[Q] Converting Movies / TV Episodes for Galaxy S III

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Hello

Sorry if this has been covered before. I have searched and couldn't find anything.

I have ordered the SGSIII and a 64GB Micro SD. I would like to get it loaded with content before the phone arrives next week and wondered what the best software / settings would be?

Most of the content will be 720 / 1080P and because of the size of the Micro SD I would like the best quality possible.

Do I even need to convert videos or does the SGSIII support .MKV's?

Thanks for your Help.

The phone supports most of the formats including MKVs so you don't have to convert anything.
If you want the highest quality, use a 1080 file which is something like 7-8 GB and it will play smoothly on the S3.

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It'll play MKVs fine, if you have ones with subs and so forth then Dice Player or MX Player from the Play Store may be better (I prefer Dice myself, does DTS audio and previously the Samsung player has not).

For reference, my video test shoot out for the Galaxy Note:

I use handbrake or Tools4movies, or iVi Pro.

These have presets, but if not S3 plays lots of formats, pick something else what you own, eg Apple TV, WD media player and use that format then can play on both devices

Originally Posted by NZtechfreak

It'll play MKVs fine, if you have ones with subs and so forth then Dice Player or MX Player from the Play Store may be better (I prefer Dice myself, does DTS audio and previously the Samsung player has not).

For reference, my video test shoot out for the Galaxy Note:

The stock player supports subs and everything. The subs don't even need to be the same exact name as the video file, the player will give you an option to choose the subtitle file.
I think this is the first stock video player that I'll be sticking with because it's got everything..

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Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.

Originally Posted by HKboy92

Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.

Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?

Originally Posted by HKboy92

Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.

You need to reformat the card! Just do a quick google search and there ery easy instructons on how to do it! You will be able to load files onto it that are larger than 4GB!

Originally Posted by HKboy92

Only problem is that (at least in my case) the SDHC can't hold files above 4Gigs.

Originally Posted by RustyWrightOne

Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?

Originally Posted by dannyc93

You need to reformat the card! Just do a quick google search and there ery easy instructons on how to do it! You will be able to load files onto it that are larger than 4GB!

GS3 supports exFAT format out of the box, which means that it doesn't have the 4 GB file size limitation.
You might have to format your card to exFAT in the computer though.

Originally Posted by RustyWrightOne

Is that right? Is that because of the file system the SDHC needs to be for the SGSIII to see it? I hadn't thought of that. So all video files will need to be smaller than 4GB?

Originally Posted by g4rvd4

GS3 supports exFAT format out of the box, which means that it doesn't have the 4 GB file size limitation.
You might have to format your card to exFAT in the computer though.

Okay, thought exFAT also had a cap of 4Gigs. Will format it later tonight. Thanks for the heads up ;]