Rendering Videos

## Introduction

Unlike music files, which are widely portable from one device to another, videos require a certain amount of juggling between various formats to adapt to the equipment used to read them.
A video rendered for a "Home Cinema" device can occupy several Gb and will be unreadable on a smartphone.
The same video rendered for a smartphone will require only Mb, and can be played on a "Home Cinema" device but it will look ugly.
That is why we recommend that you preserve your original project files as far as possible, and create from them videos suitable for the devices you wish to use for playback.
To simplify settings for the rendering operation, ffDiaporama contains predefined settings for the following devices:

- Smartphones and portable devices, and small video-playing devices in general
- Multimedia systems for domestic use ("Home Cinema" devices)
- Display on the Web (blogs, picture-sharing and social networking sites)

IIt is also possible for you to define all parameters directly by using the advanced option.

## Smartphones and tablets

Generally speaking the main differences between these devices are:

- Screen size and maximal resolution
- Operating system on the device

Consult the documentation for your equipment or search the Internet to determine these two characteristics.
As far as the resolution is concerned, note that most devices can read videos designed for lower resolution devices without difficulty.
The device models available in ffDiaporama are as follows:

Device type | Operating system | Available resolution | Remarks
Smartphone | Nokia Symbian System S60 | QVGA VGA | Generally, Nokia phones working with the Symbian operating system and equipped with a camera, are capable of reading videos. Very often, those provided with a keyboard offer a 320x240 resolution (QVGA), while those with only a touch-sensitive screen offer a 640x360 resolution (VGA). Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 Note: Video files should be stored in the "My videos" folder after connecting the telephone to the PC in "mass storage" mode.
Windows Mobile 6.0/6.1/6.5 | QVGA HVGA VGA WVGA | Numerous manufacturers made phones using the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 operating system (HP, HTC, etc.) between 2006 and 2010. Movie format is: Container: 3GP - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: AMR Note: Store video files in the "My videos" folder having connected the telephone to the PC in "mass storage" mode.
Windows Phone 7 | WVGA | Microsoft Windows Phone 7 is the evolution of Windows Mobil 6 Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Android 1.5/1.6 2.1/2.2/2.3 | QVGA HVGA VGA WVGA | About thirty manufacturer made or still make phones using the Google Android operating system. Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Apple iOS | iPhone 3G/3GS | HVGA | Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
iPhone 4 | WVGA
HP - WebOs |  |  | WebOs arises from the repurchase of Palm by HP. To be completed
Blackberry OS | RIM 240 | Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 Note: store video files in the "\blackberry\Video" folder after connecting the telephone to the PC "mass storage" mode.
Samsung BADA |  |  | To be completed
Tablet | Android 2.x Android 3.x Linux | 800x480 854x480 | WVGA | Tablet examples: Archos 4/5/70/Arnova 10, Dell Streak, Creative ZiiO 7 Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
1024×600 | XGA | Tablet examples: Archos 101, Samsung Galaxy Tab, HTC Flyer, Hannspree HANNSpad SN10T, Toshiba Folio 100 Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
1024x768 | Tablet examples: HP TouchPad Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
1280x800 | 720p | Tablet examples: ASUS Eee Pad, Motorola Xoom, Packard Bell Liberty Tab, LG Optimus Pad, Archos G9 Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Apple iOS | iPad | XGA | Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
RIM BlackBerry | Playbook | 1024x600 | Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Netbook/NetPC | Windows/XP | 720p | Require xVid or DivX codec to be installed on the computer. Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3
Windows/Vista | 720p
Windows/7 | 720p | Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Android/Linux | 720p | Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC

## Portable devices

These portable devices are usually very specific. We will not therefore discuss either operating system or resolution.

Device type | Manufacturer/Model | Remark
Portable player | DVD/DivX portable player (car player or travel player) | All these devices use the old DVD/DIVX format with anamorphism resolution 720x576 (PAL) or 720x480 ( NTSC). Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 If the device does not have a USB port, burn a DVD from your video files. Otherwise simply copy your files to a USB pendrive.
iPod Classic (G5/G6) iPod Nano (G3/G4/G5) | These two portable player were especially designed for music. Therefore, their resolution is only QVGA. Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Apple iPod Touch | This portable player has a video resolution comparable to the DVD (without anamorphism). Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Handheld game console | Sony PSP | Resolution 320×480 / NTSC -s 320x480 -b 512000 -ar 24000 -ab 64000 -f psp -r 29.97 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -acodec libfAAC-LC -ab 128k -r FRAME_RATE -s WIDTHxHEIGHT -vcodec libh264 -vpre slower -vpre main -level 21 -refs 2 -b BIT_RATE -bt BIT_RATE -aspect WIDTH:HEIGHT -f psp

## Multimedia system (Home cinema)

These "Home Cinema" devices are connected to a television set. The format choice will thus be made according to the requirements of the set used.
Warning: The old SD format is only suitable for old television sets using cathode ray tube technology. With these tubes, points were not circular but oval: we call this anamorphism.
Playing a video in SD format on a modern LCD, LED or plasma television set gives openly disastrous results: The image is particularly ugly! Thus, if your television is new and if your device allows it, always use a HD or Full-HD format in preference to a SD format.

Device type | Manufacturer/Model | Remark
TV box of ADSL box | France - Livebox (Orange) | All these devices support the old DVD/DIVX format with anamorphism resolution 720x576 (PAL) for the DVD resolution Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 All these devices support the MP4 format up to the FullHD 1080p resolution Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC Copy your video files to a USB pendrive or an external hard disk and use the multimedia player integrated into the menu of the decoder
France - Freebox
France - Neufbox (SFR)
France - Bbox (Bouygues Telecom)
Multimedia hard drive and gateway | All manufacturers | All these devices support the old DVD/DIVX format with anamorphism resolution 720x576 (PAL) for the DVD resolution Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 Equipments supporting HD (to verify in the technical specifications of the device) support the MP4 format until the FullHD 1080p resolution Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Player | DVD/DivX Player | These devices only support the old DVD/DIVX format with anamorphism resolution 720x576 (PAL) for the DVD resolution Movie format is: Container: AVI - Video Codec: MPEG4 - Audio Codec: MP3 If the device does not have an USB connector: burn a DVD with your video files. Otherwise simply copy your videos files to a USB pendrive.
BlueRay player | To be completed
Console de jeux | PS3 | All these devices support the MP4 format up to the FullHD 1080p resolution Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
XBox360

## For the WEB

Device type | Manufacturer/Model | Remark
Flash player (SWF) | All SWF players | To be use with the HTML tag object class="player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" - For 4/3 : 320x240, 640x480, 960x720, 1440x1080 - For 16/9 : 320x180, 640x360, 1280x720, 1920x1080 - For 40/17 : 320x136, 640x272, 1280x544, 1920x816 Movie format is: Container: SWF(2008) - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Sharing and social networking | Youtube | 720p - Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: xVid - Audio Codec: MP3
Daily Motion | 720p - Movie format is: Container: MP4 - Video Codec: h264 - Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Facebook | Publish the video on YouTube or Daily Motion and integrate a link towards this video into Facebook
HTML 5 | webm | To be use with the HTML 5 tag. To ensure compatibility with all HTML5 browsers, 3 versions must be generated and integrated as follows: <video> <source src="file.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> <source src="file.webm" type="video/webm" /> <source src="file.ogv" type="video/ogv" /> </video>
mp4
ogv

## See also

- Index of the ffDiaporama WIKI
- Video standards and resolutions
- Video containers and codecs

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