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Anyone happen to know what the bitrate/settings are of the preloaded Avatar movie? I'm trying to convert my bluray 720p down to a 480x800 friendly size, but it keeps looking like crap. Or, it'll look great, but end up being about 3.5gbs. I played with a Vibrant at the T-Mobile store and the copy of Avatar was crystal clear.
I gave up and ordered a 16gb class 6 micro sd card. Problem solved!
Though, if anyone does happen to find out the details, I'd still love to know.
ericc191 said:
Anyone happen to know what the bitrate/settings are of the preloaded Avatar movie? I'm trying to convert my bluray 720p down to a 480x800 friendly size, but it keeps looking like crap. Or, it'll look great, but end up being about 3.5gbs. I played with a Vibrant at the T-Mobile store and the copy of Avatar was crystal clear.
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What are you using to encode? I personally use RipBot with a variable bitrate. I set the encoder to mp4/avc (h.264), res to 800x480,and the average bitrate to 1500. These videos have looked excellent for me and should be more than enough.
Mi|enko said:
What are you using to encode? I personally use RipBot with a variable bitrate. I set the encoder to mp4/avc (h.264), res to 800x480,and the average bitrate to 1500. These videos have looked excellent for me and should be more than enough.
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Awesome, I'll try it out. I'm using Any Video Converter free.
Xilisoft Video Converter has been good to me over the past two or three years. It converted from DVD to a format my iPhone would read. Now all the movies I buy mostly have a digital copy so I don't use the software as much any more. My Vibrant plays back everything (MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263)that plays on the iPhone so no need to convert either.
ShinyBuddha said:
Xilisoft Video Converter has been good to me over the past two or three years. It converted from DVD to a format my iPhone would read. Now all the movies I buy mostly have a digital copy so I don't use the software as much any more. My Vibrant plays back everything (MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263)that plays on the iPhone so no need to convert either.
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How did you put a digital copy on your phone? I bought cop out on blu ray and it came with a digital copy and I just drag it onto my sd card then i try to play it and it says there is a license error or something like that.
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Xilisoft Video Converter has been good to me over the past two or three years. It converted from DVD to a format my iPhone would read. Now all the movies I buy mostly have a digital copy so I don't use the software as much any more. My Vibrant plays back everything (MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263)that plays on the iPhone so no need to convert either.
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I'm still using an N1, at the moment, so it forces me to convert my vids.
mikey7436 said:
How did you put a digital copy on your phone? I bought cop out on blu ray and it came with a digital copy and I just drag it onto my sd card then i try to play it and it says there is a license error or something like that.
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You can't use the digital that comes with it. Its meant for iDevices or Windows media devices. I just use Handbreak to convert my videos and use a custom preset with the resolution of the phone and an average bitrate of 1200 and its good.
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oquinones said:
You can use the digital that comes with it. Its meant for iDevices or Windows media devices. I just use Handbreak to convert my videos and use a custom preset with the resolution of the phone and an average bitrate of 1200 and its good.
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I hope when you say resolution of the phone you mean 1280X720, because there is no reason to go any lower unless the original file was not HD.
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I hope when you say resolution of the phone you mean 1280X720, because there is no reason to go any lower unless the original file was not HD.
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When I say the resolution of the phone, I meant 480 x 800. Unless your gonna output to the TV via DLNA or a Micro USB to HDMI cable, there is no point to have a 720p.
As of right now I found no way to look at the stats for the avatar movie since its a protected file...except that it is around 1gb in size, so by that I'm assuming the bitrate is anywhere from 1500-2000 if that helps...and the size must just be the size of the phone 800x480
ld006 said:
As of right now I found no way to look at the stats for the avatar movie since its a protected file...except that it is around 1gb in size, so by that I'm assuming the bitrate is anywhere from 1500-2000 if that helps...and the size must just be the size of the phone 800x480
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I recoded a 4.13gb HD movie down to 2200 bitrate and it turned out 1.52gb... that was 1280x720 though. Avatar is (or should be) 800x480 so it may have a slightly higher bitrate... avatar.dcf is 1.40gb.
The included trailer is encoded at 1300ish kbits so its safe to assume that Avatar is also encoded at this rate.
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The included trailer is encoded at 1300ish kbits so its safe to assume that Avatar is also encoded at this rate.
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Then Samsung or whoever must've used a nice compression program, cause all the 1.5GB and under conversions of Avtar I've made look terrible.
ericc191 said:
Then Samsung or whoever must've used a nice compression program, cause all the 1.5GB and under conversions of Avtar I've made look terrible.
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Are you using the h264 codec? Because mine look fine.
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Are you using the h264 codec? Because mine look fine.
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I agree. I can drop the bitrate to well under 1000 for a basic DVD rip and it still looks great.
Hm, that could be it. I'll double check.
Update: Yeah, I setup RipBot correctly this time and it came out perfect. Bitrate's about 1350kbps @23fps. 800x450. 1.6gb. I don't think I had the h264 mp4 option selected at the bottom the first time.
ericc191 said:
Hm, that could be it. I'll double check.
Update: Yeah, I setup RipBot correctly this time and it came out perfect. Bitrate's about 1350kbps @23fps. 800x450. 1.6gb. I don't think I had the h264 mp4 option selected at the bottom the first time.
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Hello fellow Android Bros/ Sis!
I was searching through google and XDA and found myself here. I was really interested in the outcome of your video. My question is:
1) Was this video a conversion from a Blu Ray movie or a regular HD movie/ file?
2) What were your Audio Output settings?
Short History: I have both the Captivate and the Vibrant, and wanted to see if i could just use my Blu Ray Movie of Avatar to Rip and Convert for the Captivate since my Vibrant already has it. Plus i also wanted to be more familiar with Handbrake myself (have converted dozens of HD movies so far), but Blu Ray is an issue for me. As far as video, i can transcode no problem. Audio on the other hand, is either slow-distorted-muffled or no sound at all. Regardless of which audio codec i tried.
Thoughts?
WHAT UP, NICE avtar, HOW DID U PUT G.O.W IN YOUR PROFILE?
Avc is a horrible encoder. I had a crystal clear 1.5gig avatar file in aweird format that avc'ed and it came out with 200 megs in the ****tiest quality ever.
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Hey guys, Currently upgraded to a HTC Titan and im wanting to put some of my DVD's ive backed up on my HDD onto my titan.
Ive saved most of my 720p movies as AVI / AVCHD as my PC is also my media centre using XBMC and obviously Zune doesnt recognise them. What im wondering is the best Encoder to transform these into mp4 to play. And what settings i should use to get the most from the movies. Iv'e read i can use Windows Movie Maker to do this. There are 4 main options.
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Windows Phone (small)
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Zune Small
Im a bit torn between which setting, as i want to keep them as HD as possible. I would of thought Windows Phone large, But will this still be 720p? And the Zune HD says 720p but this has a 3.2inch screen doesnt it? Im clueless on this atm. Any advice is brilliant.
NOTE: No files are Warez, they are backups from original Bluray Discs and DVD's. This is mainly to take to bed with me at nights or on the train so i can keep occupied.
4.7" but 800x480 resolution.
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4.7" but 800x480 resolution.
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I know my screen size. Sorry that didn't help at all. Just upscaling to 800 over 720 won't give desired results. I need bitrate and fps advice to
You should try qloud server, its not your answer, but you should give it a try. I am amazed how the program works and when you have a good pc you can stream everything you like with a good resolution (depends of bandwith and speed of your computer).
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You should try qloud server, its not your answer, but you should give it a try. I am amazed how the program works and when you have a good pc you can stream everything you like with a good resolution (depends of bandwith and speed of your computer).
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I'll definitely try this for when in at home. Laying in bed or letting the missus hog the tv. I'll have a gander on the market place and test it out.
On a side note, still the question stands of program to turn my avchd and mkv into mp4 and decent settings. Thanks for the replys up to now.
Edit: bloody Nora that's a nice app. And pretty darn cheap I must say. Will give it a full test over today
I use handbrake with The Iphone 4 default.
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Hazeno said:
Hey guys, Currently upgraded to a HTC Titan and im wanting to put some of my DVD's ive backed up on my HDD onto my titan.
Ive saved most of my 720p movies as AVI / AVCHD as my PC is also my media centre using XBMC and obviously Zune doesnt recognise them. What im wondering is the best Encoder to transform these into mp4 to play. And what settings i should use to get the most from the movies. Iv'e read i can use Windows Movie Maker to do this. There are 4 main options.
Save as
Windows Phone (large)
Windows Phone (small)
Zune HD
Zune Small
Im a bit torn between which setting, as i want to keep them as HD as possible. I would of thought Windows Phone large, But will this still be 720p? And the Zune HD says 720p but this has a 3.2inch screen doesnt it? Im clueless on this atm. Any advice is brilliant.
NOTE: No files are Warez, they are backups from original Bluray Discs and DVD's. This is mainly to take to bed with me at nights or on the train so i can keep occupied.
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Here is one of the possible answer for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14192756#post14192756
hope it helps.
Why even convert? Just drag and drop on your phone using Zune. And let Zune do the work. It will convert to the best for the phone, which is always good as crap in my opinion. Plus it saves you the process of encoding.
Zune takes forever to convert stuff for me.
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You should try qloud server, its not your answer, but you should give it a try. I am amazed how the program works and when you have a good pc you can stream everything you like with a good resolution (depends of bandwith and speed of your computer).
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+1^
I've been using qcloud for about a month now and it's just great
SO I rented Death Proof from the play store, I hooked up my Prime to my Samsung TV, made sure my input was set to just scan, since 16x9 caused overscan, hit play and all I got was sound and no movie, unplug cable movie plays fine on Prime. So I thought OK maybe it's a streaming problem, so I downloaded it instead of streaming it, same result. Came to work today and hooked my monitor up with a different cable, same result.
My Prime isnt unlocked, just rooted. I am able to play other files and play games just fine over hdmi, but no go for play rentals?
Whats up with that google/Asus?
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SO I rented Death Proof from the play store, I hooked up my Prime to my Samsung TV, made sure my input was set to just scan, since 16x9 caused overscan, hit play and all I got was sound and no movie, unplug cable movie plays fine on Prime. So I thought OK maybe it's a streaming problem, so I downloaded it instead of streaming it, same result. Came to work today and hooked my monitor up with a different cable, same result.
My Prime isnt unlocked, just rooted. I am able to play other files and play games just fine over hdmi, but no go for play rentals?
Whats up with that google/Asus?
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Please search the forum, the topic has already been discussed multiple times.
Due to copyrighted reason Google doesn't allow movie rented from the tablets to be transferred to a bigger screen.
Thanks for the reply.
You try to play by the rules (purchasing a rental) and they restrict that you can't watch it on the big screen, thats crap and makes people do the download thing.
I had the same question. I guess there will be no renting from Google, they really limited themselves, who wants to watch the movie on a 10 inch screen with a 46 inch in the room?
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I had the same question. I guess there will be no renting from Google, they really limited themselves, who wants to watch the movie on a 10 inch screen with a 46 inch in the room?
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I was reading in another thread about Google's movies policy and it should be able to go full screen. Somethings messed up in the way the rentals are being handled.
LC39B said:
I had the same question. I guess there will be no renting from Google, they really limited themselves, who wants to watch the movie on a 10 inch screen with a 46 inch in the room?
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I doubt it's Google policy but would lean toward drm laws and the mpaa.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/?hl=en#/answer/1268905
Watching on your HDTV
To watch movies rented on Google Play on your HDTV, you'll need:
an HDTV that supports High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)—check your tv manufacturer's website to see if your HDTV is HDCP compliant
a Micro-HDMI to HDMI cable or an MHL adapter and HDMI cable, depending on your device
Once you connect your device to your HDTV, the screen of your device should be mirrored on your HDTV (both display the same content), with the audio playing on your HDTV. If the video plays without audio on your HDTV, you may need to change the input in your HDTV's audio settings.
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Google should never have agreed to MPAA terms for movie business segment. Root on android is really no different than administrator rights within windows.
Google gave up a lot to get rights for movie rights that few will use more than once. $5 to rent a movie to rent a movie that can only be viewed on a 10 inch (or smaller) screen without ability to output via HDMI? Can't imagine many, even the non tech savvy, to make the mistake of renting from Google Market more than once.
Someday the MPAA will realize that their attempts at preventing piracy only serve to promote it. Until they get a clue, Market will not be a viable source for movie rentals.
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aznmode said:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/?hl=en#/answer/1268905
Watching on your HDTV
To watch movies rented on Google Play on your HDTV, you'll need:
an HDTV that supports High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)—check your tv manufacturer's website to see if your HDTV is HDCP compliant
a Micro-HDMI to HDMI cable or an MHL adapter and HDMI cable, depending on your device
Once you connect your device to your HDTV, the screen of your device should be mirrored on your HDTV (both display the same content), with the audio playing on your HDTV. If the video plays without audio on your HDTV, you may need to change the input in your HDTV's audio settings.
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I meet those standards and I have the right cables and so forth. It looks pretty black and white to me that it should work.
I don't think root is causing the issue as people who haven't rooted can't get it to work, like someone else posted some flag is messed up somewhere.
EDIT: NM it seems rented videos are working fine on rooted Primes.
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I thought you could not rent movies from the market if your device is rooted?
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Mine is rooted and I've just rented and watched a movie directly on the Prime. However, I cannot see it on my TV.
I suppose it could be worse, they could just say F You, your rooted and no video at all. But this is the last time I rent anything from them until they get this straightened out. Has anyone tried playing it directly from the browser instead of through the play app?
Edit: Doesn't work, tried requesting desktop page, about:debug and setting browser to desktop, no dice.
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I suppose it could be worse, they could just say F You, your rooted and no video at all. But this is the last time I rent anything from them until they get this straightened out. Has anyone tried playing it directly from the browser instead of through the play app?
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I believe that it's working at all on rooted Primes is a bug in and of itself. Play movies will not play rental content on my rooted phone with a message saying as much.
Google movies do work on rooted devices, but they're not supposed to. If you look at the amazon/kindle system, they learned early on that root check is possible as a means of DRM control, but ultimately developed workarounds.
As far as the reason for the restrictions go, it's not a far cry to jump from hooking up HDMI to watch on your larger TV screen to hooking up to a projector and performing the movie in front of a crowded theater/auditorium.
Yes, it was possible to do the same thing with physical media in the past, but this is the direction digital DRM is going in. It's a very different story from the move of digital music to being DRM-free - there's no such thing as a standard mobile video player or file format to force publishers to release their grip the way there was for mp3.
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Google movies do work on rooted devices, but they're not supposed to. If you look at the amazon/kindle system, they learned early on that root check is possible as a means of DRM control, but ultimately developed workarounds.
As far as the reason for the restrictions go, it's not a far cry to jump from hooking up HDMI to watch on your larger TV screen to hooking up to a projector and performing the movie in front of a crowded theater/auditorium.
Yes, it was possible to do the same thing with physical media in the past, but this is the direction digital DRM is going in. It's a very different story from the move of digital music to being DRM-free - there's no such thing as a standard mobile video player or file format to force publishers to release their grip the way there was for mp3.
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Annnnnnnddddd this is the reason I will continue not to buy or rent movies.
When ps3 came out I bought about 10 blu-rays per month.
When Netflix came out I happily bought my subscription.
Well guess what.... haven't bought a blu-ray in probably about a year and a half and haven't had netflix for about 6 months.
Why? Because I feel like they treat us like criminals.
Even TV is ridiculous, few months ago I had thrown back a couple beers. I moved away from my hometown and was feeling football home sick. So I grab the remote and go to the NFL network so I could watch the packers. It says click here to order, so I click. Now it says call the 1800 number... so I sigh and call Verizon, thinking in 5 minutes ill be able to watch the game. After a long argument with the rep I hung up and illegally streamed it from an unnamed website.
Why? Well, to get the NFL network its $50 per year. No sweat I get to watch my team in high definition, good stuff.
Not really....
To get the NFL network I have to not only buy the NFL ticket, I also have to buy some premium package for another $10 per month. I told the rep that I didn't need other package and she said that was the only way to get the game.
So you know what? F?!# Verizon F?!# NFL and F?!# the movie and music industry.
I won't buy into this bulls?!# and I will continue to pirate away and only support my favorite artists.
If they spent half the money they spend on anti piracy on quality of product or ease of access then their profit margins would go way up.
Or.. lower prices and get higher volume, but I prefer higher quality.
Flame on.
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hahasports(dot).com
benefit14snake said:
Annnnnnnddddd this is the reason I will continue not to buy or rent movies.
When ps3 came out I bought about 10 blu-rays per month.
When Netflix came out I happily bought my subscription.
Well guess what.... haven't bought a blu-ray in probably about a year and a half and haven't had netflix for about 6 months.
Why? Because I feel like they treat us like criminals.
Even TV is ridiculous, few months ago I had thrown back a couple beers. I moved away from my hometown and was feeling football home sick. So I grab the remote and go to the NFL network so I could watch the packers. It says click here to order, so I click. Now it says call the 1800 number... so I sigh and call Verizon, thinking in 5 minutes ill be able to watch the game. After a long argument with the rep I hung up and illegally streamed it from an unnamed website.
Why? Well, to get the NFL network its $50 per year. No sweat I get to watch my team in high definition, good stuff.
Not really....
To get the NFL network I have to not only buy the NFL ticket, I also have to buy some premium package for another $10 per month. I told the rep that I didn't need other package and she said that was the only way to get the game.
So you know what? F?!# Verizon F?!# NFL and F?!# the movie and music industry.
I won't buy into this bulls?!# and I will continue to pirate away and only support my favorite artists.
If they spent half the money they spend on anti piracy on quality of product or ease of access then their profit margins would go way up.
Or.. lower prices and get higher volume, but I prefer higher quality.
Flame on.
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Dude, thats awesome and exactly how I feel. No flame coming from me.
benefit14snake said:
Annnnnnnddddd this is the reason I will continue not to buy or rent movies.
When ps3 came out I bought about 10 blu-rays per month.
When Netflix came out I happily bought my subscription.
Well guess what.... haven't bought a blu-ray in probably about a year and a half and haven't had netflix for about 6 months.
Why? Because I feel like they treat us like criminals.
Even TV is ridiculous, few months ago I had thrown back a couple beers. I moved away from my hometown and was feeling football home sick. So I grab the remote and go to the NFL network so I could watch the packers. It says click here to order, so I click. Now it says call the 1800 number... so I sigh and call Verizon, thinking in 5 minutes ill be able to watch the game. After a long argument with the rep I hung up and illegally streamed it from an unnamed website.
Why? Well, to get the NFL network its $50 per year. No sweat I get to watch my team in high definition, good stuff.
Not really....
To get the NFL network I have to not only buy the NFL ticket, I also have to buy some premium package for another $10 per month. I told the rep that I didn't need other package and she said that was the only way to get the game.
So you know what? F?!# Verizon F?!# NFL and F?!# the movie and music industry.
I won't buy into this bulls?!# and I will continue to pirate away and only support my favorite artists.
If they spent half the money they spend on anti piracy on quality of product or ease of access then their profit margins would go way up.
Or.. lower prices and get higher volume, but I prefer higher quality.
Flame on.
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Not saying it's right, wrong, or otherwise. I was just explaining the reasoning behind the unlikeliness of seeing this particular type of DRM disappear anytime soon. Video will (probably) always get ripped to a DRM-free version, but it won't usually start there as a native format.
Oh no worries. I'm nit arguing with anything anyone here said. I just read over it and instantly got frustrated. Between the experiences I've had and all this sopa crap its getting out of control. Everyone is so paranoid about piracy now a days no one remembers how to make content worth buying.
My wife and I loved the movie hangover, it was hilarious. We rented the hangover 2 the other day and watched about 25 minutes before turning it off. I mean I felt like we were watching the same movie.
Although I did find the new eminem and coldplay album to be pretty awesome. Bought both through google play.
Sorry didn't mean to derail this thread I just feel very strong about the lack of quality content compounded by the ever increasing security and stipulations.
Meanwhile steam is the only content provider that GETS IT.
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Is there anywhere to find rentals that will work on HDMI out?
We all know that HDMI works on our tablets but is there anywhere to find movie rentals that our Prime can stream out to an HDMI TV? The family is leaving on a vacation and it would be nice to watch some movies on the TV in the room.
WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
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WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
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How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
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How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
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PM me and I'll buy it from you.
Psanchis said:
PM me and I'll buy it from you.
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I might take you up on that, Depending on what HTC support says.
so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
PLESTIUC said:
so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
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Most tasks, if you want them to stay on the tv, you have to three finger swipe up when on that screen, like the music app.
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
I love the media link, I have downloaded tv shows and it streams great, I use it with all kinds of players.
The only bug is that to get 3g and media link to work you have to edit ur build.prop to enable tether
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I wish these weren't so pricey. $60 is my price point...
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I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
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I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
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Im sure someone will create a MOD for this.
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Hey, So I recently got the Lumia 920, Is there any good applications to recommend that plays AVI or MKV video files??
co-ask, looking for this too.
spex714 said:
Hey, So I recently got the Lumia 920, Is there any good applications to recommend that plays AVI or MKV video files??
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spex714 said:
Hey, So I recently got the Lumia 920, Is there any good applications to recommend that plays AVI or MKV video files??
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I played an episode (avi) of Heroes with XBOX Music+Video (file was in \Videos when connected to my computer).
I also played a 720p episode (mp4) of Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn (also in \Videos).
I'm not sure about mkv, though.
JJ
I just bought the plex app for windows phone. You simply set up a server on your pc, scan in your media and voila, it's all on your phone. While it does transcribe the files on the fly, it has played ALL of my media over LTE and Wifi. Most of my videos are 720p mkv and I haven't had any issues. The app does have a few hiccups though but works as advertised for the most part.
majik12 said:
I just bought the plex app for windows phone. You simply set up a server on your pc, scan in your media and voila, it's all on your phone. While it does transcribe the files on the fly, it has played ALL of my media over LTE and Wifi. Most of my videos are 720p mkv and I haven't had any issues. The app does have a few hiccups though but works as advertised for the most part.
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It's unfortunate that it requires the use of internet access, though.
I'm thinking that my 2GB/month could be eaten up pretty quickly streaming movies.
It would, certainly, think that having a few movies on the phone would be a preferable way of watching.
Then, I could transfer them via Wi-Fi / USB to the phone, at the house, and watch them, on the go.
JJ
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I just did some calculating...
If 1mb/sec is a fairly standard 720p bitrate, that is roughly 125KB/sec.
2000000KB/sec / 125KB/sec = 16000 seconds
16000 / 60 seconds in a minute = 266 minutes
266 / 60 minutes in an hour = 4 hours
So, can watch two, maybe three, movies PER MONTH.
That's assuming that I do NOTHING ELSE, internet related.
JJ
These types of issues are the ones holding me back from switching to windows phone. The lumia 920 looks awesome, but i am too used to the freedoms + apps offered by android. Once these issues are sorted i would love to try out the newer nokia phones
Fa310tx said:
It's unfortunate that it requires the use of internet access, though.
I'm thinking that my 2GB/month could be eaten up pretty quickly streaming movies.
It would, certainly, think that having a few movies on the phone would be a preferable way of watching.
Then, I could transfer them via Wi-Fi / USB to the phone, at the house, and watch them, on the go.
JJ
Edit...
I just did some calculating...
If 1mb/sec is a fairly standard 720p bitrate, that is roughly 125KB/sec.
2000000KB/sec / 125KB/sec = 16000 seconds
16000 / 60 seconds in a minute = 266 minutes
266 / 60 minutes in an hour = 4 hours
So, can watch two, maybe three, movies PER MONTH.
That's assuming that I do NOTHING ELSE, internet related.
JJ
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Well you can manually set the streaming bitrate to lessen the data used. However I do see your point. For myself the only time I'm on data is when I'm driving. I use wifi near everywhere else. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before we see a full fledged player for windows phone though.
It is a bit disappointing that there is no MKV player available at this point. But, the most important thing to remember is this is a brand new phone. WP7 didn't do very well, and we all know WP6.5 and lower was just horrible to use effectively. WP8, and Win8 for that matter, are an evolution to what has been available from M$. The integration is amazing. Building apps for Win8 (and being successful) makes it much more appealing to make an app for WP8 (and easier since they are very similar). I would imagine you will see more come from developers soon enough. I expect VLC will do something.
Just read that VLC is beginning to develop for Win8 and WP8.
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LudoGris said:
Just read that VLC is beginning to develop for Win8 and WP8.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1061646928/vlc-for-the-new-windows-8-user-experience-metro
Hi, it looks promising but actually... there are none alternative?
My Lumia 920 plays AVIs with built-in player, but MKVs I remux with this -> http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-convert-mkv-to-mp4-for-135756
Remuxing 4,5GB 720p mkv movie -> 3,5gb 720p mp4 under 4min. 720p cartoon took 20sec to remux...
Nothing for MKV yet, similar to all the other OSs as far as I know. The codecs just aren't loaded right off the bat. I had to download VLC for my Android, and the same for my Win7 and Win8 computers. Will be here soon enough, just have to convert for the time being.
Newer HTC and Samsung (starting from 2010 i9000) android phones support mkv out of the box.
telep said:
Newer HTC and Samsung (starting from 2010 i9000) android phones support mkv out of the box.
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Well aren't you helpful.
link68759 said:
Well aren't you helpful.
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LOL!
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how about " FLAC " ? is there app can run that ?
Probably same situation. Going to have to hope VLC gets their donations.
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Any update on this one?
I would like to copy the avi (or any other video file) to the phone and play it from there. I dont want to stream it from PC.
Anyone has any idea how I can solve this?
I have HTC 8S (WP8).