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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilPERSOn2009:
The "power" is not there in regards to high profile video 720p and up, since it is a hardware limitation. :D The bad thing is 99% of online 720p and 1080p content are high profile. High profile is popular because it yields greater definition, higher clarity, and is half the bandwidth. File sizes are also smaller too, at about 4 times less.

The GPU is the weak link for the Tegra 2.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
What's the quickest option to get from the high profile to a profile that will work ?. Is a full conversion needed ?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilPERSOn2009:
Using Handbrake, it takes anywhere from 15 minutes to hours depending how fast your computer's CPU is.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
lol my PC is so old I can't even get net framework 3.5 onwards installed so that's a non starter. How long does a typical conversion take for you and what hardware are you running ?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilPERSOn2009:
My Q6600 3.5Ghz, 8GB, GTX580 takes on average of about 2 hours to convert a movie at 720p high profile lvl 4.1 to baseline, which is a *****.

I need to get a new i7 2600k setup.

Also since this non high profile video have larger size a lot of time they go over the 4gb limitation of the fat32 filesystem.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsquabbles:
yeah, this does make it quite a pain having to convert and have 2 copies of your library. if you don't maintain 2 copies then movie selection will be limited as i don't want to wait an hour for a video to convert.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
Here's hoping some sort of work around appears because 2hrs isn't fast at all so it'll probably be 4hrs or more with my computer. I stupdily assumed these HD movies were gonna work right off the bat :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabs52:
Its cause of the video playback i was considering galaxy tab 10.1 over this, but the tab doesn't have a keyboard dock. ah if only...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kudosmog:
If I get handbrake for windows, are there specific settings I need to use to make sure the files convert correctly, or are the default .mp4 settings good?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spawndk:
galaxy tab 10.1 also use Tegra2 - hence exactly the same limitations
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neok44:
+1 to this. getting my transformer today and want to put a couple HD movies on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] football0552:
for my Adam, which had a tegra 2 as well, I was using MP4, with MPEG-4, the video source's framerate, and I believe AAC for audio (or MP3) in stereo at pretty high bitrates, though on the screen I couldn't tell the difference above like 4000 kbps. Like I said before, just transcode a small section of video and then test it to fine tune your settings.

Also, set up a queue so you can just set it to run overnight or drop down the processor priority level. I don't see the big deal about transcoding then, its not like you're the one doing the math :p
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kudosmog:
Only problem I've had with converting or ripping stuff is the audio would get out of sync somewhere in the middle. I always assumed it was just because I used default settings and needed to tweak something but have no idea what.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] football0552:
I've had that problem before as well, and I don't remember what I did to fix it. I do know that I never had any syncing issues with these settings.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spawndk:
Heres a reencoding advice for those that doesnt have to deep knowledge on these matters or dont want to tinker all that much

Get the freemake video converter (its free)

http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Convert to new video using the AppleTV 720p profile (with minor customisation - read below)

This will make an encode in Main profile L3.1 with AAC stereo audio which will play completely smooth and trouble free on both the Asus and the Ipad - with acceptable quality and acceptable encoding speed (faster than using handbrake)

You need to customize the profile a litle

1. after selecting the AppleTV profile, then select the framerate field - it defaults to "original" but do NOT use this - change it to match the exact framerate of the source video. If you use the default "original" setting, video will be reencoded with variable framerate causing stutter and sometimes synch problems - video should allways be encoded in constant framerate mode.

2. Under videobitrate you can change from "auto" to 4000 if you want a litle better encoding quality. When auto is selected bitrate will be around 3000 (if you feel quality are acceptable at 3000 after testing then just use auto)

You can get better quality using handbrake or other similar encoders and by adjusting all settings to max out what the tegra2 support - but if you dont want to tinker that much and just want a very easy and very quick sollution then I find the freemake video converter to make very acceptable 720p encodes for the Tegra2 devices.

:)

disclaimer: I am not associated with freemake video converter in any way, and do not receive any kind of return for recommending this - I just find it to be a very user friendly encoding tool for the "less hardcore" video encoding users.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buri73:
Did some 720p encoding test today with Handbrake. I got main profile to play but saw slight frame rate issues. TF will only play smooth 720p with baseline profile only. I am attaching my preset in case anyone wants to use it or tweak it.

I've uploaded my encoded sample too if you want to check it out.

Megaupload Link
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiada:
wow, flawless playback of the sample. Shame all 720p doesn't play so smooth - re-encodings a pain in the ass. Ty for showing us what we're missing haha.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yungstar007:
When I got the transformer this week I was really hoping for easy drag, drop and play. Didn't think files would still need to be re-encoded for the eee pad. Oh well. Thanks for the template buri, appreciate it. Makes life easier.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
I'm currently using plex and am able to stream 720p mkv's no problem. It's the best $5 I've spent for a while. It's pretty CPU intensive (85-95%) if your computer has an old processor like mine (AMD X2 4200+).

You'll need the server software and the android program.

Windows - http://www.plexapp.com/pc.php

Mac - http://www.plexapp.com/mac.php

Android - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.plexapp.android
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AFK_Matrix:
I too have just downloaded and used Plex on my tablet and its awesome!!! Best £3 ever spent as it has also solved my HDMI issues. I can now play my mkv and avi videos perfectly both on the tablet and on the TV yey!!!! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
It's awesome ain't it ?. Just wondered what kind of percentage your getting in task manager if you run a 720p mkv at 5mb ?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AFK_Matrix:
Ahh ok gonna sound like a total idiot here but how do I tell if my mkv files are 720p as they are just created from DVDs? The picture size on them is 720x480 if that helps at all?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazz87:
If you getting from dvd then its only 480 no 720. 720P and 1080i/p are HD
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
Thanks. I just used it to convert the Godfather 2. It took 6 hours on my Mac Mini! :D I guess I'll have to check out Flex!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Need-A-Tablet:
So Plex allows for streaming movies...but you can't take video's with you, half of my use on the transformer would outside of my home network where my movies reside, so that is great for watching movies at home, but does nothing to help with the hours of re-encoding that needs to be done to get a movie stored locally to play =(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Knight77:
I'm agree with this. There are many programs that let you stream "at home" but the use is quite limited...sure there are nice occasion to watch a movie on the tablet at home but...if I wanna watch a movie at home I watch it on tv. The point is outside! When VLC is gonna arrive on the market!?

P.S. With Plex can you see the subs? .ass
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Need-A-Tablet:
Is there an App that lets you transcode or re-encode video's on the device it self? Wouldn't that be a nightmare... =)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
6 hours?Jeez ): I convert a 2 hour movie in about 7 minutes.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Srikar_NBK:
Exact dilemma I'm facing too. But, if Tab 10.1 also uses Tegra 2, it should also have the same playback issue. Also YT HD playback seems to be screwed up on the Transformer too, but hopefully should be fixed quickly.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
What program are you using and what kind of hardware do you have ?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
handbrake with the profile posted here, 4GB DDR3 1066 RAM with a phenom II 955BE @ 3.9 GHz
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edge929:
Has anyone gotten GPU acceleration working with Handbrake? My i5 2500K with all 4 cores running at 4.6Ghz still takes 30 minutes to re-encode a 2 hour, 720p main profile mkv to mp4. I'm working with a Radeon 5870 and downloaded AMD's video converter (AMD Media Codec Package) but it won't accept mp4 or mkv files. Does anyone have experience with this?

Another question, why is my resulting mp4 file twice the size of my original mkv using the "same as source" settings for everything?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
Why does yours take longer than mine? I guess different source file? Since your CPU is definitely way superior to mine.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buri73:
Quad-core overclocked FTW!

Changing extra options in the advanced tab will determine encoding time too.

Size of the file has nothing to do with "same as source" setting. It's just keeping the same FPS setting as the source. Size largely depends on your quality settings like "constant quality", "average bitrate", or "target size".
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushrat67:
Do you have a P67 series mobo? Intel's Quick Sync is disabled on that chipset.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edge929:
Yes I do. ASRock P67 Extreme4. I'm actually downloading Cyberlink Media Espresso now to give that a try.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I reencoded a tv show that was 720p x264 to mp4 using buri preset for handbrake, and I put same tv show that I downloaded that was a xvid file, and I cant really notice the difference between the two.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colmiak:
alright guys, so im planning on getting a transformer but this 720p mkv thing is killing me.

though i would be able to just drag it over and boom. well the native video player on the acer can't play my 720p mkv's so its not looking great. im gonna install rockplayer on the acer tab as soon as i get a chance (work at best buy lol) but its been a little hard bc i actually work while im there (who would have thought.. ;p).

more complicated solutions id love test out are vlc stream and convert and plex. i dont mind streaming since im mostly in a good wifi area or have a good 3g signal. i can convert when i know i wont any internet access.

now, one really cool app for iOS is called air video. converts all my crap to iphone flawlessly. i just found a 3rd party client for android called Mirage (it's beta software). it looks promising though and have read that it works great for a few people. also it's aimed at tegra 2 so SCORE!

what you will need is the air video server, its free. can't post links so just google "air video"

what it does is live conversion of your video files and shoots them over the air to your iOS device. which mirage though, you can get it to work with your android device :)

Mirage is available in the android market.

seems honeycomb support was added recently (very lol).

if anybody can test this out, that would be awesome! i might get ballsy and try it out at work but can't be sure i'll be able to.

so this doesn't solve issues with playing a file straight from the device but should be okay for most ppl with a processor that is a pentium 4 and up ( i used air video on my old p4 and it worked lol).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMXO:
Try DVD Catalyst. He is on these boards. I have the paid version & its awesome, well worth the $9.95.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buri73:
So, you had 2 files with different codecs(3 including reencoded)? Do you see a difference in quality when you playback the 3 files in your PC? Try compare the quality in PC by keeping the 720p at 1:1 pixel ratio(no resize) and resize the xvid to match the 720p size. Although technically speaking, there should be a quality difference between 720p and 480p(for example). However, IMO there really isn't much improvement when you are watching them on a 10inch screen. Especially if the player has good software decoding capability.

If I had a choice in downloading between 720p and xvid for watching it on TF, I would not hesitate to get xvid so I wouldn't have to reencode. Also, don't forget that my preset is a baseline x264. Which does not have a lot of the encoding options enabled, which lowers the overall quality. I would only reencode files I already have and if the TF can not play them.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
Cool! I checked for Mirage last week but couldn't see it. I just bought Plex which works fine, but if Mirage can use the Air video servers then I'll go for it, especially if it allows both live and queued conversions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
Ok, just tried Mirage/AirVideo combo.

High profile h264s still stutter for me. Even the version of Godfather 2 I created with the Handbrake base profile posted on here oddly (it is 4.77gb). Results are identical to XBMC and Skifta. There is no 'live conversion' setting like the iPad as far as I can see, so the software tries to stream everything.

Plex plays everything perfectly however. This is because it seems to do on the fly conversion up to 5mb p/s. The software is still a bit buggy, but at least I can play just about everything.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tokyorob:
It's just piss poor.. Nvidia have again sold us a lemon .. I have a LG LC-06C with the same Tegra CPU as the transformer and it chokes the same way with 720p stuff

Just for a test I jailbroke my ipad (not a 2 just a 1) and installed XBMC I expected the results to be laughable and it to be worse than the Tegra

The result streaming from my NAS it played butter smooth 720p with no transcoding

So my 1 year old pad is better than my 3 week old LC-06C !!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazz87:
I just checked out mirage/airvideo and its horrible. The audio/video is out of sync and the picture breaks up. These r dvd files. Mkv files that are 2-3gb in size. I even try a 400Mb file and had the same issue. Right the only thing that works is using Splashtop remote streamer.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colmiak:
what a bummer :(

i thought mirage would do on the fly conversion, hopefully the dev figures out howo implement that soon. looks like plex is the best solution for now then.

thanks for trying it out guys!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
No problemo, thanks for mentioning it.

Plex plays great. The only problem I've had is with one high profile 720p aac file which didn't play with sound until I bumped the rate down to 3mb per sec from 5

Incidentally I've no idea what the 'video filter' setting does.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazz87:
Which verison of plex are you guys? Which one works best with TF?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
I just went to the plex website last night and downloaded the Mac server and then went to android market and bought plex for the tf101. I wasn't aware there were different builds or versions.....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazz87:
That weird i just went to market place and did a search for plex and theres one verion ( 0.9.8.7) but when i click on it tell me this item could not be found....:confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob1971:
Yup, same thing happens for me even though I already own it. Maybe it is being updated or something.

EDIT see here
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfood8891:
couple questions:

does going from mkv to mp4 actually help with anything? if yes, can you do this without re-encoding the whole thing? as i understand it they are both just containers so i imagine there's a way to simply "rewrap" it.

do i need to reencode my high profile SD movies to play on the device? it would be great if someone could find some conclusive information about which profiles/bitrates are supported at what resolutions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lorewin:
mug2k, HUGE thanks for the Plex Server recommendation - it's fantastic.

I use XBMC on an Atom box as a media centre, with a separate server with all my media on it already, so it was trivial to install Plex Server on the server.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Knight77:
The only problem of Plex is that - by now - doesn't support subtitles for Android :-(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] levenite:
Yes, you can change wrappers very quickly but it probably won't make a difference unless your video format is not supported. I would try changing the sound encoding if necessary. Try ffmpeg, handbrake etc. I would be great if there were a definitive answer. But no matter how many times asked, the question has not really been answered with sufficient clarity. I conclude that Nvidia doesn't want us to know it because it would hurt their sales and others are probably under a nda.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galtom:
10.1v - yes, Tegra 2

10.1 I/O - yes, Tegra 2

10.1 retail - should come in 2 versions, one of them being Exynos. Other wise how will Samsung explain to ppl. that their phone (Galaxy S II) is actually more powerful than a tablet computer? :-)

So, far all info about 10.1 says dual core cpu... not what cpu.

One can only hope... also, how will they explain that their old GT 7" can play more movies and better than newest release 10.1?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mug2k:
Can you tell me some details of the type of file your converting ?. Is it a 2hr 720p MKV and what size is the original file ?.

7 minutes is amazingly fast. Is your computer still usable when encoding or are all your cores maxed out ?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Canadoc:
cant get it working. It's installed and recognizes the computer and shows the media. But when I lauch any it just closes without playing unless it is in native format that tegra 2 player needs. I thought it transcodes ....

What am I doing wrong.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PatrikSelin:
I would first like to apologize because I'm an idiot. How the Plex Media Server works? I get the connection, but how do I get the video content appear?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nighte:
I've found a player that can play .mkv files!

Check out VPlayer

Edit: After comparing VPlayer to Moboplayer (which can play the video but no audio) the quality played on Moboplayer is better than on VPlayer, but you have to convert the .mkv in order to play it on Moboplayer, but I suppose it's nice to have a player that can play the file with no need to convert the file?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
in vplayer 720p mkvs are stuttering for me (android 3.1)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaykee:
DicePlayer Trial

Hi all,

did you try DicePlayer Trial?

I'll tried it today and could not believe that my high profile ac3 mkv files

were playing without any problems! Perfect video and audio.:) Finally!

Can somebody explain why every other player I tried (stock google player, vplayer, moboplayer, rockplayer) did not work and this unkown player has no problems whatssoever?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galtom:
Can anyone confirm that it is true? I (somehow) have doubts about it. Firstly because we all know video playback is a Tegra 2 problem (read: no player will upgrade hardware), secondly because all developers out there would want to be the first to introduce a player to the market that can do it - and would shout about it LOUD! :-) Who would not buy it?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonpr:
I've switched over to use Dice, I didn't want to pay for it but its the first player that meets my needs.

It uses Hardware Decoding (which Moboplayer & Vplayer dont)

It extracts and plays embedding subtitles in .MKV's

It allows you to choose the language track to play

Its played 720 High profile files that strugged in stock.

If you don't want to pay the £2.50 just wait a bit, Dice has shown us that it is possible for 3rd parties to get hardware decoding working fine.

Check out the other thread on players Here
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Dice Player is the best video player I have yet found for Android, just superb.

Good to know its working here, my Transformer will be coming in a few days...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdravke:
It does not work on mine. Better than rockplayer which was totally unusable, but too much stutter still. It might appear that it works ok on scenes which do not move a lot of pixels very quickly, but try to watch Game of Thrones intro, it chokes all the time. Or try anything with lots of quick long, camera panning. It sucks, for me at least.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbo34:
Same for me. Diceplayer at least works with MKV´s but just tested with Fallen Skies 720p, and any scene with more than slight camera panning stutters like porky pig. Is there anyway to modify settings for smoother playback?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdravke:
Do we at least know if Tegra2 i capable for this kind of task at all? I thought when I was buying transformer that it would run easily with 1080p. Here we are now struggling with 720p already, with no solution in sight.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juami:
Wait for Exynos equipped tab.(like a Samsung GalaxyTab7.7)

Tegra2 can not play 1080p H.264 High profile movies.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeTF:
Is there a way for them to fix it via software updates?

Or can we fix it by overclocking DSP somehow?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdravke:
anyone with overclocked tf that can test 720p mkv with panning?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkhawkff:
I've watched all the 720p encoded episodes of falling skies, and out of all of them, I only had issues with 1 episode with panning. I'm OC'd to 1.5 GHz, but yeah, I think it was episode 7 or so. It was right around the scene where the middle brother was exercising next to a school bus and the older brother came and found him. Right around there, there was a rather quick panning and it struggled and skipped a few frames there. Outside of that scene, the other 9 episodes played just fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeTF:
After OCing to 1.59, I confirm that there is a huge difference even on hardware DICE player decoding.

Stuff that's basically slideshow on 1Ghz plays with only small hiccups with full OC.