Handbrake Preset for Xoom

[sogrady]

Here's a Handbrake preset for the Xoom. Enjoy.

 

[mlreed13]

Works great so far

Thanks for the preset! I've only tried one AVI conversion, but it worked perfect and plays smoothly, with no sound sync problems. It did make the file slightly bigger, but not much.

Thanks for putting this out here!

 

[dadoc04]

thanks OP...

 

[funnycreature]

didn't want to open yet another thread...

Does anyone here know what causes the lag between audio and video? I ripped Avatar from Bluray using 2kbit video MP4 iso v.2 @1280x800 with 160kbit sound (AVS video converter) . When I play the file on my PC everything is fine but on the Xoom the sound is a few seconds ahead of the picture. Trying to convert using Handbrake and the posted settings. Will post if it works later!

@OP: would you mind providing a list of the settings that the preset uses?

Thanks!

UPDATE: The conversion worked fine! However, I think I have to enable hardware decoding in Rockplayer now. This is all very confusing *sigh*

 

[spitfirerx]

the xoom and any tegra 2 deive will not play high profile .mp4

if anyone knows a HD format that the xoom will play well please let me know

 

[jokeyrhyme]

Anyone tried WebM on the Xoom yet? I doubt there's hardware-acceleration for it, but the CPUs ought to be good enough for any codec without special hardware support.

 

[iceytea]

the xoom and any tegra 2 deive will not play high profile .mp4

if anyone knows a HD format that the xoom will play well please let me know

Just use baseline profile h.264 for your HD needs. High profile pretty much just means better compression than baseline.

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63258/kw/video/p/7901,7906

 

[onicrom]

silly quesiton, but how do you use/install this preset? specifically ubuntu.

 

[packruler]

To use this file you must import it into handbrake which is available here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

 

[onicrom]

thanks, i figured it out... i imported and didnt realize it until i just tried to convert a video and it worked.

but it does still seem choppy to me after converting.

 

[redmongoose]

Thanks very much for this. Will help when I get my Xoom

 

[fishtaco254]

What resolution should it be set at?

 

[quordandis]

I got this strange error when importing the .plist file:

** (ghb:13592): WARNING **: Plist parse error: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)

(ghb:13592): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_markup_parse_context_end_parse: assertion `context->state != STATE_ERROR' failed

Any ideas?

--Q

UPDATE: I edited the .plist file and removed these first two lines:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

Then handbrake was able to recognize it for what it is.

 

[smilepak]

What's a typical file size for the conversion anyhow? I am around 1.8GB average on a DVD extract to use on my NAS DLNA stream right now.

 

[eatonjb]

can't wait to test it out!

 

[e.mote]

>What's a typical file size for the conversion

My DVD encodes vary from 600MB to 1GB-ish, normally under the 1GB mark. My settings are full-res anamorphic, high-profile, with stereo MP3/AAC, using one-pass CRF 21. If you use AC3/DTS, it will be larger. If using main profile, size is +5-10%; for baseline, about +30%.

My 720p encodes range 2-3GB using 5.1 AAC. Avatar is a notable standout at 5.6GB, for its 3hrs length and many hi-bitrate scenes.

 

[djthread]

Thank you!! I was looking for this earlier, but then just stumbled upon it here.

 

[djthread]

Actually, this preset did not appear to load on the linux Handbrake:

** (ghb:1859): WARNING **: Plist parse error: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)

(ghb:1959): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_markup_parse_context_end_parse: assection `context->state != STATE_ERROR' failed

 

[palmboy5]

The OP posted preset isn't proper as it simply uses MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) which creates H.263 videos rather than H.264.

iceytea's link says how to properly make a H.264 Baseline video. The main thing to follow from the link is

Baseline Profile means:
- No CABAC entropy coding.
- No B frames
- No 8x8 transforms (DCT)
- No Weighted Prediction

So, on the Video tab choose Video Codec: H.264 (x264).
On the Advanced tab set
Maximum B-Frames: 0
CABAC Entropy Coding: unchecked
8x8 Transform: unchecked
Weighted P-Frames: unchecked

 

[hickslv426]

Xoom handbrake preset still not the best?

I used this preset for a 90 minute blu-ray movie and it compressed it to a file size of 1.6 GB, but the picture was grainy and blocky. I've had DVD files encoded with less size but with better picture quality.