Thread: [N900] Video Converter And Profile Settings. [FOR NOOBS}
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2011-12-13 , 15:30
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Originally Posted by fidel View Post
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The stock player will play flv files, so long as the content is playable,
flv files play on my windows machine not on my N900.
I meant ... playable on the N900 (i.e within device restrictions).

FLV files definitely play on the N900. If they won't on your device, perhaps you've accidentally uninstalled flash player or something's disabling it. FLV is just a container, the N900 can "read" them, the prohibiting problem will be the profile - the N900 only plays h.264 Baseline (66) level 3 (30 or 1.3).


Currently I use Firefoxe's "download helper" extension to convert my flv files to mp4 or mov. The mp4 quality is good. The mov quality is better although the file size is larger, but I have plenty of room on my N900. The conversion process runs from windows to DOS so it's relatively fast.
Is this possible on device?

Copernicus's settings on Handbrake produces a quality mp4. But since the conversion process runs on Windows, it takes a long time.

Would running the linux version of Handbrake be faster? Since I'm windows I'm not sure how to make a linux boot cd and get handbrake on there too.
Re: Getting linux:
- Try to clear some space on your HDD
- use a partition manager to create a new partition,
- download distro net install ISO (I've just started using Debian Squeeze ISO is ~200Mb),
- burn it to a cd,
- insert cd and run - assuming distro has win-installer
- stick distro it in your new partiton
... and you're away!
I was lucky enough to be able to clear a whole HDD so one's windows, the other's debian.

As to video converting, I think ffmpeg's got to be the way to go - you can then batch them up. Just got to find a way to go to Baseline with the same (mp4/h.264) codecs....
 

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