[dutchaz]

After reading - downloading and installing several programs, i still cant get a movie to play on my curve. Any ideas how to get this to work?

[Reed McLay]

Welcome to CrackBerry.

Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) is not supported on BlackBerry.

There are several conversion tools that can change it to a format your device will understand, including Roxio Media Manager. Roxio is a component of BlackBerry Desktop Manager, but it is a resource hog.

[dutchaz]

Thnx noticed that there is a section for the 8330, but let me finish here, what format works the best for video on the 8330 ?

[Reed McLay]

Supported media types on the BlackBerry smartphone

3GP is the most popular directly supported media.

edit: I was wrong about not supporting AVI, but there are limitation.

.avi containing PCM, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, H.263, MPEG4-SP, MPEG4-ASP, uLaw/aLaw, GSM610

[tjgrey]

If you're by chance still looking for a converter, I use MediaCoder. To me, it does a pretty good job of converting .avi and dvds that I rip with no problems...

MediaCoder - Downloads

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[cdf3]

If you're by chance still looking for a converter, I use MediaCoder. To me, it does a pretty good job of converting .avi and dvds that I rip with no problems...

MediaCoder - Downloads

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Is it free? I went to the site. I hope I downloaded the correct version and file. So many ad links on the site. Hard to tell the real links from the advertised links.

[berry me with it]

What do the file sizes look like after conversion?

[tjgrey]

cdf3- yes, its free. It does launch my browser before I can launch the program, but it doesn't seem like too bad of a program overall...

berry me- I think my episodes of Lost (about 40 some minutes w/o commercials) are around 90MB each. The Office (~20 mins w/o commercials) are ~40-50MB. Random movies are usually ~250MB, and all of those are at 25fps.

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[cdf3]

I downloaded it and did notice how it opened my broswer each time before starting the program. Kind of annoying. It it's worth it, then maybe it can be overlooked.

[tjgrey]

I downloaded it and did notice how it opened my broswer each time before starting the program. Kind of annoying. It it's worth it, then maybe it can be overlooked.

Yeah, I think its irritating also...but between that and DVD Shrink, my movie and tv rip/conversion setup is complete

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[cdf3]

Yeah, I think its irritating also...but between that and DVD Shrink, my movie and tv rip/conversion setup is complete

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tigrey

Do you use both programs in order to convert a movie for your blackberry.

[tjgrey]

tigrey

Do you use both programs in order to convert a movie for your blackberry.

No, just to convert, I use MediaCoder (only use DVDShrink for the rip).

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[alinaly]

Playing AVI on BlackBerry Curve 8330? You can use a converter. Just google it.

[Tom_from_Virginia]

This had me stumped, but I figured out a way to do it.

1- open your iPhoto avi file with the QuickTime Player
2- From the QuickTime Player, save the video as a movie (MVI) to your desktop
3- Open iTunes and drag the MVI file to your movie library
4- Synch your BlackBerry with the new movie selected

Ta-Da! It will play just fine!

Tom