what am i doing wrong???? I cant get it to work.

Does the location of the video file that im trying to encode mattter? cus billardoreidasinuca is somewer in my documents folder. does that matter?

mencoder -vf scale=240:180 Billardoreidasinuca.mpg -o temp.avi -of avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=230:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64

Has anyone compared this method to the Seabyrd blackberry video converter I see all over the place???

ha nvm.....the seabyrd converter just calls mencoder..should have known as it's GNU licensed......

Just download the Seabyrd converter....does exactly the same thing but with a slick little installer and GUI.

Nicod, you are correct. There is another converter CloneDVD that uses mencoder too. However, it is cripple ware after 21 days, but will convert for more devices. Builds smaller files by maybe a third. Look back at Page 12 for my values and comparison.

Alright well i couldnt get method 1 to work for the life of me. i could of gotten a part time job and made enough money to pay someone to do it in the time i spent.

so i tried method two but the files are still really really big. they only go from 733mg to about 500meg. what am i doing wrong with SUPER?

Borat.2006.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-DoNE.(osloskop.net)

also i dont know why but my windows wont show me what the extension is even in properties....

hey i am doing this with method 1 , and i am getting audio but no video although it says its converting but every frame converted says there is a dupicate frame, and ideas why?

when I converted the video it worked great but my sound is really glitchy, what settings for sound should i use

thaxxx nice i will try it out ...

I must be missing something. When I convert the file, how do I get my Blackberry into mass storage mode to copy the file? I connect the Blackberry to my computer but it doesn't show up as a storage device. And I don't know what mass storage mode is.

I've had better luck with using PCM audio, it takes more file space, but puts less strain on the blackberry. I've actually found the best bitrate for mpeg4 videos is about 512, but ~320 will do fine.

I've actually been using virtual dub to image crop and scale, and time scale over mencoder, as mencoder has issues with adding an offset to the audio. I haven't seen a way to disable this.

Virtual dub can be downloaded at:
Welcome to virtualdub.org! - virtualdub.org

Dex, you'll have to have extra memory, such as a MicroSD memory card. Then when you connect your Blackberry to a computer, the Blackberry will prompt you if you want to enable mass storage mode. Click on Yes. Then you should see the drive map onto your computer.

Hey guys Xilisoft dvd ripper platinum can do blackberry videos now. You can find it on torrents somewhere ;)

Yes it matters, the file needs to be in the mplayer's folder, because you are trying to access a file which is in the same file of the mencoder, hence it doesn't show you that you are trying to access the file from another folder, I thought it was pretty obvious. Anyway ill make this simple for you.
1. Put the file in the same folder as mencoder.
2. Start mencoder.
3. use this code: mencoder -vf scale=240:180 <input file> -o <output file> -of avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=230:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64

Now ill give you an example of what it would look like if I used the file you wanted to convert.

mencoder -vf scale=240:180 Billardoreidasinuca.mpg -o BillardConverted.mpg -of avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=230:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64

Of course you can name the output file whatever you want. The first file name is always the file which you are trying to convert. Second will be the converted file and the name which you want it to have.

Also, I like to use vbirate=320, makes the video look much better and doesn't affect video playback. Non that I've been able to detect.

WinAvi works real well. I rip my movies and then convert to 260x340 3gp file and transfer them to my micro sd card. The medial player could be better but its great for those boaring moments. Becareful not to rip the widescreen version or the video is super small.

what does this work for?

I use "Total Video Converter" to convert my videos files to mp4
and its just sweet ^^

Well my question is and isn't off topic as it's not how to encode but rather about video's that been encoded.

I was just wondering if a BB Pearl will play MP4 format movies/video's? I am always downloading movies for my PSP and they are all MP4. Really small files, sometimes an entire movie is under 200 mb's so size isn't gona be an issue, especially b/c there are 6GB Micro SD cards out now.

Well thanks for the answer guys.

Cheers.

Ok nvm, I found out they do take MP4 format videos .

Ok I am having a couple of problems. I have some video files that were encoded in XviD. I tried using the Seabyrd program and it converts the video files fine, but it seems to still use the XviD codec because when I load it on my 8130 it cant play the video.

I'm able to use the Media Manager and when I convert through that it works on my BB, but the file size through that is almost double and it takes quite a bit longer. I guess my question is after using the Seabyrd converting software, is there a way to change the encoding codec of the file without nearly doubling the size of the file? Or is the BB compression support just that inferior to xvid?

Thanks

Anyway to encode the subtitles into the output avi?

Does anybody know why my sound on my videos pauses for a second, and then starts playing again with the audio 3 seconds ahead?

I've asked basically the same thing 3 times and everyone acts like I'm crazy. For me its basically like the processor can't handle the video and the video and audio get out of sync for a few seconds.

I got an 8gb MicroSD card for christmas. I immediately put songs on my phone via drag and drop. Simple. I then proceeded to convert some videos. I read the sticky but was unsuccessful with the mendocer DOS prompt. So I downloaded SeaByrd Video COnverter. I have converted a full DVD, a .mov file from my camera and individual scenes from DVD's. None of them play on my Pearl. I get an error message that reads "Unable to play content". Any thoughts? Is there a setting I am missing? Any help on this would be great. Thanks.

Hi All,

Good stuff here... I'm having trouble running movies on my Pearl. It is an 8130 with Verizon. I have not seen anyone here post about this specific model. Every movie or tv show that I have converted comes up with the following error on my pearl - "Unable to play content." I am using the default values that SeaByrd comes with.

Any sugestions/similar experiences?

Thanks,
John

I've downloaded both tools. With the Mencoder tool is get an error:
'Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for codec mp3' ? I look at the codec download and couldn't find one for mp3.

I then downloaded the super tool and set the parameters defined at the top of this thread then converted a few files all resulting in audio only (no video). When I tried to play them on the pearl I got a 'unable to play content' message.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. Also, I am using the Pearl 8130 with sprint.

Thanks

Same here on my 8130...converted a WMV to AVI using default settings for the 81xx, and my Pearl told me it couldn't play the file....

I finally got it to work on my Pearl 8130 (Sprint). I used the 'Supper' tool with the following settings:
Encoding file format: MP4
Video Codec: MPEG-4, 240x176 (4x3), 384 kbps, 23.976 fps
Audie Codec: AAC, Stereo, 64 kbps, 44100 KHz, Audio Stream Default

Converted 3 home videos with no issues.

is it possible to see the video msgs my friends send me? or must they be converted for a bb? if so ive got to tell em to stop, they are just wasting their time.

I tried this, and i got an error saying
"Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for Mp3"

Anybody know what i can do to fix this?

I don't have a fix, but I can assure you that you're not alone in this.

I was able to work around this by downloading an earlier version, but then I ran in to the problem of the produced video apparently having only audio.

You'll probably have to ask for help on the mplayer users email list and report back here.

I downloaded blackberry video converter, and it does the whole mencoder crap, but a lot easier

Heres how i did it if anybody wants to know

Download this
Seabyrd Technologies - Blackberry Video Converter

After installing, choose your phone, then click Input, Then click choose a custom size (For pearl 8100 full screen is 240x180), click save and encode, click save to, and choose your destination, click Convert my video, and itll open a DOS window, and it will start the mencode converting (takes about 30 minutes for a full movie)

NOTE:The quality will be a little worse since you resized it.

the blackberry video converter always has the sound off from the video when I use it, the only thing I've found that works right is the blackberry desktop software for converting

i used that seabyrd converter and my vidoes skip frames and causing the xplayer to freeze on me... any ideas why?

Yes, yes I do.

Firstly download LAME from here:

Download LAME MP3 Encoder 3.98 : LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder

Copy the DLL (lame_enc.dll) into the codecs subdirectory.

Now change the command slightly:

You should now find the command runs without problems.

(I don't know if the resultant video works yet as the encoder is running as I type!)

That's the problem that I'm having as well.

Have a vzw 8130 and I convert to 3gp using Super from erightsoft.

Here are my settings:
output container: 3GP (sony ericsson)
output video codec: MPEg-4
Output audio codec: AAC

Video Scale size: 320:240
Aspect: 4:3
Frames Per Sec: 29.97
Bitrate: 576 (you can change this to lower the file size of the video)
Options: Hi-Quality, 3gp v4/v5

Audio Sampling Freq: 22050
Channels: 2
Bitrate:48


I would be interested to find out if anyone else used these settings successfully.

Greetings everyone.

Long time no post...

I am planning on updating my software soon, I am getting more and more emails about "video type not supported" now that that the 8130 is in heavy circulation.

I was wondering if people would like to see the Seabyrd Blackberry app work for the new blackberries?

If you would, please pm me or email me at so when I get some test videos I can send them to you for testing. I don't have one of these new berries so I have be reticent to update the application for lack of a test bed. But, since so many people seem to want to use it for their new berries.... here goes. I should have a beta by Monday barring any huge server crashes at work.

Baconismidog.

hey can anyone tell me how to pimp my BlackBerry 8100

I just downloaded SUPER last night to play around with the tool. I've had bad luck with a lot of the other tools for conversion (audio out of sync, poor video quality).

The settings noted will work, but I don't think the video bitrate has to be set so high. RIM states the optimum bitrate at 400kbps, and I found video encoded at 384kbps to be okay, as long as I have a high quality source to work with.

When I tried playing a clip at 576kbps, the media player seemed to get bogged down, and sometimes would take a minute to respond when I tried to stop or pause.

On my old computer i did this just fine, but i bought a new computer and for some reason i can't get it to work. I keep getting this message:

Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for codec mp3.

How do i fix this?