Video resolution - Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Im going to recode some videos to have on my hero.
What video resolution should i have to exploit the screen best.
Im going to use dvdfab but it dont have any settings for the hero.
Anyone who got some straight up answers.
What format is best, what size? Any other programs?

I thought the iPod Touch settings work just fine?
Did you try those?

Normally, I use ImToo (commercial app) but over the last couple of weeks I've been trying out Handbrake which is free, as I'm out of the country and using a laptop rather than my normal PC. With Handbrake, Ipod Touch/Iphone settings works fine.
Regards,
Dave

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[Q]Video Screen Recorder

Hi, I want to ask if there is a application that allow your to record your phone screen. For example Fraps for PCs. Well I need it for YouTube to upload my phone guides.
Thanks in advance.
There's an app called ShootMe that allows you to record the actions of the screen, however it's 10fps max and your phone must be rooted.
I'm also looking for a way to achieve this without having to root my phone, and achieve an exact duplicate of the information that appears on screen. I would like to be able to do this on the phone without having to connect it to the computer.
Another method is using droid VNC Beta and having VNC viewer installed on your computer. The demonstration I saw looked laggy, so what more if you used another screen recording program on the computer to capture the window (displaying the screen of your phone). I tried to set this up and couldn't get it to work. I believe the phone has to be rooted for that aswell.
Anyone else have any suggestions or ideas?
Cheers
Get an MHL adapter, and connect it to something that can record HDMI input.
Probably not the best solution, and it is quite expensive if you don't have the equipment, but it should work (haven't tried it).
Thanks for the suggestion. Was really looking for a way that doesn't require a physical connection. Like if there was a suitable app for doing the job, just as you would record a video using the camera, an app that basically records whatever is on the screen. Well, there is one, but 10fps isn't enough and the phone needs to be rooted.

Splashtop HD Updated

It looks like they finally fixed the issues with Splashtop HD and the 10.1. I want to know if anyone is using it and if so, how is it so far? I'm very close to buying it, but want to know for sure that it is working.
Splashtop Remote Desktop HD
"...** Validated for Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Asus Transformer, Motorola Xoom, Acer
Iconia Tab A500, Acer Picasso, LG G-Slate, and others **"
I saw that in the market this morning. I'm curious if when you access your PC, if it does like other remote desktop type apps and actually shows on my screen at home when I'm away. I'd have to remember to turn my display off, but leave my cpu on if that is the case I assume.
I have it. works fine. I see almost no difference between it and the non-hd version though. hopefully they add all the features they have on the ipad soon.
Does it take up the full tab screen? Does it still change the resolution on the pc?
Has to be some reason for hd version.
smaskell said:
I have it. works fine. I see almost no difference between it and the non-hd version though. hopefully they add all the features they have on the ipad soon.
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So it doesn't support higher resolutions? I'm trying to decide between this one and Remote Desktop Client. It has great reviews.
I own it. It has the option to scale the screen to match the tab, or set it to 1280x720 to fit the tab. Works great, provided the computer is both on and logged in.
Unfortunately, on headless servers the software is useless because the client software requires a user to bbe logged in and active. When an RDP session ends, the software shuts down automatically and prevents login through Splashtop.
cekle said:
When an RDP session ends, the software shuts down automatically and prevents login through Splashtop.
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I have a similar setup where that issue affects me. I also wish it could zoom if you did want to use a higher resolution.
It is very fast, you could watch a movie from local network fine but with a little bit of delay.
ericc191 said:
So it doesn't support higher resolutions? I'm trying to decide between this one and Remote Desktop Client. It has great reviews.
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yes, it does support higher resolutions.
The resolutions are
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 720
Best fit to this device
Native of the computer
So basically it does any resolution if you choose native of the computer.
Is there anyway to zoom using this version?
njfoses said:
Is there anyway to zoom using this version?
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Good question - adding mine - any way to get it to rotate 180degs?
xnappo
Any recommendations for this app? I've been using VLC for the past while, is this better?
I use this type of app numerous times a day to get info off my companies servers as well as use our company data software.
I have used this for the past 5hrs and im impressed so far. Works well. Maybe a little lag once in a while...but im assuming that's from spotty 3g service (tethered to phone).
I got this app yesterday so I could stream live TV from windows media center on my desktop. The video was surprisingly smooth. I would say it ran pretty close to 30 fps with some fps hiccups from time to time. The audio was great as well.
I haven't tried using VLC but if you're looking to watch other things than video files, this app works great. Other remote desktop apps come nowhere close to the video and audio performance of this one.
Ever tried 2X ?
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I got this app yesterday so I could stream live TV from windows media center on my desktop. The video was surprisingly smooth. I would say it ran pretty close to 30 fps with some fps hiccups from time to time. The audio was great as well.
I haven't tried using VLC but if you're looking to watch other things than video files, this app works great. Other remote desktop apps come nowhere close to the video and audio performance of this one.
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What makes this better than free one like 2X ? Really would like to know.
Also I found a hack that lets windows home edition work like a terminal server which is saweet!
Even lets you connect console and have more than two users just like terminal server.
EDIT: ah I see now 2x won't play video over rdp... Window is black in player
Splashtop doesn't use traditional remote desktop protocol, it uses its own streamer that you install on the computer/server. I've never seen regular remote desktop or vnc server/client stream this well, especially with videos.
I have no experience with 2x but no video or black video window on client/secondary monitor is usually due overlay issues. Try changing video player setting away from overlay.
What kind of upstream connection do you guys have? Splashtop HD works amazingly well on my local network, but once I try using remotely I find it's performance leaves something to be desired. It works OK, but is generally slow and I wouldn't even think of doing any audio or video with it. My upstream is capped to around 100 kb/s or maybe a little higher, so I suspect that may be the issue.
Does anybody know of a solution that works better with such bandwidth constraints. I'd like to be able to remote in on my tablet and from my computer at work.
Splashtop is great on a LAN, but not as good over the internet. My cable (comcast blast) upload is ~3.7 Mbps at home, and the DSL download at work is 3 Mbps. And even then watching videos is not good. The audio portion is fine, the video portion is about 3 frames per second and less.
For watching video over the internet, Plex or Playon should be better. With Plex, you can adjust for your bandwidth. I think Playon detects your upload and adjust accordingly.
I couldn't get Plex to detect my server over the internet to test on my Gtab 10.1, works on a regular computer browser so it's not a firewall issue. Playon works fine for streaming. But I suspect your 100kbps could be problematic.
So between LogMeIn Ignition, 2X, Remote Desktop Client, and Remote RDP, which do you all recommend?
I plan to use it for repairing/diagnosing software issues from my house instead of having people bring me their computers.
I'm (generally) not that interested in watching video via remote desktop of any sort. It would be nice if I could use spotify from work sometimes though. Mostly I just want to have access to my appications (not to mention unrestricted internet access) on my home computer.

PLEX and DishOnline Work on Nook Tablet

I've been enjoying the news about which apps work on the Nook Tablet and picked one up a couple hours ago.
After getting through the list so far, I wanted to see if Plex and DishOnline would work.
I used ES Explorer on my Sensation 4G to make backups of both, copied over to the Nook Tablet microsd and opened with ES Explorer on the NT.
Watched live tv via DishOnline app. Watched a movie via Plex app from my Plex server. Obviously over wifi, but just made my day.
Enjoy!
I just tried Plex and is disappointed with the low resolution via wireless. Apparently this was an issue? How did you or anyone else resolve the problem?
I've been running tests with the Dish client and it works great over my in-house network. It serves up video well and I love the way the guide looks from the NT.
I noticed the resolution wasn't perfect either, but I set Enable Video Filter and that seemed to help a bit. My movies are all 720p mkv's, so I'm guessing the quality on the NT is what it is. For the kids, I don't think they'll care.
It was more about the fact that it worked using the same .apk and MAYBE we can convince someone at Plex to make some tweaks. Wishful thinking.
Doesn't the Plex server downscalee video for phones, etc. by default? Wifi is robust enough to stream without downscaling, I'd check your Plex server settings.
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Thread moved to "NT themes and apps".
Ah, I changed Video Quality setting on the NT just now prior to Browse. 3Mbps was the sweet spot. Movies looked crisp. But fast moving content was taxing.

Converting Blue-Ray with Handbrake

Sorry if this has been brought up. I've gotten pretty good at converting my dvds using handrake to be able to play on most android devices. I'm interested in converting my blu-rays to hd mp4 or some other format using handbrake.
For example:
http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides/blu-ray-rip/259-rip-blu-ray-to-mp4-using-handbrake
Now I know that wouldn't be able to fit on my phone or tablet. There is a good guide some where in the vibrant forum that I use for dvds but I can't find the link and I don't know if that guide has the proper settings for converting blue rays.
Now I plan on watching these on my vibrant just for fun and I plan on buying an asus memo when it comes out. So I think converting them to 1280X720 should be fine. So if anyone has any suggestions on the proper setting I would appreciate it.
Edit:
I found this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1l1P7ALnwY
for converting blu-rays down to 4g at 1080p but it has more stuff in the advanced setting checked than in this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729094 and I'm not sure what presets if any the person on youtube is using. Any feedback would be helpful

[Q] Hdmi settings

hey guys.. can you help me? why is it that if i connect my 80 g9 to the tv thru mini hdmi, it is not in full screen on the tv? any settings that i should change? thanks!
Because the g9 80 screen is 4:3 and your tv is 16:9, but when you open a video you should be able to watch it in 16:9 (1280x720 or 1920x1080)
havent tried the stock video player again because when i tried it earlier, its only black screen. but when i tried moboplayer, selected the 16:9 ratio, its still the same, not in full screen
jipee296 said:
havent tried the stock video player again because when i tried it earlier, its only black screen. but when i tried moboplayer, selected the 16:9 ratio, its still the same, not in full screen
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Does your TV/monitor have any settings for HDMI? If output signal is in lower resolution it may be not upscalled to TV/monitor native
no it doesnt have settings for hdmi. all i can select is from what source and thats it.but when i plug my laptop thru hdmi cable,its in fullscreen
Tablet may not recognize what is the native LCD resolution or it may not support it (and uses highest available)
on my older Insignia hd tv, I adjust TV settings depending on source on my G9, some need no adjustment like Netflix but others like Ustream live streaming I adjust aspect ratio, mine has Normal, Zoom, Wide, Cinema.
some tvs adjust automatically and older tvs may not give a lot of choices. if you can, test on another tv
when you plug in your tablet, does it mirror desktop fully on tv or are there gaps? or is it just media/ videos?
this is one thing i didnt think about before i bought the tablet!!!
so am i stuck with the 4:3 view? i have actually put the tablet in the drawer and listed it for sale because too be honest i simply have no use for a tablet and the 4:3 aspect ratio on my tv is the final nail in the archos coffin.
i did though buy it for media player duties and to take over from my nas as a torrent downloader. now the media player plays back my movies as they are in widescreen however everything else in gui is boxed up on the screen. this obviously makes it a real no no for media duties. even youtube videos retain the 4:3 boxy shape.
really silly of me. i dont know why i didnt think of it before but let my lesson be a lesson learned for someone else.
basically if you want to use the tablet on your tv then videos once playing will be ok but everything else and i mean everything is in the 4:3 format.
yes i could zoom in on the tv but then one loses quite a bit of the tablet screen real esate so it isnt really a soliution.
all very annoying and i am seriously kicking myself for being so daft. thing is i think 4:3 in a screen this small makes sense but i just didnt think about the way it would mirror the image on the tv
so heed this lesson would be buyers and think long and hard about what you intend to do with the tab. if you are buying it just because you want a tab then you should mostly be ok but if you fancy using it hooked up to your tv look elsewhere and buy something that is in the widescreen format.
unless unless unless i am missing something obvious???
EDIT: OK saved by my tv. it has a setting called smart which more or less puts the archos image in full widescreen with a little stretching and a bit cropped out from the bottom and top. it is better than say the zoom function which actually crops loads of the display.
it isnt the best solution but for now it will do... i actually have more serious worries like a real flaky wifi connection (even though my network is rock solid) the tablet randomly rebooting and constant freezes when watching a video. thing is one starts wondering if it is the hardware or just badly written firmware that is to blame and there is no way to really be able to tell.

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