[ilim4t1c]

Does anybody know why my sound on my videos pauses for a second, and then starts playing again with the audio 3 seconds ahead?

[robl45]

Originally Posted by ilim4t1c

Does anybody know why my sound on my videos pauses for a second, and then starts playing again with the audio 3 seconds ahead?

I've asked basically the same thing 3 times and everyone acts like I'm crazy. For me its basically like the processor can't handle the video and the video and audio get out of sync for a few seconds.

[Serpentine009]

I got an 8gb MicroSD card for christmas. I immediately put songs on my phone via drag and drop. Simple. I then proceeded to convert some videos. I read the sticky but was unsuccessful with the mendocer DOS prompt. So I downloaded SeaByrd Video COnverter. I have converted a full DVD, a .mov file from my camera and individual scenes from DVD's. None of them play on my Pearl. I get an error message that reads "Unable to play content". Any thoughts? Is there a setting I am missing? Any help on this would be great. Thanks.

[jrattinger]

Hi All,

Good stuff here... I'm having trouble running movies on my Pearl. It is an 8130 with Verizon. I have not seen anyone here post about this specific model. Every movie or tv show that I have converted comes up with the following error on my pearl - "Unable to play content." I am using the default values that SeaByrd comes with.

Any sugestions/similar experiences?

Thanks,
John

[hacrwj]

I've downloaded both tools. With the Mencoder tool is get an error:
'Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for codec mp3' ? I look at the codec download and couldn't find one for mp3.

I then downloaded the super tool and set the parameters defined at the top of this thread then converted a few files all resulting in audio only (no video). When I tried to play them on the pearl I got a 'unable to play content' message.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. Also, I am using the Pearl 8130 with sprint.

Thanks

[Danabw]

Originally Posted by robl45

well I used blackberry video converter, finally have my blackberry, put the movie on and it says it can't play the file format :(

Same here on my 8130...converted a WMV to AVI using default settings for the 81xx, and my Pearl told me it couldn't play the file....

[hacrwj]

I finally got it to work on my Pearl 8130 (Sprint). I used the 'Supper' tool with the following settings:
Encoding file format: MP4
Video Codec: MPEG-4, 240x176 (4x3), 384 kbps, 23.976 fps
Audie Codec: AAC, Stereo, 64 kbps, 44100 KHz, Audio Stream Default

Converted 3 home videos with no issues.

[melikeybb]

is it possible to see the video msgs my friends send me? or must they be converted for a bb? if so ive got to tell em to stop, they are just wasting their time.

[ilim4t1c]

Originally Posted by Zro

I thought I would start a new thread that maybe I can con a mod into making sticky...

There are a couple methods that have proven sucessful, here is the one that I use.

Will output to an mpeg4 .avi file:

Download the MPlayer encoder from here:
www.mplayerhq.hu
You don't need the codec pack for encoding to the proper format for the 8100

Then in the mencoder window encode with:


If you’re running Widows XP and if the mencoder program closes upon opening then proceed with the following steps:

1. Right click on mencoder
2. Click Create Shortcut
3. Right click on the Shortcut and click Properties
4. Change the Target to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
5. Click Apply
6. Click OK
7. Now click on the Shortcut to mencoder.

Note that with the above code, the <output file> has to be an avi, but the <input file> can be just about anything you can play on your computer.

Also Note that if your input file is widescreen, this will compress it down to Pan-and-Scan ratios. You can play with the "scale=240:180" option for widescreen input and output.

Works like a dream.
Zro

I tried this, and i got an error saying
"Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for Mp3"

Anybody know what i can do to fix this?

[jasonnet]

Originally Posted by ilim4t1c

I tried this, and i got an error saying
"Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for Mp3"

Anybody know what i can do to fix this?

I don't have a fix, but I can assure you that you're not alone in this.

I was able to work around this by downloading an earlier version, but then I ran in to the problem of the produced video apparently having only audio.

You'll probably have to ask for help on the mplayer users email list and report back here.

[ilim4t1c]

I downloaded blackberry video converter, and it does the whole mencoder crap, but a lot easier

Heres how i did it if anybody wants to know

Download this
Seabyrd Technologies - Blackberry Video Converter

After installing, choose your phone, then click Input, Then click choose a custom size (For pearl 8100 full screen is 240x180), click save and encode, click save to, and choose your destination, click Convert my video, and itll open a DOS window, and it will start the mencode converting (takes about 30 minutes for a full movie)

NOTE:The quality will be a little worse since you resized it.

[robl45]

the blackberry video converter always has the sound off from the video when I use it, the only thing I've found that works right is the blackberry desktop software for converting

[esad_b]

i used that seabyrd converter and my vidoes skip frames and causing the xplayer to freeze on me... any ideas why?

[PaulMdx]

Originally Posted by ilim4t1c

I tried this, and i got an error saying
"Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for Mp3"
Anybody know what i can do to fix this?

Yes, yes I do.

Firstly download LAME from here:

Download LAME MP3 Encoder 3.98 : LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder

Copy the DLL (lame_enc.dll) into the codecs subdirectory.

Now change the command slightly:

mencoder -vf scale=240:180 <input file> -o <output file> -of avi -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=230:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64

You should now find the command runs without problems.

(I don't know if the resultant video works yet as the encoder is running as I type!)

[Dfisher74]

Originally Posted by Danabw

Same here on my 8130...converted a WMV to AVI using default settings for the 81xx, and my Pearl told me it couldn't play the file....

That's the problem that I'm having as well.

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by Dfisher74

That's the problem that I'm having as well.

Have a vzw 8130 and I convert to 3gp using Super from erightsoft.

Here are my settings:
output container: 3GP (sony ericsson)
output video codec: MPEg-4
Output audio codec: AAC

Video Scale size: 320:240
Aspect: 4:3
Frames Per Sec: 29.97
Bitrate: 576 (you can change this to lower the file size of the video)
Options: Hi-Quality, 3gp v4/v5

Audio Sampling Freq: 22050
Channels: 2
Bitrate:48


I would be interested to find out if anyone else used these settings successfully.

[baconismidog]

Greetings everyone.

Long time no post...

I am planning on updating my software soon, I am getting more and more emails about "video type not supported" now that that the 8130 is in heavy circulation.

I was wondering if people would like to see the Seabyrd Blackberry app work for the new blackberries?

If you would, please pm me or email me at so when I get some test videos I can send them to you for testing. I don't have one of these new berries so I have be reticent to update the application for lack of a test bed. But, since so many people seem to want to use it for their new berries.... here goes. I should have a beta by Monday barring any huge server crashes at work.

Baconismidog.

[goddyseun]

hey can anyone tell me how to pimp my BlackBerry 8100

[hokie123]

Originally Posted by mountainfrog

Have a vzw 8130 and I convert to 3gp using Super from erightsoft.

Here are my settings:
output container: 3GP (sony ericsson)
output video codec: MPEg-4
Output audio codec: AAC

Video Scale size: 320:240
Aspect: 4:3
Frames Per Sec: 29.97
Bitrate: 576 (you can change this to lower the file size of the video)
Options: Hi-Quality, 3gp v4/v5

Audio Sampling Freq: 22050
Channels: 2
Bitrate:48


I would be interested to find out if anyone else used these settings successfully.

I just downloaded SUPER last night to play around with the tool. I've had bad luck with a lot of the other tools for conversion (audio out of sync, poor video quality).

The settings noted will work, but I don't think the video bitrate has to be set so high. RIM states the optimum bitrate at 400kbps, and I found video encoded at 384kbps to be okay, as long as I have a high quality source to work with.

When I tried playing a clip at 576kbps, the media player seemed to get bogged down, and sometimes would take a minute to respond when I tried to stop or pause.

[Darkness280]

On my old computer i did this just fine, but i bought a new computer and for some reason i can't get it to work. I keep getting this message:

Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for codec mp3.

How do i fix this?