The default video settings produce excellent quality but a large file size. I am now testing by adjusting the video quality to see what I can get away with in terms of quality on the n900.

Is there any bluetooth device I can get to use the n900 remotely? I would like a remote to control my n900 while it's doing tv out

What is the maximum vertical dimension the N900 can handle? Is it 700? I'd like to get the video as hi-res as possible for the TV-out side of things. But, I don't want to go over the limit of viewable images on the N900's display. Thanks. Is this information available somehwe, BTW? I don't think the manual gets into such delicacies, does it?

Regarding my tests on 'Win x DVD Ripper Platinum'

I can report that I have just ripped a Dvd to my n900 with some specific settings and the total file size was 765mb and didn't take long to encode. I didn't check at the time but it was less than an hour.

Film: Chariots of Fire:
Length: 1hr: 58min

Quality: very good.

The max res is 848x480 I think, so it will support that vertical res of 480 pixels exactly. I've been using 720x304/384, etc., from DVDs so that it looks good also playing on PS3 on my TV (720p). TV out at that res actually looks superb, not much different to DVDs IMHO, on a 50" plasma. Depends on how picky you are I suppose

It will play larger res's and scale them, but I don't think anyone has really tested that so far. It will scale down 1024x no problem, but the upper limit on x, y? Who knows?

EDIT: sorry, I mean the stored resolution of 1024 (normal for PAL movies on DVD). Result is the same 720.

You can save space by messing around with encoding settings, but I am pretty content with the standard one as it's enough to cart around 20-30 movies and a whole series of a TV show in the phone (using 32GB+16GB).

Ok...what tha hell...

I did the exact thing that wiki told me to do here.

And I get:
Unable to play media.
Media format not supported.

Please Help

You're going to need to provide more details. Maybe tell us exactly what settings each screen of the HandBrake window shows you.

Does the file play ok on your main computer?

using qtrapids for torrents bt im having problems of unsupported format which i dont get... i downloaded an AVI file and i have played several AVI files on my device and i got those vids on the same source... those are naruto episodes by d way.hehe...

any solutions? hope it has nothing to do with converting..

I followed the guide excatly and used the preset below from the wiki page.

The Preset is located here

And yes...it plays beautifully on my pc.

Ok....I forgot something:

At the 2nd to the last step, where it ask you to 'Ensuring the preset highlighted is the one you installed, click on ‘start’ '

I get a error dialog box.

Here it is:

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Error
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frmMain.cs - updateUIafterScan System.DivideByZeroException: Attempted to divide by zero.

at System.Decimal.FCallDivide(Decimal& result, Decimal d1, Decimal d2)

at Handbrake.Controls.PictureSettings.text_width_Valu eChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.OnValueChanged( EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.set_Value(Decim al value)

at Handbrake.Controls.PictureSettings.text_width_Valu eChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at Handbrake.Controls.PictureSettings.crop_ValueChang ed(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.OnValueChanged( EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.set_Value(Decim al value)

at Handbrake.Controls.PictureSettings.set_Source(Titl e value)

at Handbrake.frmMain.drp_dvdtitle_SelectedIndexChange d(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChang ed(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(In t32 value)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedItem(Obj ect value)

at Handbrake.frmMain.updateUIafterScan()
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OK
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