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iPhone video converter

encoding h.264 is very CPU intensive. 2-4hours is about right even for a little 640x480 format. I have a dual-3Ghz "video workstation" and it take hours to encode also.

Jeef690 said:
I need to rip videos optimized for my iphone quickly. How can I do this? Waiting 3 hours for a movie to rip is not how I would prefer doing this.
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underwater said:
encoding h.264 is very CPU intensive. 2-4hours is about right even for a little 640x480 format. I have a dual-3Ghz "video workstation" and it take hours to encode also.
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What do you guys think about if you're on Mac using that Turbo.264 by Elgato. Amazon has it for like $90 and it supposedly does most of the encoding for you, there is iPod preset. This might be good for converting many types of files into iPod format more quickly.
 
i hope apple releases 7.3.1 that has a convert to iphone option for videos same with quicktime. I've put a movie optimized for my ipod on my iphone and while the picture looks decent its not that great to me and could be alot better
 
EyeTV

EyeTV 500 and 250 easily convert video to iPod format. Quicktime player also does a pretty fair job. I had an 8 GB HD concert for an hour that converted to about 500MB in widescreen format for the iPod. It plays in iTunes, so I assume it will work on the iPhone.
 
How would you guys convert .avi videos to .mpg or something that can play on the iPhone? Free is good!
 
DoFoT9 said:
mpeg streamclip!!! or VLC
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Second that for mpeg streamclip. I was using Handbrake on my custom DVD's and ran into a severe audio problem. I switched to MPEG Streamclip and no problems and batch processing works fine just like Handbrake.

:cool:
 
Man this thread is all over the place:

If someone can fill in the following info for Mac and PC users

Program used

Settings used on program for good\best A\V quality. (bitrate, resolution, format, etc)
 
I'll throw in my $.02

On Vista (bleh).

Handbrake (find on google), use the ipod (1.78) default setting. Drop audio to 128k.

You'll most likely have to rip the movie from the DVD first using another (wink, wink) program.

The encoding roughly takes 2 hours on my 2.0ghz p4. File size for a 2 hour movie is a shade under 1gb. Beautiful picture, terrifc sound.
 
ffmpeg?

Hey guys!
FYI: ffmpeg is free and will do the job for you.
Try a command line like...

ffmpeg -i "mymove.avi" -r 29.97 -vcodec libx264 -s 480x272 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -crf 24 -bt 256k -refs 1 -coder 0 -me umh -me_range 16 -subq 5 -partitions +parti4x4+parti8x8+partp8x8 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -level 30 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -trellis 2 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 "myipodmovie.mp4"

You may need to compile ffmpeg nicely w/the libx etc. But it works a treat :)
 
ufoolme said:
Hey guys!
FYI: ffmpeg is free and will do the job for you.
Try a command line like...

ffmpeg -i "mymove.avi" -r 29.97 -vcodec libx264 -s 480x272 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -crf 24 -bt 256k -refs 1 -coder 0 -me umh -me_range 16 -subq 5 -partitions +parti4x4+parti8x8+partp8x8 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -level 30 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -trellis 2 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 "myipodmovie.mp4"

You may need to compile ffmpeg nicely w/the libx etc. But it works a treat :)
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just try "Blackbox" from Miksoft. Is an interface for ffmpeg and it create ringtones also.
link: http://www.miksoft.net/blackbox.htm
Its free also
 
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