sqaccord

I know..I know. Not another DVD to PPC question. But here goes...

I have an X30 and want to take a couple of movies with me to Scotland next week. What is the EASIEST and LEAST EXPENSIVE way to do this? Quality is VERY important to me.

All of the ripping, and changing formats seems tiresome so I am looking for the fewest steps possible to get a great quality movie.

I do not know how to do ANY of this so please start from the top. THANKS!!!!

Cheryl

There is a guide to encoding DiVX movies for PPC at Pocket Matrix. All of the software used is freeware. Here is a link to the guide.

I have used the trial of Pocket DVD Studio and DVD to Pocket PC - both were very easy but the audio did not sync with the video.

nelj_25

sqaccord,

Here's a method that I have used:
1) Rip the DVD using DVD Shrink. a nice guide for using DVD Shrink can be found here:
http://www.dvdshrink.info/reauthor_basic.php

Basically, you will want to use the "ReAuthor" Mode. Select Title 1 normally and unselect undesired audio settings etc. The guide is very easy to follow. You can change the start and stop rip points (to skip intros, cut out credits etc) by using the --><-- icon on the left hand side.

Let it rip, usually takes 20 minutes or so.

2) Use PocketDivxEncoder (http://divx.ppccool.com/) to make into an avi. Some people have said they have problems, but I have not. I normally use video settings of 10-12 with sound at 3-4 with sound set at 80%. This means the audio is set at 44.1kHZ, 64 kpbs sample, Mono. Video bitrate is around 200. File sizes are a little larger, but quality is excellent (to me).

I use 2 pass encoding with B-frames, XVID codec (no download necessary), rotate to the right. Usually takes 2-2.5 hours to encode.

3) Use betaplayer to play the movie on your Axim. http://betaplayer.corecodec.org/links.html

nelj

Starken

I just was curious if the memory card speed affects viewing the DivX movies on an Axim at all. For example, would I need a high speed sd card or would a standard speed one work?

slayer420

this is what i do to convert movies. first if its say a rental ill use clone dvd to copy it to a blank dvd then when thats done i use intervideo dvd copy 2 to change it to divex format after thats done i use the windows movie maker to make it the size i want thats it.i know ther is easy ways of doing it but this way works out real well for me.and of course if you already have some video on your pc you can just use the windows movie maker to convert them to run on your ppc