yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD General] arturobandini:
For me the best soft to rip a dvd is

XILISOFT DVD RIPPER Ultimate.

It is absolutely perfect and super easy. The quality is just amazing. No lag at all.

Click on DVD, chose your format or ppc model and RIP.

The best ever.

***************

HTC Blackstone

CorePlayer 1.2.5

Kinoma Play

Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate
[Touch HD General] sifoulkes:
Cheers mate - will give that a whirl
[Touch HD General] john923:
too bad, I did exactly what you recommended.... installed yout SD TuneUp Cab and converted the video as FLV in an Avi Container.... it plays in Core but not smoothly at all and it doesn´t play in Windows Media Player at all.

HTC Album won´t play the file as well...

I tried another conversion with an mp4 container and it worked much better but not perfect yet....

Anything else I can do to make your way work on my HD?

Thanks

John
[Touch HD General] DarsVaeda:
I did not read all pages here...

Did anyone convert videos to the organic format that is coming with the hd cause of its screen?

I mean 480x800...you can rotate the video so its displayed "correctly" on the device. Wouldn't this be the best way to choose? Because with such unorganic settings like in first post the player would still have to do some scaling, not?

I will get my hd soon so i couldn't test it yet, did anyone?
[Touch HD General] Bungieman:
I'm sorry for this stupid question, I just need to know.

I use these settings when trying to convert in SUPER:

[ Select the Output Container ] : swf or flv (Flash)

[ Select the Output Video Codec ] : No choice but to choose "Flash Video"

[ Select the Output Audio Codec ] : mp3

All the other settings is:

560:304 video scale sice

16:9 Aspect

25 frame/Sec

1200 bitrate

"High Quality and 48K Audio"

Sampling Freq: 44100

Channels: 2

Bitrate kbps: 128

Here's the ting: Every time I try to convert a file, just as it finishes, I get a "I/O 131" error. Tried google, nothing with relevance came up.

Is my settings correct? How come I get that error, no matter what file I chose?

Thanks for any help!
[Touch HD General] Roopert:
Here are my results on the xperia X1i of the Seven Pounds trailer posted by tnyynt:

1) Without SD TuneUP cab:

portrait: 100,47%

landscape: 96,94%

2) With SD TuneUP cab:

portrait: 91,06%

landscape: 94,08%

The trailer is stored on a 8GB mSDHC class 4. So installing the cab file has a negative effect. I don't know if the reason lies entirely with xperia or the mSDHC card (or a combination of both).

But it's a fact that the touch HD is much faster than the xperia. Strange for two devices with similar hardware...
[Touch HD General] wvillas:
Anyone play rmvb file to see the CPU is fast enough to play or not.
[Touch HD General] Bungieman:
Anyone knows why I get the error? And is my settings correct?
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
I have weird, issue with Super, it makes the outputfiles huge. I have put the bitrate to 912kbits, similar what it was in the source video, but after conversion the video ends up taking space over twice than before, and gspot shows bitrate for converted video 1500kbits:confused:

Resolution is set to the same as input, audio 128kbits 2channel, container mp4, codec h.264
[Touch HD General] El_Mariachi:
I've done as said, but neither Core player or WMP will play my file :( ?
[Touch HD General] jyod24:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F4N7Q4...iveASIN=B001F4N7Q4&adid=0TEYV6PRCEF051AFJSYA&

any1 using this memory card for their black stone, its a class 8 micro sd card. i realize if you use a faster read write speed memory card, you can maybe increase the fluidity of the video played on your phone. any1 can provide the bench mark test for this
[Touch HD General] BerreZ:
What the hell ?

Ok The HD is beautifull phone and like stated by HTC it should also be the perfect multimedia experience.

Well it's almost that but it still is a phone with a processor who is by the standards of today 6 to 10 times slower of the one used in our computers.

So to have a decent video quality you will have to encode your films to match those capabilities.

I've noticed that the only important parameter is the bitrate and it should not exceed something about 768kbps.All the rest doesn't realy matter.

If you encode your movies to avi container ( with f.i. pocketdivxencoder free)then the best software to use on the HD is Coreplayer using the Qtv video accelerator.If instead you don't want to purchase that program then you can either use Windows Media Player mobile 10 or the HTC video player and then you should encode your movies to H264 or MPeg 4 standards( with videora encoder also free).The only problem i've got here is with fast forward....

The result is almost perfect , but not perfect yet.

Pretty good for a phone even impressive, but disapointing for the "best multimedia experience ever".What's even worst the Iphone with smaller screen and a lower resolution stills plays ( also reencoded files ) better and smoother.

So HTC you surely have done a very good job but not the perfect one yet.

Coreplayer is as I heard trying to provide a solution to take full advantage of the video acceleretion chip , but it can still take sometime , pitty that HTC doen't seem to botther.
[Touch HD General] uaon99:
try to encode a H264 video (800x450) using the window media player (don't use tcpmp or coreplayer), people said that it can play very smooth.

you can try the free GOM Encoder to encode the video:)
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
Hi,

I just cant get it to work. I installed super. But i can't choose the settings needed.

I cant select the flv as container and avi as codec.. The transformer trailer that i downloaded from this topic works perfect. I just cant seem to get mine the same.

anyone?
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
That's good, swf or flv (Flash) container with Flash Video codec.
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
But when i select that, put the bitrate to 1008, audio 112, i still get loads of dropped frames in coreplayer :s
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
Check the see that input and output files have the same FPS. (Tip: doubleclick on the bottom part, where the input files are, on a file to have SUPER display information about it and there you can see the actual input framerate, so you can set the same to your output settings).
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
did that, doesnt make a difference. What bitrate should i select for video? and for audio? should i enable or disable direcshow decode?.
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
I personally use 1200 for video and 128 for audio and it's perfect.

DirectShow toggle has nothing to do with it.

Maybe try updating your PCs codec pack. Search for Vista Codec Pack and install the latest.
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
gonna try that Vista Codec Pack. see if that helps. thanks so far, i'll let you know
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
w00t! updating my codecs on the pc did the trick. excellent video now in coreplayer. thanks a million!
[Touch HD General] weetabix1980:
weird some vids i encode with above settings i get max 50 frames dropped in core player, when i encode a different file with the same settings i get 300 + dropped frames :S

I keep the frames per second as super says they are in dubbelclicking the file.
[Touch HD General] visualbruno:
What do SD TuneUp.cab

SD TuneUp.cab does only do some registry modifications. (See attachment)

I used MSCEInf CAB Analyser to see that.
[Touch HD General] norad73:
I installed it and did a soft reset, but SD transfer speed is the same. I did this twice to be sure. I have a stock blackstone (never moded or cooked). Any ideas? Thanx
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
Does not play MP4

I am no expert on video, so I would appreciate some help please. I got a couple of avi movies, and they play just fine. Now I got an MP4 movie (about the same size file, 700 meg), and I can open it in TCPMP (core player). I get sound track, but the video does not play, picture changes every few seconds, that's all. So, do I need some other player? Or can I convert MP4 to avi, and if yes, which converter?

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
What did you use to benchmark and what are your results prior and after the cab?
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
Try playing the mp4 file through tf3d gallery. The miniplayer included in the tf3d has hardware acceleration for some codecs.
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
What is the exactly?

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD General] norad73:
Copied a large file from the SD to main memory using Resco explorer. Transfer rate ranged from 1200kb/sec to 1600kb/sec before and after the cab.
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
You can actually use the best out of WMP that came with Touch HD by doing the following;

You can get much better quality MP4 video compare to FLV video at #1 post

1. First, Install the SD TuneUp from the #1 post.

2. Use "AimerSoft Video Converter"

Why?
Some says "Super Converter" is the best bcuz of its performance and its free but here come the new champion, AimerSoft Video Converter.

Let me explain..
With WMP u need to convert the file in H.264 for the best result.
So, "Super" can do that with 80-90% output quality after converted.
"AimerSoft" will do it with 97-100% output quality after converted.

In conclusion, if u convert 720p, 30 mins length video by "Super" u will more likely to see frame dropping in every 10 min.
With "AimerSoft", u may see it once in a whole clip or not at all.

3. Fire up "AimerSoft" then add your video clip.

4. At "Profile" drop down menu choose "MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)"

5. Click "Setting" at the right hand side and adjust as the following;

Resolution: 800*480 (You can type it in if u cant find it)
Frame Rate: 23.97 FPS
Encoder: H.264
Bit Rate: 1500 kbps (Trust me, WMP can handle this bit rate)
Audio: 44100 Hz 2 Channels Stereo
Encoder: AAC
Bit Rate 128 kbps

6. Click "save As", name "WMP for Touch HD" for next use. (You can name the profile as anything u like)

7. Choose your video output folder.

8. Click start and chill out. ^^

The Pros:

- Yout dont have to pay for CorePlayer.

- You get much much sharper quality video and very minimum frame dropping. (Download the sample files I provide below and judge for yourself)

- Less hassle and user friendly.

- With "AimerSoft", when u set resolution to 800*480, the bigger resolution will be re-sized, the smaller resolution video will remain as the original but "AimerSoft" will automatically put a frame around the clip so the video will maintain 16:9 aspect ratio.

The Cons:

- You got to pay for "AimerSoft" instead. lolz (About the same price)

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This is the sample video converted by AimerSoft useing the exact setting as I describe above.

http://rapidshare.com/files/169145053/Empire_Of_The_Sun_-_Walking_On_A_Dream.mp4
Note: You may put this clip into your SD Card and play with WMP straight away.

Another sample video shot from Touch Diamond showing 3 clips with WMP.

http://rapidshare.com/files/169196260/VIDEO_005.mp4
Note: This file is for playing with VLC Media Player on PC only and you will have no sound. Sorry about that >_<

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NOTE: I am not a "AimerSoft" representative by any mean.

I am not paid by "AimorSoft" to convince you to buy their product in any way.

I am just a sick and bored man who want to relax by watching a good quality video clips on the phone when im at work(:P) or traveling and wanted to share the information to people who looking for the solution.

Please give credit to me if you want to spread it out anywhere else.

Thank You and Enjoy watching!

Vosszaa
[Touch HD General] SingaporeAirlines:
Very interesting. I'm not averse to spending a few minutes to convert videos so I'll try that out too.

Cheers :)
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
This seems to imply that windows media player should play MP4. But mine does not. It says "can't play file" or some such. Is does it with all MP4's I tried.
[Touch HD General] fallenczar:
mp4 is just a "Container" (think of it as a cookie jar with assorted cookies - the audio/video encoded with there codecs)

wmp is a very fastidious program, it only supports very few codecs. (it will only eat chocolate cookies with sugar frostings)

so you will need to encode the video in the mp4 file with h.264 (as everyone seems to talking about it) and audio as mp3
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
Correct. Try play the file through tf3d:s gallery if wmp doesnt play it, i found that wmp couldnt play originally for ipod touch converted mp4-files, but gallery played them just fine (I believe the problem was with the audio codec).
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
Could you please post a link to this app?
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
Has anybody try my solution?? I need some feed back please.

What app? u mean "AimerSoft"? here it is:

http://www.aimersoft.com/video-converter.html
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
It's not filling the screen with me, uses approx 75% with huge black borders.
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
Yeah i noticed that too, anyway the video resolution is 800x480, source video just would've needed some cropping :D

Anyway imho its no use to convert for example 640x480 video to 800x480, its just waste of bitrate to black border areas, which then reduces bits that could be used for the actually picture area. Players will leave the black borders to the edges automatically to keep the correct aspect ratio.
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
"AimerSoft" will not convert video that has a smaller resolution to bigger resolution otherwise the video will bcome pixelate.

Instead "AimerSoft" will put a black border to make video fit 800*480 resolution, in this way the video will remain the original resolution and will not be pixelate.

For video that has bigger resolution than 800*480 will be re-sized down so u wont see any black border.

Get it now?
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
But thats just plain stupid!

U expect people to waste already small screen area? Its also just totally waste of bitrate to to leave black borders around the image in the encoding. This can be done in the decoding when watching the video, if the user wants to view the video 100% size.

Computer has a lot more processing power and not to mention

time

to use sophisticated interpolation methods, than handheld device, wich needs to do it

realtime

while watching!
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
If the original resolution smaller than 800*480 u will never find any converter software that successfully size up the video with out pixelate no matter how powerful or advance the software.

Imagine, you have a 200*200 pixel photo and you zoom in 500%. The picture will become pixelate, right? So its the same situation as converting the video.

So, to avoid pixelate video, AimerSoft will put a border so the video will maintain its resolution.

The ideal of converting by AimerSoft is for the video that has an original resolution larger than 800*480 such as 720p or even 1080p. If you convert the video that has a resolution smaller than 800*480 u will definitely see the border.
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
Of course. But ure not watching ur dvd videos in ur big hd-screen with big black borders? Propably nobody watches them like that, and thats why we have implemented scaling.

What im trying to say, is that its NOT wise to make the decision for user and FORCE him to watch videos with big black borders, rather than letting him choose does he/she wants scaled fullscreen video, or unscaled 100% video. She/he could easily choose this from the player settings.

So either one,

1. convert the video just the smaller resolution, preferrably the original one, without black borders,

or

2. use computers powerful processor and good resizing algorithm to upscale the video to wanted resolution, since this is propably better quality than using the player softwares upscaling methods, on a weak processor.

What this software is doing now, is simply putting black borders, when upscaling, wich doesent make sense at all. It just makes the video harder to decode for the player, and picture quality would be identical if used just the original resolution resolution (or actually even better, since the whole bitrate would be concetrated to the actual picture area, not shared with black borders area), wich would be just shown 100% without resizing.
[Touch HD General] mailmaarnaarluc:
Hey everyone, how can I change the volume button default to "system" instead of "call" when I press the button?

Thank u very much
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
Here you go. I made another sample video just to prove my concept.

In this video I use the 77Mb file size, 720p trailer of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" downloaded directly from Apple Trailer with 1280*554 native resolution with top and bottom black boarder.

http://rapidshare.com/files/169445296/earthstoodstill_720p_1500kbps.mp4
Details: Converted by [COLOR="Red"]AimerSoft[/COLOR], [COLOR="Red"]800*480[/COLOR] resolution, [COLOR="Red"]1500 kbps[/COLOR], 23.976 fps, H.264 in MP4 format.
You may put this video on to your SD card and play with WMP straight away.

Note: As u can see there is a lag at the beginning and a little towards the end of the movie which i believe its cause by video buffering and data transfer rate of SD Card.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/169449637/earthstoodstill_720p_900kbps.mp4
This is the same video but converted with [COLOR="Red"]900 kbps[/COLOR] to reduce lag which indeed improve about 10%.

And with the same file but converted in FLV format and need to play with CorePlayer.

http://rapidshare.com/files/169445836/earthstoodstill-tlre_720p.mov.FLV
Details: Converted by [COLOR="Red"]SuperConverter[/COLOR], [COLOR="Red"]560*304[/COLOR] resolution, [COLOR="Red"]1200 kbps[/COLOR], 23.976 fps (best setting for CorePlayer as suggested by "tnyynt")
Note: I have to admit that the frame rate is very smooth but really lack in details and sharpness of the video.

Conclusion:

With MP4 format by AimerSoft I have a crisp sharp video but a little suffer from frame dropping.

With FLV format by SuperConverter I have a very smooth frame rate but lag in details and sharpness.

If u ask me, i prefer to suffer a little frame drop to have a very crisp clear and sharp picture rather than smooth frame rate.

Enuff for bla bla bla.. just download and try for yourself.
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
I aggree with u, h.264 is the codec to go, Im converting all of my videos to h.264, when i wanna watch them mobile.

I also tried the AimerSoft converter, and indeed it seems promising. I wish they could give more freedom to choose the bitrate. Imho 1500kbits is just too hifi for such a small screen :D Propably difference between 1100 and 1500 in picture quality is unnoticeable, but 1100 will play smoother, and the file size will be smaller.

Also, h.264 is actually better quality than any other codec at the same bitrate (only vc-1 can match), so only reason not to use it is the lack of hardware acceleration in coreplayer.

So far ive been using Videora Ipod converter.
[Touch HD General] vosszaa:
Thats right, people have a choice, like i said b4.

Sharp and crisp clear quality video but suffering from frame dropping a bit >> H.264/MP4 by AimerSoft with WMP

Smooth frame rate but lack in quality >> FLV by SuperConverter with CorePlayer

The choice is yours ^^
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
Converting .avi

So if I have a movie in .avi format, does it make any sense to convert to H.264/MP4? Will the quality actually improve after conversion?
[Touch HD General] mach03:
I am experiencing heavy lag in TCPMP when I try to play your sevenpounds flash file. I installed your .cab on both my SD and my device, so that shouldn't be the problem. Have you got any suggestions on what is causing my TCPMP to lag so bad when playing your file?
[Touch HD General] fabian.bs:
hey guys,

i have converted my video with super converter into flv 1200 with 25 fps (560:304 resolution). i used mp3 for audio with 128 bits. but the audio isnt in line with the pictures. there`s a delay of 500 ms or so. thats very annoying. please help me :)... what did i wrong???
[Touch HD General] Vinski-:
no. recoding has always negative effect to picture quality, but the video might play smoother in your phone if recoded right.
[Touch HD General] Rozenthal:
Hi everyone... (a noob user here, but will do my best to share my experience). I've read the complete thread from first to last page, and finnaly decided to give this thing a go. I installed according to instructions, but I've had very poor results. Before installation I played a few .avi divx files using Coreplayer, and had very good results, even in fast-paced scenes. Yes, here and there a frame would drop, so I figured I didn't have anything to lose. Unfortunately, after installing, my video playback in coreplayer became very, very sluggish, up to a point where it would simply freeze up. My CPlayer settings were and still are as recommended here before and after installing the tuneup.

Files I used for testing (just downloaded em off the web, no conversions or anything):

File 1

Codec: xvid

833 kbs

640x272

Frame rate: 23.976023

Audio 48000, stereo, 128 kb/s

File 2

512x384

cod: xvid

23 fps

1130 kbs

Audio: 48000, stereo, 128 kb/s

Can't say if this helps, but would love to hear any advices.
[Touch HD General] norad73:
@Tnyynt: Any ideas why the tuneup didnt work?
[Touch HD General] michael_r:
SD card tune up

I have a lot of stuff on my SD card in addition to movies, including IGO8 navigation software with maps. Is it conceivable that this tune up does some damage to other things on SD?
[Touch HD General] ionutz6:
did read just 11 pages of this thread. tested 2 test files: seven pounds and transformers trailers.

got average speeds of 117.73% and 116% respectively. I used Coreplayer 1.2.5 with Qtv output and I installed your .cab, which i thank you for.

Any idea if there is a way to convert files quicker with Super? Even at the cost of some quality. At this moment, a 4GB file would take... 4-5 hours, I presume.

And one other thing, might be smth i do wrong: why is it that in Super i dont have the 128kbps bitrate for audio? on the dropdown list the highest value is 64. Nevermind, i got it...

thanks,

ionutz
[Touch HD General] SingaporeAirlines:
Just converted a Leona Lewis music video has per TTNYT'sthread starter and his subsequent screenshot of his SUPER(c).

No sound lag which is good, however, I did notice around five to ten occasions during the 3.5 minute video where there was what I can only describe as a "frame loss/problem". I'll have to work with it. I didn't adjust COreplayer, I just played it full screen.

It looks great on the Touch HD. Can't wait to try out more intense videos such as DivX ones.
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
Unless you had already enabled DMA and set File System Caches (which I doubt).

No, it's just registry strings.

Depends pretty much on your processing power.

Make sure output file has the same framerate like the input file.
[Touch HD General] Aedriaen:
Hello Tnyynt,

thanks for this program. It works indeed also on the "normal Touch 3450 or Elfin"

Appreciate and would like to express my acknowledgement for the people who are

not for any benefit doing this things.

Next year the Blackstone wil be mine!

Thanks again.

Adriaan

The Netherlands
[Touch HD General] tattu:
i dont understand it, where do i have to install this app? on my mc or intern memory?

and how can i convert videos, i have downloaded Super, what do i have to choose in this fields:

[1. Select the output container]

[2. select the output video codec]

im a noob , sorry :p
[Touch HD General] ZonderZout:
Hmm... on my Blackstone the SD card tune-up has no effect. I benchmarked both trailers from my SD card and the device storage, but in any case the best score is 64%.

I'm using TCPMP 0.72RC1 (the recompiled version I found somewhere on this forum, since the original didn't work) to play and benchmark, but so far the video playback isn't very smooth.

Are there any settings I'm missing?

Disabling zoom helps a little, but even then it's far from what it should be according to the benchmarks posted here. :(
[Touch HD General] M-AH:
Wauw, great you made this.

Many thanks.

I have not done any testing, but i t the results when know.

thnx again.