Hi guys,
Just a quick question, hoping someone might know the answer?
Is there a max file size for a video to be synced to the phone using Zune.
I spent aaages last night ripping my Avatar DVD, and converting it to the correct format - i was hoping to have it at a decent quality, so the file ended up being 2.7GB, however it wont complete the Sync, it gets to around 80% maybe a little more but then fails saying the phone isn't responding... There is 3.6GB free on the phone so it isn't running low on space.
I've not got a problem syncing usually, and smaller video files sync fine with no issues - if there isn't a file size limitation, does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Or maybe even some suggestions for software that would be able to split the video file into smaller parts?
Cheers
Paul
I've never run into problems syncing however I've nice synced a movie that damn big. Lol.
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Hi guys,
I've managed to split the file using a tool called Super This is a really great Tool for free.
Oh and Avatar looks incredible on the Omnia 7, ripped from the DVD following This Guide.
It took a few Hours altogether, but was really worth it.
This thread can be closed i Guess!
Cheers
Paul
what programs did you use to rip the movie?
I can find 100 programs online which convert each VOB file into a separate wmv file. I want of course a single movie.
I tried DVDFab but it has problems syncing the audio and video
Follow this great guide Here
It seems a little long winded but the results are Fantastic. On average from inserting the DVD and having the final file ready to transfer to your phone takes around 2-3 hours. Video ripping / conversion is really processor intensive stuff.
Once you have the final file ready to transfer - you may find it too large to transfer as i did, so use the Super tool to split the file - Here
Enjoy!
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Can someone help please?
I have just copied the TV highlights of a particular cycle "tour" on to my hard drive and in turn on to DVD. How can I put this video footage onto my PDA to watch during lunchtime, etc?
There are 2 directories on the DVD - these are VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS. I assume that this is all needed on the PDA to watch what I have of the tour.
Do I need special software? One person tells me that all I need to do is change the *.VOB to *.MP4. This doesn't appear to work.
All help is appreciated.
Thanks,
S.
Having re-read what I have just typed - the title doesn't make it clear what I am trying to do.
The DVD bit was just a way of transferring from my TV set-top hard-drive to my PC.
I then want to copy from my PC to my PDA.
All I am ultimately trying to do is be able to watch what is on my hard-drive on the PDA. It just so happens the video codecs (something I dont' know a lot about) and file formats *.VOB don't appear to let me watch what I want.
Thanks.
S.
Spb Mobile DVD is a pretty popular app that'll convert DVDs to a format you can view on your PPC. It's not free, but it's worth the cost if you get good use out of it. It's also really easy to run.
I'm also moving this to a more appropriate forum.
more options here
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=free+dvd+to+pocketpc&btnG=Google+Search
Hi TaurusBullba.
Thanks for the tip.
Doing this kind of conversion how much disc space would 1Gb of VOB file take up - do you know?
Is it cheaper direct or could I get it anywhere else?
How does it deal with copyright protected discs?
Thanks again.
S.
since pda's have a res of 240_320 and 480_640
and dont support surround sound
and can use formats which take up less space then
old mpeg2 which is used in vob's on the dvd's
so the movies will be much much smaller then the dvd is
Hi,
I've been searching the forum and reading a few posts but I still have some basic questions about converting my DVD's to play on touch HD. Apologies in advance if some seem a bit obvious but having never converted anything i'm sure what the best route is. OKay:
1: I've decoded some dvd's and copying them to my hard drive -i presume this is necessary for all dvd's?
2: I then have to convert them to 800x480 - which is the best software? SUPER looks confusing so haven't really used it much, and i downloaded a trial of iSofter which seemed a bit easier BUT which is the best software for a beginner? Something easy and obvious?
3: how long does it take? when I ran SUPER and iSofter it seemed to take 3/4 hours for 1 DVD. IS this normal? Or have do I have to change the settings and choose something to make it faster?
Once I've managed to copy over my first DVD I'm sure all the other posts about quality, resolutions, etc will make a lot more sense. Just want to try and watch one...
Cheers,
Paddy
I always do it a little differently. I use AutoGK to back up my DVD's, which will back them up to CD sized, whilst still being watchable on my TV using my stand-alone divx player, (or the TV out from your graphics card). This typically takes 3-5 hours using my 2.3ghz athlon. If I then want to watch on my PDA, I use pocketdivxencoder, which takes about 20-40 mins to reduce it down.
Both these pieces of software are free, and are very easy to use.
My thoughts....
I myself use Handbrake to rip any DVD that I have to my PC and then use either AnyVideoConverter or Format Factory to convert the files to an acceptable AVI quality for all my family's mobile devices. All 3 programs are straightforward and easy to use. Below are links for you to find out for yourself.
HandBrake
Any-Video-Converter
Format Factory
Hope that helps!!
PS. And as for the time it takes to convert the videos, yes those times are about right, depending on you PC's CPU. The CPU is the single biggest factor when ripping and converting video, with memory coming in 2nd and hard drive space a close 3rd.
DVD Catalyst is the best and will do it all. What format, how good of quality and whatever else you can think of. It is user friendly out of the box/download and as you get use to the settings you can adjust them accordingly. Google it and give the trial a shot. I have use this software for years now and have yet to find anything as good.
I use Magic DVD Ripper to convert DVD to AVI
To convert to .mp4 i use AONE FLV to AVI MPEG WMV 3GP MP4 iPod Converter it actually converts every format not just FLV very easy to use and good results.
All in all a very easy process
Hi All,
Cheers for the replies - really useful. So the timing thing was right, and it looks like that new PC I need will have be bought sooner rather than later as the CPU, etc on current one is pretty slow.
Just one more thing - what setting you guys use? I have a Touch HD so I presume the screen should be set to 480x800, but I haven't a clue about rates, frames pre second, sound quality, etc. Some pointers would be brilliant. So is AVI good for smaller file sizes. The files just have to be good enough to watch on the train etc without to much flicker or jumping. Hopefully I'll be watching The Wire on the train soon!
Cheers (again)
PAddy
padsmcnulty said:
Hi All,
Cheers for the replies - really useful. So the timing thing was right, and it looks like that new PC I need will have be bought sooner rather than later as the CPU, etc on current one is pretty slow.
Just one more thing - what setting you guys use? I have a Touch HD so I presume the screen should be set to 480x800, but I haven't a clue about rates, frames pre second, sound quality, etc. Some pointers would be brilliant. So is AVI good for smaller file sizes. The files just have to be good enough to watch on the train etc without to much flicker or jumping. Hopefully I'll be watching The Wire on the train soon!
Cheers (again)
PAddy
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If your going do display in widescreen so the device in sideways then the res will be 800x480 unless the media player automatically does this?
The frame rate want to be the same as original source you can find this by right clicking properties on the file and tab summary, the best format for mobile video is .mp4 as they hold the quality but are low in data, as the less data you have to pull @ a time off a memory card helps too.
I spend quite a lot of time travelling, and find my HD2 has an ideal sized screen for watching films on when on the move.
Previously I had the Touch HD - which was also great.
I've been using a program which I found on here called MP4forHD - which works great - but all the videos are slightly out of sync. I'm processing them on a quad core 2.83ghz PC with 8gb or RAM, so its definately not the PC thats the problem. When I check them on my PC once they've converted - they're already out of synce - so its not the phone.
The program converts directly from a DVD or file - which is exactly what I want.
Prior to MP4forHD, I was using another tool I found on here which was just called Encoder. It only did files, so I had to use DVD Decryptor, then VOB joiner to make a file that it could re-encode. I've tried it just now, and its also out of sync.
Both these programs have a setting for HTC Touch HD - so they encode at the correct resolution. I've tried fiddling with settings, but no matter what I do, it always seems to be out of sync.
What programs are folk using to get a good video file - and what settings? I'm away tomorrow morning on holiday and have a pile of out of sync films to watch! I hope I can get some suggestions so that I can re-encode a couple of them to be in sync
Cheers...
Whoops - just realised I've posted this in the general / general board - not the general Windows Mobile one...
I'll repost - but if a mod sees this, please remove it.
Ok in the process of learning and trying out software to encode video files for my Inspire I ran across a bit of software so this will be a short guide.
Download: http://www.winnydows.com/
install XviD4PSP which is a free software. if you like it please support the developer.
I have used it on some decent size files and its slow but does a VERY good job with audio and video encoding. You select the files you want and then a place to out put them (i usually put them in my dropbox account) and then i can download them to my phone as they are done! its not very processor intensive (Pentium M 2.0 GHz with 2GB of RAM on W7 laptop) so i let it run in the background while i am running around throughout the day. Since it is encoding video for psp specs you may want to change resolution and such but i have found this is not necessary as the psp is not NEAR as powerful as the Inspire so video will run very nicely.
I know this is more of me telling you about the software and less of a Guide i just wanted to share
If i have helped solved your video problems in anyway drop me a line or give some thanks!
If you want to give us both some extra space on dropbox (250MB) then link me via: Sync your files online and across computers with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/zolCPYV
If you have better software than what I have mentiond then just add it to the list!
I collect movies and have about 750 at the present time. I would like to download a few at a time to my SD card and watch on trips, etc. When finished watching, would delete and download others.
Is there a way to do this? Preferably free or at least not expensive. I have searched this forum in addition to this whole site, other Galaxy Note forums and Google with no definitive answer. Everyone has a different solution. There is one thread over two years old here but still not sure what is best way.
Expected this to be a simple task but seems it may not be possible. If it is not, is there a tablet that will let you do this? One of the reasons I purchased a tablet was to watch my movies....
m-cman said:
I collect movies and have about 750 at the present time. I would like to download a few at a time to my SD card and watch on trips, etc. When finished watching, would delete and download others.
Is there a way to do this? Preferably free or at least not expensive. I have searched this forum in addition to this whole site, other Galaxy Note forums and Google with no definitive answer. Everyone has a different solution. There is one thread over two years old here but still not sure what is best way.
Expected this to be a simple task but seems it may not be possible. If it is not, is there a tablet that will let you do this? One of the reasons I purchased a tablet was to watch my movies....
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The easiest way to do it would be using a ripping program, such as Handbrake, to convert the DVD to a video file that you can then transfer then to your tablet by connecting it to the computer. You could transfer some movies to your SD card and when you're done with them you can just delete them and put some more. Here is a video tutorial from the site Lifehacker for Handbreak:
youtu . be/F_dw0NTVZiQ (Remove the space)
Hope I helped!
Why you don't use a Player that can play you original DVD File?
Ripping is sucks. ☺
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buell47 said:
Why you don't use a Player that can play you original DVD File?
Ripping is sucks. ☺
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Because that would be a 4gb file or even 8. An avi though would be 1gb if you didn't have that great quality. We are working with an SD card that has very limited space. So size is a big problem. Don't forget that there is also probably more stuff that uses the space of the SD card such as pictures and music. And also the stock samsung video player app doesn't support vob files which are the DVD files.
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chrismin13 said:
The easiest way to do it would be using a ripping program, such as Handbrake, to convert the DVD to a video file that you can then transfer then to your tablet by connecting it to the computer. You could transfer some movies to your SD card and when you're done with them you can just delete them and put some more. Here is a video tutorial from the site Lifehacker for Handbreak:
youtu . be/F_dw0NTVZiQ (Remove the space)
Hope I helped!
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Thanks for the info. Did exactly what you recommended. Downloaded Handbreak and added the livedvdcss.dll pgm. Loaded a DVD into my pc and followed the instructions to the letter, even using their Help function. After a bunch of attempts, I gave up and will probably just get a cheap portable dvd player and leave this tablet home. Also tried the AVC program recommended on another forum with the similar results. After spending several hours on this, it is just not worth it. Wish I had never bought this tablet. Should have bought one with Windows 8. Surely could watch dvds on those........
m-cman said:
Thanks for the info. Did exactly what you recommended. Downloaded Handbreak and added the livedvdcss.dll pgm. Loaded a DVD into my pc and followed the instructions to the letter, even using their Help function. After a bunch of attempts, I gave up and will probably just get a cheap portable dvd player and leave this tablet home. Also tried the AVC program recommended on another forum with the similar results. After spending several hours on this, it is just not worth it. Wish I had never bought this tablet. Should have bought one with Windows 8. Surely could watch dvds on those........
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Why You do not use Showbox, can download movies and can also watch them on line
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chrismin13 said:
Because that would be a 4gb file or even 8. An avi though would be 1gb if you didn't have that great quality. We are working with an SD card that has very limited space.
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Yes I know about the size, but I play my video files in full HD. Not converted! Size between 8 GB and 20 GB.
I use a 64 GB micro SDXC Card.
How many Videos you want copy a the same time [emoji54]
Of course, you can't play it with the original Samsung player, but you can install a other.
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m-cman said:
Thanks for the info. Did exactly what you recommended. Downloaded Handbreak and added the livedvdcss.dll pgm. Loaded a DVD into my pc and followed the instructions to the letter, even using their Help function. After a bunch of attempts, I gave up and will probably just get a cheap portable dvd player and leave this tablet home. Also tried the AVC program recommended on another forum with the similar results. After spending several hours on this, it is just not worth it. Wish I had never bought this tablet. Should have bought one with Windows 8. Surely could watch dvds on those........
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OK. Then you could try Freemake Video Converter. It's the program that I use. It's really easy. But the actual problem is that if you don't have an nvidia GPU it's sloooooow and if you leave the default settings it will make big files. I actually use it with an AMD gpu on my desktop it's not that bad. If you have a very slow computer don't try it. But for me this is the best for my needs, mostly because it works with Greek subtitles too. If you have some time check it out. After you install it you just have to select a DVD folder. You can either select the actual DVD drive or use a program such as DVD decryptor - which I also use - to copy quickly all the DVDs you'd like and then select the folders. Or if you don't want to convert the files just do what buell47 says. Copy the files that DVD Decryptor made and use a player that that can play those files, such as MXPlayer. I hope that these methods will work!
Don't know if this makes a difference but my PC is a Lenovo G500S touch laptop with Windows 8.1, Intel i5 processor, 1tb drive and 6gb RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000. The DVD player does not read Blu-Ray, only standard DVD's.
There are so many video converters available, surely one will do what I need.
All I want to do is download my own DVD movies so I can place on my SGN 10.1 GT-N8013 SD card to watch on trips, etc. Hopefully I can download several and delete and add others as I watch them. They probably have some sort of copyguard so need something that will allow them to be downloaded properly.
m-cman said:
Don't know if this makes a difference but my PC is a Lenovo G500S touch laptop with Windows 8.1, Intel i5 processor, 1tb drive and 6gb RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000. The DVD player does not read Blu-Ray, only standard DVD's.
There are so many video converters available, surely one will do what I need.
All I want to do is download my own DVD movies so I can place on my SGN 10.1 GT-N8013 SD card to watch on trips, etc. Hopefully I can download several and delete and add others as I watch them. They probably have some sort of copyguard so need something that will allow them to be downloaded properly.
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Since you have an Intel GPU I would not recomend using Freemake Video Converter. Instead use DVD Decryptor which will bypass the copyguard to rip the movie, transfer the file to the tablet and use MXPlayer to play it. DVD Shrink is another program that does the same as DVD Decryptor. Both work fine for me. Do you have a big Micro SD to put all the movies? If yes, then the solution above is the best. If you don't, then that would gain a lot of space, so I would recommend finding a USB stick that you could put the movies on and then use a USB-OTG adapter that would convert your tablet's charging port to a usb port so you could plug the usb stick and play the movie of it. Be careful tough. A hard drive wouldn't work because it's too power hungry for the tablet. So try using DVD Decryptor and MXPlayer and tell me if it works.
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