Do you watch video on your Smartphone?

[algorhythm]

Thanks, Opti....I'll give this a try.

I've gotten a bit farther on my own using SmartRipper and DVD2AVI, then dumping the AVI to Adobe Premiere....but I still only got 30 min worth of file off a full DVD...haven't watched the disk (it's disk 5 of the Beatles anthology), but I'm sure there's got to be more material on it.

What I'm not clear on is....you're suggesting betaplayer as a better alternative to the 5600's WMP 10? I'm game (long as it doesn't trash my phone...). Just trying to understand it all....I'm an audio guy, and all this video protocol is just twisting my head..... 8O

[algorhythm]

Thanks, Opti....I'll give this a try.

I've gotten a bit farther on my own using SmartRipper and DVD2AVI, then dumping the AVI to Adobe Premiere....but I still only got 30 min worth of file off a full DVD...haven't watched the disk (it's disk 5 of the Beatles anthology), but I'm sure there's got to be more material on it.

What I'm not clear on is....you're suggesting betaplayer as a better alternative to the 5600's WMP 10? I'm game (long as it doesn't trash my phone...). Just trying to understand it all....I'm an audio guy, and all this video protocol is just twisting my head..... 8O

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by algorhythm

Thanks, Opti....I'll give this a try.

I've gotten a bit farther on my own using SmartRipper and DVD2AVI, then dumping the AVI to Adobe Premiere....but I still only got 30 min worth of file off a full DVD...haven't watched the disk (it's disk 5 of the Beatles anthology), but I'm sure there's got to be more material on it.

What I'm not clear on is....you're suggesting betaplayer as a better alternative to the 5600's WMP 10? I'm game (long as it doesn't trash my phone...). Just trying to understand it all....I'm an audio guy, and all this video protocol is just twisting my head..... 8O

i use betaplayer because it gives you the option of wwatching movies that are encoded with divx and xvid. unfortunatly wmp10 can not (that i know of). i prefer the xvid codec over wmv because i get cleaner/sharper/clearer rips. the wmv codec tends to look to fuzzy for me.

-opti-

[algorhythm]

I loaded betaplayer onto my 5600, but when I tell it to open a file on my storage card, the file menu doesn't see the files. (It sees the folders on the card, but shows them as empty....I can see them with file mgr, but that opens them with WMP.)

I DL'ed xvid 1.0.3., but that's for PC, not smartphone.

But meanwhile....I still have to get the files off DVD and into AVI (or MPEG) format before I can use virtualdub. And I'm almost positive =that's= where things are screwing up....the first AVI's wouldn't load into WMEncoder (wrong codec), then I got one that was 200kb, then I got two that were only 14 and 15 minutes each (from an 80min DVD), then I got one that had no audio.

I'm almost positive it's a codec issue, but there seems to be a large assortment of codecs available, and no clues as to which one(s) I need.

FWIW, I got a couple of messages when I first started virtualdub, telling me I had some 'illegal' codecs. I dunno...I'm sure I'll figure this out sooner or later, but it's in-bleeping-creadibly frustrating. Jeez, all I want to do is copy my own DVD's onto my phone.....

[Rocco Augusto]

tog et the files off the dvd, there is a program out there called DVD2SVCD. that will let you rip the files to an mpeg2 format. from there if you wanted to encode to smartphone you would have to use a different version of virtualdub called virtualdubmod. that will let you process mpeg files.

EDIT: xvid was only for your PC so you could encode the files. betaplayer has its own version of xvid for smartphones that it installs when you install the program. the reason why you most likely cant see the files with betaplayer is because they are mpg or wmv files. i think betaplayer only sees avi files. i could be wrong though

[jvanliew]

Thanks for your post. I just got a SMT 5600 and am trying to figure out how to get things going. I started working through your instructions and have some questions:

Not sure how to select 'xvid' as my codec, step 8.

Also I was looking for the post of your personal processor setting. I will probably help get me going.

Thanks a bunch for your help!

John

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by jvanliew

Thanks for your post. I just got a SMT 5600 and am trying to figure out how to get things going. I started working through your instructions and have some questions:

Not sure how to select 'xvid' as my codec, step 8.

Also I was looking for the post of your personal processor setting. I will probably help get me going.

Thanks a bunch for your help!

John

sorry i havent had a chance to post my settings yet, ive been swampped at work (12 hour shifts). i will make sure to post them tonight, i even set a calendar reminder

in the meantime i found the site that i used as reference for encoding to smartphone when i first got my mpx220 (traded for a 5600 ). this site uses a flash video as the tutorial. its a lot easier to use for reference than a step by stpe text.

http://www.modaco.com/How_to_make_mo...c-t118111.html

my settings are a little bit different because i wanted to get the best video quality possible. its always good to play around with the settings till you find something that fits your needs (smaller video, better quality, better sound, etc.)

hopefully the mods wont mind me posting that link. if they do please let me know and ill remove it, last thing i want to do is step on any toes

-opti-

[jvanliew]

thanks -opti-, I'll check it out.

[phoenixag]

Newbies who are not very familiar with VirtualDub might want to try PocketDivxEncoder. It does all of that automatically and you just enter in the filename and the output filename and it encodes the file.

It encodes files for smartphones, pocket pcs, vga ppcs, etc.

Search on google for PocketDivxEncoder. It's free but I don't have the link right now with me. It's available on a lot of sites tho.

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by phoenixag

Newbies who are not very familiar with VirtualDub might want to try PocketDivxEncoder. It does all of that automatically and you just enter in the filename and the output filename and it encodes the file.

It encodes files for smartphones, pocket pcs, vga ppcs, etc.

Search on google for PocketDivxEncoder. It's free but I don't have the link right now with me. It's available on a lot of sites tho.

PocketDivxEncoder
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http://divx.ppccool.com/