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cool guide... can i add some tricks? ^_^
anyway, i dont bother with virtualdub too much because i only use TCPMP to play videos (and pocketmusic for music ^_^) one thing you need to know - pocketdivx encoder dont like wmv's and mov's too much (and a few other formats). you have to encode these to mpg's, lossless/etc avi's or whatever before you can convert it to pocketdivx. i use tmpgenc most of the time. why? because it's easy to use and has tricks that can help you improve or maintain the quality of the video that you are about to encode. it also has batch encoding. total video converter is also as good... so i use either of those. always remember though that the more processes of encoding a video file goes through, the more chances that you will cause some loss of quality - though it's unnoticeable to the untrained eye most of the time... so they say...
anyway, if you have a 132mhz smartphone like me (HTC e200 voyager), chances are that your phone will stutter when you play the encoded video file. this is due to hardware limitations. specifically, phones like mine can only play around 16-18 frames per second without problems. most videos are around 23.976 - 30 frames per second. this is a problem. what you can do is drop the frame rate a few frames... on a relatively small screen, the difference is near negligible. same goes for the audio part - small speakers... not really to much to fuzz over about... unless you got senheisser headphones... as for the ogg thing, it is a nifty trick... but i dont bother with it too much because the amount of space you save is directly proportional to the amount of hassle you get in doing so. so if anybody is interested, here's how i encode videos for my smartphone ^_^:
- get/rent/rip/download a video and rip/encode it to avi or mpg
- fire up pocketdivx encoder (get v0.03.60 - its got niftier features. v0.03.50 has the ogg thing... again, i dont bother with that too much)
- select the device (very cool idea btw)
- "1" open file to encode
- "2" select where you want to save finish product (or you could skip this part, it saves the file on the same directory but with an appropriate extension on the filename)
- "3" set the file size and quality. the more you move the bars to the right, the better the video and sound quality gets. flush right means best quality. default settings are not too shabby. if you want to fool around with the other settings like changing the output size or cutting the clip, dont let me stop you. the settings are already maximized for smartphones so actually, dont bother touching anything (except for the sliders - if you want to)
- if you have a 132mhz processor like me, hit advanced options>frame rate< and change it to 16.0 or 18.0
- feel free to fool around with the other settings. no-brainer descriptions are there when you mouse-over the said tweak
- hit "Encode Now" to finish the thing
- transfer file to your memory card via card reader or activesync (though i doubt you can get past the 40MB mark)
- fire up TCPMP on your smartphone (they got version 0.72 now... lots of improvement)
- hit play and enjoy
and that's all there is to it. call me nerdy and childish but i watch a lot of naruto and bleach on my phone. quality is good enough that i can ready the subtitles. if you have questions, fire away. i'd be glad to help ^_^
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