This is the long waited for Video Program comparison (for those who check my blog regularly). After I hinted about this coming in my first post about video converters/players for the Nokia E61 I’ve had a busy time. First of all, my computer wouldn’t let me signin to GMail, WordPress or any other site. I tried everything (well at least almost). Finally I reinstalled Windows. Then I noticed the problem was with Norton (which I also reinstalled). The process had to be done all over again! Then I purchased McAfee. Now it’s all working. While it didn’t work I had to update from library. I read other blogs using WidSets (works very well!). What’s awesome is that I lost none of my data! Everything shows even after the reinstallation of Windows. huh!
Ok here is the comparison:
I figured that the choices are almost all good except that some are free (SUPER) while others aren’t (so might as well choose the free apps).
1. My favorite choice is this: DivX Player and video converted using SUPER (Download here) to Xvid. This is the best choice if you like the UI (non-techie: look) of DivX Player better than RealPlayer. I think DivX is better than RealPlayer because of DivX’s simplicity. To convert your videos with Super to play on DivX Click here to see a photo of my SUPER Settings
2. Choice two: RealPlayer (already on your E61) and video converted using SUPER to 3gp using Daniel’s great settings! (Thanks Daniel, I had a problem trying to get it work on my own) This is The choice if you prefer RealPlayer instead of DivX.
3. The rest are third. I believe options such as SmartMovie are not the best choice since there is the great free SUPER video converter – and free DivX Player. The options below are If you have some personal preference (like “I’ve always used SmartMovie” or something).
Runner-ups: (these aren’t really in any specific order)
1. SmartMovie - a player/converter combo. It is a computer and phone software bundle.
2. www.MyMobileClips.com - I couldn’t get this to work (don’t know what the password fields were for, how to use them)
3. Option for Mac - http://ffmpegx.com/. I don’t have a Mac, and couldn’t test this one.
4. TMPGEnc 4.0 - this is what agwe23 at www.Techmundo.org uses with DivX Player (Xivd format) but it costs.
5. The rest (if there are any more, you can post yours in Comments)
For those of you who have chosen to use DivX here is a nice little Russian cartoon to play on your E61s, Google put it into mp4 (though it was in AVI) so you’ll have to convert to avi (see the photo for settings above) to play in DivX. (It’s about 9 minutes long)
October 17, 2006 at 1:12 pm |
[...] My (and your) E61 have compared video programs and posted a list with his results and personal oppinions. If you intend to watch movies on your device, then this might be of interest. You find the post here. [10.12pm] [...]
October 17, 2006 at 11:09 pm |
Hi, nice post. I also use SUPER to encode my videos. I play them with the Realplayer. These are the settings I’ve found to work good for me:
MP4, DivX, AAC, 320×240, 4:3, 12,5 FPS (or 25, but I really don’t see a difference, note that if you are in the US -NTSC- you might want to use 14,985/29,97 FPS), 240 kbps (I’ve gone from 128 to max. 384, here it is just a compromise between quality and file size, I’ve found 240 to be just fine), 22050, 2 Channels, 48 kbps (to 64 kbps if you can hear a difference).
With these settings I have 30 mins video in approx. 75 Mb.
I’ve also found that in my laptop (which is not anymore the newest) SUPER produced an ERROR with large files, or with more aggressive settings, so I keep using the above settings and I also cut my movies and series to 30 min videos with AsfTools before I give them to SUPER. It works for me just fine.
October 23, 2006 at 8:55 am |
The passwords is for checking out the status of your video. Give it another try, there have been some improvements made since then. Feedback is appreciated also. thanks..
http://www.mymobileclips.com
November 15, 2006 at 10:33 pm |
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November 20, 2006 at 4:49 pm |
using Xvid settings posted above i have really bad audio/video sync issues when i play it with the divX player? is it because 480 is too high of a video bitrate? should I try a lower bitrate or theres something wrong happening. plays fine on my computer, sync’ed up prefectly.
Nick
November 23, 2006 at 6:10 am |
All widescreen movies I encode appear in 4:3 ration on my phone, like an anamorphic signal that’s not been brought back to it’s intended ratio. No matter if I mark 4:3 or 19:9 in SUPER. What am I doing wrong?
Yonga
November 25, 2006 at 1:29 am |
I don’t know but I think if you used MAKAYAMA Media Studio (read newest article as of 11/24/2006)… it should do the task better… just remember which drive your sending/moving the converted files
I haven’t had the problem… so can’t really help
November 30, 2006 at 5:10 am |
If you like command line you could use ffmpeg program, that is avaliable to Unix/Linux, Windows and Mac. (http://www.ffmpeg.org)
The line could be, for example:
ffmpeg -i $1 -s 320×240 -aspect 4:3 -ab 32 -b 480k -acodec mp3 -vcodec xvid $2
Where: $1 is the original avi file and $2 is a converted file.
December 13, 2006 at 6:57 pm |
Will a unlocked E61 work on Cingular USA network if I Simply use my sim card from my E62
December 14, 2006 at 11:45 am |
Here is the answer to your Question Toby:
I have Cingular, and YES your SIM card (from any Cingular phone, because phones dont affect SIM cards really) WILL WORK IN YOUR E61…
Ps: enjoy the WiFi
December 26, 2006 at 6:32 pm |
I used the suggested DivX settings, but the movie-quality is really bad. It plays, stops, plays, stops etc. Is it because my memory-card is a cheap no-name and therefore slow? Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Best, JS
February 9, 2007 at 10:22 am |
im converting files to xvid by super but im havin really low volume aven with the volume turned to max is there anyway to increase it using super
thx
February 17, 2007 at 1:59 pm |
I have also tried many players and converters and at the time I came to the conclusion that it would be easier to get two dogs to play a full game of chess than to get the E62 to play video with any degree of quality whatsoever. I returned the unit because of it. When you are providing these settings, are you getting stereo sound and does the video hang every 14 seconds? I believe that Nokia just stuck Realplayer in this machine without ever testing it.
February 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm |
Hi,
I have just downloaded the updated Divx player to my Nokia E61 and I’m getting the same audio/video out of sync problems as with the previous version.
Any ideas for a solution?
I am converting DVD’s into avi’s using a program called Pocket DVD Studio.
March 2, 2007 at 12:22 am |
Hi., I’ve downloaded Smart Movie onto my E61 but it doesnt play MPG files. Pls advise what can be done.
March 2, 2007 at 2:47 am |
Thanks for this man. You sorted me out good.
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April 8, 2007 at 10:35 am |
I too am fed up with realplayer on the e61.
Tried the original link but cant find the divx mobile player – page no longer exists, but gaggin to try it.
Do i need super for coding or can I use generic software like Procoder?
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