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Hey, I have searched and searched and found nothing referring much to the avatar tv out. I have tv out and I know it is posted that we cannot run avatar through the tv out. my question is can anyone make it possible to run avatar with tv out? I know nothing about programming and I don't know if the app that connects to the movie file can simply be edited to allow for tv out access. If it can be done can someone please tell me how? I apologize in advance if this topic has already been discussed but I have not seen it anywhere. Thanks for your help.
Nope its DRM protected. The only way to do it is buy the DVD and rip a non DRM copy to your computer the put it on your phone.
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that's what I was afraid of but thought it was worth a try to see if anyone could "crack" it. Thanks for the quick reply.
I wonder if the micro-to-hdmi plug would allow it?
I do not have the cable for that yet. You'll have to let me know if it works for you if you try it.
Have anyone try a video converter program?
aohmer said:
I wonder if the micro-to-hdmi plug would allow it?
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That's gonna be really interesting to find out - technically, it SHOULD, since the video never has to enter the analog domain and can remain copy protected throughout. But then again, you never know...
I believe it uses HDCP so no you won't get much flexibility out of it. It's amazing how much effort they will go through to prevent you from watching your movie on your devices - especially when you consider that it takes 5 minutes to find a 20GB Avatar torrent, throw it to handbrake, and get a higher quality rip that you CAN stream wherever you want.
Just go around their BS until they get the message and just cut it out.
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I believe it uses HDCP so no you won't get much flexibility out of it. It's amazing how much effort they will go through to prevent you from watching your movie on your devices - especially when you consider that it takes 5 minutes to find a 20GB Avatar torrent, throw it to handbrake, and get a higher quality rip that you CAN stream wherever you want.
Just go around their BS until they get the message and just cut it out.
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*cough* warez *cough*
Its not wares if you own an original copy... its called a backup
micro to hdmi cord
I have already tried with the micro cord to hdmi as well as the cord for the headjack. both with no success it is pointless to try.
There is no fix , as fixing it would require breaking the copyright protection.
Avatar on the phone is DRM'd so therefore it will not play out to your TV.
The best option, is to buy the DVD/Blu-Ray, and make a backup of it in one of the formats that the vibrant can play.
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Its not wares if you own an original copy... its called a backup
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It's not warez if it's not software....
It's vidz!*
-bZj
* Actually, it's a bootleg - no need for new terminology when we've had a term for decades.
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I have already tried with the micro cord to hdmi as well as the cord for the headjack. both with no success it is pointless to try.
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I was under the impression that the micro to HDMI cord doesn't work on the US variants of the SGS. Do you have the cord? and if so is it working? and again if so is it HD res??
Saw the Hulu thread that I guess tricks the browser into thinking it's a full website as opposed to mobile. Just curious what streaming sites you guys use, obviously Netflix isn't working either but hopefully we'll eventually get it. We pay for the 4G, may as well get our moneys worth.
This should've been posted in the General.. My bad.
Just wondering if it was against policy to start a thread where we could get movies that are already converted for some people on the site. I know that droidappz has a thread. Would be nice to have a devoted thread for just that, pretty sure some people might appreciate it. I have been working on converting.
I guess it's a pushy topic. I know most forum sites are against piracy... I know there was a couple floating around before. Some stuff through the IRC even. I'd like to see it happen. But I guess you need a definite answer. I know you could PM links.
chrischoi said:
I guess it's a pushy topic. I know most forum sites are against piracy... I know there was a couple floating around before. Some stuff through the IRC even. I'd like to see it happen. But I guess you need a definite answer. I know you could PM links.
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would it be considered piracy if im just doing what the tutorial says? Just would like to make it easier for other e3o users to access some movies but if not im ok with it. thank you
Does anyone know of any freeware that will allow the conversion of DVDs and Video files to 3D side by sides. I have the ability to make mp4 movies from my DVDs but I can't seem to find a free program that will split the video for 3D playback.
Any help??\
Edit: undisputedfb has noted below 1080P recording is possible, as well as playback through rock player. I have not tested this myself, I really do have to buy sqllite editor
I assume maybe because we are still using a beta rom that we don't have 1080P, but I was hoping to see it. Video playback on the atrix is not that great, and I am disappointed I am still not able to record/playback in 1080P.
Anyone know anything?
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If u go and edit the build.prop, it now says 720p instead of 1280x720. All u have to do is change it to 1080p reboot and ur good to go. See attached:
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ummmm hes right.....and according to rock player my test video is 1920X1080 you may have come across something pretty big here. unfortunately, if I upload it via my device 720p is its max. still testing before i get too excited here.
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uploaded it from my laptop and it goes to 1080p! unfortunately its a $hitty vid of my hand. Hoping someone can confirm this and if so, OP should change the thread title to let people know.
At the same time I understand some people will say who cares? but there are lots of other people that simply want the option. Figured it would be best to give them this info.
Thanks
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ummmm hes right.....and according to rock player my test video is 1920X1080 you may have come across something pretty big here. unfortunately, if I upload it via my device 720p is its max. still testing before i get too excited here.
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uploaded it from my laptop and it goes to 1080p! unfortunately its a $hitty vid of my hand. Hoping someone can confirm this and if so, OP should change the thread title to let people know.
At the same time I understand some people will say who cares? but there are lots of other people that simply want the option. Figured it would be best to give them this info.
Thanks
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I care, and I'm sure plenty of other people care too since it was a factory feature that we have been waiting on.
Title and post edited, thanks guys. Would like to see Ken build this into his rom.
I believe this mod has been covered before, and you may have recordings that say 1920 x 1080, but I bet they are not what you think they are. If you record 2 videos, same length, same subject matter in both 720p and "1080p" I am betting the 1080p is at 24fps and has a smaller file size than the 720p which will be at 30fps. Use GSpot to compare both files.
Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079760&page=11
If you read through the linked page and following couple of pages you will see what was investigated, and the results.
I had a request to show what changing the build.prop to 1080 does, so here it is. The 1080p is not correct, but I do not know in what way. The following shows both files, and their relative file sizes. Videos were 10 secs long, same static subject matter, no audio. The 1080p file is 3.6MB smaller than the 720p file. This is a huge difference on a file this small.
1080p Properties
1080p File Size
720p Properties
720p File Size
Interesting findings. the weird part is that the old mod required a modded apk this one the simple change in the build prop does it. I think its more evidence that moto tried to do the 1080P upgrade and just couldn't get it right so it was abandoned.
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Interesting findings. the weird part is that the old mod required a modded apk this one the simple change in the build prop does it. I think its more evidence that moto tried to do the 1080P upgrade and just couldn't get it right so it was abandoned.
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It doesn't mean that. You never know if there'll be an OTA where something else is changed and they simply edit the build.prop along with the update. At least, I hope you're wrong.
I can't see them going back on their word, even if it's crappy...
sure i hope you are right, but as for going back on their word. try checking out the same spec sheet now. it doesn't list 1080p recording as a future update. only playback.
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It doesn't mean that. You never know if there'll be an OTA where something else is changed and they simply edit the build.prop along with the update. At least, I hope you're wrong.
I can't see them going back on their word, even if it's crappy...
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the old mod could be done the same way. only there you had to use the resolution spec og 1920x1080. they just made it easier
Thanks! I now have 1080p!
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niiice all I need is tethering and POW, right in the kisser
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punches s1mpd1ddy right in the mouf::
here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160452
jbrussee said:
Thanks! I now have 1080p!
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Take a look at my posts. What you have is not proper 1080p.
Something is missing because of the much smaller file size than 720p.
it is 1080p at a lower framerate. that is all. gspot is not the end all checker. there are too many variables involved in what true 1080p is, when in reality its a resolution
i realize someone posted something close to this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140313) his instructions are somewhat vague and he lists a bunch of software that you'd have to pay for or you don't need. and actually i've found that the free stuff works better in this case (hint: don't buy wondershare video converter ultimate unless you want to waste your money and end up with something not even close to 3d). also he doesn't say how to properly offset the images to get a 3d effect which is absolutely necessary. so this is sort of for people who are new to this phone or just have had trouble figuring out how to convert 2d to 3d.
that being said, let me say that you can't REALLY convert 2d to 3d... it will look somewhat 3d, but in order to get a real 3d image coming out at you, you need to have two separate images taken at two slightly different angles (hence the 2 cameras on the evo 3d) however it will look pretty close because we can offset it. i dunno the proper terminology because i knew nothing about this stuff a week ago so bare with me.
we will do photos first ....
download stereophoto maker here:
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/file/stphmkre434.zip
you do not need to install it because it is a single executable so just extract from the zip and run it.
go to file>open left/right images, then go to the picture you want to convert to 3d and click it. then it will make u pick another picture for the right, just pick the same one again.
now go to the top and click on "adjust" then click "easy adjustment"
now above the picture is the H. Position adjustment bar... in order to imitate the two side by side cameras like our phones have we are just going to adjust this a little... i don't know if it matters much but my right eye is my dominant one so i move the adjustment bar (which should be centered) to the left. move it to the left until you see both blue and red images, don't worry you won't need red and blue glasses it's just showing you the two separate overlaying pictures... don't drag it too far or your eyes wont be able to focus on the 3 dimensional picture after you get it to your phone (you will just see two pictures and won't be able to quite focus on either if you do it too much). i usually do it to around -40.
after you get something you are comfortable with then go to file, save mpo file. move the saved mpo to your sd card, i don't know if it matters but i always put mine in /sdcard/dcim/ then you should be able to unmount ur phone or put ur sdcard back into it and find the 3d picture u made in your gallery.
now for videos
download stereomovie maker here:
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stvmkr/files/stvmkre121.zip
its more or less the same process, im just doing some testing now trying to figure out how to save it...
edit: figured out the video... after you get done with everything the same way i explained above (opening left and right, which should be the same since we are converting 2d to 3d, and going to easy adjustment and displacing the image with the bar above the video display) you want to go to file and save stereo movie, then create your file name and hit save, then it will ask about compression, don't leave as full compression, i changed it to microsoft 1 and that seemed to work for me.
after your video is done it will be in .avi so remember to convert it to .mp4 (hamster converter is free) and then you will have to re add the audio track using avidemux (which is also free)
attached is a mpo picture of a mustang from this last years detroit international auto show, i used the exact method i explained above to make it.
Bro. THANK YOU. Your work is hella appreciated. Looking forward to more info. Im one of those people that just never learned and converted my VHS library to DVD and then upgraded from DVD to BluRay so i have an extensive library. I tried the other doods instructions (suggestions) in the other post u refered to and after 16 hours and still no watchable movie it kinda left a bad taste in my mouth ya know? I'm staying at the hospital right now cuz my son was just born. As soon as I get home tomorrow I'm gonna try ur tutorial. Ill let u know how it turns out. Again thanks this looks promising.
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macramentonate said:
Bro. THANK YOU. Your work is hella appreciated. Looking forward to more info. Im one of those people that just never learned and converted my VHS library to DVD and then upgraded from DVD to BluRay so i have an extensive library. I tried the other doods instructions (suggestions) in the other post u refered to and after 16 hours and still no watchable movie it kinda left a bad taste in my mouth ya know? I'm staying at the hospital right now cuz my son was just born. As soon as I get home tomorrow I'm gonna try ur tutorial. Ill let u know how it turns out. Again thanks this looks promising.
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Off topic word of advice.. DON'T do anything else aside help your wife/girlfriend with your son when you get home.. Made that mistake when my son was born last year.. LoL
On topic.. I've used the methods by the other poster with success.. I've got Avatar and Scott Pilgrim vs The world on my phone in 3d..
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Trust me i'm all over it lol. ive come to the realization that im not going to sleep anymore. As long as they do im happy.
Was your source file of Avatar a 3d copy or did u convert it. Im trying to convert my copy of avatar from 2d to 3d so thats y i think i was having trouble?
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Trust me i'm all over it lol. ive come to the realization that im not going to sleep anymore. As long as they do im happy.
Was your source file of Avatar a 3d copy or did u convert it. Im trying to convert my copy of avatar from 2d to 3d so thats y i think i was having trouble?
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My Avatar was already in 3d, but my Scott Pilgrim vs The World wasn't.. Only problem with that is I realized the sound wasn't there.
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this won't look good at all!
you need to learn how to create a depth map in photoshop and use the displace filter
mmace said:
this won't look good at all!
you need to learn how to create a depth map in photoshop and use the displace filter
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im not trying to do all that. im trying to keep it possible with free software only, besides i doubt a depth field would really make a significant difference without a second angled picture. and my 3d pics look great and appear to have depth compared to their 2d counterparts, the ones i made with my simple method above i mean... i'd be more than happy to post one if you'd like. they are pictures of the detroit international auto show from last year so u know i didn't take them with the 3d camera on the phone.
also i figured out the video stuff. ill add to my original post.
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Hey how long did the process of fully converting a movie to be watchable on 3VO take you? Total start to finish.
This worked okay with pictures - better than pressing the 3D button on my phone, so I figured would look better for video conversion too.
When I follow the steps you mentioned for video conversion using the Microsoft Video 1 compression, it does convert the file but took a 6 Mb AVI file and converted it into a file over 150 Mb.
This is no good if I want to convert a whole movie to 3D, it would eat up my entire hard drive and the quality seems poor also.
Does anyone have any better settings to convert it with 3D?
Cheers