iPad support

[kdlittle88]

Hello,

I've been searching for this via Google and these forums but have not seen the answer. I'm not that savvy on video so I apologize if this is obvious. I know that the iPad is going to be 1024x768 in resolution. I have one on the way and have several movies that I would like to watch on it, but am unsure as to what settings I should be converting the dvds to. Since there currently is no preset for iPad, is there a suggested manual setting that anyone would suggest? I thought of using 1024x768 as a manual added setting, but that would seem to make the resultant file humongous, not to mention possible other problems. If I render it in another resolution, and then want to view it full screen, does it suffer from any "stretching" if I have it at another resolution, like say 640x480 or similar? Again, sorry if this answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it for a few days now.

Thanks

[GregiBoy]

The only way to do this is try it yourself as I have not seen any iPad queries on the forum before.

[billbell52]

I have experimented with other players and find that making the movie 50% and then running it at 2X works best. On smaller players I can hardly tell the difference. Use mp4 512 x XXX, 20 frames/sec and 500-800 kbps to start. This should give a file size 600Mb.

Also heard they are coming out with a 12" screen version called the Max-iPad. Sorry, could not help myself. I hate the name iPad.

[90312]

Here are the specs, looks like the iPod Touch profile will work fine for this.

H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

[kdlittle88]

Excellent help, thank you both very much!

[bluesfreak]

Hello,

I've been searching for this via Google and these forums but have not seen the answer. I'm not that savvy on video so I apologize if this is obvious. I know that the iPad is going to be 1024x768 in resolution. I have one on the way and have several movies that I would like to watch on it, but am unsure as to what settings I should be converting the dvds to. Since there currently is no preset for iPad, is there a suggested manual setting that anyone would suggest? I thought of using 1024x768 as a manual added setting, but that would seem to make the resultant file humongous, not to mention possible other problems. If I render it in another resolution, and then want to view it full screen, does it suffer from any "stretching" if I have it at another resolution, like say 640x480 or similar? Again, sorry if this answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it for a few days now.

Thanks

Use AppleTV settings ... works like a charm

[Ozzie]

AppleTV settings pixelate.
The default bitrate is set to 1500?

Trying to find the magic settings to set for an iPad default for encoding.
What gives the best possible image with the smallest file size.

No sense in wasting space if I can't see the difference on the screen.

[IPopov50]

Also heard they are coming out with a 12" screen version called the Max-iPad. Sorry, could not help myself. I hate the name iPad.

You got me Ozzie. I removed my comments.

[Ozzie]

IPopov50, it was ment as a joke(HA HA), which is getting real old and over used IMHO.
It is also pointless to the original post. (Thanks for your contribution)

KDlittle88 1024 X 768 gives a a 1.33:1 aspect ratio so I think you need to select the highest setting the does not exceed either one of those numbers. It will vary with the original asopect ratio of the movie. The AppleTV seems to give you the higher bit rates and H.264, but I have yet to find the right mix of highest quality output with minimal file size.