Help ReZound video conversion

I keep telling people to quit wasting their time on free apps, and spend $10 on DVD Catalyst that includes support. It works flawlessly and have used it for almost 2 years now without a single issue and have 100% success rate of converting my movies. If you have a problem DVD (which is rare), just email him or check his news page.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus/442868-convert-owned-movies-handbrake.html

Remember, making rips of movies you don't own is copyright infringement - theft.

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Gotcha, you are right.

There is a free app on the market called "QQ Player".
The thing does fine when playing most videos - and this is coming from someone using an OG Droid It'll even cover some of the wierder formats like OGG, MKV and such. For me, those are some old anime videos, and the audio sometimes gets messed up, or the subtitles don't run perfectly, so if you have those formats, try a few first.

If it doesn't process those (or any other specific files well) I recommend Handbrake. It is a free application you can download to your PC. I recommend using the pre-set configuration for iPod and you should be fine.

MX Video Player and Rockplayer have played just about everything I have thrown at it, without converting

Go try Handbrake and the free trial of DVD Catalyst and convert a movie with eaach. Then I bet you'll come back to tell me you bought the full version for $10!

NightAngel79 said:

Not me, been trying to get Sorcerers Apprentice to work and the file won't even show up in either player. Its an AVI I converted a while back, worked fine on my Incredible.

My guess it is the resolution that is the problem

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Have you tried using a file browser like ASTRO to locate the AVI and see what player options pop up when you select the file? I also had an AVI that MX Player, Mobo Player or Dice Player (my new video player of choice) was unable to find. However, when I selected the file through ASTRO, it gave me the option of choosing from all of my video apps (MX, Mobo, Dice and stock). I was able to play it through MX this way. Strange, but it did work.

NightAngel79 said:

Not me, been trying to get Sorcerers Apprentice to work and the file won't even show up in either player. Its an AVI I converted a while back, worked fine on my Incredible.

My guess it is the resolution that is the problem

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Oh bummer, I'll have to play around with it more to see if I have any problems. I have only tried a few on the Rezound, but like you everything played on Inc. Please post back if you figure it out

1. I use DVDFab to "backup" dvd.
2. I use handbrake to burn video in a format that works on my phones, tables, computers, apple tv and roku.

I would try DVD Catalyst if it had the ability to "backup" dvd's. Their website says the software can not do this.

I would like to add that I'm using zumocast now to stream video from my home computer to my Rezound. It's pretty awesome and works well over 3g and 4g.

handbrake and stock video player

NightAngel79 said:

That is probably the fat32 file restriction. Unless the file system is ntfs you cannot put files over 4gigs on the card/drive/etc.... card would need re-formatted to ntfs (that is assuming it will still work in phone after that, I never tried)

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I'm pretty sure NighAngel is correct. 4g limit due to fat32.

Nightangel, I did a few tests for ya. I tried 4 different files I had of various formats. Mkv,avi,m4v,and a blue ray rip. Tried 2 different players, Moba Player and MX Player w/ arm 7. Both players played all the formats and was able to see them when opening up each player. I only had 1 of them converted for the INC. The rest were either dowloaded or files I had on my computer. Hope this helps some

Weihl,

Specifically though, what are the audio formats of the 720p files? I have found that I use Vuze transcodes to make great files. It is just a pain in the rear to have to wait an hour for each file to convert. If there is a magic video/audio combination that allows 720p and not have to convert it... I would love to know!

jikhead said:

Go try Handbrake and the free trial of DVD Catalyst and convert a movie with eaach. Then I bet you'll come back to tell me you bought the full version for $10!

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Ditto, I have been using DVD Catalyst also since the DI days. It works perfectly for 10 bucks!!!!

Support is great

Here are the specifics of one of the transcodes

General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 2.77 GiB
Duration : 2h 15mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 929 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.56.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate : 2 764 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.171
Stream size : 2.61 GiB (94%)
Writing library : x264 core 88
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / wpredp=0 / keyint=50 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=12000 / vbv_bufsize=10000 / ip_ratio=1.41 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 155 MiB (5%)

Here are the specifics of the file before conversion. However, I cannot see a big enough difference that shouldn't allow the unconverted file to play on the ReZound.


General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 2.40 GiB
Duration : 2h 15mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 537 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-21 16:14:05
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-21 16:14:05

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate : 2 090 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 20.1 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.129
Stream size : 1.97 GiB (82%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376M 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=9 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2090 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-21 04:34:35
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-21 16:15:19
Material_Duration : 382449
Material_StreamSize : 2119541382
Material_FrameCount : 194527

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 444 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 638 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 429 MiB (17%)
Title : Imported with GPAC 0.4.6-DEV (build 1)
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-21 16:15:11
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-21 16:15:19

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Do you think it could simply be the 6 channel audio as compared to the 2 channel audio? I would think the media players on the phone would downconvert but it may not... What are your thoughts?

By the way, I started sharing my converts on Demonoid with Rezound and GNEX in the titles as well as Android 720P so people could search. All I am doing though is running them through Vuze and transcoding to the Generic 720P format.

I use DVD Catalyst and Handbrake. I encode everything in 720p high profile M4V. To watch movies on my Rezound I use Rock Player because it supports hardware decoding. Screen looks great nd their is no motion blur. It also supports random seek much better as a M4V as opposed to other formats.

Blackthanos said:

How long does it take for you to convert a full length movie in Handbrake?

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Honestly it depends on what you are doing the encoding with and what type of file you are encoding. Handbrake is multi-threaded and can take advantage of as many cores as your system has. I encode on a 3 year old quadcore workstation with 8GB of RAM. I also encode with two passes to get better quality output. That in mind a 1.5 hour movie takes anywhere from 40 min to 3 hours depending on the compression needed to complete the task.