Because mylo com-2 has a excellent screen, it is natural that we except to use it to play videos. However, manybody found that to convert a video to play on Sony's devices is painful. Here, I will present some of my experience about it.

 

Now, I'm using the freeware "PSP Video 9". It's really a good tool because you can still use it even if the device is upgraded. Furthermore, I have converted the same video files using it and "Image Converter 3" from Sony. After comparing, I find the quality of the files from "PSP Video 9" is much better.

 

"PSP Video 9" is also easy to use. Just select suitable setting for the convertion, and you can start the convertion by only one click. Now, I find the profile "Fw 1.50+ MPEG4 320x240 768kbps Stereo/128kbps" and "Fw 1.50+ MPEG4 320x240 768kbps Stereo/128kbps 2-Pass" work well for me. Of course, "2-Pass" setting consumes two times to convert the video. I'm not sure whether the "2-Pass" setting overcomes normal one very much.

 

Another possible problem is that 320x240 is almost 4:3, not the popular resolution of high-definition video files (16:9). For example, I have many HD video files with "704x396" or "1280x720" resolution. Moreover, I also have some rmvb files, which cannot be recognized by "PSP Video 9". However, we can use the software "AviSynth". Download and install it. Now, write a simple script with .avs suffix.

 

For example, we have a video file "LuckyStar.rmvb" with 704x396 resolution (16:9). Then the avs file reads:

 

 

Here, most commands can be found from the documents of AviSynth. "Trim(800,1200)" means only frames from 800 to 1200 will be converted. Here, I comment out this line by "#". However, if you only want to test the script, you can add it to reduce the convertion time.

Most important is the command AddBorders. You can add black (or specified color) borders around the image, with the specified widths (in pixels). Here, I get 60 for the top and bottom borders because 320/(704/396)=180, and 240-180=60. Please note that we do not need to half the value. I don't know the reason.

 

Finally, put the converted video to your mylo2 and enjoy!

 

 

 

 

VCD 352×240dpi     

LD 567 × 480dpi  

DVD 720× 480dpi 

 

720P, 1080p, 1080i, a1080, a720: i and p are the abbreviations of "interlace scan" and "progressive scan", respectively. 720P means 1280×720 progressive scan, 1080p means 1920×1080 progressive scan, 1080i stands for 1920×1080 interlace scan. a1080 contains 1440×1080 and 1280×1080. a720 use 960×720 or 852×720. 720p is also called as HD, 1080i/1080P are called as "FULL HD".

 

I read the manual of mylo and find that there is another way to play the wide screen videos. When you play the video, you can click "DISP" button on the touch pad, and the screen will become somewhat wider. As a result, you can get larger visual region by this way. However, I find that the size is not 16:9. It is interesting why sony make such a design.