Blackberry Settings

BradyB

Senior Member Location: Springfield, Illinois USA Joined: Feb 24, 2007 07:38 Messages: 153 Offline

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Feb 18, 2009 23:47

Hi All,

Has anyone successfully produced a video that will play on a Blackberry 8820? If so, what are the PD parameters? I have tried about 10 different formats and settings and the best I get is sound with no picture.

Here is what the BB support site is the best format, but I have trouble translating this to PowerDirector settings:

Video settings
Video format: MPEG-4
Video file extension: .avi
Resolution (4:3): 240x180
Resolution (16:9): 320x180
Video bitrate: 400 Kbps
Frames per second: 24

Audio format: MP3
Audio bitrate: 128 Kbps
Sample rate: 44 kHz
Channels: 2 (Stereo)

Thanks much,
Brady

vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Feb 19, 2009 03:50

Hi Brady,

Personally I'd go for a 2 stage process.

I can't test because I don't own a Blackberry. But I'd probably use Super© where you can easily set all the parameters you've got there.

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

If not there seems to be a load of converters out there - some freeware some not, that might do the job quicker than experimenting.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bbvideoconverter.html

http://www.seabyrdtech.com/bbvideo

http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/video-to-blackberry.html

Other members might have the exact fix.

Cheers
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babindia

Senior Contributor Location: India Joined: Aug 16, 2007 06:11 Messages: 884 Offline

Feb 19, 2009 07:05

I feel most of the phones, possibly including Blackberry should play MP4 files. Convert the file for a mobile phone playback,ie., a MP4. Lets have a feed back. PC specs :
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BradyB

Senior Member Location: Springfield, Illinois USA Joined: Feb 24, 2007 07:38 Messages: 153 Offline

Feb 26, 2009 07:42

Hi All,

I ended up using one of the conversion programs designed for the Blackberry. (http://www.seabyrdtech.com/bbvideo). It seems to work OK. It took an HD video designed for a 180" projection screen and converted it down to a format that will run on a handheld 3" screen.

PowerDirector uses H.264 in their .mp4 format. Blackberry uses H.263. I have no idea what the difference is, but I ran into the same problem trying to get videos to run on a Palm device.

I have been working with video for a couple years now and this is still the most confusing part. In the normal computer world, .doc is .doc, and .xls is .xls. If a progam says it can read and write these formats, you are good to go.

In the video world, .mp4 can mean a bunch of different things. It may or may not run on your software.

Thanks for your help.

Brady

vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Feb 26, 2009 08:27

Hi Guys,

Came across this on the h263/h264 etc codecs - sort of interesting to put things in relation to each other.

http://www.h263l.com/

Glad you got sorted.

Cheers
Adrian

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
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AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.