Hi Buzzygirl,
Xilisoft do offer a free trial on their dvd2mp4 converter ( found here
http://www.xilisoft.com/dvd-to-mp4-suite.html )
The trial is fully functional, apart from it'll only allow you to convert the first 5 minutes of a movie.
Therefore, you should not need to buy it, until you have had success with the trial.
For me, it's been the perfect partner for both my 224x176 players, and my 320x240 players.
It'll put subtitles in (if you want), it can convert directly from a DVD (even many originals), and you can decide if you want to end up with one long movie, or chunks of your own prefered size ( I like 30 mins, as this is not too much to fast forward thru'!).
Please give the trial a try, using these settings:
For the 2" (and 2.2") players (224x176) :
First, select 'XviD' as the Profile.
For Video Size, manually type "224x176" - on my version (4.0.83 build 0178) this size doesn't appear in the drop-down, but manually typing it as I have shown here, works.
You must not put any spaces between the 224, the x and the 176. i.e. just put 224x176
Bit Rate - I have found that 512 works 100%.
Frame Rate - at 20FPS, the sound and video remain in sync. Higher FPS ratings result in a slightly smoother video, but the sound lags behind.
Aspect - Auto
Same Quality - False
Audio Codec - MP2 - Important Note! Although Rockchip players handle MP3 Music fantastically, the video audio must be encoded as MP2 it seems. Xilisost are one of the only ppl who realise this!!
Bit Rate - 128 works for me everytime.
Sample Rate - 44100 - ditto!
Channels - Stereo
Disable Audio - False
For the 2.4" Rockchip players, do exactly as above, but select a video size of "320x240"
I think this should work, and please let us know how you get on !!
