I just finished downloading. I extracted using WINrar. I saved it to My Documents. I dont know what I am supposed to do after that ?? I open the MPlayer file but all I see are a bunch of other files I dont see a program icon. I know Im doing something wrong can someone please help me with this ???? !!!!

I just wanna thank you all for the help..after reading all the threads,now, I can download video files to my blackberry pearl..hehhe..i downloaded college invasion first! hahaha!

Thanks for all the help!

For people have trouble getting mplayer to work heres a step by step:

http://www5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...32-1.0pre8.zip

Download mplayer from above and unzip it. Drag the unzipped folder into "Program Files" on your main drive. In that mplayer folder place the video file you want to encode and make sure the video file name is only one word. Now go to Start>Run and type cmd, hit enter. In the DOS prompt type "cd\" hit enter. Now type "cd\program files\mplayer".

^Everything above without "these"

Finally open up notepad and copy and paste:
mencoder -vf scale=240:180 <input file> -o temp.avi -of avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=230:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64

Replace <input file> in the above string with the exact name of the video file being encoded. Hit enter one last time and the video will be encoded and renamed temp.avi - This file will apear in the mplayer folder that you originally put in "Program Files"

Hope that helps.....

And yet I know DOS from the old days.

Until I can get better instructions, you may want to try Super C on the Sony 3GP setting. That worked for me in addition to the manual settings they explain in here. Here is the settings I used.

And here is an FLV video file I had converted! As a sample, it's not bad. At least I'm getting there in making things work.

Simply transfer it to your Pearl video folder. The video was choppy to begin with, it is not a problem with the conversion.

http://www.heartinsanfrancisco.com/9...loons_nena.3GP

Has anyone been able to get a WMV to convert to a format that will work on the 8100? I haven't been successful.

use setting that i posted with super program
it works fine.

3gp(sony), mpeg-4, aac, 220x176, 5:4, 14.985, 96 kbps

SHin.

Yes, Super works great but what bites is you have to choose the VOB and drop it on the encoder...If you know anything about DVD video you should know there are serveral VOB files and most are .99 GB and this is about 1/2 hour of a video....If you have a "De-Macrovisioned" video you can use the Slysoft Mobile DVD converter and use the "VOB Passthru" option and this will make the movie one large VOB file (unchanged) and the drag that onto the Super program and Bada Bing..an entire movie at approx. 133 MB ( I got X-Men last stand and Lovin' it! )...One more thing....The settings advised are not best! Use AVI as the container...H.263 as the output..Use size 352X288 and 1:1 Video bit rate is: 23.95, at 352KBPS and Audio is 64 BPS at 22,000 sampling rate. The controls are a little slow but working nicely. Oh, The picture is Razor Sharp!!!!!!! BTW, Using the Passthru with Slysoft moble coverter takes approx. 20 Min and to convert to AVI via Super takes about 30 Min. It's worth it..Give it a try! The Slysoft program has to be bought but you can download the trial full working version, it will give you 21 days!... Tee Hee hee, People on the Metro-North train I take to work are Soooo Jealous they close thier eyes or turn away...Ha ha ha!

Usually I do that to ppl when I think their pathetic... no offence. j/k

Yeah but I'm not showing off, I'm just testing or watching a movie and the person next to me acts like I'm offending them...I think that's too funny! I feel like saying "T-Mobile has a bunch of them! Switch carriers or upgrade,Damn!"

Thanks Shin! Worked like a charm.

I'm not being rude but I used the demo the was made with simular settings and my BB crashed/I couldn't even stop the video and when the "reset" command appeard I clicked it and it reappeard..Try the settings I posted and I will try to upload video later today because I get crystal clear full screen video and controls work a few milliseconds after you try to stop or pause the video. I use the 352X288 and 23.85 1:1, audio at 64bits per second. This is the AVI container at H.263. BTW the H.263 is best and anyone into video conversion should know that.Anyway this is NOT a challenge, will someone try this and post their findings? And I used the 14.985 this looks spotty, I may be a perfectionist but my settings look like your watching TV on the BB

glad its working out
thanks

SHin.

On mencoder, I can't get .avi files to convert successfully into ones that can play on the media player. I have on some, but the audio is either chopped up or it doesn't covert whatsoever, even after updating the binary codec packages. Can Super provide this to me? I have yet to try since I hear MPlayer provides better quality, but I'm down for sacrificing now for some videos I'd really want on my Pearl.

the large AVI extension still let the video work for me....thanks but how to do i get rid of the pause/stop/sound and go to a complete full screen???!

just downloaded super. I thought this is supposed to compress the files too. Doesnt seem like a big difference in size.

No dice.

Yes, Super works great but what bites is you have to choose the VOB and drop it on the encoder...If you know anything about DVD video you should know there are serveral VOB files and most are .99 GB and this is about 1/2 hour of a video....If you have a "De-Macrovisioned" video you can use the Slysoft Mobile DVD converter and use the "VOB Passthru" option and this will make the movie one large VOB file (unchanged) and the drag that onto the Super program and Bada Bing..an entire movie at approx. 133 MB ( I got X-Men last stand and Lovin' it! )...One more thing....The settings advised are not best! Use AVI as the container...H.263 as the output..Use size 352X288 and 1:1 Video bit rate is: 23.95, at 352KBPS and Audio is 64 BPS at 22,000 sampling rate. The controls are a little slow but working nicely. Oh, The picture is Razor Sharp!!!!!!! BTW, Using the Passthru with Slysoft moble coverter takes approx. 20 Min and to convert to AVI via Super takes about 30 Min. It's worth it..Give it a try! The Slysoft program has to be bought but you can download the trial full working version, it will give you 21 days!... Tee Hee hee, People on the Metro-North train I take to work are Soooo Jealous they close thier eyes or turn away...Ha ha ha!


how did you get around the lack of volume issue?

OK. I've encoded 20-odd movies from my own DVD collection so far. I didn't have the time to watch each one on the phone after I encoded it. I basically just encoded each movie, fired it up on the PC just long enough to make sure I had both sound and video, and went on to encoding the next.

I loaded one on my phone the other day, and the movie was dubbed in Spanish.

I have since checked all the movies I encoded so far. 3 turned up encoded dubbed in a language other than English. One in Spanish, two in French. I have no clue what made this happen.

However, after some digging, I found the switch to prevent it:

-alang en

This will force mencoder to use the English soundtrack when it encodes. I put it right before the input file path/name. I advise everyone who uses mencoder to go ahead and put this switch in the encoding string. It doesn't hurt anything, and it may save you hours of encoding time. And some frustration, of course.

FYI.

The low volume depends on what program you use to remove the copy protection. You must make sure you select English (if that is your language) two channel. If you select 5 or 6 channel the default output will be from the surround channels and I do not believe the blackberry pearl has a prologic amp built in it :>)

byeelec, thanks, i will try that. did not consider the surround sound issue. the last time i did it, i used super with your settings, then ran it thru mencoder again with the higher sound settings, and it worked perfectly, though i would of course like to avoid that step if possible.

i'm finding that the safest way to do this is to do each VOB file individually, the 8100 seems to like it better this way (especially with the control response time)

If that works for you then you should follow it. I use slysoft DVD to mobile and it makes one large vob file. I guess I'm greedy/ I like to watch the movie all the way thru but I noticed the stress it puts on the processor in my computer causing audio sync issues.only a few milliseconds however still noticeable.in addition to that single vob conversion allows time for modification of settings to make watching the movie perfect.

can someone plz help me out with Method 2 cuz Method 1 is physically impossible for me. I got great video but the audio comes out way to low plz help

O.K. this will be simple. Dolby surround is done via mixing and the "Mixing" is digitally encoded onto the DVD/Tape/CD, etc. The balckberry pearl cannot read the information and will use the default which is left and right back speakers ( In video these are the surround channels and volume is low until the encoded signal on the DVD triggers the amp ). If you decode a DVD and choose the 2 channel sound the default will be in stereo only and this will be louder. you may choose to look-up Videora IPOD converter however I cannot advise if the volume control works but I see it goes up to 500% and parts of Slysoft Mobile to DVD has volume adjustment sliders...As I stated before, it depends on what program you use before converting with SuperC. Just make sure you make a small sample. I will be experimenting with this week-end...all week I haven't had a chance to do anything because of my job Yeah...The usual excuse for most of us in here

jus downloaded mplayer to encode my videos but when i open the folders it sayys i have a mencoder and an mplayer but when i want 2 opne them it just blicks on my screen the shuts off i cant use how can i fiz that

can someone pleez help i just downloaded mplayer and whhen i open it theres 2 files that say mencoder and mplayer and more but when i open either mencoder or mplayer it opens for a sec then shuts off wat am i doin wrong or whst the problem

Mplayer is not used to play files because your pc doesn't have the correct codec for it. If you have a friend that knows DOS, that could help a little bit. My friend got it working for me after I tried myself for about 1 week. gluck.

A week?

You didn’t try the second method mentioned?

~MrKyoo

the second method was easy, but I couldnt figure out how to minimize the size of the files. After learning the first method, it's definately ALOT easier then Super.

Their tech article on audio/video transcoding:
blackberry <dot> com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/8021/7925/1269203/How_To_-_Transcode_audio_and_video_files_using_BlackBerry_ Media_Player.html?nodeid=1269917&vernum=0

it's pretty long

Dated September 6, 2006

If you’re running Windows XP

1. Right click on mencoder
2. Click Create Shortcut
3. Right click on the Shortcut and click Properties
4. Change the Target to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
5. Click Apply
6. Click OK
7. Now click on the Shortcut to mencoder
Easier than Super? Maybe!

Mencoder does create a smaller sized output file.

~MrKyoo

Good stuff, now I can start filling my phone with porn!

I apologize, but everytime I try to do this with mplayer it has a bad resolution breakdown, no matter what or how I change the code, any suggetions????
I am starting with a 128mb file and I end up with an 8.9mb file.
Thank you in advanced.

I had a similar problem with a .wmv file and encoding it to .avi. I downloaded the exact same .wmv file but in .mpg then encoded to .avi and then the resolution was much better.

~MrKyoo

was there also a lag in the audio? For me, only mpg and avi's are the ones I can encode without a problem.

Thank you for the suggetion, I will try it!!, I did download an ipod movie trailer and convert it and it worked fine

I'm sorry but this is too complicated. Is there an easier program. I cant get either of them to work. please help!!!

There was so much of the video distortion with encoding a .wmv to .avi that I couldn’t tell if there was a lag in the audio.
If you can try and explain what type of problems you’re having then someone might be able to help you. It’s not that complicated.

~MrKyoo

are there any p2p sites that have videos already encoded for the pearl? just curious, cause I wouldn't mind sharing mine if I can get some others.

Awesome, I'll need to bookmark this.

I followed all of this and it works up until i open up the short cut. i try to cut and paste the mencoder stuff but then it says that it cant find the file. Im doing a huge search and I think this is the only way to do it for free. Should I just buy the program? It seems a little easier or is someone going to make an easier prog?