[sere83]

thanx for the help. I did try some other settings and I appear to have had some much better results. Originally, using xilisoft I encoded some episodes of family guy @ 320X240 (24fps) 600kb data rate and 128kbps mp2 sound. These files play back perfectly on my hacha r280s (2.83" screen). I then tried to encode a dvd rip and hdtv entourage episode using the same settings. Both these files had A/V sync problems after about 1 or 2 minutes of playback. So I dropped the data rate to around 400kps on the entourage episode and it played back well (I think this could be boosted to about 425 as I tried at 450 and this played back almost perfect but did desync once and I had to scroll on a bit then it played fine for the rest) . I have yet to try a full dvd rip but I am hoping this will provide some optimal settings.