[SIZE="5"][CENTER]Video Conversion Guide For N80/N73[/CENTER][/SIZE]
[SIZE="3"]Part 1: Information
Part 2: Conversion Guide
Part 3: Disk Space Usage
Part 4: Hints and Tips[/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"]PART 1: INFORMATION[/SIZE]
A lot of people are being misinformed and mislead into using inferior quality codecs when converting videos for using on their NSeries phones.
There are two big issues. Firstly people are being advised to use a third party applications/programs like SmartMovie or DivX Player to use with their AVI format videos...
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Even lower end laptops struggle to smoothly play full screen AVI format videos so expecting this from a phone that has a hundred other features fighting for resources is a completely wrong way of thinking. Yea sure all them original state AVIs on your computer will play using these apps but unless you like stuttering audio and unwatchable frame rates of something like 2 frames per second, these files need to be converted into a more mobile friendly state and here in lies the issue. If CONVERSION IS MANDATORY why not use the standard built in video player and put less pressure on the ever unstable resources of your NSeries phone� QUALITY!! I HEAR YOU SCREAM.
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This is where people make the 2nd mistake. People confuse formats and conversion codecs. The NSeries out of the box player for videos is the Real Player which supports Real Media formats (confusing and difficult conversion), 3GPP (crap quality), MP4 STANDARD (file size and quality issues) and MP4 AVC. People who I have seen in video conversion topics on this board have not always been been able to distinguish between the various formats. The Mp4 AVC is a high quality / low bandwith / low file size format that�s been made the Official Standard for Digital Video which means from now on it will be used in almost everything to do with digital media (unless a megalomaniac behemoth is involved *cough* Microsoft *cough*). The advantages of this format are obvious, amazing quality video, low file size. I�ve noticed people using the lower quality 3GPP and MP4 Standard codecs to convert files which is like your NSeries phone being a DVD player but you choosing to play VCDs on it only.
Unless your struggling for disk space there is only one logical choice. Converting your videos into a format that�s high quality, playable as standard on your NSeries phone.
[SIZE="4"]Part 2: CONVERSION GUIDE[/SIZE]
To convert your video files into the best format playable out of the box on your NSeries phone you need three things.
- eRight Super
(Advanced Video Converter, Freeware, LINK: http://updat4.free.fr/AD93AFC5EB9F4D9DBA9FDE/SUPERsetup.exe)
- The Super NSeries AVC Profile
(Created By Yours Truly, Attached To This Post, LINK AT BOTTOM OF POST)
- Video You Wish To Convert
(obviously lol)
1) Once you�ve installed Super and extracted the profile to somewhere on your hard drive start up Super.
2) Import the Profile (which tells Super what settings to use) by right clicking anywhere on Super�s Main Window and select "Import (Load) An External Super � Profile" and directing Super to where you extracted the Profile and selecting it.
3) Select the video file to be converted, right click anywhere on Super�s Main Window and select "Add Multimedia File(s)� then direct Super to the video file you wish to use and select it.
4) Click on the �Encode� button and wait until Super finishes the task (PLEASE NOTE: The Progress bar which shows up is for display purposes only it does not function so it will keep restarting)
5) Transfer the file from the �Output Folder Destination� (usually �c:\Program Files\eRightSoft\SUPER\OutPut�) to your phone using your usual method.
6) HEY PRESTO. You should now be able to play the video file in Gallery under Images & Videos.
[SIZE="4"]Part 3: Disk Space Usage[/SIZE]
An hour episode of something like Lost or Prison Break is about 140mb with the original settings from the profile. With a fast 2GB memory card goin for around �30-40 its worth getting one if you aint got one cause the quality is really comparable with lower end portable DVD players.
You can reduce the sound quality to mono by selecting "Channels" as "1" instead of "2" this usually reduces the file size by about 15% without much reduction on quality.
You can also set the "Bitrate kbps" to "228" instead of "336" this reduces the file size between 10-20% without any apparent quality loss.
[SIZE="4"]Part 4: TINTS & TIPS[/SIZE]
I've come across a bug in Super thats unrelated to the settings above. Sometimes the program randomly produces a corrupt file that will not be deteced on your phone in the Gallery. When this happens it lets u kno there was an error in red text under the audio section just delete the the file produced and start encoding again. Its a software bug which will get fixed next release seems this happens if a screen saver starts up or the computer goes into stand by mode so disabling these before conversion for larger files such as movies is recommended.
When playing videos back on your phone try not to have a lot of apps running at the same time as this reduces performance.
If you spot any mistakes, have any problems or wanna make a comment feel free to post them here.
Enjoy.
