- Not sure if anyone would be interested, or if I am allowed to talk about torrents and stuff like that here, but......
I was not really happy with watching XviD (.avi) files on my PB, knowing it was capable of so much more,and attempting to convert some of my high definition movies into a usable format turned out to be a long drawn out hassle.
I went in search of a source for high resolution files that, "just work".
.....and to my surprise I only found one.
There is an uploader on the pirate bay that goes by the name of "Holyroses" that seems to specialize in MP4 (.m4v) flicks.
A simple search for "720p-HR" will bring up a huge list of great movies, that work flawlessly and most even come with (.srt) subtitle files.Last edited by onceyougoblackyounevergoback; 01-02-12 at 11:33 PM.
01-02-12 09:53 PMLike 5 - I find it worth it to get the high quality .MKV's (of the blue-ray's i own of course), then I can encode them for my tv and for mobile. takes longer but for my mac i have the turbo h264 usb stick so its fast now. its a usb stick with a very special chip inside that does the h264 encoding. best part is the computer doesn't slow down at all when its working.01-02-12 11:45 PMLike 0
- I find it worth it to get the high quality .MKV's (of the blue-ray's i own of course), then I can encode them for my tv and for mobile. takes longer but for my mac i have the turbo h264 usb stick so its fast now. its a usb stick with a very special chip inside that does the h264 encoding. best part is the computer doesn't slow down at all when its working.
I've never tried converting a Bluray, but I do have a BD drive and AnyDvd HD.01-03-12 12:43 AMLike 0 - i have the turbo h264 usb stick so its fast now. its a usb stick with a very special chip inside that does the h264 encoding. best part is the computer doesn't slow down at all when its working.mkskud likes this.01-03-12 09:18 PMLike 1
- i scale to 720p, for my library, usually around a 5000 bit rate. i do both a surround audio track and a stereo track (for playbook). i find that works well for file size, quality on my TV and its great on the playbook as well. i find higher than 5000 to be a higher drain on the battery.01-03-12 09:33 PMLike 0
- Wow, I have heard of people using a CUDA driven nvidia graphics card to encode video, but never a magic usb stick! I'm going to have to check this out. Was it expensive? I'm a Linux kind of guy, but do you think it would it work with an inferior OS like Windows?01-03-12 09:35 PMLike 0
- Elgato�s Turbo 264 USB STICK-It seems to be a Mac thing aimed at ipod / ipad users. That is one cool piece of hardware, and it looks like the chip will be standard issue for future Mac motherboards. Claims to increase encoding speeds by 2-4 times while partially relieving CPU strain. Found one for windows, and Linux aimed at digital photographers,but at twice the price! For $250 , ill let others do the dirty work, however; very exciting.01-03-12 10:31 PMLike 0
- Hey! i dont care about if it will work on my PlayBook or not, i just download the higher res movie i can find, if the format is not supported (Video, audio or whatever else) on the PlayBook i use Avidemux which is free, to convert it to the right format. Very handy tool01-04-12 02:43 PMLike 0
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Crystal, Clear and Crisp, on the PB, though.CanadianThomas likes this.01-04-12 03:55 PMLike 1 -
Takes longer to transfer the file to my PB, than to download the file.01-04-12 04:00 PMLike 0 - Oh well, my laptop only takes around 20~30 mins to convert a movie (Length 1:40:00 +), its a pretty common machine. Anyways, thats one solution :P but with that DL just download anything thats not AC3 and it'll work01-04-12 10:17 PMLike 0
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If you have a laptop that can convert 1080p in 20-30 minutes you have by far, the fastest laptop on the planet!01-05-12 12:35 AMLike 0 - I can't recall what tool(s) I used about two weeks ago. Converting mkv to mp4 but after a certain point in the movie, the sound was gone. I need something a bit more fullproof.01-05-12 09:24 AMLike 0
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- Not sure if anyone would be interested, or if I am allowed to talk about torrents and stuff like that here, but......
I was not really happy with watching XviD (.avi) files on my PB, knowing it was capable of so much more,and attempting to convert some of my high definition movies into a usable format turned out to be a long drawn out hassle.
I went in search of a source for high resolution files that, "just work".
.....and to my surprise I only found one.
There is an uploader on the pirate bay that goes by the name of "Holyroses" that seems to specialize in MP4 (.m4v) flicks.
A simple search for "720p-HR" will bring up a huge list of great movies, that work flawlessly and most even come with (.srt) subtitle files.01-05-12 05:08 PMLike 0 - 01-07-12 06:38 PMLike 0
- You can get all sorts of formats from pirate sites. Make sure you choose DVDRip and/or BRRip in the torrent names, and the main video file is either .avi or .mp4. If you get a .mkv or a .flv, you can convert it using a free desktop converter (search the forum for Handbrake, or the web for video converter). Avoid other formats.01-07-12 06:56 PMLike 0
- i scale to 720p, for my library, usually around a 5000 bit rate. i do both a surround audio track and a stereo track (for playbook). i find that works well for file size, quality on my TV and its great on the playbook as well. i find higher than 5000 to be a higher drain on the battery.01-07-12 07:00 PMLike 0
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