The Official HP TouchPad Thread

Hamster · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:04

steinooo said:
I'm really surprised more people don't seem to be using the kalemsoft media player which can handle avis without needing reencoding. Sounds much simpler than all this converting!

Are you talking about avi files which are stored on the touchpad or do you mean streaming from a pc?

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:08

steinooo said:
I'm really surprised more people don't seem to be using the kalemsoft media player which can handle avis without needing reencoding. Sounds much simpler than all this converting!

I actually prefer to re-encode into a resolution which will suit the screen perfectly. Added benefit of filesize reduction also.

steinooo · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:09

stored on the touchpad

Evilpaul · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:16

steinooo said:
I'm really surprised more people don't seem to be using the kalemsoft media player which can handle avis without needing reencoding. Sounds much simpler than all this converting!

Most of the MKVs and AVIs I have tried with the kalemsoft player have issues with audio de-synchronisation.

JIM_BOB7813 · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:25

fail at the internets said:
any reviews of the cheapy cases yet for the TouchPad?

Check precentral and XDA, there's a few suggestions and reviews there.

EdwardTeach · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:45

-BA- said:
I preferred Bhome to watch my movies. Quality was great. It streams them great from my NAS (Synology DS410). It's a bit of a PITA to have to convert them but I am only likely to do it with TV episodes and the odd movie that I might want to put on the TP when I go away. I put Toy Story 3 through Handbrake using the iPad profile and it looked awesome and played v. smooth on the TP streaming through Bhome.

just had a quick look at bhome. It can recognise my PC, but only seems to see avery limited selection of folders and files. What do I need to do to make them available/ visible to bhome?

Django x2 · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:46

Sin_Chase said:
I actually prefer to re-encode into a resolution which will suit the screen perfectly. Added benefit of filesize reduction also.

What resolution are you using? I took Miami Vice through Handbrake and used the ipda setting. Full screen it's a bit grainy and some parts are off the screen. Use the box setting and it's perfect but I have top and bottom borders

steinooo · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:46

Evilpaul said:
Most of the MKVs and AVIs I have tried with the kalemsoft player have issues with audio de-synchronisation.

oh right, glad you said that, I havn't forked out for it yet so thanks for the notification.

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:53

Lucero said:
What resolution are you using? I took Miami Vice through Handbrake and used the ipda setting. Full screen it's a bit grainy and some parts are off the screen. Use the box setting and it's perfect but I have top and bottom borders

I keep the aspect ratio. I HATE changed Aspect ratios and prefer bars to fullscreen with stretch and/or crop.

I set a 1024 width with Keep Resolution ticked and accept there will be some bars. Only 2 things I would change about the TP. 1 is that it had a proper 720p resolution screen and the other is that it had a microSD slot.

I really do not mind bars, especially compared to the stretched blurry mess that is changing aspect ratios.

Django x2 · 1 Sep 2011 at 20:06

Agreed, however my bars seemed very deep. I'll try your method too, thanks

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 20:22

My Settings:

Evilpaul · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:10

Sin Chase, you need to turn off large file support. The HP Touchpad runs a FAT32 file system, so it does not support files over 4GB in size.

Evilpaul · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:13

steinooo said:
oh right, glad you said that, I havn't forked out for it yet so thanks for the notification.

I'd try the beta version you can install with preware. I can only comment on the files I have tried, not all files that exist.

There is also the Touchplayer app that is also available via preware that can give different results.

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:13

50 Minutes was 500MB, I don't plan on needing to re-encode anything long enough to require more than 4 GB

steinooo · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:35

Evilpaul said:
I'd try the beta version you can install with preware. I can only comment on the files I have tried, not all files that exist.

There is also the Touchplayer app that is also available via preware that can give different results.

think I have done, my trial has expired in any case.

Evilpaul said:
Sin Chase, you need to turn off large file support. The HP Touchpad runs a FAT32 file system, so it does not support files over 4GB in size.

whoa. I did not know that!

lay-z-boy · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:55

Evilpaul said:
Sin Chase, you need to turn off large file support. The HP Touchpad runs a FAT32 file system, so it does not support files over 4GB in size.

Touchpad video player doesn't support files above 2GB either. A shame as the cpu in the TP supports high profile files, something the tegra 2 doesn't.

Amazed you guys are still plodding along with cpu encodes. I'm enjoying the 600+fps hardware encoding. On a laptop.

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 21:57

I would use CUDA if it could do it with decent quality. 110FPS CPU encodes is fast enough for me

As for file some limitations. Really is a non-issue. Just split your videos into parts and either playlist them if the player does not auto play the next file.

Greebo · 1 Sep 2011 at 22:06

Okay I give. After 2 hours and googling i can;t add my gf hotmail to the touchpad via pop or microsoft exchange. Help!

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2011 at 22:15

Open it in web browser over HTTPS and accept/install the certificate?

I could not use my own hosted IMAP over SSL before I accepted the cert via the web browser on HTTPS.

Django x2 · 1 Sep 2011 at 22:22

Why is my handbrake encoding in real time (if not slower)? Is there not a quicker way?

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