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Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: ninsei on August 04, 2004, 11:26:46 am

Hi.  Dr. Z Video seems to work best but it's still choppy.  using mencoder to convert to divx.  anybody have any other solutions?

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: arniel on August 05, 2004, 07:15:49 am

Had good results converting videos to play under SL-5500 using the following options:
scale to 320x240 or 320x180 for widescreen
16.6fps (25/3*2) for PAL, 15fps for NTSC (Z screen is slow enough updating that this looks smooth)
Audio in ogg format, stereo, 56kbps.
video divx 5.1.1, 400kbps, psychovisual enhancements on etc.

Have you tried mplayer -hardframedrop -quiet, after exiting Opie?

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: ninsei on August 06, 2004, 04:24:48 pm

how did you get the video to be encoded with ogg.  when i tried that, mplayer said ogg detected then couldnt find a sound codec.  which vers of mplayer do you use?

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: arniel on August 10, 2004, 05:11:49 am

Have you got the ogg libraries installed on your Z?  I think it's called tremor, or something like that...
Sorry I'm a bit vague, don't have my Z with me to confirm...

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: craigtyson on August 14, 2004, 03:51:51 pm

Having bought Dr Z then compared it to OP2 I now use OP2 to play video.  There is less chop although you do need a 8MB swap file on a standard Sharp ROM (or TKC)  Im now using the OZ ROM with a bigger memory split and spend most mornings watching a DVD on my way into work on the train.

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: dansawyer on August 14, 2004, 06:19:31 pm

mp3 files take about a megabyte per minute. What is it for vidio??

Title: anybody get DVDs to play on a 5500?
Post by: arniel on August 16, 2004, 06:51:35 am

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mp3 files take about a megabyte per minute. What is it for vidio??

Depends entirely on the bitrate you use... I've had reasonable results with 400kbps as the Z's screen is pretty washed out anyway.  Adding 56kbps Ogg format sound brings it to about 3meg/minute.