FairUse Wizard Tutorial

bigds63 · 07-06-05, 03:37 AM

Due to the emails and many request,I have added a FairUse tutorial to my site of various guides on Ripping and Encoding video for Pocket PC. I would like for you guys and gals to check it out and see what you think and would like your input. Note to dial-up users, my tutorials are image heavy for I show step by step pictures in each guide. I have also updated the cartoon of the month for those of you that has ask about it...Sorry I been a month or two behind. Thanks....BigDs Video Guides

CRXGSR · 07-06-05, 06:19 AM

Nice tutorial. Thanks! :approve:

ironhelix · 07-06-05, 08:01 AM

sweet i really appreciate all efforts made in writting this

tut's , and also for sharing it.

much appreciated

FlyACL · 07-06-05, 11:31 AM

Nice Job! I have pointed several people to your site because of the nice job you have done. This one is no exception. I have a couple of comments for things you might want to add. All of them have to do with the step on the cropping page. There are several things here that are good to do.

1. Rather then croping using the numbers for Top and Bottom, The Autoset button works very well. As do the 4/3 and 3/2 options. But all they really do is "zoom" in to fill the screen.

2. I think it helps to crop off the credits. It can be done pretty easy and this leaves more of your "x"number of megs for the movie instead of the movie and credits. Slide the slider bar to where the credits start and click the button "Set credits start". Then transfer that number to the box in the upper left under "Frame Range" -> "End". Then it will not encode the credits, thus leaving more room for just the movie.

3. Last but most important (IMO) is the subtitles. If you check the box that says "Include Subtitles" and then the one next to it that says "Show only forced subtitles" you will be able to see the subtitles that were ment to be in the movie. So if in one part two people are speaking spanish with out checking them boxes you will not be able to see what they are saying.

It is also good to point out on the last page there is a box for "defer processing". By clicking that you can go through the whole process again for another movie and when you are done. Process the entire batch. Say at night so when you wake up all your movies are done.

Anyway, great job! Take care~

Y2Dre · 07-06-05, 09:06 PM

I have a couple of FairUse questions for anyone who wishes to answer. In the resolution section, should I uncheck the "Show only preferred resolutions" box in order to choose a resolution as close to the x50v's 640x480 resolution or just use the preferred one that's already selected when you determine your file size? Also, even though I've manually moved the dotted lines in the cropping section to remove the black bars, I still get them when I play a movie on my Ax. Is that normal?

FlyACL · 07-06-05, 10:28 PM

I would recomend going with what the program recomends. If you tell it to make a 100MB 2 hour movie and then pick something close to 640x480 it will be the worst looking thing you have ever seen. The program will recomend the best setting for the size you have decided to make the move. If you want a higher resolution closer to 640x480 make a bigger movie. Not worth it IMO. A good rule of thumb is 100MB per 30 min of video. You can also change the sound to 96 and leave more room for video with out really loosing anything.

As for your black bars they are most likely form a widescreen movie, and yes they are going to be there (ie normal). Same as they would be on my regular TV if I played it on there. If you really want to get rid of it you can use the 4/3 option on the same page you adjusted the cropping. This will "zoom in" to fill the screen on your Axim. But you will loose some form the left and right sides. Just like some big screen TVs have the option of doing. My personal opinion is use the Autoset button instead and live with the black bars. But I prefer to see the entire screen.

07-06-05, 11:09 PM

One quick question...The option of cropping credits that 'FlyACL' has mentioned in post# 4, is it available with the freeware version also or is it available only with the paid version of FairUse?

FlyACL · 07-06-05, 11:48 PM

Last I checked the only difference in the two versions was a limit on the max file size (700MB). And that didn't really affect people using it for the Axim as 700MB way overboard. A 2 hour movie should be about 400MB IMO. So as far as I know, the lite verson will have the 4/3 option.

As a side note, when you do your first movie you can click that button to see what effect it has. If you don't like it you can just click the Autoset button to go back to normal. Makes it easy to see what I was trying to put into works above. Good Luck~

Y2Dre · 07-08-05, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by FlyACL

I would recomend going with what the program recomends. If you tell it to make a 100MB 2 hour movie and then pick something close to 640x480 it will be the worst looking thing you have ever seen. The program will recomend the best setting for the size you have decided to make the move. If you want a higher resolution closer to 640x480 make a bigger movie. Not worth it IMO. A good rule of thumb is 100MB per 30 min of video. You can also change the sound to 96 and leave more room for video with out really loosing anything.

As for your black bars they are most likely form a widescreen movie, and yes they are going to be there (ie normal). Same as they would be on my regular TV if I played it on there. If you really want to get rid of it you can use the 4/3 option on the same page you adjusted the cropping. This will "zoom in" to fill the screen on your Axim. But you will loose some form the left and right sides. Just like some big screen TVs have the option of doing. My personal opinion is use the Autoset button instead and live with the black bars. But I prefer to see the entire screen.

Thanks, FlyACL. I forgot to check back on this to see if anyone answered my question. I'll try your tips for my next movie.