Hi,
I currently have an O2 XDA Exec, and am looking at the Artemis to replace it when the contract expires.
With the Exec, I can play back full-screen DIVX videos pretty smoothly, without any re-encoding being required. Does the same work on the Artemis?
regards,
/alan
Not exactly.
If you want to play full-size divx movies, you need to use omap-clock or another overclocking tool to set speed at least 260 MHz.
But.. i am using free MediaEncoder to resample to 320x240 px resolution. It gives me longer battery life, i can use one card for navigation maps and movie. It's just few mouse clicks..
How long does it take to run on an average 45 minute DIVX file?
regards,
/alan
i think that it would matter on the computer used to encoed it, but normaly it takes about 3-5 mins to encode a tv show....plus the added benefit of encoding is that a normal tv show of 350mb can be compressed to 70-80mb. so you can put quite a few tv shows on your card
Wow - that's very fast. Is that Windows Media Encoder?
Thanks and regards,
/alan
pants
I find it pretty pants on my orbit, even though I have it overclocked the performance just isnt there!
My wizard was fine for streaming films across my network though, and the specs are pretty much the same, I am waiting for WM6 to come out, hopefully it will be better
i'm supprised with divx capabilities of artemis.
It has only 200mhz but i have sdhc card and maybe for that reason i can play xvid and divx movies, of course, with little lower frame rate but without freezing.
I have Malcom in the middle 640x480 with about 15-18fps, sometimes even 20fps, and some movie 640x278 resolution and play smoothly.
try Sompy MovieEncoder
In Options, select the Pocket PC PDA Normal
If space isn't a major issue (I mean I'd like to reduce the video size, but I have a 2gig card that I plan to use only for video so it's not super important to get the vids as small as possible) - what are the best encoding settings for 3gp video with respect to quality playback on the dash.
Is there a way to encode something larger so that it could be played relatively decently on a laptop but still work okay on the phone too? There might be occasion where I'm on the road with a work laptop and would prefer to simply copy the movie over and watch it on the larger laptop screen as opposed to directly on the phone.
I've done some searching around and did some encoding with DVDFAB but I was using a custom profile someone whipped up for a dpod and while the playback is acceptable for on the phone, there is some pixelation and since the encoding was specifically for the phone, I suspect playback on a larger laptop screen would be terrible.
Thanks for the help!
I just wanted to know how the TP2 handles video files (like movies).
I know I could download coreplayer but that will not work with watching tv/movies via slingbox and etc. Has anyone tried using their TP2 with slingbox or playing movies on it? What has been your experience?
Sadly the original TP was not great at this. I am trying to decide between the TP2 and the samsung Omnia II or omnia pro.
Any feedback/opinions would be greatly appreciated.
I only have experience with Coreplayer.... I've watched several .avi files , with an resolution of 640x272 and a filesize of over an 1gb, and it played well!
Even the battery will hold on for 2 films. (flightmodus)
argoldst said:
I just wanted to know how the TP2 handles video files (like movies).
I know I could download coreplayer but that will not work with watching tv/movies via slingbox and etc. Has anyone tried using their TP2 with slingbox or playing movies on it? What has been your experience?
Sadly the original TP was not great at this. I am trying to decide between the TP2 and the samsung Omnia II or omnia pro.
Any feedback/opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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I downloaded DivX and was watching full screen, looks great, I tried both the mobile version and the PC version of the same video. I must say on the WVGA screen the PC version looks much better, just took up about twice as much memory on my storage card. Not to mention the audio was very clear and loud! Compaired to my Diamond the TP2 is much better. I also am running the D3D drivers so that may help..... Not sure though.....
argoldst said:
I just wanted to know how the TP2 handles video files (like movies).
Any feedback/opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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well argold, I just watched the last episode of Entourage featuring ari gold and the picture quality was awesome. I was using coreplayer to view the files.
Sling box
Hi there ,
I got a Slingbox HD-pro and it "working" on my Telus tp2 (stock rom) . BUT !!!
the main issue is the resolution of the phone 800x480.
the slingmobile app run at 320x240 or lower (16:9 and 4:3) (4:3 what that ? who still use that )
so until singbox give us a better "zoom" "strech" "even better 640x480" you lose almost 1 cm on each sides and 0.6mm top bottom of your tv picture.
I did not use any WVGAFIX3_BY_Cotulla.zip or screen resolution changer yet.
If every setting are setup to default it run at 30 fps went I got a good signal.
wifi run better
FYI,
(TP2 is not on the supported list of official sling mobile)
Best regards,
a happy sling user
I use the stock Telus TP2 without the enhanced video drivers with the built in video player and I play movies and they look GREAT!
inspireqc said:
Hi there ,
I got a Slingbox HD-pro and it "working" on my Telus tp2 (stock rom) . BUT !!!
the main issue is the resolution of the phone 800x480.
the slingmobile app run at 320x240 or lower (16:9 and 4:3) (4:3 what that ? who still use that )
so until singbox give us a better "zoom" "strech" "even better 640x480" you lose almost 1 cm on each sides and 0.6mm top bottom of your tv picture.
I did not use any WVGAFIX3_BY_Cotulla.zip or screen resolution changer yet.
If every setting are setup to default it run at 30 fps when I got a good signal.
wifi run better
FYI,
(TP2 is not on the supported list of official sling mobile)
Best regards,
a happy sling user
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Edit: Battery tested: 3h with 100 % brightness /1500mha /on EVDO rev A
Will test more on this and I will let you know
Does anyone have link to divx codec?
Stisse said:
Does anyone have link to divx codec?
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If you want the player with the Codec, here you go.....
Hi all, I'm sure this is a common topic but unfortunately, the search term "orb" doesn't come up with anything since it is only three characters and using the google search isn't coming up with much up to date info.
I've managed to get it working, but the quality seems kind of shaky. I haven't re-encoded any of the video files on my computer, but from what I understood Orb transcodes on the fly to lower the bitrate to make a good match with the upstream and downstream capabilities of both your home computer and your phone or whatever device you are viewing the media on.
Is it just dropping the bitrate by dropping frames and decreased the sound quality or is it actually transcoding the resolution of the frames, etc.? Maybe a better solution, if I don't want to go through my entire library and re-encode everything to lower resolution would be to use TVersity which does for sure transcode...
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If you make it stream through SteramingMedia it is a lot less studdery, but the quality is way low. I found that to stream movies Kinoma Freeplay is the best so far. I am currently looking for alternatives for streaming my LiveTv.
Hi all,
just wondering what people are using to convert .avi/.mkv/etc to mp4/wmv/etc so Zune/Wp7 can use them?
ATM i'm using anyvideoconverter and converting the video's to "Zune HD" but it seems to leave a black border of about 5mm around every edge of the video which is really annoying me, so anyone got any other good ones?
Only confirmed ones please, i've used dozens of Conversion apps that say they'd do the job but in reality they don't, so only post if you've used one for WP7/Zune.
Just convert your Video to MP4 or WMV with WVGA resolution.
Audio said:
Hi all,
just wondering what people are using to convert .avi/.mkv/etc to mp4/wmv/etc so Zune/Wp7 can use them?
ATM i'm using anyvideoconverter and converting the video's to "Zune HD" but it seems to leave a black border of about 5mm around every edge of the video which is really annoying me, so anyone got any other good ones?
Only confirmed ones please, i've used dozens of Conversion apps that say they'd do the job but in reality they don't, so only post if you've used one for WP7/Zune.
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I think this application should solve your problem....you can adjust everything....
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
It was great,I use it to convert videos for my android and Iphone...and it is very flexible.You can adjust the bit rate,size...almost everything...and it is free...
That's what i'm using at them minute sylau as i said in my post
Audio said:
ATM i'm using anyvideoconverter and converting the video's to "Zune HD" but it seems to leave a black border of about 5mm around every edge of the video which is really annoying me...
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Do you know of a good one which will let me just convert to mp4 WVGA Paul?
*EDIT* Just found This Thread which Recommends a GUI for MENCoder called "SUPER". My dealings with MENCoder have been great in the past so i'll give it a go and let others know what it's like.
FWIW the Microsoft way is to use Expression encoder for WMV. It's free, it's nice, and it does a good job encoding, so if you want WMV you should use that one.
paul_43 said:
Just convert your Video to MP4 or WMV with WVGA resolution.
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My Zune does not even want to read WMV files so I can not upload. I have multiple copies of DVD's/Blu-Ray's with digital copie of movie for portable devices.
I can copy those movies to my PC and watch them, I can watch them on HD2 but zune doesn ot see them so I can not copy them on to phone. They are all in WMV or MP4 format.
MP4 don't work in Zune!
I tested with this videos: http://cid-e9230930f20e0820.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows Phone 7 Ads
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Same problem, I have digital copy's of blu-ray's that came with them, they play using WMV but the Zune Software won't see them and won't play them.
Download 'Expression Encoder'. There's an option to encode specifically for Zune.
Portos2008 said:
MP4 don't work in Zune!
I tested with this videos: http://cid-e9230930f20e0820.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows Phone 7 Ads
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Funny as phone by default records in mp4
Mabe the audio stream?
I was just playing around with this last night, and the biggest issue was the audio stream. While it plays h264 streams up to the High Profile level 3.0, it did not like an AC3 stream. I had to demux a video that I had in an mkv container, convert the audio to AAC and remux into an mp4 container. Microsoft has a whole detailed table of stream type compatibility with bit rates, profiles, etc. I can't seem to post links, so search for it at the msdn dot microsoft dot com under this title "Supported Media Codecs for Windows Phone". The list on the WP7 consumer site sucks btw.
The AAC has two compatible types, AAC-LC and HE-AACv1 or v2.
I used MeGui to redo the audio, and yamb to mux it.
Thanks dgetz, here is the link to msdn.
Audio said:
Hi all,
just wondering what people are using to convert .avi/.mkv/etc to mp4/wmv/etc so Zune/Wp7 can use them?
ATM i'm using anyvideoconverter and converting the video's to "Zune HD" but it seems to leave a black border of about 5mm around every edge of the video which is really annoying me, so anyone got any other good ones?
Only confirmed ones please, i've used dozens of Conversion apps that say they'd do the job but in reality they don't, so only post if you've used one for WP7/Zune.
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for the time being i have been using "HTC Touch HD Video Converter"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Seems to work very well
anyone try clonedvd mobile. I have used this in the past with the sony psp settings and gotten very good results, just a very small black strip (maybe 1-2mm) across the top and bottom of the screen (on my hd2).
Portos2008 said:
MP4 don't work in Zune!
I tested with this videos: http://cid-e9230930f20e0820.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows Phone 7 Ads
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I can confirm that MP4 works on the Focus, using TV shows previously converted for my iPhone 4
I use handbrake on Windows and Mac to convert my videos, using the settings from
http://lifehacker.com/5572037/handbrake-presets-for-your-new-ipad-or-iphone-4
The results have been good, but using the frame(middle) setting shown in that article does bump up the file size a good amount, and as I'm sure a lot of you have heard, storage space isn't so easy to come by on WP7 yet...
Handbrake
I too can vouch for handbrake. All of the videos I have made for my ipod touch with it work just fine on the Focus. Unfortunately, the library I have for the touch is lower resolution, with videos at about 1/2 DVD resolution and at 500kbps encode rate. I end up with about 500 MB for the about 90 min. It is nice because they don't take up a lot of room, but still look decent. When output to a standard definition TV they look fine as well.
When I first put a few of these home videos on the Focus the lower quality was immediately noticeable. To see how I could push the phone, in my reply above I took a full DVD resolution video 720x400 (16x9 non-anamorphic) and corrected the audio stream. That video looks gorgeous on the Focus screen and is great for showing off the phone. It also takes up over 2.5 GB!!!! It is encoded at a rate of about 2100 kbps. As with any video encoding for a mobile device you have to make your own decision about resolution, encoding rate, etc in that constant game of quality versus size.
One thing to note. If there are black bars on your video, then either you have a video that was not encoded in a proportion that matches your screen or it was hard coded with the black bars. The second thing should be rare nowadays (eliminating this wasted information space was the point of an anamorphic DVD). The first is actually very common. IF your media is a studio movie, almost every action film these days comes at 2.35:1 instead of 16:9=1.77:1. Personally I like viewing any of my content in the way it was originally intended to be viewed and don't ever re-proportion anything. At the moment I am not sure if the Focus/WP7 'stretches' videos. I know on my ipod touch this was an option you could toggle by double tapping the video during playback...
Maybe I will play around with a few options tonight and report back.
have a zunehd and remember seeing this thread on abi
anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58183
it converts the audio of any avi/mkv and keeps the video the same, so converting only takes a few mins, and zune software recognizes it..for the zunehd anyways, maybe someone can try w/ wp7
Since I couldn't find right settings for MediaCoder (best video converter ever).
I was using Prism Video Converter for my Omnia7.
About settings for prism:
For .wmv use as video compresor WMV9 and for sound WMAV9, i am not changing the resolution as it is not bothering me at all. All files (mostly avi or mkv) played smooth after conversion.
If anybody have good settings for MediaCoder I will be much appreciated for sharing.
Thx
Okay, so MP4forHD works. The quality still isn't stunning, but it'll do for now (i guess.) However, i've encountered an issue with contrast. All my blacks appear as dark grays, which drives me nuts