Ok first help post...

Congratulations Anonymous poster!, since you are the first ever to submit a comment I'll answer directly in this post.

As per my previous post about tools to use. If you want a very simple and powerful FREE tool. I think AnyVideoConverter is probably the easiest and friendliest to use. HERE

Just scroll down to the FREE version, download and install.

It looks like this:


It's very very simple to use. You can also use URL from Youtube and it will convert them to the mobile format.

If you want a bit more power for a small price ImTOO has a variety of encoding solutions that are also quite simple to use. SUPER is not so complicated once you use it for a while. I'll post a step by step process of how to work with SUPER to encode videos for Nokia Nseries in a future post. Until next time.

Keep on rocking!
El_Loco

What do I use for video encoding...

This is a question frequently asked. Here are some of the thing I use for videos.

Video transcoding: (changing form 1 format to another)

• SUPER from erightsoft
• ImToo 3GP encoder from ImToo
• AnyVideoConverter from here
• MP4 to AVI batch converter. Very useful for making home movies from the MP4 videos on your phone here
• Nokia Video Manager
• Nokia Multimedia Player
• PSP Video9 and PS3Video9
  

Video Editing: (creating more complex videos, home movies)

• SUPER from erightsoft
• Windows Movie Maker
  
• Nero Platnium 7

Audio encoding:

• Windows Media Player 11 (both Mp3 and WMA files and I also modified it to recognize MP4 videos)
  
• iTunes, I've used it for AAC files

Codecs:

• DIVX codec from DIVX
• FFDSHOW codec pack

Video Players PC: (to watch the videos encoded or transcoded including 3GP and 3G2)

• WMP11
• Quicktime 7
• RealPlayer
• Divx Player

This is what I'm using. There are a lot of other solutions out there, sometimes (when I have time) I'll try some other solution, but what I have works for me.

Some tools that other's are using with some success: Handbrake, FLV, Xilisoft.

I'll keep posting. Hopefully if I built it you will come ;)

N96 Pictures

Well this is probably old news for some of you, but here are some pics from the N96.




Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to this blog

Hello all.

Some of you may know me from the Nokia discusssion forum link others may have found their way here from a search engine.
The purpose of this blog is to post some detailed instructions and information about Video Coding for Nseries devices in general but also for the upcoming N96.
A few words about myself. I've been a fan of mobile devices and techno-gadgets for more than I care to admit. I was also a fan of computers since the personal computer was in its infancy, but as I got older (and hopefully wiser), I moved more into portable devices and away from the PC and coding.
Throughout these times I've used many a mobile phone and other mobile devices (palmtops, PDA, portable gaming devices, etc.). Personally I'm also a bit of a gamer, more than a casual gamer, but not a hardcore gamer, a photo aficionado (used film until 2 years ago when finally I made the switch to a digital SLR), a part time musician (I'm also part of a band), and audio/video technogeek.
I've used Nokia devices for a number of years. Since the 2110, 6110, 6160, 7110, 7710, 9210, N-gage, N-gage QD, up to the N91, N91 8GB, N92. Recently I also used the N81 and N95 8GB.
But my main devices at the moment are the N91 8GB and the N95. That is, until the N96 comes out.
I'll post some general tips about video encoding that I've learned or picked up from other helpful users in other blogs/fora. Posting pictures and screenshots as applicable. And if you like some specific topic to be added please leave your comments.
I don't plan to answer each comment individually but look forward to improvement ideas.
Until the next post, keep on rocking!