It takes me ~45min to convert a full length movie with these settings. This is with a Ph. II X4 940 quad core at 3.7GHz. My guess is that if you have a quad core it will take roughly an hour, dual core, perhaps 2.
Update 2: Took 18 minutes for doubleTwist to convert *and sync* a 699MB DivX/AVI file to the Droid. This is on a 2.4Ghz quad core machine with SATA drives.
Also note, Apple podcasts sync just fine, but they are formatted for an inferior screen and therefore do not fill the Droid's screen
So far, I'd say doubleTwist is the way to go even though it has its quirks.
Update 2: Took 18 minutes for doubleTwist to convert *and sync* a 699MB DivX/AVI file to the Droid. This is on a 2.4Ghz quad core machine with SATA drives.
Also note, Apple podcasts sync just fine, but they are formatted for an inferior screen and therefore do not fill the Droid's screen
So far, I'd say doubleTwist is the way to go even though it has its quirks.
Ha sounds good. I wish the "do all" droid would have supported divx because that is what all the movies and tv shows I download are. That is why the Omnia 2 looked so good. Hope they hurry that flash support too.
1 more question, when I was in the VZW store I found an app in the android marketplace to play divx files. Anyone know how well of if this works?
I'm using the iPod hiRez preset. it keeps the original file resolution, so I'll have to see if it needs to be downsized when I do some 720p vids... It works well though, wow this screen is sharp! hope a good video player gets written soon.. . would love better transport controls and more options.
I used the 'iPod Touch' settings on CloneDVD Mobile. I converted a commercial movie to MP4 and got it over to the Droid. It played wonderfully, but it appears that the audio was slightly out of sync. When I say 'slightly', I mean that it was fine in the middle of the movie, but just a tad off at the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes.
I'm going to d/l HandBrake and give it a whirl. I'll post results when I have some.
EDIT: A year since the last HandBrake update? Am I reading that correctly? If so, could some of the problems in this thread be associated with a lack of updates for so long?
Last edited by holokaustos; November 8th, 2009 at 06:38 PM.
Anyone else having audio/video sync problems? I've been trying an episode of lost in HD and I've tried handbrake and doubletwist, and the audio doesnt exactly match the video. Any suggestions?
Yes I have had the same issue. I found if I use Meridian to launch a video there is a delay between sound and video. If you use the standard video player it works fine. I assume many apps still need to be updated for 2.0.
I cannot get the video to fill the screen at various resolutions. Any ideas? I can play a video but it does not take up the entire screen. I use DVD ripper. Works great for iphone but Im having trouble for droid. Thanks.
anyone here use Super(c)? It used to convert flawlessly but now I can't get it to work at all. I don't know what happened but it just gives me an error message just before it finishes. Any help?
I just installed the free app AndExplorer and my google videos and other .mp4 vids play just fine. with this app you can search your sd card and simply click and play...love it!
okok so I used handbrake to convert a movie directly from a dvd and it looks great and plays but the chapters jump all over the place. The sequence of the movie is completely off, any ideas?
It takes me ~45min to convert a full length movie with these settings. This is with a Ph. II X4 940 quad core at 3.7GHz. My guess is that if you have a quad core it will take roughly an hour, dual core, perhaps 2.
Let me know if these settings work for you!
Perfect using 2 different apps. Very nice job.
I have a question for anyone. Why not encode audio using mp3 instead of AAC? Seems like either should work so it doesn't really matter. I'm just wondering
I have a question for anyone. Why not encode audio using mp3 instead of AAC? Seems like either should work so it doesn't really matter. I'm just wondering
Glad those settings worked for you.
I think when it comes to AAC vs. MP3, AAC is prefered as it's the newer codec, preserves sound quality better at lower bitrates, and results in smaller file sizes.
A downside is that maybe the decode is more CPU intensive? Even if that's the case, I doubt it makes much of a difference in the big picture.
Easy way: Select iPod legacy, change width to 848 (should turn box green automatically)
This is working for me, so far. But at 1h 45m to convert 1 movie (700~MB .avi) it almost doesn't seem worth it. I really hope someone comes out with a video player that will play avi's
I think I found the reason why some video's audio are stuttering for me like other users have had. its the way the file was encoded.
I was trying to convert some mkv files and only certain mkv files had the stuttering audio problem. I converted one file fine while another did not. I'm using handbrake btw, so I looked in the activity window while the file was encoding and I got all kinds of audio error messages. something about missing audio at that specific point so something was added to the audio (sorry not at my pc right now so I can't remember exactly). the message kept coming up every couple seconds so I'm guessing something was messed up in the audio during the original converting of that file.
Hi,
To confirm:
- in USB mode, made 'Music' and 'Video' folders
- dragged mp4 into video folder
- did not see it in the Droid Gallery until I powered off and on
- there it was. I tapped, got it playing, but two things:
- while playing, "Sorry, this video cannot be played" came up
- then it stopped.
I'm thinking either:
a) we need a list of settings to use (but that's a little much, we want this simple and enjoyable) or
b) we need to know the best media player... one that is forgiving and manages the details
For example, I kept a list of video settings for YouTube until they made both my Mac software and YouTube itself much more robust.
Ok so I've got 720p converted using handbrake. While using these settings:ipod legacy, 848x480, h.264,1500 kbps, acc 48 khz 160 kbps, and the video is great. I mean its 10/10. But the audio is so choppy I haven't heard a single word from the movie. I was just wondering why my audio isn't working and urs is.
Ok thanks for those settings, ill try them out after work today. So ur telling me I have to sacrifice my video settings as well as audio? Id like to keep my video but if I can't then, well then no big deal.
Oh, I'm not sure at all. Just sharing. Scrolling through this thread, I see that others have used 1500, 48 etc. There may be some other trick. What I'd like is a file transfer utility that handles all this! (Video looks and sounds quite nice at my settings, though.)
Well, this thread is just about video and getting it onto your Droid. So, there are a lot of good steps already posted (I even did a summary one a couple of posts back). That said, I am going to get Missing Sync... the all in one sync software (gosh I sound like a commercial). Sounds like it'll manage it all. Droid version expected real soon.
This is working for me, so far. But at 1h 45m to convert 1 movie (700~MB .avi) it almost doesn't seem worth it. I really hope someone comes out with a video player that will play avi's
Hi, you're actually upconverting that 700MB .avi file, and that's why it's taking so long. The settings I shared are for high quality video, so we're talking about .MKV or other HD files at 720/1080p anywhere from 4-10GB in size.
For 700MB .avi files, just take a look at the properties of your video, and convert using the same width as the actual file itself. This should cut down on the time it takes to convert considerably, and there will be no loss in quality vs. the higher settings (as the video didn't have the quality there to begin with).
This should scale down your conversion time by half (at least), I think.
Which brings me to a point:
There are no definitive settings for converting your videos. You should change them dynamically, dependent upon the quality of your original video, and how good you want it to look on your Droid.
There are quite a few good suggestions being made in this thread, and at different quality levels. But a good rule of thumb is to not encode your video at a higher resolution than the original, you're just wasting space.
Update 2: Took 18 minutes for doubleTwist to convert *and sync* a 699MB DivX/AVI file to the Droid. This is on a 2.4Ghz quad core machine with SATA drives.
Also note, Apple podcasts sync just fine, but they are formatted for an inferior screen and therefore do not fill the Droid's screen
So far, I'd say doubleTwist is the way to go even though it has its quirks.
Has anyone tried the DIVX converter? I've converted boatloads of video in this tool for my blackberry curve - they dont work for the ipod/touch, though.
BTW, the AVS converter is aan excellent converter that I use for Ipod/touch ao it should work for the driod.
Great tips and explanations of issues in this thread. I am getting my Droid on Thursday, and will be attempting this myself using suggestions in this thread...I'll post back what works for me...Thanks to all who have been posting!
i got my videos on my card just dumped them into a folder i made called vids... JUST
Ok so I made a folder called videos and dumped all my videos off my old phone which is an env touch and they show up on my droid just NO SOUND. Can anyone help me please maybe PM me and let me know that would be much appreciated ill be in class all day for marketing but if someone would pm my answer to me it would be VERY NICE OF YOU
I record my shows with sagetv. I have been running this command below and the files that come out look real good. Most of what I have tried it on was already wide screen H264 files so I may need to revisit some of the details when I find some 4:3 shows but this command line should work for guy having sound issues. I also had the sound problem for a while. At first I was just converting to acc and getting no sound. I think my files were originally recorded in acc but 5.1 channel. It appears that was causing the droid to barf as I was getting no sound when using 5.1 but when I went to -ac 2 (2 channel) I started to get sound.
-t 60 is just to create 60 seconds for testing purposes. You can google ffmpeg binary to find the exe version and to get a list off all the command line switches
This may not be the best answer but this is a working answer for me.
C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe -y -i v:\shows\med.ts -t 60 -f mp4 -s
848x480 -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -qscale 10
v:\Transcode\test4.mp4
Last edited by personalt; November 10th, 2009 at 10:16 AM.
Ok so I made a folder called videos and dumped all my videos off my old phone which is an env touch and they show up on my droid just NO SOUND. Can anyone help me please maybe PM me and let me know that would be much appreciated ill be in class all day for marketing but if someone would pm my answer to me it would be VERY NICE OF YOU
Did you read ANY of the postings in this thread? There are plenty of people who have suggest different programs for converting video to formats supported by the Droid. Sheesh! I don't mind helping people, so here's the help: Look up at previous posts and you will have your answer.
And I don't PM answers to people. If one person asks a question, that means that more people have the same question. Answering in the thread helps the whole group. If you're too lazy to read the thread, well.....
Motorola has new sync software called Motorola Media Link that does it all!!! sync with itunes, windows media player, convert videos to DROID resolution and all!!! Got to Motorolas site and check it out
Has anyone tried Media link under in windows7? I tried it and it was barfing on me. not sure if a general windows 7 issue or something specific to me.
I changed the properties of the installer to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP sp2, and it's working fine for me (on Win7 pro 32-bit):
- Right-click on NeroMML-1.0.11.0.exe
- Choose properties
- Click the compatibility tab
- Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" box
- Choose "Windows XP (service pack 2)"
- Click OK
- Re-run the installer
Settings from fabulous worked for most of the movies I converted. Although, a few needed lowerbitrate then they worked. Good posting everyone, u really helped me out on this one.
I changed the properties of the installer to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP sp2, and it's working fine for me (on Win7 pro 32-bit):
- Right-click on NeroMML-1.0.11.0.exe
- Choose properties
- Click the compatibility tab
- Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" box
- Choose "Windows XP (service pack 2)"
- Click OK
- Re-run the installer
Good luck!
Just tried this and Windows XP isn't even an option in that list!
It takes me ~45min to convert a full length movie with these settings. This is with a Ph. II X4 940 quad core at 3.7GHz. My guess is that if you have a quad core it will take roughly an hour, dual core, perhaps 2.
Let me know if these settings work for you!
Worked perfectly for me...thanks for the settings. Only change I made was my input file was 720x480, so I set my outputs to those same numbers.
Looks fantastic on the Droid, no stuttering or sync issues at all.
I've also found that any movie I made for my BB Pearl or my kids' ENV2 phones will also play...the ones from the Pearl are getting up-sized a bit so don't look as sharp, but definitely watchable for killing a little time.
I used this setting in Handbrake but the video came out a little elongated. Objects appear slightly squashed together and longer/taller. I could not find a way to change the aspect ratio before starting. It seems to have been automatically set by Handbrake. Any way around this? Also, the end product was slightly bigger in size than the original file. I find this a little strange. For such a small screen i would have expected the file to be at least 2/3 smaller.
Last edited by famac!; November 10th, 2009 at 07:34 PM.
I used this setting in Handbrake but the video came out a little elongated. Objects appear slightly squashed together and longer/taller. I could not find a way to change the aspect ratio before starting. It seems to have been automatically set by Handbrake. Any way around this? Also, the end product was slightly bigger in size than the original file. I find this a little strange. For such a small screen i would have expected the file to be at least 2/3 smaller.
yeah i know, i thought it was strange too. i had 700mb movie ended up being like 1gb so i guess upconverting?
Here's something that I have not seen here yet. I have a video camera that uses SD cards, but also has a mini USB port. I was wondering what COULD be possible by connecting the two devices. I guess I would need a cable that had micro USB on one side and min USB on the other. Then I'd have to hope that the OS could recognize an external drive via USB.
The video camera records in mp4 format so the videos should play, but I'd like to eliminate steps in getting the video from the camera into the droid.
Constantly removing the SD card from the phone is out.
I could load the camera's SD into my PC and access it via wifi, but none of the network programs I have found can stream video over a wireless lan, so I'd have to copy it first, the watch it.
Best scenario would be if the phone would access the camera's SD card as a removable drive when the phone and camera are connected via USB.
Anyone know if the micro to mini USB cable exists?
Initially tried Handbrake, with the width left blank, the height set to 480. using the h.264 container,. Ended up with No Video but had Audio.
Retrying with the FFMpeg MP4 codec.
So far for me.
___x480 h.264 1500kbps 160kbps AAC = No Video + Had Audio
Took like 20 minutes for 3.30 min video
___x480 FFMPEG MP4 @ 1303kbps 128kbps AAC = Distored Video + Had Audio (looked like a TV w/ bad Horizontal Hold/sideways streaking)
Took like 3 minutes for 3.30 min video
Checked the proper settings from the existing music video with GSpot (which you should google and download) NOT ladies pleasure spot, GSpot Codec Information Appliance or something called like that.
Retrying
NM...
Just figured it out.
854x___ H.264 @ 1303kbps 128kbps AAC with 2 pass encoding = No Video + Had Audio
Just retried
854x434 (which is only to match this video) FFMPEG @ 1303kbps 128kbps AAC ... = Video still distorted only not as bad, did have audio still... Not sure what else to try...
Going to perhaps retry 854x434 w/ H.264.
PS. Only went with FFMPEG because it's so much faster.
Does anyone know what the settings for the anamorphic should be? None or Loose?
My source video is 712x362, if I try to scale the height to 480, that makes the width a whopping 937, WHICH would make the video wrap to the next line, before the Droid started to render the next line of actual video. That would make it have all the horizontal artifacts/distortion.
Lesson here, check your dimensions and make sure you're not exceeding the screen dimensions.
I don't understand the lack of some basic features on this platform. There should either be a synch app or better native support.
I love my Droid but I'm also a nerd. Until you can hand this phone to my mother and have her able to play a video THAT'S ALREADY ON THE PHONE don't expect her to figure out how to copy a movie to it. And my mom has Facebook and Twitter!
In some ways this is like an over-engineered German car. It's got a great engine but poor cupholders.
The nerd market is obviously very strong with the sales estimates, but corporate will be shy due to stuff like poor Exchange support and the basic consumer won't buy it or will return it in frustration.
I'm betting this phone will have a high return rate which is too bad.
Google needs to add some cup holders to make it easier for the average Joe.
Well, this thread is just about video and getting it onto your Droid. So, there are a lot of good steps already posted (I even did a summary one a couple of posts back). That said, I am going to get Missing Sync... the all in one sync software (gosh I sound like a commercial). Sounds like it'll manage it all. Droid version expected real soon.
Dear god. Please LORD. DO NOT PAY THAT COMPANY MONEY. I have had SO MANY PROBLEMS with their developers, and their support is AWFUL. Their product did not work for $#!+ and I would wind up with duplicate appointments, and one time, it wiped all my contacts clean. I would hate to see anyone get caught up in the hassle I went through, and they NEVER GAVE ME MY MONEY BACK. I used their sync software for almost 3 years, and had problems all the time. It hijacks your usb "listening" and prevents certain functions of the phone from working, and prevents certain usb functions from operating, among my other problems.
Their support is really, truly, god-awful. They don't maintain their software, and their updates are completely derisory, if at all. Sorry for hijacking this thread for a sec, but I wouldn't want to see anyone head down that road without a warning.
The Palm Pre has the same processor as the Droid and Iphone. They all seemed to handle possibly the same codecs. The Palm Pre accepted the x264 mpeg4. This codec is a good codec and I would guess that the Droid would accept it also. You can use the Iphone Settings for the video, change the resolution, and leave everything on default for me good). You could also use the standard mpeg4 codec.
AC
Last edited by Attackcenter; November 11th, 2009 at 06:13 PM.
Why are there no services that sell downloadable video for use on non-apple products? How many years has Apple been offering ability to buy TV shows and movies? No company wants to get in on that for non-Apple users? Instead we have to download through iTunes then run an decoding program to convert it?
Seems like some company like Amazon should offer downloadable videos and movies. If it is an issue with needing to prevent people from transferring them (we see how that really doesn't work with iTunes), then why not offer the movies for purchase through Amazon for use with an Amazon App that they could develop for Android and Blackberry to use to watch them.
Am I missing something? I hate having to decode video... it shouldn't be this hard!
Last edited by austink; November 11th, 2009 at 07:30 PM.
Why are there no services that sell downloadable video for use on non-apple products? How many years has Apple been offering ability to buy TV shows and movies? No company wants to get in on that for non-Apple users? Instead we have to download through iTunes then run an decoding program to convert it?
Seems like some company like Amazon should offer downloadable videos and movies. If it is an issue with needing to prevent people from transferring them (we see how that really doesn't work with iTunes), then why not offer the movies for purchase through Amazon for use with an Amazon App that they could develop for Android and Blackberry to use to watch them.
Am I missing something? I hate having to decode video... it shouldn't be this hard!
No DRM for Android at all is my understanding. I hope that's not Google mantra.
ok, so after reading all 3 pages, whew... working great, here's my contribution:
Here's all I do with Handbrake (and thanks to those who recommended Handbrake). I specify the source, set the destination, and select iPod. Can it be more simpler? Looks, sounds, and works great using the built-in player on the Droid.
ok, so after reading all 3 pages, whew... working great, here's my contribution:
Here's all I do with Handbrake (and thanks to those who recommended Handbrake). I specify the source, set the destination, and select iPod. Can it be more simpler? Looks, sounds, and works great using the built-in player on the Droid.
These settings are no good. It produces horizontal bars at the top and bottom.
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i got my videos on my card just dumped them into a folder i made called vids... JUST
