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dvd rip size

hey guys. ive been reading on here for a few days and decided to make my account cuz it looks like its the best excalibur forum ive found so far
im a mac user and i use a program called handbrake to tip my dvds to put on the s621. my question is what size am i supposed to put the movie to fit the screen right? i want decent quality is imortant but memory saving is also important since this thing doesnt take more then 2gb from my knowlidge

pierrohhh said:
im a mac user and i use a program called handbrake to tip my dvds to put on the s621. my question is what size am i supposed to put the movie to fit the screen right? i want decent quality is imortant but memory saving is also important since this thing doesnt take more then 2gb from my knowlidge
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The maximum resolution of the Excalibur/Dash/s620/s621 is 320x240, however your resolution should be a little less since Handbrake will scale your video in such a way that it maintains the aspect ratio (and doesn't stretch out your image). Set the bitrate to, at most, about 256 KbPS. And for the love of God, don't choose to use h.264. The amount of overclocking required to get the thing to decode h.264 would likely cause your device to 'splode. Use MP3 as the audio codec, don't bother with chapter markers either.
Those settings ought to do just fine for your Dash or other similar device. And if you wanted to be really cool, you'd share the preset for anyone else using Handbrake (Its home may be on the Mac, but there's a Linux version available and a Windows version planned)

what do u mean id share the preset? i just put the dvd in the macbook and then i open handbrake. i would love to help out people by making a thread about it once i have figured it all out. but i still have to test it on my phone . im getting it in 2 weeks when my upgrade is due. i just wanna get all my stuff ready to upload.

ohhh yah and im using mpeg4 and taking out the dolby 5.1 (im guessing stereo would make the file even smaller)

Video Help

Is there a better way to Play Videos on Dash
I tried alot of different movies and music videos but they don't show to good.. So I was wondering is there anyway to get movie or videos playing better on the Dash?? Is there a app or something I could use to play movies better?? I mean I tried .wmv, .avi, .3gp and none of they all played pretty lousy...
Besides TCPMP because I tried installing it and it said "Unsuccessful because it wasn't made for my phone" and I don't know if it was because I used the wrong one or what..
Thanks In Advance...

Try The TCPMP/PLAYER In My YouTube Thread
gr8_gamer said:
I tried alot of different movies and music videos but they don't show to good.. So I was wondering is there anyway to get movie or videos playing better on the Dash?? Is there a app or something I could use to play movies better?? I mean I tried .wmv, .avi, .3gp and none of they all played pretty lousy...
Besides TCPMP because I tried installing it and it said "Unsuccessful because it wasn't made for my phone" and I don't know if it was because I used the wrong one or what..
Thanks In Advance...
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Try istalling the TCPMP/Player in my YouYube WizzStar thread, the download is located in post # 1, that one is beefed up a little and should give you very good video resolution quality. Install it too your SD card. It will work on the Dash, I know that already! Let me know how things work out for you.......!

Intergalactic said:
Try istalling the TCPMP/Player in my YouYube WizzStar thread, the download is located in post # 1, that one is beefed up a little and should give you very good video resolution quality. Install it too your SD card. It will work on the Dash, I know that already! Let me know how things work out for you.......!
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I got the TCPMP Player from your thread and installed it to my SD Card as you said... Installation went fine and it works.. Thanks Fam
Now I was wondering do you what format would play best with it (meaning settings for a video file)????
Thanks again

what is the better video format and size for the s620 ?
and what software should i use ?
help please

Mp4 is the best in terms of quality, but Mp4 videos take up more space.

ssj3g0ku said:
what is the better video format and size for the s620 ?
and what software should i use ?
help please
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.mp4 is the best to use to recode good quality films for dash @ 320 x 240, just keep the bitrate low, mono sound about 92kbps will keep the size down.
You can use SUPER © http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html it's free.
I use A-One FLV to AVI as i use it for YouTube but will encode any file to .mp4.

Consider using 3gp format. The quality is good and the file size is small. There are a number of 3gp converters available.

thanks
im interested in quality and speed not the mb
thanks guys
well. i converted a video with that program "super" to mp4 and it works very crapy and slow
can somewone please tell me exact the format file,video format,sound format,rezolution exactly for the videos to convert ?

ssj3g0ku said:
im interested in quality and speed not the mb
thanks guys
well. i converted a video with that program "super" to mp4 and it works very crapy and slow
can somewone please tell me exact the format file,video format,sound format,rezolution exactly for the videos to convert ?
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The MB will play a big factor in quality as the larger the file the harder it is for the Dash to read the ammount of data to frames.
Anyway .mp4 is the best mobile codec.
320 x 240
Lower the bitrate and keep the fps the same as original source.
Already commented on sound.
Oc'in your device will also help with playback and having a good media player on Dash?

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im using windows media player
dont know other good player..
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there is a much better one ?

ssj3g0ku said:
im using windows media player
dont know other good player..
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there is a much better one ?
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Search TCPMP.

stylez said:
Search TCMP.
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thanks man

how to play video on dash..
I know noob question just cant get it right..

cazper210 said:
I know noob question just cant get it right..
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Well don't use a frog but TCPMP will do it, you will want your vid's in .mp4 to which there is loads of software available for mobile conversion online Super © is a free one.
The trick is to keep the file size down you can do this via mono sound as the speaker on phone is mono and keep the bitrate down and also keeping the bitrate down on the video.
Hope this helps it is covered in other threadz on here.

there is an alternative , divx mobile . http://www.divx.com/mobile/requirements.php
average size when using divx converter for a full length movie is ~ 200 - 250 mb.
using it on my htc s621 , flashed with kavana's 6.1 rom .

Video playback not smooth, and aspect ratio wrong

Just done an initial test of video playback on the Desire. Used an MP4 which was encoded at 640x480 fro my iPhone, and I know the file is good. This plays back jerkily, and is not wide enough on screen.
I have tried yxflash and playback is poor.
Can the Desire play back this format smoothly, and can it adjust the aspect ratio in the player?
What are the recommended file types/sizes/encoding for the Desire?

well i think the reason it's not wide streched is because the width of the video is 480px and the width of desire too so it cannot expand to the whole wide height since the video's height is 640 and desire's is 800!! my opinionas i see it

800x480. Perhaps use the HD Encoder tool found on the Blackstone forumns here. Encodes videos perfectly for this resoultion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Tell us how it goes. Remember to use this from the source video, and not your already converted videos which are lower res and not widescreen

Thanks. I'll give that a go.

have you tried this yet? Any luck?

There is also DoubleTwist, which acts as an iTunes replacement. I tried this, but it is extremely slow at encoding video, although it does work, and the quality is OK.

OnlinePredator said:
800x480. Perhaps use the HD Encoder tool found on the Blackstone forumns here. Encodes videos perfectly for this resoultion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Tell us how it goes. Remember to use this from the source video, and not your already converted videos which are lower res and not widescreen
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Fantastic program. Have converted avi's and even 720p mkv files.
Results are excellent on the Desire's screen.
Highly recommended
DF

It's a bit of a shame that video playback is pretty poor, Hero was the same. Don't know why HTC choose to do this everytime, make a fantastic device and spoil it by sticking in a inferior software.

Datafanatic said:
Fantastic program. Have converted avi's and even 720p mkv files.
Results are excellent on the Desire's screen.
Highly recommended
DF
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Hi there,
I was just wondering if you use any specific settings in the program for the Desire, or do you just use the default settings? Thanks in advance!
J

jpxdude said:
Hi there,
I was just wondering if you use any specific settings in the program for the Desire, or do you just use the default settings? Thanks in advance!
J
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I would use defaults. By default it's set to the correct resolution. Depends if you are converting a SD or HD, then choose from the two checkboxes to the left of the resolution. That's it. Just add the files you want to convert, choose a destination folder and go for it.
Let us know how it goes.

OnlinePredator said:
I would use defaults. By default it's set to the correct resolution. Depends if you are converting a SD or HD, then choose from the two checkboxes to the left of the resolution. That's it. Just add the files you want to convert, choose a destination folder and go for it.
Let us know how it goes.
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Thanks for your reply! I'm trying to download the program from the thread, but the link seems to be broken??? I was wondering if you might have an alternative link to it please? TIA
** Edit - Forget that, I managed to download the program, and i'm testing with a HD Rip at 750 kb/s now! Will let you all know the results soon.

jpxdude said:
Thanks for your reply! I'm trying to download the program from the thread, but the link seems to be broken??? I was wondering if you might have an alternative link to it please? TIA
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Link isn't broken. Although I will upload to rapid share for you in a a few mins as it's taking forever.
http://gm.mainframe.no/stuff/Encoder.rar Try that again as it works right now for me.

Thanks for that! All is good and working right now, hopefully the quality will work out! For those that haven't checked it out already, I recommend beebplayer! Works just like BBC iPlayer but also includes live TV broadcasting

http://rapidshare.com/files/369471881/Encoder.rar.html
MD5: 10AFB7AE5A281860525C9554CD82DAF5

can't wait until they finally port Coreplayer to Android...

I've not been able to test further yet - I on the road just now. Will be checking this out later today.

XDAgeek said:
I've not been able to test further yet - I on the road just now. Will be checking this out later today.
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And just for clarification, XDAgeek was using using my account to start this thread, I'd got my Desire but his didn't turn up on Saturday, so expect replies from him, not me
Aaron

Hi All,
Just to update, I have converted a HD video at 750 kb/s and it plays perfectly on the Desire! The colours are vibrant, and warm, and motion is super fluid! I recommend people give it a go, it's great!

jpxdude said:
Hi All,
Just to update, I have converted a HD video at 750 kb/s and it plays perfectly on the Desire! The colours are vibrant, and warm, and motion is super fluid! I recommend people give it a go, it's great!
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Sweet! Thanks for sharing!

Sorry
sorry for being so dumb but could you tell me where to put the movie file once its converted ( in the phone that is ) as i tried to put it in pic,s but it never showed up on the phone after tranffer
lots of thanks

Watch video on Desire

Guys - what is the easiest way to convert DVDs to watch on Desire? Is there any good free tools out there and what format/settings should be used for best pic?
I got the AnyVideoConverter, but as far as I can see it only does in 640x480 format... please advice a newbie! Thanks!

HTC Touch HD Video Convertor v1.2 allows you to covert output res of 800x480, i haven't tried it yet but I already read someone tried it and work great for HTC desire.

Is conversion necessary? Can the Desire play .vob files right out of the box or with some app? That is, unless space is a major concern...
(I don't actually know the answers to those questions, mind. Just wondering.)

I was wondering the same thing. Any links to the best software for converting?

MP4 For HD works perfect and it's really fast. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478050

Anyone know if it has a DiVX compatible player? It'd be a total pain to convert all my vids...

You could always try the Videora Android Converter. I use the Videora iPod Classic Converter for my.. well, for my iPod Classic. And it works like a charm!
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/android/

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Anyone know if it has a DiVX compatible player? It'd be a total pain to convert all my vids...
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Doesn't appear too, was rumoured the phone would be updated to support it though.
Personally i use badaboom, GPU encoding is much better then CPU. Doesnt do 800x480 but 720x480 is good enough.

HD movies on tilt2?

I have been using sompy movie encoder for a few years to convert movies to play on tilt and am using the same to convert on tilt2. I play them through tcpmp but quality isn't that great. I was wondering if there are different settings for the encoder to make it better?

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I have been using sompy movie encoder for a few years to convert movies to play on tilt and am using the same to convert on tilt2. I play them through tcpmp but quality isn't that great. I was wondering if there are different settings for the encoder to make it better?
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if your expecting quality like the hd2, thgen ur outta luck. the screen isnt made for hd

uncleswoop said:
if your expecting quality like the hd2, thgen ur outta luck. the screen isnt made for hd
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No Just something that is better. My movies don't even use the full screen on the tilt2. I think its because im using the same converter as original tilt with smaller screen. Fixing that would be a start. Any suggestion?

i think theres a thread in here somewhere with details on the best process of converting a video for better results. but your gonna have to search lol.

Pay particular attention to my posts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787812

brent_si said:
No Just something that is better. My movies don't even use the full screen on the tilt2. I think its because im using the same converter as original tilt with smaller screen. Fixing that would be a start. Any suggestion?
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Is the following option selected in TCPMP? Options>Zoom>Fit Best.
With this selected, TCPMP should fill the screen as much as possible (without "chopping" off any of the picture) depending on the aspect ratio of the video. So you may get some letterboxing. But either the height or the width of the picture should go all the way to the edge. Select "Fill Screen" if you don't want any letterboxing (but you may have some of the picture chopped off).