Real Media Converter

Get Helix Producer from real.
It can not encode to real8 that the phone uses, only real9 but you can then update your version of realmobile to the new version which plays real9 files 😊

All free 😊

Do a search in these forums for links..

Will

Originally posted by willbrady
Get Helix Producer from real.
It can not encode to real8 that the phone uses, only real9 but you can then update your version of realmobile to the new version which plays real9 files 😊

That is WRONG the Pro Version can encode to RealMedia 8 and 9.

Here is a howto:

How to convert a divx/mov/mpeg movie to rm format using Helix Producer Plus 9:
(For mov compress you also need Quicktime installed, otherwise you will only get the audio track converted to rm.)

1. You need Helix Producer Plus 9 installed on your computer.

2. Check if you have all the needed divx decoders installed, if not, go to your favourite divx page and download the latest codecs.

3. Start the program and click [Browse] to add your movie.

4. Go to menu [Edit]-[Audience Templates].
This will open a dialog window with several templates and settings. Choose any template and edit it like this:
4.1. Template name: You can keep the name or create a new one.
4.2. Audio/Video Encoding:
4.2.1. Choose Constant bit rate and change it to 70kbps.
4.2.2. Target frame rate: Keep it on 15fps
4.2.3. Advanced Video Options: Just enable Loss protection and leave the rest.
4.2.4. Voice Codec: 16kbps Voice (G2,RA8)
4.2.5. Music Codec: 16kbps Music

4.3. Audio Only Encoding:
4.3.1. Voice codec: 16kbps Voice (G2,RA8)
4.3.2. Music codec: 16kbps Music

4.4. Click Apply and OK.

5. If the movie has low sound, go to menu [Settings]-[Show Audio Gain Control]
and move the pointer from 0dB to +6dB. Only change it to +12dB if the
sound is really LOW.

6. Now click the [Audiences] button and you will find this:
6.1. Encoding Settings:
6.1.1. Audio mode: Music (Keep this one)
6.1.2. Video mode: Normal Motion Video (Keep it too)
6.1.3. Video codec: RealVideo9 (Change this to RealVideo8)
6.1.4. Use high quality resampler for audio (don't change it)
6.1.5. 2-pass video encoding (Enabling this is up to you, cause i don't use it)
6.1.6. Resize Video to: Enable this to [172] x [XXX](automaticaly inserted if
(6.1.7.) is enabled).
6.1.7. Maintain aspect ratio: (Keep this on)
6.1.8. High quality resize: (Keep this one too)

6.2. Audience Selection:
6.2.1. Templates: Choose the one that you have created/edited and double click
to add it to the Audiences in Job.
6.2.2. Audiences in job: Delete all audiences except the one that you just added.

7. Now click the [Clip Information] button.
7.1. Edit the following fields:
7.1.1. Title: Leave it blank for now.
7.1.2. Author: Encoded by <nickname>
7.1.3. Copyright: Optional
7.1.4. Keywords: Optional
7.1.5. Description: Optional
7.1.6. Rating: Optional
7.1.7. Go to menu [Settings]-[Default Settings]-[Save Current As Default]
7.1.8. Title: Insert the complete movie title

How to convert a divx/mov/mpeg movie to rm format using Helix Producer Plus 9:
(For mov compress you also need Quicktime installed, otherwise you will only get the
audio track converted to rm.)

1. You need Helix Producer Plus 9 installed on your computer.
You can download it from the file area on this group.

2. Check if you have all the needed divx decoders installed, if not, go to your
favourite divx page and download the latest codecs.

3. Start the program and click [Browse] to add your movie.

4. Go to menu [Edit]-[Audience Templates].
This will open a dialog window with several templates and settings.
Choose any template and edit it like this:
4.1. Template name: You can keep the name or create a new one.

4.2. Audio/Video Encoding:
4.2.1. Choose Constant bit rate and change it to 70kbps.
4.2.2. Target frame rate: Keep it on 15fps
4.2.3. Advanced Video Options: Just enable Loss protection and leave the rest.
4.2.4. Voice Codec: 16kbps Voice (G2,RA8)
4.2.5. Music Codec: 16kbps Music

4.3. Audio Only Encoding:
4.3.1. Voice codec: 16kbps Voice (G2,RA8)
4.3.2. Music codec: 16kbps Music

4.4. Click Apply and OK.

5. If the movie has low sound, go to menu [Settings]-[Show Audio Gain Control]
and move the pointer from 0dB to +6dB. Only change it to +12dB if the
sound is really LOW.

6. Now click the [Audiences] button and you will find this:
6.1. Encoding Settings:
6.1.1. Audio mode: Music (Keep this one)
6.1.2. Video mode: Normal Motion Video (Keep it too)
6.1.3. Video codec: RealVideo9 (Change this to RealVideo8)
6.1.4. Use high quality resampler for audio (don't change it)
6.1.5. 2-pass video encoding (Enabling this is up to you, cause i don't use it)
6.1.6. Resize Video to: Enable this to [172] x [XXX](automaticaly inserted if
(6.1.7.) is enabled).
6.1.7. Maintain aspect ratio: (Keep this on)
6.1.8. High quality resize: (Keep this one too)

6.2. Audience Selection:
6.2.1. Templates: Choose the one that you have created/edited and double click
to add it to the Audiences in Job.
6.2.2. Audiences in job: Delete all audiences except the one that you just added.

7. Now click the [Clip Information] button.
7.1. Edit the following fields:
7.1.1. Title: Leave it blank for now.
7.1.2. Author: Encoded by <nickname>
7.1.3. Copyright: The Nokia Vault Network (c) 2003
7.1.4. Keywords: Optional
7.1.5. Description: Optional
7.1.6. Rating: Optional
7.1.7. Go to menu [Settings]-[Default Settings]-[Save Current As Default]
7.1.8. Title: Insert the complete movie title

8. Finally go to menu [File]-[Add File Destination] wich will open the [Save As] dialog.

Now insert the file name, save it, and click the [Encode] button on the lower right corner.

You are now ready to encode movies.

I think you missed the point..

The question was for FREEWARE
To get R8 encoding in Helix9 you need to purchase it...

Thank you..

Plus you'll get much smoother playback if you notch up the fps to 20 - you won't notice the tiny drop in quality on such a small res video.

Will