Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
XVID Support?
Llorean:
I just use ffmpeg. As I said though, it'll make a larger difference if you watch it on a player.
One thing you definitely need to not do if you're watching it on the PC is stretch the window at all. Play it in its native 320x240 or 320x160 size, after conversion. I'd still expect the filesize to be larger, but when you can only watch a few hours per charge maximum, even 30 movies would be a considerable amount, let alone the approximately 60 I would expect.
Storage space ought only to be a problem if you're going for a very extended period with an inability to sync the device.
Mikgerdan1991:
Well, I like to have all my videos on my Zen...and with XVID right now, I can. Right now, 16 GB in music, and about 27 in videos. I don't know if I'd have any space left with MPEG... :(
But thanks for the advice, I'll try ffmpeg.
soap:
--- Quote from: Mikgerdan1991 on March 12, 2009, 02:13:37 AM ---Well, I like to have all my videos on my Zen...and with XVID right now, I can. Right now, 16 GB in music, and about 27 in videos. I don't know if I'd have any space left with MPEG... :(
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Are those full-resolution XviDs? (512x384 or so)
If so, when you kick them down to half-framerate, 320x240 the files will be smaller than what you currently have, even if you double the bits-per-pixel.
Mikgerdan1991:
Nah, I make all my videos 400x300, usually 256 kbps. Or kbs. Whatever the unit is.
I get pretty decent quality at such a low file size with XVID. ;D
soap:
Still enough that at the same bitrate, at 320x240 I would expect no visible difference.
1.576 times the needed number of pixels = plenty of bandwidth to play with.
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