Hi can any one help me ive just been givin a sony nwz-a818 as abirthday present an am trying to convert a movie to mp4 but everyone i ask cant guarentee it will go onto this device (they all seem to be dedicated to ipod, psp, creative etc ive searched the internet and found allsorts, but dont want to purchase one unless i know for sure, someone mentioned the new nero 8 but then back tracked and said it wouldnt......help, apologies for my stupidity!
Originally posted by boozybum: Hi can any one help me ive just been givin a sony nwz-a818 as abirthday present an am trying to convert a movie to mp4 but everyone i ask cant guarentee it will go onto this device (they all seem to be dedicated to ipod, psp, creative etc ive searched the internet and found allsorts, but dont want to purchase one unless i know for sure, someone mentioned the new nero 8 but then back tracked and said it wouldnt......help, apologies for my stupidity!
I'm not so sure that will do it.
there are quite a few mp4 converters which are free..
internet video converter (ivc) is one which I have experimented with, though TBH I prefer running ffmpeg from the command line for more control.
Quote:Based on several other reviewers comments and a couple of emails i have received it seems that several users are having trouble playing and/or transferring videos onto the player. So for the benefit of everyone i'd try to explain the process.
For playing videos there are 3 important aspects
1. This player can only play videos in MP4 format (sony's "memory stick" video format) which has 2 varieties MPEG4 and AVC. Max bitrate for MPEG4 supported is 2.5 MBPS and for AVC 750 KBPS.
2. The player can only play video with maximum video size of 320x240, anything larger than this size will not be played.
3. Videos needs to be copied in video folder on player.
I find Nero Recode 2 (included with NERO 7 Ultra) to be an ideal SW for converting videos into MP4 format as it gives options for manipulating video size and audio range and also extracting parts of videos.
I use the following settings for video conversion
AVC format (portable) with 320x240 video size and 500 KBPS bitrate and i use very high audio settings (to keep audio low on player).
I hope this information helps users. Feel free to seek more help.
Which gives me all the clues I need to set up ffmpeg for this device. You can make a custom profile for IVC to do just that.
Avidemux will also work, but will need a fair bit of setting and tweaking to get everything just right.
