Video Format Problem for Sony

[Roadstr]

Can anyone confirm that these are the only formats that the X will play? It looks like a really sweet player, but there's nothing sweet about encoding for hours. YouTubes video's do not follow these formats strictly, do they? By that I mean heights and widths vary considerable on YouTube, yet the X plays them... umm, maybe not?
This is a show stopper...pardon the pun!

Video Formats (Codec) :
AVC(H.264/AVC) : Media file format: MP4, "Memory Stick" video format
File extension: .mp4, .m4v
Profile: Baseline Profile
Level: up to 1.3
Bit rate: up to 768 kbps
Frame rate: up to 30 fps
Resolution: up to QVGA (320 x 240)
MPEG-4 :
Media file format: MP4, "Memory Stick" video format
File extension: .mp4, .m4v
Profile: Simple Profile
Bit rate: up to 2,500 kbps
Frame rate : up to 30 fps
Resolution: up to QVGA (320 x 240)
Windows Media Video 9 :
Media file format: ASF
File extension: .wmv
Profile: VC1 simple profile, main profile
Bit rate: Simple: max. 1700 kbps,
Main: max. 5000 kbps
Frame rate: up to 30 fps
Resolution: Simple: up to 480 x 270,
Main: up to QVGA (320 x 240)

[CrowdAds]

[Elandal]

With AVC you can go up to 480 x 270.

[h1a8]

Originally Posted by Elandal

With AVC you can go up to 480 x 270.

Are you sure?

[BlindBandit]

Originally Posted by h1a8

Are you sure?

I have two days with the X series & i can tell you that the X series spec Sony post about the video in AVC is a lie, i encode video in 432x240 @CRF 16 in Ripbot264 & my video quality is just stunning, it's like a mico HDTV set in your hand. also it can do 480x272@ 30fps fine in 2-Pass@ 1.5mb or CRF 16 but if you want the best IQ & file size then CRF 16 is for you but this is 1-Pass & make the job more faster & file size can be small from 151mb to 220mb or more if it's a 2hr 30min movie, it can be like 800mb to 900mb but the IQ is just too great. same goes with the 2-Pass in IQ but in 2-Pass you can pick what size of the movie you to be but the IQ still be good as long it's in 768k in 2-Pass mode.

Oh yeah, you don't need to buy no encoding program for the X series because you can get it for free, http://www.videohelp.com/tools/RipBot264

Simple and easy to use GUI. Convert from DVD, Blu-ray or any video to IpoD, PSP, PS3, XBOX360, PC(MP4,MKV), Blu-ray or AVCHD without exotic filters and unnecessary settings. Requires AVisynth, ffdshow, haali media splitter and .Net Framework.

Update: for Roadstr & h1a8, i upload a X series video trailer using my profile for Ripbot264 & 432x240@24fps & 1.53mb for VQ.
http://rapidshare.com/files/25097813...ascar.mp4.html

Also Don't forget to set up the X series OLED screen to 5 so you can see the OLED screen in action

[h1a8]

Originally Posted by BlindBandit

I have two days with the X series & i can tell you that the X series spec Sony post about the video in AVC is a lie, i encode video in 432x240 @CRF 16 in Ripbot264 & my video quality is just stunning, it's like a mico HDTV set in your hand. also it can do 480x272@ 30fps fine in 2-Pass@ 1.5mb or CRF 16 but if you want the best IQ & file size then CRF 16 is for you but this is 1-Pass & make the job more faster & file size can be small from 151mb to 220mb or more if it's a 2hr 30min movie, it can be like 800mb to 900mb but the IQ is just too great. same goes with the 2-Pass in IQ but in 2-Pass you can pick what size of the movie you to be but the IQ still be good as long it's in 768k in 2-Pass mode.

Oh yeah, you don't need to buy no encoding program for the X series because you can get it for free, http://www.videohelp.com/tools/RipBot264


Update: for Roadstr & h1a8, i upload a X series video trailer using my profile for Ripbot264 & 432x240@24fps & 1.53mb for VQ.
http://rapidshare.com/files/25097813...ascar.mp4.html

Also Don't forget to set up the X series OLED screen to 5 so you can see the OLED screen in action

Thank you so much. It wasn't that I didn't believe him (I was hoping that its true) it was just that I don't have one and others have said the contrary and I didn't want to get my hopes up high only to be disappointed.

Thank you for the confirmation though. I might consider the Sony then. I'll wait a little though to see if they drop the price some. I can do this since the Zune is coming. If it wasn't then I would just have to pay the price for this dream player (minus the flac or wma lossless support).

Lastly, I never really could tell the difference in video quality from 1 pass vs. 2 pass. Maybe this is because I always encode my videos with high bitrate (at least 1mb/s). So with AVC I can encode up to 1.5mb/s with 1 pass for Sony? Is that correct? And only 768k only with 2 pass right? What is CFR or CFR 16? Thanks!

[BlindBandit]

Originally Posted by h1a8

Thank you so much.

Lastly, I never really could tell the difference in video quality from 1 pass vs. 2 pass. Maybe this is because I always encode my videos with high bitrate (at least 1mb/s). So with AVC I can encode up to 1.5mb/s with 1 pass for Sony? Is that correct? And only 768k only with 2 pass right? What is CFR or CFR 16? Thanks!

Ok, you can encode up to 1.5mb in 2-Pass or 768kb but CRF is 1-Pass but with better bitrate & does the job faster but the problem is that the file size may get bigger since 2-Pass you can pick the size of the file when CRF you can't. for ex...

CRF 16 is what i use because the lower the number the better bitrate you get, also if i encode a video it take me around 10mins in CRF 16 mode but in 2-Pass may take me 20mins, so CRF is faster but you will not get 768k or 1.5mb all the time in CRF but does the job faster but in 2-Pass, you get the file size you want that about it.

[netwiz]

Originally Posted by Elandal

With AVC you can go up to 480 x 270.

How can it do that if the max resolution is 432x240? That's the quoted max, and also the resolution of the demo vids on the player. Does it play the higher resolutions but downsize?

[netwiz]

Having now had a play around with some software, my personal choice wouldn't be ripbot (emphasise personal choice). Just as a starter, I don't understand why anyone would develop a program that uses a really small font, and then makes it a pale grey colour, so it's really difficult to read and use.

There are other applications out there that do pretty much the same thing that (in my opinion) have an easier to use interface.

[kiyu727]

But you should tell the people to set it to Baseline 1.3 since in first post it says it only can handle up to level 1.3 and there isnt a preset with 1.3 (was a big prob to me till I changed it )

Originally Posted by Elandal

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In conclusion, if there isn't any of the two exceptions above, set as sayed crop to Automatically and let RipBot remove any black bar, otherwise, or if you want anyway the simpliest thing for all sources, do not crop and set size to PSP.iPhone 480x272...

IF I set it to no crop and resize to PSP.Iphone it actually adds black bars although there werent any black bars before and it doesnt resize which was my prob from the start ...
same goes for settings: resize to PSP.Iphone with auto-crop .. it fu*cking adds those black bars instead of resizing >_<

[h1a8]

DVD catalyst is for dummies. Its fast and easy and give great quality at a fast speed.
Its for those who know almost nothing about encoding or converting videos.
It has options of removing the black bars and modifying the video to fit the players screen (full screen) and another option of removing the black bars while leaving the video unmodified while adding new black bars so that whole video fits the screen.

Mitch is building a 432x240 profile now for the Sony X. Till then u can use 424x240 or 480x272.

[kiyu727]

Originally Posted by h1a8

DVD catalyst is for dummies. Its fast and easy and give great quality at a fast speed.
Its for those who know almost nothing about encoding or converting videos.
It has options of removing the black bars and modifying the video to fit the players screen (full screen) and another option of removing the black bars while leaving the video unmodified while adding new black bars so that whole video fits the screen.

Mitch is building a 432x240 profile now for the Sony X. Till then u can use 424x240 or 480x272.

so how do you apply the changed resolution ? I took preset Walkman and changed resolution to 480x272 and hit encode but then it encodes in 320x240 can you make a screen where or how u apply a new reslution ?

[BlindBandit]

Originally Posted by kiyu727

so how do you apply the changed resolution ? I took preset Walkman and changed resolution to 480x272 and hit encode but then it encodes in 320x240 can you make a screen where or how u apply a new reslution ?

That why i did't use that program because when you pick a resolution it don't stick & beside you got to pay for it & the IQ is not that good. RipBot264 will give you even better IQ because it's running X264 & the GUI is better & easy to use, not only that but when you pick a resolution it stay there.

[kiyu727]

if you tell ripbot to resize to 480x272, does it add black bars, does it REALLY resize or does it crop ?

PS: your old avatar pwnd a lot more =o I will miss it

[h1a8]

Originally Posted by kiyu727

so how do you apply the changed resolution ? I took preset Walkman and changed resolution to 480x272 and hit encode but then it encodes in 320x240 can you make a screen where or how u apply a new reslution ?

After choosing preset Walkman hit the modify button go to Player Screensize and change to 480x272. But before all of this go to global settings near top and select how you want the blackbars (for widescreen movies).

[kiyu727]

Originally Posted by h1a8

After choosing preset Walkman hit the modify button go to Player Screensize and change to 480x272. But before all of this go to global settings near top and select how you want the blackbars (for widescreen movies).

finally works for me, I wish ripbot would stop adding the black bars >_<

[Elandal]

Originally Posted by kiyu727

finally works for me, I wish ripbot would stop adding the black bars >_<

You are simply mading confusion between crop and resize...
Crop remove (and only do that) any black bar from the source if there is, the difference is all in the aspect ratio and how the source was encoded!
If the source has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 or 2.40:1 (a Spiderman movie for example) and i want that the output video is exactly at size of 480 x 272 it must contain black bars (if i crop or not) or the resulted image will be totally stretchet vertically, so the need of them. If a widescreen device or a program let you to see these sources full screen, or the image is stretched, or you are loosing left and right portions of the movie because is zooming. Only with 1.78:1 / 1.85:1 aspect ratio sources you will not see any black bar with 16/9 screens (all YouTube videos are in that aspect ratio).

@fcnewsome
The simpliest thing you can do is: choose [BASE 3.0] iPOD . iPhone profile and edit it, change the AVC Level to 1.3 and remove Buffer Size and Max Bitrate values, that's all.

[sonyphile]

is there anyway to stretch a 4:3 video so there's no black on the sides

also bandit can you re-upload that video to mediafire cuz i cant download it

[bujan]

Got problem with some Divx using ripbot. Once i want add movie it says:
Avisource :couldn't decompress frame 0

thanx

[CFCJAM]

Im having problems with DVD catalyst, i make the screen size 480 x 272 but when i click on go to convert the file it makes the screen size 304 x 224

What else do i need to do?

[Darkwun]

Originally Posted by h1a8

DVD catalyst is for dummies. Its fast and easy and give great quality at a fast speed.
Its for those who know almost nothing about encoding or converting videos.
It has options of removing the black bars and modifying the video to fit the players screen (full screen) and another option of removing the black bars while leaving the video unmodified while adding new black bars so that whole video fits the screen.

Mitch is building a 432x240 profile now for the Sony X. Till then u can use 424x240 or 480x272.

Just got hold of DVD catalyst and its made getting full screen alot easier, can't wait for the 432x240 profile so the subs on anime come up properly!!