+1 for handbrake.  Mine defaults to the m4v format, so not sure about the issue there.  Also, m4v imports into InDesign just fine.  When you go to place the vid, select ALL FILES instead of importable files, then select your m4v.  It will show up in your comp.

I also see posts around the net saying that m4v won't work with Android, which is not true.

Johannes

Could you please show us a screenshot of your settings in Adobe Media Encoder. I have never successfully encoded an H264 that will work on the Samsung Galaxy.

Thank you

johnm64, it seems you have not read this topic. I have read here in this topic about Handbrake and it works. But there are clients who can not decide what they can install on their computers but they have Adobe Media Encoder installed.

When I use Adobe Media Encoder, the video only works on the iPad but not on the Galaxy.

So you are two guys who say : "In AME it works". OK ! But make a screenshot of your settings and show it to us. Because just saying, it works will not help the community.

I also encourage the people who are writing the User Manual to better explain the settings that we must use in AME because it is just written "Use H264 and it works".

Is it possible to make a screenshot of your settings in Adobe Media Encoder. For example like this. Thank you.

Adobe, these Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 settings create a video that can't be read on a Samsung Galaxy.

Could you please do a test ? Thank you !

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Try making it a standard video size like 1280x720 without changing anything else in your settings.  If that works then you know it has something to do with the pixel dimensions.  Video players can be quirky about odd pixel dimensions, they like standards.

I would also try starting fresh with the H.264 preset.   Sometimes you can roll over and change one of the settings(like profile) unintentionally.

Can you play other H.264 files successfully on the Galaxy?  Can you transfer the mp4 file you create directly to the device and try to play it with just the device's OS?

Andrew

Branislav Milic wrote:

 

Re Up again.

 

What do I need to do to have an answer to a basic question and a necessary issue ? To buy and Adobe DPS Pro licence ? ;-)

Well, you should also know that in addition to getting your questions answered more promptly, Adobe has top secret 'DPS Pro/Enterprise Lounges' in several major cities.  These are not unlike 1st Class Lounges that can be found in airlines.  You get free beer, pretzels, and free wifi.

...

Okay, now getting serious:

1. HAVE YOU TRIED HANDBRAKE TO ENCODE THE VIDEO?  If not, stop whatever you're doing and give it a try.  Conversion software is not all the same.  Adobe's H.264 is better than it's ever been, but it's a pretty well-known fact that Handbrake is the BEST encoder out there for mp4/H.264.  Relying on Adobe to always give you satisfactory results for video conversion is FOLLY. 

2. I've read in several places the Galaxy has trouble with mp4 files.  There's not a million threads with this news; actually only a handful.  Nonetheless, the news is out there.  I created mp4 files for viewing on a Motorola Xoom and they played FLAWLESSLY.  That's the trouble with the Android platform - every manufacturer is free to mess with the code and put their own wrapper over the OS.  Things get messed up, and consistency of platform becomes a problem.

Andrew makes great suggestions...ESPECIALLY the one about simply trying to play the mp4 file within the Galaxy's media/video player.  If that doesn't work, that's going to tell you a lot....

He's also right on about starting with a fresh preset.  I'd do H.264, then AppleTV 720p.  Change to PAL if need be, but don't mess with anything else.  A VBR 1-pass is more than sufficient for these devices.  Also, checking 'Use Maximum Render Quality' is a bit of a trainwreck setting - yielding unpredictable results.  I've absolutely never seen that setting IMPROVE the quality of anything - regardless of the footage type or source.  I have, however, seen it mess out the output.

Hello guys

COULD YOU PLEASE read what I have written above !?

I know Handbrake, I used it for years, but the point is elsewhere. So please read fully my post before advising me to use Handbrake.

I will try the size issue. thank you.

In fact I can not use so-called "video standard sizes" because I have created a video cover for my FOLIO so it must be a custom size. Also if the client wants a specific video size, Handbrake does the job but I try to make Adobe the same thing with only one encoding in Adobe Media Encoder.

Will keep you updated.

I can not install Handbrake on computers of public administrations without the approval of 3 authorities and fill a lot of paperwork. But they have CS5.5 licences.

Also in Handbrake it only works if we use the iPhone preset, it does not work with the iPad preset. The quality of the video is lower and does not meet the result of what I can have on the iPad using AME.

If you don't understand that then you will never work with major institutions.

I never used any supplied presets yet. Trial and error, save preset – and it works.

With public administration, yes – it might be a huge problem. I am my own boss, happily.

The last thing I would like to do would be to work with a major EU institution;-)

HI
I got the correct settings on my h264 videos but it still does not work when i try to launch them full screen.

DId someone find the trick ?

alright, I tried like 100 dirrent things and here's something that works.

I put my video in After Effects (so I guess you can do the same with media encoder, but at least here I'm SURE it works fine)

Put your video in a 1280*720 comp
resize it as you want inside the comp

then render with these settings (ok it's in French but just transpose in the boxes)