Which one is better for watching movies? Which do you prefer? Which should i get?
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Which one is better for watching movies? Which do you prefer? Which should i get?
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Originally Posted by Technologic
I say the iPod Touch is better to watch movies on with its bigger screen. But it depends what you really want. I do recommend the iPod Touch to anyone though.
16gb touch <3
Get the one with the most memory.
Go with the Touch.
Bigger screen, more features etc...
You wont fill up 16GB, let alone 160GB.
With movies you would? I have a 200+ collection of movies formatted for iPod and my iPod Touch is constantly at it's limit, I only have 5/6/7 movies on at a time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
i'd get the 160gb classic because it's cheaper and i've got well over 16gb's of music so i'd have to choose what i want on there and i cba with that.
i say get the one with the most memory, touch has so many pointless features really.
No. Don't get one.
It ultimately depends on how many videos you'll want to store. If you're wanting to store a large amount, go for the 160GB. However, if you wish to have fewer movies, and enjoy playback on a larger screen then go touch.
If the Videos are compressed properley they are very small....
I use the default iPod Touch settings in Handbrake with a res of 1400kbps, it compress's it. Most of my movies are around a gig, cos if you compress it anymore it doesn't look TV/DVD quality on the iPod screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
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Originally Posted by Tawm
Yes, however you can still store more on the 160GB. Much, much more.
my mate filled up his 80gb zen with only about 15 movies and the rest music - it depends how much music you have or would want on it, mines 60gb and i know im pretty much never gonna fill mine up so its like look how much it says it wud be in ur itunes then base it on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
Ahaha, i will. There's a black market thing going on at my school. There is this dude who you give a list of movies/tv programmes with your ipod and he will put them onto your ipod for you. He also sells pirate games and DVDs out of his bag LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
A gig?
If you download a film about 1:30 hours long off somewhere like the Pirate Bay they are around 600mb, then you can compress it further and it will still look brilliant on the Touch...
It depends how much music you have. If I were you I'd go with the 160GB.
Why when I can just rip DVD's - sorry but until you have seen DVD quality on an iPod, you don't know it can get any better. Movies I used to download for my iPod off of PB look absoulute crap now. I notice if I only compress it at say 960kbps the quality is reduced a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
So what do you rip it at then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick.
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Originally Posted by Tawm
I also use the same method as Nick, wonderful quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick.
Personal Preference I guess.
And the default Kbp/s in handbrake for Windows is like 940... :/
1400kbps. The iPod is capable of playing 1500kbps however I find sometimes Handbdrake may sometimes go slightly over this and the movie will not sync to the iPod, therefore I use 1400kbps for a good leeway. I also embed soft-subtitles, meaning I can choose whether or not I want subtitles to show on the iPod video player. I also use two pass encoding :]Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
It is in OS X too Tom, however I alter it.. ?
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Ill try it your way then :)
Two pass encoding...?
I don't know - someone recommended me to do it (I saw it on a MacWorld video) and I did and basically it just rips the DVD twice over the same file, it takes longer but there is a noticable difference in quality, and the file size is no bigger then it would be without using it.
My encoding settings -
http://img.skitch.com/20080528-85ip9...n2qgkn4rkh.png
Wrong. The films you get off piratebay are mostly in .avi format which is much more compressed than mp4. When converted to mp4 anyway you will end up with a bigger file.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawm