Prefered video format for the Fascinate?

[worwig]

I moved from a WinMo phone. I had a number of movies that I ripped from my DVDs years ago that were in WMV format. When I ripped them, I used 320x240, 20fps, 186kbps for the video. This resulted in a file size that was about 200 to 400MB. (this was back when I had a 4GB card.)
These work just fine, But it obviously does not do the Fascinate screen justise. Plus I now have the 16GB card.

Most of these DVDs I have also ripped for my PC. Those are AVI format, around 720x400, 29fps, 242kbps. These often end up around 0.7 to 1.7GB in size.

Right now, I am carrying my PC versions around. The issue is, they not only eat up a lot of memroy card space, but the tend to take a lot of processing power.

So, if I re-rip these DVDs, what does everyone suggest for the best balance between saving space and having a quality video? I have burned a lot of hours trying to rip different formats that are usually too large or won't play.

Right now, I'm thinking of redoing them as WMV, only at a higher resolution.

 

[jnewell]

I haven't thought about it a lot, but I was ripping DVDs for my iPod Touch as mp4s. The software had a preset for the relevant Touch/iPhone size, and it turns out to be the same size as the preset for generic Android phones. The files play well on the Fascinate and run in the range of ~.5GB for a one hour video. I can try to get back to you with more detailed specs if that would be useful, but I don't have the exact info here.

 

[worwig]

I haven't thought about it a lot, but I was ripping DVDs for my iPod Touch as mp4s. The software had a preset for the relevant Touch/iPhone size, and it turns out to be the same size as the preset for generic Android phones. The files play well on the Fascinate and run in the range of ~.5GB for a one hour video. I can try to get back to you with more detailed specs if that would be useful, but I don't have the exact info here.

Yes please. If you can look at the file format properties.

 

[fluffhead14]

i download my videos off of bittorent. just get the highest quality divx you can find. about a gig for a movie and there is no converting. quality is great. love to watch HD television shows on my fascinate.

 

[jnewell]

I'm ripping to 480x320, mp4 format. It looks great on my iPod Touch, Fascinate and Droid X. File size is going to depend on a lot of variables, but as I said earlier I seem to be getting ~ .5-.7 gig/hour.