TCPMP Question

[Creideiki]

Okay, I'm making my first venture into video on my palm. I have a 1.2 Gig 2 hour movie on my card, but I keep finding myself interrupted while viewing it. Not particularly a problem, but then when I try to scan the movie to the spot I was last at, I get an error message. I'm assuming it has to do with the file size, though I'm not sure.

It's DIVX encoded, playing on a Palm TX. Plays great, just want to be able to jump around in the movie.

Do I need to rip it differently (smaller file size, different video codex)? I'd prefer to change the existing file if possible, rather than re rip it.

Any thoughts, ideas?

TIA!

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[yorrick]

Break the movie up into smaller (30 minute) segments. At least you don't have to fast forward as much or get strange errors when skipping the the right section.

I do this for movies on my handset and it's a lot easier to manipulate than having a single large file.

[jigwashere]

TCPMP usually remembers where I left off. On large files, it takes it a minute to do so. Next time you get interrupted, go back to TCPMP and give it about 30 seconds or so to figure out where you left off. Be patient and see if it does this on its own.

[LupeValenz]

1.2G for 2 hours!?! What the heck....most 480x320 2 hours movies range from 700-900MB. I would suggest making the file smaller to fit your screen resolution and avi/mp4 format gets good quality videos.

[_Em]

Just remember to tap the screen when you're interrupted; the video will stop playing and your TX will go to sleep. Next time you open that video, it'll pick up where it left off.
Also: you really need to transcode your video to 480x320... I tend to transcode to 320x240 actually, and it looks good enough to me.

[cms]

Okay, I'm making my first venture into video on my palm. I have a 1.2 Gig 2 hour movie on my card, but I keep finding myself interrupted while viewing it. Not particularly a problem, but then when I try to scan the movie to the spot I was last at, I get an error message. I'm assuming it has to do with the file size, though I'm not sure.

It's DIVX encoded, playing on a Palm TX. Plays great, just want to be able to jump around in the movie.

Do I need to rip it differently (smaller file size, different video codex)? I'd prefer to change the existing file if possible, rather than re rip it.

Any thoughts, ideas?

TIA!

<C>


I use mp4 format 320x480 with high sound quality (no hisses or crackles) the movie "300" (2 hours) came out to be 576mb. Most of my movies are around 450mb though.

TCPMP needs the elusive aac codec plugin (due to copyright violation) to play the sound though.

[_Em]

That's the AAC codec (it also needs the AVC codec to play H.264 video).

[cms]

Thanks _EM :D
Sorry to those I sent on a wild goosechase >.<, its edited now

[ricas]

I use mp4 format 320x480 with high sound quality (no hisses or crackles) the movie "300" (2 hours) came out to be 576mb. Most of my movies are around 450mb though.

TCPMP needs the elusive aac codec plugin (due to copyright violation) to play the sound though.
hi cms
which program do you use to convert to *.mp4? i've used FUW but it converts to *.avi, as far as i know.
is there a better way?
thanks

[Cyker]

It's probably a combination of keyframes and file length.

I've noticed TCPMP acts up if you have very few keyframes.
Any Simple Profile MPEG4 codec (MP4, DivX, XviD, but not H264) will work well, and MP3 or OggVorbis for the sound.

Try to keep lengths under 1GB if you can, but really it shouldn't matter.

That bitrate is the video encoded at out of curiosity?

(For the curious, for my TH55 I usually build videos with:
ffmpeg -i $INFILE -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 384k -s 320x240 -mbd rd -flags +4mv+mv4+trell+aic -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ac 1 $OUTFILE)

[_Em]

I use VLC for my converting needs -- there's a script I wrote sitting in here on the Video thread. Just make sure to remove the space 1src stuck into the code that breaks the script ;)

[cms]

I use Winmp4 and WinAVI mainly, they are extreamly fast 15 mins to encode from avi to mp4, around 20 to rip off a DVD. I got the two threw p2p.

Any good way to upload some mp4 files here, I have a music video that is an example of the coding :)

[vovka1965]

DVD Catalyst kicks butt! absolutely, it does...
BTW, it also converts from video files (not just DVDs)
It is not free, but it is good and support is 24 hrs a day (sometimes in the middle of the night!)

[ricas]

thanks for the tips.
i must find some time to try your suggestions now. :rolleyes:
cheers