pcsperson
10-24-2006, 11:13 PM
video is there a guide for converting existing movies from a PC to be able to be played on a PV phone?
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olsen469
10-25-2006, 12:18 AM
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Good Question, Though I Dont Thing You Can Store Video Media On Your Phone-all Of It Is Streaming. However. All Music, Ringers, Apps, Ect Can Be Stored On The Phone
Good Question, Though I Dont Thing You Can Store Video Media On Your Phone-all Of It Is Streaming. However. All Music, Ringers, Apps, Ect Can Be Stored On The Phone
ohhwun_xtreme
10-25-2006, 02:26 AM
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i use Im TOO 3gp converter. i got a couple whole movies on my phone.
i use Im TOO 3gp converter. i got a couple whole movies on my phone.
pcsperson
10-25-2006, 08:47 AM
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i use Im TOO 3gp converter. i got a couple whole movies on my phone.
I will give it a try. I was looking a for a 3g converter so I could get some videos to stream
through Orb.com but as of now the video I have when I try to stream them directly give me an error.
i use Im TOO 3gp converter. i got a couple whole movies on my phone.
I will give it a try. I was looking a for a 3g converter so I could get some videos to stream
through Orb.com but as of now the video I have when I try to stream them directly give me an error.
donblay
10-25-2006, 10:45 AM
Hands down the best converter is Super (http://www.erightsoft.net/Superdc.html) . It is free and it can convert almost anything into almost anything else. To convert to 3gp for your phone pick "3gp (Sony Ericsson) from the drop-down list 1. Then in drop-down 2 pick "MPEG-4" and in drop-down 3 pick "AAC". Make sure the Video settings are 176x144, and 15 frames a sec. For the best quality i also pick 192 as the Bit-rate.
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
w7excursion13
10-25-2006, 11:01 AM
Orb should stream your files even if they are not in 3g2/3gp. Maybe check your settings
jmax626
10-25-2006, 11:18 AM
Where do you find SUPER ?
w7excursion13
10-25-2006, 11:23 AM
Google Super C video converter. I dont have a link at the moment.
jmax626
10-25-2006, 11:25 AM
Thanks
pcsperson
10-25-2006, 11:59 AM
Orb should stream your files even if they are not in 3g2/3gp. Maybe check your settings
what setting are there the only option I have is to pick where to play my files from
what setting are there the only option I have is to pick where to play my files from
pcsperson
10-25-2006, 11:59 AM
Hands down the best converter is Super (http://www.erightsoft.net/Superdc.html) . It is free and it can convert almost anything into almost anything else. To convert to 3gp for your phone pick "3gp (Sony Ericsson) from the drop-down list 1. Then in drop-down 2 pick "MPEG-4" and in drop-down 3 pick "AAC". Make sure the Video settings are 176x144, and 15 frames a sec. For the best quality i also pick 192 as the Bit-rate.
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
What do you mean by "hint"?
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
What do you mean by "hint"?
donblay
10-25-2006, 12:02 PM
Where do you find SUPER ?
my original post has a link to it on the word "Super"
my original post has a link to it on the word "Super"
donblay
10-25-2006, 12:06 PM
What do you mean by "hint"?
hinting is the process of internally marking the file in blocked segements for streaming; so that the server knows where to "chop" it into packet; more or less. Darwin Streaming Server (and all streaming server software as far as i know) must have the file hinted in order to stream it. in quick time you have the option when you export; one of the drop-down settings is "streaming" and you can just check the box to enable it and use the defaults.
if you don't plan on streaming the media you don't need to worry about "hinting"; it'll play from a mini-sd just the same either way.
ps: it might make it easier on orb to play pre-formated 3gp files (so it doens't have to resize and convert on the fly). but it shouldn't have to be hinted; orb should have no trouble with non-hinted 3gp
hinting is the process of internally marking the file in blocked segements for streaming; so that the server knows where to "chop" it into packet; more or less. Darwin Streaming Server (and all streaming server software as far as i know) must have the file hinted in order to stream it. in quick time you have the option when you export; one of the drop-down settings is "streaming" and you can just check the box to enable it and use the defaults.
if you don't plan on streaming the media you don't need to worry about "hinting"; it'll play from a mini-sd just the same either way.
ps: it might make it easier on orb to play pre-formated 3gp files (so it doens't have to resize and convert on the fly). but it shouldn't have to be hinted; orb should have no trouble with non-hinted 3gp
mkhopper
10-28-2006, 09:44 AM
How big should you expect the resulting .3gp file to be when using Super with the settings suggested above?
I'm encoding a DVD .vob file now (after extracting from DVD Shrink) and the file size is just under 200Mb.
I've seen many .3gp DVD conversions that are very watchable with no audio slippage, but with a file size of less than 80Mb.
I'm encoding a DVD .vob file now (after extracting from DVD Shrink) and the file size is just under 200Mb.
I've seen many .3gp DVD conversions that are very watchable with no audio slippage, but with a file size of less than 80Mb.
w7excursion13
10-28-2006, 09:56 AM
The bitrates can be lowered to make your files smaller. I have my video set at 96 and audio at 32. It just depends on what kind of quality you are going for.
dfwtxpatrick
10-28-2006, 03:11 PM
I am downloading it now, but will this let me change the size of the video?
I have a bunch of movies that will play fine on my wifes A920, but on my Treo 700p, they are quite small.
Anyway to enlarge them?
I have a bunch of movies that will play fine on my wifes A920, but on my Treo 700p, they are quite small.
Anyway to enlarge them?
w7excursion13
10-28-2006, 03:17 PM
Yeah you can change the screen size. Lots of options. :)
8chTOWN
11-14-2006, 12:25 PM
Does IMToo convert a DVD into a format viewable on a phone. I have i880 wich happens to be a multi media phone. I know its a next tell but multi media is multi media right
LouS
11-14-2006, 12:49 PM
For DVDs, DVD Decrypter and Super work best. You have to first use DVD Decrypter to write the files (VOB) to your hard drive, then use Super to convert to 3G2. Very easy to do and a DVD movie shrinks down to approx 100Mb total.
ACIDSE7EN
11-17-2006, 03:39 PM
Does anyone know the best settings for Super for the A940 without the file being too big??
BigJohnson1788
11-17-2006, 04:40 PM
hinting is the process of internally marking the file in blocked segements for streaming; so that the server knows where to "chop" it into packet; more or less. Darwin Streaming Server (and all streaming server software as far as i know) must have the file hinted in order to stream it. in quick time you have the option when you export; one of the drop-down settings is "streaming" and you can just check the box to enable it and use the defaults.
if you don't plan on streaming the media you don't need to worry about "hinting"; it'll play from a mini-sd just the same either way.
ps: it might make it easier on orb to play pre-formated 3gp files (so it doens't have to resize and convert on the fly). but it shouldn't have to be hinted; orb should have no trouble with non-hinted 3gp
So if you use hinted videos, will there be more loading? I don't completely understand the advantages/disadvantages of hinting a 3gp.
if you don't plan on streaming the media you don't need to worry about "hinting"; it'll play from a mini-sd just the same either way.
ps: it might make it easier on orb to play pre-formated 3gp files (so it doens't have to resize and convert on the fly). but it shouldn't have to be hinted; orb should have no trouble with non-hinted 3gp
So if you use hinted videos, will there be more loading? I don't completely understand the advantages/disadvantages of hinting a 3gp.
donblay
11-20-2006, 12:37 PM
So if you use hinted videos, will there be more loading? I don't completely understand the advantages/disadvantages of hinting a 3gp.
are you talking about when using orb? i don't know for sure because i've never tried; but i would think a hinted file would show less "loading" messages, because the file is already hinted and Orb doesn't have to do as much work to hint it on the fly.
there's no real advantage to hinting the file unless you plan to stream it from your own streaming server, then you MUST hint it for the streaming server to be able to transfer it. Orb will work either way, if its hinted or not because it will convert the file to a hinted file on the fly (like it does when it converts other movie file types). if you plan on watching it from your min-SD card or something then there is no advantage.
are you talking about when using orb? i don't know for sure because i've never tried; but i would think a hinted file would show less "loading" messages, because the file is already hinted and Orb doesn't have to do as much work to hint it on the fly.
there's no real advantage to hinting the file unless you plan to stream it from your own streaming server, then you MUST hint it for the streaming server to be able to transfer it. Orb will work either way, if its hinted or not because it will convert the file to a hinted file on the fly (like it does when it converts other movie file types). if you plan on watching it from your min-SD card or something then there is no advantage.
BigJohnson1788
11-20-2006, 04:23 PM
are you talking about when using orb? i don't know for sure because i've never tried; but i would think a hinted file would show less "loading" messages, because the file is already hinted and Orb doesn't have to do as much work to hint it on the fly.
there's no real advantage to hinting the file unless you plan to stream it from your own streaming server, then you MUST hint it for the streaming server to be able to transfer it. Orb will work either way, if its hinted or not because it will convert the file to a hinted file on the fly (like it does when it converts other movie file types). if you plan on watching it from your min-SD card or something then there is no advantage.
Ok I was talking about using Orb.
there's no real advantage to hinting the file unless you plan to stream it from your own streaming server, then you MUST hint it for the streaming server to be able to transfer it. Orb will work either way, if its hinted or not because it will convert the file to a hinted file on the fly (like it does when it converts other movie file types). if you plan on watching it from your min-SD card or something then there is no advantage.
Ok I was talking about using Orb.
Maja
01-28-2007, 12:34 PM
Hands down the best converter is Super (http://www.erightsoft.net/Superdc.html) . It is free and it can convert almost anything into almost anything else. To convert to 3gp for your phone pick "3gp (Sony Ericsson) from the drop-down list 1. Then in drop-down 2 pick "MPEG-4" and in drop-down 3 pick "AAC". Make sure the Video settings are 176x144, and 15 frames a sec. For the best quality i also pick 192 as the Bit-rate.
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
These steps worked great for me, so for that I thank you. The only thing, for those following the same steps, to keep in mind is that the newest versions of TCPMP do not have the AAC codec, thus you will have no sound without some work on your part. There is still a plugin you can find for AAC, but you'll need to do a bit of searching to find it. I'm not sure whether we should link that sort of thing, so rather then risk breaking rules, I'll just say that you can find it with a bit of googling. Once you have the plugin, all the steps work flawlessly.
Its pretty fast and can be used to do a batch of conversions.
You can also convert DVD VOB files with it. So you can use DVD Shrink to extract a VOB of a dvd and then use Super to convert it to 3gp. Anyone who's donwnload any of my halloween movies can attest to the quality.
The only down-side to Super is it cannot "hint" the 3gp for streaming. you must do that in a seperate step with Quicktime Pro or something. But if you want to just put the 3gp on your mini-sd or whatever its perfect.
These steps worked great for me, so for that I thank you. The only thing, for those following the same steps, to keep in mind is that the newest versions of TCPMP do not have the AAC codec, thus you will have no sound without some work on your part. There is still a plugin you can find for AAC, but you'll need to do a bit of searching to find it. I'm not sure whether we should link that sort of thing, so rather then risk breaking rules, I'll just say that you can find it with a bit of googling. Once you have the plugin, all the steps work flawlessly.
PaPPaSmuRf777
01-28-2007, 01:12 PM
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I Still Dont Understand Why Ya Need To Stream A Video To Save It To A Memory Card On Your Phone. ???
I Still Dont Understand Why Ya Need To Stream A Video To Save It To A Memory Card On Your Phone. ???
Maja
01-28-2007, 01:20 PM
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I Still Dont Understand Why Ya Need To Stream A Video To Save It To A Memory Card On Your Phone. ???
The steps weren't to stream a video, they were to convert a video to a format intended for your phone, at which time you can save it to your memory card. People are posing questions from different standpoints, including orb, but neither require a special format to stream, if that is what you are looking to do. All I was after was a way to convert a video to a format for my phone, which I saved to my card for playing via TCPMP.
I Still Dont Understand Why Ya Need To Stream A Video To Save It To A Memory Card On Your Phone. ???
The steps weren't to stream a video, they were to convert a video to a format intended for your phone, at which time you can save it to your memory card. People are posing questions from different standpoints, including orb, but neither require a special format to stream, if that is what you are looking to do. All I was after was a way to convert a video to a format for my phone, which I saved to my card for playing via TCPMP.
PaPPaSmuRf777
01-28-2007, 04:30 PM
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To Save It To Your Ph. I Thot Ya Had To Have It In Avi Format.
To Save It To Your Ph. I Thot Ya Had To Have It In Avi Format.
Af725
02-01-2007, 01:51 PM
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you should try a program called super
you should try a program called super
PaPPaSmuRf777
02-01-2007, 02:53 PM
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you should try a program called super
I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
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you should try a program called super
I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
w7excursion13
02-01-2007, 03:17 PM
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I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
I assumed you already knew how to use it. I kind of learned the basics from the tutorial here at SU.
I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
I assumed you already knew how to use it. I kind of learned the basics from the tutorial here at SU.
PaPPaSmuRf777
02-01-2007, 03:27 PM
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I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
I assumed you already knew how to use it. I kind of learned the basics from the tutorial here at SU.
Where ? In The Faq.s ??
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I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
I assumed you already knew how to use it. I kind of learned the basics from the tutorial here at SU.
Where ? In The Faq.s ??
w7excursion13
02-01-2007, 03:30 PM
Yeah
Af725
02-02-2007, 11:49 AM
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I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
DiD IT WORK AT LEAST?????
I Got Super Downloaded. But It Would Be Nice If It Came With A "How To" For It.
DiD IT WORK AT LEAST?????
sitlet
02-08-2007, 11:01 AM
people, please READ the whole thread before posting. there has been enough info and how-tos in this thread to show you how to stream videos to your phone, or to convert them to play off the memory card. if you still dont understand, read the faq's at the top of the page.
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