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How to create time lapse videos on windows mobile?

Anyone heard of a program to make time lapse videos on windows mobile?
Time lapse videos are those videos made by taking pictures with a costant time pause, from a steady position and them merging them frame by frame.
I can't find anything for pocketpc on google.
If this kind of program doesn't exist anybody would mind to build/code it?
it could make some good quality videos(photo quality).

no one knows or is intrested?

bump up!

that would be awsum! someone support this please

Found Software
Found some software (via Google) which should do it. I'll try it on mine and report how it is.
-edit- tested and it works well!
Extract ZIP to Pocket PC, and run config to set interval etc,
then run exe to start the time lapse

WOW..thanks for the great find

Mugglesquheers
Do you know what the timer interval is in please? Minutes, seconds, nano seconds? Also what is the virtual key box for?
Cheers
WB

wacky.banana said:
Mugglesquheers
Do you know what the timer interval is in please? Minutes, seconds, nano seconds? Also what is the virtual key box for?
Cheers
WB
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Just following three letters will solve your problem: "RTM" or four, if one is less polite
From the readme.html file included in the ppccamtimer.zip file:
readme.html included in ppccamtimer.zip said:
CameraTimer for Pocket PC
Contents of the package
PpcCamTimer.exe The executable file
camtimer.config Configuration file containing the settings (in XML format)
CamTimerConfig.exe Tool to edit the settings in the camtimer.config file
readme.html Configuration instructions
To start the CameraTimer program the camtimer.config file has to be in the same folder as the PpcCamTimer.exe file.
Explanation of the settings
Setting Examples Explanation
Camera Application Camera.exe Name of the standard camera application. This is started with a (true) restart of PpcCamTimer.exe.
Timer Interval 10000 Timer interval for automatic taking pictures in milliseconds (min. 100, 0 .. no automatic taking)
Virtual Key 0D Virtual key code for the automatic shutter release and for releasing the still image after a specified time
Still Duration 5000 Time, after that the still image is to be released in milliseconds (min. 100, 0 .. no automatic release). Set to > 0 if the camera application does not automatically release the still image.
Support and order:
www.zone1.de
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bbf,
Thanks for the heads up, I missed the readme file. Just as well someone of your esteemed high intelligence came along to rescue me.
Cheers
WB

i'm gonna use this when i have my 21st birthday this year, have a time lapse video of the party

i was losing my faith in this!
thank you! that's cool! i think it's a great way to make good weird videos out of crappy cameras!

cacca said:
i was losing my faith in this!
thank you! that's cool! i think it's a great way to make good weird videos out of crappy cameras!
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lol yeh, definatly crappy

mugglesquop said:
i'm gonna use this when i have my 21st birthday this year, have a time lapse video of the party
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..you are going to have to post the results up here. Should make for interesting viewing (lol).
WB

I wonder how this will get affected if a call comes in or alerts go off. Will it run in the background or does the cam app have to be running in the foreground?

thanks for the great find
What would be ideal is not that appeared onscreen in the camera lens, but it would execute in the background, did not think?

yes, the program itself does a good job of taking pictures at a specified interval, but it doesn't create the video file and it's not much user friendly, peralphs some talented coder could write a more complete solution? isn't this the right place to ask for such things ;p

THANKS!!!!!!!!

thanks
awesome!! been looking for this kind of app!

another app
theres another app here
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Photo/Time-Lapse-Net-72446.shtml
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, but its not free..
they have a trial version though.

On windows mobile 5.0 and 6.0 is used the amazing program CoolCapture to make my 720p HD movies... but it isn't supported on 6.1 anymore...
check for an example: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PS7P2TA5
i hope someone can make a piece of software with the following functionality:
Must have:
- choose resolution (480p, 720p or 1080p)
- choose delay (1sec, 5sec, 10sec, 30 sec, 1min, 5min, 10min, 30min, 1hour)
- choose output directory of images
Would have
- Render into (H.264, WMVHD, AVCHD, XviD)
- Upload to (FTP, SMB)
Then every windows mobile phone with a 3MP camera can make HD 1080p movies. I'm dreaming of this for soo long...

Best converter for Touch HD with subtitles - WMP/Album

After more than 10 converters, I finally found one perfect.
Only thing what it doesnt have is 2pass option, but thats not a big problem.
total video converter 3.14
first : It is not freeware (who cares ? ) .
inputs :
[Support Files]
All=All Support files|*.m3u; *.cda; *.avi; *.dat; *.3gp; *.f4v;*.qt; *.mov; *.mpg; *.mpeg; *.m1v; *.wmv; *.asf; *.ogm; *.mkv; *.dsm; *.vob; *.mp4; *.ra; *.rm; *.ram; *.amr; *.3gp; *.3gp2; *.3g2; *.3gpp; *.swf; *.flv; *.fli; *.flc; *.rmvb; *.gif; *.mp3; *.wma; *.ac3; *.wav; *.aac; *.aiff; *.au; *.mp2; *.m4v; *.m4a; *.mmf; *.awb; *.flac; *.dv; *.ape; *.mpc; *.cin; *.ts|
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Looks like enoght. I only need .avi I tried .mkv but it has problems with sound. Dont know if it is problem of program or of my computer.
- You can set a lot of containers and codecs
-you can set your bitrate and other things, resolution, pad etc.
-you can burn in subtitles, it supports many formats like .srt and .sub and few more like .ass lol
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about 3rd picture : dont press activate high quality settings. If I did, my encoding crashed when started.
about 4th picture : I put 800*440 because of aspect ratio and I want to play it in Album. If you want to play in WMP, you got 2 ways :
1.) stretch it to 800x480
2.) set 800x480 but also set pad 20 bottom and 20 top, so your aspect ratio will be same as input.
I prefer this program because of .srt subtitles support. If you dont need subtitles, then you can choose from many converters. I would suggest handbrake which is free and also has 2pass option.

I get superior results to MP4, if I:
Select Pocket Player -> iPhone -> iPhone AVC H264
Select "iPhone H264 high quality" from the drop-down menu
Push "Settings" link and set:
Audio to double channel 128 kbits/sec​Video to 1024 kbits/sec​
And happy converting
Very smooth playback (in WMP), virtually no compression artifacting (blocky ****, which is what you get going through just MP4, apperantly MP4 is not the same as iPhone MP4). Currently trying to find the limit of kbits/sec on the video, 1500 is just a little too much, get choppy playback, 1024 is just too little, get very minor blockiness.
Hope this helps and love to have some feedback.

nice
Thank you
Nice tool !!

I really got to say million thanks to you!!!!!! And I finally found a perfect video converter for everything!!!! It is truly H264 converter, and the quality is absolutely good!!

[Guide] Hulu on Android!

Update 5/31: You'll either need the modified apk (here) and/or use the Hulu Widget (here)
Download Flash Player from the Market
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Open the Browser and type "about:debug". Click Go. (No page will load; that's normal.)
Open Settings, scroll down to UAString, and change it to Desktop.
Start playing your favorite video. Once the show starts, zoom in and press the full screen button.
Enjoy Hulu in full screen on your Android phone!

Nice! How do you guys come up with this stuff (figure these things out)?!?

Well yes, the guide works nicely (even though I knew it) but since Flash is simply beta, and isn't hardware accelerated - there really is no point in watching it currently.

Eclair~ said:
Well yes, the guide works nicely (even though I knew it) but since Flash is simply beta, and isn't hardware accelerated - there really is no point in watching it currently.
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It's definitely watchable, for me anyway.
And I think we can all agree that it's a million times better than iphone, yes?

Thank you so much!!!!

Paul22000 said:
It's definitely watchable, for me anyway.
And I think we can all agree that it's a million times better than iphone
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Guess I should try it again, it wasn't quite well when I tried it earlier.

Audio comes in fine, video is more like a slideshow.

Ah Paul, you were correct - I wasn't giving it a chance long enough. At first, it starts out incredibly irritating, then a few minutes (or seconds more likely) later it becomes normally viewable.

Eclair~ said:
Ah Paul, you were correct - I wasn't giving it a chance long enough. At first, it starts out incredibly irritating, then a few minutes (or seconds more likely) later it becomes normally viewable.
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Enjoy!
I always knew Hulu couldn't stop the Android army!
There will always be a way to fake a desktop!

mortzz said:
Audio comes in fine, video is more like a slideshow.
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It seemed to improve a bit when I went into my Hulu account settings and changed my resolution to the lowest (288p). Audio was out of sync for me even with this, though, on the one episode I tried.

when i type in about:debug in the browser and press "Go" nothing happens... hmm? 2.2 here.

formuk said:
when i type in about:debug in the browser and press "Go" nothing happens... hmm? 2.2 here.
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it confused me too for a sec: after you perform the about:debug procedure, just go into settings and at the bottom there are now more settings. Take a look at the first post again as well as it shows those new settings you will find.

useless for me, as I'm not American

Macmee said:
useless for me, as I'm not American
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That's what she said

I can play things, but I can't seen to get it to fullscreen.
double tapping causes the video to pause.
trying a long press shows me the various little options on the right side and bottom, one of which is the 'fullscreen' button that I can't seem to click.
Other than that it plays, jumpy at first but it smooths out.

LoyalServant said:
I can play things, but I can't seen to get it to fullscreen.
double tapping causes the video to pause.
trying a long press shows me the various little options on the right side and bottom, one of which is the 'fullscreen' button that I can't seem to click.
Other than that it plays, jumpy at first but it smooths out.
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Yeah there's no full screen (as there was in Flash Lite), it just "zooms" in so that it fits the screen (though it doesn't always work).
Adobe also changed it so holding your finger on the screen = mouseover now, rather than a click right when you first touch down.

got it! thanks.. works pretty well for now... fullscreen would be nice

Re: Hulu on Android: A Picture Guide
There will be a expand button in the bottom right of the video then you will have fullscreen
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jdmoore81 said:
There will be a expand button in the bottom right of the video then you will have fullscreen
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Yep, if you double tap the Hulu video, it will only "center" it on the screen.
The Full Screen button on the Hulu Player works but it is VERY difficult to hit.
But I've figured out a "strategy" (haha):
- Scroll down the page so the video is no longer showing, and zoom in three times via the +/- buttons.
- Then scroll back up so the bottom right corner of the video shows.
- Tap on the video to get "into" the flash (so finger presses are registered in the video player).
- Then tap and hold on the video for mouseover, click on the full screen button, and voilà! FULL SCREEN HULU!
From this:
To this:

Is there a way to save these settings for individual sites (like just hulu)? or is this across the board for all sites?

Fulscreen video player...

Is there any app which plays videos in fullscreen mode...i.e hiding the notifications and home button bar...like the videos play in the youtube app in fulscreen mode?
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I am also looking for the same

Try "Moboplayer" it is free on the Marketplace. When it is playing, in the bottom Left hand section of the screen there are options to make the display screen smaller - make it bigger i.e. full screen - show as 16:9 - and 4:3. You might have best results by changing the size of your video file by using different encoding methods/programs in your desktop. i.e. "AVS4You" or "Handbrake". In both of those programs you can set the pixel height and width of the final encoded video.

metpolds said:
Try "Moboplayer" it is free on the Marketplace. When it is playing, in the bottom Left hand section of the screen there are options to make the display screen smaller - make it bigger i.e. full screen - show as 16:9 - and 4:3. You might have best results by changing the size of your video file by using different encoding methods/programs in your desktop. i.e. "AVS4You" or "Handbrake". In both of those programs you can set the pixel height and width of the final encoded video.
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Doesnt work...
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metpolds said:
Try "Moboplayer" it is free on the Marketplace. When it is playing, in the bottom Left hand section of the screen there are options to make the display screen smaller - make it bigger i.e. full screen - show as 16:9 - and 4:3. You might have best results by changing the size of your video file by using different encoding methods/programs in your desktop. i.e. "AVS4You" or "Handbrake". In both of those programs you can set the pixel height and width of the final encoded video.
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He/She means a player that can hide Honeycomb's status bar (the three buttons and the clock)

vari9 said:
Is there any app which plays videos in fullscreen mode...i.e hiding the notifications and home button bar...like the videos play in the youtube app in fulscreen mode?
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I'm using QQPlayer with great sucess. It starts the videos in native size but a screen touch brings up a menu with fs option. Touch again to make the shadow fade. Free too!
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Thx Orion
OrionBG said:
He/She means a player that can hide Honeycomb's status bar (the three buttons and the clock)
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Thanks for the correction OrionBG, I misunderstood his original question.

I Have an Answer Sort Of
I downloaded a lot of players and never set a default so i could test, this is the screen that pops up when i select an .mp4:
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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When I select the 'Movies' player, the bar on the bottom goes dark like so, look beneath the red marks i made, there are 4 barely visible dots. I believe this is called Dark Mode, the bar is still there just barely visible.
The problem is there is no menu in the player and no program on my tab called 'Movies'. It's either stock, or came with a file manager.

Subtitles not displaying in HDMI

Like the title states. I tried dice player,.mobo, etc. Anyone know of a fix?
Btw movie is mkv if it matters.
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honestly, I do not understand your problem:
-subtitles are displayed correctly on-screen and not on the TV via HDMI ?
-subtitles (inside MKV containers) are not displayed at all, neither on-screen nor on TV?
have you tried external subtitles?

What I mean is, on the a500 the subs are displayed, on the TV they aren't present.
I tried BSplayer in software decoding mode, which worked, but video was very slow & out of sync with audio.
I tried external subs with bsplayer, no success.
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Haloman800 said:
What I mean is, on the a500 the subs are displayed, on the TV they aren't present.
I tried BSplayer in software decoding mode, which worked, but video was very slow & out of sync with audio.
I tried external subs with bsplayer, no success.
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hello, i had the same issue because the HDMI output is somehow a cropped version of the tablet display. the Lower part is cropped and hence subtitle are not displayed on the TV. Good news is there is a trick to overcome this issue: if you use mx video player there is an option to resyncrhonize the subtitle. when you use this options subtitles are displayed a bit higher in the frame and are not cropped out any more on the TV display. Hope this will help.

jemm74 said:
hello, i had the same issue because the HDMI output is somehow a cropped version of the tablet display. the Lower part is cropped and hence subtitle are not displayed on the TV. Good news is there is a trick to overcome this issue: if you use mx video player there is an option to resyncrhonize the subtitle. when you use this options subtitles are displayed a bit higher in the frame and are not cropped out any more on the TV display. Hope this will help.
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The subtitles are definitely not being cropped. I can see the full picture on the monitor & tablet.. Here's a pic:
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Could you please post step-by-step instructions to turn on subtitle re-synchronization? I think I found it but it's not working so I want to make sure.

hello
yes i can see on your photo that sub title are not cropped out so my trick will not help you
here it is though (work for me with srt sub titles)
open you video in mx video player
click on top right menu icon
select sub title menu entry
"voila" sub title are now shifted up in the display.

I just flashed back to Thor's honeycomb ROM v14.2, this subtitle bug is not present so it was an ICS issue. hopefully when Thor incorporates the leaked drivers & etc into his build of ics, these issues will be fixed.
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after the ICS update I got the same problem: subtitles are not dipayed on the TV (via HDMI)
I think it's an ICS issue. It's soo frustrating: one step forward, two steps back.
any known workarounds?

It's a known bug. Please vote(star).
Same issue across all players on Asus TF700T / ICS and H/W decoding.
Vote(star) here to get OHAP's attention: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32564