PocketDivX for DummieS

Okay, based from two friggin' days of experience (Hours and hours of encoding and converting long movies), I have found a very easy way to convert video files using PocketDivX Encoder.

The end product of this tutorial is that you can watch proportioned video (no stretching and things like those.. you can still stretch them if you want to) on your Meizu M6 with less (or without in my case) any AV Synch or FForward problems.

Steps:

1) Okay, first of all, fire up your PocketDivX Encoder (It's an independent file which means that you can bring it anywhere with you using your USB flash disk or your Meizu miniplayer to encode movies using other computers) Don't input any file just yet

2) Click Advanced options



Click the Device image



Select Archos



then select the 2nd one




3) Input your file (Specify your output if you want to.. else save the encoded file in the same folder as the original)

4) Load the settings provided (Download attachment)

5) **Very Important** Make sure that the output filename has the suffix Archos.avi
If you've followed up to this point and your output filename suffix is PocketPC.avi, then you're screwed! Output filename suffix doesn't mean anything (you can just change them if you want to) I just used it as an illustration to guide you through the process.



6) Then you're done! Encode the file and copy it to your Meizu afterwards


I hope this helped a lot of people who's still trying to figure out the best way to encode videos with the proportions preserved.


Download PocketDivXEncoder:
http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/exe...der_0.3.92.exe

Download settings:
http://uploaded.to/?id=yzg6dq

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Will try once downloaded! Thanks sdyulolo and /\/\@D/\/\@/\/!

No worries! Do give us your update!

thank's i'll try!

so , a 20 min episode of futurama , how big would it be?? is it smaller than 20 meg ( 1 meg a min )

thank you very much but thumbnails are not full image resizable.
and
can this program convert the video with rotate 90 degree??
or
is this action(rotating the video) necessary?

thanks for the program

Originally Posted by lite

so , a 20 min episode of futurama , how big would it be?? is it smaller than 20 meg ( 1 meg a min )

All my converted anime films are about 50-75mb (22min)

Originally Posted by ahmedov

thank you very much but thumbnails are not full image resizable.
and
can this program convert the video with rotate 90 degree??
or
is this action(rotating the video) necessary?

Thumbnails now enlarged. It will already be rotated 90 degrees after conversion.

hmm.. it doesn't seem to be working for me. the converted video won't play on my m6. i'll try and see if other options would work.

by the way, you specified that the second one in Archos should be chosen. but your screenshot shows the THIRD one. i tried both and neither worked on my m6.

Originally Posted by glacier

hmm.. it doesn't seem to be working for me. the converted video won't play on my m6. i'll try and see if other options would work.

by the way, you specified that the second one in Archos should be chosen. but your screenshot shows the THIRD one. i tried both and neither worked on my m6.

Lahat na naconvert ko na videos are working.. Pero kung ok lang po sa inyo na i-stretch ang video, gawin mo lang to:

For everyone who don't mind stretching the videos to fit in your Meizu, easier process comes into action. Just follow these steps:

1) Open your PocketDivX program
2) Load the video you want to convert
3) Load the settings provided
4) Click Resize



then click Maximize video



5) Then encode it!

Originally Posted by sdyulolo

Lahat na naconvert ko na videos are working.. Pero kung ok lang po sa inyo na i-stretch ang video, gawin mo lang to:

For everyone who don't mind stretching the videos to fit in your Meizu, easier process comes into action. Just follow these steps:

1) Open your PocketDivX program
2) Load the video you want to convert
3) Load the settings provided
4) Click Resize then click Maximize video
5) Then encode it!

er.. sorry, but where is the resize option? so if i were to follow this alternative method, i no longer need to choose any specific player?

Originally Posted by glacier

er.. sorry, but where is the resize option? so if i were to follow this alternative method, i no longer need to choose any specific player?

You're absolutely right! The procedures I posted are only for perfectionists like me. I like watching videos with no AV Synch or FF problem, and is proportioned to the original video. If there's something wrong about any one of these, i'll encode them again even if it takes a week or it doesn't stay in my meizu.

Resize option is found under Output Options (Avi File)

I'm still testing and debugging several methods for flawless encoding using PocketDivX, so guys.. stay tuned.

I tried to download and run PocketDivX from your link, and the text is all garbled, any idea why? I tried downloading a newer version from another source; it looks ok, but the videos won't play.

Originally Posted by goodjob

I tried to download and run PocketDivX from your link, and the text is all garbled, any idea why? I tried downloading a newer version from another source; it looks ok, but the videos won't play.

You mean the language isn't english? If the first instructions are no good then you might wanna try the 2nd one (the one where you have to stretch ur vidz to 320 x 240). If you have downloaded a newer version, I think it's ok but download the Profile Settings provided in this forum then load it from PocketDivX Encoder before encoding vid files

guys i'm not able to use pocketdivx anymore

i mean at the end of the encoding i always get an error and the output file is 0kb

nothing changed from yesterday, when everything was running smoothly

do you have any suggestions?
many thanks

Originally Posted by sdyulolo

You mean the language isn't english? If the first instructions are no good then you might wanna try the 2nd one (the one where you have to stretch ur vidz to 320 x 240). If you have downloaded a newer version, I think it's ok but download the Profile Settings provided in this forum then load it from PocketDivX Encoder before encoding vid files

sdyulolo, you may be right; it must be in some other language (unlike the illustrations) that my computer does not have ths character set for. Anyone have an English version I can use?

Not tried any video yet, but an English version is here:

http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/

Originally Posted by PeSa

guys i'm not able to use pocketdivx anymore

i mean at the end of the encoding i always get an error and the output file is 0kb

nothing changed from yesterday, when everything was running smoothly

do you have any suggestions?
many thanks

Common problems amongst Video Ecnoders (in general) is that the codec gets corrupted which I don't know why. Try Re-installing K-lite Codec pack and try again (This works for me).

Originally Posted by goodjob

sdyulolo, you may be right; it must be in some other language (unlike the illustrations) that my computer does not have ths character set for. Anyone have an English version I can use?

Try link at the first page, it still works (It's already a translated version - English).