I’m thinking of buying the Prime.
I’m using kmttg to download a tivo file to PC and remove DRM. The result is a mpeg-2 (.MPEG) file the same size as the tivo recording (for example, a 1 hour show is 6.6 - 6.8 gb in size). I then use Handbrake to convert to a much smaller H.264/mpeg-4 (.MP4) file for playback on my other Android devices.
I wondering if the Handbrake conversion can be skipped.
Has anyone played the mpeg-2 file on their Prime? Is playback smooth? What about fast action scenes? Is A/V in sync? What about HW acceleration?
I know a file this size must be placed on a NTFS or exFAT formated external drive, for example the mirco SD card.
Thanks in advance.
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I have google searched and used these directions (in the xda-developers > Samsung Captivate > Captivate General Forum)
Short instructions for Windows users
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If you are going to rip Bluray or any other HD medium you must first get AnyDVD HD it will counter any of the protection schemes that Bluray and HDDVD disks use as well as DVD. If all of your sources are DVD then AnyDVD will do. Of course for BR you must have a BR player installed in your computer.
You need the following tools, at the very least:
AnyDVD HD (Please buy this and don't torrent it, it is that good!)
RipBot264 (it is much faster than Handbrake at re-encoding)
VidCoder (requires Handbrake to be installed but is a better GUI for Windows users)
Simplistic instructions:
•Place DVD/HDDVD/BR in drive
•Allow ANYDVD HD to scan disk
•Right click ANYDVD HD icon and select "Rip Video DVD to Harddisk"
•Open VidCoder
•Start with the Apple Universal profile and edit is as follows:
◦Picture > Max Width 800 (Changed to 480x320)
◦Video Filters > Denoise Medium
◦Video > Average Bitrate (kbps) 1500
◦Audio > Target All, Codec AAC, Mixdown Stereo, Sample Rate 48, Bitrate 128
•Make sure you change the Container and extension to .mp4 then Save As... and call it Captivate or any other meaningful name.
If you use those settings any HD (1080) source will likely end up being about 1-2 GB in total size. With the settings saved you can then select a video source, it can be anything that Handbrake supports from VOB to MT2S to MP4 to MKV files. Pick a Destination location and name and start encoding.
I have a Core i7 running at 3.5Ghz with 8GB RAM and a full length movie takes about 2x-3x the run length, so a 120 minute movie will take anywhere from 4 to 6 hours to encode, SD (DVD, 720p HDTV, SDTV) will encode much faster, sometimes even faster than 1x runtime.
You can also to the same with Ripbot264 with the added bonus that Ripbot can handle subtitles, but those instructions are for another day.
to try to get a movie of mine transfered to my phone. If does not play.
Can someone help me with the right settings or with their own instruction on how they transfer their movies. I'm using the following programs (VidCoder,DVDDecrypter, andHandbrake).
TIA
As far as I have understood the Archos 70 (on FAT32) should not be able to play videos larger than 4GB, because that is the limitation of FAT32.
But my Archos does not play files larger than 2GB. I ripped and converted a few dvd's with DVDFab to mp4's and as soon as the resulting file is >2GB (by setting a higher bitrate) I get an error message saying that the file is incomplete or damaged.
Am I overlooking something (I am a newbie) or is something wrong with my Archos ?
Which player are you using? Have you tried moboplayer?
I am using the default video player. Haven't tried another player yet but will do that. First I will make a larger file again to try it out.
This to me sounds more like an .avi limit on fat32 file system - are they avi container ?, if so you need to remux them to something else, .mkv probably best
paulus3476 said:
This to me sounds more like an .avi limit on fat32 file system - are they avi container ?, if so you need to remux them to something else, .mkv probably best
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I set DVDfab to "DVD Ripper to MP4".
When I open the file with MediaInfo it says "MPEG-4 (Base Media)" as container, so not avi. Or is this the same as avi ?
Update: Although I still would like to hear your reply to my above question (for better understanding), I think it has indeed to do with the container. I ripped and converted again with DVDFab but this time to MKV (not remuxing but ripping and converting again), and now I can play a file larger than 2 GB (in fact the file was around 2,5GB).
Hi,I have a lot of 1080p movies-mkv and all of them are more then 4GB.
I formatted my SD card to NTFS settings.
I copied the movie but when I disconnect my phone,He give me a notice that I must to format the SD card.
How do I solve this issues?
Thanks.
You need to format the SD card using FAT32. I think there is a 4 GB file size limit, but not positive. If so, you'll need to split your .mkv files into two pieces.
I knew this option(=to split the file) but why the hell in this superphone I can't copy a file larger then 4GB to SD or to my memory?
Samsung probably uses FAT32 for compatibility reasons. Pretty sure FAT32 is the standard for SD cards. Maybe the SGS2 can recognize a different format. Definitely won't be NTFS though.
You could also compress the videos.
NTFS is created and owned by Microsoft. They probably want some money if you sell devices with it, if they allow it at all. SGS2 has no problems with larger files if you use an open source file-system like ext4.
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NTFS is created and owned by Microsoft. They probably want some money if you sell devices with it, if they allow it at all. SGS2 has no problems with larger files if you use an open source file-system like ext4.
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How do you format a SD card with ext4? Clockwork Recovery? Also, what do you need to do in order for a PC to recognize it?
It's because there are no drivers for reading an NTFS file system. Having a 4gb mkv file and playing it on your SGS2 is a waste anyways. There are no benefits to pumping such high bitrate/resolution unless you're doing HDMI out.
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I knew this option(=to split the file) but why the hell in this superphone I can't copy a file larger then 4GB to SD or to my memory?
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123833
Mikroft said:
It's because there are no drivers for reading an NTFS file system. Having a 4gb mkv file and playing it on your SGS2 is a waste anyways. There are no benefits to pumping such high bitrate/resolution unless you're doing HDMI out.
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The benefit is that you don't need to waist time transcoding , you can just drag and drop n play.
There are some solutions how to read ext4 in windows one of them is this reader like explorer , you can also find programs to partition your sdcard to ext4, google is your friend. Oh and format your removable SDcard don't mess with integrated
I watch my movies with subtitles.
I have mkv movie and srt file attached with same name.works fine in my pc.
So I merge the movie with subtitle and split the prepared file in order to copy the movie to my SD card.
I do it with this application:mkvmerge GUI
But when I play the movie in my phone,the stock player or any other player(vplayer,mVideoplayer...) don't show the subtitle.
Why?
Thanks.
stockplayer can't display integrated subs , only external. However mVideoplayer can and should work.
I used this MKVtoolnix 4.9.1 to mux subtitles in and split the movie.
I used MKVtoolnix 4.9.1 to mux subtitles in and split the movie.
It's not show the subs.
I try to do the same with mkv video that smaller than 4G.
Now mVideoplayer shows the subs as opposed to stock player.
ayosopov said:
I watch my movies with subtitles.
I have mkv movie and srt file attached with same name.works fine in my pc.
So I merge the movie with subtitle and split the prepared file in order to copy the movie to my SD card.
I do it with this application:mkvmerge GUI
But when I play the movie in my phone,the stock player or any other player(vplayer,mVideoplayer...) don't show the subtitle.
Why?
Thanks.
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stockplayer can't display integrated subs , only external. However mVideoplayer can and should work.
I used this MKVtoolnix 4.9.1 to mux subtitles in and split the movie.
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Not exactly true, i've downloaded a .mvk file (720p HD movie) and .srt file and put them in a folder on my phone, and by using mVideoplayer or Stock player, both plays with subtitle without any problems.. But I have no idea if that's what my rom or anything else i use has an affection to it. just wanted you to know
Edit: I didn't merge them, recoded or whatever it's called to make it work.
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Not exactly true, i've downloaded a .mvk file (720p HD movie) and .srt file and put them in a folder on my phone, and by using mVideoplayer or Stock player, both plays with subtitle without any problems.. But I have no idea if that's what my rom or anything else i use has an affection to it. just wanted you to know
Edit: I didn't merge them, recoded or whatever it's called to make it work.
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You need to reread carefully what problem OP had and my explanation. What i said is 100% true.
Whenever i seem to transfer a movie through windows to my tab it gets to 5 seconds remaining, After it has copied the rest and fails. It only seems to do it with files 4/5GB and over.
Has anyone else noticed there and is there a fix?
I tried to wireless send it too through the web sharing app but done exactly the same thing.
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Whenever i seem to transfer a movie through windows to my tab it gets to 5 seconds remaining, After it has copied the rest and fails. It only seems to do it with files 4/5GB and over.
Has anyone else noticed there and is there a fix?
I tried to wireless send it too through the web sharing app but done exactly the same thing.
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Your Tab storage partition is formated in FAT32 system, so the maximum file you can copy on to it is 4GB. And i think that's what causing your problems.
The only way is to re-encode your video with smaller bit rate to get a smaller file size (or split video to multiple files)
Cheers
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I have had simular problems when I used a USB extention cord or even the Samsung docking station. Try putting your tablet USB cord directly in to the back of your computer (no extentions or anything else).
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Another thought comes to mind. How big are your files? Try converting them in to a Samsung friendly files (I say that because some large 1080p MKV files are huge and don't work well on the Samsung)
I use "AVS Video Convert 8.x" to convert all my videos to:
Video Codec: H.264/AVC
Video Frame Size: Original
Video Bitrate: 2000
Video File Type: MP4 PSP
Video Frame Rate: Original
Audio Codec: MPEG-2/4
Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz 16bit
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Audio Channels: Stereo
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Your Tab storage partition is formated in FAT32 system, so the maximum file you can copy on to it is 4GB. And i think that's what causing your problems.
The only way is to re-encode your video with smaller bit rate to get a smaller file size (or split video to multiple files)
Cheers
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Yep that is indeed what is happening... There is no point in having a movie thats that huge... Most of mine are under 1gb and the look great...
Taransworld said:
I have had simular problems when I used a USB extention cord or even the Samsung docking station. Try putting your tablet USB cord directly in to the back of your computer (no extentions or anything else).
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Another thought comes to mind. How big are your files? Try converting them in to a Samsung friendly files (I say that because some large 1080p MKV files are huge and don't work well on the Samsung)
I use "AVS Video Convert 8.x" to convert all my videos to:
Video Codec: H.264/AVC
Video Frame Size: Original
Video Bitrate: 2000
Video File Type: MP4 PSP
Video Frame Rate: Original
Audio Codec: MPEG-2/4
Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz 16bit
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Audio Channels: Stereo
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Brilliant thanks, how does the picture look with these settings?
Yanluk said:
Your Tab storage partition is formated in FAT32 system, so the maximum file you can copy on to it is 4GB. And i think that's what causing your problems.
The only way is to re-encode your video with smaller bit rate to get a smaller file size (or split video to multiple files)
Cheers
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Is there no way of the tab being in the NTFS format?
piam said:
Is there no way of the tab being in the NTFS format?
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I don't think Android can R/W to NTFS formatted partitions.
Thought FAT32 was Dead
Ran into this thread from the daily recaps and glad I did. I just assumed the Tab was running off NTFS. I thought FAT dies out years ago!
Thanks for the information.
Is there any Custom ROM supports NTFS or EXT3?
[24.09.2011][ROM][3G][P7500][EUR] BroodComb XXKI1 V2 supports NTFS or EXT3/4?
If it is FAT32, how is it possible to transfer 4gig+ files over WIFI?
how do i play mkv video files without decoding it to mp4 ?
i think any lesser device supports mkv
zonemaster said:
how do i play mkv video files without decoding it to mp4 ?
i think any lesser device supports mkv
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download vlc player or mx player from play store
om22 said:
download vlc player or mx player from play store
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It doesnt even let me copy the file, windows explorer crashes
File size larger than 4Gb? If so format SD card exfat
Mr Paul said:
File size larger than 4Gb? If so format SD card exfat
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The file is 1.4 giga and for some reason when I tried to copy the to my s3 it also crashed (in the past I could transfer to the s3)
a lot of my anime and tv shows are in mkv format but they are pretty small in size and i have no trouble playing them with mx player. i might try a larger file and get back to you.
Edit: i transfered a 13.1GB file to my XTZ "The Hobbit, An unexpected Journey 1080p" x264 .mkv file (bearing in mind whenever you transfer something to your XTZ at least in my case, it will warn you the file may need to be converted to play on your device) and i played it using mx player at first it complained i needed a custom codec to play audio because of "dts" which i went and downloaded but the movie was still playing without audio and looked fine. After installing the codec i tried playing the movie again and it was working perfectly.
If you cant transfer the files have you tried a different usb cable to connect your XTZ to your computer or even tried using an sd card reader (if your using an sd card) ?
I'm having the same issues and can't figure it out. Smaller files around 25 mb transfer fine. Larger files like my tv shows, which are 1+ gb, crash windows explorer every time. Yet I can transfer the same files without problem using OTG and a thumbdrive. I'm running stock (4.12) on an SGP312. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx!
To the OP, mkv files play on the stock player but you wont get any audio if the audio format is AC3. Try downloading the vmplayer from google play. Works for me.
*** Also I tried a different cable and had the same results.
If watching anime, MX Player and BSPlayer are great options. I prefer to use MX Player because it renders perfectly .ass and .saa styled subtitles. Also the Hardware Plus (HW+) decoding works great. Only thing that won't be fully playable would be 10-bit color encodes that are getting popular among subbing groups, as this is due to hardware limitation, and software decoding is slow as heck with that format. So, anime in 8-bit and 1080p should run flawless.
For any other type of vids contained in mkv, MX Player and its HW+ decoder is also the one to go with. I play huge (+10GB) FullHD mkv files with no stuttering at all.
I used XTZ 32GB for all these tests.
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I'm having the same issues and can't figure it out. Smaller files around 25 mb transfer fine. Larger files like my tv shows, which are 1+ gb, crash windows explorer every time. Yet I can transfer the same files without problem using OTG and a thumbdrive. I'm running stock (4.12) on an SGP312. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx!
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I had no issues transferring large files (up to 8GB) over USB to my SGP312. Might be a driver issue in your Windows version. I am using Windows 8 64bit myself.
That being said, I am now solely using the app Wifi File Transfer Pro to send data wirelessly to my Tablet. It is not as fast as USB, but much more convenient.
Download some other media players for your tablet like VLC, MX players. If they can not help you achieve the goal, then I am afraid that you need to encode your videos into MP4 format via a third party programs inclucing Handbrake or Brorsoft Video Converter.