Encoding (converting) video on your pocketpc?

puntloos · 07-24-07, 07:49 AM

Gents, (m/f)

I'm going to India for a month. Im bringing my axim x51v (of course). Now I have my eyes set on this k-rad camera - the panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 which.. creates motion jpeg. 5Mbyte for 4 seconds! Ack.

My question, as obvious from the title as well:

Are there ways for me to use the PPC to transcode a motion jpeg (.mov, VLC plays it fine) to say x264 or mpeg4

Tips links grave tidings welcome..

07-24-07, 08:17 AM

You can use a computer but I don't think there are any encoders for ppc.

mirskym · 07-25-07, 01:43 PM

And by far the best conversion program is at DVD Catalyst

CodeBubba · 07-26-07, 09:10 AM

I would not attempt to do video conversion with a PPC - there's just not enough horsepower there. Video conversion is extremely processor-intensive and EATS memory. Use a PC for that.

-CB

puntloos · 08-01-07, 10:59 AM

Gents,

I really am aware that the PPC is not the ideal platform for this, but the point is I expect to be away from any PC for a month. In this time I expect to make lots of movies. With motion JPEG I can fit like 20 minutes on a 2GB card, with h264/x264 or even xvid/mp4 that could be doubled, tripled, who knows, without real loss of quality.

Hence the request.

08-01-07, 02:28 PM

I don't think there is any SW to do this because the PPC is not a good platform for doing this (the processor is too slow and there is not enough memory).

targaid · 08-13-07, 08:16 AM

No chance, I'm afraid. There's not nearly enough RAM available to do the work and even if there was with such a slow processor it would take about a week to do what you want it to.

Sadly, PDAs aren't quite up to being a replacement for a laptop yet!

borgyn · 08-13-07, 09:32 AM

Could you not explore the possibility of using Internet cafes to do your conversions. After all India is reputed to be a leader in software production.