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[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] emjee87:
I can confirm that MP4 works on the Focus, using TV shows previously converted for my iPhone 4

I use handbrake on Windows and Mac to convert my videos, using the settings from

http://lifehacker.com/5572037/handbrake-presets-for-your-new-ipad-or-iphone-4

The results have been good, but using the frame(middle) setting shown in that article does bump up the file size a good amount, and as I'm sure a lot of you have heard, storage space isn't so easy to come by on WP7 yet...
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] dgetz:
Handbrake

I too can vouch for handbrake. All of the videos I have made for my ipod touch with it work just fine on the Focus. Unfortunately, the library I have for the touch is lower resolution, with videos at about 1/2 DVD resolution and at 500kbps encode rate. I end up with about 500 MB for the about 90 min. It is nice because they don't take up a lot of room, but still look decent. When output to a standard definition TV they look fine as well.

When I first put a few of these home videos on the Focus the lower quality was immediately noticeable. To see how I could push the phone, in my reply above I took a full DVD resolution video 720x400 (16x9 non-anamorphic) and corrected the audio stream. That video looks gorgeous on the Focus screen and is great for showing off the phone. It also takes up over 2.5 GB!!!! It is encoded at a rate of about 2100 kbps. As with any video encoding for a mobile device you have to make your own decision about resolution, encoding rate, etc in that constant game of quality versus size.

One thing to note. If there are black bars on your video, then either you have a video that was not encoded in a proportion that matches your screen or it was hard coded with the black bars. The second thing should be rare nowadays (eliminating this wasted information space was the point of an anamorphic DVD). The first is actually very common. IF your media is a studio movie, almost every action film these days comes at 2.35:1 instead of 16:9=1.77:1. Personally I like viewing any of my content in the way it was originally intended to be viewed and don't ever re-proportion anything. At the moment I am not sure if the Focus/WP7 'stretches' videos. I know on my ipod touch this was an option you could toggle by double tapping the video during playback...

Maybe I will play around with a few options tonight and report back.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] kamizuki:
have a zunehd and remember seeing this thread on abi

anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58183

it converts the audio of any avi/mkv and keeps the video the same, so converting only takes a few mins, and zune software recognizes it..for the zunehd anyways, maybe someone can try w/ wp7
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] owczarb:
Since I couldn't find right settings for MediaCoder (best video converter ever).

I was using Prism Video Converter for my Omnia7.

About settings for prism:

For .wmv use as video compresor WMV9 and for sound WMAV9, i am not changing the resolution as it is not bothering me at all. All files (mostly avi or mkv) played smooth after conversion.

If anybody have good settings for MediaCoder I will be much appreciated for sharing.

Thx
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Mallux:
Okay, so MP4forHD works. The quality still isn't stunning, but it'll do for now (i guess.) However, i've encountered an issue with contrast. All my blacks appear as dark grays, which drives me nuts :(
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pencilcase:
Vote for Avi containers :)

http://windowsphone7community.userv...ons/1189333-support-avid-containers?ref=title

anyway I am currently letting zune convert my videos but to be honest its taking AGES. and yes, I still need a proper solution for mkv containers too :(
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] nrfitchett4:
voted.

But let me get this straight. If I point zune's video files locator to my completed graboid folder, it will automatically convert my videos into playable content on my phone?

How does this work?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pencilcase:
once you pull it onto the phone it converts and then syncs
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] nrfitchett4:
I figured that out. So why all this, how to convert video for my phone questions???

1. Install zune on your computer

2. Let zune catalog your video

3. click and drag the videos to your phone

4. enjoy

I've tested this on all the t.v. shows I've downloaded from graboid and so far everything looks like it autoconverted just fine. All of these were .avi and .xvid files.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Audio:
Since starting this thread i've read about this, however Zune simply will not convert anything for me. I've catalogued my Video collection as PencilCase stated, but when i try to copy them to the phone, it simply says something like "Sync Failed". I've checked the Zune settings and can't find an option other than the Audio Converter (which i already have enabled) to do this :s
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] nrfitchett4:
huh, do you have the newest zune desktop? It did all my videos for me.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Audio:
After a bit more fiddling about it seems my work computer (XP SP2 32bit) will convert my Films/Shows yet my Home Computer (Win7 64bit) will not (even trying the exact same video file). Both are the most up-to-date Zune players. Really annoying me now....

*EDIT* just ensured i've all the usual codecs (i only use CCCP, on both my home and work computer) so i can't imagine it being a codec problem... Also the error i get when i try to play the videos in Zune is C00D1189 and it says "The Zune Software doesn't Support the file type or codec used to create it". If that's the case, WHY DO YOU WORK ON MY WORK COMPUTER? grrrrr........
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] zulu208:
I use handbrake to convert videos into mp4 and mkv format, it sync over to and play back on wp7 just fine.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Audio:
Well i'm still having no luck with Zune on my Win7 x64 machine, however I've since done the Mass STorage Hack and Windows Explorer lets me drag and drop them onto the phone just fine. I hate Zune.....
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] deise:
i cant do anything my pictures sync but my videos dont i tried converting to all formats IT says it plaus but it wont and i have the folders set

help:eek:
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Vanillalite:
Thanks gonna try out the expression encoder.

For some reason handbrake wasn't working for me. Whenever I used handbrake my video would come out fine, but my audio was always garbled.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Vanillalite:
Okay so I downloaded and tried the Any Video Converter someone mentioned on page one.

WIN!!!

Got this to work without the weird audio issues I was having with handbrake. Thank you XDA forms for solving another issue for me! :) :D
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] deise:
if only i had of seen the first post

thanks guys:cool:
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ov2rey:
i using CyberLink MediaEspresso 6 latest version and select Iphone 3GS for video

this software make use of GPU hardware to decoding/encoding

and better picture view then other software!

i recommended!!!

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/mediaespresso/overview_en_US.html
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] blahism:
I run Win7 ultimate x64 and zune has converted all videos i have tried - and done so rather well, much faster than i expected :)

The only codecs I installed 3rd party were DivX and AC3Filter. I stopped using CCCP a while ago when DivX implemented their mkv container for mediaframework
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocd:
Just curious if it is my area I live in or me screwing around with my phone. I live in Fresno, CA and we've had HSPA+ here for a couple of months. I was averaging around 3mbps down and 1.5 up from my house and 4-5k at my office. All of the sudden I am getting extremely poor 3g speeds. 200-300k at my house and 600-700k at my office. Just wondering if anyone is from the area here and if they are experiencing the same issues.

The only thing I did was flash the JPM froyo to mess around. I am now back running Bionix fusion 1.1 with stock kernel and ji6 modem.

Edit: Going to Odin back to official JI6, I'll post results in case anyone is curious.

Edit 2: Didnt work, still getting the same speeds. Just talked to a friend of mine down in southern CA and he is no longer getting HSPA+ speeds on his vibrant. Anyone else having an issues like this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocd:
Anyone else in HSPA+ areas having this happen?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosix:
yes. very strange. and its ****ing pissing me off too.

i work in addison, tx (dallas suburb basically) and i used to get 4 to alllmost 6mbps down at work. up speeds have always sucked a nut but that's fine with me because you're only sending http requests most of the time so 300kbps is fine.

past few months it has become VERY spotty. some days my down speeds are under 200, the ping times out, and my up speeds are 1.2-2mpbs (WTF!?) this is with four full bars most of the time. its so bad that with the awesome ups, pages IMMEDIATELY time out, i cant even browse little mobile sites like m.facebook.com a lot of the time.

outside of this area, everything seems to go back to almost normal again. i no longer get 4+ down speeds anymore, but they're better, 1.5-2 i can live with.

it started happening before i rooted the phone and flashed any roms. and has never gone back to normal with the other roms i've tried, so im pretty sure it is a network issue.

the only other thing i could think of is maybe my sim card is crapping out, but i dont have another sim to test, as all of my friends dont have tmobile smartphones with a data plan and i'm way too lazy to go back to stock and go argue with a tmobile store rep to get a new sim card for free. mine is probably at least 6 years old at this point.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosix:
see what i mean? this could be better i guess since it wont let me select a server near me (this is renton, wa)

pings, in order as those are shown in the screencap are:

92ms

160ms

111ms

93ms

also, instead of UMTS like it used to say, now it just says "Network: Cell"

this makes no sense. :confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0080:
I'm running stock jfd firmware still and my 3g has been sucking ass as of late as well and I'm near Dallas. I was in Addison Saturday night with full bars and good signal and couldn't do anything. Tried espn mobile and it was so slow. Forced it back to edge and it was a lot better. Tmo 3g here in dfw is hit or miss.....mostly miss. I was in Grapevine a cpl wks ago and was getting 5mbps down...never seen that before around here. But I still say its hit or miss mostly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotherius:
I have noticed that the 3g speeds I've been getting here in beaumont, tx are way below what I used to get as well. Sometimes 3g is even slower than edge!

I wonder if maybe the T-Mobile network is simply getting overloaded?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMaverick50:
im in san antonio and im getting the same average of about 4.5/1.5 like i have since the network upgrade. no problems here so far...i did notice my friends G2 has the H instead of the 3G but isnt any faster than my Nexus or my Vibrant, i figured the g2 would blow away my phones but his g2 averages about 4.5/1....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboater:
ive asked this in several different threads and cant seem to get a straight answer. maybe im asking wrong, so I am trying to make my question as clear as possible:

I am trying to figure out if im getting tmobiles new network in my area; (4g/hspa+). before I get flammed, yes, i do realize that our phones wont get 21mps download speed on the new network and the best we should see is 7.2mps, but probably wont get that in real world experience.

So i have been getting better speeds in the past few weeks in my area (between 1.5 and 3mps download) but that alone does not tell me if i am getting a good 3g signal or poor 4g/what ever its called signal.

When you go into settings> about phone> status, it says mobile network type. I am assuming that the Mobile network type will change depending if on new network, 3g, or edge....? (hspa, hspa+, hsdpa) Can anyone confirm or deny that this should or will change depending on what area we are in and what type of data connection we are connected to?

The other way someone told me to check is by downloading mobile signal widget and it will display 3g or H. For me this does not seem very accurate but it does display 3g or H...

The reason I dont know if Im on their newest/fastest network is because they have a coverage map on their website for HSPA+. my city is not on it, but a city about 15-20 miles away is on it. I did not really think i would be getting it since its not my city, but like i said ive noticed somewhat faster speeds, nothing like 4-6 mbs download that would confirm it for me, but enough to make me unsure and question.

so sorry for the long post. basically just wondering if network type under about phone will change depending on if im getting normal 3g or their newer/faster network and if that mobile signal widget is an accurate way to tell

thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theMODEL22:
If you have a vibrant you never got HSPA+, you just benefitted from its speed, the phone isn't capable of the +
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbakabg:
I got an extra sim from when I got my vibrant...I'm in arlington..plus my speeds have improved since I got rooted with the new updates and on fusion 1.1 with voodoo
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosix:
every single time ive bought a new phone from tmobile, the rep always takes the sim cards out of the box and uses my existing one.

a buddy of mine left tmobile because they wanted to charge him $20 for a sim card.

i actually brought that up with the tmobile twitter account and they just said "sim cards are usually not free"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbakabg:
That's crazy I've always kept mind...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mouahmong:
That's strange. I've always gotten my sim cards free from t-mobile. Just tell them the existing one keeps giving you a sim card error and that when you purchased your vibrant they took the sim card that came with it (because they typically do). They will take your old one and replace it with a newer one.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I told the rep I would not buy the phone without a new sim. He immediately swapped it from my g1 to a new one.

doubt it will help, but have you switched to airplane mode, reboot and then turn airplane mode so it finds your network again? I didn't even have data this morning and that fixed it.

Remember t mo is in the process of a major upgrade to their network too...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0080:
Every time I buy a phone from a TMO retail store and they go to take the sim I tell them to keep their fingers off and leave it in the box because I paid for it already. What they will do is put it in their binder for when the next poor schmuck walks in having lost their sim so they can get charged for it.

They try to give you the same BS about it costing money and maybe that's true if you lose it, but not with a brand new phone purchase. Even my new Vibrant I ordered from loyalty came with a new SIM in the box. I just kept it as a spare. The things these stores do to double-dip a measily $20.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosix:
honestly i probably should have but i assumed it was normal since i have never had network connection issues when going to buy a new phone. i've never even batted an eyelash when they did this.

if i odin my phone back to stock and take it up to them i'll definitely bring it up if they try to charge me.
[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
I was running Quadrant Standard app to benchmark my Epic 4G and have some insight on what it can do and how good can it do it.

While checking the specs of the phone, the app reports that the Epic 4G has an ARM v7 processor rev 2 (v7l) @ 800 Mhz (capable of 1GHz)... $amsung says that we have a Cortex v8 Hummingbird processor @ 1Ghz so the question is what do we really have and how fast is it really going???

I see data for other phones like the I9000 Galaxy S and it clearly states that it has a Cortex v8 Hummingbird processor @ 1Ghz. Did we get ripped off? or does the app just not read the specs of the phone right?
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

View "Cortex"
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalmail:
I have been using my steak almost one month. I am quite happy with everything. even upgrade to latest version 8105 rom. it was all fine.

but since 3 day ago, the touch screen seems refused to work from time to time.

or I am getting very slow respond. I have to keep changing my finger for better luck.

Sometime even after releasing my finger from the scree, the screen still seems on pressed. (I can tell the icon just been pressed is still in highlighted state.)

Does anyone have similar issue? this is supposed a very fast machine.

I'd like to to have your view before I return to DELL.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiGuy82:
I'm having the same issue with the Dell Streak I bought on eBay, did you find any fix for this?

I realize that if I reboot it the problems are gone for a while...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _n0p_:
Have you guys tried calibrating the screen?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiGuy82:
I will try to do it and I'll give the feedback.

It's so strange because It only stops to respond after a few minutes using Dell Streak
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _n0p_:
With System Panel you may view if any app comsumes too much cpu time.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiGuy82:
After the screen calibration it has been working really great! Thank you for remember me about the calibration!

And thanks for your great ROM!

I really need to donate you some money... but let me wait to the next month! eheh
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikebabcock:
I ended up replacing the screen on my streak and calibrated it and had the same problem. Seems sporadic.
[Click Android Development] feversanj:
does anybody tried fyodor rom v0.6.4.2

i am using it now.i am able to send and receive files over bluetooth.

if htc is not giving us 2.1 then atleast they can try to give us a bluetooth patch.

plz fyodor give us a sensible donut atleast.
[Click Android Development] Neo_94:
Well that would be great to hawe sense on the fyodor rom v0.6.4.2
[Click Android Development] suoko:
have u tried cm6 spqr rom?

u'll have blutooth, faster boot, app2sd, many more apps, etc ...
[Click Android Development] priban:
This would be very awsome! Maybe someone tries to build it?
[Click Android Development] Baudteck:
May be will it be better to port some Sence apps like HTC Contacts, HTC Lockscreen, HTC Weather widget etc. on fyodor rom 0.6.4.2?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nipper68:
Hi-

I've searched around, but haven't been able to find any info on this particular scenario.

I've just upgraded my two G1s to G2s. I'd like to sell the G1s, but want to unlock them first. Is there any way to unlock them, since they've been "deactivated"?

Both are rooted, running Cyanogen 6.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Nipper
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
Of course you can! Phones are not deactivated, they are just not used at this point.

Call T-mobile and ask them for unlock codes. If they give you any crap, politely tell them that you did buy the phones from T-mobile and they have to give you those codes by law. You should get them within 3-4 days. Put different sim card in the phone to unlock it, it will ask you for a that code. Any sim card other then T-mobile will do (even if the phone doesn't support it, like Nextel's sims). AFAIK, you can not do it without non-Tmobile sim though.

Good luck.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nipper68:
Thanks - could I just borrow a friend's SIM temporarily, just to unlock?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
As long as it's not T-mobile's sim - it will work.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nipper68:
Thanks, I'll do that!
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
Hello all,

just picked up a fascinate to tinker with while waiting for new phones too arrive :). With an easy task in qpst you can tether via verizon mobile hotspot for free. Obtain QPST (don't ask me where to get it)

Install GalaxyS Drivers (they are floating around the forum)

Put phone in modem mode (setting, wireless, enable dial up)

Fire up QPST (youll see windows adding the driver etc blah blah)

Add port (should be USB in there)

Once you see your phone in qpst goto the start clients menu and start service programming.

hit read from phone (password is 000000)

tab over to M.IP, under profile 1 click edit.

Changed tethered NAI to YOURNUMBER@vzw3g.com

Click write to phone,

phone will reboot, use mobile hotspot

NOTE: I am not responsible for any charges you may get, but you should be fine

EDIT: Please note if you ever reprogram your phone *228, then you need to perform this again.
[Fascinate Android Development] alphawolf36:
If rooted can wireless tether app work? Thinking about upgrading soon, but not wanting to pay for something free now.

Sent from my CLEB Froyo Eris
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
technically this won't require root but yes i am rooted and using verizons app for AP mode instead of wireless tether for root users.
[Fascinate Android Development] kupdegrove:
Is there an advantage to doing it this way rather than using wireless tether? Not being critical...just curious.
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
I didn't look into wifi tether for root much for the fascinate but by default it seems to use ad-hoc mode some may prefer AP mode also this helps those that don't wish to root.
[Fascinate Android Development] alphawolf36:
Great point, having a norm connection would be nice. Got so used to ad -hoc. Thank-you for quick reply.

Sent from my CLEB Froyo Eris
[Fascinate Android Development] denonlake:
I was able to do this on the incredible via the phone. Anyway to access this on the fascinate? On inc I dialed a code into the dialer and changed setting
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
The latest wifi tether for root users is infrastructure....IT IS NOT AD-HOC!
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
Like i had mentioned the one i grabbed 2.0.5 pre 11 starts in adhoc.

Also for the person who mentioned incredible, samsung does not have on phone pst like incredible.
[Fascinate Android Development] andwhy81:
since when? I just downloaded pre11 and it still says it a ad-hoc
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
It supports multiple devices and has for a while now. Don't go by connection info, try multiple devices.
[Fascinate Android Development] candrist:
QPST Version

Do you mind telling me which version of qpst you used to program your fascinate?
[Fascinate Android Development] sonofskywalker3:
Multiple devices and Infrastructure mode are not the same thing. Certain devices require infrastructure mode to connect, such as the PSP. Even though you can connect multiple devices to the phone through wifi, it still will not let you connect a PSP since the phone is identifying itself as a wifi device, not a wifi access point or router.
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
Whatever, you knew what I meant.
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
Can you refer what version of QPST you have. My version can't find find my phone for some reason. All the drivers for my phone are installed.
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
2.7 build 323
[Fascinate Android Development] Kristoferallen:
tried it out and it still shows up that i need to pay for the service when i open a browser. i am not rooted.

just changed the profile 1 under M.IP to enable. then changed the number@dun.vzw3g.com from profile 0 to number@vzw3g.com and it works perfect now!
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Worked great for me as well

Sent from my rooted Fascinate