06-30-2005, 12:31 PM
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Converting Video for Smartphones! (DETAILED GUIDE)
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This guide is intended for individuals that want to convert movies/tv shows to size and resolution suitable for Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphones!
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PocketDivxEncoder
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Files Needed
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PocketDivxEncoder (free - http://divx.ppccool.com)
Betaplayer (free - http://betaplayer.corecodec.org)
(This is most likely the easiest way for neophytes to video editing to get decent quality Divx files on their Smartphones)
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Guide
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Download PocketDivxEncoder and Betaplayer. Install Betaplayer to your Smartphone and then open PocketDivxEncoder.
01) Select the Smartphone picture (first image to the left)
02) Select file to encode
03) Select output file
04) Select output options
05) Click 'Direct Encoding' button
VOLA! You're all finished. Pretty simple, just 5 easy steps.
VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod
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Files Needed
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VirtualDub (free - http://www.virtualdub.org)
VirtualDubMod (free - http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net)
Xvid 1.0.3 (free - http://www.koepi.org)
Betaplayer (free - http://betaplayer.corecodec.org)
(The difference between VirtualDub and VirtualDubMod is that VDM converts MPEG files. If your video files are in MPEG or the Matroska container format than this version of VD is for you. This guide is intended for individuals that want more control over their output files than you usually get with PocketDivxEncoder)
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Guide
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Install the Xvid codec to your PC as well as Betaplayer to your phone. Unzip VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod to a location of your choosing and you're all set to go!
01) Open VirtualDub
02) Select filters (VIDEO>FILTERS)
03) Click Add
------ Resize
------ New Width (176)
------ New Height (220)
------ Filter Mode (Bicubic)
------ Click OK
04) Click Add
------ Rotate
------ Right by 90 degrees
------ Click OK
05) Exit Filters
06) Apply 'Full Processing Mode' for video (VIDEO>FULL PROCESSING MODE)
07) Enter compression settings menu (VIDEO>COMPRESSION)
08) Select 'Xvid MPEG-4 Codec' and click the 'Configure' button
09) Xvid Settings
------- Profile @ Level (AS @ L5)
------- Encoding Type: (Single Pass)
------- Target Bitrate (kbps): 200 *click Target Quantizer to get bitrate*
10) Apply 'Full Processing Mode' for audio (AUDIO>FULL PROCESSING MODE)
11) enter compression settings menu (AUDIO>COMPRESSION)
12) select 'MPEG-3 Layer-3' and select the bitrate '24kBits/s, 12,000Hz, Stereo 3KB/s'
13) Save processing settings (FILE>SAVE PROCESSING SETTINGS)
14) Open file to encode (FILE>OPEN VIDEO FILE)
15) save output file (FILE>SAVE AS AVI)
Feel free to play around with the settings. These are the settings I use when encoding to my Audiovox 5600. Different Smartphones might yeild different results. Attached are my processing settings so you can just load them and encode (FILE>LOAD PROCESSING SETTINGS)
-opti-
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NOTE: I would write a guide for converting files to WMV format through Windows Media Player 10 except I have never honestly tried to convert files that way, for Smartphones, since I don't like the WMV codec (to fuzzy for my taste). Also from my understanding you can only do so if your phone has WMP10 on it already, which a lot of older Smartphones do not.
EDIT: 11/11/2005 - After FIVE months I have finally got around to encoding some WMV files to update this guide. Unfortunatly though I could not find a method of encoding those files where you would not only get 'good' picture quality but small filesizes as well. An hour long show came out to about 78MB at 128kbps and the image quality was VERY poor to say the least. That same file encoded with Xvid came out to about 56MB and the quality was fantastic. Go with Xvid if you want the best possible results. :)
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Just wanted to say thank you to Mike and the rest of the SPT crew for refering individuals to this guide. Also a special thank you goes out to everyone that has sent me thank you letters and input about ideas I could use in the updated version of this guide that I am working on. All questions and comments are always welcomed so keep em coming!
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