Posted by Poof on 09/05/05 19:21

In article <hHUSe.9817$UE2.5144@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
"TB" <Partyslammer@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> "Galley" wrote:
> >
> >>i keep seeing all these listing for new movies available on UMD and I
> >>keep wondering if anyone is buying these? I mean, I really don't want
> >>to watch an entire movie on my PSP. I might want to have some cool
> >>clips from some movies but there's no way I'd watch an entire movie on
> >>a 2 1/2" screen (or however big it's).
> >>
> >>-goro-
> >
> > Believe it or not, but they are selling VERY well.
>
> Speaking of the UMD format, is there software available to encode say,
> normal dvds or other av say, captured from a video card for those smaller
> dcds for viewing on the PSP?
>
> T.B.

http://www.pspvideo9.com

I'm not sure what you mean by dcd. What people are doing is ripping
their DVDs to MP4 and AVC, then watching them from big Memory Stick Pro
Duo cards (512 MB-1 GB). UMDs are about 1.8 GB capacity, so I imagine
when the 2 GB MS comes out and lowers in price, people will get those
and get quality close to retail UMDs.

I've done rips of a few of my DVDs and try to get the highest settings
possible for under 950 MB (the capacity of my 1 GB MS). I'm extremely
pleased with the outcome. There is very little pixelation and great
clarity. I've heard AVC encodings are slightly better and use less
space, though I haven't gotten around to doing that yet.

There are also these products which let you do direct encoding to MS
from an AV source.

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=309&products_id=6828&

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=309&products_id=7410&

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