Does anybody know if videos have to be re-encoded in order to play nicely in MPlayer?
Rushmore, based on your experience, have you noted any differences between playing a video that has the optimal (854x480) resolution and another one that hasn't?
Does anybody know if videos have to be re-encoded in order to play nicely in MPlayer?
No you shouldn't have to however I find re-encoding to the 800x480 screen size and also changing the VBR makes for smoother play back and smaller file sizes.
format wise, it plays just about anything and everything under the sun
I use h264 with no problems. Then again I use different settings then what you have posted.
i forgot to say that i have not converted this file for the n900.
these are my settings for my pc and beamer with 5.1 audio for my surround system.
i don't want to convert these files again. maybe i could just convert the audio to a lower rate. vlc should work for that - but that's time which i don't want to waste converting something for my phone. :/
i forgot to say that i have not converted this file for the n900.
these are my settings for my pc and beamer with 5.1 audio for my surround system.
i don't want to convert these files again. maybe i could just convert the audio to a lower rate. vlc should work for that - but that's time which i don't want to waste converting something for my phone. :/
Ah that makes sense then. I am so use to converting for my phone back in the S60 days so I am just accustome to doing it.
damn.
just deleted the audio completely but it's still slow as hell.
i think the video bitrate with 1300 kbps is much too high at this resolution and with the h264 codec and it's compression.
so there's no other way for me than converting all of my movies if i want to have them with me. dough!
damn.
just deleted the audio completely but it's still slow as hell.
i think the video bitrate with 1300 kbps is much too high at this resolution and with the h264 codec and it's compression.
so there's no other way for me than converting all of my movies if i want to have them with me. dough!
while bitrate is important, so are the encoding settings used for H264, the N900 really only supports the most basic profile (3.0) it seems to play files with some of the more advanced settings outside of 3.0 but it causes it to lag because the amount of work necessary to decode it.
