yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groves226:
Until KAV, Panda, or Avira make one for the phones, stick with AVG or Lookout, I prefer Lookout because of the features (but the Norton and MacAffee I think provide the same stuff)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groves226:
If you do a search for pwn2own you'll find that everything has exploits and holes(except for chrome so far).

Finding good security software is hard.

Lookout and AVG may or may not work, but what other choices are there?

Im really asking too BTW.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] elena17484:
Hi all just wandering if anyone has good suggestion for saving battery. Maybe an app that saves battery or recommend something else. Im constantly charging my phone 3 times a day and my battery goes quick. Im using task killer and killing unwanted apps that are running. I have lowered the screen brightness as well. But my battery still runs out quickly.

Thank you
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] elena17484:
I have also tried cpu tuner and battery saving apps but they seem to make my phone run slow and sometimes freeze.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] necrohades:
you might be running quite a lot of widgets. or animated wallpapers. taskkillers sometimes aggravate the problem, since the apps they kill, will auto start.

try some system monitoring apps. these will tell you what apps are actually USING CPU cycles. they are the ones that kills your battery quick. then you have the option to uninstall the cpu-hoggers.

if all else fails, try a different battery, or have your phone checked
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ctalcant:
Background Data is battery killer

Also double check to see if background data is being used. Settings ---> Accounts and Sync. If background data is on, many apps will continue to open themselves and refresh their data before your task killer kills them.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pabling19:
Is this the reason why everytime I open advance task killer, a lot of apps show up even if I didn't use them? like yahoo messenger, music, mail,.. I think almost all of my apps show up and I only have like 20+MB of free space even if I kill apps every 30 minutes?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pabling19:
My suggestion is to stop using autokill apps (if you're on eclair). Just kill apps manually when you feel like your phone is slowing down. What launcher are you using? Zeam is lightweight and fast. Also, keep the number of homescreen and widgets to a minimum, only the ones that you need. I also think auto rotation of the screen consumes a lot of power (I may be wrong). Is you phone new? It takes a few discharge/charge cycle before the battery achieves its full potential. Turn off WCMDA when you're not using it (use only GSM). Turn off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS when not in use.

These are the things that I'm doing and my battery lasts 2 days with heavy texting (when I say heavy, it's 100+ text messages sent a day plus 200+ text messages received), music (1-2 hours when travelling), 1-2 hours talk time per day and a few games. I also use navigation and facebook from time to time. I use Zeam and I have 4 homescreens and 4 widgets open (APNdroid, Clock wdgt, Power Control, XPERIA Flashlight)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Dan53:
do this and in addion add some system apps that keep reopening to the task killers ignore list. Like for me for some reason the settings app opens 2 mins after i kill it, wasting battery. So i set it to ignore
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Alexander1988:
I found that lowering CPU Frequency on Standby helps the battery. I squeeze about half a day equaling a day and 1/2 out of phone. To achieve this I use Overclock Widget(it's the only one I tried) and it does the job. Search the market for a CPU tuner that has Standby and Screen On settings. Hope u get results.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] louiscypherbr:
my phone lasts for two days now, and used to last only for ten hours. There are two important things to save battery: use 2g and kee gps turned off! I used to let it enabled thinking that if there were no difference if there were no apps using it. Stupid idea...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jetpileder:
i'm using JuiceDefender beta
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] louiscypherbr:
I tried it before. Actually I have the donate version, but don't use it anymore. Just use 2g and see what happens.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] sridharrn:
Green Power

try Green Power Free or Premium
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Basti309:
Hey guys,

I have the problem, that Facebook-Places is not working. Maybe someone can help me to solve it:

I loaded the XDAFacebook 4.5 and updatet it to 4.5.1, because it's said that it's the only app which works with Facebook-Places. And it's a quite nice App for Facebook.

Like Deu5Vult wrote I installed the Bing-App again, and reinstalled XDAFacebook. (I have to say that I like the Bing-App very much, cause it's much faster than GoogleMaps - it locates me, an eg finds Cafes nearby).

But when I now go back to XDAFacebook --> Places --> Checkin it tries to locate my GPS data for about 5 seconds and then the windows is still empty.

I'm using the HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile 6.5 professional (5.2.21913), ROM 3.14.407.2 GER.

Has anybody some suggestions what I could do, to get Facebook-Places working?
[Streak 5 General] mst252:
I have a new Dell Streak factory unlocked. For some reason the option to use alternate keyboards is not available. I have other android devices and it gives my the option to select input settings. My streak running 2.2 has no option for this even though I see my swift key and smart keyboard listed. Any suggestions?

Thank you
[Streak 5 General] treylemkn:
Long press in any text box and you'll get an option for "input method". Click on that and you'll will get a menu for your installed keyboards. Select your favorite and you're good to go!
[Streak 5 General] marvin02:
Keyboards have to be enabled before you can select them.

Go to Menu->Settings->Language & keyboard

All of the keyboards you have will be listed. Make sure the box by each is checked. Then you can select them by long tapping an active text area.

More Info
[Streak 5 General] mst252:
Thank you for your help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluemoon1221:
I'm running darky 8.1 and there is the voodoo control app... I have no idea what it does and what to do with it.. help.....

Sent from my phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KillerTacoPaco:
its to boost volume in your headphones
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Yeah.....but be careful, good headphones+ voodoo cranked=sore eardrums.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluemoon1221:
But like do you put it on 1 or what

Sent from my phone
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supposta:
Hello everybody,

congratulations for the forum that often follow.

I install a cooked rom on my HD2, but I don't like the look of the screen "home. "

There's a .cab file to install the home classic black with colored icons?

Thanks for the reply
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejdavis72:
So I have a pretty annoying problem with my Dinc.

When I'm on 3G and I'm surfing the net, if I stay on one page for a while (like 30-60 seconds or so) and then go to change pages or go to another site, my 3g connection delays for about 5-7 seconds before the arrows will pop back on and work again. If I go from page to page to page or from site to site quickly, there is no issue. Is this common? Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
Open a separate DOS Prompt window s'd type "ping google -t" and leave the window open. This ping traffic should prevent the radio snooze... But could also raise your data usage.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejdavis72:
So that will leave my data running all the time? I still want my 3G to snooze, but I want it to resume faster.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejdavis72:
Anyone else have an idea?
[EVO 4G General] stat30fbliss:
First post with my brand new Evo! Can't wait to root!
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Hello neighbor! Congrats on your new new EVO, and also on your decision to root. You'll be amazed with the development community for the EVO here at xda.
[EVO 4G General] stat30fbliss:
Oh my goodness!!! This is truly an amazing device. I just clocked in at 1377 on Quadrant Standard's benchmark app, clearing the Nexus 2.2 with CyanogenMod 6.1.2-Supersonic ROM! :) :cool: :)

Ahhh.... feels great to be here, and can't wait to let my small opinion count towards being a part of the amazing developer community here at XDA! :)

Cheers!

Can you suggest any good 2.3 ROM?
[EVO 4G General] royshero:
Cm7 is getting there. Use snap Turbo kernel for cm6 amazing quadrant score 2500 plus
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Ok, I present to you what I believe to be the best trade off between file-size and quality, given when I'm likely to watch a film on this thing. Feel free to disagree, everyone has their own preferences.

Why have I chosen these settings?

Well, given that I normally watch films on a television, watching them on the Tab is only gonna happen when I'm on the move. So a >1GB video seems pointless, as on a screen that size you'll barely notice the difference in quality. So I aimed to get a film in to ~500MB and to a quality that is still watchable. I went for 500MB as a target because a film that's ~700MB on a 15.6" laptop screen is perfectly watchable. On the Tab the screen is smaller, and the pixel density higher, so we can afford a smaller file size for a video of the same dimensions. I chose to upscale during the encode instead of during playback because the Tab does a really bad job of upscaling (horribly pixilated, especially in high contrast). I think that you could get a film to 400MB, but that's too far for my taste.

To reiterate, I use these settings to keep file size to a minimum while maintaining a watchable quality. I do not need a 2GB HD film when I can fit 4-5 films in that space. If I want to watch a film at a high quality I use my 42" TV, not a 7" tablet.

What you need:

A film to convert for use on your tablet

Handbrake

Time

How do I do it then?

Load up handbrake, and select your source and destination files.

Ensure the preset is set to "Normal"

On the "Picture" tab make sure "Anamorphic" is set to "None"

Ensure "Keep aspect ratio" is ticked

Set the height of the output to the max it'll allow (assuming you're using an SD film. If not, set the width to 1024)

Switch to the "Video" tab

Ensure "Constant Quality" is used, and set the RF value to ~27. Larger numbers mean lower quality, and it's a logarithmic scale.

Switch to the "Audio" tab

Change the mixdown to stereo and the sampling rate to 48

Hit "Start"

After a number of hours (at least the length of the film you're converting) you'll have a ~500MB video file (depends on the length of the film, and genre) ready for playback on your tab. When you hit play tap the screen, then tap the zoom setting button (top right) once. This will correct the aspect ratio.

For higher quality (and larger file sizes) make the RF lower (eg: 22).

Feedback is welcomed, I want to know how you guys do it. ;)

Interesting posts

A few interesting posts are littered through the thread, here are a few:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10934317&postcount=5

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11021354&postcount=28

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11022128&postcount=30

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11044836&postcount=35

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11046438&postcount=38
[Galaxy Tab General] my_username:
Sounds like pretty solid advice to me. When I convert I just use a freeware converter called iWisoft which has a ton of preset options for different media devices.

I've never worried too much about trying to cut their size down though because you're right, a 700 mb movie on a laptop is perfectly watchable. And to this day, with multiple movies, backed up images and ROMs, pics, backed up apps, etc, I've yet to run out of space on my 16 gig SD.
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
Thumbs up on the howto. This is how I've been converting videos for my SGS and SGT. Handbrake is great software.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Cool. Glad you like this.

I've just done a few more and the lowest I've seen is 306 MB. Lol (short film, not action) EDIT: And I forgot to upscale. Damn
[Galaxy Tab General] spartacusrex:
Well. On Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) this is what I do..

Had a load of .ogm files that won't play on default player.. so...

I have a file called convert_vids.sh

> touch convert_vids.sh

Make sure you can run it..

> chmod +x convert_vids.sh

Open in a text editor

> nano convert_vids.sh

Then copy & paste this into it..

#!/bin/sh

for z in *.ogm
do

echo Converting file "$z" to "$z".avi

mencoder "$z" -aid 1 -slang en -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=192 -mc 0 -xvidencopts pass=1:bitrate=1000 -o "$z".avi

done

And run it in the directory you wish to convert :D

Just use the main function if you only want to convert a single file or to test it works first!

mencoder thefilm.ogm -aid 1 -slang en -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=192 -mc 0 -xvidencopts pass=1:bitrate=1000 -o thefilm.avi

You can play with the settings but basically it'll pick the first audio track, English subtitles, and encode it to xvid with a video bitrate of 1000kbps and mp3 audio of 192kbps and output the file with the same name as before but .avi added to the end. (These settings might be higher than some people want, but I like to future proof them..)

I like my manga in the original language with subs..

Enjoy.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
A very elegant solution.
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
(mac only) Or downliad the handvrake nightly and update the presets. remove it and download and open 0.9.4 and use the ipad preset (tab has a 1024 * 600 screen compared to the ipads 1024*768)
[Galaxy Tab General] slamorte:
Is there any way to upscale standard DVDs using Handbrake or something else? I'm less concerned about the size of the file as I am with the quality of the video.

Everything I do rips only to 720 wide. It always looks pretty junky on the Tab's screen.
[Galaxy Tab General] will6316:
Ripbot264 is an excellant tool. With a lot of features and simple to use.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Yeah, follow these instructions. Use the arrows on the height field, and click the up one until it maxes out
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
Why would you want to upscale for the Tab?

DVD's are 1024x576 (480 US), so its the perfect size for the Tab, just throw it into a decent x264 front end like Handbrake or Ripbot and set video quality to 21, AAC 160kb audio and it should a transparent copy.
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
Size means nothing, just quality.

If you set it to constant quality of around 21, it will be pretty transparent and the size will be whatever it will be.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
The size doesn't bother me too much, as long as it's below 600mb. That example threw me, as I was expecting about 450mb for the film. With upscaling it was 430

I upscale because, in the UK, films are stored in a frame that is 720*480, so widescreen films are squashed into that. When played back it's stretched lengthways to restore the aspect ratio, resulting in a display size of ~1024*480. Seeing as Android ignores PAR and just stretches the footage to fullscreen, actual size or full width we need to fix the aspect ratio in Handbrake. However, this results in films that are 720*3xx. Which looks awful, especially when you let the Tab scale it up to fullscreen. So I upscale in handbrake, because it does a better job of it, and it results in a film that's about the same size as the Tab's screen
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
If your encoding a 16:9 pixel (Anamorphic), and Android doesnt read the PAR, just force 1024x576 (PAL) or x480 (NTSC) in the settings and it should be fine.

If you cant force 1:1 pixel in your program of choice, i suggest you try Megui.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
That forcing it essentially what I'm doing. Handbrake doesn't add padding though, which is why I max out the height
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
Do me a favor, go dl bourne ultimatum hd trailer u will know y
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
I'd much rather you explained why. I assume you're wanting me to witness the joy of 1080p footage on the tab? My answer to this would be thus: if I wanted to watch 1080p footage I'd watch it on my 42" TV with surround sound ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
To each of his own. My point is it doesn't matter where I watch it (TV or the tab), I always have the highest quality video and it looks gorgeous on either output :)
[Galaxy Tab General] jeremyr62:
Upscale in handbrake

I must be thick cos I can't get Handbrake (0.9.5 on Win 7 64 bit) to upscale at all. If I load a film which is say 720x304, then (turning anamorphic to none) use the arrows to up the height (or width) it just defaults back to the original width and height. Am I missing something?

{EDIT.. If you use custom in the Anamorphic setttings it lets you upscale}
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
And twice the battery drain.
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
Im confused by this conversation, dvd's already have a resolution of 1024x576. Whats the padding for?
[Galaxy Tab General] natious:
I dont bother converting anything, the tab can play all my dvd rips/anime/hd movies
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
I hate to beat the dead horse but apparently u dunno how to read. Besides y u pay for a device that is capable of playing 1080p and dont use it? LoL
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Because DVDs have a resolution of 720x576.

Good

Let's not turn this into "Bash TheGrammarFreak because he doesn't use HD films on his Tab" 1920x1080 on a screen of this resolution and size is utterly pointless. I'd go as far as 720p if I wanted HD films on this thing, but I don't. I've explained why
[Galaxy Tab General] aliaselchore:
cool

great advice
[Galaxy Tab General] Pytte:
I searched ALOT for the linux commands to make something decent for this. In the end the resolution didn't matter it's just the bitrate, and of course if you have 5.1 audio or the like downscale to stereo.
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
Thats the SAR.

When you decode (playback) you see its DAR, which is 1024x576 because it has an Anamorphic pixel (16:9).

Normally i would encode dvd's and tv into x264 with a 16:9 pixel but if devices like the Tab cant read the PAR, you can use a square pixel with the right settings, so that the SAR and DAR are the same.

Honest guv, dib dib. :)

I havent use Handbrake for while because it lacks features, but i will look at it and come up with some recommendations.
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
As suspected, its not possible to force settings with Handbrake. An alternative is un-tick 'keep aspect ratio' and resize to 720x400, that will look pretty decent and save on some space.

Although ive tested an Anamorphic encode on the Tab and displays fine so im not sure any messing around is needed. I will knock up a preset for handbrake and post it here once ive tested it.

If your up for using a more advanced tool like Megui with Avisynth scripts, then you can keep the full DAR with a PAR of 1:1.
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Feel free to provide a better solution :D

With your anamorphic encode did you have black bars at top and bottom in your source file?
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
No black bars. We should see some on the Tab because of the native 600p of the screen, so it must be zooming in slightly. Seems you loose 12pixels left and right, but nothing to worry about.

Import this preset into Handbrake, load your dvd, then set custom crop to 0,0,0,0 for the full resolution and de-interlace to slow. (careful, it wont save the crop settings or de-interlace settings, so you have to do it for every new title)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ndlw2bddz9d3bnt

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[Galaxy Tab General] rakeshtiw:
Hi,

Just wanted to say Thanks! This has really help me by allowing me to store more on my Tab. Specially since i have need to keep a lot of kids movies and stuff for my kids.

Cheers...
[Galaxy Tab General] Drinks Coffee:
Thank you.

The tablet-PC going to be in our house will be the new cinema to go...

My PC will have hard nightly-working hours. :D
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
Mine's just done 24 hours straight. I need a server to manage this...
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
Tried on my core i5 dell laptop running ubuntu - it worked at around 60fps until it got to the 80% mark then it only did it at 0.5 fps. Ended itbup doing it on my mac. The result? A decent quality 390mb version of a james bond film
[Galaxy Tab General] steviem:
I picked up my Tab yesterday, and I have to say, looking at this thread prior to buying it worried me a little. The main reason for chopping in my iPad for this is that I can remove a whole workflow from my video collection.

However, I can play 720p mkv files and standard def xvids.

I guess you have no choice with ogm files but to convert them. But with mkv files, you have a choice.

It's a tradeoff between Device Storage space, perceived battery usage vs. your time, computer storage (two copies of things you want to play on the tab is a little wasteful imo) and the spec of your computer as it needs to be well specced to fully convert an HD h.264 file down to a different resolution.
[Galaxy Tab General] VeEuzUKY:
Can you tell me "what" you can play that's 1080p? I cant play any 720p videos (any format) without studdering and dropped frames... heck, I cant play anything on the Tab that is properly smooth... its just too slow... like... mp4 videos? never... MKV? Forget it... and tried every single player for Android and the only one that really works well for me is Rock Player. So, curious to know what type of file, format and player you use to watch 1080p videos...
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
I had a 1080p video I download from YouTube and transfered onto the tab play ok
[Galaxy Tab General] MartijnMM:
Few things:

1) Do you want to recode?...then use: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC for video and MPEG AAC Audio for video. Make sure your player uses hardware acceleration.

2) In the end, resolution doesn't really matter, its file size. I encoded and watched several test where i compared a 1024x600 with a 512x300 file, both of the same file size, they basically looked the same.

3) Haven't test the difference in power consumption between the 1024x600 and 512x300 files. This needs testing.

4) i found anything higher then 25fps to be a waste of frames, couldn't tell the difference.

5) quality vs file size, its really a personal preference, personally i use 128bps for audio @ 44100 and i use a 2k stream for video. OP uses A LOT less, i can't watch that, but that's personal.
[Galaxy Tab General] dansus72:
A lot depends on how the video is encoded, if you dl'ed something with lots of b-frames/ ref-frames and too high profile (high@5.1+) then it will struggle.

Videos from the likes of Youtube, iTunes ect are encoded in such a way that its easy to decode, thats why quality is sometimes not the best.

Saying that, you shouldnt have any problem playing a scene 720p .mp4, and ive had some success with 720p .mkv too.

If possible, could you upload your mp4 and i will have a look.
[Galaxy Tab General] jeremyr62:
OK, I don't have a Tab but I will when I see what the Tab2 looks like. Anyway why would you use a third party player like Rock Player? I was under the impression the inbult Tab player was pretty good.

(I did ask a question about idx/sub subtitles in another place but got no answer. Can someone here put me out of my misery? Does inbuilt Tab player supprt these or just *.srt and embedded srt in mkvs? The Archos 70 IT just had a firmware upgrade and now supports idx/sub but that isn't really an option for me because of less good screen cf Tab. Apologies for thread hijack)
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
I burn subtitles in

Sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Galaxy Tab General] jeremyr62:
But you can't burn in idx/sub types tho using handbrake, only srt by the looks of it. In fact I don't think any converter can handle idx/sub as they are images of the subtitles.