yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] touch guy:
Copy a DVD to touch format?

I'm new to this app...so just getting started. I've searched the thread for the word DVD and came up empty, so hopefully I don't get a RTFT:

1. I want to copy a DVD to my Touch HD. Would I first have to rip the DVD to some other format? (and which format is best)?

2. Is there a list of file formats that your app will accept for input?

3. I record shows using MythTV to mpg format. but I understand that mpg is just a container - any idea if these can be converted by your tool?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] touch guy:
This is one cool app!!! Just starting to see what it can convert. A couple of related questions:

6. Are commercial DVD's Interlaced or Progressive? (Do I need a tool to deinterlace before I use your tool)? I read in an earlier thread I need VOBmerge to combine the VOB's

7. Does anyone know of a hack/reg key to make WMP mobile show MP4 files (not just wmv) in the library? The extra steps of file open will fail the family friendly test...

Thanks!

Oh an a few suggestions / feature requests (all of which I'm sure you already know)

1. VOB preview & combining

2. De-interlacing (if required)

3. Auto-select HD/SD based on source material

4. Hide most options (perhaps an options screen), and allow setting defaults
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saayinla:
I think apart from the inability to choose encoding settings eg. 1 or 2 pass etc encoding and the Volume. its perfect.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MrKaon:
Mod edit

if you have your own software start a new thread don't post or Advertise your software in someone elses thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saayinla:
Well done, please put in mind file size not too big, personally I wouldnt mind a reduction in the video bitsrate just to reduce the file size and the volume is very essential to be high.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danprocter:
Complete newbie to this but what is the maximum bitrate the HD can cope with? Also I've encoded an episode of Lost using GUI and while its pretty good quality, when I bring the elapsed time bar, its a bit sluggish and doesn't display the correct remaining/elapsed time. Can this be rectified???

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benko286:
anybody can help here,video withot black flags at bottom and top and with no lag in coreplayer?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Non English Support

When I try Arabic Subtitles it doesn't show up correctly in the compressed file

is there a way to support other languages??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] on8a:
You're in the wrong thread my friend, if you don't say which build you have.

CorePlayer release build doesn't do mp4 with hardware acceleration. You will never get it to work with current CorePlayer release using this tool as long as Core codec doesn't officially say something else. This tool is made to use the Qualcomm graphics accelerator, i.e. using wmp which is the only one utilising it. Every phone has it's own subset of the QTv drivers, as Qualcomm changes the chip without notice.

As I remember it's about a royalty issue between Qualcomm and HTC regarding the specs for the drivers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
1. Download DVDRip off the net, it is probably easier.

2. http://mplayerhq.hu

3. Should be.

6. NTSC DVD's are almost always interlaced, PAL DVD's are mostly progressive, but can also be interlaced or mixed interlaced/progressive.

7. I use HTC Album to open it, and it's very easy.

Feature suggestions:

1. No, but if i make DVD support it will just rip all movie chapters automatically.

2. That is hard to do properly and automatically.

3. No, the user should know better.

4. Yes, I have thought about it.

Then reduce the bitrate.... sheesh.

You DON'T need more than the preset bitrate. If you are a "complete newbie" just use the presets that have been created for you.

If you knew how h.264 works, you'd realize there is no "max bitrate".
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ather:
jandre : Please Stop advertising your Software in this Thread, the Developer has reported us several times about this
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benko286:
than i will use wmp and built in htc player.

but how to convert video that is absolutly full screen with no black flags at bottom and top???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tabke:
Encoder have some problems with non-english subtitles, russian in my case. Any @%&* symbols instead of russians.

And, for example, if i have MKV file with build-in english subs, but use external file with subs on my language, Encoder work only with build-in subs...

It's possible, to fix these problems?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wanwarlock:
yeah same here. the converted video quality is excellent but with black flags on bottom & top...

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FromDaStreet!:
That`s really cool it works flawless !!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sian:
I encode a DVD using SPB Mobile DVD. Then re-encode using Encoder. But the quality of the MP4 is pretty bad, pixelated and laggy. Anyone can recommend a better way to get a video onto Touch HD?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benko286:
maybe thisis our chanse

MOD EDIT PLEASE DON'T POST OTHER PEOPLES THREADS IN THIS THREAD, RESPECT THE OP. THANK YOU

The changes from version 1.8 are:

- Can ignore up and down black flags, usseful for DVDs and VOBs, and another video files.

i will try it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p3eps:
All I have to say is WOW!

I was using this the other day with my P4 3.6Ghz computer and it took about 4 and a half hours to convert a 4.5gig VOB file (ripped with DVDDecrypter and merged with VOBmerge) into a WVGA file - and used 98 - 100% of my processor continuously!!

I've just installed a new motherboard and processor after it dying at the weekend - a 2.83Ghz Core 2 Quad - and its converted the same file in less than an hour and only using 60 - 65%!

Just wait until I get the overclocking utilities installed :D

Keep up the fantastic work. I'm not in such a rush for the 'switch computer off when complete' button now - but I still think it'd be a great addition!

Donation coming your way shortly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wanwarlock:
couldn't download it from mediafire, but managed to from megaupload. anyway, it's still half-spanish (or portuguese?). will have a proper play tonight. like this app better imho....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joe_adlin:
Java applications not connecting to the internet where as pocket ie and other pocket pc application works well.

I am using imate jasjam mobile.

Installed ucweb 6.3, opera mini 4.3 and gorilla browser and some games.

None of them are opening.

Screen goes blank after an hour glass.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AliGod78:
~Error~ v1.21

Hi projection. Got a crash file for you... Please see attached. Just this one film/file I can't encode. Any ideas? WinXP(x86)SP3, IntelCore2Duo @ 2.33Ghz, 2Gb RAM.

VTS_02_1.VOB is 3.87Gb in size, decoded with DVD Decrypter v3.2.1.0 and then picked files for encoding using DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15

Attached logfile.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wwh97:
nice,thx ,but I like *.rmvb

pc-rmvb

ppc-rmvb

only rmvb
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Works great, and films are much better now!

One issue, BBC iPlayer downloads with DRM come out scrambled and are useless! But I can just watch them as they come so it's not that big an issue!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NikPraskaton:
Works like a charm. Tnx for this app..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Hello,

Small update...

I am reading all the posts, and also, thank you to all who donated recently, I will update the first post with your donations.

To those advertising a different program in my thread, I can only that you are breaking the forum rules. All your posts will be reported and I will ensure that action will be taken against you.

If your program is SO good, then people will go and use it and post there. I guess it isn't. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind someone else finding a different way of getting good video working, but using my thread and my hard work to promote your **** is very disrespectful.

Regarding the black bars, use CROP TO ASPECT option, it has been said over and over and over again. It's not hard to use...

I will make a new/final version with fixed subtitle encoding and per-file selection soonish, I'm just busy IRL.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NotATreoFan:
There is nothing wrong with people comparing your program to others, and it does NOT break any of the forum rules. However, if full out discussons/breakdown begin to take place then it can be considered "thread hijacking", and that is against forum rules.

Posts like this only serve to be inflammatory. If people are hijacking your thread, please ask them nicely to stop, and take their discussion to another thread or PM. If those people choose to not follow your simple request, then you should not react in a angry manner, and simply report the inappropriate posts (which you already do quite often), or PM a Moderator. We will deal with it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I did, didn't work.

Either way, feel free to crop out of some of my previous post if you deem it inappropriate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Grga001:
Great App!

Tnx for this great App!

I am amazed that it can use all four CPU cores in my Quad.

Will send some Euros when I open PayPal!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
Trust that by offering this software and your work people are appreciative. comparing your work to someone else's means nothing other than trying to know what to choose. If someone decided to use your thread to advertise her/his work, it's something else. but considering other applications and asking questions or posting wonderings about them, to get a different point of view, is something you should take for granted.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thanks to Tauno for donating me a crate of beer IRL :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wanwarlock:
thanks, crop to aspect works! it's now excellent! thanks for your hard work man
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
Yep, definately the most lovely converter out there at the moment.

Can you answer some questions for me?

1) The most important issue I'm struggling with right now; when I play a video converted on SD (bitrate 500, wvga), it runs just fine until I try and use bluetooth audio at the same time. For some reason my device goes ape**** and the video runs at 1fps. Now I can imagine that the BT takes up some cpu cycles, but that many? I mean, it wasn't even HD encoded! Can you give me a suggestion as to where I can find a resolve?

2) Encoding can take very long, depending on the source file. I tried encoding a HD .mkv file (around 9gb) and it took around 4 hrs! I've got a proper quad core CPU (running at 2800mhz per core). Is there something I'm doing wrong, or does it just take that long?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p3eps:
Has anyone tried playing a movie on their Touch HD with the D3D drivers installed - which has been encoded with this? Just wondering if it makes any difference?

Angerlusz: Before I got my 2.83ghz Quad Core the other day it was taking me 4-5 hours to encode a standard 4gig VOB file to mp4! That was with a P4 3.6ghz.

Projection: Can you change my donation from Peter to p3eps please?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] crabby09:
I have the same BT issue as Angelusz... BT headphones rape the fps, which is unfortunate as I love my BT headphones.

What's the problem with video playback on this chipset? I would have thought the CPU + RAM + GPU would allow for fantastic playback. Is this just another WM problem?

crabby
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] molnarcs:
mencoder suggestion

Hello!

I read one of the logs posted here (I don't have a windows install at the moment to verify) and I have a quick suggestion - why don't you use -nosound for the first pass instead of -oac faac. -nosound completely ignores the audiostream, should save a few cpu cycles (although you would hardly notice it on a current hardware).

I use my on scripts to encode videos for the blackstone, and I just started to experiment with the x264 codec. Until now, I mostly used xvid, this is just an example of -nosound usage (from my previous script):

#!/bin/bash
for f in *.avi;
do
echo "Processing $f"
mencoder "$f" -nosound -force-avi-aspect 1.78:1 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts\
pass=1:bitrate=784:me_quality=6:trellis:chroma_me:chroma_opt:hq_ac:vhq=4:quant_type=h263:max_bframes=2:bvhq=1\
-passlogfile encoded/"${f%.xvid}".xvid.log -vf scale=512:288 -o /dev/null &&\
mencoder "$f" -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=80 -force-avi-aspect 1.78:1 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts\
pass=2:bitrate=784:me_quality=6:trellis:chroma_me:chroma_opt:hq_ac:vhq=4:quant_type=h263:max_bframes=2:bvhq=1\
-passlogfile encoded/"${f%.xvid}".xvid.log -vf scale=512:288 -o encoded/"${f%.xvid}".xvid.avi
done

On a side note, this produced watchable movies on both laptops (with screens < 15,4) and the blackstone. I usually do specific scripts for specific movies (this one's for Doctor Who, that has an exact 16/9 ratio, hence the forceaspect directive). I'm still hunting for a "one size fits all" solution (settings good for both a laptop and my phone).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] touch guy:
molnarcs - I'm trying to do the same. Could you post/send me your scripts for formating TV (4:3) or movies (16:9) recordings to Blackstone compatible files?

I'm new at this so forgive the stupid questions:

1. In your script above I see h263 format, yet your output file is xvid.avi - why?

2. Do your parameters optimize for the video chip in the Touch HD?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] molnarcs:
Well, my settings work well with CorePlayer, but from what I've seen, the x264 codec may provide better quality, I'm just not sure about performance (battery drain). x264 is far more CPU intensive then xvid codec. On the other hand, with most of the advanced settings disabled (like it is in Mr Projection's converter) it may still provide better quality then xvid with a reasonable performance. I'm still testing it though...

The codec I use is XVID, an mpeg4 codec, the h263 in my script refers to the quantizer, not the codec h.263. They are completely different things, even though (except for that single dot) they are called the same :) Mpeg4 codecs (ffmpeg, xvid, etc.) can choose between two quantizers, mpeg or h263. There's a wikipedia entry on quantization although it's way above my head :) What I understand from various threads is that h263 gives you smoother image on lower bitrates, while mpeg gives you a sharper image at high bitrates.

Anyway, I think the "one size fits both my laptop and my blackstone screen" solution will be with x264, so I'd suggest you try out projections's converter. Right now I'm still experimenting with various settings, I can't give you now a good script. Once I got one that's usable, I'll post it here, but I guess projections already did this homework :) I'm just doing it as a hobby :) One set of options failed to play back on my phone, which leads me to another question: does anyone know which options (profiles, levels) are supported by album in blackstone? Here's the ones I tried (and failed):

pass=1:bitrate=512:direct_pred=auto:weight_b:no-cabac:frameref=6:bframes=3:subq=6:b_pyramid:deblock

pass2 was the same, audio codec set to 64, resolution 576x320. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doctajay:
Any chance for an OS X build? I have to run the program through VMWare fusion for it to work, but it does work very very very well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dude10:
choose language by converting

Hi,

this program is actually perfect, but I have one question about the language. If I want to convert the vob file, I have the possibility to choose the language. these DVD (vob file) have two languages, eng and germ.

As I convert I don´t found any option to choose germ. instead eng. Is there a possibility to change the language before converting?

If there is a chance, how do I do this.

thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigdeal88:
sorry but its too slow. coverting takes very long, and i have a fast spec comp
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] molnarcs:
Yeah, it's slow, but it's the codec, not the program (Encoder.exe). Encoding into any h.264 format is very demanding. If you find a faster application it probably does 1 pass conversion, while Encoder does 2 pass, and you need that for optimal quality (at a given bitrate or filesize).

The alternative is to use xvid, which is 2x-3x faster (even with very high settings). To play it, however, you'll need CorePlayer, while files converted with converter will play in default album on your phone.

I've been doing some testing recently, and it all comes down to individual choice. Currently, I don't see much difference in quality between an xvid and a h.264 encoded movie (at the same bitrate/resolution of course), because most of the advanced options of the h.264 has to be turned off anyway to make them playable on your phone. Without those settings (b_frames, CABAC, etc.) the performance of h.264 is comparable to xvid (maxed out settings).

What I like about Encoder is the simplicity of the interface. In my experience, most of the (Windows) applications that offer everything and the kitchen sink (Super, Media Coder) are quite buggy. Super does 1 pass encoding (the last time I tried), while Media Coder is unable to finish the job when encoding multiple files (20+). Sometimes it looked like ok, but later I found out that for some movies, only 33 minutes of 42 were encoded (without any warning or error message). These apps try to do everything and end up doing nothing properly :mad: Encoder tries to do one thing, and as far as i can tell, it does it well.

Now back to the speed issue - one solution would be to offer a simple drop-down menu to chose between xvid and h.264 for encoding. This won't convolute the interface too much, while adding the necessary parameters to the backend should be easy. I can share the parameters that work best for me, do some testing, post screencaps to show the difference between the two codecs...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lexluthor:
Just found this. I have one quick question.

What if my source is a dvd video that I've copied to my hard drive as multiple .vob files.

Any suggestions as to how to have one destination file created from that?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found a program called VOBMerge. It doesn't take too long, that should suffice.

I'm going to try this out on a video now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dude10:
vob merge is cool. it´s fast and easy.

After merging, if you have these vob file with more than one different languages, so that you can choose by playing this file? But what of, if you want to change the primare language from eng to ger (example: eng-ger, eng-swe) by this encoder program is it not possible?

If it is possible, how can I change the language?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lexluthor:
Wow, very impressed.

This created a video that looks and plays great in WMP.

My last attmept at an h.264 video only played the audio in WMP.

Any h.264 video I create plays like crap in coreplayer.

h.264 video looks better to me at the same bitrate than xvid, so this is a nice solution.

Takes forever on my single core cpu though, but that's ok.

One question, I know it's been covered, but it's a long thread.

If I have a DVD that's anamorphic widescreen (say 1.85 to 1 aspect ratio) and I want to keep the same aspect ratio so that when I play it on my TP's 640x480 screen, I have letterbox bars on top and bottom, do I check crop to fit target aspect ratio or do I not check that or is that not what that box does at all?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] miland:
1.22

Hey,

the development is little bit slower than before.

When 1.22 with subtitles encoding support will be released?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danprocter:
Is there anyway to set fps? I copied over Star Trek First Contact on dvd and noticed it was 25fps, but when I converted the film it was cracking quality but was slightly jerky every few seconds, which I know (thru other conversion software) is to do with the fps settings.

Other than that, thumbs up to the GUI mate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bigjohn_S:
I have sync issues.

I'm using this on an HTC Touch (vogue), set the size to 320x240, bandwidth to 300k video / 32k audio, and the audio track is about 1second ahead of the video...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bugsykoosh:
I've tried it a few times and always get an error message. Any Ideas?

child process exited abnormally

child process exited abnormally

while executing

"close $pipe"

(procedure "myexec" line 5)

invoked from within

"myexec "[filt \"$::curdir\\tools\\mencoder.exe\"] -nosound -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=1000 -frames 1 -o NUL -vf scale=-10:-1,scale=0:-10 -msglevel..."

(procedure "getvidinfo" line 6)

invoked from within

"getvidinfo $file"

(procedure "convert" line 23)

invoked from within

"convert"

invoked from within

".buttons.start invoke "

invoked from within

".buttons.start instate {pressed !disabled} { .buttons.start state !pressed; .buttons.start invoke } "

(command bound to event)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lenell86:
first time converting a existing m4v file that plays perfectly fine on my PC and streaming fine on my xbox 360. Attached is a log file.

22:55:52 ==========================================================================

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]

22:55:52 Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [harddup]

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [scale w=-10 h=480 noup=1]

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [scale w=640 h=-10 noup=1]

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [scale w=0 h=-10]

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [scale w=0 h=-10]

22:55:52 Opening video filter: [scale w=-10 h=-1]

22:55:52 ==========================================================================

22:55:52 Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family

22:55:52 Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)

22:55:52 ==========================================================================

22:55:52 VDec: vo config request - 720 x 368 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)

22:55:52 VDec: using Planar I420 as output csp (no 1)

22:55:52 Movie-Aspect is 2.32:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.

22:55:52 SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4

22:55:52 SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4

22:55:52 SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 1

22:55:52 SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 1

22:55:52 [swscaler @ 00FB0ED4]BICUBIC scaler, from yuv420p to yuv420p using MMX2

22:55:52 [swscaler @ 00FB0ED4]using 4-tap MMX scaler for horizontal luminance scaling

22:55:52 [swscaler @ 00FB0ED4]using 4-tap MMX scaler for horizontal chrominance scaling

22:55:52 [swscaler @ 00FB0ED4]using 1-tap MMX "scaler" for vertical scaling (YV12 like)

22:55:52 [swscaler @ 00FB0ED4]720x368 -> 848x368

22:55:52 x264 [info]: using SAR=272/275

22:55:52 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64

22:55:52 x264 [error]: empty stats file

22:55:52 x264_encoder_open failed.

22:55:52 FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.

22:55:52 Exiting...

22:55:52

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

22:55:52 Executing C:\Users\lenellm\Downloads\Encoder\tools\mp4box.exe -fps 23.986 -aviraw video C:\Users\lenellm\Downloads\Encoder\video.avi

22:55:54 Error muxing...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schettj:
Looks promising under linux with wine...

Grinding along now. Works well as a space heater too (pegged my dual core at 100/100%) :D

Edit: Hey, it worked. Nice. Would work fine for that fruity device as well.

Any chance we could get a native linux version? :D