I've been having a hell of a time getting VOB's to PSP format. I was spending a lot of time trying to just get the image size ratio correct. I knew I'd have to scale the movie to 320x? and was having trouble with the vertical settings. Most of my converted movies ended up looking stretched. I remembered that QuickTimePro allows you to reset the movie size and resave the movie. Looks like it worked. At least on my Mac. I'll have to upload the video to my PSP to see if it really worked. I'll have to upload the movie manually since PSPWare doesn't recognize FFMpegX converted movies. No big deal. I think it has something to do with the lack of a THM file. I just hope that my conversion and resizing efforts finally worked. I've converted Elektra like four times now.
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I've given up for the time being. What a pain in the ass.
I'm starting from square one. I'm ripping the PAL DVD again into a VOB for reconversion. Since it's PAL, I doubt I'll be able to use PSPWare to convert the movie. I've been having some problems converting movies using PSPWare recently, but that's a different story. I'll have to try again with FFMpegX.
I've begun the conversion from VOB to PSP-mpg using FFmpegX. I used the autocrop command and previewed the settings from three different points in the movie. Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the aspect ratio comes out alright and ultimately that the movie will be recognized by the PSP.
Yeah! After the conversion finished, I used Photoshop to make a .THM file (see below) and I just added the two files to the PSPWare dropbox and bingo! They were uploaded! Unfortunately the quality does suffer since the resolution is lower than the native screen of the PSP, but nothing can be done about that. Oh, the other thing I forgot to do is to Name the movie appropriately in the proper field in FFmpegX.
Creating Sony Thumbnail Files (.THM extension)
author: Liquid Rhino
Alright, after seeing a lot of posts in forums and feeds on Sony-compatible THM files with no replies or links, I'd figure I'd set the record straight for the few of you out there who would like to be able to create these files, for whatever reason.
1. First off, you're gonna need some sort of image-editing program & some basic understanding of how to use whichever one you prefer.
2. Second, you'll need to know what device you're gonna be writing the file to, as there are 2 different sizes I've seen to date; one of which is a larger size and works with most Sony DV camcorders and a second, smaller size which is compatible with most Sony digital cameras, DV camcorders, as well as the PSP. Obviously the second choice is much more compatible and that's what I'll be showing you.
3. Find an appropriate image for the thumbnail you'll be creating to accompany the movie it's attached to, and open it in your image editor. You may either wish to select a frame of the movie you like best using Quicktime or any other viewer and simply using 'copy & paste' to your editor, or you may make an image from scratch, say a logo or something.
4. You'll need to open a new file, sized 160x120 (pixels; w x h). Paste the image you chose in the above step and size it accordingly with your image editor, possibly even sharpening it for added clarity. Make sure it's a flattened image and save it using JPEG format (compression 4-6 works best) with the exact same filename as the video you wish to make the thumbnail for, only instead of adding the .JPG extension, make sure you use '.THM' instead.
5. Upload movie & thumbnail as necessary to your memory card or stick.
6. Enjoy your custom thumbnails! :)
Well, my next project was to encode "Ninja Scroll" (4:3 PAL DVD) for the PSP. Ultimately I was foiled by a bad copy of the DVD, I think.
I was trying to extract the English audio and had difficulties using FFmpegX to pull out the correct audio. I also learned that the preview function in the finder doesn't always play audio for mpeg movies. It's best to open them with a media player to test out movies. I even tried using Handbrake to rip the movie into .mp4 and then use PSPWare to reconvert the file, but PSPWare choked. Pain in the ass! So, I gave up on that title for the PSP.
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