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    Help with converting.....

    No...not to a different religion.

    I need help and I'm hoping some kind soul here would take the time to explain this to me or teach me how to do this right.

    My problem is I travel alot and endless hours on an airplane has taught me the best way to travel is to watch movies and the best way to do that is with tablets.

    Problem is that I'm a greedy bastard and I want as much movies stuffed into my tab as possible in my 64 gig tablet. Also after 3 different tabs, I fell in love with the ASUS Transformers.

    Yeah it runs an Andrioid Honeycomb and while the interface doesn't even begin to compare with the iTab, it does give me excellent video quality so I think I'm going to stick with this for awhile.
    I've been coverting to MP4 formats with the following specs....

    Video:
    Resolution 1280 X 720
    Data rate 2500 to 3000 kbps
    Total Bitrate 2500 to 3000 kbps
    29 frames /second

    Audio:
    Bit rate 128 to 192 kbps
    Channels 2 (stereo)
    Audio sample rate 48 kHzs

    Now my problem is this.
    Of course, I can make the quality of the video and audio much better but that would also jack up the size of the file immensely.

    I'm hoping someone here knows the best way (or settings) to convert 1080i avis (mkv, mpg, flv...etc) into a 1280 by 720 mpg format while keeping a good chunk of the video quality intact(not overly important) while also retaining most of the audio quality (very important) while reducing the size of the file as much as possible!

    The screen on the tab is capable of 1080 resolution but it's only 10 inches or so, so I'm hoping to maybe get away with 480 if possible.

    If someone can help me with this one, I promise I won't mess up the good threads.
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    The speakers your tablet has will do just fine with 24kHz stereo for a start. Also, 25fps is more then enough to have descent quality video.
    These two should reduce the file size by 15%. If that's not enough, for a 10" screen 1080 resolution should also be enough.

    o/c If you don't want to compromise with the quality, you can skip tablets for 2 days and with the savings you can go to the nearest tech store and buy 1TB external HDD with USB and stick into your tablet :D
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    btw, it's spelled coNverting, maybe that's why google wasn't helpful
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doktor View Post
    btw, it's spelled coNverting, maybe that's why google wasn't helpful
    I just saw the typo

    Was going to get an external drive but don't know if the tab can support it and even if it does, it's going to suck up power, which defeats the purpose of the tab with it's good battery life.

    Only tab that supports external drive and full size USB for sure is the Toshiba Thrive but it has lousy audio input through the headphone jack, which makes it impossible to listen to on a plane even with noise reducing headphones.

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    There is no competition. Mpeg Streamclip. I use it extensively for webcast and when overseas send back files for broadcast. All conversions are very much dependent on what software/codecs you use and despite mpegstreamclip being the rolls royce of converters it is :gasp: freeware! Just remember to deinterlace your video and play with the obvious follow-your-nose settings for the best size/quality tradeoff.

    As for audio, it's size is so insignificant don't compress it at all

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    Thank You, Mr. Parihaka, sir!

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    Want to know the cheapest way to watch porn movies on your tablet, ask Yellow.

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    Oh, Geez.......

    you know how much some of them cost to download????

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    If you're paying for porn I'm going to be sorely and extremely disappointed in you...
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigross86 View Post
    If you're paying for porn I'm going to be sorely and extremely disappointed in you...
    How come?
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    Because the amount of free porn in the internet is nearly limitless. Paying for something you can get for free is just plain stupid
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    But we are talking Yello here
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    Contrary to popular beliefs, I do not pay to download porn....I get paid to make 'em and upload 'em.

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    But, that's not possible. In the other thread we've reached a conclusion no camera can shot Yello...
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    which thread is that?

    And of course you can shot Yellow!

    Hell, I'm the most shotable guy here!

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