[MacDV] Video conversion suggestions for iPad2

[Conlon Brett]

Thanks for the suggestion Greg. I've had a play with "iPad Converter" and am reasonably happy with the features, however, I'm getting a terrible audio-synch problem. The timing is sometimes out by a second or two. There's a feature under the Troubleshooting menu called "A/V Synch Fix #1" but I just can't figure out how to use it. There's no execute/start/go type button in that window and when you go back to the other menus (like the create window) it seems to ignore the settings you chose in there (eg. also setting it to create a 60 second test video).

So, it's promising but I really can't use it in its current state.


What I do like about it is that it seems to have the ability to set both auto and manual settings for most video/audio functions, like leaving the resolution as "Auto" and aspect ratio as "Original" meaning I can fix some properties and leave others just as they are. MPEG Streamclip doesn't have these automated options so if you're batching mixed format files, it may get messy.

When I have more time I may email the developer for suggestions on my audio probs.

BTW, I'd call it adWare. The thing is FULL of advertisements. You'd swear it's an internet page. At first I had troubles seeing the application buttons from the ads - initially very distracting and confusing. But you can't argue for a freeby!

Cheers,

Cojcolds


On 30/09/2011, at 5:28 PM, Gregg Gorrie wrote:

> Hey Brett:
> 
> Just did a quick Google search and found this. Haven't used it (as I don't
> have an iPad - yet!) but it's free and looks like it's targeted towards what
> you're trying to do. Let us know what the quality is like if you get a
> chance to try it out.
> 
> <http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPad/download.php>
> 
> -- 
> Gregg
> 
> 
>> From: Conlon Brett <brettnlis at bigpond.com>
>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh."
>> <macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:15:55 +1000
>> To: DV <macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: [MacDV] Video conversion suggestions for iPad2
>> 
>> Hiya,
>> 
>> Here's a legitimate question to drown out all the recent SPAM flooding the
>> forum. :)
>> 
>> I'm looking for your suggestions on what are some good settings I should use
>> when converting my recordings to video files for watching on my iPad.
>> 
>> Here's some facts:
>> 
>> The recorder is a PVR (Topfield 2400) and it captures video streams as raw
>> files (no conversions).
>> 
>> I clean them up in MPEG Streamclip (Start/finish/ads) and then save them as TS
>> so that there is no re-encoding of files. I can then watch these on my telly
>> through my Topfield.
>> 
>> Now I want to convert a bunch of them to view on my iPad2.
>> 
>> I've tried HandBrake but the video files show all sort of wierdness then seem
>> to lock up the Video app on the iPad, then it unexpectedly quits.
>> 
>> I've tried using MPEG Streamclip and the results are pretty good but the file
>> sizes are sometimes twice as big as the original.
>> 
>> For example, a 2 minute test sample I'm playing with is about 50MB as a .ts
>> file. When I process it as a Quicktime file with the following settings it
>> becomes 91MB:
>> Quality = 70%
>> Compression = H.264
>> Sound = MPEG-4 AAC (192kbps)
>> Frame Size = 1024x576 (16:9)
>> Deinterlace = ON
>> 
>> If the quality is set to 50% (the default value) the file size is 40MB but the
>> video quality is distractingly poor in detailed or fast-moving scenes.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any good suggestions or even alternative (Mac) solutions for
>> easily/quickly converting video files for their iPad.
>> 
>> Do any of the Roxio products work well for their cost?
>> 
>> Thanks a bunch!
>> 
>> Cojcolds
>> 
>> BTW, is there a good short file out there that can be downloaded which is good
>> for encoding testing, ie. it has some motion, fine detail, gradual gradients
>> etc?
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