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I've looked around on here for a definitive topic on this but everything I've found seems to apply to the P800 rather than 900.
I've just ripped my first DVD using the amazing guide from here, only problem is is that it doesn't actually play in full screen. There's borders on the left and right from the player and then the widescreen borders on top and bottom, is there anyway to stretch the picture for anamporphic rips or is there anyway to zoom in to get it nearer full screen?
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Posted: 2004-09-07 01:49:26
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use faithless's instructions and use Xvid- its realy erasy- xvid will stretch ther vid and encode the dvd once ripped as a AVI faithless is god of films and his tuturial is very very easy to follow - your problem from what u have said is your aspect ratios of the fist movie and then once you have riped it are wrong look at faithles's site and its all there
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Posted: 2004-09-07 02:35:40
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Sounds good thanks. Just one small problem...... What's the address of the site please?
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Posted: 2004-09-07 11:36:30
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I've now found the site and found the tutorial but from previous posts i thought that this wasn't just a problem with my encoding but a problem with the player too?
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Posted: 2004-09-07 11:50:00
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make sure you have smartmov on ur phone - and when you go to the (resize) option for your vid then make sure it will be the right size for your phones screne if im just rushing a vid i use 300-190 as my one its a ok fit to the screne but if i want to encode a full movie to see then i will mess arround with it for 5 or 10 mins getting the size right
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Posted: 2004-09-07 13:53:21
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Sorry for newbie question after newbie question but where can i get smartmov from? I've looked in th usual places but couldn't see anything...
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Posted: 2004-09-08 02:00:04
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Get a P910 and I think all issues will be resolved in the long run. I have managed to work with at least 3 different screen size configurations on 2 separate players (SMV + PV). I maximize full screen for anything under 1hr and anything else above I shoot for 3/4 of the screen to compensate for quality vs size ratio limitation on the P800/P900. However, with the P910 (1G Mem Duo Pro - potential) you'll have the ability to encode everything to full screen and at much faster video/audio bit rates which should produce way better quality. With that said that would also mean you don't have to purchase SM (www dot loneycatgames dot com) and you would have the ability to achieve the same quality through the standard mp4/3gp player (ie PV).
I decided to create these with the 16:9 aspect ratio look as they were intended. I reverted from a full screen layout because it didn't produce the cinematic look that I was looking for.
Jet Li - Hero
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Posted: 2004-09-08 02:33:59
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FYI all - Smartmovie is great:
I had some queries about their use of fullscreen cropping - I'm converting some videos, and the converter fills screen vertically, but beacuse of the screen ratio, it doesn't fill the screen horizontally - leaving black bars about 5mm on each side of screen.
I contacted them by email, and they've been great, and given me access to a beta that now crops vertically if required, filling the whole screen of the p900. They said this will be coming in the next full release.
Great guys at Lonely Cat, well recommended!
Guide to full screen video conversion with Smartmovie -
Load up smartmove converter (and install on phone)
Click open - open you avi/mpg whatever
Select range - use the slider at the bottom to skip trailers, credits etc.
Select codec (download xvid from the Lonelycat website). I use a bitrate of 140kbps for xvid (use reduce frames - this halves frame rate, but is not highly noticeable) , sound at 16kbps (mono), and I get about 1mb/minute or less. 40 odd of minutes of Star Trek happiness in less then 30mb, perfectly watchable, very good quality, very little blockiness (except in high action scenes).
For the converter - set your crop settings - "full crop" will force the video hight to fill the pX00 screen vertically, retaining the original screen ratio.
Click convert - about 1x compression speed (1min video=1 min compressing) or less.
When done, stick on your memory stick (in the videos folder), browse to it on your phone, and smile.
Great piece of kit, well recommended, and a doddle to use. XVID/Divx compatible, smooth and does what it says on the tin.
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Posted: 2004-09-09 18:11:00
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Posted: 2005-09-29 14:36:31
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well said hadi123!!!
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Posted: 2005-09-29 14:56:59
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