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asmielia
09-19-2007, 10:49 AM
Hi,
I've tried about half a dozen video converters, but Videora's is definitely my favourite. I'm having a problem though. I can't actually get any of my videos onto the iPhone without further conversion in iTunes by right clicking on the file and selecting "convert video to ipod format".

I think the problem is related to the resolution of the video file. The conversion process done by videora is definitely downsizing the video, but when I view the video details in itunes or another program called gSpot, it reports the video resolution as unchanged from the original (e.g. 960x544 or 1280x720). iTunes will play the file, but it refuses to sync with the iPhone cause it thinks the resolution is too high.

This makes no sense though, cause the file size is definitely reduced from the original, and the video definitely appears as lower quality. I've tried VGA and 480x320. Both have the same problem. I've mostly tested h.264 but one mp4 conversion had the same problem.

Any ideas?

Adrian

asmielia
09-20-2007, 10:35 AM
Upgrading to 3.0.4 definitely solved some of my problems. The videos at least upload into the phone now.

There are some bugs I've noticed though:
-The video encoder settings have become global. If I change presets from the drop down it doesn't change any of the fields.
-Certain settings should be moved to global settings (e.g. number of threads used for encoding)
-4:3 aspect ratio videos still showing multi coloured garbage on the right side of the video on the iphone.
-closing the program keeps the encoding process running the background, no way to stop it without killing the process.

And the ability to pause/resume encoding would be awesome, as would the saving of queued lists to resume later.

Apart from that, it's a sweet encoding program, keep up the good work.

Adrian