Re: [luv-talk] avconv for movies on a phone......aside
Russell Coker wrote:
avconv -i foo.mkv -strict experimental -b:v 400k -c:v libx264 -b:a 80 -c:a libmp3lame -ac 1 -s 1280x720 foo-s3.mp4
I'm experimenting with avconv settings to convert movie files for watching on a mobile phone.
Russel just out of idle curiosity why do you want to watch movies on a mobile phone ?; regards Rohan McLeod
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013, Rohan McLeod <rhn@jeack.com.au> wrote:
Russel just out of idle curiosity why do you want to watch movies on a mobile phone ?;
Because a TV doesn't fit in my pocket. Seriously movies often aren't worth dedicating a block of time, put them on your phone and watch when you have nothing better to do. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On 2013-09-17 11:22, Russell Coker wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013, Rohan McLeod <rhn@jeack.com.au> wrote:
Russel just out of idle curiosity why do you want to watch movies on a mobile phone ?;
Because a TV doesn't fit in my pocket.
Seriously movies often aren't worth dedicating a block of time, put them on your phone and watch when you have nothing better to do.
As an example, I have a one-hour public transport journey each way to and from work every day, and it's the perfect time for me to plow through seasons of TV shows, which I've been doing on my phone recently. I don't bother converting them though; they're usually in a suitable format for Android's VLC to play without difficulty. -- Regards, Matthew Cengia
If you use a Nexus 4 then you have more incentive for re encoding it due to the lack of micro sd support. -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with K-9 Mail.
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
If you use a Nexus 4 then you have more incentive for re encoding it due to the lack of micro sd support. -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with K-9 Mail.
which does have micro sd support, unless I'm mistaken. This was one of my reasons for not buying a Nexus 4, despite its attractions in other respects. I ended up with a Samsung phone due to its hardware specifications and the fact that Samsung's modifications of the Android UI mostly do not interfere with the accessibility support, which I rely upon (specifically, TalkBack, Explore by Touch, braille display connectivity and the underlying infrastructure these require from the system and applications). The main significant drawback so far has been that the Samsung on-screen keyboard is not very accessible - a problem that can be solved by installing Google's Android keyboard and making it the default. This and a few other difficulties aside, the essential functions are usable (out of the box, as they say) by people who are blind.
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013, Matthew Cengia <mattcen@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't bother converting them though; they're usually in a suitable format for Android's VLC to play without difficulty.
Does Android's player cope with all the flv files from youtube-dl and all the other common formats nowadays? Some time ago I gave up on the player that's built in to Android and installed MX Player on all the phones and tablets I'm responsible for. At the time that was the best way of playing smaller flv files (ones that I didn't want to recode to save spave). The downside to MX Player is all the ads, particularly the ones that are fraudulent (anti-virus ads etc). -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
Russell Coker wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013, Matthew Cengia <mattcen@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't bother converting them though; they're usually in a suitable format for Android's VLC to play without difficulty.
Does Android's player cope [...] Some time ago I gave up on the player that's built in to Android and installed [...]
He said VLC.
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