720p on NC - Nook Color General

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.

sawvellra26 said:
I would see the tablet being worth it if it was 1080p but I'm not sure aboutv720
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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..

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iPhone 4 now plays 1080p videos easily, then why Galaxy S can't

http://blog.gsmarena.com/iphone-4-now-plays-1080p-videos-easily-does-some-xviddivx-magic-too/
Seems like some people managed to play 1080p on iPhone 4.
SGS has almost the same CPU with better GPU and option for overclock.
What is the reason that is preventing us from playing 1080p? Not good enough app or something else?
1080p on a 4" screen? no thank you.
We just seems to be needing a good codec to play 1080p. So it should just be a software limitation unless the GPU is capped at 720p!
ostendk said:
1080p on a 4" screen? no thank you.
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I would never watch 1080p on 4'' screen (even though some people would)
I'm just curios about the hardware.
@Prankey,
I guess SGX 540 can play 1080p if SGX 535 can.
I'll make a wild guess here:
iOS has all the software needed for full hardware acceleration while Android don't.
How is this a development related question?
And I thought galaxy can play 1080 without problems (didnt try though, as its very stupid).
so iPhone display is 960 x 640 pixels?
1080P is 1920 x 1080 pixels
unless it can output HDMI, seems pretty pointless to me.
The screen resolution is 800x480 anyway so the extra resolution does not benefit you at all. It's just a minor convenience to avoid converting the video but you're wasting battery power to decode the video and a lot of space. 720p is enough of a battery and space waster.
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I'll make a wild guess here:
iOS has all the software needed for full hardware acceleration while Android don't.
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1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
dupel said:
How is this a development related question?
And I thought galaxy can play 1080 without problems (didnt try though, as its very stupid).
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I guess it is a development question, because it may be related with codecs, drivers, etc.
But no, it can't. I have tried it, even though I'm not about to watch full HD on my SGS
miker71 said:
so iPhone display is 960 x 640 pixels?
1080P is 1920 x 1080 pixels
unless it can output HDMI, seems pretty pointless to me.
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We can use microUSB to HDMI and we have DLNA. So it would be useful to us. Anyway, as I've already said my interest is about hardware capabilities not watching full HD on my phone.
Maddmatt said:
The screen resolution is 800x480 anyway so the extra resolution does not benefit you at all. It's just a minor convenience to avoid converting the video but you're wasting battery power to decode the video and a lot of space. 720p is enough of a battery and space waster.
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You still have to convert the video though for these devices still cause h.264 codec support for mobile devices don't support all of what the codec can do. It's also wasted bit rate as well. It's better to have a lower resolution video with a decent bit rate then it is to have a video with a massive resolution but not enough of a bit rate to smooth out artifacts. this resolution race for videos on mobile phones is a tad stupid.
Rock player plays 1080p for me.
The Video I tried was a bit choppy though but acceptable.
(I guess about 15-18fps). I only tried one Video wich I accidentally loaded on my device.
As far as I now Rock player does not use any GPU acceleration though pretty impressive what this little CPU is capable of.
Definatly plays full hd better then my atom netbook.
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1080p on a 4" screen? no thank you.
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agree it's simply over kill
all the extra processing is wasted on a 4" screen
actually iphone4 is only 3.5" not even 4"
720p is more than enough on the 4"
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1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
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I wasn't talking about hardware accelerated 1080p playback. I was talking about how everything in iOS is adapted to support as much of the hardware features as possible, while Android is not adapted to support the SGS hardware in any other way than Samsung just tossing in (semi)working drivers.
jam3sjam3s said:
1080p isn't even listed as a file which can be played. You can't even upload it via iTunes, so there is no official hardware acceleration built in for 1080p.
I guess it is a development question, because it may be related with codecs, drivers, etc.
But no, it can't. I have tried it, even though I'm not about to watch full HD on my SGS
We can use microUSB to HDMI and we have DLNA. So it would be useful to us. Anyway, as I've already said my interest is about hardware capabilities not watching full HD on my phone.
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And what format have you tried yo play it in?
jam3sjam3s said:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/iphone-4-now-plays-1080p-videos-easily-does-some-xviddivx-magic-too/
Seems like some people managed to play 1080p on iPhone 4.
SGS has almost the same CPU with better GPU and option for overclock.
What is the reason that is preventing us from playing 1080p? Not good enough app or something else?
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1/ there is no point, resolution-wise
2/ with iphone there is a VERY limited range of file formats you CAN actually play, so you will spend half your life converting to a format that apple can control. Most my 1080p movies are mkv format, a format that works on Galaxy S but not on iphone. All my SD movies are Divx and Xvid, again, not compatible with iphone.
Mark.
Well actually we can! Rockplayer can do it so please stop spamming this forum!
You apple fanboy
jodue said:
just ****ing stupid! 1080p on 800x480, wtf? even 720p is higher than the screen-resolution! also a movie in 1080p has ~10Gb which would almost fill my 16gb card. STUPID and completely SENSELESS!
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well apparently the people with iphone4 are too rich and too <insert what you think here> to care about that.
they probably think they have super wireless and can stream a 1080p movie and watch it over the air
AllGamer said:
they probably think they have super wireless and can stream a 1080p movie and watch it over the air
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And why not? 802.11n is more than enough for that...
Anything that can be done on the iphone 4 can be done on the galaxy s, just needs the right software to be made.
The only difference between the iphone 4 and the GS is the software, the screen, and the galaxy s having one generation newer gpu
Anyway what's the point in this? sd cards have a 4gb filesize limit, 1080p would waste so much battery for no benefit over a 720p file
technical spec yes
real life usage, not so great
wireless N is what i use for my home teather, yes it "works" but load time is horrible, as well as the random cut offs, then waiting for the load time again.... it's a pain in the aussie
it's much more convenient to first copy the entire movie into the hard drive via wireless N, then watch it
but that defeats the entire purpose of streaming a movie

Can the Nook Color play videos encoded in 1024x600 and 2,000 kbits rate?

Now that I heard you can put Honeycomb 3.0 on the Nook Color, I am thinking of getting it today at B&N.
However, I will be using the device mainly for watching movies and I love to convert movies. I will be converting 720p .mkv movies to .avi format with 1024x600 resolution and 2,000 kbits rate to get the best video quality.
My question is: Can it play .avi files with 1024x600 resolution and 2,000 kbits rate super smooth on Honeycomb?
Earthbrain said:
Now that I heard you can put Honeycomb 3.0 on the Nook Color, I am thinking of getting it today at B&N.
However, I will be using the device mainly for watching movies and I love to convert movies. I will be converting 720p .mkv movies to .avi format with 1024x600 resolution and 2,000 kbits rate to get the best video quality.
My question is: Can it play .avi files with 1024x600 resolution and 2,000 kbits rate super smooth on Honeycomb?
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Looking at the Honeycomb thread:
Doesn't work:
-Sound (sadly! Despite my efforts the last hours I didn't get it working properly yet)
-DSP e.g. no hardware video decoding
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So that would seem to be a significant barrier to your plan ;-)!
In the basic 2.1, the recommendation is for MP4 (H.264) at 1,100 kbps. I recently watched Inception at that setting and it was perfect for the Nook Color.
Check out this thread regarding Handbrake settings for the Nook Color: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894165
for any kind of hi-res content, you'll want to use hardware accelerated playback. Unfortunately, the chip in the nook only supports a certain video codec and resolution. h.264 basic profile and a max of 800x480. 1100 kbps looks pretty good.
Any other codec or higher resolution will rely on the software renderer, and it will be very choppy.
I created a nook color preset for handbrake you might find helpful. It will convert your 720p movies to the highest quality the nook supports.
saeba said:
Check out this thread regarding Handbrake settings for the Nook Color: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894165
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You added the link to my thread while I was replying to this one.
MattZTexasu said:
You added the link to my thread while I was replying to this one.
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Yes, I went back and looked up your thread since I successfully used your presets and wanted to say thanks. They worked great and the results made a long flight from Denver to Orlando very enjoyable !
MattZTexasu said:
for any kind of hi-res content, you'll want to use hardware accelerated playback. Unfortunately, the chip in the nook only supports a certain video codec and resolution. h.264 basic profile and a max of 800x480. 1100 kbps looks pretty good.
Any other codec or higher resolution will rely on the software renderer, and it will be very choppy.
I created a nook color preset for handbrake you might find helpful. It will convert your 720p movies to the highest quality the nook supports.
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You guys just burst my bubble. If the max resolution that it can play is only 800x480, then I guess I will not be buying the Nook Color. Even my HD2 can play mpg4 file that is encoded in 800x480 with 2,000 kbps smooth as butter without problem. If the NC cannot play 1024x600 with 2,000 kbps, then what is the use?
I guess I will have to wait for the Xoom to come out.
800x480 looks great. The nook scales it up to 1024x600, and the pixel density is high enough that you see no pixels. It looks very smooth.
You do realize that the hd2 has a 1ghz snapdragon processor. While we only have an 800mhz stock that can be overclocked to something equivalent. Why would you expect it to do better than the hd2? I would say they would be the same. But if the difference is worth the extra $350 premium then go for it. 854x480 at 1100kbps looks amazing on the nook.
The biggest dissapointment with my Nook is the video playback. Its not horrendous on eclair, but I have absolutely no luck with it on these froyo builds. Probably going to go back to 2.1 soon just so I can at least view some videos again.
tangomonky said:
The biggest dissapointment with my Nook is the video playback. Its not horrendous on eclair, but I have absolutely no luck with it on these froyo builds. Probably going to go back to 2.1 soon just so I can at least view some videos again.
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There's no hardware video decoding on Froyo yet.
Mikroft said:
You do realize that the hd2 has a 1ghz snapdragon processor. While we only have an 800mhz stock that can be overclocked to something equivalent. Why would you expect it to do better than the hd2? I would say they would be the same. But if the difference is worth the extra $350 premium then go for it. 854x480 at 1100kbps looks amazing on the nook.
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I never thought of owning the Nook Color until I heard about being able to put Honeycomb on it. I prematurely got excited and thought that it can do good video playback since my HD2 is excellent at playing 800x480 file at 2,000 kbps encoding. I knew that it can be overclocked to become more powerful. If it can only do 854x480 at 1100 kbps then it is a big disappointment. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If 854x480 at 1100 kbps looks good to you, it may not look good to me because of possible pixelation. I want a device that can play full screen resolution with high bit rate. I know that it would require bigger memory card/bigger storage space and slightly consume more power but that is what I am willing to sacrifice.
Well, I guess I have to get either the Xoom or the G-Slate. I don't mind paying extra for it. Just put in some extra work time and I will get a device that I will be happy with.
I love gadgets and love to tinker with them and that is why I enjoy putting all kinds of available OS onto my HD2. I was just about buy the NC just to tinker with it but I guess I will wait until the great people at XDA can somehow get hardware video acceleration on the NC to be able to play videos at higher settings.
Thanks for all the info about the nook's video capability. It was very informative.
DSP support?
What are the chance the DSP will get supported in Froyo/Honeycomb?
So even with hardware acceleration we only get [email protected]
Mike
Video quality
Any idea if this would work better if the nook was oc'd to 1.1, I guess once the dsp is fixed maybe that and a 1.1 cpu will work.
While i do lov to play 720p videos on my captivate (its screens is 800x480) it is down scaling those videos... the main reason i do 720p is because thats what tubemate will let me download them as and still work..
That being said he 480p that the NC can so is still a very good picture.. Normal CTR TV's are only 480i dvd's are at 480p and they still look good on my 42" 1080p tv.. not as good as blu-ray but still good.. and thats stretched to 42" were talking about 7"
1080p 42in= 52.45 DPI
1680x1050 20in monitor= 99.06 DPI
NC running 800x480 at 7inch= 133.28 DPI
NC running 1024x600 at 7inch= 169.55 DPI
Now.. looking at those numbers.. so you REALLY need to run at 1024x600? even at the 800x480 your getting less pixelation then you do on a 42inch 1080p tv.. yes the NC is held ALOT closer.. but even so.. its still giving you DVD quiality picture in your hand on a 7inch screen..
The video playback is definitely disappointing. It sucks not being able to just download a video and just watch it.
I'm getting a bit lost from the conflicting opinions. I'm a lazy and VERY not fussy video viewer. My main use of my NC is to watch videos that were originally made for an iPhone.
Bottom line... Now that sound is working in honeycomb to the NC. am I going to be able to watch my simple iphone type videos on my NC if I take it up to honeycomb? Remember. I'm not at all fussy about quality as long as it isn't too terribly jerky.
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rpharvey said:
I'm getting a bit lost from the conflicting opinions. I'm a lazy and VERY not fussy video viewer. My main use of my NC is to watch videos that were originally made for an iPhone.
Bottom line... Now that sound is working in honeycomb to the NC. am I going to be able to watch my simple iphone type videos on my NC if I take it up to honeycomb? Remember. I'm not at all fussy about quality as long as it isn't too terribly jerky.
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From what i understand (and thats not much =) currently honeycomb still has NO hardware acceleration for video.. nither does froyo so the best video playing on a NC you can get is currently running a rooted stock rom.. encoded at 800x480 or below.. the iphone 3gs and older all have a screen size of 480x320 so they SHOULD work as long as they were encoded properly (right codec and such)
Although I understand the excitement, this seems like a very premature discussion. Despite the repeated statement that honeycomb is available on the NC, out is in fact not. What you are seeing is actually an SDK build. Software Developers Kit. For development. And the first SDK at that. You are essentially seeing an emulator running on the nook screen.
Before everyone goes nuts I know that is not technically correct, but it is as correct as saying we are running full honeycomb.
After an AOSP build is released we will see a more functional version and eventually probably see better integration with the video hardware. And for my final rain on this parade...I am a professional video content creator. And if you think you are able to see the difference between DVD quality and 2100 stream HD on a 4.3 inch screen, you are mistaken. Or have vision above that of mortal men.
For the record I owned an HD2, now use the Evo and also own a NookColor.
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...I am a professional video content creator. And if you think you are able to see the difference between DVD quality and 2100 stream HD on a 4.3 inch screen, you are mistaken. Or have vision above that of mortal men.
For the record I owned an HD2, now use the Evo and also own a NookColor.
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Ok i'm confused by this part...
No one was really talking about the 4.3 inch screen..
ANYWAYS the dvd quality vs 2100 stream HD by that do you mean a 2100/kbps steam?
if thats the case then its not a surprise seeing as 2100/kbps is enough to stream at 480p.... which is dvd quality
Darkomen64 said:
Ok i'm confused by this part...
No one was really talking about the 4.3 inch screen..
ANYWAYS the dvd quality vs 2100 stream HD by that do you mean a 2100/kbps steam?
if thats the case then its not a surprise seeing as 2100/kbps is enough to stream at 480p.... which is dvd quality
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OP's original question was about "I will be converting 720p .mkv movies to .avi format with 1024x600 resolution and 2,000 kbits rate to get the best video quality."
Later after some responses he comments he gets better resolution on his HD2 (that is a 4.3" screen) so he will skip the nook.
You still point out a misunderstanding I had now that I go back which is that he is starting with a 720p source but ending up 1024x600. But really this is just makes my point stronger because then we are looking at an even smaller difference in the resolution.

Resolution for Ripping DVDs for Nook

What resolution and file type is best for the Nook Color? I tried one at 1028x563ish and it won't play. I have another that is like 420x800 or something like that and it plays but picture quality isn't quite as good as it could be (worse than streaming content viewed on the nook). What have you guys had work well for you? I have been using mp4 files cause they will play on my nook and my wife's iPad
The search function is your friend...there are whole discussions on this subject. To sum up...854X480 is the Max resolution for hardware based playback. There are multiple links to various handbrake presets...the one I use is set to 1k kbits.
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MoBo Player is also your friend. Works well with just about anything.
Try 512x300 (a quarter of the Nook screen) at 600 kbps with 96kbps audio. More than sufficient!
I know it's not as good as the max res the Nook supports but it allows you to put many more movies on it at the same time...
I usually use 852x480... I didn't know about the 854x480 limit - I'm not sure where I got 852 from. I use ffmpeg to rip... the most important thing is to have -vpre baseline in the options or the video may not play. Mp4 supports a ton of different options when encoding, and baseline makes sure that nothing is included that the nook can't handle.
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MoBo Player is also your friend. Works well with just about anything.
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I use handbrake and set video to 1024x576. Mobo plays this perfectly.
I realize this is beyond the max rez, but with Mobo it is gorgeous for playback.
framitz said:
I use handbrake and set video to 1024x576. Mobo plays this perfectly.
I realize this is beyond the max rez, but with Mobo it is gorgeous for playback.
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Just note that your battery life will suffer considerably compared to encoding the video so that the DSP can handle decoding.
I use Cucosofts dvd ripper ultimate.this software is capable of converting to just about any format out there.I've had great success with mp4 itouch settings. Set to maximum bit rate for the best picture quality possible.Rips and converts any dvd I've thrown at it.Audio and video quality is great.

[Q] video playback on latest cm7?

Hey guys,
I think I read somewhere that the nook color CM7 nightly builds got the functionality of hardware supported video playback(?) Is this true? Does this mean I can play .avi (DivX and xvid) files smoothly using something like yx player/rock player without having to convert it to .mp4?
I am contemplating a nook color. All the other features seem great. Looks fun to mess around with. A good video playback would be an additional plus for me
I have had pretty good luck using Moboplayer and a bunch of videos I made with Handbrake for my iPod touch using the default iPod Touch profile. They are playing well and look good. Handbrake is free and it works pretty fast. I know you said you did not want to do MP4 but you might take a look at retranscoding.
I'm using CM7 nightly 102.
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Paul
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I have had pretty good luck using Moboplayer and a bunch of videos I made with Handbrake for my iPod touch using the default iPod Touch profile. They are playing well and look good. Handbrake is free and it works pretty fast. I know you said you did not want to do MP4 but you might take a look at retranscoding.
I'm using CM7 nightly 102.
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As good as Stock 1.1.0?
pgrunwald, have you tried .avi files?
Okay. Hardware Acceleration will only work with specifically encoded for Nook Mp4's. (Yes videos for ipod touch, etc... will work, as their resolution is under the maximum the nook can handle) For more information as it's just to much to type... Look up the video threads by Dalingrin and Chisleu, they have all the information on that.
Now .Avi files. Play fine in software mode in any of the players you listed. That said, I'm gathering if you're watching an avi file, it's not over 720p, as that would just be stupid... But common "scene" releases of unmentioned files, do play fine.
720p Mkv's however absolutely require the OC kernel and in my current experience, the .29 kernel based CM7. The .32 kernel at this point seems to have trouble with 720p, it's not unwatchable, but it did stutter from time to time on my NC.
I'm using vitalplayer neon and it works fine for xvid avis. I didn't convert anything or check anything. I just used a file that I had downloaded to watch on my desktop. It stuttered a bit at the start but played smoothly after that. I was amazed. NC keeps doing more. I wasn't even overclocked at the time.
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720p Mkv's however absolutely require the OC kernel and in my current experience, the .29 kernel based CM7. The .32 kernel at this point seems to have trouble with 720p, it's not unwatchable, but it did stutter from time to time on my NC.
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Could you elaborate on this a bit more please (bitrate, framerate etc.)? I could never play 720p on my Nook. Currently I have one of the recent CM7 nightlies, and even OC'd to 1300 no player (Mobo, Rock, etc.) can't handle any of my 720p mkv's properly. It was also the case with OC'd .29 kernel. It's not that it just stutters every now and then; it's a heavily slowed down slideshow.
Maciej
eungholee2 said:
Hey guys,
I think I read somewhere that the nook color CM7 nightly builds got the functionality of hardware supported video playback(?) Is this true? Does this mean I can play .avi (DivX and xvid) files smoothly using something like yx player/rock player without having to convert it to .mp4?
I am contemplating a nook color. All the other features seem great. Looks fun to mess around with. A good video playback would be an additional plus for me
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Videos work great on Nook color CM7.1 nightlies. I use the built-in player and use handbrake to convert my videos.
Matchay said:
Could you elaborate on this a bit more please (bitrate, framerate etc.)? I could never play 720p on my Nook. Currently I have one of the recent CM7 nightlies, and even OC'd to 1300 no player (Mobo, Rock, etc.) can't handle any of my 720p mkv's properly. It was also the case with OC'd .29 kernel. It's not that it just stutters every now and then; it's a heavily slowed down slideshow.
Maciej
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To be honest, I can't really give specifics as the files are long gone that I did use. I was fully able to watch things like 720p trailers (Pirates of the Carribean) and the anime series Kaiji 2nd in Mkv at 720p.
If I get a chance I'll take another look.
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Videos work great on Nook color CM7.1 nightlies. I use the built-in player and use handbrake to convert my videos.
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I was looking to see if they would play well without the converting process
but thanks anyways.
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I was looking to see if they would play well without the converting process
but thanks anyways.
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Well if nothing else, I can guarantee playback of anything under 720p without encoding.
Anything above that is honestly overkill, not only for size of the file, but for the size of the screen; you just won't see a difference between a properly encoded dvdrip and a 720p bluray-rip.
That said, if you're like me, where you have certain files that are already encoded at 720p and would rather not "re-encode" or "re-obtain" them, then I can honestly say (in my experience) that the .29 kernel nightlies or Phiremod 6.2 with OC kernel (4/24) has played 720p files fine in Moboplayer. Not only has it played them fine, but it's not had a problem with soft-subtitles. Again though, this is from my experience in the past and I've been switching between .29 and .32 kernels, so I've been avoiding 720p files like the plague.
.32 kernel may be able to play 720p in the near future however, Dalingrin has responded a couple of times to my one man complaint team about the difference in video playback in the two kernels, and he's said that he is currently working on some major overhauls of the system that may or may not help address this issue.
so what I gather from here is that it handles video fine, even .avi as long as it isn't 720p? I also read something about it handling flash video fine @ 800mhz, 720p..?
here's the article:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/29/cyanogenmod-7-on-the-nook-color-hands-on-video/
RE AVI - I'm sorry, I have not had time.
I did make a handbrake MP4 file using this profile and it played great: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894165&highlight=handbrake
eungholee2 said:
so what I gather from here is that it handles video fine, even .avi as long as it isn't 720p? I also read something about it handling flash video fine @ 800mhz, 720p..?
here's the article:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/29/cyanogenmod-7-on-the-nook-color-hands-on-video/
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Flash video is a whole 'nother ball park. Again, I find .29 kernel to be the best at handling flash and have personally had problems with .32's kernel for longer videos.
That said, I'm one of the only few complaining (possibly the only one), so it's possible it's just me or my source sites/files.
720p flash I'm going to assume to be dodgy at best, there are few tablets on the market that I know of (i.e tegra 2 processor) that still have trouble with 720p flash videos.
That said, flash videos of Standard quality look fine, and the youtube app allows you to play HD (I'm assuming it's 480p) videos without fail and look very nice.
use rockplayer lite
I completely understand not wanting to reencode your videos but keep something in mind. If the video can play in the stock video player then it will be much, much better on your battery life. If a video plays in the stock video player then all the decoding can be done with the DSP co-processor. Leaving the CPU sit nearly idle which will result in dramatically less power consumption. Just something to consider.
And yes, better video playback may be coming to CM7 in the near future if I can get a some changes in. Perhaps even DSP 720p decoding...but shh, you didn't hear that from me. Oh and maybe even *some* flash hardware acceleration though I won't know if will work until I can test it since its closed source.
Don't get your hopes up for the last two because they may or may not work with the changes I have planned.
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And yes, better video playback may be coming to CM7 in the near future if I can get a some changes in. Perhaps even DSP 720p decoding...but shh, you didn't hear that from me.
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Don't get your hopes up for the last two because they may or may not work with the changes I have planned.
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it's been really cruel of you to have woken up those hopes!!!! After all that time I reconciled with the fact I have to reencode vids...
Keeping my fingers crossed. If you achieve that, I am going to write a script which keeps tapping "donate to Dalingrin" at Nook Tweaks every time I watch 720p
Matchay said:
it's been really cruel of you to have woken up those hopes!!!! After all that time I reconciled with the fact I have to reencode vids...
Keeping my fingers crossed. If you achieve that, I am going to write a script which keeps tapping "donate to Dalingrin" at Nook Tweaks every time I watch 720p
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Haha, even with 720p support you will still likely need to reencode many of your videos due to the codecs being picky.

[Q] Best movie/serie settings HTC ONE

Hi all,
If all goes well, i will get my One this tuesday.
since im going on holiday short after i would like to put some movies and tv series on it to watch.
I would like to convert these movies/series to the best quality vs quantity ratio.
I could possibly leave it at full HD settings, but then the 32 GB will be full in no time.
So i can live with somewhat less quality (not to bad, i still want to enjoy the movie ).
My question is what do you guys recommend for convertion settings for video files to play back at the HTC One?
Thx!
I'd suggest using HandBrake with the iPhone 4 preset (seriously) and perhaps adjusting the resolution to match - not that 720p or 1280x720 would look any worse for wear on a 1080p panel, it'll scale up nicely and you end up with much smaller filesizes for the resulting container.
I'm sure someone will work on a new(er) preset for these newfangled 1080p screen devices but really, considering the increased size of the resulting encoded container/file (MP4 being the most preferred on smartphones but you can use MKV as well depending on your media player of choice; my recommendation is still for MX Player), there doesn't seem to be any real need to create full blown 1080p versions of material when you can encode to 720p resolution and they'll be significantly smaller while still looking fantastic on those displays.
I'd rather have 10 720p movies on a 32GB device that give me something to choose from than 1 or 2 1080p movies that take up nearly as much space, but that's just me.
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I'd rather have 10 720p movies on a 32GB device that give me something to choose from than 1 or 2 1080p movies that take up nearly as much space, but that's just me.
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exactly my point. Im using handbrake my self aswell and MX player is likely to be one of the first apps to install so i can use this info!
Thx!
Other suggestions are always welcome!

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