iPod/iPhone options in StaxRip

[stax76]

I made a iPhone template for StaxRip I would like to include to the default settings but since I don't have a iPhone I'm not sure if it works so I hope for some help testing it before I add it to the default settings. The current settings are:

x264 settings: --profile main --preset slow --vbv-bufsize 10000 --vbv-maxrate 10000

audio: AAC-LC

container: MP4

image size: 480x... non anamorphic

it auto overcrops so the aspect ratio isn't more then 2:1 since 2.4:1 would have a very small hight on such a small screen.

To use the template you have to save the template in the template directory which you can open under Tools/Directories/Templates. After you restart StaxRip you can load the template under File/Templates. The template can be downloaded here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B6UMTWTH

Better use the latest StaxRip version 1.1.1.7

A file encoded with this template can be found here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3QJB7AGR

[rack04]

I think you need to add --level 3.0

[stax76]

I was reading somewhere the --level switch generally don't do much and x264 tries to auto detect it. Do you have I iPhone? Maybe you can test if the video file I've uploaded plays on it.

[rack04]

I was reading somewhere the --level switch generally don't do much and x264 tries to auto detect it. Do you have I iPhone? Maybe you can test if the video file I've uploaded plays on it.

I don't have an iPhone but my wife has a iPod Touch which as far as I know has the same specifications.

[stax76]

Thanks, I'll change it to --profile baseline, add --level 3 and use 'iPod/iPhone' as name for the template.

[mpiper]

Yes, the iphone and touch are native 480 width screens, but why not use 640X as the basis for the iphone template? It's higher resolution, the ipod plays it p-erfectly, and it allows the zoom feature to work without losing detail.

[b66pak]

it even supports 640x480 with SAR 4:3 (anamorphic) witch will be displayed as 853x480!!!
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[Adub]

Wait, seriously, the iPhone supports anamorphic? Damn, I really kind of want one. However, now I'm looking at the new Droid, so when that comes out, I'll have to run some experiments on it.

[Mike_111]

Maybe you should change the name to "iPhone/iPod legacy" since the 3rd gen devices (with OS 3.1) play practically everything you can throw at them and without hacks (well, at least for up to PAL) :)

I encoded a few TEST(!) DVDs (cropped but not resized) as 704x416 anamorphic (displayed as 1024x416 in VLC) with things like "--crf 16 --preset placebo --ref 7 --output "<target>" "<source>"" to find out what's max supported. The only thing I found was that ref has to be <8, other than that even StaxRip's placebo preset plus high profile work. Combined with the iPhone's/iPod's support for multiple audio streams and subtitles (even on the device, but not with StaxRip) I think I found my perfect all-in-one-file home/mobile archive solution. Ok, almost perfect. The two audio streams for each language (aac+ac3) are a bit of an inconvenience if you want to keep your original 5.1 audio around.

PS: Any chance StaxRip is going to support iPhone compatible (soft) subtitles in the future (like handbrake does)?

[stax76]

@Mike_111

I don't want too many default template projects and default encoder profiles with complicated names. I could add it to the device option (new in version 1.1.2.1) in the x264 dialog, I would have to think about the user interface design since currently only very short names fit in the drop down box.

Since the native width is 480 there wouldn't be a benefit to increase the width in the project template.

Regarding subtitles I would need all the technical information since I personally don't use subtitles nor mobile devices and thus have little experience in this area.