just blaze Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 So I'm just wondering what method everyone is using for playing any sort of videos from USB flashdrive or SD card. So far what I've found on the internet is using DivX converter and I use Clipconverter to grab some videos off Youtube. When I download from Clipconverter, I'm downloading them in 480p. Does that even matter? What other methods is anyone using and possibly getting better quality, using a different program, and what files are you converting them too etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldracer Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 I have a post on here somewhere about videos on my X950BH model and what software I use and the settings for the video size, frame rate, etc. I use Handbrake and make different versions and then save the one that works as a template to use over and over. I did find that there were differences in my X940 and X950 so I would imagine some testing will be in order to find out what works. For example, my X940 would do some on the fly changes to screen resolution where the X950 wanted the video to be exact? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drenyce311 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 same here I use HANDBRAKE also. Love that app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lostime Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Handbrake here also. Most of my ripped DVDs are "same as source" resolution at 1500bps. (around 1GB each) all are mp4s. I've played from both USB ports with thumb drives and the micro card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Handbrake works. Beware that if you have high-bit-rate encoded video it may not play. Note that the head unit itself has relatively low resolution, so that's wasted anyway in terms of quality -- but if you have pre-existing MP4s some may not work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drenyce311 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Handbrake works. Beware that if you have high-bit-rate encoded video it may not play. Note that the head unit itself has relatively low resolution, so that's wasted anyway in terms of quality -- but if you have pre-existing MP4s some may not work. true and untrue. HD movies look great on the 8000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lostime Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I rip my movies to be played on anything I would watch them on. With an iPod or the Nex, yes, a lot of the quality is wasted. But that movie can also be played on a tv and look decent so I don't mind the large file sizes with flash memory as cheap as it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lostime Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Handbrake works. Beware that if you have high-bit-rate encoded video it may not play. Note that the head unit itself has relatively low resolution, so that's wasted anyway in terms of quality -- but if you have pre-existing MP4s some may not work. 1500 is a good number but I wouldn't go over 2500. That's where iPods are capped so the Nex is probably somewhere around there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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