Making The Most Of Your Movies

One of the greatest features of your EVO is the 4.3” media display, but one of the major issues confronting the EVO is how to encode those movies to look their best on that amazing screen.
First off, it is very important to realize that the legal issues that surround ‘copying’ DVD’s. It is a very gray area and even the movie industry can’t decide on how to enforce their own rules. 321studios creates some of the most popular DVD Decrypter software. What this software does is simply decrypt the CSS security of the DVD and allows it to be copied to a hard drive.
Regarding the legal aspects, 321studios gave the following statement to PCMag.com, "Several courts have ruled that decryption technologies used for copying DVDs are illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but these are all lower-court decisions that influence but don't dictate the results of the 321 Studios case. Since the issue is still being litigated, whether it's legal or illegal is unclear. Though there is a small theoretical risk of criminal prosecution under the DMCA, the movie and recording industries typically pursue commercial users rather than consumers.""
So, while it may not be ‘legal’ in every essence, more and more studios are now including the ‘digital copy’ for mobile devices. The software itself is not allowed to be sold, so getting your hands on the decrypter software can be a bit difficult, but not impossible.
The next piece of the puzzle after mirroring the ‘cracked’ movie to your drive would be encoding it to fit the EVO. There have been many format arguments and other stylistic differences between the blogs, but these seem to work great for us.
Best encoding software – HandBrake – FREE - http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
HandBrake is a great mobile video encoding software. It records mainly to an iPod format – m4v video. Although the m4v format may look strange to your mp4 player, they are actually identical. When you set your file location, you can simply change the extension to .mp4 and they play flawlessly.
Without further ado, here are there optimal settings for the EVO after days, months and well, months of testing…

Set the video to 640 x 368 with the Keep Aspect Ratio box checked.

Then select the video tab, and change to the MP4-File. Select the MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) codec. Then select the Avg. Bitrate (kbps) and type in 400. This sets your movie to 400kbps in a great size and format.

Finally, select the audio tab, and change the bitrate to 160. If you save these settings you can use them over and over again without having to change them every time you use HandBrake.
The average 2 hour movie will be around 500MB and give you stellar quality. Get that 16GB card rolling to your door today, a nice set of bluetooth earphones, and maybe that extended battery to enjoy more than just one and you will be all set. You can order all the supplies you need for enjoying your movies today at GetSmartphones.info.