Recently I have been trying to put some movies/tv shows on my Storm 9530 and I am wondering what is the best video format for the Storm to play a nice fluid and clear playback.
I have been putting .avi files on the media card and it all works well and sounds great, but the video is very slightly choppy (but doesn't stall or buffer). I would like to see a nice stream like I would watch on my iPod.
Is there any good websites to download shows like Dexter, True Blood, or movies for that fact (free would be nice too)? Thanks in advance to all the help.
^^^ Totally agree with Tanner, when space is not a concern I'll use HandBrake and convert a DVD to H.264, looks and sounds fantastic (using stereo Bluetooth headphones) ...
Also, in HandBrake, start with the iPhone setting to get the Basic settings up but then go to Screen Size and manually change it to 480x360 to get full-screen on the Storm. It will take your PC longer to render the video with this setting but it is well worth it to get full-screen.
I like H.264, as it provides good video quality with relatively small file sizes. On the small 480x360 screen of the Storm, you can get away with a bitrate of 600 withouth sacrificing quality. At higher bitrates, I find MPEG yields the sharpest video, but this results in large files.
After trying different options I found that the media manager by roxio included with your storm works beat in terms of Quality. It converts any video format to MP4s with the optimal settings for your Storm. It even allows you to fit your video to the screen.
All that with almost no quality loss as opposed to other mobile device format. The downpoint is that its doing rather large files compared to other file types.
But I'd rather have quality than quantity.
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