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Which resolution am i supposed to choose?
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That's odd, the iPhone has a screen res of 320x480, so that should work. Does the original video have black bars on top/below?
Yeah, just about every video format out there will have SOME kind of black bars on an iPhone. If you're not getting that, it sounds like the software just stretched the video to fit the screen, which is what's causing your problem.
Take the General's advice and use Handbrake.
I'm pretty sure the iPhone's screen is 480x320.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
iSquint or VisualHub work great. I use that or handbrake.
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Well, it depends which way you hold it
For what it's worth, 16:9 content from iTunes is 853x480. However, most DVDs aren't that high so I believe that 640x360 is considered "standard".
For what it's worth, 16:9 content from iTunes is 853x480. However, most DVDs aren't that high so I believe that 640x360 is considered "standard".
I'm pretty sure the iPhone's screen is 480x320.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
iSquint or VisualHub work great. I use that or handbrake.
Rotate it 90°. Now I'm right.
Use Handbrak for DVD ripping
Use VisualHub for other converting
Don't bother with anything else.
Use VisualHub for other converting
Don't bother with anything else.
The problem here is that NOTHING is the same aspect ratio as the iPhone's screen. It's not 16:9, it's not 1.33:1, it's in between. So when he is setting Xilisoft to 480x320, it is skewing the aspect ratio of whatever the input video is, thus producing the "squished" or "stretched" look of the video that he is complaining about.
My guess is that the audio and video aren't syncing because Xilisoft doesn't use the correct FPS speed, which would make the audio get more and more off sync as the video goes on.
These are just a couple of reasons why I would recommend NOT using Xilisoft. The other reason would be that their marketing strategy is to go on forums and post fake threads asking about video conversion software, then posting later that they "found a good one called Xilisoft Video Converter."
VisualHub is built on a deprecated version of ffmpeg. I wouldn't recommend using it. Handbrake supports universal input and can do 90% of what VisuaHub could do in addition to ripping DVDs.
When it is released, I would, however, recommend the fork of VisualHub that was created following Techspansion's demise and subsequent release of VisualHub and iSquint's source codes to the public.
http://www.transcoder-redux.com/
iSquint and VisualHub are no more ...
Pity as they were so good, but they will probably be OK for a long time even without support.
Pity as they were so good, but they will probably be OK for a long time even without support.
Sorry, I thought it read 320x240.
and when you are converting the video OP if you pick 2 pass encoding you can increase the quality of the video without increasing it's size. It takes longer but it is slightly better.
Thanks for this. I died a little inside when VisualHub went the way of the Dodo. I await Transcoder with bated breath.