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I just picked up my gtablet yesterday and have been spending my time installing tnt lite and installing several apps. I bought it because when I go on trips I wanted something that could browse the net, and play videos. I installed RockPlayer and put a 720p mkv file onto the machine, however playback is very choppy and its almost like the device cannot handle it. I know that several people have gotten 1080p to work good, and I am wondering if there is a setting that needs to be enabled to make 720p work better? I did some digging and saw that someone said to edit a line in the build.prop file (set the media.stagefright.enable from true to false), but I cannot edit my build.prop file. And I am not entirely sure that this will fix the problem. Are 720p videos playable on this machine?
What profile did you render the movies in? Try changing the MKV extension to AVI... Sometimes some renderers treat containers differently even though they are using the same codecs.
just tried to rename the extension from .mkv to .avi and still same choppiness and eventually the videos stops playing all together. I am not sure what rendering is, but the file is encoded AAC 2.0 H264
h264 is not the issue, it's what profile its encoded in
I have this in my FAQ section (in my sig). h264 is supported, but the Tegra 2 cannot handle h264 encoded in high profile. It can handle main profile.
This is confusing to people. So, what I would recommend is to download the excellent "mediainfo" tool (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) and it will show you how your videos are encoded.
As for container support, I think MP4 plays a little better than MKV, but Rockplayer (in the Market) seems to be able to handle MKV and using hardware acceleration. Again, as long as it's h264 main profile.
This is not just an issue with the GTab - all the Tegra 2 devices will have this issue as its a limitation of the chipset, or so I've read. Vega, Folio, even the mysterious Adam will probably have this same limitation.
Reference on h264 and main / high profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC
Thank you for clarifying. I am wondering can I convert the video to the main profile and then get it to work?
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Thank you for clarifying. I am wondering can I convert the video to the main profile and then get it to work?
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Yeah, that's the tricky part. I haven't been able to figure that out yet, although granted I haven't put much time into it. I think these "profiles" depend on how you encode and which tool you use.
If you try the Tron Legacy trailers, they are 1080p but main profile. A good example of how nice videos can look on it, when encoded the right way.
I have to play around more with something like ffmpeg to see if I can pin this down. Another reason for transcoding is to keep the sizes down, since we have the 4GB FAT32 file size limitation to deal with. Yuk.
I've incoded a 1080p high profile to main. sound was in and out then tryed a few things and lost sound. Video played great anyways.
I guess it depends on the encode. I dl a 720p music video off of youtube, mp4 avc [email protected] (according to mediainfo) and it plays just fine.
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I guess it depends on the encode. I dl a 720p music video off of youtube, mp4 avc [email protected] (according to mediainfo) and it plays just fine.
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Could be a lower screen resolution that full 720p (not all 720p's are alike).
I also read today that Tegra 2 720p should work in high profile, but 1080p definitely does not. But, Android itself might be limiting even 720p, so it's a crap shoot.
Just out of curiosity why do you guys want those big files on here anyway? Is it to output to a TV? I wouldn't think you would need such a high quality file to watch stuff on the G tab.
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Just out of curiosity why do you guys want those big files on here anyway? Is it to output to a TV? I wouldn't think you would need such a high quality file to watch stuff on the G tab.
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It's not about storing large files on the gtab...its more about having video portability. I keep my movies and videos on a server that I stream from my living room and bedroom. It would be ideal if I can play files on any device without having to reencode the video.
I did test 1080p files from YouTube and they did not play (high profile).
Ok, makes sense. I do the same thing using upnplay and my server. Thought you were wanting them on the tablet.
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Just out of curiosity why do you guys want those big files on here anyway? Is it to output to a TV? I wouldn't think you would need such a high quality file to watch stuff on the G tab.
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A two hour 720p movie runs ~4GB, so it's close to the limit in FAT32. And you could easily go over the limit when encoding, which would require you to break the file up. Annoying.
The problem here is that none of the vendors want to agree on a replacement file system for portable devices (wow, no surprise there). MS wants exFAT, the open source community would prefer EXT3/4, and I assume Apple would prefer HFS+.
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Just out of curiosity why do you guys want those big files on here anyway? Is it to output to a TV? I wouldn't think you would need such a high quality file to watch stuff on the G tab.
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Can't speak for everybody else, but for me I'd want to just use the video files I broadcatch from the NNTP groups. Ideally, I wouldn't want to have to reencode video to watch it, just access it directly from my media server. Standard definition avis work okay, but eventually these will not be offered and of course the HD versions look way better. Over the years it's been harder to come by a regular source of SD resolution TV Series feeds. The 720P encoded files quality are noticeable versus SD even on this smaller screen. Ideally we would get high profile 720P MKV at least to work as it seems this is what the guys doing NNTP TV Series seem to be encoding in.
What I would see happening is that a video player on the GTablet will access the files off the media server and stream, not play files directly off the local Internal SD. Regardless of where the file resides, it looks like it needs to be refined to play these files more fluidly.
I'm not saying this will be the only nor primary method of viewing video files, but having the flexibility and option is always nice. Especially when all the tvs are watching something else. ;P
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Can't speak for everybody else, but for me I'd want to just use the video files I broadcatch from the NNTP groups. Ideally, I wouldn't want to have to reencode video to watch it, just access it directly from my media server. Standard definition avis work okay, but eventually these will not be offered and of course the HD versions look way better. Over the years it's been harder to come by a regular source of SD resolution TV Series feeds. The 720P encoded files quality are noticeable versus SD even on this smaller screen. Ideally we would get high profile 720P MKV at least to work as it seems this is what the guys doing NNTP TV Series seem to be encoding in.
What I would see happening is that a video player on the GTablet will access the files off the media server and stream, not play files directly off the local Internal SD. Regardless of where the file resides, it looks like it needs to be refined to play these files more fluidly.
I'm not saying this will be the only nor primary method of viewing video files, but having the flexibility and option is always nice. Especially when all the tvs are watching something else. ;P
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Okay I'm doing the Madagascar penguin "you didn't see anything gesture" now. LOL.
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japhule said:
It's not about storing large files on the gtab...its more about having video portability. I keep my movies and videos on a server that I stream from my living room and bedroom. It would be ideal if I can play files on any device without having to reencode the video.
I did test 1080p files from YouTube and they did not play (high profile).
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Can you please share how you are thinking about doing that using movies/pictures/videos on Windows Media Center share or NFS mount.
I tried very same thing as some of my movies still in vob format or mpeg2 (home recordings of kids), tv recordings using microsoft format or streaming pics, and nothing seems to work. I was able to use upnpplay (android program in the market place) to browse my stuff on the shared drive, but can't play mpeg2, vob or other format.
does anyone know what's the best way to do this?
G Tab supports H.264 1080p main and high profiles
Detailed specs on what Audio and Video formats G Tablet supports are listed in the manual downloadable from the Viewsonic web site.
But in a few words - it does support up to 1080p, both baseline, high, and main profiles for H.264 with certain limitations for each, and MPEG4 simple profile.
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Can you please share how you are thinking about doing that using movies/pictures/videos on Windows Media Center share or NFS mount.
I tried very same thing as some of my movies still in vob format or mpeg2 (home recordings of kids), tv recordings using microsoft format or streaming pics, and nothing seems to work. I was able to use upnpplay (android program in the market place) to browse my stuff on the shared drive, but can't play mpeg2, vob or other format.
does anyone know what's the best way to do this?
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My entire system is redundant. I have my windows 7 share as well as my htpc/nas running tversity, orb and audiogalaxy (music only). Everything is shared in every way. First I try just streaming the file through Windows 7 dlna, which generally works fine. I too use Upnplay. If something doesn't work (very rare) I move to looking for it through Tversity which attempts to detect the dlna device and scale it so it works. I've never needed to use Orb on the GTab since I really got everything up and running, Orb is for when I actually am on the road and want to watch sth. from my home network. PlayOn may actually work as well - it has a free mode which allows you to use it to share files on the local network using VLC codecs.
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I'd like to add to this conversation with, I hope, clarification of how to get higher definition video playback working on the GTab.
I've tried four video files that are 720P or 1080P. None of them works well in Movies, DoubleTwist, Rockplayer, or VitalPlayer.
G Tablet, TnT 4.21, OE kernel. Market fix. Various apps.
Videos all playing from /SDCARD
Here is some more information about those videos, using Mediainfo:
Touring Car race:
720P MPEG-4 50FPS AVC ([email protected]) (CABAC / 3 ref frames)
AAC Stereo
Big Buck Bunny:
http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
1080P OpenDML AVI 12Mbps 24FPS MPEG-4 Visual ([email protected])
AC-3 audio
Audi R8:
720P AVC Matroska 800Kbps 29.970FPS AVC ([email protected]) (CABAC / 2 ref frames)
AC-3 audio
Donington LG demo:
1080P BDAV M2TS 35.5Mbps 29.970fps AVC ([email protected]) (CABAC /3 ref frames)
AC-3 audio
Are all of these simply too much for me to get away with playing on the GTab? I've played most, if not all of these, using a Broadcom 70012 Crystal HD decoder card on a Dell Mini 9 (Atom N270) with few problems.
Thanks for the help.
I have a bunch of 1080p MKV movies that I want to convert into mobile versions for the Galaxy S II, but does anyone know what codecs I should use in order to take advantage of better battery life?
I play to shrink these down to 800x480 res. Any recommendations on bitrate too?
Also, any software or guides recommended to convert MKV to whatever codec has hardware acceleration for this phone?
All the video formats that the phone can play natively are hardware accelerated. So u can choose from MP4, avi, FLV and so on.....
I don't have much knowledge regarding the subject. But here's what I gathered:
According to Wikipedia:
The Exynos 4210, unlike Tegra 2, features support for ARM's SIMD engine (Media Processing Engine, a.k.a NEON instructions) and this may have a significant performance advantage in some cases over Tegra 2 in critical performance situations such as accelerated decoding for multiple multimedia codecs and formats (e.g., On2's VP6/7/8 or Real formats).
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Now, to take advantage of that hardware there also needs to be software that supports it.
MoboPlayer is one such software, that I know of, which has "ARM V7_NEON" playback codec and so it will fully utilize Galaxy S2 resources.
As to regards to which format you should convert...
On the MoboPlayer website is said that: "Almost all video formats(need to choose "software decoding" mode inmost cases)."
So I suppose what you need to do, is to disable "software decoding" mode and see what video formats will be supported in hardware mode.
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I don't have much knowledge regarding the subject. But here's what I gathered:
According to Wikipedia:
Now, to take advantage of that hardware there also needs to be software that supports it.
MoboPlayer is one such software, that I know of, which has "ARM V7_NEON" playback codec and so it will fully utilize Galaxy S2 resources.
As to regards to which format you should convert...
On the MoboPlayer website is said that: "Almost all video formats(need to choose "software decoding" mode inmost cases)."
So I suppose what you need to do, is to disable "software decoding" mode and see what video formats will be supported in hardware mode.
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I live in the US and we don't have the SGS2 released here yet. Can anyone who has the phone already, please test this out and let us know which codecs are hardware accelerated with MoboPlayer?
I found this guide for transcoding:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/211070-How-to-convert-MKV-to-AVI-or-OGM-to-AVI-using-mencoder
I don't think there is an "optimum" bitrate because that is going to vary depending on content, ie, number of fast motion scenes. Maybe encode it in VBR and set the top limit fairly high.
I know this phone will handle 1080p MKV, but some of my mkv files are like 12gb!
Hi, dont bother with anything else, handbrake should be your tool of choice. There are various templates included but I usually just set it to MP4 high profile and choose the file size I want, handbrake then does the rest and bloody well too.
Do a search on here for handbrake, there may already be threads about it, note though you should only really have to re-encode if you movies are over 4 gig (fat 32 limit) as I haven't found a file this phone wont play yet with one player or another. My players of choice are always stock first, then mobo, then DICE.
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Hi, dont bother with anything else, handbrake should be your tool of choice. There are various templates included but I usually just set it to MP4 high profile and choose the file size I want, handbrake then does the rest and bloody well too.
Do a search on here for handbrake, there may already be threads about it, note though you should only really have to re-encode if you movies are over 4 gig (fat 32 limit) as I haven't found a file this phone wont play yet with one player or another. My players of choice are always stock first, then mobo, then DICE.
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Thanks mate! Actually, I'm getting this phone for my GF for our anniversary and she's a big Harry Potter geek, she has all the books and blu-ray. I've already converted her blu-rays to MKV so she can have them all on the XPS 15, but I was hoping to convert the MKV down to a mobile friendly format.
All the HP movies add up to 80gb so I can't just copy the MKV's on there, that's why I was thinking of transcoding again.
I did find this bit of info on the Exynos:
http://www.samsung.com/us/business/oem-solutions/pdfs/Exynos_v11.pdf
1080p Video Encode/Decode
- H.264 30fps
- MPEG-4 30fps
- VC-1 30fps
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It doesn't say what container it supports but from what you say, it sounds like MP4 is the way to go. Thanks for the Handbrake tip!
one thing you should aware of is that if you intend to get the MHL>HDMI adapter at some point you may want to transcode at a resolution a little higher as it wont look great on the TV. If you are just playing on the phone then you can get them down to a fraction of the size. I found the best thing to do was to find a smaller film clip that was encoded as 1080 MKV and run off some tests, then save off the template and batch convert the log. I converted all my start trek films from 8 gig to 2 gig a piece, I left them at 1080p but set the file size down to 2 gig. The all look great on my Phone and still really good on my TV through the HDMI, best of both worlds.
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one thing you should aware of is that if you intend to get the MHL>HDMI adapter at some point you may want to transcode at a resolution a little higher as it wont look great on the TV. If you are just playing on the phone then you can get them down to a fraction of the size. I found the best thing to do was to find a smaller film clip that was encoded as 1080 MKV and run off some tests, then save off the template and batch convert the log. I converted all my start trek films from 8 gig to 2 gig a piece, I left them at 1080p but set the file size down to 2 gig. The all look great on my Phone and still really good on my TV through the HDMI, best of both worlds.
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Wow, that's crazy! I doubt my gf will ever output these to a TV. I'm still playing with Handbrake's settings.
One thing I don't get about it is that HP is 1920x800'ish, so when I set it to 800, the height drops down to 336'ish.
I think I'd rather have it fullscreen and sacrifice cropping some of the sides, so I clicked ASPECT RATIO and set the height to 480.
Handbrake set the width to 1152, so I set a crop of 176 on left and right, to try to bring the final size back down to 800x480.
But Handbrake has some weird algorithm that doesn't seem to give the desired result? It changed the output size of the video on its own after I changed the cropping values.
So, I'm not quite sure how cropping is handling in Handbrake, is it done before or after the resolution is resized?
Mobo can't use HW video decoder. SW decoder use SIMD(NEON) instructions.
Exynos HW video decoder can decode 1080p.
Try diceplayer. it use HW video decoder in Exynos ( Multi Function Codec )
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Mobo can't use HW video decoder. SW decoder use SIMD(NEON) instructions.
Exynos HW video decoder can decode 1080p.
Try diceplayer. it use HW video decoder in Exynos ( Multi Function Codec )
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Thanks but does it also depend on which container or codec the video is in?
I'm assuming that h.264 video in a MP4 container should be hardware accelerated right?
H264 in any container up to High Profile level 5.0
Hello all,
First post here excuse my noobage. I have an extensive blu ray collection with several digital copies with them. Just curious, will the galaxy tab play blu rays at all? I was thinking of putting them on an an external hard drive but I'm not sure either are supported. I have the usb adaptor, would it be my best bet to throw them on a flash drive, if in fact blu rays will play at all? I am currently rooted if this makes any difference..
Thanks in advance
Nope, no bluray support. Your best bet is learning to rip and encode specifically for the device or ripping and streaming from a PC to the device using something like Plex.
There are various ripping and encoding solutions out there though with varying degrees of difficulty. Im not sure what the easiest would be but for myself I use Anydvd to rip and Handbrake to encode.
Good Luck!
Wait, are you saying the galaxy tab wont even play a bluray rip in mp4 format?
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To be clear, I interpreted the original post to be asking if a GT 10.1 can play a bluray either straight from a USB bluray drive OR as a straight rip from the disc itself (i.e. all bluray structure intact, no re-encoding/recompression done to the original movie). That's my definition of a rip, to copy the content off not to recompress it. The answer to that is a resounding no, these tegra 2 based tablets just can't handle that kind of task.
Ripping and then re-encoding will work provided the encoding method produces a file the device supports. As I said, I use Handbrake. Generally in Handbrake I start with the regular high profile and then on the audio tab I'll just do a single AAC track at a bitrate of 160 and on the advanced tab I'll turn off max b-frames, cabac, 8x8 transform and weighted p-frames. On the picture side I'll drop the resolution down to 1280 width (letting the height be whatever it needs to). On the video tab I'll try either a constant quality setting (20-22 depending on the movie) or I'll go for a 2-pass encode using a target bitrate of 3500 or so. Resulting videos in MP4 format play great in Dice player.
I'll also add that for those storing a handful of movies and TV shows on your tabs for travel Mizuu's a great little XBMC type app that adds some flair to your collection. Really like having the widgets up on my video hub homescreen and picking shows/movies from there and then getting details on movie content or episode info in an XBMC type format.
Hi,
I am playing a 720p mkv movie with subtitles without any problems on the prime using Dice (or BSplayer), but when I connect it to my tv via HDMI, the subtitles just won't display on the tv and stick on the prime's screen!
Is there any way to see the subtitles on tv also? One of the reasons I bought the TF201 was for HD movies on my tv, but since I am watching with subtitles everytime..
If anybody found a solution to this problem, let me know!
Thanks!
I have the same problem, if anybody have solution... please share the knowledge. Thanks
The only solution for now is to reencode the movie with hard subs...aka encode them into the video images. There isn't a player yet that supports the mkv or other style pluggable subs over HDMI.
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The only solution for now is to reencode the movie with hard subs...aka encode them into the video images. There isn't a player yet that supports the mkv or other style pluggable subs over HDMI.
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Actually, that is not entirely correct. It's not the players fault. The subtitles are rendered as a separate layer over the movie, but ICS outputs only the movie stream with H/W Decoding (and the subtitles are on S/W side). This is IMHO a really nasty BUG in ICS. All media players are affected.
There is another way besides "burning" the subs into the movie: play the files with S/W Decoding instead of H/W (most players support this, such as MX Player, Mobo, BSplayer). The downside: S/W decoding is much harder on the CPU, the tablet gets more warm (not to worry), it drains the battery faster. But the worst part is, that with S/W decoding you can play on max. 720p resolution. 1080p (and even some 720p files with a very high bitrate), are simply too much for S/W decoding.
Hi everyone,
This is my first post on this forum. I am not sure if it is proper to ask my question here. It seems this's a forum for developers? I am not a developer at all. If I posted on the wrong thread I am sorry.
I just bought my Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 about a month ago. You see, I am completely a newbie about the tablet things. I have a large collection of Blu-ray discs which I want to put onto my TF201 for watching while traveling around. I found a Blu-ray ripping program (It is called Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper if it matters) that can convert Blu-ray movies to the MP4 format videos for watching on Android tablets.
My question is: I don't know what are the best output settings I should use with the Blu-ray program There are too many technical terms I can hardly understand. Does anyone here have any video conversion experience for Transformer Prime? Any advice or instruction is highly appreciated!
Detailed info about the settings in Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper software:
Format: H.264 Video(*.mp4)
Video settings available are:
Codec - h264
Size(pix) - original; 1280*720; 1440*1080; 1920*1080.
Bitrate(kbps) - original; 4000; 6000; 8000, 10000; 12000.
Frame Rate(fps) - original; 12; 15; 20; 23.976; 24; 25; 29.97; 30.
Audio settings available are:
Codec - aac; ac3.
Sample Rate(hz) - 22050; 32000; 44100; 48000.
Bitrate(bps) - 64000; 96000; 128000; 160000; 256000; 320000; 640000.
Channels - Mono; Stereo; 5.1 channels.
So I haven't done any converting myself, but I think I can help. Ill just go through those settings you listed and give you what i think would be the best choice.
video-
size- 1920*1080 should work since the prime can handle hd
Bitrate - not sure on this one I would imagine that you could go pretty high like 8000-1000
frame rate- 30
Audio-
codec - aac
sampe rate - 44100
bitrate - (idk on this I think anything is fine) 256000
channels- doesn't really matter the prime will only play mono from its own speaker, but if you hook it up it might be able to do more so maybe 5.1 or else stereo
Hope this helps
If you have a large collection of blu-rays that you want on the Prime, then storage space may become an issue, even if you get a micro-SD card. You could try the suggestions made by cmat1120 and see how many GB a single movie takes up. That will help you determine how many movies you'll be able to store on your Prime.
If you plan on watching movies with headphones, I'd recommend going with a stereo audio output. I don't know if 5.1 will do you any good because I don't think that surround sound gets passed through the HDMI port (I haven't been able to get it to work, anyway), and the extra audio channels won't improve headphone quality.
I also recommend going with original frame rate. I don't see a need to change it, and I especially don't see any reason to increase it above the original. That won't magically give you extra frames that don't exist in the first place.
If you're aiming for 1080p HD, then it is 1920 x 1080 with 24 fps. That's where I would start, and I'd adjust the bitrate depending on how much storage space I want to use per movie; a higher bitrate will take up more storage space but will have better quality.
After thinking about it some more, I am changing a recommendation - go with 1280 x 720 resolution. The Prime's display is 1280 x 800, and some of those 800 pixels are dedicated to the bar at the bottom of the screen. The Prime cannot display 1080p on its own screen. If you rip your movies at 1920 x 1080, the Prime will scale it down to 1280 x 720 when it displays it. I don't even think it can display 1080 through HDMI; only 720. Shrinking the movies down to 720 when you decode them will spare you a chunk of storage.
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After thinking about it some more, I am changing a recommendation - go with 1280 x 720 resolution. The Prime's display is 1280 x 800, and some of those 800 pixels are dedicated to the bar at the bottom of the screen. The Prime cannot display 1080p on its own screen. If you rip your movies at 1920 x 1080, the Prime will scale it down to 1280 x 720 when it displays it. I don't even think it can display 1080 through HDMI; only 720. Shrinking the movies down to 720 when you decode them will spare you a chunk of storage.
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It can display 1080 via HDMI, assuming your content is 1080 of course. I'd still go with 720 though.. Personally I can barely tell the difference between 1080 vs 720 up-close.. I have trouble distinguishing the two from 8-10 feet away, and the TFP will only display 720 if you're watching on the tablet.
.mkv 720p
although 1080p isn't a problem either, with dice player you just resize it to fill your screen
and bitrate above 160 if you hear the difference on this device I want your ears
Thank you all very much for your inputs here! Really appreciate.
I've tested with the 1080P settings that cmat1120 suggested to convert my Transformers BD of 2hrs 23min. Guess what? The generated MP4 file is 10.28GB! Although the file played flawlessly with surprisingly good quality on my big computer screen, the huge file size made my Transformers Prime tablet a little it bit hard to cope with.
The 1080P settings generates too huge file. In this way my tablet will only be able to store 2 or 3 movies.
I've also tried to use ac3 5.1 audio settings, but the converted file played without sound on TF201. I think ac3 5.1 makes no sense for Transformer Prime as it will only to be able to produce stereo sound.
I then tried with the 1280*720 settings and the generated file is more acceptable with good quality on TF201. The final file is only 4.14GB. This way my tablet will be able to hold about 6 or 7 movies.
The detailed settings I used as below:
Format: H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)
Video settings:
Codec - h264
Size(pix) - 1280*720
Bitrate(kbps) - 4000
Frame Rate(fps) - 24
Audio settings:
Codec - aac
Sample Rate(hz) - 44100
Bitrate(bps) - 128000
Channels - stereo
The 720P settings also converts faster in the Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper. So I think I will use the above settings for my future conversion.
But if there's any way to make the final size decreases to 2GB around while still keeping the good quality...
Thanks again cmat1120, jkvato, namebrandon and Hawkysoft !
I use DVD Catalyst. It is the best ripping software I've found. It has a bunch of pre-sets for many devices including the Prime. These pre-sets are also set-up for whatever resolution you are looking for from SD to Blue-Ray. This program also has the capability to remove the black bars from certin aspect ratio's. I personaly have not ripped any Blue-Rays but there is a pre-set for HD.
The people who make DVD Catalyst are great at answering e-mail for any problem or question you have. They usually answer within a few hours.
Highly recommended
http://www.tools4movies.com/
I use DVD Catalyst as well, and it's a pretty good program. The downside is that in order to rip blu-rays you also need to buy additional software to decrypt the blu-ray, such as Any DVD HD or DVDfab Passkey for Bluray.
I used DVD Fab HD Decrypter to rip the Bluray to hdd then Handbrake to encode to .mp4 (use the ipad preset). Resulting file size has been fairly small. Puss In Boots.mp4 was < 1G. Other movies have been approx 2G or less.
It's not a one-step solution but both apps are free and both apps work on Linux as well as Windows.
THANK YOU FOR MORE INPUTS HERE!
I find Handbrake is very useful to reduce the file size while keeping relatively good quality.
The generated MP4 file from Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper using the 1080P settings is around 10GB. After using Handbrake to convert again to the iPad format it is now reduced to 1.3GB. Great
The 1.3GB file is now in the .m4v format with resolution 1024*464. It played fairly well on my Transformer Prime and much better on my sister's iPad 2
Also I find if you reduce in Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper the video bitrate(kbps) value to 2000 the generated H264 MP4 file can be even smaller! At 4000kbps it is 4.14GB, but with 2000kbps it is only 2.14GB and the video quality is still quite good. Surprise
So it seems the video bit rate is the main factor deciding the final file's size.
captain0403 said:
THANK YOU FOR MORE INPUTS HERE!
I find Handbrake is very useful to reduce the file size while keeping relatively good quality.
The generated MP4 file from Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper using the 1080P settings is around 10GB. After using Handbrake to convert again to the iPad format it is now reduced to 1.3GB. Great
The 1.3GB file is now in the .m4v format with resolution 1024*464. It played fairly well on my Transformer Prime and much better on my sister's iPad 2
Also I find if you reduce in Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper the video bitrate(kbps) value to 2000 the generated H264 MP4 file can be even smaller! At 4000kbps it is 4.14GB, but with 2000kbps it is only 2.14GB and the video quality is still quite good. Surprise
So it seems the video bit rate is the main factor deciding the final file's size.
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now try to compress it to mpv, 720p and tell me the output ;-p
720p is better than 1080p for the prime, also reduces size, although 1080p isn't a problem either for me.
p.s. the movies i watch are roughly between 4 and 7GB
Series at the otherhand are mostly between 1.5 and 2.5GB makes sense cuz of the time huh?
p.s. i checked the program you use, and it should support mpv compression as well
"now try to compress it to mpv, 720p and tell me the output ;-p"
Thank you Hawkysoft!
Did you mean the MKV format?
I could not find the MPV output format in Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper
captain0403 said:
"now try to compress it to mpv, 720p and tell me the output ;-p"
Thank you Hawkysoft!
Did you mean the MKV format?
I could not find the MPV output format in Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper
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ah yes sorry... thats what i ment yea
I just tested with the MKV 720P settings from Aunsoft Blu-ray Ripper and the generated MKV is only 1.52GB! Fairly good size and quality for my Transformer Prime. But my sister's iPad 2 did not even accept the MKV file. You see, my Transformer tablet is better than iPad
The Blu-ray movie I converted with is Toy Story 3 of 1hr 43min long. With the program's CUDA acceleration the conversion only took 56 minutes. Very good!
The detailed settings I used are:
Format: MKV HD Video(*.mkv)
Video settings:
Codec - h264
Size(pix) - 1280*720
Bitrate(kbps) - 2000
Frame Rate(fps) - 24
Audio settings:
Codec - aac
Sample Rate(hz) - 44100
Bitrate(bps) - 128000
Channels - stereo