Notices

Most of my movies when scaled end up as 800x336 due to the original films 2.35:1 aspect ratio. If I have a 16:9, I would do 800x448, being closest multiples of 16. As for throwing away vertical data, the whole movie is usually being resized, I think its a decent tradeoff.

And to you quality junkies of resize knock yourself out:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...73#post1211873
http://hermidownloads.craqstar.de/vi...ercomparasion/

Because we are dealing with mobile (battery powered) device, the optimal resolution may indeed push towards multiple of 16s if it enables more efficient decoding with CPU and DSP.

I do not know either details enough, but sounds reasonable to have 448 as a vertical resolution because it is multiple of 16.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Video_encoding

Would be interesting though to get real world data of decoding 800x448 vs 800x450 in N900 and monitor the decoded session with powertop.

Ok. I am miffed. I am downloading uTube videos on my PC and wanting them to play on the Nokia N900.

What is the definitive codec or resolution that I should be used to avoid the dreaded "cannot play media format" error?

I just want either a PC program or method to simply be able to port MP4 videos to the N900 without hassles. So far I think the issue comes down to video resolution size, as anything above 800 x 640 seems to be rejected. Is that true?

Is there a simple way of porting videos to the N900 without dread of coder hell? What should I be doing please?

UPDATE

It's all here baby!!

http://wiki.maemo.org/Video_encoding

Phew!

Also, check http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=77695