Total Video Converter

[Guest Archy]

Howdy,

I downloaded total video converter the other night...and i've tried multiple settings to try and get a movie encoded on a blackjack II.

I've tried 3gp @ full frame rate, 25fps, 30fps

wmv @ full, 30fps, and 25fps.

All of those were pretty jumpy, and the words did not match up to the people at all. It was pointless to watch.

Are there any solutions to this?? Thanks!

[Guest jonathanbaker1]

Ahhh finally something I'm an expert at :D lol. Total Video Converter is one of my favorite programs next to photoshop and firefox. I've been using for years.

Here's what I do to get 2-hour movies and smaller to play well on my phone.

1.) Download and install the Divx Mobile player to your phone, It's free. (you need to make a login, though)

2.) Drag and drop your video file into TVC and click on DivX/Xvid Avi, and from the drop down list select DivX Mpeg4 Avi

3.) now when the video is loaded into TVC, click on "lower quality" and click on Settings.

4.) input the following settings and click "Save and Apply" (don't forget to do this or it won't convert using the settings)

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Audio:

Sample rate: original sample rate (usually 44,100Hz or 48,000Hz)

Bitrate: 112 Kbps (slightly less than cd quality of 128)

Channels: Mono (stereo is unnecessary since the BJI/BJ2 has one speaker.. use stereo if you really want..)

Codec: mp3

Video:

Frame Rate: 24 or 25 Fps (frames per sec. ok quality)

Bitrate: 200 or 225 (ok quality.. don't go below 200 or quality suffers)

Codec: Mpeg4

Size: 320x240

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5.) click Save and Apply, and convert.

6.) drop the video into your phone...

7.) start Divx Mobile on your phone, click Menu, click Refresh List.

Voila!

If you really want to use the Windows Media Player (which unanimously sucks for video), you will have to use one of the MS Mpeg Avi formats.. But you can still use the above settings.

[Guest jonathanbaker1]

By the way, the reason it is jumpy is because your settings are actually too high! LOL now I know this is counter-intuitive, but just remember, your phone has a tiny processor that has to process all this audio and video. When the FPS and especially bitrate!!! are too high, then your phone has a hard time processing it all successfully, thereby causing audio/video lag and audio de-sync with the video. The lowest settings for audio and video quality that you can deal with and be happy, the better it is for your phone to process.

It's like trying to watch a high definition video on an old old computer, it will be choppy and out of sync.

Also, if the video does fall out of sync (often happens after about an hour straight of a long video) then the Divx Mobile player has an adjustment +/- for video sync. It's in the Menu under Settings.

One more thing, having a bunch of other programs running on the phone will guarantee a huge lag and de-sync. The phone keeps lots of apps running untill you end them with the Program Manager. Hold down the Home button to bring up the Program manager and stop other programs.

Edited April 4, 2008 by jonathanbaker1

[Guest Archy]

Finally I get a speedy response! Thanks alot guys...i'll have to give it a try later this evening!

[Guest jonathanbaker1]

Finally I get a speedy response! Thanks alot guys...i'll have to give it a try later this evening!

Update: I tried a ton of different setting for Windows Media Player to get all the lag and de-sync out. Even with settings way too low for acceptable quality, I couldn't get Windows Media Player to agree with me. I have given up on it.... I tried to help. It works great for audio, but for video you really should get something else.

I use the Divx Player which I linked to above. But you gotta use the DivX codecs, so I just encode to it with TVC.

Alot of users like CorePlayer Mobile, find it here for free but I didn't care for it. Good news is it will play many/most video codecs.