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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Have you tried hitting volume up/volume down?

Are you using v1.18?

Logfiles?

As it should... subtitles will be my next objective. I am still thinking how to do it.

Because there are many formats of subtitles *.vob *.srt, embedded in mkv etc.

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Thank you 2unique for your most generous donation of 40 euro!

Thank you Joel also :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jandre:
If I were you, I'll do only with format srt.

If a file with the same name as videofile, and extension srt is found, put subtitles params in MEncoder command.

I think it's necessary the following params:

-sub videofile.srt

-font fontname.ttf

-subfont-text-scale 3.8

Confirmed. I've tested by myself. In this test I did cropping and subtitles. My two first steps are included in the attached file

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I know the commands, thanks :)

And yes, most likely the first version will have only srt support searched by filename.

I have something better cooked up in my head for the future though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahlok_hk:
.sub format is also a very common format, too. I suggest to support both .sub and .srt because .sub cannot be converted to .srt easily.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Vobsub is a lot more complicated. It can have many languages etc.

And you say that... why?

You state it as a fact, but that's completely not true.

It is easily possible to convert srt subs to vobsub and back.

Avidemux, subrip, etc... There are many, many tools for that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogdatov:
I'm using v18. Volume set to max. And with CorePlayer it plays WITH audio (same volume level) ... but it is choppy.

How do I get log file ? I ran v18 and there is no log file :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Maybe read the first 2 posts in the start?

I can't believe how lazy people are :/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] T-St0ne:
Thanks!

Thanks for making this fantastic application for us. Thanks for enabling great video on the blackstone and x1. It is now super easy to convert video.

The GUI works really great. Simple and easy to use. Love it.

I have been using it since v1.04 and are now using latest v1.18. Checking in on the thread several times a day to check for updates and user feedback.

If I could be so rude to request a feature in my first post?

A no audio option. Some of my videos really doesnt need audio. I think it would save some space to and time to not encode and mux the audio.

Anyway, keep up the the good work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Hmm, removing audio can be accomplished by a huge amount of third party tools.

I'll take it into account however...

You must know though, that encoding audio takes a fraction of the time of encoding video, as well as using much less bitrate.

So I am not sure how useufl this will be.

Glad it works for you :)

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Marc, thank you for your generous donation!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
would this wonderful program be multicore aware? it would seem that its at least dual core thats getting load balanced accross 4, but it would be great to have this suck up the remaining 50% of my free CPU cycles an speed things up a bit.

im very impressed, about to try it out on my Artemis an see if that old girl can play things as well
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Uhm, it is multicore aware.

Should be utilizing all the cores most of the time really.

If not, I can make you a test version tomorrow and you can let me know if it improved anything for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Asrafil:
Nop, it isn't using not even half of them :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahlok_hk:
I maybe wrong, but AFAIK, .sub is graphic format and .srt is text format. Converting from .sub to .srt requires OCR. This is especially a hard work for non-english languages...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ngocluu:
I can't wait to have a new version with supported subtitle (.srt). Could we have a new version today? :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
No offence.

But only if you pay me to do it.

I have a full time job and a wife. It's not that easy to say "click" :P

I'll most likely do it this weekend.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Actually there are different .sub formats.

If you mean vobsub (.sub and .idx) file, then yes you need OCR

And it's not that "hard work". There are many programs out that do it.

Some of which are mentioned in my previous post regarding the issue.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
It wouldnt use any more that 50% of my total CPU usage, which i assumed was windows load balancing it accross all 4 cores, but if it is pulling 4 threads apparently it is only use 50% of the cycles available on any core, im going to limit the cores available to both your program and the encoder and see what difference that makes and will then get back to you.

Thats on a Intel Q6600, with 64bit Vista
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
okie, cranked it down to 2 cores and 100% of the CPU cycles on those cores, so on dual core system it should operate fine.

so when set to 4 cores, all 4 use approx 50%

when set to 2 cores, those 2 use approx 100%

So it seems that for some reason it will only use 50% of the cycles available on all the cores of a multi core systems, yet dual core appears fine and will max out them both.

my artemis actually died before getting the chance to try playback, poor thing was falling to bits yet even now its GPS tracker works, even if nothing else does!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I might know why.

I will make a quick fix tonight and send you a PM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Made a new version.

Fixed the encoding of videos with weird resolutions and also improved multicore cpu performance.

If you like this tool and wish to support further development, please donate.

Also, seems like this version is stable (unless I get more bugreports).

So subtitles should be as promised in v1.20

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Some stats:

Downloads: 9835

Traffic: 63.1 GB

Donations: 19
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mav78g:
Great just wondered when 1.20 will be available.... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jeroenimoes:
Confirmed! Great tool thanks, donation in the mail.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thanks :)

Every bit helps!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eljoe:
Works great for me. Only thing is that the output video has double the size of the original. An avi of 220MB was converted to a mp4 of 400mb, is that ok?

thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Lower the bitrate.

I guess your input file was very low quality or had a small resolution.

400-600kbit is good for DVD Rips, but if your video is something similar to 320x240, 250 kbit/s is more than enough for it.

You must understand, that while I provide default settings that work for 99% of things. I can not account for every individual video.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
Noticable improvment as mentioned by PM with the newer build on multi core systems, im now seeings approx 75-80% total cpu usage divided accross 4 cores equally. That came to a real world speed bump of about a 45% over the previous build on my system.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johnpatcher:
I'm just curious. How long does it take for you to re-encode a 700mb movie?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eljoe:
You were right. It's a 1 hour low quality avi. I tried with lower kbit and get better results (speaking about size). I will keep that in mind for next videos with low quality.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] golightlygl:
For those looking at the sticky title who think this is the definitive answer, I would just point you to this thread:

LINK DELETED

where a lot of people (including me) are reporting great success with a commercial program that will take a DVD to playable file in one click. That's not to diminish Projection's great work but to help if you're looking for a solution that will give you instant results from a DVD which Projection's solution has issues with.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MobileXMan:
Can i convert a real DVD in an HD compatible file or i have first convert the dvd in an avi-file?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
well it depends on the movie, but lets say an average of 25min give or take 5 or so min, with the latest build that is and 2 passes with the mux

my PC is far from optimised and fankly needs a reinstall of windows. Theres a lot of crap running that can free up some cycles but nothing significant i suppose
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
ripping copy protected content is naughty, u need to get it to a different format.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
And this my dear friend, is what is considered advertising.

This is my thread, and you have no right to cry for attention here. If people think that program is good enough, they will post in your thread.

Reported for advertising. You are one sad individual.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
golightlygl, don't mess around with other people's threads. projection has put his time into this. don't interfere.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ^Rook:
As I understand it one IS allowed to rip ones own DVD's for use on other devices one owns. As long as it is just for personal use !

I too am still looking for a way to watch my own DVD-collection on the HD in as few steps as possible and...more importantly...with as little quality loss as possible. I have read every post in this thread and its predecessor but did not find any satisfactory solution just yet. For now I am still using HandBrake but this program does not deliver the best graphic quality possible on the HD as HTC Touch HD Video Converter does promise.

It seems pretty hard to ask a question in this thread that does not offend the OP but I'll give it a try once more ;) Projection, do you think in future your tool will be made suitable to rip DVD's straight into the right format for HD ? Again, for personal use only (I'd like my kids to be able to watch our movies on my HD in the car) !

Regards from The Netherlands,

Rolf
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
First, it's perfectly ok to ask what you wish as long as it's not ridiculous :)

Regarding DVD - I agree with you that it is perfectly OK to rip DVDs you own. Regarding having support for that in my tool - I don't think so.

If you wish to get the DVDs into touch hd format, I suggest using handbrake, converting to a progressive lossless file and then encoding that with my encoder(mainly to decrypt it)

btw, why are you not able to use my encoder to convert a decrypted DVD?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazza9075:
Well, that used to be the case in the UK, personal backups were quite legal. However thanks to the lovely European Union that right was stripped from us a few years ago, sorry mate but you cant copy anything anymore, well, anything thats copy protected anyway. It is almost completely uninforcable however.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ursolame:
for the birds

Great short movie,

This is a great short movie from pixar, the colours are fantastic and i get about 109.45% from coreplayer bench.

Original:

http://rapidshare.com/files/185314043/for.the.birds.avi

Converted with encoder:

http://rapidshare.com/files/185357534/for.the.birds.mp4

When i converted it to mp4 with the encoder it droped form 67 to 16 Mb, the only problem is that coreplayer now only has about 75% benchmark result :(

anyone has that problem 2?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johnpatcher:
The vidoes this encoder puts out are supposed to be played in WMP (or HTC Album), because some form of hardware acceleration is used there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ursolame:
DOH,

Its much better in wmp indeed,

Thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ethermind:
On my XPERIA video mp4 800x480 25 750 etc. - 10 Fps....

Really tested? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raspster:
I've been trying to use this app with a DVD disc and not sure what to do. I load the DVD into the recorder and can navigate to the DIR but there are many files in the list. Do I choose all of them when converting?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johnpatcher:
As far as I know the encoder can't encode DVDs (VOB files) yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raspster:
ahh, that would explain it. Thanks johnpatcher.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ethermind:
As far as I know - ALL WORKS WITH VOB's.

I have encoded many dvd files. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mixam89:
hi projection, first of all i want to thank you very much for your hard work! :)

I have tested your programm and got the following result:

somehow my converted .wmv videos get freaky long :P

i've read almost the whole thread to find a solution for my problem but without success :/

when i convert a .wma video with the lenght of 1:59 min., i get always an .mp4 file, which the sound is working fabulous, but it has got a lenght of 1 hour 20 min. :eek:

thank you in befor for your reply!! :) and sorry for my bad english :rolleyes:

ps: uploaded my log as a .zip, but its a .rar :] i hope you can open it x.X
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
WMA is not a video file.

It is an audio file.

Also, the rest complaining about bad performance.

How about reading the first post? Then you realise how hard you fail :P

As the first post says - play with HTC Album (or WMP can work too).

If it's slow:

a) you are using the wrong program

b) you installed a ton of different programs and now your codecs are messed up on the phone

c) you have too much stuff in background

d) your rom is messed up

e) your phone is different from 99.9% of other people's phone.

I doubt it's e) though...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ^Rook:
Hi,

I did not know about any new European rules :cool:

Thank you for this suggestion. So far I have only used Handbrake's iPhone settings, I'll have a look at what other possibilities it offers.

Can anyone reading along suggest other good programs besides Handbrake that offer an easy way to rip DVD's into a single progressive file without any quality loss ?

I'm afraid at this point the difference between Encoded and Encrypted or Decoded and Decrypted is somewhat of a mystery to me :o Like several others on here...I just know my starting point is a DVD that contains a movie divided into several .VOB files...and my end result should be one single .mp4 file generated by your nice utility. The steps in between still remain somewhat unclear :eek:

I am learning something new every day though and am confident I'll get the job done in the end...hahaha ;) So far I've spent dozens of hours reading through the many threads on this forum and I've gained tons of knowledge about my HD and Pocket PC's in general...

Regards,

Rolf
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] T-St0ne:
Ok, I've finaly hit a snag. Converted one episode of Invader Zim and it works perfect.

But! If I use VirtualDub v1.8.8 to remove the audio and leave the video unchanged on the same file,

the GUI hangs (not responding) at the end of step 2.

And when encoder is closed, mp4box is still running and must be closed manually.

BTW: I am using v1.19

I have included a screenshot and the log. + the log for working encode of the same file _with_ audio.

Edit: Seems to be 2 encodes in log.zip. The last encode within log.zip is with no audio.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Mhh... mplayer creates some sort of "special" file, so mp4box hangs.

I need to make detection for this specific case.

But there are very few people who want to have a video without audio.

So you will be on your own with this for a while, as it's not on the top of the list of things to do...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Quantique:
Hi

I just downloaded the encoder from first post, and it doesn't run on my PC (XP Pro SP2)...I see opening something like a DOS window, that disappears immediatly, and then nothing....

I have avisynth 2.5 and Klite codec pack installed...

What do i miss????

BTW the exe is called mEncoder, and not encoder.exe as told in first post, on my computer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ^Rook:
Hi,

You are executing the wrong file :) After extraction of the supplied .rar-file you'll find a file called <mencoder.exe> in the "tools" folder and a file called <Encoder.exe> in the main directory you unzipped to. Run the latter...

Regards,

Rolf
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Quantique:
Mmm no i've looked for that file but don't find it !!

Edit: ah, find it, i had to reextract files in the "my documents" file...The "encoder.exe" didn't appear elsewhere, not even when i extracted on the desktop...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
Got a new issue where it tends to lock up after converting one video. Does it each time, not exceptions, no error messages. Only the program screen going white. MP4box does still run in the background, but doesn't seem to process.

EDIT: Bit too quick on that one. Seems to depend on what I try to convert.

Also, is it possible for you guys to add support to convert .flv files? They're so common nowadays, would be lovely to be able to optimize those as well.

EDIT2: Now it looks like it gets stuck on the audio (because there is none?)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eljoe:
handbrake + encoder

for me handbrake + encoder was the right choice for DVD to Touch HD.

I used handbrake to convert a DVD file into a single mp4 with the following settings:

select preset "Basic - Classic"

crop = automatic

with/heigh = 800/480

video = h.264

2 pass encoding checked, and bitrate = 1000. I had to set framerate to 29.97, otherwise if i set it to "original" encoder crahsed (don´t know why, but with 29.97 video plays smoothly and encoder can process it). The output mp4 from handbrake does not play in the phone (only audio plays). So i then process the mp4 through projections encoder and finally got it!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Uhm.. original encoder? You mean my encoder?

If it crashes, attach logfile please. I will try to fix it.

Regarding the "no audio" issue, I will see what I can do.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
Cheers, and flv encoding support? <3
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Should already work as is.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
Oh, that's very strange then. When I look up a folder that contains .flv files, they don't show up to be added to the encode list. Will test more when I get back home.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Just select "all files" in the dropdown, and select them manually.

I guess I forgot the .flv extension. I'll add it for next version :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raspster:
Have you done this from a DVD movie on a DVD disk? Some other converting programs will show you what files (VOB's) need to be converted. I have tried multiple combinations with no success.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frederikk:
If you do with vob files on a PC, already copied from DVD disk to hard disk, then the protection is already broken... so it should not cause any problems. If you do this directly from a DVD disk, it shouldn't work..

Ciao

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Broetchen:
Sorry for that stupid question - I need some quick help!

How do I run that encoder.exe in debug-Mode to create the log-file?

Do I have to change the encoder.exe?

Sorry for that question!

Sebastian
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogdatov:
HTC Album Video orientation problem :(

Encoding is great ! But I have a problem with playback. Original firmware on HD.

Holding device in portrait mode I open mp4 file in Windows explorer.

Video starts fine .. but it is in landscape mode.

So I try to rotate device into landscape mode. And video ALSO rotates and now video is in portrait :(

How do I fix it, So I can watch my movie in landscape mode ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frederikk:
Read post 2.

Ciao

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MobileXMan:
To DVD-Ripping: I thing it should be the free choice of all to look the self-bought with Movies hard earnd money anywhere you are;)

Another question: What must I do that the HTC Album is listing the Video? Each time I have to go to the library and then to the storage location. Also the forward button is a little bit slow. After a break of watching it's very hard to continue or to find the same place where I left. Is there any way?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Turn of Gyrator/GSen/whatever you are using!

Or add an ignore rule for the video overlay of album.

The window class is AtlAxWin80.

You can either:

a) Set the storage location as your favorite

b) Use file manager or resco explorer to go to the storage location and open the movie from there - bypassing album altogether.

Regarding the scrolling, it's not the smoothest, but there is not much that is possible to do without degrading video quality.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wynsam:
Big up to the creator of this little piece of magic software. Just converted a .mkv file to an mp4 and watched The Killers - Human on my Xperia. Looked awesome.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MaierHermi:
first of all thanks for your hard work. i have still some questions.

i hope, u can give me a proper answer.

why does the tool take such a long time to convert a 200mb wmv file ?

my notebook isnt slow ;)

in the options i have to set the bitrate of the wmv file ?

mine is 968kbps and audio is 32kbps. it means i have to use the custom bitrate. is that right ?

how can i find out that my video is interlaced or deinterlaced ? i have downloaded it from internet. it was as a stream file.

thanks!!!

greets,

hermi
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MaierHermi:
got an error. here is the logfile: here

pls. help me out. the original bitrate was 868kb and 32kb for audio.

and i have reduced the video bitrate to 300 or something like that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Sigh....

First of all, the bitrate you set is of course the OUTPUT bitrate. If you don't know what to do with it, don't touch it!

The defaults will work for most cases, don't touch anything unless you know what you are doing except adding files and pressing start.

In fact, I am thinking of removing the "custom" part altogether, and adding a command line switch to enable it, so people who don't know what the "custom" parts do, don't touch them :P

Now, regarding that particular video, it is wmv9, and I didn't bundle the wmv9 decoder dll. I will do so in the next build. So for now, try to convert other videos.

Also, your logfile is incomplete.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MaierHermi:
i wasnt sure abt the output part therefore i asked to you.

the custom part is a fine option. thats why i wasnt able to convert it.

last time i have converted the wmv file, but the movie was lacking. i have used the sd input option and now i know it was due to wmv9 decoder. waiting for your next version.

thanks for your help!

greets
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Converting everything other than WMV9 should work just fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sillysod:
Good work projection & co, must say the GUI is nicely designed mate :)

Sam
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Broetchen:
Great answer... I read post 2 - but there's no Encoder.exe -debug File, so where do I have to add "-debug" ?

I've got also the same speed Prob as mentionned some Posts before - ripping a 101MB - File takes one and a half hours! And then, the encodes file is crap...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PRAP:
Nice job:)

The SD Tune Up is to install in the main memory or in the memory card?

And there is any way of include .srt subtitles in this video converter? It would be great:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scheto:
can you make a shutdown after convert button?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ninja Jaiden:
Thanks great job, my movs run virtually flawless on my HD now with this setup.

Shame it takes long to convert em tho, using 1.5GHZ Core2Duo with 4GB DDR2 ram. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I'll think about it...

You have to add the -debug in the "Target" of the shortcut you create to "Encoder.exe".

Also, I kinda need more info on what you were trying to convert. At least the extension...