DivX player for the N97 — Nokia Nseries S60 5.0 phones (Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini)

rdcinhou 23 Dec 2009, 16:52

According to this blog, you can run DivX videos on the N97:

http://portablevideo.blogspot.com/2009/08/success-watching-avi-videos-on-n97.html

The DivX player is available from:

http://labs.divx.com/MobileDownload

The only thing is that because there is no "ctrl" function on the N97, you either have to use an external Bluetooth keyboard (as mentioned in the blog) or you have to use a program like Virtual-Key to reassign the keyboard for the application (as Steve Litchfield described as a workaround to running the old Mobireader S60 3rd edition software on the N97):

http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/10280_Mobipocket_reader_on_the_Nokia.php

Or another Keymapper as described in this thread:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/88327/

I have not tried this yet as I am busy beta testing some software for Nokia (reported 4 faults and 2 suggestions this morning!).

There is a warning in the blog about not trying to watch too big of a video, but that smaller files playback well.

theshocker 23 Dec 2009, 23:08

this is pathetic, it seems like any sort of useful app for the N97 is always only "half-working". i can't believe the N97 has been out for over half a year and there still isn't a proper divx player available.

rdcinhou 24 Dec 2009, 00:40

I too am disappointed. I had a LOT better apps on my Nokia 9300.

Video playback from SmartMovie (Lazy Cat Games) was AWESOME. Their version for the N97 has menu problems, stutters and just doesn't look as good as the 9300 version.

I also had a super relational database (Smallbase). On the N97...just some emulated stuff or PC-based Java standalones which just don't seem as good.

Most of the software that is supposed to be for the N97 is really just S60 3rd edition "junk" which has been touched up to accept minor touchscreen input and rotate the screen if the keyboard opens.

Maybe it's because the N900 was announced and the power-programmers just naturally gravitated toward it, or maybe they're all waiting for QT to be finished?