Showing posts with label Video Encoding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video Encoding. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Howto: Encode Video for the Android G1 with Avidemux using Windows/Ubuntu/Linux/MacOSX

Well I searched all over for a solution on encoding video on the G1, everything I ran across was for the windows platform which I really dont care for any more since im a Ubuntu Guru, see ubuntu-unleashed.com
Within a debian/ubuntu distro simply:
apt-get install avidemux
Or For other linux distro's, Windows, MacOSX click here for Avidemux for your specific os

Open any video you want to encode for you G1 Via "Open"

Video Configuration:
Anyways Install Avidemux, then click on the video dropdown on the left and select MPEG-4 ASP (lavc)
Then Click Configure->Encoding Mode->Single Pass - Bitrate
Enter in any bitrate up to 384 to be safe, then click ok.
Now click Filters->MPlayer Resize->Double Click on it->
Width:480
Height:270
Click Ok, then close.

Audio Configuration:
Ok I heard that mp3/lame worked but i tried and it failed with the "Video Player" app, so what works is this:
Click Audio->AAC (FAAC)
Configure->Bitrate 96

Now Click Format->MP4

Click Save and specify a name.mp4 for your video, then once its done encoding, plug in your G1 via USB and transfer the video to your G1, I made a folder called "Videos", the name doesn't matter.

Anyways I hope this works for you, I would suggest downloading a sample xvid video and experimenting, let me know how things go!