Converting movie clips for use on a PDA?

[Bob W]

I'm thinking of buying this PDA http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=58-109-007&depa=0

What I want to do is then convert files to either QVGA or VGA for playback on the PDA. So what is the resolution for QVGA? I think VGA is 640x480. Also what programs will convert say AVI to mpeg at the required resolution? Thanks for any help.

[canadateck]

I think It is 320x 240 , I really dont know much about it,I thought you could Play Xvid or Some kind of Mpg4 on those PDAs?
You can use MainConcept to encode to 320x240.

[Bob W]

I think It is 320x 240 , I really dont know much about it,I thought you could Play Xvid or Some kind of Mpg4 on those PDAs?

I don't really know much about the PDA's myself. I want one to be able to get to the net via bluetooth with my cell phone and be able to check any of my four security cameras. Then I was think well I could also use it for entertainment like play games or watch a movie when I'm away from home. I guess I need to determine what format uses the least memory then convert the movie files to that format.

[jdizzy40]

Looks like a nice unit. However I bought the Compaq IPaq h6315. Has bluetooth, phone and GPS capability. I use Beyond TV to record to MPEG 2 via a PVR 250 and then convert at a time I specify to IPAQ High Standard (Half hour show takes 15 minutes to convert). I then drop the file onto a removeable 1GB Secure Digital card and plug it into the IPAQ. A 2 hour movie uses 64mb of space. So one can drop quite a bit of video on a 1GB card.

[NightWing]

Along with MPEG and Divx. You could down load the MS Windows Encoder. It create into its base video format of WMV. It may still be limited to 320 x 240.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5691ba02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f11...displaylang=en

Check the tools section here. There are some conversion program to do video to a Pocket PC.

Playing a video while wating in a long line is greate! Just remember to pick up an extra battry.

PS: QVGA is 320 x240. Note most of the pocket PC I have seen. The norma form of the screen is 240 x 320. or VGA 480 x 640. Even though the "screen" can be rotated in the later forms of Pocket PC.. Some program dont like the change.

[Bob W]

Thanks everyone. I believe what I need is a program that will convert a non protected DVD into the smallest file format that can then be played back via Windows Media Player 9.0 for the PDA. For example I would like to take a 100 minute DVD movie down to a file size of say 100MB for viewing on a PDA (if possible) via Windows Media Player 9.0. The whole process needs to be simple for me to figure it out.

[NightWing]

Here is another solution...

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Pocket_DVD_Wizard

[Bob W]

Here is another solution...

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Pocket_DVD_Wizard

Wow that looks perfect and I'm off to download same.

[Bob W]

Here is another solution...

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Pocket_DVD_Wizard

That program is pretty good allowing me to take a 100 minute DVD movie and convert it to a about a 140MB wmv file for playback on a PDA. I would still like to get under 100MB for a 100 minute movie so that I could then put ten movies on a single 1GB Compact Flash card.

[NightWing]

Much smaller and the quality would be unwatchable.

[garryward]

Hi being doing this for some time now ,size for 320 by 240
I use flask with xvid 2 pass this work realy well. I run the video at about 120k and audio I convert to mono I end up with a file about 1meg per min