H.264 High profile video that _plays_

[Guest SilentMobius]

Ok, here's something I did earlier from MKV to MP4 with Handbrake using these settings here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13411527

Hasn't turned out as smooth as I'd have liked, bit rate the issue again?

Format profile : [email protected]

That should play fine, but while, since 3.1, we can play high profile it is at the limit of what the Tegra2 can decode realtime, if you want to guarantee smoothness and are encoding yourself I'd go for baseline profile.

[Guest keef319]

That should play fine, but while, since 3.1, we can play high profile it is at the limit of what the Tegra2 can decode realtime, if you want to guarantee smoothness and are encoding yourself I'd go for baseline profile.

I'll have a go with the baseline profile then. Hope it looks good. :D

[Guest keef319]

Interesting. I used the Baseline profile for the same MKV.

Bigger file, higher bit rate than the high profile, but plays smooth as ya like!

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : [email protected]

Format settings, CABAC : No

Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames

Codec ID : avc1

Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding

Duration : 50mn 15s

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 3 407 Kbps

Width : 1 280 pixels

Height : 720 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps

Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.154

Stream size : 1.20 GiB (96%)

Writing library : x264 core 112

Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x1:0 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-07 10:15:20

Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-07 11:34:12

Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177

Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361

[Guest keef319]

I've tested out a hi def mp4 today.

Works very nice, didn't see any lag. Though I must admit, it is one of those "camera shake for effect" type movies, so maybe I'm just missing the lag! lol.

Anyway, here's the mediainfo details:-

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : [email protected]

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames

Codec ID : avc1

Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding

Duration : 1h 56mn

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 2 673 Kbps

Maximum bit rate : 18.2 Mbps

Width : 1 280 pixes

Height : 532 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.164

Stream size : 2.17 GiB (93%)

Writing library : x264 core 114 r1924 08d04a4

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2673 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-03 08:39:46

Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-02 22:58:34

Audio

ID : 2

Format : AAC

Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec

Format profile : LC

Codec ID : 40

Duration : 1h 56mn

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 192 Kbps

Maximum bit rate : 200 Kbps

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Channel positions : Front: L R

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Compression mode : Lossy

Can you tell me if you spot something in there that's different and may be a cause for "good" results...?

[Guest Tacty]

So what program works best for converting MKV files to a format that plays perfectly on the stock player?

Handbrake?

And which profile/preset?

I use XMediaRecode (http://www.xmedia-recode.de/).

The homepage is in German. Just download it and it should start with you system language.

In this software there is a predefined profile for the Transformer. The profile uses Main level 3.1 with a low bitrate but you can adjust as you want and try out some more. I used as a test High level 4 with a higher bitrate. Makes the files bigger but if you use the HDMI port to a big TV then you will see a huge difference.

Edited June 27, 2011 by Tacty

[Guest MaxiP]

I use XMediaRecode (http://www.xmedia-recode.de/).

The homepage is in German. Just download it and it should start with you system language.

In this software there is a predefined profile for the Transformer. The profile uses Main level 3.1 with a low bitrate but you can adjust as you want and try out some more. I used as a test High level 4 with a higher bitrate. Makes the files bigger but if you use the HDMI port to a big TV then you will see a huge difference.

Looks pretty good - thanks for the link. It also looks like you can select audio / video / both to encode, depending on what the source file is.