Comments on: Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:12:03 +0000

This was SO helpful! Thank you for taking the time to mess with the settings and come up with something that works. My initial tests with this on the OSX side of things have worked perfectly. I’m actually syncing video created using this method through an itunes playlist using Salling Media Sync. Check it out if you want a seamless experience for your phone but don’t want to ditch iTunes.

By: Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:23:05 +0000

I'll be giving that a try next time I'm converting a video.
Thanks for the tip

By: Just Vervaart

Just Vervaart — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:38:33 +0000

When encoding 16:9 content (ratio 1.81) to the Hero (ratio 1.5) an crop of 24 pixels left and 24 pixels right gives you a nice fullscreen video

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By: smortv

smortv — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:17:35 +0000

I'm glad it was helpful Ben, I had the same results with CABAC for other applications as well. Various settings I tested didn't have a significant effect, but CABAC was a guaranteed way to get no video playback.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:24:48 +0000

Thanks Sam, great post.

I'm using avidemux instead of handbrake, and managed a rough translation from your settings, which resulted in the first video that's played properly on my hero

In avidemux, you need:
- video: x264
config: uncheck Motion & Misc -> CABAC (this was the key!)
filters: mplayer resize (480×320/272), resample fps (24.000)
- audio: AAC, defaults
- format: MP4 (and my hero seems to need a .mp4 file extension too)

That's it
Unticking CABAC makes the difference between a black screen and having a picture.

Cheers,

By: Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:45:08 +0000

Thanks Chris, I’m glad to hear you found it helpful. I also started with Adobe Media Encoder, but gave up after some trial and error. Handbrake seems to be much more in touch with the specific parameters of the x264 codec, than Media Encoder.

By: Chris S

Chris S — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:12:00 +0000

Hi,
GREAT tutorial, I’ve been fighting with Adobe Media Encoder to get this result.
I am using HandBrake 9.4 and the interface was a little different. I was able to find all the settings you have up above, and they did work with an exception – I had to set the height to 0 (Max Width) with the width set to 480. Otherwise I was getting a black screen with audio. Also, I’m not sure why it’s different now… when I started I was getting .mp4 files, which also didn’t work, now I am getting m4v’s which seem to work fine on my Telus Hero.
After starting over quite a few times I found it easiest to click iPhone & iPod Touch and then change the settings to match what you have above. Starting from scratch didn’t work for me at all.
Thanks so much for this!

By: Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:00:24 +0000

@John Nunley I just upgraded as well and was unhappy about all my presets being lost. However, I was able to create a new Hero profile. Although a few of the options look different, I managed to use the same settings as before and my videos still work fine. Try using my settings above and it should play fine, or perhaps just compare the updated iPod Touch profile to what I use above.

By: John Nunley

John Nunley — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:49:37 +0000

I had used the default Iphone Ipod Touch settings prior to the 64 bit upgrade. After the upgrade I find my Droid Eris unable to play the default settings. I’ve been running the files through Double Twist to encrypt since but it takes a long time. I wish they hadn’t changed the default settings.