Best Format For Viewing Video Files?

[SiIV]

I am using firmware 1.0.1, I don't think it's worth updating yet considering the problems with bricking/unbricking. I'd rather convert to a format that is compatible with 1.0.1, most of the videos i have freeze. Anyone know the most compatible format and resolution? Thanks

 

[deadlychicken22]

well, i just upgraded from 1.00 to 1.10 so i'm not sure about 1.01 but I'd assume it can play everything 1.00 can. For 1.00 I encoded my videos with divx 5 using autogk. I also lowered the resolution to 320x240 (exactly the size of the gp2x's screen). Xvid didn't work for me on 1.00 but now it does (using 1.10).

hope this helps,
-ben

 

[Watto]

Xvid in Pocket DivX Encoder, always works a charm for me .

Encoded to 320x240 of course.

Firmware is 1.0.1.

 

[DynaMight]

Convert with http://divx.ppccool.com/ and you'll have no problems.

 

[SiIV]

I don't understand, you said you encoded with divx, yet you said divx didn't work for you before

 

[thejoeandchip]

what would one use to convert video to divx on a linux machine. A program that can do .VOB to Divx avi would be amazing.

 

[dioxide]

I dont know much about the encoding stuff. Is it possible to convert for example an MKV(matroska) or any other unsupported filename that has subs into a recognizable format for the GP2X?

 

[cakey]

what would one use to convert video to divx on a linux machine. A program that can do .VOB to Divx avi would be amazing.

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Mencoder:
A simple movie encoder, designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies
(AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET) to other
MPlayer-playable formats. It can encode with various codecs, like DivX4 (1
or 2 passes), libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Also has stream copying and
video resizing abilities.

Drip:
Drip is a DVD to DivX conversion application. It's made up out two
applications: a DVD reader and a DivX encoder. The reader is a GUI for the
GNOME environment, the DivX encoder a text mode tool. You won't have to learn
to use the textmode tool, because the GUI is also a frontend for it.

 

[zeb]

what would one use to convert video to divx on a linux machine. A program that can do .VOB to Divx avi would be amazing.

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Hi, I recommend libavcodec or xvid as the codec (actually xvid, divx and libavcodec all encode in the same format: mpeg4, but are different implementations of mpeg4 encoders), and as software, you may use dvd::rip (available as a package in most distributions) http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ which makes all steps from ripping to encoding.
You may also use the tuxrip script: http://tuxrip.free.fr/index_en.html which uses mencoder to do the encoding (I am one of the authors). It is available as a package in Mandriva (media PLF), but is very easy to install manually (just decompress it anywhere).

 

[Jarska333]

I don't understand, you said you encoded with divx, yet you said divx didn't work for you before

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Well, one xvid I tried does not work, because audio is in ac3, which isn't (yet?) supported.

Any good program to convert the audio portion, but leave the video as it is?

 

[Alpha2]

Assuming you use FULLY charged batteries and follow the very simple rules for updating your firm ware I don't think it's as dangerous as many people think. I had 1.0 for the entire time and updated to 1.1 just recently with in 2 minutes. and I didn't even use the auto updating tool that was recently released.

So far XviD encodes that used to freeze up on me now play just fine aside from occasional A/V sync issues which seem to fix themselves if you pause the video for a couple of seconds.

 

[deadlychicken22]

I don't understand, you said you encoded with divx, yet you said divx didn't work for you before

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Sorry, i meant that xvid didn't work. I just typed it too quickly. Divx worked for me on both firmwares, xvid only worked on 1.10 (but i haven't tried 1.01).

 

[PSyMastR]

I use DivX 5.2.1 with Lame MP3 Encoding at 320kb/sec for audio. It seems to get a fairly decent file size, and the highest quality with smooth playback. Its roughly 400mb every hour of footage

 

[Shane]

I use DivX 5.2.1 with Lame MP3 Encoding at 320kb/sec for audio. It seems to get a fairly decent file size, and the highest quality with smooth playback. Its roughly 400mb every hour of footage

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Is that at 320x240? If so that's a shitty output size.

 

[Chip]

I dont know much about the encoding stuff. Is it possible to convert for example an MKV(matroska) or any other unsupported filename that has subs into a recognizable format for the GP2X?

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You can get the MKV toolkit from the bottom of this page: http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html
and demux the audio, video, and subtitles. You can re-mux them with Virtualdubmod into an avi container and re-encode the audio and/or video to best suit your GP2X.

 

[Jacxz]

I am using firmware 1.0.1, I don't think it's worth updating yet considering the problems with bricking/unbricking. I'd rather convert to a format that is compatible with 1.0.1, most of the videos i have freeze. Anyone know the most compatible format and resolution? Thanks

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I think you should update... I did without problem... Haven't read anyone bricking updating ti 1.10 yet so it seems stable... and it worked great. Fells like everything is a bit smoother but im not sure.

Just remember to have fresh batteries (fully charged). And just put all the files on the root of your working SD card. And dont remember to install the patch from the Utilitys meny. (FW download at the Archive)

If you have a SD card of 2gb that u cant use cause you dont update thats stupid... I love my new firmware

For videos with FW 1.01 I could only watch .avi in DivX format.
Haven't tried the new FW that much yet but as you have seen Xvid is supposed to work.

 

[theGerbil]

Being a newb and someone who just loves to tinker I just blunder in and do stuff and it just so happened that yesterday I used the excellent instructions for DVDRIP on Linux which I found here. I encoded a DVD as Xvid 'cos I didn't have an DivX codec installed.

I now have 2hs 32 mins of DVD compressed into a 552mb AVI and it rocks. Sound and video both excellent quality. Slight sync. problem of maybe half a second but I can live with that for now.

The downside if you can call it that was that it took about 6 hours to compress on my AMD3200+ PC but I can live with that for the excellent quality you get in return (just compress it over night).

Good luck all!

 

[AireTamStorm]

I'm running 1.0.1 and I've done zero conversion, but all my files work flawlessly (DivX and XviD).

HD content gets a "File not supported" message though. Have to be reasonable I guess ^_ ^

 

[reallynotnick]

I use DivX 5.2.1 with Lame MP3 Encoding at 320kb/sec for audio. It seems to get a fairly decent file size, and the highest quality with smooth playback. Its roughly 400mb every hour of footage

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Why are you encoding your audio at such a crazy high bitrate? I would understand maybe 192kb/sec but yours is just ungodly and has to be a waste of space.

Does anyone know if the gp2x supports Mpeg-4 (.mp4) with AAC audio yet?

 

[cbox]

Yeah 320 kbps on the audio is way excessive, on a handheld something like 96 or 128 should be sufficient.