&N update's codec had the same file limitations that we had previously, so we lack the codecs for 720p (like an Archos has).
If you want 720p playback get a used Galaxy Tab.
It really isn't a problem for me to watch 720p on NC's screen, but if it was able to do it, it would save the hassle of converting the videos and movies I download for my PC.
I will try moboplayer with OC.
wajed said:
It really isn't a problem for me to watch 720p on NC's screen, but if it was able to do it, it would save the hassle of converting the videos and movies I download for my PC.
I will try moboplayer with OC.
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At least 1350 isn't enough to run 720p videos. I tried to set up tversity but couldn't get it to transcode.. Didn't feel like setting up either of the free alternatives either, lots of fuzzing with config files..
Technical question for you re-encoding guys. Does the 854 limit count after or before anamorphic scaling? So is it possible to play back pal 2.3 picture format movies? Native resolution 720x445, stretches to 1024 wide on-screen..
pls post some details on most fluently playable format of videos and also names of converter softwares...
.avi
.mkv
.mpeg
.mov
EDIT: AVI not AVI, thanks knipp21
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.avo
.mkv
.mpeg
.mov
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i think he meant avi
and yes those are the most supported ones
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knipp21 said:
i think he meant avi
and yes those are the most supported ones
Sent from my GT-P7310 using xda premium
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Samsung kies is very slow in converting movies takes hours and hours ...
Please suggest me some fast good software
Thanx in advanced
asn39 said:
Samsung kies is very slow in converting movies takes hours and hours ...
Please suggest me some fast good software
Thanx in advanced
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Converting files is almost always a slow and tedious process.
http://www.mediaconverter.org/
That what I use but it speed varies on file size
why convert? my tab can handle just about everything sd!
btw there is no most supported format. format says nothing about the codec.
.avi or .mp4 ist just a container. you can have some real cryptic **** inside a bog standard .avi container. just saying
but as i said if its SD it will probably work anyhow. no re-encoding needed.
btw encoding is always a very slow process. if you don't have a super fast computer it will take quite a while. so yeah...
Try A's Video Converter, it' quite easy to use and fast. And supports ati gpu acceleration. Even if u don't have ati card, it's a good app
I think, usually the "most fluently playable" format is the most widely spread Avi[DivX/XviD+Mp3]