Hi Sunil, great app by the way, much faster than the MP4forHD app i used from xda dev.

one problem though, i converted a bdrip which was full screen, mp4forhd converted this with a full screen but winavi mp4 converted this with the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, any idea how i get rid of the bars, i left the source aspect ratio on auto as i though it would have kept the ratio as the original source, does it need to be on 4:3 or 16:9?

Out of interest, why would you convert a 365MB avi to a 348MB mp4?

avi & mp4 are just containers. I could understand converting if you are reducing the size more than that. Presumably that is a ~40min TV episode, so around 1500Kbps - the HD2 will handle that fine.

If anyone is converting HD material down to WVGA, I would recommend using MediaCoder. It's free and fast (utilises up to 16 cores!).

I've been getting some very nice results with these settings.:

Format: H.264
Mode: Average bitrate @ 1200Kbps
x264 Profile: Baseline (Important for mobile spec of H264)
Audio format: AAC
Audio encoder: FAAC
Audio mode: Average bitrate @128Kbps
Container: MP4
Resize: 800x450 (for 16:9, lower height accordingly for other aspect ratios)
Aspect ratio: Set PAR 1:1

Ah, I see 

That's a shame then that Video Launcher only supports mp4, because the HTC Media Player supports avi and others too.

If you don't want to change the size/resolution/quality of a video but just want to convert to mp4 so that Video Launcher will recognise it, then MediaCoder will be much quicker. You can set it to copy the audio and video without converting it at all, but just change the avi container to an mp4 container. It will literally only take a few seconds to do that.

that is weird, did you set the resolution on the converter to 800x480?

can you try reinstall the video launcher on your device please, can't tell why you are having an issue :S hopefully it is just something you missed out.

i don't think you can remove the black lines (alone). something to do with aspect ratios.
some players will remove those black bars, but what you won't notice is that some of the edges will have been cut off as the image is zoomed in to cut the black bars. i only noticed it when i played something with a channel logo.
i don't know what will happen if you change the res size. it won't screw up the phone, and if it does you'd just need a soft reset and delete the video. so try it if you want and let us know

how does viewing pleasure differ from the iphone? :p

I've got a couple of files saved from ninjavideo so just converting now, but winAVI didn't support .divx so that is most likely the problem.

i just converted and transferred, and it works :s
i have no idea what is up with yours. try a different player such as coreplayer and see if it works.
i don't know why it isn't working for just you. maybe something up with your device and video playback.

Sunil, think I have figured it out . . . . .

I recorded a video on my phone which then wouldn't play back either so it was a prob with the device.

Basically you cant playback video on your phone if you have installed the youtube app. I uninstalled it and restarted the phone and sure enough video playback works fine, I haven't transfered over the converted mp4 yet but I'm guessing it will work now.

From what I have read on another forum there is an "official youtube app" that you can download from http://m.google.co.uk/youtube?dc=gyt

which is supposed to run the youtube app without affecting video playback on the phone.

Will give it a go and let you guys know what happens
 

@ Plexus

the posted converter, in the first post, should work. try it and if it doesn't google for "*your media extension* to mp4 converter" *your media extension* = the file type.

should be able to install the video launcher on the Memory card, install it there and if it doesn't work just reinstall on the device.

@ Djhackett

ah ok, i didn't know of that error so thanks for providing others with the info.

@ Reesie

ok, my videos usually have about 3mm black bars at top and bottom, doesn't bother me though the screen is massive as it is.

hehe the iphone is simple, but that is the attraction for alot of people. i love to mess around and also am anti-apple for my devices.

unlocked via your network provider means you can put a different network sim card in the phone.
de-branding is what you need. i haven't done it and have no clue on how to go about it, but hopefully ago will be here soon, he has done it and knows alot about that.