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Play Divx on your n95

14 replies · 22,247 views · Started 05 April 2007

jimbo85 05 Apr 2007, 09:14

It's probably already been posted somewhere on the forums but this app is really worth checking out. Renders the phone slightly unstable but sure beats converting files. Just need to get my self a better card the 512 card that came with my n95 is nowhere near enough 😊

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chrsfrwll 05 Apr 2007, 09:20

jimbo85 wrote:Renders the phone slightly unstable but sure beats converting files.

Mmmm. I think I'd rather spend a short amount of time using Super to convert my Divx files into something smaller for my N95 and have a stable phone. 😉 (which I've just done with Sentinel and Serenity - a little something for those quiet moments on the farm this weekend)

RickL 05 Apr 2007, 09:47

jimbo85 wrote:It's probably already been posted somewhere on the forums but this app is really worth checking out. Renders the phone slightly unstable but sure beats converting files. Just need to get my self a better card the 512 card that came with my n95 is nowhere near enough 😊

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I installed the DivX player, but it was a bit jerky on the DivXs I tried. I tried the Super route, and that plays much smoother...

BTW, In what way does it render the phone unstable? Does uninstalling the DivX player restore stability? Or would you need to hard reset / restore to factory settings?

Nigma 05 Apr 2007, 10:35

The phone itself is fine, its the Divx App when running that is unstable.
I.e. on mine, if I press anything on the keypad when the divx welcome is running, it will crash the phone. If i let the video play all the way through, its then fine.

mudstuff 05 Apr 2007, 11:15

How have you encoded the files? Perhaps the bitrate is a bit high or the divx player has an older codec than what has been used to encode the video on the computer.

I encoded some footage for smartmovie earlier and the phone would not play it - most likely need some codecs for the phone.

I have encode some video in mp4 in 640x480 which plays fine in realplayer and outputs to tv at full resolution.

canadian* 17 Oct 2007, 01:52

ripping the media to 320 x 240 is going to allow your DIVX player to play the video at its best possible quality, because it is not having to resize constatntly, thats probably the jerky motion you notice ....

davyjones 17 Oct 2007, 09:11

been using divx for long time now, and it really roxx and have never found it unstable.
but the .avi file must be in mpeg4 and have mp3 audio, or else it wont work. and have a maximum res of 500x300.. or something or else it wont work properly.
and most xvid movies today got those qualifications, which means, the movie goes straight in to the phone, and the trip where you going is saved.
no need for converting , just amazing,

yade 17 Oct 2007, 19:29

coreplayer works brilliantly but also the new free divX player is also better than the previous!!

Nigma 17 Dec 2007, 14:21

Bearing in mind though... Nothing other than the integrated player will play back video content at 640 x 480 is resoloutions. (supported by the TV out).

Using 3rd party players (divx, coreplayer etc...) means you will have to re-encode the video to a small resolution.

Hopefully divx and coreplayer will both add platform specific optimisations at some point, so that I can watch the same file that is on my PC on my phone.