[MacDV] Video conversion suggestions for iPad2

[Gregg Gorrie]

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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