Hey guys, just got myself a Tab, and soon I'm gonna be thinking about adding a few of my DVD movies to it; mostly for my kids (pacifier...lol).
1-Which is the most convenient and easy to use app for watching DVD (ripped from original with a PC) movies?
2- The DVD ripper will mostly ask me to which format to convert. The ripper can convert to:VCD, SVCD, AVI(Xvid, DivX), WMV, MP3, MPEG2 and MP4. Which format should I choose to make a good pairing with the player that you recommend on point 1-.
Thank you for taking my question
PS I'm running Task 14 slim on it and so far it has been a pleasure!
paleman27 said:
Hey guys, just got myself a Tab, and soon I'm gonna be thinking about adding a few of my DVD movies to it; mostly for my kids (pacifier...lol).
1-Which is the most convenient and easy to use app for watching DVD (ripped from original with a PC) movies?
2- The DVD ripper will mostly ask me to which format to convert. The ripper can convert to:VCD, SVCD, AVI(Xvid, DivX), WMV, MP3, MPEG2 and MP4. Which format should I choose to make a good pairing with the player that you recommend on point 1-.
Thank you for taking my question
PS I'm running Task 14 slim on it and so far it has been a pleasure!
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Hi friend,
Im running task v14, and i use BSplayer, TRUST ME the best on market.
You can Convert to any format that supports good and high quality settings option. I dont see vcd and svcd as a good option. Convert to MP4 MKV or AVI. Good night
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akenathon said:
Hi friend,
Im running task v14, and i use BSplayer, TRUST ME the best on market.
You can Convert to any format that supports good and high quality settings option. I dont see vcd and svcd as a good option. Convert to MP4 MKV or AVI. Good night
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Hey man, thanx a lot!
Do you want to recommend a DVD ripper for a GTAB?
Thanx again!
haha I was getting ready to ask this question.
It's fine as long as you can convert from DVD to AVI/MPEG4/MKV it's all good, Using DicePlayer is best presumed over most Market Players, even reigns over BSPlayer. Hurrah.
I'm not going to be a spoiled sport but wouldn't it be easier to *cough* "arrrr" the movie than to RIP it? Because honestly doing the ripping requires a paid software like Nero or something, if there are free ones, they probably suck or on the same dictionary page as "****". If I'm not wrong, America does have some amazing internet plans and speeds and lets not forget, SOPA is gone, ACTA is on the same boat. Before **** hits the fan might wanna grab a few...*ahem*
If you catch my drift.
DVD to Tab
I found an article on Google mentioned Brorsoft DVD Ripper and followed it to transfer my DVDs to Samsung Tab successfully. You can have a try.
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I have been looking at a few ways to do it but whats the best/fastest ?
Wow. Is dragging and dropping just that much of an exhausting task? I don't think it gets much easier than that. lol
What have you tried?
what does the file type have to be?..width? anything have to be converted?
RockPlayer plays most formats.
I have been looking for ages for a suitable way to stream video files to my phone. ORB is NOT the solution and does not work well on Android for some reason, not even. The browser based access is better then the app, but its still horrible.
I have an average of 25mbps upload bandwidth through Verizon Fios and stream movies over the internet to friends and family all the time on PC. I use a UPNP streamer and a VPN client to accomplish the streaming and XBMC as a client to view the video. I just can find a suitable way to do this on my phone.
The fact that our phone plays divx natively now makes this all the more frustrating.
If we could figure out a way around the WiFi only aspect of AllShare setting up a VPN should give us access to a UPNP server at home from anywhere.
Any DVD Converter
I purchased this program awhile back while trying to back up my kid's dvds (cars, up, bolt, etc) so that I could throw them on my PS3 and have him just click them to watch instead of throwing the dvds around and fingerprinting/scratching them up.
I tried to figure out how to do it the "free" way for about a week with ffmpeg etc and finally gave up and decided it was worth 45 bucks to have it done for me in one click instead of running command prompt commands only to get a video that was out of sync or unplayable on the ps3.
Anyway, this thing works like a charm and if you encode to ps3 it will work on your vibrant. Have already ripped a few dvds and put them on there.
I tried posting the link but since I am new, the forum won't let me. Google "any dvd converter" and it should come up though.
They also have a free program for converting regular video files instead of dvds but I haven't tried that to see if it works well on the phone. It's called Any Video Converter.
Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
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Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
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+1 for Handbrake.
I'm amazed I keep seeing these topics. Why not just drag your files over and use the included video player. I've tried many Divx and Xvid files and every one has played just fine.
I guess it only helps that my entire movie collection already is in that format I suppose.
It can play a lot of different file types. I have put mkv (no subtitle support though), avi, divx, xvid. The list of all compatible formats and codecs can be found on Samsung's support site for the Vibrant. The codecs supported are Divx, Xvid, MPEG-4 AVC, H.263, H.264. And the formats are 3GP, MPG, MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, H.263.
I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
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I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
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As I understand the player does not work very good with files over 2 GB.
There is a program called double twist. Its pretty much iTunes for android. It syncs all your media to your device. I have a small selection of songs and a few movies on my vibrant.
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Compressing them won't do a lot of good (in my experience). I'd recommend re-encoding them at a framerate no greater than 29.97, the resolution set to match the scale of the Vibrant, and audio sampling between 96 and 128 kbps. Adjust the various settings until you are happy with the quality while whittling down that file size.
Just my two cents.
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Thought I would post up a new trick I saw on Gizmodo the other day. There is a program you can download for your PC called LiBox. Just download the server, install it on your PC, wait FOREVER while it builds the library. Now you have access to your videos from any device with a connection to the internet. Well ok thats a bit of a fib on their part. The device needs to have Flash support.
I have already tested this server on my friends Nexus1 and it works beautifully. It makes Orb look like a hunk of ****, which it is on Android.
LiBox has also stated that they will soon release a client App for Android. They just put out their app for the iPhone the other day.
So we have two options for this service in the near future. One we use there app and hopefully get to use our native player or two we wait till we get 2.2 + Flash 10 support and play them through the browser.
Either way this service looks to be just what I have been waiting for.
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Just use handbrake. Search here, there is a simple how to guide using it.
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Yes, but Handbrake alone does not decode the video, as I tried it on 3 DVD's, and all i got was screwed up video and intermittent sound. What did work for me is using the free DVD rip to hard drive of the program DVDFab then pointing Handbrake at the decoded files to make the copy for my phone. Works great for me!
I have always seemed to have good luck with videora. Its a free download. Its actually an ipod/iphone converter. Just set it to h264. Its a pretty straight forward applivation.
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Yes, but Handbrake alone does not decode the video, as I tried it on 3 DVD's, and all i got was screwed up video and intermittent sound. What did work for me is using the free DVD rip to hard drive of the program DVDFab then pointing Handbrake at the decoded files to make the copy for my phone. Works great for me!
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DVD Decrypter is free and works very well, not trial bloatware like DVDFab. It also has a built in DVD Burner and plays really well with the freeware program DVD Shrink if you like to make your 7GB DVD-9's into nice 4.7GB DVD-5's or if you just want to strip out the FBI, Trailers, Special Features etc.
There's this torrent application called "Swarm".
This client actually WORKS. I'm serious. Try it out. I always get good speeds on WiFi, 3G and even EDGE.
It costs money on the Market, but it's REALLY worth it.
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agrover5279 said:
I understand the file formats and drag and drop but here is my question about this. I have a lot of mkvs over 4gb. What is the best way to get them over? Would I just need to compress them down to under 4gb?
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Most of my movies are MKVs and I've used Handbrake CLI for all of them. Just use the following
.mp4 container
H.264
AAC
1280x720 (this is optional but it works the best for me)
24 FPS
You can lower the resolution if you want but 720p has a really good quality. If your videos are in 16:9 then you can lower the resolution to 854x480 to maintain the aspect ratio. If the movies are in 2.35:1 then you would still use 854x480 but you're going to have black bars.
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As I understand the player does not work very good with files over 2 GB.
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I have three movies over 2GB on my sdcard and they work fine.
I've been using an iPhone for god knows how long just becuase of Air Video - there are no alternatives for Android. The Galaxy S II is looking absolutely perfect, but there's just one more thing I absolutely must confirm before I make the purchase.
I'm a huge anime watcher. I watch anime on the go all the time. The iPhone 4 uses Air Video and does that perfectly. Since there's no alternative for Android the Galaxy S II must be able to watch it without conversion for me to replace my iPhone with it.
My anime are almost always 720p, MKV encoded with h.264, softsubs. That's generally the industry standard for anime distribution. Will the Galaxy S II play these files without conversion. If it's a yes, then I'm ordering right now.
If someone here actually has one and watches anime, it would be much appreciated if you can download an episode and try it out on your device. Telling me your results would be much appreciated!
The most important thing is framerate, audio and subtitle rendering.
Havent watched anime specifically but tested a x264 encoded blu ray 1080p and that worked fine.
Edit: Have u got a sample that i/we could test?
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tjjensen23 said:
Havent watched anime specifically but tested a x264 encoded blu ray 1080p and that worked fine.
Edit: Have u got a sample that i/we could test?
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I would love to post a link here, but as a new member, I can't post images or links.
EDIT: I sent a link to you via. PM. It would be great if you can test it. Don't worry, it's not licensed outside of Japan. Not illegal.
And I'm in Melbourne too! Where did you get your S II from?
Got mine on lauch from handtec
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I can confirm 720p (and 1080p as well most likely) MKV files (yes, anime. Tried it with released from gg, commie, UTW) with .ass/.srt softsubs play perfectly. The more advanced aspects of .ass subs don't work but it's no big deal - Styling, transition effects, etc.
I'm using mVideoPlayer instead of the stock one as the stock can't read .ass softsubs.
If I had this two years ago when i used to go on anime binges it would've been perfect. Didn't like waiting 30 mins for each ep to convert to 480x272 mp4s.
Should play them, make sure the subs file name is the same as the video (up to the file extension obviously). If the subs don't play try converting them to .srt subs and try again!
1920x1080 mkv's play fine, full speed. This is the only phone that's been able to play my 'Bad Apple PV' test mkv at full speed without the video/sound getting out of sync after 20 seconds.
However subtitles did not work in any of the players I tried (default, mobo & rock). Will look for another player later.
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Should play them, make sure the subs file name is the same as the video (up to the file extension obviously). If the subs don't play try converting them to .srt subs and try again!
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These MKV's don't have a separate subs file. They're built into the mkv as a separate data stream.
For those looking for an alternative to Air Video, I've been using Plex. It has a companion program that runs on your comp (just like air video) that converts pretty much any video format to stream to your android device. Only problem is that it's not quite as easy to set up to stream over 3g/4g as air video is. But if you know how to port-forward your router, it's pretty easy from there. Hope this helps some ppl!
Uvaavu said:
1920x1080 mkv's play fine, full speed. This is the only phone that's been able to play my 'Bad Apple PV' test mkv at full speed without the video/sound getting out of sync after 20 seconds.
However subtitles did not work in any of the players I tried (default, mobo & rock). Will look for another player later.
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Try mVideoPlayer.
Sticks02 said:
I can confirm 720p (and 1080p as well most likely) MKV files (yes, anime. Tried it with released from gg, commie, UTW) with .ass/.srt softsubs play perfectly. The more advanced aspects of .ass subs don't work but it's no big deal - Styling, transition effects, etc.
I'm using mVideoPlayer instead of the stock one as the stock can't read .ass softsubs.
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This post confirmed it. Thank you very much. Placing the order now.
Sticks02 said:
If I had this two years ago when i used to go on anime binges it would've been perfect. Didn't like waiting 30 mins for each ep to convert to 480x272 mp4s.
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Why are you not watching anime anymore? There are so many good things this season.
The S2 can play HD content no problem, it's the media player you should be looking at. If one doesn't read subs in MKV containers then just move on to the next media player and check. Yeah anyway, no problems.
As for why i'm not watching any, i'm too busy. I work/study 50+ hours a week now, I try to squeeze something in during the commutes though.
Enjoy your new beast phone.
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For those looking for an alternative to Air Video, I've been using Plex.
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It doesn't support subtitles, so it's of no use for people who watch anime. xD
Uvaavu said:
These MKV's don't have a separate subs file. They're built into the mkv as a separate data stream.
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Yeah, not sure why I was thinking of external subs. I have some 720p MKVs and their subs, of the kind you mention, do play in the default player for me...
...and to answer a question above: Yes! Seeking within 1080p content works just fine.
ImperialX said:
I would love to post a link here, but as a new member, I can't post images or links.
EDIT: I sent a link to you via. PM. It would be great if you can test it. Don't worry, it's not licensed outside of Japan. Not illegal.
And I'm in Melbourne too! Where did you get your S II from?
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tested and verified that it works 100% playback, subtitles and skipping through (used mvideoplayer)
tjjensen23 said:
tested and verified that it works 100% playback, subtitles and skipping through (used mvideoplayer)
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Thank you so much. Buying now from handtec.
I have the default player, moboplayer, mvideoplayer, and Rockplayer installed, each will do a little something the others won't. Interesting there is now enough CPU and RAM grunt for software decoding to manage things that were like slideshows on other phones.
whats the largest size file you can put onto the gs2?
tried to copy a 4.4 gb mkv to the phone and says its to large of a file,
do i have to create a partition in a different format?
if so whats the best method?
any help much appreciated.
On the subject of video, has anyone use DLNA to connect to a Twonky server? My G2X would connect but not play video. I'm hoping it's because the G2X couldn't support MKV which is what all me stuff's encoded in. Thx.
I have a 3gb 1080p anime movie I use for testing. Lots of things happening on screen. I dont watch anime at all, but subtitles was included in the movie and displayed fine.
1 was a subtitled Dragon ball z/gt(dont know really) but played fine with subtitles. the other was a soul blade(i think) that played smoothly also.
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
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drspikes said:
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
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Drag and drop Worked so far on almost all movies I've put on my phone, alogn with TV shows and even streamed Southpark studios full eps over it
How can you drag and drop a dvd? , I use DVDfab not free but very good, I am ripping a dvd in flv to see what the quality is like.
If you are on Ubuntu you can use OgmRip...the best!
Seems fairly obvious but if you're watching direct on your phone I'd also advise to rip as close to 800x480 if you can so there is less up/down scaling needed to be done by the phone.
Might as well be as close to native screen resolution as possible - 1 pixel to 1 pixel always works out better!
Thanks.
Any advice on the best format to rip to. MKV seems popular but MP4 or H.264 seem common to.
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MP4 or H264 or H263 .
MKV to many post problems with that format .
jje
drspikes said:
Going to get my S2 delivered tomorrow. I would like to have a couple of movies from my collection of DVDs on my phone for long journies.
What software and what format should I use? I only plan to watch on my phone, not display via HDMI or Allshare.
Sorry if this is nooby, did a full search but no joy.
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you may try foxreal dvd ripper, it's really easy to use, just click,click and done.
and from its website, you will find lots of tutorial on galaxy s 2, they introduce the galaxy s 2 video format with detail settings to us
hope this can help you
I've been using dvdNext. I first create an ISO then convert to h.264. The program allows you to create ISOs, burn to disc, and select from a multitude of mobile formats with differing qualities and resolutions.
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Some of these replies don't make sense, as mp4 and mkv are containers whereas h.263 and h.264 are video codecs. Also, native DVD format is 720x480 so it doesn't make sense to rip to resolutions higher than that (you might as well let the phone do the resizing).
My suggestion is to use handbrake and rip to a high-quality format with good compression (e.g., h.264 video/AAC audio, mkv container). The High Profile preset is good (although it defaults to mp4 rather than mkv).
I have movies that I converted using PODMAX, not purchased through itunes. I got MoboPlay because I heard that no conversion was needed. The movie played (sorta). All I had was a black screen.
Any ideas on how to get movies to play on the Atrix. Again, not purchased through itunes but they are all in the m4v format.
Thanks.
ive got a mini tute using some freeware here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15308438
works well for me, although for best quality, maybe set the bitrate to 3mbps for video.
oh and they release different version of the app. some of them have a silly little attempt at trying to change your homepage when you close the app. just untick all check boxes and hit next/close.
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Why not try NoteBurner? That's a really amazing tool. It can remove iTunes DRM from both purchases and rentals and then convert M4V to common format like MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPEG, etc. Besides, AC3 Dolby 5.1 audio and multilingual subtitles can be all kept after conversion.
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Why revive a thread that's been dead for 4 years is a better question.
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which video format can I watch on my phone and how do I watch it on the phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II#Media_support
Pretty much anything you throw at it will work, and you play videos by opening the video player application.
But first put the videos on the phone .
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JJEgan said:
But first put the videos on the phone .
jje
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And probably turn it on too..
saar17 said:
which video format can I watch on my phone and how do I watch it on the phone?
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You prolly will want to get a decent video conversion app on your pc and convert them to a good quality format that doesn't take up a ton of space for each movie. If you want to convert a dvd collection dvd fab platinum is awesome if you wanna pay a little to get it.
Dvd fab can extract just the main movie from a dvd and put it in just about any format for any device, psp, ipod, phone, plus all the standard vid formats like avi, divx, wmv and alot more.
There are some other apps on the market for playing videos on your phone but I've always just stuck with the one that came on my phone. You'd just have to try em and see what you like most of its personal preference anyways.
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Handbreak is relatively easy to use, and is free.
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Handbreak is relatively easy to use, and is free.
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Yeah handbrake is pretty good I've used for a while I just always liked the extra features and options dvd fab has, but for free you can't beat handbrake.
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Hey
Ive downloded touenrt application but i cant open he movie that ive dowload it
Need your help
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Hey
Ive downloded touenrt application but i cant open he movie that ive dowload it
Need your help
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Jsmokey- "...and convert them to a good quality format that doesn't take up a ton of space for each movie." Which format is that?
I just downloaded handbrake..only has 2 outputs mkv and mp4. And you can tick on untick a 'large file option' and change resolution and frame rate. Im guessing all these tinker with file size. Trying MP4 now on default settings
If you use mp4, you might want to go into options and stop idevice compatibility because it puts it in a m4v file instead. I have no idea if this is compatible...just found out now and its half way through converting so i guess i will find out soon lol
The 1gb movie i converted on a m4v file, at the default res it provided me....about 640x300 ...is 590mb in size ..hmm hoping it would be smaller
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Jsmokey- "...and convert them to a good quality format that doesn't take up a ton of space for each movie." Which format is that?
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I've always used avi and divx cause they have a fairly good quality and don't take a ton of room up like some hd and other formats which I think is a waste of space on a phone or pc, or really anything. personally I don't really think most hd formats are worth the extra space no matter what you're watching it on.
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