#“Converting Video AVIs for use on HTC Desire and Nexus One”
Grab Handbrake (Windows, Mac, Unix)
For zero effort just use the iPhone preset in the GUI.
If you use the command-line, this creates very nice video indeed (via NexusOneForum) that makes use of the h264 graphics accelerator in the phone.
HandBrakeCLI -i "infile.avi" -o "outfile.mp4" -f mp4 -e x264 -q 0.60 –loose-anamorphic -x level=30:cabac=0:ref=2:mixed-refs:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1 –deblock -E faac -B 128 -R 48 -6 d
Note that it can now also convert unencrypted DVDs directly too.