Pocket PC

[theboxy]

What would be, if possible, the best way to convert a svcd/vcd to fit on a 64mb MMC card to be watched on a Pocket PC. So I can watch a film when out and about

[KingJohn]

So you want some method of converting a 700Mb file to fit into 64Mb MMC card ?. If you find a codec to do that, let us know... We will all want it

[Jaspa]

You can fit a movie about max 100 min into 128MB Card with the divx codec (4.12 or divx5 codec) with good quality.

But you need some settings,change framerate, Audio

I have made a guide how to,but it is in german!
Take a look at it

http://www.chaossoftware.ch/pocketpcsite/tippsundtricks/divx/index.php

[KingJohn]

with good quality.

I very much doubt this, if the original was a DivX DVD rip, it would be good quality at 700Mb +. half of that size would be 350Mb, by now the quality is nowhere near the original, half again 175Mb and the quality is now bad, get down to 128Mb well I would not even call it a movie.

Also the original post says 64Mb, so I guess you are saying he should now get a 128Mb MMC card ?, and lern German if he does not do so now

[AmeliaK]

I have a Movie Player on my Sony Clie (which uses the PalmOS) and it came with a software package called Picture Gear, which converts AVIs Mpegs etc to a special Palm OS format. Pretty cool. I use it to dump short clips etc to my PDA (ie 30min or so in size).

The Clie runs a resolution of 320x320 so the quality aint great, but its very entertaining.

Best Regards
Amelia

[Jaspa]

Sorry but i have made the guide for some germans pocket pc sites.
But you can take a look at the pictures.Iám nit currently planing to translate this guide,because i have not much time yet!

With an 64MB multimedia card,its not possible to take a full movie on it with good quality, but a 128 MB is enough.

and yes the quality looks good,and the newest alpha player supports divx5 encoded movies,with B-frame support.

I am have a Casio EM500 machine,and it has enough power to play the files, at 320x240 full screen, and mono sound. But the framerate must be changed to the half size,when you have a Strong Arm machine it has enough power to play full framerate, and a resolution about 320x176 (16/9)

In my guide i use Virtual Dub to re-encode my divx movies but you cab also load standard mpeg1 files in Vitual Dub.
You can use some great filters,to made the image quality look better,at lower bitrates.

I usually use, a the divx 2 pass modus,so you can get lower file size and better quality.
For action movies a bitratze at 250 kb/S max is enough
And for the Audio use mono 32 kb/S (its enough)

The Image Qualitylooks really good,on the smale screens,no very less makkro blocks.

I dont know if somebodys has made a english guide,but i am a german,(Austria) we are all pocket movies fanats,and so a have made a guide and this takes me a lot of time,for best settings.

What pocket pc machine did you have.

Give me your email,and i´ll will send you a short test movie from the film
dripple X (XXX).
Or you can email me Jaspa21@gmx.at

I am also a beta tester form the pocket divx player,(thanks to gottahavit and marc pedro for the mips optimized version)

You can get the latest players from there

http://home.adelphia.net/~mdukette


cu Jaspa 8)

[Jaspa]

But i you dont want to buy a new SD oder MMC card,you can try Windoes _Media encoder7.1 to get the movie on your 64MB card and so you have a WMV file.

But that gives bad quality,because the microsoft encoder,does compress the files too much,and a lot of details are lsot than.

Give pocket divx a try