Video Out - what can it do?

[designerdrug]

I have a program that converts movie files (*.mpg, *.avi, and some others) to a *.3gp file with flawless quality. Watched James bond and Batman on my phone the other day, but I wanted to get the cable, just was unsure of the quality.... When watching videos through Video-Out, what kind of quality do you get?

[stanglifemike]

Originally Posted by designerdrug

I have a program that converts movie files (*.mpg, *.avi, and some others) to a *.3gp file with flawless quality. Watched James bond and Batman on my phone the other day, but I wanted to get the cable, just was unsure of the quality.... When watching videos through Video-Out, what kind of quality do you get?

I wanted to know the same thing about quality with movies, as this is one of the main reasons that I want the cable.
Also, what program are you using to convert to .3gp? And is that the bet format for the TP?

[Baffles]

Originally Posted by Decidion

Thanks for the info. I guess what confused me is that is specifically states in the manual that came in the box from Sprint...

"The Video Out feature cannot be used with Sprint TV."

and

"When you plug in the Video Out cable accessory to your device, you will not be able to play music files from the TouchFLO 3D Sprint Music tab."

Unless you mod it, you won't get the music tab from TF3D in landscape mode (which is pushed on you when you plug in video out). However other audio players can play just fine.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Baffles

Unless you mod it, you won't get the music tab from TF3D in landscape mode .

True, but if you open the music app before plugging in the cable it works just fine.


~John

[designerdrug]

Originally Posted by stanglifemike

I wanted to know the same thing about quality with movies, as this is one of the main reasons that I want the cable.
Also, what program are you using to convert to .3gp? And is that the bet format for the TP?

I don't know if it's the best format, but I know that I've been using this since I had my i870 and the quality has always been dope. I used to watch music videos on there... my only problem is I don't know how it will look on the a TV screen with Video out.

Here is the link to the program. Real easy to use... drag'n'drop after you select the output folder. And I didn't install it, I just opened up the .exe file after I extracted the rar and it worked.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IKE2151Q

I just kept the link, I got it from NextelModz.com so I'm not taking credit for it, but I haven't been on that site in so long that I'm not sure who to give it to. But yeah, like I said... it works out really well, if you need any questions, hit me up on here or on aim.

[stanglifemike]

Cool, thanks man!!

[Decidion]

Originally Posted by designerdrug

I have a program that converts movie files (*.mpg, *.avi, and some others) to a *.3gp file with flawless quality. Watched James bond and Batman on my phone the other day, but I wanted to get the cable, just was unsure of the quality.... When watching videos through Video-Out, what kind of quality do you get?

Well in order to create a movie file that the TP can actually play smoothly (or even at all), you are going to have to limit the resolution to 640x480. Now I don't have a cable yet to speak from experience, but in other situations where I have seen video scaled up, you loose a lot of the quality fairly quickly. So I wouldn't have much in the way of expectations for TV out video.

On the other hand, browsing the web or reading email should be pretty good, I would think.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Decidion

Well in order to create a movie file that the TP can actually play smoothly (or even at all), you are going to have to limit the resolution to 640x480.

Actually, if you really want it to play perfectly smooth on the TP with its horrible video drivers you need to limit the resolution to half that & let it scale up to fit the screen.

~John

[Decidion]

I use SPB Mobile DVD and create 640x480 movies that I play with TCPMP at 25 FPS very nicely (using the best quality setting too)...no scaling necessary and everything plays very smoothly. The detail is excellent on the TP screen and sound is as good as any MP3.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Decidion

I use SPB Mobile DVD and create 640x480 movies that I play with TCPMP at 25 FPS very nicely (using the best quality setting too)....

I use SPB Mobile DVD also & you'll find the playback is noticeably smoother if you cut the resolution in 1/2.

I got the idea of trying that lowering of the res from a VERY long thread here about movie playback on the TouchPro. I thought the playback was perfect at 640x480 also until I realized it was even better if you cut it in half.

~John