[junjuntree]

Hey guys, I had a question about the video playback on the BB8 8100.
I transfered videos on to my phone but they wont play. I tried AVI and MPEG4. Is there something else that i need to download? please help me thanks . . . anything will help

[mrivero]

i found a program called Super (dvd-guides.com/content/view/149/59/). This program is great you can play with the settings depending on how much memory you want to use up. I converted a few videos i have on my ipod. I used the following settings: output 3gp, output video codec H.263, output audio codec acc. hope this helps

[jacksondog]

Thanks mrivero, that program worked great and now I can move videos to my 8100!

[MorningZ]

Originally Posted by mrivero

i found a program called Super (dvd-guides.com/content/view/149/59/). This program is great you can play with the settings depending on how much memory you want to use up. I converted a few videos i have on my ipod. I used the following settings: output 3gp, output video codec H.263, output audio codec acc. hope this helps

Have you had any issues with the audio being out of sync with the video?

I've tried both imToo and Xilisoft's 3gp encoder's and both of them do not work correctly (followed Blackerry's suggestions of: 240x180 resolution, 400kps, MPEG-4 format, 30 frames/sec)

[Zro]

I use MPlayer encoder. it's a DOS program but works beautifully. do a google for it.

Zro

[MorningZ]

Originally Posted by mrivero

i found a program called Super (dvd-guides.com/content/view/149/59/). This program is great you can play with the settings depending on how much memory you want to use up. I converted a few videos i have on my ipod. I used the following settings: output 3gp, output video codec H.263, output audio codec acc. hope this helps

Also wanted to post to thank you for posting about Super..... it did much better than either ImToo or Xilisoft programs that are supposed to do the same thing, and both of them are more than $20

[Josh123]

Just to confirm, iPod formatted MPEG4 video plays on the 8100. I copied a movie directly out of iTunes to the Movies folder on my media card.

This video was at 647kbps, stereo, and the only problem I had was the audio would "skip" occasionally. it wasn't too bad though.

[mrivero]

no problem

[sdi126]

Josh123.....I tried transfering some videos from my ipod over (ones that I purchased through iTunes as well as ones that I have made)....from the documentation that I have read the 8100 supports the h263 video codec at the moment.....aren't ipod videos h264? How did u get this to work?

[Lexlevic]

I too have had many problems transferring and viewing videos. I have cucusoft ipod converter and could convert the videos to mpeg4. They would not play!! I finally got one to work using xillisoft and the video playback was horrible. It kept freezing. Could any of this have anything to do with my sd card? my mp3s play fine though. WHats the best format way to view these videos.? The preloaded sample video looks great.

Pictures- does anyone know of a prog to make your jpegs a smaller file size???

Also how to reset your 8100 phone if it is frozen or freezing without having to take the battery out.

[Lexlevic]

I also used super and it worked great. Does anyone know if you can make the videos larger so it takes up more of the screen. Mine is just in a small box and there is more screen left to use. Do i change the setting in super to a different phone or ratio. Right now im using 3gp nokia h.263 aac 176x 144 and an 11:9 aspect ratio

[Zro]

Entering MPlayer homepage for the mplayer encoder

Then encode with

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

Works like a dream.

Zro

[gfisher99]

Originally Posted by Zro

Entering MPlayer homepage for the mplayer encoder

Then encode with

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

Works like a dream.

Zro

Man! You are my HERO.. This method works perfectly! I had been trying everything with very few results. Everything would be choppy or have no video..

Thanks again, this should be a sticky!

[Lexlevic]

when i do small files i had no problem. but i did a whole movie and the audio was messed up. any ideas why that could be??

[plakius]

i just exported from quicktime pro to 3g "use" 3gpp mobile mp4 ... works like a charm

[somarpro]

Originally Posted by plakius

i just exported from quicktime pro to 3g "use" 3gpp mobile mp4 ... works like a charm

Thanks that did the trick for me

[DaisyChaos]

It's really strange, but why can I read here so many articles about these companies which only use FFMPEG for converting video files?

If you like to convert videos using FFMPEG, just use the free and open source comand line, but don't buy a product for 30 or 40 bucks!

Bye, Daisy