i've recently been converting video for the 810 to various formats to see if i can get playback as good as the ones i've been downloading. I've tried avi and mp4 containers with xvid, 263, 264 and mpeg-4 compression. The results haven't been so good for me though. some give no picture, some give about 1fps, some a bit more, but never as good as stuff i've downloaded.

BTW these attempts all play great with vlc on linux, its just playing them on the 810 with mplayer thats dodgy.

when ripping, are there recommended settings that you shouldnt exceed so my playback is smooth and trouble free?

thanks.