[TheLionOfAzzalle Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:15PM]

Hey this is a quick question to all the geniuses out there in Engadget land...

I'm ripping a movie to put on my iPhone.

It's asking if I want to crop the picture. The options are:

1) Do Not Crop
2) Manual (choose dimensions)
3) Automatically.

now I have a few movies on my iPhone to begin with but I have no clue if those are cropped or what I need to choose so I can get the best picture quality and make it so that viewing the movie isn't annoying.

I'm doing 640 x 480 width by height which I hope will give a nice crisp picture (feel free to tell me if there are better options...like should I go 720p or something?).

Any tips?

[Mr Blue Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:18PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

Yeah, Google it.

[xkaosu9x Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:23PM]

@Mr Blue

LOL seriously

[bjsguess Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:23PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

Hmmm ... probably won't get much a response asking an Apple iPhone video conversion question on a thread about Windows 7.

Staying on topic would be nice.

[Mister Warmth Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:23PM]

GTFO.

[TheLionOfAzzalle Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:23PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

I tried but I'm getting unclear responses.

Basically I just want to know that if I transcode this bluray into a mp4 file that is 1280x720 and put that in iTunes will it

1) Recognize It
2) Will my iPhone play it back at that resolution (making it clear and crisp picture quality)?

Or will I just be wasting time and space doing that...

[TheLionOfAzzalle Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:24PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

SORRY to the rest of you.

I know I'm off topic but I seriously need some guidance.

It's not that serious....take a chill pill.

[sonicyoof Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:26PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

iPhones just work, so there shouldn't be a problem.

[r3loaded Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:29PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle Use Handbrake to handle the video ripping.

Next time, use a forum or a site such as vark.com or Yahoo answers for asking questions. The local population of Engadget get wound up pretty easily ;)

[Mr Blue Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:31PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

If you seriously need some guidance, then iPhone videos are the least of your worries. If you seriously need some help with iPhone videos, just take the time and do some research. There are a million and one How-To's for this process. Don't pop in on some random thread and hope to get the answer you need unless you're just trying to cause troub-- wait a minute...

@ everyone else

Don't feed the animals.

[TheLionOfAzzalle Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:31PM]

@r3loaded

Already tried handbrake. It sucks to make it plain and simple.

The program I'm using is a lot quicker and easier to use. I just have a simple question about the resolution of the video. I just want to know if I choose 1280x720p will my iPhone 3GS play it....yes or no?

And if not should I just stick with the 640x480p?

Thanks

[iCello Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:34PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle iPhone can't play 720p. I would use a ripping tool with a setting for iPhone(handbrake or ripit on Mac, not sure about windows... I used to use handbrake for PC but I think they broke the functionality to rip copyright protected dvd's) as the guy above says: Google it.

[tolarindr Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:38PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

lol, did you seriously expect a real answer?

go to discussions.apple.com for that business, or call applecare.

[AltairDusk Posted Mar 15th 2010 7:12PM]

@TheLionOfAzzalle

It lists the supported resolutions in the support section of Apple's site which is one of the first places you should have looked.

People are getting annoyed because you're asking a question you could have easily answered yourself inside of 5 minutes.