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Ideal Video Format?
- Thread starter missin44
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Man....i think i am talking to walls 
Just have a look at Aogo Blackberry Converter. its of use for normal phones as well, and u can set the width and highth
Just have a look at Aogo Blackberry Converter. its of use for normal phones as well, and u can set the width and highth
Anthony Vu
New Member
There are two sampling rates. 24k I think refers to the audio portion. For video, you can go with 4000k. I'll have to run some tests myself to see if that bitrate for videos will work. I'm inclined to think the bitrate of the video should be 1200k for smooth playback.
Remember when you're encoding MOVIES you need to set the Frames Per Second (FPS) at 23.98 (Some refer to is as 24fps). Normal videos are 29.97 fps, but movies are shot at 23.98fps. There is a huge difference in cinematic quality. If you encode something that is originally shot at 23.98fps into something that is 29.97fps then you'll get "ghosting" in your videos, esp with fast moving objects.
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Anthony Vu
New Member
Encoding is tricky. Here are some tips.
Droid likes MP4 and 3GP. Encode your videos in this file extension (video container) You can choose different CODECs (AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA, eAAC+, OGG, AMR WB, AMR NB, AAC+, MIDI), but they must be contained in MP4 or 3GP. Otherwise, it won't work.
I've read that if it play on the PSP or iPhone, it should work. That's probably because those videos are contained in MP4 (more common than 3GP)
Videos that are 16:9 ratio should be encoded into
800w x 450h
NOT 800w x 480h
Droid doesn't seem play back higher resolution files very well because there is too much info for it to handle. I suggest dropping the bitrates to help make the videos flow smoother.
There is what I mean:
Click here to download an engagement video I created for Droid
It doesn't play smoothly for me and here are the settings:
Filesize: 26mb
Res: 800x450
Container: MP4
Codec: h.264
Sampling Rate: 757kbits/sec
Audio: AAC, Stereo, 22.0 kHz
I'll try other configurations and share when I find the best settings.
Droid likes MP4 and 3GP. Encode your videos in this file extension (video container) You can choose different CODECs (AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA, eAAC+, OGG, AMR WB, AMR NB, AAC+, MIDI), but they must be contained in MP4 or 3GP. Otherwise, it won't work.
I've read that if it play on the PSP or iPhone, it should work. That's probably because those videos are contained in MP4 (more common than 3GP)
Videos that are 16:9 ratio should be encoded into
800w x 450h
NOT 800w x 480h
Droid doesn't seem play back higher resolution files very well because there is too much info for it to handle. I suggest dropping the bitrates to help make the videos flow smoother.
There is what I mean:
Click here to download an engagement video I created for Droid
It doesn't play smoothly for me and here are the settings:
Filesize: 26mb
Res: 800x450
Container: MP4
Codec: h.264
Sampling Rate: 757kbits/sec
Audio: AAC, Stereo, 22.0 kHz
I'll try other configurations and share when I find the best settings.
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Anthony Vu
New Member
UPDATED:
I went the 3gp route and changed the audio settings. I got it to play back smoothly.
Format: 3PG
Codec: Apple MPEG4 Decompressor
Res: 800x450
Audio: AAC, Mono, 16.0000kHz
Size: 127 MB
DataRate: 4000kbps (4Mbps)
Click here to download video
Here is MP4 format that I got to work finally. Awesome video quality. Audio overall on this device blows.
Format: MP4
Codec: MPEG4
Res: 800x450
Audio: AAC, Mono, 16.0000kHz
Size: 164 MB
DataRate: High Variable Rate
I hope this helps people. I'm determined to encode video in h.264 and have smooth playback, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I went the 3gp route and changed the audio settings. I got it to play back smoothly.
Format: 3PG
Codec: Apple MPEG4 Decompressor
Res: 800x450
Audio: AAC, Mono, 16.0000kHz
Size: 127 MB
DataRate: 4000kbps (4Mbps)
Click here to download video
Here is MP4 format that I got to work finally. Awesome video quality. Audio overall on this device blows.
Format: MP4
Codec: MPEG4
Res: 800x450
Audio: AAC, Mono, 16.0000kHz
Size: 164 MB
DataRate: High Variable Rate
I hope this helps people. I'm determined to encode video in h.264 and have smooth playback, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
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Picked this up on another forum...
"Even so, a video that's 480 tall will be as large as possible for the Droid screen.
If you're trying to force every video to be full screen, you might be distorting the picture.
Or it's possible that when forcing full screen you're chopping off part of the picture vertically, to force it to fit in 848-854 pixels..
which isn't optimal either. Only in the extreme cases would the video be wider than 480px would allow and you would instead choose to fill the horizontal.
These are the proper dimensions for various source files:
DVD 4:3(they're easy)
720x480=720x480
TV at 720p or 1080i/p
1280x720=853x480
1920x1080=853x480
Film Aspect Ratios
16:9=853x480
1.85:1=853x461
2.35:1=853x363"
"Even so, a video that's 480 tall will be as large as possible for the Droid screen.
If you're trying to force every video to be full screen, you might be distorting the picture.
Or it's possible that when forcing full screen you're chopping off part of the picture vertically, to force it to fit in 848-854 pixels..
which isn't optimal either. Only in the extreme cases would the video be wider than 480px would allow and you would instead choose to fill the horizontal.
These are the proper dimensions for various source files:
DVD 4:3(they're easy)
720x480=720x480
TV at 720p or 1080i/p
1280x720=853x480
1920x1080=853x480
Film Aspect Ratios
16:9=853x480
1.85:1=853x461
2.35:1=853x363"
cfi on the fly
Member
Just wanted to let some people know my experiences with this. I have been converting all my blu rays and dvds to MKV format with Makemkv.
I then have been converting these mkv files using Handbrake using svn2907 version. The resulting videos on my droid look OUTSTANDING.
For the preset I use the iphone&ipod touch.
Make sure the destination file ends with .mp4 -just type it in if there is something different, double check, because for some reason this changes without a prompt.
Container- make sure mp4 file
For regular converted DVD's I have used 720h and 480w, unchecking the keep aspect ration- the movies have all come out with correct aspect anyway.
Video Codec- H.264
Avg Bitrate I have set as high as 2500 and this looks really clean. I cant see any reason to set any higher, maybe go lower as this will leave you with about a 1 gig movie
Everything else I leave on the default values and just hit start.
I have not tried to convert any of my Blu ray MKVs yet, so ill let you know how it goes.
I then have been converting these mkv files using Handbrake using svn2907 version. The resulting videos on my droid look OUTSTANDING.
For the preset I use the iphone&ipod touch.
Make sure the destination file ends with .mp4 -just type it in if there is something different, double check, because for some reason this changes without a prompt.
Container- make sure mp4 file
For regular converted DVD's I have used 720h and 480w, unchecking the keep aspect ration- the movies have all come out with correct aspect anyway.
Video Codec- H.264
Avg Bitrate I have set as high as 2500 and this looks really clean. I cant see any reason to set any higher, maybe go lower as this will leave you with about a 1 gig movie
Everything else I leave on the default values and just hit start.
I have not tried to convert any of my Blu ray MKVs yet, so ill let you know how it goes.
Anthony,
That second one looks great! I have been struggling trying to get videos to play consistently, without stutter or audio drift. I started with the iPhone format for the different tools I have tried. Basically, I have tried everything, with minimal luck. I think I have been focused on reducing the bitrate to get better playback, but considering that that Anthony's second video looks like it averages over 4000kbps, Droid seems to like higher bitrates.
Back to the test bed for me.
FYI - I am recording TV shows using sageTV (MPEG2 format). These are the files I am trying to convert. My goal is to use DVRMSToolBox (DTb) to convert the recorded tv to Droid watchable. DTb has a profile for iPhone, but the resulting files are inconsistent at best. I will try to up the bitrate and see what happens.......
I have also tried DVD rips with DVDFab and have had similar problems.
I am using Handbrake to convert my videos, but I am not able to make the picture any wider than 640w x 272h. Is this because the original video is that size and you can't make it any larger than the original? If I use those settings, will I not be taking advantage of the Droid's screen?