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.