Converting FLV files for playback on a mobile phone

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board ARCHIVE' started by MossMan, Sep 5, 2008.

  1. Mos

    MossMan Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2005
    Messages:
    2,420
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Occupation:
    Academicie Sort
    Location:
    Leeds
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Right folks, I've downloaded some FLV files from youtube, and I want to convert them into a format that will let me play them on both a Sony Ericsson p990i and a Nokia smartphone - what's the easiest way? Ta in adv.
     
    MossMan, Sep 5, 2008
    #1
  2. Tomi

    Tomi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 15, 2005
    Messages:
    4,195
    Likes Received:
    1,113
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Finland
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Do you have any idea what video formats those phones can play?
     
    Tomi, Sep 5, 2008
    #2
  3. Rev

    Revvie P Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2005
    Messages:
    4,650
    Likes Received:
    1,167
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Sunny Kinsley
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Easiest way is to use the Mobile option on vixy.net

    If you need more control over quality, filesize, resolution etc Avidemux (or Super) are good free programs for converting videos for phone use.
    I have no idea what video and audio codecs the two phones in question support.
    If you have a high quality video that plays on both phones, download it to your PC, open it in Avidemux and do "Properties" from the file menu to see which codecs it uses. I can then give you a quick how-to for encoding it in Avidemux.

    Super, IIRC is very easy but isn't available for Linux so I can't use it at the mo. So you're on your own with that one.
     
    Revvie P, Sep 5, 2008
    #3

Share This Page