Transcoding for the Acer C112

Wednesday, 3 December, 2014

So, following on from the last post, in order to play videos reliably from the Acer C112 you need to transcode them. This earlier post talked about taking a DVB transmission stored on a Humax and transcoding it to DIVX. In essence this still remains the same, but and updated process:

1. Split (demux) the .TS in to constituent audio and video streams using ProjectX. Use the default settings, BUT, on the “Filter Control” tab additionally tick the AC3 audioas well as the Mpeg video and audio. Click “QuickStart”
2. Combine (mux) the streams in to an .MPG (using .MP2); use MPEGStreamClip and the “Convert to MPG (with MP2 audio)” item in the File menu.
3. Transcode the file using MPEGStreamClip, however make sure of the following:
-set “Quality” to a suitable amount. Lower quality is smaller filesize
-Compression: Apple MPEG4 Compressor
-tick “Limit Data Rate” and set it to 1.4 Mbps
-set the sound to 128kbps
-the frame size will depend upon what video you are using

For DVD its a different first part:

1. Use DVD Shrink to copy the video off the disc:
-set “Properties” to a single VOB (i.e. dont split it)
-“Open Disc”
-select the main movie
-select only English language for audio
-“BackUp!” to C:

With the VOB file copied off you can then progress to using ProjectX and then MPEGStreamClip.