What do you use to watch movies?

[mityman50]

I'm going on a trip soon and wanted to put some movies on my phone. I found some DVD ripping software, ripped The Dark Knight as MPEG4, and was thrilled when I saw the picture- it looked fantastic.

Then I put my headphones in.

Where's my sound?

Before this, I had the movie The Book of Eli on my computer, MPEG4. I put that on my phone- sound, but not video. Converted to H.263, got both, but video was terrible quality. Near unwatchable.

So what have you guys been doing? Should I try converting to a different format? I mean, there has to be some way to get good quality video.

 

[sikclown]

I'm going on a trip soon and wanted to put some movies on my phone. I found some DVD ripping software, ripped The Dark Knight as MPEG4, and was thrilled when I saw the picture- it looked fantastic.

Then I put my headphones in.

Where's my sound?

Before this, I had the movie The Book of Eli on my computer, MPEG4. I put that on my phone- sound, but not video. Converted to H.263, got both, but video was terrible quality. Near unwatchable.

So what have you guys been doing? Should I try converting to a different format? I mean, there has to be some way to get good quality video.

What are you using for the conversion? I am trying to find the thread but someone had al the settings and everything for a good conversion using Handbrake. Use the iPhone or iPod settings. I am gonna look for that thread though... it is about 720p over HDMI

 

[mityman50]

What are you using for the conversion? I am trying to find the thread but someone had al the settings and everything for a good conversion using Handbrake. Use the iPhone or iPod settings. I am gonna look for that thread though... it is about 720p over HDMI

Well I went to look for something when I remembered that RealPlayer has conversion software.

You know RealPlayer? It's really nifty- allows you to rip Youtube videos, and then with the conversion software you can switch to a multitude of video formats or just audio- whatever.

It also has some good customization options for custom conversion settings. But I'm just using the HTC Incredible setting- it says it's H.263 and since the two phones are pretty much the same...

But that thread would be great. I looked at Handbrake before using RealPlayer.

 

[sikclown]

http://androidforums.com/tips-tricks-evo-4g/87073-htc-evo-handbrake-settings-video.html

Here is one... it isn't the one I was thinking of but it is pretty good

 

[sikclown]

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g...vo-playback-hd-720p-movies-over-hdmi-out.html

Here is the other one. scroll down for a bit and he will talk about his settings. Oh and you want H.264

 

[mityman50]

Oh, I wasn't sure if H.264 worked.

And thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

Second link won't work "Page not found"

 

[ThatNewAndroidGuy]

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/105213-video-demo-htc-evo-playback-hd-720p-movies-over-hdmi-out.html

Here is the other one. scroll down for a bit and he will talk about his settings. Oh and you want H.264

Is this the correct link?

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g...vo-playback-hd-720p-movies-over-hdmi-out.html

 

[sikclown]

Oh, I wasn't sure if H.264 worked.

And thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

Second link won't work "Page not found"

Sorry about that... I fixed it.. not sure what happened.

 

[sikclown]

Is this the correct link?

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g...vo-playback-hd-720p-movies-over-hdmi-out.html

Yes that is it

 

[mityman50]

Well, I ended up looking at your first link and read through the comments, I'm using the program XMedia Recode, and it's wonderful. So simple, it works, and it delivers a fantastic picture.


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