Ah, I have this and it craps all over my MKVs... No subs are rendered even in the preview, somehow...

Gave up and went back to Allok + Avidemux...

Actually:

Bitrate = Quality of Video = How well the video is rendered.

Bitrate = Reso, too simplistic a term as a 1200kbps video encoded at 320x240 will STILL be ass blocky (to my eyes anyhow). Reso is still very improtant IMHO, and I can never go below 640x352 (even then feel stretched a bit, need to switch off stretch aspect ratio on Realplayer).

But in terms of settings, yeah, each for their own, EC... I personally go for (keep in mind I use Allok for the convenience and speed, gave up on Super OR Handbrake some time ago):

1. Bitrate = High/Good (Variable BitRate (VBR) settings on Allok = around 1000 average for High, 800-900 average for Good)
2. Resolution = 640 x 352 forced 16:9 aspect ratio (since this is the nearest I can ever get to the actual 640x360 RESOLUTION of your tube, wasted IMHO if set lower. BUT EC was right, check the SOURCE first. Make sure this if LOWER then the SOURCE reso if you want the OUTPUT file to be smaller then the SOURCE file)
3. Framerate = 23.976fps (most vids come in this or something near this anyhow, setting them diff MIGHT affect the sound sync, not sure)
4. Audio bitrate = 128k, 44100Hz Stereo (For me the video can suck a bit, but the sound should never ever)
5. Output format = MP4 Xvid, AAC audio (our tubes can play FLAC meh? Didn't know that...)

And from a 170MB, 20 min DIVX anime file I get a 80-90MB MP4 file...

Not a significant reduction but it works for me... Anything lower then that and I get my eyes and ears sore (being too used to full 640x480, high speed any file format playback on my old Axim is NOT a good thing)...

Although my walkaround for the tube not having proper video playlist support (merging the saperately encoded episodic anime MP4 files using AVIDEMUX, cutting away the intro and outro of the episodes in the middle to save space) always craps the Video/Audio sync after the halfway point by around 10-15 miliseconds, give or take...

BUT, if you like to tweak and tweak and tweak, go for Super... For me IMHO Zune VC is good enough...

Although if you need the all rare kinda sorta file support, Allok has never failed me for Single-Audio MKVs... Dual-audio MKV/OGGs are a different matter though, never really could choose the correct audio/sub stream...

And Xilisoft? Don't even make me come near that... I has constantly failed to render me MKV subs, even in the preview... Maybe it's a Vista problem...

Actually, being a free semi-Adobe Premier alternative, AVIDEMUX by itself should be good enough for you tweakers wanting to squeeze out the last bit of quality from your Tubes... It's GREAT, although the learning curve is crap near vertical IMHO...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 11 2009, 03:04 AM

Then you'd REALLY want to check out AVIDEMUX... It's like Super WITH video editing AND even MORE tweaking options... Plus it's open source AND free...

But in terms of long battery playability, yeah I can't argue with that... 640x352 = crap battery life, say 5 episodes of 20 min anime and it's dead...

One of the reasons why I got an ext-USB battery pack!

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 11 2009, 03:09 AM

Hey all... Still awake ah, so late?

Just got my own B-Jo3... Initial impression, yep it's a definite upgrade from my HPM-70s, even if it really WAS an impulse buy...

Oh, and my AC-8 charger died... Well, not really died, the charger tip just WON'T stay where it's supposed to be (I poke it in, it doesn't go in as far as it should, and pops out with the slightest movement)...



Thankfully:

1) I'm back in KL and heading to LYP tomorrow, would stop by the BTS Nokia Care to give them hell about it...

2) I have my trusty car charger (which, for some odd reason, doesn't die as easily as the AC-8).

3) My brand spanking new external USB battery pack (I have a weakness for these things) ALSO came in the mail (not a Ted Baker, it's something new and sexily metallic) from the UK, and with it, two retractable USB charge cables and a buncha connectors (a small-tip Nokia connector included).

As of now, one is charging the Portable Power Supplies USB Battery Pack from the included power plug (which ironically can't be used with the USB charge cable + Nokia tip, for some unknown reason) and the other cable is plugged into my lappy to charge my Fate-tan.

Which solves the problem of charging her for tonite (and gives me the ability to charge my Fate-tan via USB, hurrah!)...

As such, will post up a quick review on the B-Jo3 (after only a night of burn-in, mind you) and the PPS Batt pack after a day of use tomorrow.

And the Bijous are crap loud at 80% on me lappy, I can hear it from here where I am tying this (and mind you the Bijous are IN my laptop sleeve, UNDER some soft socks and some cotton - just so that they won't make TOO much noise and disturb everybody else's sleep)...

Don't worry, I'm very well aware that the Bijou sounds best after 300 hours...

Will give it a fair deal...

You need the Omnia HD man...

But this is entirely subjective, as I find the cam on the Tube more the sufficient, although it's just that rather than anything near good. The mythical incoming V21 firmware helps on (A BIT ONLY) on that front, supposedly... :s

I got my Fate-tan because of its GREAT features/price ratio... PLUS the fact that it's a S60 phone, and improvements are but a Third-Party Program away...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 13 2009, 11:09 AM

Might just be official, the last time I heard someone say V20 on a forum/blog was exactly 1 month before it ACTUALLY came out...

Anyhow, what makes it scream FAKE is the fact that it has the three buttons which IMHO ONLY comes out on dev platform firmware that hasn't been finalized yet... It SHOULD have the usual two buttons when it's done...

AND if they give us the Widget Standby on the 97 or even just the crap sexxay version from the latest two upcoming XM phones (forgot their names already), I'll die a happier man...

Crap tired from walking at LYP earlier... Went to Berjaya Plaza NCC and settled the charger problem (it WAS the phone, AND the charger). They replaced the entire charger assembly on the phone, but was unable to do anything about replacing the AC-8 (they ran out of stock already, even AC-3s or -4s)...

THANKFULLY, the cheapo USB wall charger I got from LYN works for now... Plus I got the PPS USB PowerPack (works like a charm, except for a few caveats)...

About the charger, my pal who just got himself a 5800 a few days back have just had his AC-8 die on him, so be careful guys and gals...

STILL burning-in the Bijou 3s... 24 hours passed already, another 26 to go before I start using them on a regular basis in between burn-in (aiming for at least 100hrs, 300 if possible)...

Oh ya, in case nobody posted this yet, threaded SMS view freeware app for our Tubies:

http://dailymobile.se/2009/03/13/symbian-f...60v3-and-s60v5/



@tachlio: The last time I tried, myphone was slow... Now it should be faster (better flash performance in v20 what).

The latest, 5800 compatible version is ONLY avaliable as a paid app though, which might put off some of us who are more "jack sparrow" at heart...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 14 2009, 12:56 AM

Hmmm, my AC charger is suddenly working fine again... Curious...

I wouldn't call my okay-okay Bijou high end (RM170), as much as I like it, I'd still say it's part of the low end... SuperFi 3s might be considered a higher example of low end IEMs (RM350) IMHO...

As such, I'd say RM40-100 = Entry Level, 100-300 = Low End (oh yes), 300-600 = Mid End, 600--> = High end?

But that's just me...

And as much as I'd like to stand by the fact that I feel the 5800 has one of the best SQ I've ever gotten on a handphone, I STILL don't think it's worth pairing with anything higher then a "Low End" IEM... It's a phone, for God's sake...

It's not like it can drive most mid-ends IEM properly anyway...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 14 2009, 12:39 PM

Personally, I prefer the 5800 to my Bro's W980 (and my own W810i, crap boomy in comparison to the 5800)i, no idea why... Don't have an N95 to compare though...

But there is a certain lack of bass SOMETIMES on the 5800, although what's there is really quite tight and well-controlled. Not flabby like the bass I used to get from my W810i...

Oh well, my ears are crap anyhow...

Yep, location message... BUT, your friend MUST have installed Garmin and IS running the BG service to receive the location request... OR running Garmin at the time...

I wouldn't really say its SIMPLY for that ALL the time... But once you break the RM600 limit I start to question the viability myself...

There's also the question of a person's sensitivity to sound... Myself, I get vomit-y easily with the bundled earphones, OR with any headphones for that matter that outputs anything crappier then the SE HPM-70 (my baseline reference - still gives me headaches but not too bad)...

Not only that, music sources can be a problem as well... For example Ipods, I don't know why but they just turn me into a dizzy mess after long periods of continuous listening time... Except maybe the first gen Shuffle, which doesn't do that for some unknown reason... Some Cowons too...

Funny that Sonys and Creatives don't really do that... Guess I'm tuned to Sony's brand of sound, although in regards to SE, the new W980i is oookay, but it is a bit more headache inducing compared to the older W-, even when we take into account the differences in terms of SQ (W980i has better SQ compared to the W810i, but the W980i gives me a headache faster nonetheless)...

About the Bijous - crap they're mindblowingly better compared to my HPM-70 once you get EQ tweaked up to what you need (on default or even bass booster my 50 hour Bijou sounds like crap to me)... They just have so much more flexibility in handling my brand of EQ tweaking...

Granted, I have this thing about dark-warm bass heavy (but not overwhelming) sound signatures, so those with brighter, flatter tastes just ignore me....

So guys, tweak the EQ! Tweak the EQ like the non-audiophiles that we are!

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 14 2009, 02:50 PM

Using listSMS from: http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/008/01/l...ms_freeware.htm

BUT it requires Virtual-Key to work... Nice to be able to export SMSs to a txt file...

I say this is either placebo or caching in effect... Some peeps did a benchmark before and after and there was no measurable change...

And yeah, I tried it out myself... The feeling of speed WAS there... Then I deleted it, rebooted, left the phone for some time and played with it again...

Same feeling of speed, surprisingly... Caching? I gave up trying to find out and focussed more on freeing more RAM instead...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 15 2009, 02:32 AM

Really, no idea... But IMHO the whole thing has been around ever since the age of the N73 (maybe even before that) and has been debunked so much as a hoax I think it can be safely considered as a Symbian Urban Legend...

And nobody has ever been able to scientifically prove that it works, which is a shame...

Don't forget to let it rest a bit after 15 or so hours...

Enjoying my 50 odd hours burned-in Bijou right now... Not as boomly as before, that's for sure...

But need to tweak the EQ for optimal synergy... On default it sounds like crap, with tweaked EQ my HPM-70 gets left far in the dust...

But I agree with Aspire, why burn with noise when you can burn with music? While in your ears?

KEEP IN MIND, dynamic drivers have a limited lifespan...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 15 2009, 12:24 PM

Does the strap cover the headphone jack? Because from the pics it sure seems like it...

Oh, and am currently enjoying me Bijou 3s... Burning them up in my ears, seems like a more productive way to burn them in...

The bass is quite tight to my ears already (pass 50hrs - still a bit boomy at times) and the initial slight harshness in the treble (near sibilance it sounds like) is slowing going away... I wonder just how much tighter it would be past 100-300hrs... I also wonder if it's just my ears getting used to the sound...

I have them poked so far in my ears that only the wire, the back side and half of the casing sticking out of my ears...

Lol, mine like warzone already... Scratches, nicks, oil everywhere... Need a new one later...

1-4 hours? Doesn't really matter, my Bijou just went wacko on me... The left side earpiece is loose already, can rotate in place... Will be meeting Yuheng later tomorrow for a replacement... Need to burn in all over again...

I really takde kerja so:



Wondered if I can use a USB hub to use my Battery Pack to charge more then one device. It worked fine to charge my Eiten-Tan (W810i) and my Fate-Tan (Tube), but the PSP was a no go, no power went in...

So, can charge 2 devices at once... Interesting really, although I wonder at what cost (maybe both would charge slower?)...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 16 2009, 12:09 AM

Gonna test that + using my USB Power Pack starting right now... I'm gonna say 3 days plus the USB power pack...

But on one charge, with such a big, heavily utilized screen + GPS + 3G Data + Constant Music + Push Exchange Email, 1.5 days average for me...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Mar 16 2009, 01:32 AM

Most of the time, they never really work (as per what I read over at N95users.com)... Although a REALLY, TRULY compatible 2000-3000mAH battery for the Tube WOULD be readily appreciated!

As for now, I guess as long as you DON'T turn on the screen, batt life can be kept long. I've done a few tests myself with the Nokia Energy Profiler, and YES, the screen GOBBLES up the mAHs like no tomorrow...

And don't turn it on unless you need to... Which is arguably the most useless piece advice I could ever give a Tube user...

Really, what can we do, that beautiful screen demands our attention...