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[duc916]

Anyone know the movie stats of the .dcf file? Bitrate, codec, framerate, etc.... Mediainfo doesn't tell me anything about it, and I don't know of any other utility that might recognize it. Hmm...

I'm curious because I just compared (my wife's) Vibrant playing avatar.dcf with my (company's) iPhone4 using my custom 960x540 Avatar .m4v (which I made using the raw 44GB bluray .m2ts), and the Vibrant's .dcf just blew it out of the water. Both are tack-sharp, but it's like looking at 32-bit vs 16-bit color. When you look at the iPhone4 video by itself it looks great, until you see it next to a Vibrant, then you realize that some colors on the iPhone4 just don't reproduce with much accuracy. Then there's the contrast ratio... holy crap. Can you say "true black"? The Vibrant is amazing. The super AMOLED just seems to blow their LCD away... and their IPS LCD is more advanced than any TFT LCD to date, yet the Super AMOLED just kills it. Do yourself a favor if you just bought an Android phone with an LCD and DO NOT look at the Galaxy S line. You will have buyer's remorse.

Anyway, I'm getting ready to encode a new file (800x450 mp4) directly from the raw 44GB bluray .m2ts file to fit the native resolution of the Vibrant (800x480), then do a head-to-head comparo video. Both files will be in H.264 (AVS video converter v6.4) in the interest of keeping it a fair fight, but I fully expect the mp4 that I create to look even better than the included .dcf. If anyone's interested in the comparo I'll post the youtube link here in this thread, assuming my newbie status allows it.

 

[vuvision]

I'm interested to see the comparison.

What video conversion software are you using?

 

[psz]

Details found in the media player while running Avatar:

Name
Avatar.dcf

Type
video/3gpp

Resolution
800x480

Size
1.40GB

 

[yatimameiji]

3gpp doesn't mean anything as its a container format(think avi) as it just holds an audio and video stream which could be in any supported format.

3GP and 3G2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SteveSlimer]

I'm still pissed that the dcf didn't come on my sd card.

Got my phone yesterday and it was one of the first things that I tried.

Good luck with the encoding. I'm curious to see the difference between the two.

 

[yatimameiji]

I'm still pissed that the dcf didn't come on my sd card.

Got my phone yesterday and it was one of the first things that I tried.

Good luck with the encoding. I'm curious to see the difference between the two.

Thats a 'feature' of the phone. You should be able to go back and say hey I didn't get it.

 

[SteveSlimer]

Just got it at the store. Thanks. Now I want to xfer it to my 16 gig card. Hmmmm.

 

[elgibby]

Just got it at the store. Thanks. Now I want to xfer it to my 16 gig card. Hmmmm.

Easy. I just dragged/copied it to the new 16gb card, it plays perfectly.

 

[Big-Dog]

Easy. I just dragged/copied it to the new 16gb card, it plays perfectly.

How did you access both cards at the same time? I dragged it to my PC, replaced card and then dragged it back to the new card.

Is there an easier way to do it?

 

[duc916]

I'm interested to see the comparison.

What video conversion software are you using?

AVS v6.4


Having issues with it though... crashes at about 75% completion.... might have to try an mkv source...

 

[duc916]

Details found in the media player while running Avatar:

Name
Avatar.dcf

Type
video/3gpp

Resolution
800x480

Size
1.40GB

Thanks, but still looking for bitrate, codec info though. No worries...

 

[mavictb]

on a off topic note... good call on the 916... its a classic now haha.

 

[duc916]

The one that put Ducati on the map.

 

[mavictb]

I know it is... I have been a duc fan since the 916 came out... untill the 999 days (I hated the 999) and now the 1098/1198 looks so much like a 998... I frekin love the new bikes. I have a 900ss tho. I want a new bike soon though i like the look of the 1098 over the 1198 but I want the more power lol.

 

[vuvision]

AVS v6.4


Having issues with it though... crashes at about 75% completion.... might have to try an mkv source...

HandBrake has been working flawlessly for me. Fantastic quality.

 

[duc916]

HandBrake has been working flawlessly for me. Fantastic quality.

Handbrake crashes on me too! I'm running 64-bit Win7 on a quad-core extreme 3.2 w/ 4GB RAM, can run Prime95 torture test all night without a hiccup, so I don't know.... maybe there are Apple forces in effect trying to keep me from publicly flogging their iPhone4.

 

[duc916]

I know it is... I have been a duc fan since the 916 came out... untill the 999 days (I hated the 999) and now the 1098/1198 looks so much like a 998... I frekin love the new bikes. I have a 900ss tho. I want a new bike soon though i like the look of the 1098 over the 1198 but I want the more power lol.

I love the 1098/1198! It's what the 999 should've been... I hated the 999 too..... what's a South African guy doing designing an Italian bike anyway?

 

[duc916]

It's now at 96.3%.... c'mon baby!

 

[vuvision]

I would like to see a side by side comparo of this movie with the iphone 4 much hyped retina screen.

 

[duc916]

Finally, complete... I'll try and post a video near the end of the weekend....

 

[vuvision]

How big is the file & what format did you rip it to?

 

[duc916]

1.5 GB MP4
800x450
23.976 fps H.264 AVC
video bitrate 1205 kbps

 

[psz]

Bitrate's not a problem, if you use the info from the trailer (also on the phone)

Video:
Bitrate: 1271kbps

Audio:
Bitrate: 67kbps
Channels: 2
Audio Sample Rate: 44kHz

Still trying to dig up the CODEC info.

 

[psz]

From Quicktime:

Video: H.264
Audio: AAC

 

[duc916]

Bitrate's not a problem, if you use the info from the trailer (also on the phone)

Video:
Bitrate: 1271kbps

Audio:
Bitrate: 67kbps
Channels: 2
Audio Sample Rate: 44kHz

Still trying to dig up the CODEC info.

That's funny... I never even looked at the trailer. Thx for the heads up.



When I played the .dcf side-by-side with the iPhone, the playback speed was faster on the Vibrant, if I remember correctly. It's probably encoded at 29.97 fps. Now that they're both 23.976 fps it shouldn't be a problem.