H.264/AVC Encode

Hiya,
we all know our video guru el_loco whom I have known a long time and who helped me two consecutive years to get MY PHONE. This process is based on him.
Our N95 8GBs are HW accelerated for 640X480 REZ'd MPEG4/MP4s and 320X240 REZ'd H.264/AVCs.
I personally prefer H.264/AVC over MP4 just because it is bit clearer and well saturation level.
So, I have been trying to find out which converter does its best to convert **bleep** to good H.264s.
So, I use Videora iPod Converter.
It uses internet occasionally.
When you open it;to avoid so many confusions directly create a new profile.
Name it anything you like.
And the settings are:
It goes in this way:
Settings>New Profile
General: Profile Name
iPod 1-pass-ffPPEGVNB
Video>General>H.264, Baseline Profile, Level 1.3
(Lets keep General2, and general3 untouched)
Bitrate:
ABR
512(it is enough for me, but there is another option-576, if you want more experiment try it, but leave 768 or higher)
Max resolution:320x240
Audio: as you wish, but 64 AAC-LC is enough for me.
Thanks.
Any correction, el_loco welcome.

Hi,
Just some clarification so I don't continue wasting hours encoding video!
I've been trying for ages to get H.264 working on my phone at 640x480 resolution. So if I'm understanding this post correctly, the N95 can't go above 320x240 for H.264??
Don't get me wrong: MPEG-4 looks awesome on the N95 handset, but H.264 would be much, much better for tv-out...
And can it still support H.264 using widescreen resolutions below 320x240?
Thanks,
Jessica

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package
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ID                                       : 0
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