[ale] movie files to convert to mp4 format ideas ?

[Boris Borisov]

+1 for handbrake . There is bunch of profiles also already preset. Ill
probably test different resolutions on my phone to see which looks good
without excessive bitrate... Some phones got HD screens some are in 800x480
range so your results will vary.

On Monday, November 17, 2014, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> On 11/17/2014 12:16 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> > Friends:
> >
> > I have a drive which is NTFS containing movies that I have ripped (some
> as avi,
> > some as mpeg some as iso)
> >
> > What is the best way to make it android compatible so kids can watch on
> the road ?
> >
> > Commandline options is what I am looking for so it is scriptable.
> >
> > Regards,
>
>
> So - android prefers lower quality h.264/aac/mp4.
> For SD resolutions, any player will probably work with android devices
> made in
> the last 3 yrs - no need to convert, just load up 1 of the 50 media
> players that
> isn't from google and will do software decoding.
>
> Transcoding is always bad.
>
> For HiDef resolutions, you really need to make the h.264/aac/mp4 that the
> GPU
> will decode using hardware - avidemux and Handbrake will do this with a
> GUI,
> then you can use the HandbrakeCLI with a saved profile (they have some for
> iPod,
> iPhone, i-pad), which generally work fine with Android devices too.
>
> You can use ffmpeg, but getting the options just right for every sort of
> video
> is a hassle. I used ffmpeg for years, scripted, before switching to
> "constant
> quality" and handbrakeCLI. RTFM.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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