Compressing Movies for iPhone 4 for maximum Storage

Walkaa said:

Hi all,

Im going to LA from London on thursday and i don't want to get bored on the flight i know virgin have a huge multimedia library but still i want to upload my own movies onto my iphone through the VLC app. i have quite the catalog and just want maximum choice there all around 700mb-1.4gb how can i compress these whilst saving quality to get more movies on the phone.

Walkaa

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If they're as divx avi's right now, use handbrake to convert them to h264's for ipod app, should be able to reduce size maybe 25%-50% depending on how much quality loss can stand due to better codec. Best to fiddle with a short sample till get a compromise happy with.

use handbrake, but we can't answer what bitrate to choose

only you can decide what quality/size ratio is acceptable, you need to mess around with files and decide what bitrate is acceptable for your tastes)

I wouldn't use the VLC app btw, it blows compared to a properly formatted handbrake h264 file using the native iPod video player

btw you're going to get bored watching a movie on a 3.5" monitor, and if not that, then it will be the battery


Get a good book, some comic books, a puzzle, something non-electronic for a long trip

I built a Gundam Plastic model kit when I flew back from Japan to LAX