Help video formats

[tomthetank]

Hi, hope this makes sense
I know the screen can show some really great images and videos.
I want to know what format the videos should be in to get the best quality, i moved a few hours of family guy from itunes to the phone, its in mp4 atm Im sure.
Any advice would be great, and i just had a standard did to video converter off the internet.
Tom

 

[tomthetank]

Forgot to add, it seems the same quality as when it was on my iphone

 

[melll]

mp4 is a great format. Samsung Galaxy S plays .mp4 no problem.

 

[tomthetank]

I know it plays it fine just is that the best format for quality?

 

[melll]

I know it plays it fine just is that the best format for quality?

I would say its pretty darn close to the best for mobile devices and to still manage small file size.

Have you ever downloaded a video from you tube in 720p HD and put it on your phone?

Here are a couple of links I guarantee will look amazing on your Vibrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTGZiVat52c

To download the videos to your computer just ad "pwn" without the quotes after the url's www.

Select "DIRPY" and then select "HD -720p"
It will then download as an .mp4 file.

Dirpy Studio Beta: Convert Youtube Videos to Mp3s



Do the same for the following video files 1-6

YouTube - Sony Blu::Elements - Forsenses, Part 1/6 [HD 1080p]




for example www.pwnYOUTUBEURLGOESHERE.com

 

[snapper.fishes]

Personally I prefer avi files. Not mp4 works just as well.

 

[PhoenixFx]

Forgot to add, it seems the same quality as when it was on my iphone

Codec (format) of the video doesn't matter. What matters is resolution and the compression level. If you are watching a video with very low resolution (less than DVD res) or one that has been highly compressed, Galaxy S screen cant do anything to improve quality.

I have transfered few DivX movies, they looked pretty good. As for the resolution anything close or higher than Galaxy S's native resolution (480 x 800) should look very sharp, compression level depends on the codec. For Div X I wouldn't go below 1.2Mbps for standard definition videos.

 

[PhoenixFx]

I would say its pretty darn close to the best for mobile devices and to still manage small file size.....

@ mell, fix the second youtube video's URL (there is an extra deturl.com part before www. youtube.com, your post is causing html formatting errors in the entire thread.

 

[melll]

@ mell, fix the second youtube video's URL (there is an extra deturl.com part before www. youtube.com, your post is causing html formatting errors in the entire thread.

I hope I fixed it. Looks better now.

 

[PhoenixFx]

I hope I fixed it. Looks better now.

yep, everything is fine now

 

[pcic]

Codec (format) of the video doesn't matter. What matters is resolution and the compression level. If you are watching a video with very low resolution (less than DVD res) or one that has been highly compressed, Galaxy S screen cant do anything to improve quality.

I have transfered few DivX movies, they looked pretty good. As for the resolution anything close or higher than Galaxy S's native resolution (480 x 800) should look very sharp, compression level depends on the codec. For Div X I wouldn't go below 1.2Mbps for standard definition videos.

How come only certain avi file can play and not other ? And how to identified which codecs a file used ? Jason