This update to Image Converter contains a much higher quality conversion codec for videos. Initial reports are claiming the quality to be noticeably improved over currently existing video formats.
• Two video sizes/ratios are available: 16:9 @ 426x240 and 4:3 @ 320x240
• Choice between 2x AVC rates: 384k and 768k
• Choice between 4x MPEG4 rates: 96k, 192k, 384k, 768k
The link above is for the Japanese version only. What's more, it leaves us Mac people completely out in the cold with regards to creating H.264 content for our PSP's.
As of yet, I don't believe there is a way for Mac users to get H.264 content to their PSP. I hope that the PSPWare guys crack it fairly soon. Sony have really kept us out of the loop this time. No way of doing it manually, and no tools to do it... good on ya Sony!
Tex, I hate Sony's non mac support too, try iMovie, I think it has H.264 conversion? Then perhaps you can manually move it to the Memory Sick and rename it...stupid sony.
nah, tried that already... tried iMovie & QT Pro, and neither produced a file that worked on the PSP. Having said that, it's possible it was something I was doing.. but I checked all settings I could from the screen shots of Image Converter 2 Plus, and tried them but to no avail. I do recall reading somewhere that these H.264 files needed a Sony Atom (or something to that effect) in the file, so that could be the problem.
Just wish that something would happen so that I can re-encode these movies before I get too many converted the old way. :^)
Just noticed that the Widescreen aspect is actually bigger than we were doing before... previously, PSPWare and others were encoding widescreen to 368 x 208, seems that we do have a slightly better resolution now.
426 x 240?? That's interesting... didn't count on that.
I echo the Mac support statement - we're really getting burned by Sony on this one. Of course that same burn is keeping the PSPWare guys in business so I don't mind much.
You can technically create AVC content with QuickTime Pro - but Sony does some 'tweaking' to the header in the file just to make our lives difficult. Once this tweak is discovered - and it won't be long with Image Converter 2 out in the wild - then we'll have our AVC just the same. Except we'll think Sony are jerks. And we'll be right.
as to cross platform... I wrote to Sony complaining about this and their response was a vague canned reply. Maybe if we Mac users nag them enough they might get the hint.
blktauna said: "as to cross platform... I wrote to Sony complaining about this and their response was a vague canned reply. Maybe if we Mac users nag them enough they might get the hint."
Can you post the email/phone you contacted them with?
The authors of PSP Video 9 have just released their beta version of PSP Video 9 AVC, link. It is beta and has many problems that need to be worked out, but you can test it out for yourself.
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