[Q] Video Convert Settings - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I want to convert some anime with .ass subtitles for playback on the SGS2, so I'll have to hardcode them into the video, but what are the best settings for the best quality? H264 or Xvid? Mkv, mp4 or avi? I'm using StaxRip, but I'm willing to use other converters.

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Afaik subtitles don't have to be hardsubs. Softsubs should work on stock player, or at least with other players such as mvideoplayer, diceplayer, vplayer, rockplayer...
But I've read they don't show through HDMI when hardware decoding is used.
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Those subs come with all the fancy stuff, karaoke, typsetting you know. I don't if they work because my SGS2 is still on its way to get here, but because I'm going on holiday very soon, I'd like to have my video's pre-encoded so that I can drop them onto my phone and play.

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Yea, the advanced styled ones don't work. The fancy anime karaoke subs are most of the time baked into the video. The fancy effects are nearly impossible to do real-time.
Convert them to srt and they'll work, but that'll surely ef up your subtitles overall. Just bake them into the videos with some nice tools available at video-help.com (amazing site).

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I was originally planning to hardcode them into the video, but I want to know which settings, what is the best container and format? I don't want the video to be effed up. At what settings do you usually encode video's or movies for the SGS2?

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Can anybody help me?

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Asking witch one is best is not easy to answer.
I encode my HD music videos to 720p mkv , high-profile 3.1 x264 or H264 (same thing i think).
For reference SGS1 and 2 , can play "high profile x264(mkv) [email protected] fps" , SGS2 can play MP4 [email protected] (had no success with 1080p x264).
Decoding HD video does take more processing power and eats thro battery faster. If you want max battery encode in "baseline MP4" and aim for 800x450 or under depending on aspect ratio.
Encoding with "high-profile x264 (mkv)" will result in lower file size and much better video quality then "baseline (mp4). SO its up to you if you want max battery or max quality.
Most anime and movies from Internet will play without any transcoding mkv,xvid,avi,divx.
If you get free 3rd party video player from market my personal favorite "mVideoPlayer" it uses SGS2 hardware samsung codecs to play media also support for
Subtitle Support: srt, ssa, ass, sub/idx, mpl, smi, txt, sub, sami.
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SGS2 has best media compatibility of all the phones but it still can't match versatility of PC.
Some badly encoded videos with none standard settings custom compression matrix ect. will not play or play with artifacts, in that case try one of the software players that don't use samsung codecs "Moboplayer" or "Diceplayer"
As for encoding/transcoding videos i use "MeGUI" but its not noob friendly. There are several noob friendlier converters but i found them lacking.
Anyway don't waist time transcoding if you don't have SGS2 , wait untill you get it test your media and only then transcode

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ghost77 said:
Asking witch one is best is not easy to answer.
I encode my HD music videos to 720p mkv , high-profile 3.1 x264 or H264 (same thing i think).
For reference SGS1 and 2 , can play "high profile x264(mkv) [email protected] fps" , SGS2 can play MP4 [email protected] (had no success with 1080p x264).
Decoding HD video does take more processing power and eats thro battery faster. If you want max battery encode in "baseline MP4" and aim for 800x450 or under depending on aspect ratio.
Encoding with "high-profile x264 (mkv)" will result in lower file size and much better video quality then "baseline (mp4). SO its up to you if you want max battery or max quality.
Most anime and movies from Internet will play without any transcoding mkv,xvid,avi,divx.
If you get free 3rd party video player from market my personal favorite "mVideoPlayer" it uses SGS2 hardware samsung codecs to play media also support for SGS2 has best media compatibility of all the phones but it still can't match versatility of PC.
Some badly encoded videos with none standard settings custom compression matrix ect. will not play or play with artifacts, in that case try one of the software players that don't use samsung codecs "Moboplayer" or "Diceplayer"
As for encoding/transcoding videos i use "MeGUI" but its not noob friendly. There are several noob friendlier converters but i found them lacking.
Anyway don't waist time transcoding if you don't have SGS2 , wait untill you get it test your media and only then transcode
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Thank you for your explanation! Say, if I encode one video with high-profile x264, [email protected],976fps, it would work on the SGS2? Is it better to have mp4 or mkv with this? Can I send you two of the same videos for you to try on the SGS2?

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dejong12 said:
Thank you for your explanation! Say, if I encode one video with high-profile x264, [email protected],976fps, it would work on the SGS2? Is it better to have mp4 or mkv with this? Can I send you two of the same videos for you to try on the SGS2?
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Yes if you upload them to something like megaupload or mediafire i can test it for you, you can PM me links.
high-profile x264, [email protected],976fps
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SGS2 will play that easy. If you encode with above settings it doesn't matter if its mp4 or mkv as those are only containers your encode will be "high-profile x264".
Benefit of mkv is you can integrate soft subtitles that can be turned on or off. If subtitles are hardcoded then there is no noticeable difference.

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ghost77 said:
Yes if you upload them to something like megaupload or mediafire i can test it for you, you can PM me links.
SGS2 will play that easy. If you encode with above settings it doesn't matter if its mp4 or mkv as those are only containers your encode will be "high-profile x264".
Benefit of mkv is you can integrate soft subtitles that can be turned on or off. If subtitles are hardcoded then there is no noticeable difference.
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Uploading now as we speak, ~10 minutes left on this crappy connection. The videos are the same, but one is in mp4 and the other mkv. Just want to make sure which one to go for. By the way, is there a noticable difference in quality if I encode in 1280x720? I can easily encode this, so if you want I can provide one in 720p too?

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I've played different formats with SGS1 and SGS2 with different types of encoding and just basic divx, there seems to be barely any difference in power consumption, probably the HW decoding is very efficient that it barely adds power usage.

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dejong12 said:
Uploading now as we speak, ~10 minutes left on this crappy connection. The videos are the same, but one is in mp4 and the other mkv. Just want to make sure which one to go for. By the way, is there a noticable difference in quality if I encode in 1280x720? I can easily encode this, so if you want I can provide one in 720p too?
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SGS2 screen resolution is 800x480 , there is no benefit from 720p or higher unless you intent to connect your SGS2 to TV.
Both videos play identically with my eyes i see no noticeable difference
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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ghost77 said:
SGS2 screen resolution is 800x480 , there is no benefit from 720p or higher unless you intent to connect your SGS2 to TV.
Both videos play identically with my eyes i see no noticeable difference
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I think I will go with mkv then. Thank you very much for testing, now I can encode episodes without worrying if they work/don't work. Thank you!
Btw, the audio in the video isn't out of sync, is it? I've tested a 640x360 mkv file on my Galaxy Ace, but the video stutters and is out of sync. This isn't happening on the SGS2, right? Just want to make sure.

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dejong12 said:
I think I will go with mkv then. Thank you very much for testing, now I can encode episodes without worrying if they work/don't work. Thank you!
Btw, the audio in the video isn't out of sync, is it? I've tested a 640x360 mkv file on my Galaxy Ace, but the video stutters and is out of sync. This isn't happening on the SGS2, right? Just want to make sure.
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Clip was fairly short i didn't notice anything strange , if you want feel free to upload full episode ill check again.
Following song lyrics sound is spot on.

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ghost77 said:
Clip was fairly short i didn't notice anything strange , if you want feel free to upload full episode ill check again.
Following song lyrics sound is spot on.
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Okay, I'll provide you with an encoding of episode 01, expect the link tomorrow. I hope it works flawlessly. Thank you for finding some time to test this for me!

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In case someone else finds this useful info. This test was successful.
MKV Video plays without lag , audio in sync, no problems encountred.
PHP:
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24mn 11s
Width : 848 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2019 9cc407d
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 24mn 11s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Language : Japanese

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Thank you for testing! I'm so happy it works! Thank you!
You didn't encounter any artifacts etc?

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dejong12 said:
I want to convert some anime with .ass subtitles for playback on the SGS2, so I'll have to hardcode them into the video, but what are the best settings for the best quality? H264 or Xvid? Mkv, mp4 or avi? I'm using StaxRip, but I'm willing to use other converters.
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What device you want to put on?
And the StaxRip haven't get the default setting for the need formats for device?
Well, what Im using is Aneesoft, have many preset for different devices, so I just need to choose the need format as output.