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Im new to the Vibrant world. What format are u guys using when converting your movies to put on the vibrant? ie MP4, AVI, ect.)..what screen size is better to use... thanks guys

.3gp was the extension avatar used; it is a typical format for cell phones.I found a converter through google and it worked great, and it compresses the movies to very small file sizes as well...which is the main benefit of that file type.
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cool...whats the name of the converter? how can I get it?

Dvix, Xvid and Mp4 as well as M4v all play fine.
Dvdfab does Xvid/Dvix fine and Handbrake creates pretty good Mp4/M4v
The only reason I even bother with Mp4 and M4v is my wifes iTouch plays those otherwise I would just use all my Xvid/Dvix files on my phone.

if you have vuze, let it automatically convert it for you, you don't have to mess with any settings, video looks great on my vibrant
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I never convert my video files, this thing plays almost everything. That's why I bought it.
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I use ffmpeg in a script initially designed for my ipod touch.
The parameters I'm using are:
Code:
ffmpeg.exe -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -sameq -b 15000k -vol 600 -i infile.dvr-ms outfile.mp4
I obviously haven't spent time optimizing this yet for my vibrant, but it works good enough for "The Daily Show".
Robert

I Second Handbrake
I use Handbrake and it works great. I have standardized all of my videos, computer or mobile, to MP4. I belive 3GP is very similar to MP4, if not basically the same. Handbrake creates great videos for the phone using the "iPhone" profile.

pmnuon said:
if you have vuze, let it automatically convert it for you, you don't have to mess with any settings, video looks great on my vibrant
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I have vuse. How do I make it convert the files? Thanks
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just make sure your pc recognizes the vibrant thru usb, then startup vuze, make sure its the latest version of vuze. under devices in the left portion of the vuze ui you should see your vibrant listed. then just click that n drag n drop
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I have vuse. How do I make it convert the files? Thanks
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just use handbrake, its the best program if you don't really know what you're doing. I use MeGui myself but that's kind of advanced for most people

pmnuon said:
just make sure your pc recognizes the vibrant thru usb, then startup vuze, make sure its the latest version of vuze. under devices in the left portion of the vuze ui you should see your vibrant listed. then just click that n drag n drop
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awesome ill try it,
thanks!

Video Format?

Hey everyone, I want to get some TV episodes on my phone. How should I format the video? I know H.264 or whatever, but what size and is there anything else I should do?
Thanks

Just use arcmedia and not bother with conversions. It plays all the episodes I've grabbed from the internet.

Even the media center on the phone will play avi's sometime it'll mess up but for the most part works find... arcmedia has always worked flawless for me
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Yeah but I want to reduce file size ... No need to put a 500MB episode on my phone. I guess I should just reduce it to the resolution of the screen eh?

Yeah match the screen resolution to save cpu. For longer battery life make the res even lower. It isn't that bad really.
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Converting videos for your vibrant

So I received a couple pm about what I do to get any movie working on my vibrant.
First off I like blurays. You can use them. But dvds look just as good.
Download a free program called Format Factory.
Go to the area for mp4 coversions section. Hd mp4.
Choose video file.
Covert.
Take new mp4 and move to video folder on vibrants sd.
Done. This corrects audio as well.
Plays in hd even cleaner than the packaged avatar movie.
Let me suggest a cg film like toy story 3. Simply omg worthy.
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One conversion works on any iphone as well. In case later you switch phones. Its universal. On most any phone. Period.
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I'm yet to find a video that won't play on the Vibrant straight out of the box.
It's been playing my HD MKVs flawlessly. Even the HD 720p ones!
Maybe FLV ones... but then, it's just a matter of installing RockPlayer.

Same for the most part. Some audio conversion needed.
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I use freemake video converter. its quick & easy, real easy,almost too easy lol...

I use Vuze to convert movies for my phone.
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I haven't converted any of my videos, I've added a .mkv, and .mp4, both working great. c:
Do you really need to convert the videos?

Videora Android Converter

Handbreak is another good one.
It was for Mac for the longest time. now its been ported to windows (works very well with 7). they are working on linux builds for Ubuntu and Fedora (14 only).
Just choose Normal on the side drawer and pick up a cocktail!
I've found that variable bit rate doesn't work as well as constant bit rates.

Where exactly do I go in format factory? In the video tab or ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO? If I go to ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO it says Please Wait Loading... for a long time

Sucka612 said:
Where exactly do I go in format factory? In the video tab or ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO? If I go to ROM Device/DVD/CD/ISO it says Please Wait Loading... for a long time
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Mp4
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U can just go to the mp4 area. Hd mp4. Choose your file. Then hit start.
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Epsilon519 said:
Handbreak is another good one.
It was for Mac for the longest time. now its been ported to windows (works very well with 7). they are working on linux builds for Ubuntu and Fedora (14 only).
Just choose Normal on the side drawer and pick up a cocktail!
I've found that variable bit rate doesn't work as well as constant bit rates.
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I use to use this as well. Good one too.
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HD videos on atrix

oK is it just me or we all have the same problem, downloaded HD videos from youtube and it wont play. Anyone??

??? anyone?

Try a different video player. If that doesnt work then there may bot be the correct codec available
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Try Mobo Player. Also, Atrix hasn't had 1080p update from Moto, so if your videos are 1080p they likely won't play if I am thinking correctly.
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I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?

Jev117 said:
I believe your attempting to play baseline or highline x264. Unfortunately our nvidea chip will not run that. But, I'm not sure if it is a problem that can be fixed through software. Anyone?
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i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"

tuantuti said:
i have done some research on this matter, yes the tegra chip won't play any high profile x264 HD movie (either 720p or 1080p). you have to convert it to main profile x264 and it will play fine.
u can try "handbrake" to convert it and our beloved Atrix will play. you can make a google search to see the tutorial for converting using "handbrake"
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wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??

junooni.1980 said:
wow so r telling me that all the handsets that ive used previously like HTC IS and Samsung GS can are better capable than Atrix??
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yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...

Jev117 said:
yes, he's telling you exactly that! although, .mov extensions with 1080 work fine...
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thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.

junooni.1980 said:
thats lame.,..so lame for such a powerful device.
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Yeah man, very desappointing news... Althought I still have hope that we will be able to do that. After all, we have "Atrix - The world's most powerful phone"

Try using arc media player, out is available on that market for free. Let me know if out works for you
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I have not come across a video, hd or otherwise, that I could not play on my Atrix. If one player doesn't work, I go to another one.

The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
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Niiiiiice =D

So it the software on that ain't capable or tue hardware?
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Blizzard22 said:
The best player for atrix is moboplayer with codec pack.
I can play most of my movies without problems in HD but I have great news for HD mkv viewer.
Power DVD are developing a application which can play HD mkv movies and more.
I read it on androidpit.de
So I tried mob with all it's codecs avail on the market, also tried arc both of them are lagging as if im playing HD video on some low end cheap phone. Man o man what a disappoinent e'h. So much hype for the qhd but really its crap.
Try it for ur self I downloaded and tried to play transforms 3 trailer and metallicas nothing else matters hd. And they both played like crap. Dunno about you fellas but I never expected these results from my attic they are calling this the most powerful phone.
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Please let me know if you know of something better. Thanks.
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[Q] Looking for help on DVD playback

I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

chrisbass said:
Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.
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Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.
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I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible
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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

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Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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chrisbass said:
Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html
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I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks
The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it
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Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

b00mb00mchuck said:
Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...
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Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?
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MACHEK said:
Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?
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Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?
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MACHEK said:
Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type
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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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mrlaigle said:
Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.
Orr....
Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.
Use this. You will thank me later.
Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.
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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.
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MACHEK said:
Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.
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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.
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If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.

chris198810 said:
Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...
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Looking for help on DVD playback
I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.