Acer K11 and MPEG formats

[daddog]

Just bought the Acer K11 projector (great little projector I might add), but I am having some troubles with the video formats it supports.
I was told to use 480P@30Hz or 576P@25Hz. Do we have those? Here is my drop down with VSX4



I was also told the K11 would play:
Support MJPEG D1@30fps
(480P@30Hz/576P@25Hz)

Support MJPEG4@SP
D1@30fps(480P@30Hz/576P@25Hz)

Support H263, H264@Baseline
D1@30fps(480P@30Hz/576P@25Hz)

Support AVI, MOV movie formats

Support 3gp movie format

Any way to customize one? The iPodH264 worked just fine, but that was the only one. I tried them all under the MPEG-4 options. The iPodH264 is way too small as I am using this for some small group presentations. Does VS X5 offer more options (AVI or MOV?) that might be compatible with the K11 formats and be something larger than an iPod?

Thanks in advance.

[Ken Berry]

They're blinding you with science! "480p/30Hz" in fact means NTSC 720 x 480, 30 frames per second and the p stands for progressive or frame based. (The other lot "576p/25Hz" is the PAL equivalent -- 720 x 576, 25 frames per second, and again frame-based or progressive.) So you would presumably make a video using those properties e.g. a slideshow which can always use frame-based or a video using frame-based or progressive. A customised DVD template should achieve that, as will any of the other formats they list.

[daddog]

lol Thank Ken. I will try the DVD MPEG2 720x480 option and see how that works.

[daddog]

Oh I should ask...

"480p/30Hz" in fact means NTSC 720 x 480, 30 frames per second and the p stands for progressive or frame based. (The other lot "576p/25Hz" is the PAL equivalent -- 720 x 576, 25 frames per second, and again frame-based or progressive.

How did you know that Ken? Do you have a chart or spec sheet I could reference or was that info in your head?

[Ken Berry]

Sorry, it was in my head. But it was pretty obvious, and the information - while presented in a slightly different - is nonetheless some of the most basic when it comes to video formats...