reducing the size of video clips

[Guest wingnutLP]

HI all,

I am thinking of getting an SPV E500 and was wondering about the max resolution for video. I assume that it is not capable of doing a fullscreen sideways? if not can you tell me what the max resolution is?

I was thinking it would be good to encode some short files like episodes of simpsons etc to keep me entertained on the train!

Also if I had a 700meg fille at high res that I wanted to reduce in size and resolution to fit on a memory card are there any good pieces of software available?

Thanks... ^_^

[Guest Doombrain]

DVD to PocketPC or DVD to SmartPhone.

full size is 200 x 176 on it's side. i've used DDVD to PocketPC, it's not that good. it tends to centre the video with a huge border.

[Guest Doombrain]

http://www.makayama.com/dvdtosmartphone.html

[Guest Colonel Trouble]

is divx encoder not pretty good?

[Guest martin]

I use PocketDivXEncoder and works a treat ^_^

[Guest topratty]

i have an SPV E100 and use pocket Divxencoder to convert my divx films and use Betaplayer to play them

the sideways view is realy clear and pretty smooth too (aslong as i dont have any Apps running in the backround)

films are usually converted to around 90MB>120MB

hope this helps mate

[Guest wingnutLP]

Cool, Thanks for the suggestions I have downloaded pocket dvix encoder and it works a treat for movie files but for dvd films is my only choice DVD to smartphone or is there any freeware/other options?

I am off to get my phone this evening and can't wait!

[Guest crafty]

There's plenty of good guides out there for 'backing up' your DVDs to avis and you can then use PocketDivXEncoder. Check out www.doom9.org which has loads good guides etc.