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Do you think the IPhone 4 will be able to watch HD movies??
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No because that will use so much more battery for not much more quality. HD movies will also take up extra space. I can see this happening a few years down the line when all of the supported iPhones are Retina displays, but not yet.
I would hope so! I would expect any itunes purchase to play back on my iPhone. Especially the new iPhone.
If it doesn't, people en masse will be demanding refunds...
If it doesn't, people en masse will be demanding refunds...
While I see your point... I'm not so sure. Why? Because you can record HD footage, which is bound to suck more battery than just watching HD. If it can even edit HD footage, why not watch it?
Then again... maybe we can't. Just thinking out loud.
Although the screen isn't quite 720p the device should have no problems playing back HD Video. Keep in mind, the device can play back movies it has recorded in HD.
Also, the 3gs is capable of playing much higher quality videos than listed on the official tech specs.
Aspect Ratio has nothing to do with the "HD" moniker. many movies are filmed in a wider than 16:9 ratio anyway. Letter-boxing will occur but the movie is no less HD.
While it might save a little space to encode a movie at the devices native resolution a little experimentation at higher res should produce a file that can be comfortably played on other devices or even using the TV out function.
Also, the 3gs is capable of playing much higher quality videos than listed on the official tech specs.
Aspect Ratio has nothing to do with the "HD" moniker. many movies are filmed in a wider than 16:9 ratio anyway. Letter-boxing will occur but the movie is no less HD.
While it might save a little space to encode a movie at the devices native resolution a little experimentation at higher res should produce a file that can be comfortably played on other devices or even using the TV out function.
You can watch 720p movies on the current 3GS, and probably the iPhone 3G.
You have to trick iTunes a bit, but it works.
If you have an HD-SD movie, remove it from your iTunes Library. Drag the SD version into your library. Rename the SD version file in Explorer/Finder. Name the HD version to whatever the SD version was (i.e. you have Movie.mv4v and Movie (HD).m4v. Rename Movie.m4v to A.m4v and rename Movie(HD).m4v to Movie.m4v.)
Double-click the SD movie in iTunes to play it. It should now have an HD flag next to it. Then re-add the SD version to iTunes. The HD-SD tag appears like normal, the HD version plays in iTunes and on Apple TV, but when syncing to iPhone, the HD version will sync over.
You have to trick iTunes a bit, but it works.
If you have an HD-SD movie, remove it from your iTunes Library. Drag the SD version into your library. Rename the SD version file in Explorer/Finder. Name the HD version to whatever the SD version was (i.e. you have Movie.mv4v and Movie (HD).m4v. Rename Movie.m4v to A.m4v and rename Movie(HD).m4v to Movie.m4v.)
Double-click the SD movie in iTunes to play it. It should now have an HD flag next to it. Then re-add the SD version to iTunes. The HD-SD tag appears like normal, the HD version plays in iTunes and on Apple TV, but when syncing to iPhone, the HD version will sync over.
doesn't it say its capable on the apple website?
TV and video
* Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
TV and video
* Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
A little iPhone aspect ratio info: 4x3 = 1.33 and the iPhone is 10x5 which is 1.50. HD's 16x9 is 1.78.
Now the iPad is 1.33 but the iPhone is 1.5.
I'm getting the iphone 4 and want to know if there is any difference when converting movies from avi's to my iphone format on the new Iphone 4 than my iphone 3gs...
Since the resolution is different ..? thanks
I usually use handbrake
Since the resolution is different ..? thanks
I usually use handbrake
Your avi's are going to be fairly low resolution so you should just keep doing it however you'd been doing it. If you're going to convert from 720p MKVs you'll want to downsize it to the screen's native resolution.