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Video from the Kiser on a PC

OK, so I have recorded a Video on my phone and can see it with the PPC Media Player v10 on it.
I get this .mp4 file to my PC. Now what? Windows Media Player has no friggin support to view .mp4 files!
I found alternative viewers, that all nice, but how do I convert this so I can see it on any pc or inclusively upload to lets say YouTube?

Try Quicktime....
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

VLC media player...

Thanks to both of you. I tried both, and VLC actually has no audio...
Re: Quicktime, yes, it is pretty ubiquitous, but requires QuicktTime to be installed.....
I need to convert this to something more portable?

I changed to the other format.

m0bov said:
I changed to the other format.
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what , where?

In the settings of your camera you can change the format it creates. Put the phone into video mode and then go into the camera settings.

You just need to get the right codec pack to enable Windows Media Player to support .mp4 files. A quick google search for 'windows media player mp4' turned up what looks to be a good howto on the subject:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/how_to_play_mp4_files.cfm

rajpaul said:
You just need to get the right codec pack to enable Windows Media Player to support .mp4 files. A quick google search for 'windows media player mp4' turned up what looks to be a good howto on the subject:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/how_to_play_mp4_files.cfm
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hm. weird... I didn't find that in my initial searches....
Will give it a try. Thanks!

laakness said:
In the settings of your camera you can change the format it creates. Put the phone into video mode and then go into the camera settings.
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I see. I will give the h.263 a test.. not sure yet what characteristics this codec has... let me google it...

Great. Now I am able to see the video on my PC... but still haven't found a nice (aka free) conversion app that would allow this to be seen on other computers.
Anyone with good and free application suggestions?

Super from erightsoft
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload
I envy you guys. I still own my O2 xda iis and like it very much. I wish I could afford this. I just want one that's unlocked.

The KLite Codec Pack, which is really handy (tons of codecs in one install) gives WMP support for the MP4 and h263 vids. 3GP can only be played in Quicktime, I belive. Quality wise, they should all be about the same (pretty terrible).

Jozer99 said:
The KLite Codec Pack, which is really handy (tons of codecs in one install) gives WMP support for the MP4 and h263 vids. 3GP can only be played in Quicktime, I belive. Quality wise, they should all be about the same (pretty terrible).
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the issue is, I need to convert it so others can play it without having to go trough the hoops, but thanks for the additional info

rafa1215 said:
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload
I envy you guys. I still own my O2 xda iis and like it very much. I wish I could afford this. I just want one that's unlocked.
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I'll give that a try.. Seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

rafa1215 said:
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload
I envy you guys. I still own my O2 xda iis and like it very much. I wish I could afford this. I just want one that's unlocked.
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tested it.. SUPER!!!! Thanks.. great tool, and can't beat the pricing

Diamond video

Hello everyone,
when i transfer videos that i've recorded from my diamond to my computer, there is no sound in the video, is it normal?
Thanks for your answers.

have you installed all codecs for your computer?
Like kazaa-codec pack?

Check in the camera settings if you have: Record with audio on or off.

@ riel
i haven't yet installed the kazaa codec pack, i've just tried to play the video from VLC and Windows media player.
@sergio pc
when i play the video on my Diamond its ok, there is sound. it's only when i play the video on my computer that there's no audio.

the video format is not compatible by default with desktop windows media player and hasnt been for years on HTC devices - a real pain. One of my early devices allowed me to choose to record in AVI which was great.
You can try selecting the capture format to H.263 because I think from memory it is more compatible but I think the quality is worse.
I did notice when nosing around in the registry of my Diamond that there was some refernce to AVI in the camera settings. I started a thread on it to see if we could get AVI enabled but no one seemed that bothered which I thought was strange.

Sorry forgot to say that they do play in Quick Time ok which is bl**dy frustrating as I hate Quick Time (and iTunes!!!)

forget that - I cant seem to get them to play in Quick Time anymore.
Try using http://www.mediaconverter.org/ or an offline tool like Xilisoft

venturo said:
when i play the video on my Diamond its ok, there is sound. it's only when i play the video on my computer that there's no audio.
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you are off topic... you dont have any problem related with your Diamond but with your PC media player....
try to google first .... like "k-lite player"
Good luck and enjoy you Diamond !!!

Here's an article on how to use videos taken from your Diamond - both adding codecs on your PC and converting the media to an avi file (from PC or on your phone itself): http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=981

thanks a lot guys, i've downloaded kazaa codec pack and it's working now

Thank you all it worked great with me too after downloading the K-Light.

can I ask you where you downloaded the kazaa codec from, as usually so many come up when you google it and most look dodgy, any help!

Pugzi said:
can I ask you where you downloaded the kazaa codec from, as usually so many come up when you google it and most look dodgy, any help!
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Go here
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm
Good luck!

I got a feeling noone got it right; Its K-lite codec pack. It includes media player classic and works.

i had the same problem in a Mac.
Just changed the extension to 3gp and all is fine.

[Q] tcpmp or alike for hd7?

Dont think that this has been discussed before so I am wondering if we can have all formats of video and audio on this phone and playable like it used to be with the wm6 phones with tcpmp.
Procedure would be to use the hd7 as usb drive and then drop the avi, mkv, flv files to the phone to avoid zune as it doesnt accept anything besides mp4 etc.
Then i believe wm7 requires special apps? so we cant use .cab?
Also i was wondering how do i get tomtom on this?
Sorry i am completely lost with the wm7 and need help.

zune will autoconvert many videos. I haven't had any trouble with videos on my hd7 not playing, just drag and drop and it should make it work.

nrfitchett4 said:
zune will autoconvert many videos. I haven't had any trouble with videos on my hd7 not playing, just drag and drop and it should make it work.
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yes true but it's much easyer to put the divx direct on the phone and watch,im searching for days now to find something to play divx on my hd7,a must have for me so maybe with touchxperience files browser or future applications i really hope it will be possible

djcedric said:
yes true but it's much easyer to put the divx direct on the phone and watch,im searching for days now to find something to play divx on my hd7,a must have for me so maybe with touchxperience files browser or future applications i really hope it will be possible
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zune didn't convert the files for you? It did for me.

nrfitchett4 said:
zune didn't convert the files for you? It did for me.
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yes he convert the files but when you put some divx it takes a long time to convert,if we could put the divx direct to the device we will win some time...

LG880 video player does not show subtitle

Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>

10damage said:
Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>
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MX Player never fails
Play store link

Stock player can display subtitle with this condition:
Movie file and subtitle file must have same name and plafed in same folder
Example:
The_avengers.mkv
The_avengers.srt
No menu in player to select between subs file.
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

10damage said:
Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>
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i think what you meant was that the mkv file had soft subtitles?
if yes, you need to extract the subtitles out first using something like mkvtoolnix, then place the extracted subtitles (must be in srt format!) with the same name as your video, in the same folder as your video.

yea.. i guessed i meant the subs were the "soft" type, which could be toggled to display in vlc player on pc. So it's jus one video file by itself.
Thx guys for all the tips and suggestions, noted them all, and using MX player now.
If only there was a discount to make it more attractive to buy the non-ads version.
Avoiding ads and any form of bloatwares that would slow down the phone.

[Q] MKV app for Xperia Z- which one is best??

Several people have recommended MX Player as the best app for playing back MKV video files.
Which apps are Xperia Z users using with good results?
Is an additional app necessary, or does the Xperia Z playback MKV videos on its own?
On the other hand, if MKVs can't playback at all...what video format should I convert them to?
Many thanks for any advice/anecdotes.

Sony's stock app can play MKV files so you don't really need any 3rd party apps.
MX Player is the best app to play every possible format - honestly, i've never seen a file that MX cannot play. Think of it as of VLC.

MX Player is the best one, be sure to enable the HW+ decoder in settings. It allows you to play nearly any video with hardware acceleration (and Bravia Engine).

Akiainavas said:
Sony's stock app can play MKV files so you don't really need any 3rd party apps.
MX Player is the best app to play every possible format - honestly, i've never seen a file that MX cannot play. Think of it as of VLC.
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How are you managing to do this? The Sony go software recognises the mkv files but always trys to convert them during transfer. Sometimes showing as 3 or more hours to copy 1 file

GutsyTripod said:
How are you managing to do this? The Sony go software recognises the mkv files but always trys to convert them during transfer. Sometimes showing as 3 or more hours to copy 1 file
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Just copy without converting. It will work fine.
The stock player is quite good but isn't compatible with the audio CODECS in some MKV containers.
I find Dice player the best at the moment. It plays everything i give it.

defsix said:
Just copy without converting. It will work fine.
The stock player is quite good but isn't compatible with the audio CODECS in some MKV containers.
I find Dice player the best at the moment. It plays everything i give it.
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i'll give it a try, been using vlc instead and its pretty decent.
when i did try to copy across without conversion the stock app says unsupported file. it does it for some of my mp4 videos aswell