Smokeduv

Post your configuration with the program you use to convert videos to the c260, i want to see what is the best quality you can achieve, because i think the convertion tool that comes with the teclast is not that good if you use it in default configuration. If you compare the demo videos in the c280, they look very sharp and overall, is very good quality, but if you convert a dvd, it won't be that good, you can see some pixelation.

Post your best configuration and if you use a diferent program, say it!!

hello_mp3

Here is vidrop: http://skss.freehostia.com/go....oks...53-install.exe

DaremoS

Best configuration should be at 24 fps reducing video bitrate to get it in-synch with audio. I should start with video bitrate of 500 going down if sound is out-of-synch.
Anyway you can get parameters of demo video using a tool like G-Spot or MediaInfo.

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suwp

I use Linux, so I needed to know what the video properties of the Windows conversion program were.

Boy, was I ever surprised when I saw that they used mplayer/mencoder internally, which was originally written for Linux, and was what I was going to use anyway.

Also, mplayer/mencoder is by far the best conversion utility out there.

The problem is that the C260 seems extremely picky about the video file properties. It really isn't too flexible.

Anyway, to get the information I needed, I traced their Windows program under Linux, and here is the command as it was passed to mencoder:

mencoder -noodml in.mpeg -of avi -o ~/out.avi -ofps 24 -vf-add scale=320:240 -vf-add expand=320:240:-1:-1:1 -srate 44100 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=500:max_bframes=0:quant_type=h263:me_quali ty=4 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=128

So there you have it, the exact specs for what they want in a video stream. It was fun figuring this out on the ridiculously long plane flight from Taipei, where I bought the thing!