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I am about to encode some of my videos so that they can be played on android devices?

what is the most compatible container, codec and dimension for android devices. thanks!

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You can try Handbrake (handbrake.fr) for video transcoding. It supports various profiles and you can google for a configuration for a particular device. See this link I've dug up: knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-desire/desire-guides/487526/… I've used Handbrake (I have a Desire too), and the results are quite satisfactory. – Martin Tapankov Jun 12 '11 at 19:57

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The Android Developer Guide covers this pretty thoroughly. They have all the supported formats as well as recommendations. I would additionally recommend using the same resolution as your screen if your device can handle it, that will much improve the quality.

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ok thanks, so i am trying to encode it to h263 using ffmpeg but my phone still says: this video can not be played – clamp Jun 12 '11 at 14:22
@clamp What device do you have? – Matthew Read♦ Jun 12 '11 at 16:43
HTC Desire with android 2.2 – clamp Jun 12 '11 at 17:07
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When I encode movies using Handbrake or DVDFab, I choose the "iPad" option, which create an m4v with h.264 and AAC (I think). Yes, this feels like sacrilege, but I just ignore the voices in my head. ;)

On XOOM, this plays fine. To keep the file size down, I take the audio down to stereo @ 44.1khz and 96kbps and the video rate to 1200kbps, while still maintaining 720p. This seems to work out alright and most 2 hour movies are in the 1 to 1.5GB range.

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