iPad divx conversion

dubcat

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Hi guys, I am typing this from the first apple product I have ever owned, an iPad. Am absolutely loving it so far. I was wondering if you could tell me what the best free software preferably but not necessarily is for converting divx to a resolution and format suitable for the iPad. I will be doing the conversion on a windows 7 pc. I have 64 bit so if it can take advantage of that then all the better.

Hope you can help.

Dub
 
There's quite a few divx/xvix to mp4/ipad converters. I'm not too familiar with PC software, but I believe Videora is a popular option.

You could also stream it with Air Video which should do the conversion on the fly for you.
 
Handbrake.

Use the Apple presets; not sure to be honest which will be best but I have a feeling that you use Apple Universal with detelecine & denoise set to default under Picture Settings and your good to go.

Been reading the handbrake forum and one particular guy has it nailed down, this produces a good rip for viewing on PC and iPhone but maintains quality, much like the iTunes movie purchases.
 
Air video is good, there's a universal app for the iPad and iPhone. No need to mess about with converting, though the app can pre convert. Works on wifi and 3g.

You do need a fairly good CPU to convert on the fly. You can choose videos to convert remotely with the app so if you fancy something that's not converted you can do it from the phone.
 
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I read about Air Video but I want to watch movies on the train and in hotel rooms etc. So i'll need them on my ipad. So, handbrake it is i guess. Thanks guys.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Air video is good, there's a universal app for the iPad and iPhone. No need to mess about with converting, though the app can pre convert. Works on wifi and 3g.

You do need a fairly good CPU to convert on the fly. You can choose videos to convert remotely with the app so if you fancy something that's not converted you can do it from the phone.
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Actually I have a 1.66 core duo doing my on the fly transcoding and it's just fine for playback, slow to seek but no skipping or anything...
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
That's quite good. It took my quad to about 50% usage, hence why I said. Is the computer still usable though?
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Well, it keeps downloading stuff in the background just fine I guess, I mean it pushes the load average pretty high but it's only doing it when I'm watching something and somewhat by definition I'm not at my machine when I am. It's not used for much else anyway, it downloads stuff, serves files, transcodes video...
 
Really like handbrake in general. However I noticed it going out of sync on the audio a few times. Anyone else had this issue?
 
I've always had good results with MediaCoder and since they have added nVidia CUDA support the transcoding flies.
 
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