Movies On Your Treo - Easy Method #2
The program I use for recording video is called Pocket DVD Studio.
I used FairUse Wizard 2 for some time, employing the ogg settings but was never able to get the audio to work properly with Softick Audio Gateway (SAG). Then I remembered this program I had purchased a couple of years ago. I downloaded the updated version, tried it out, and happily it worked with SAG. That was all I needed.
Naturally, like FairUse Wizard 2, you can adjust your output size and quality. However, this tutorial’s main focus is on file size. (Back when I started converting I “only” had a 1GB card.) Of course video quality is a factor, so I played with the settings to where I was satisfied with both. There was slight pixelization but not enough to distract from the overall experience.
Your Main View:
Click on Options
Then Output Settings.
Some things to keep in mind:
You may have to adjust video settings for movies vs. cartoons/shorts/etc.
You don’t want the volume setting so high that you get distortion.
You can set the file’s output name and location. I usually put mine on my desktop, then after I transfer it to my Treo I save it to a backup dvd and delete it.
The DVD Settings:
Download AC3Filter. The other options will depend on the DVD player you already have in your PC.
Once you have the video you want to encode in your DVD player, click on the program to auto load. A nice feature the program offers is the ability to use your mouse to click on the options you would normally use your remote for, when watching on your telly.
(By the way, I’m a huge Sponge Bob fan!)
Notice the top of the screen. With the “Crop” option you can choose your screen output’s look. I personally like widescreen. I want to see everything that’s on the original. handquake prefers full screen mode.
The program offers many resolutions including one for our 600 buddies.
And the final output I use:
18 megs for the 11 minute cartoon. A two hour movie runs about 180 to 200 megs.
Related Links
Movies On Your Treo - Easy Method #1
Softick Audio Gateway (SAG)
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Thanks for agreeing to go in on this with me Perry. Love the fact that yours has an option for the 600 that I forgot all about. Sometimes I have tunnelvision. You always seem to have a bigger picture in mind.
Liked to see this, do not know if anyone has mentioned this, but for MAC users go to http://www.pure-mac.com and get a bit of freeware called Handbrake URL below
http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html#handbrake
This does the same as pocket PC for MAC users
The Handbrake people have also done a clever step by step, it is for iPod users but once you get it to MP4 it works with TCPMP for Palm OS 5
I have used two programs for it (PQ Studio and VEMODE (video encoder for mobile devices) and I get better results with VEMODE on both audio and video quality. It has two major advantages over PQ Studio,1)it does the entire output configuration automatically(also has the option of doing it yourself) and 2)it’s FREEEEEEEE!!!!! (sorry PQ Studio)…just do a google for “vemode”. Thanks.