[BBGun]

Anybody find or know of a program that has settings for 480x320 video conversion yet?

[sonny21]

Any Video Converter Professional. You can enter it manually I believe, never tested it out though. I just use it for psp.

[BBGun]

Cool Sonny, I'll check into it...

All the other programs I got have hard coded settings for resolution.

[evil]

You can also use Handbrake which is a free download at HandBrake.fr
You can select the the size, codec, frame rate and file type.
I use it to rip dvds onto my mac and they also have a pc version.
Hope this helps

[mobiman]

There's also mediacoder.com the best I have come across. It takes under a minute and a half to convert a 30MB music video.

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[_T_]

I use the free version of Any Video Converter

Any Video Converter Free Version: convert video to any formats, avi to MPEG, avi to MP4, flv to MPG

[VIDGMER]

I use the free version of Any Video Converter

Any Video Converter Free Version: convert video to any formats, avi to MPEG, avi to MP4, flv to MPG

I notice that there is no 3GP formats in AVC program.

[Bla1ze]

3GP on a Bold seems kind of a waste of a beautiful display anyways...the best bet would be to find the optimal settings for XviD/DivX and use that...plus with 99% of all XviD/DivX encoders users are allowed to export video to whatever resolution they want...(read: VDub/VDubMod)

[jontymisra]

With 8GB MicroSD's so cheap these days, and Bold's insanely amazing screen, we need to find the perfect settings for videos.

And for wallpapers, here's a tutorial unless it's already been mentioned.

HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Here's a Bold wallpaper I produced today

Courtesy of Technarch from Hofo.

[Jackal]

I like river past video converter works amazing

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[Ash_786]

Any recommendations for Mac software ?

[VIDGMER]

3GP on a Bold seems kind of a waste of a beautiful display anyways...the best bet would be to find the optimal settings for XviD/DivX and use that...plus with 99% of all XviD/DivX encoders users are allowed to export video to whatever resolution they want...(read: VDub/VDubMod)

Where i can find XviD/DivX encoders?

[evil]

Any recommendations for Mac software ?

Try Toast by Roxio for your Curve. It can convert dvds to 3gp but it's not free.
If you have a bold, I would recommend Handbrake which is free and it can convert to H.264 or XviD.

[neil74]

I have loads of movies encoded for my ipod touch most done using handbrake but they will not play on my bold just as they would not play on my curve.

The only solution I have found so far is IMTOO has a blackberry preset but that is of course based on a lower resolution than the bolds screen. I'm guessing you could choose that preset and then manually alter the resolution? not tried it but it should work.

[Champ1]

Hi guys,

Im yet to buy my bold but have 2 questions

1/. Doesnt the Bold have a wide variety of codec support? Divx mpg etc... I thought this would mean most video files could be just moved from PC to handset with no conversion needed or am i thinking wong?

also

2/. Has anyone watched a full length movie on their bold yet? The screen looks amazing when playing a 3 min preview but how does the media player perform when dealing with a large avi file (700 mb for example)?

Thanks

[jontymisra]

Bumping this thread up. Bold owners, what's the best software to use to get optimal video quality?

[Bolded]

Bumping this thread up. Bold owners, what's the best software to use to get optimal video quality?

Bump, i need to know as well for mac or pc

[MBW]

I have a standing request with a tech insider at RIM to get me the full spec on audio and video codecs and modes for the Bold - the first response I got was a pointer to a support Web page for all models, but it specified a lesser resolution - as of yesterday, the full spec for the Bold has not yet cleared for access - probably just a lower rank on their to-do list.

(I have a lot of pro and prosumer production and editing stuff here, and I want to be able to prepare profiles for my renderers and transcoders to make a Bold-ready media store in its own external drive, so I've been asking for months).

[sp00ky2]

Here's one I'll be using and testing out when I get my Bold. You'll be able to set it to 480x320.

hxxp://www.dvdfab.com/dvd-fab-mobile.htm

[Sorry I can't post urls yet. Just replace the xx with tt or use Linkification in your Firefox browser.]

[jontymisra]

Thanks for the link dude, appreciate it!

[animasana]

i just got my Bold a few days ago and have played aroun with some videos. 30-60mb videos seem to play flawlessly. I put on a 175MB video (DVD Rip) .avi (without converting) and that skipped every few seconds though. I just tried it now and it crashed my Bold and it restarted the system automatically. It was a Thundercats episode with the following stats.
512x384
29kbps video rate
107kbps audio rate
frame rate 23fps
.avi (no mention of codec used)

Im gonna have a fool with some different video settings using Adobe Premiere Elements 4 (full DVD movie and otehr 30-50mns movies into mp4 (.h264) with the 480x320 settings at different bitrates and see what happens.

[nothin2seehere]

File size <150 seems to be a sweet spot, that's for a video around 40 mins long. Haven't tried since updating the os maybe it's improved.

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[animasana]

ok. have uploaded 4 videos, 4:40mns long, to www dot labelme dot org slash bold

files are:
cat-fighting-at-512kbps.mp4
cat-fighting-at-768kbps.mp4
cat-fighting-at-1mbps.mp4
cat-fighting-at-2mbps.mp4

These were filmed with my Sanyo HD1000 at 1280x720 30fps mp4 AVC/H.264 encoding and edited with Adobe Premiere Elements 4 at the following settings:

Video Format: H.264 (comes out with .mp4 extension)
Frame Width: 480px
Frame Height: 320px
Frame Rate: 25fps PAL
Field Order: None (Progressive)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels
Bitrate Encoding VBR, 1 Pass
Profile, Level: Baseline, Level 3

Audio Format: AAC
Freqency: 48kHz, Stereo
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps

In terms of file size this means:

480x320 at 2Mbps video bitrate (.mp4 w/.h264 compression)
5mns -- 75mb
10mns -- 150mb
20mns -- 300mb
40mns -- 600mb
60mns -- 900mb


480x320 at 1Mbps video bitrate (.mp4 w/.h264 compression)
5mns -- 40mb
10mns -- 80mn
20mns -- 160mb
40mns -- 320mb
60mns -- 480mb


480x320 at 768Kbps video bitrate (.mp4 w/.h264 compression)
5mns -- 30mb
10mns -- 60mb
20mns -- 120mb
40mns -- 240mb
60mns -- 360mb


480x320 at 512Kbps video bitrate (.mp4 w/.h264 compression)
5mns -- 23mb
10mns -- 46mb
20mns -- 92mb
40mns -- 184mb
60mns -- 176mb

Personally, I think 1Mbps give fantastic quality for the screen size. at 512kbps, you already see some image deterioration while 768 sees significantly less deterioration but not quite as clear as 1mbps. I also did a 4Mbps one but it made no difference (compared to the 2Mbps one) and it skipped frames every once in a while.

In terms of editing video at a consumer level, I have not used a better product than Adobe Premiere Elements 4. Its about $70 USD. Ill try and use any video converter to convert the 720p cat-fighting video to Bold size at those bitrates and will post links.

I'd love some feedback. Thanks!

[animasana]

OK. I've used any video converter to convert the first half (2:30) of the 720p cat-fighting video.

same url as in my previosu post with video name:
cat-fighting-1mbps-x264.mp4

Here are the settings i used:

Video Format: x.264?? (any video converter preset) (comes out with .mp4 extension)
Frame Width: 480px
Frame Height: 320px
Frame Rate: 30fps NTSC
Field Order: None (Progressive)

Audio Format: AAC
Freqency: 48kHz
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps

One quick observation: the video converted into 1mbps file by any video converter is significantly smaller in size than the one converted by Adobe Premiere Elements 4.

21'791kb vs 37'450kb!!

[xhammer]

I have watched numerous full length movies converted by a number of programs. Only files that play great 100% of the time are ones converted to mpeg4 by pspvideo9 at 480 x 272. PSP Video 9 - Free PSP Video Converter