Viewing self recorded HD video on TV
Discussion
If theres any HTC Desire owners on here, most will have got Froyo recently which gave the option to record in 720p. When recording theres three encoding options - MPEG-4, H.264 and H.263. All seem to come out as 3GP files.
If the above suggests I know what I'm talking about...its wrong. I'm clueless and hoping for some help. I've got a Panasonic 42G10 plasma and I'd like to be able to watch videos I've recorded on my Desire with it. To this end, I've tried the following:
1. Record two clips, one encoded as MPEG-4 and one as H.264. From memory the Panny should be able to view H.264 stuff (unless I'm confusing it with H.263.) Copied both clips via PC onto a standard SD card, plugged SD card into TV...and the TV didn't find anything on the card.
2. Plugged my Desire into the DVD player (Samsung, HD upscaling type thing) via USB. DVD player couldn't would recognise the files were there.
3. Using a USB adapter plugged the SD card with both clips into the DVD player. DVD player said nothing there.
I'm starting to think that the issue is that neither the TV or the DVD player will read a 3GP file. I don't know what format they will read though, and whether I can use conversion software to convert the files to something palatable or whether I need to find some sort of android app that will record the clips in 720p but a format that the TV will recognise (or even if such an app exists.)
Any thoughts?
ETA:
I've just noticed that when changing the encoding type from MPEG-4 to H.264 it automatically changed the resolution from 720p to WVGA...even more confused that before now.
If the above suggests I know what I'm talking about...its wrong. I'm clueless and hoping for some help. I've got a Panasonic 42G10 plasma and I'd like to be able to watch videos I've recorded on my Desire with it. To this end, I've tried the following:
1. Record two clips, one encoded as MPEG-4 and one as H.264. From memory the Panny should be able to view H.264 stuff (unless I'm confusing it with H.263.) Copied both clips via PC onto a standard SD card, plugged SD card into TV...and the TV didn't find anything on the card.
2. Plugged my Desire into the DVD player (Samsung, HD upscaling type thing) via USB. DVD player couldn't would recognise the files were there.
3. Using a USB adapter plugged the SD card with both clips into the DVD player. DVD player said nothing there.
I'm starting to think that the issue is that neither the TV or the DVD player will read a 3GP file. I don't know what format they will read though, and whether I can use conversion software to convert the files to something palatable or whether I need to find some sort of android app that will record the clips in 720p but a format that the TV will recognise (or even if such an app exists.)
Any thoughts?
ETA:
I've just noticed that when changing the encoding type from MPEG-4 to H.264 it automatically changed the resolution from 720p to WVGA...even more confused that before now.
Edited by tenohfive on Friday 27th August 19:35
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