Jonathan Greene on 10 April 2007:

You might also want to try VisualHub or the free iSquint which will let you batch convert files…

http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/
http://www.isquint.org/

Steve Litchfield on 10 April 2007:

Eh? Export? Surely that’s a Quicktime “PRO” feature? Or is it now bundled in with the free version?

Steve

Simon on 10 April 2007:

Just wondering why you drop down to 320×240?
The TV out works at 640×480.

Or is this for playback on the built in 320×240 screen?

Regards,
Simon

Darrin on 11 April 2007:

Thank you so much for posting this and for taking the time to share these settings. I have used other programs to convert and play videos on my N93 & N73 and planned on doing the same with the N95. I converted some video files using an application someone posted at another forum and played them back on my N95; I was not impressed at all with the quality.

When I saw this post I immediately converted some commercials I produced and I was SIMPLY AMAZED at the quality. One commercial in particular that I shot in HD looks so crisp on my N95, just as good as the Nokia video that is preloaded. I didn’t realize QuickTime MP4 would work on N95.

All of the videos I have converted look identical to the originals with the same colors and just as smooth.

Thank you again!!

Video: From Computer to Nokia N95 to TV at the Nokia blog on 13 April 2007:

[...] episode was converted to the N95 using my conversion guide. The video was filmed with a Nokia N93. Notice that the telephone number was blurred out? I did [...]

K-Jay on 18 April 2007:

Also Mark have you done thorough testing to make sure that those are the possible video settings that can be played back on a Nokia N95? Also when i used this method to convert a video, according to my N95 it has a bitrate of 846kbps instead of 700kbps! Why is this?

MacWilliam on 19 April 2007:

I’ve tried this for my Nokia N73 but the video doesn’t play with Real Player, I only hear the sound. How can I convert for the N73?

King on 24 April 2007:

i followed this but apparently it didnt play the movie in Quicktime. Perhaps I am missing that Codec/Component thing..Could someone with a kind heart pls teach me how to get that codec so that i could follow these intsructions and finally be able to convert movies to my N95? i never had any movie played using my new cellphone, help me pls. thanks so much

hoodiaweightloss on 29 April 2007:

Wanted to compliment on your site, it looks really good .

Hank

Mechdon on 8 May 2007:

I think it has to do with the source of the video/file extension….I tried for some other movie files and they worked perfectly

Bill Compton on 4 June 2007:

Hi Jim. Photos i received. Thanks

Matt on 5 June 2007:

Hi guys.

I have a small problem…
i have a lot of stuff i want to convert and most of it is .mov and .avi, i am new to the converting side of things so does anyone know the easy way of going about playing them on my n95?

Thanks,

Matt

Ben on 10 June 2007:

my video manager does not recognise my phone and it says pc suite not installed? Help! i also tried just converting the videos to my collection but i don’t think it was working cus it was taking ages. how long does it normally take? the files i was trying to convert were 170Mb

bt on 16 June 2007:

any software to convert rmvb to mpeg 4?
tq

jeff on 22 June 2007:

hi im really confused i got a nokia n95 2days ago and i tried to do wat it says above but it dont ever work my movie files are avi format and i have downloaded quicktime pro 7 and still cant get it to work im in a pc using windows xp i just wanna put a couple of episodes of buffy on my phone lol any one help ?

Ben Iffland on 28 June 2007:

****For those of you that have Media Centers and a Nokia N95***

I have been using “Mobile TV Center” which is an add-in to Windows Media Center computers which basically converts any recorded TV that is on your Media Center to 3gp format. All you need to do is install it on your Media Center and then either leave a memeory card in your memory card slot on your Media Center or plug your phone into the USB port and it auto-magically converts the recorded TV files to your card/phone. Works quite well. It isnt free but is a no hassle way of automating this (great if you communte on a train etc and always want last nights episode of #######). The only downside is that is isnt all that configurable at the moment. i.e my wife records programs that I’m not interested in and it copies all uncopied recorded TV to your card. Quality is good though and you can point it to a folder of your choice so doesnt have to be just recorded TV. Media Center use DVR-MS video format by the way.

If anyone knows of any other Media Center tools for converting videos/DVDs etc please let me know.
)

mike on 18 July 2007:

anyone out there that has an ipod video the video you have ripped for them will work on n95. a good program to use is xilisoft dvd ripper excellant for ripping dvds in various formats

Maximus on 26 August 2007:

guys,
my movies are not playing with quicktime pro. I have downloaded xvid but the bloody thing doesn’t show pics or sound. Can i have some advise

Mirza on 8 September 2007:

Well, i got it to work but when i press save the progress bar just flashes from 0 to 100% in 5 secs and the mp4 file saved only sizes to 60 kbs and obviously does not play. Am I missing something here? What sort of video file types(wmv, mpg etc) can be converted this way????Can anyone help me out?

Adrian on 11 October 2007:

Videos which I converted with the above settings are not getting displayed on my N95. The Phone only plays the sound.

Any ideas what settings I got wrong? I’ve also tested different Source Movies but that did not seem to be the problem. :/

divx mobile lag problem.. - Nokia N95Users on 25 October 2007:

[...] reducing the resolution of the video for easier rendering on the phone Here’s one guide on how to use Quicktime in order to achieve the desired [...]

Jim Jenkins on 1 November 2007:

Yeah, that really doesn’t work, at all.

Even after getting all the codecs, it will fail at 8 % and it has no audio.

Shame really.

Will have to stick to .3gp files

Wez on 13 November 2007:

This takes ages to convert, i am only converting a file size of 174Mb which ends up at 111Mb after the conversion! i am using all the settings as above except for image size is 640 x 480.

Justin Berkovi on 21 November 2007:

This only plays SOUND in realplayer on my N95 8GB.

How can I get this to work? Please help!

Justin

Mark Cant on 22 November 2007:

Same as Justin (above) – no visual on the 8gb.

dan m on 1 December 2007:

ite people
im thinkng of getting the nokia but not sure ive read some sites that say its good and some that are bad
is it worth it,
and does it play movies for defonate
plz reply !!!!!!!!!!!111 ta

Spygal on 4 December 2007:

I am also only getting sounds the realplayer of my phone. HELPPPPPP

N95 User on 8 December 2007:

The purpose of this test was to make a custom video and convert it to be compatible with the Nokia N95.
- It needed to show in the gallery with thumbnail
- It needed to play using Realplayer built in
- It needed to maintain maximum quality for TV or Phone playback
- It needed to properly sync video and audio

——————————–

Nokia N95 Video Recording Specs
(clips recorded using the phone)

Clip
Package .mp4
Total
Rate 2.59 mbits/sec
Video
Size 640×480
Rate 2.49 mbits/sec
Codec MPEG-4 Video
Sound
Rate 96.34 kbits/sec
Codec AAC
Sample 48.000 kHz
Chan Mono

——————————–

Nokia N95 Video Welcome Specs
(clip came on the phone)

Clip
Package .mp4
Total
Rate 812.24 kbits/sec
Video
Size 320×240
Rate 709.50 kbits/sec
Codec MPEG-4 Video
Sound
Rate 102.46 kbits/sec
Codec AAC
Sample 44.100 kHz
Chan Stereo

MPEG-4 ODSM Track 144 kbits/sec
MPEG-4 SDSM Track 128 kbits/sec

——————————–

Nokia N95 Video Super Conversion
(clip 3 minute custom music video to mp3 track)

(clip made and exported from premiere to mpeg2)
(exported at 29.97 640×480 with 2.5 mbits/sec rate)

(clip then converted using super to mp4)
(converted as below with 29.97 2496 video data rate)

Clip
Package .mp4
frames 29.97
Total
Rate 2.59 mbits/sec
Video
Size 640×480
Rate 2.49 mbits/sec
Codec MPEG-4 Video
Sound
Rate 95.37 kbits/sec
Codec AAC
Sample 44.100 kHz
Chan Mono

MPEG-4 ODSM Track 33 bytes
MPEG-4 SDSM Track 24 bytes

——————————–

Summary:

The conversions plays perfect on N95 or on TV and great quality and sync. Gallery and Real Player work perfectly.

Notes:

- Quicktime conversions did not work properly
- Other converters than Super may be possible also
- Many variations would most likely be possible on audio quality (stereo or mono or data rate)
- Lower video data rates and pixel sizes (320×240) are possible with smaller file sizes as desired
- H264 encoding is also possible but I wanted to mimic format as recorded using phones camera
- Native H264 encoding from premiere for IPOD format works on N95 but audio/video looses sync
– Note if the above Ipod file is then subsequently run through eg, Alive Ipod Converter it syncs again
- Various other results are obtained using H264 dpending on settings such as plays only audio or no thumbnail in gallery
- Super gave numerous errors in trying to convert mp4 formats or many others like wmv or avi
- Super worked fine with mpeg2 conversions
- Quicktime was used to “Show Movie Properties” of mp4 files to get specs

Sameh Makram on 10 January 2008:

Dude are you serious about how slow this Nokia Video Manager is???

Clive Goodwin on 15 January 2008:

I’m trying to put Transformers on my phone & having real trouble… Tried the settings at the top & I only get sound! I’m trying the Export movie to 3GP method, as explained by Madoktor instead of the MPEG4 to see if that works!? I’ll post my results later ;o)

sifte on 16 January 2008:

Clive Goodwin

thanks for sharing the info!
one question though, you phone is N95-1 v12 firmware right?
do you know if it makes any difference between N95-1 and N95-2 in terms of converting/playing video!

thanks again

Starscream on 19 January 2008:

Okay guys ive succesfully converted the file into mp4 format as it was described on this site using Quicktime. Now the problem occurs when i try to play that file on my N95 8gb it opens it but then say cannot play the file please i need help.
Thanx

Yolly on 19 January 2008:

Hi-

Thanks for the info.

While we are troubleshooting here- i set up mail for exchange and it is wokring great.

However, when i delete the email off the phone, it also deletes it off the server and my outlook. I understand they are synced, but with the phone like a blackberry, the emails would remain in outlook and on the server.

Is there a setting or something I can do so that the email when deleted from my phone does not also delete from the server and outlook?

Thanks.

sifte on 20 January 2008:

Clive

I dont know why but quicktime just does nt work for me!! It converts very well, and after conversion quicktime does playback the video. But when I transfer to my N95 8GB I only get audio!
and so far only ImTOO worked perfectly and everytime!! The quality is ok (I cant compare as others did nt quite work!)

Hope Nokia would update their software in near future (highly unlikely)

Where is Mark? on 29 January 2008:

All these question and Mark is not here to help/answer?…Lol.

I just got my N95 yesterday… I’m having a lot of problems as well. I’ve been online for hours looking for solutions and nothing.
SUPER did not work for my computer. It said my computer did not have the requirements/CPU (Funny, cause I just got my computer last week)
I tried IMTOO…nothing…My Nokia Real Player will not play the videos.. but plays the sound. 3pg file(s)(IMTOO) was way off sync as well.
I’ve downloaded a lot of crap… just to try to put 2 FREAKIN’ MOVIES (300 & GLADIATOR) and no luck. I hope this will work… if not, then I guess I’m going to go with Coreplayer!
Sad because I wanted to stick with Nokias Real PLayer instead of a 3rd party.

(I have the N95-3 NAM)

Zep on 6 March 2008:

I’ve tried your method with my Mac (Quicktime seems to be the only way to make a video…)

Sadly, I can’t read the MP4 video with my N95 8go (it tells me “error audio/video”.. I can hear sound but there’s no image).

How can I do ??

Thank you

Mark on 22 March 2008:

Guys use DVD Fab Platinum.

1. Open The Programme.
2. Source at the top select your file. It can be in the form of an iso or maybe a Folder that you have ripped to your Drive. You can also stick a dvd in your player and use directly from there.
3. Target. Click on the folder and select desktop. (it’s what i do) You can save it elsewhere it’s upto you.
4. In the Menu On the left DVD TO MOBILE select Cell Phone. It should by default select the main movie only in the title section. On the right you have Audio, select your audio.
5. Under that there is a subpicture section DE-SELECT this unless you want the subtitles to showup in the end file while playing it on your phone. (I didn’t de-select this the first time and was frigging annoyed to have the subtitles hardcoded into the file while playing so remember to do this.).
6. Click on Next.
7. Under task list should be your file. Click on Configure at the bottom.
8. This is important. The bit that says Device has TWO dropdown boxes. Leave the first as Cellphone. On the 2nd box, drop it down and select Nokia 93/95 (mp4). Remember to do this each time you do a file.
9. I leave everything else in that page as default. All i do is make sure the FRAME RESOLUTION is set to 320×240 which it normally is, but check just to be sure. You could also change the encoding to 2-pass which does give out a better finish film, but i’m not to fussy and usually leave it one-pass. Have a fiddle and see what you prefer. Once that is done just click on OK and then start. Leave the software alone for a while while it does it’s thing and you should have a mp4 file inside a folder created on your desktop when it’s done. Just copy that file to your my videos section on your phone and away you go.

Sifte on 23 March 2008:

Hassan>> try ImTOO MP4 video converter 3
Mark>> DVD Fab Platinum is only good when you have the DVD in hand, but its a good piece of software, thanks!

JettaMan on 14 April 2008:

Hello, I’ve been looking around for a long time but I can’t find a program that converts Real Media formats to mp4. Windows, and Apple’s doesn’t do it. Do you guys know where I can get a program to do that?

CONFUSED GIRL on 15 May 2008:

I have recently got a new N95 8gb phone. I am trying to transfer movies which are already in 3gp format from my pc to my cell using Lifeblog n nokia video manager. But i get an error saying some required codec is missing. What does that mean? After reading all the above comments I think King n Graham are facing the same problem as me. What are codecs? How do I know which codecs I need n from which site can i download them? Are they free or do u need to pay for them? I need answers to these questions. Someone PLEASE help me!

Mark on 27 May 2008:

Ley_Ho_Mah

What setting do you use and does it give you a movie at fullscreen..?

Sifte on 28 May 2008:

Apologies.
SUPER worked for me this time, last time I used Vista and could not make it to work (VISTA SUX).

with SUPER you can even crop your videos to see full screen, you just need to know how much to crop, I had a link before, will post if I can find. I like Super cz I had problems with Audio/Video Sync with other conversions but that can arise from other issues like PC config/Processor usage etc.

There is another great free software called PS3Video9. A great guy named “btc” provided his tutorial few months ago but the link has changed. the following is the working link -

http://www.n95users.com/forum/third-party-apps/1158-ps3video9-video-conversion.html

Hope this helps.

¬Sifte

Palpal on 1 June 2008:

Hi there,

Why are you guys encoding with 700kbits on a 320×240 video? The old VHS size. h.264 should do great with a lot less.

After a few tests with VisualHub I have come to the conclusion that a 700mb movie at… maybe 716 x 296 pixels should be less than 250mb converted for the Nokia phone. Your goal should be good quality, small file size. Why overdo the bitrate, when it can be hard to see the difference.

Check – Mpeg4 and h.264 in VisualHub
Check – Two pass VBR

Calculate aspect ratio. Ex. 716 x 296 pixels…
716/296=2.42 -> 320/2.42=132
Result: 320×132 pixels

Set file size within 250mb for a 700mb file.
Set sound to Auto (good sound is important)

Encode!

This should result in a file well under 250mb at a bitrate around 300kbits. Quality above artifacts and with a clear image.

A finger rule for me encoding movies and TV-series to 320×240 from 600 or 700 pixel files is: File size = 36%.

That should be enough data. Don’t forget the aspect ratio.

Happy encoding!

Ben on 14 June 2008:

Hey guys,

I found a lot of this quite useful but also perhaps misleading if you are using an N95 8gb with the latest Symbian OS and converting videos on a Mac (I have no idea how Quicktime Pro works on the PC). The problem I found, which seems to be a common one, was that no matter how I jiggered about with the settings, h.264 movies were coming back with either bad sound or no image. Perhaps had I had more patience I might have found the ideal setting, but from what I have read this seems to be difficult and (oddly) seems to vary.

In a last ditch attempt I tried the default settings, (although I have since bumped up kbps to 512 for better quality and switch on “preserve aspect ratio” so as not to crimp the movies) and the output MP4s play without a hitch.

This converts .AVI perfectly well (including torrents) that can be played back in the N95 8gb Realplayer app. at fullscreen in either orientation. I have yet to try it on alternative file types supported by Quicktime. The conversion rate changes a 350 meg .AVI into a 195 meg MP4.

To clarify, the settings I am using are:

File Format: MP4 (ISMA)
Video Format: Mpeg-4 (Improved)
Data Rate: 512 kbits/sec
Preserve aspect ratio using letterbox
Framerate: 30
Key Frame: every 24 frames

Quicktime Pro version 7.4.5
Intel Macbook OS 10.5.3
The Nokia is from O2 UK and is the N95 8GB Black running Symbian 0S S60 3rd Edition

Hope that helps some people

Ben

whits on 29 June 2008:

Just downloaded Rambo 08 to my N95 8GB plays great sounds great, just converted avi file to mp4 using I’m TOO convertor np’s!!! Got full version on a disc with serial number.

David on 5 August 2008:

Why worrying with the price of those apps. if you can use a free, powerfull and open source one like Avidemux?
It is like Virtualdub, for Windows, Linux and Mac and here you have a how-to to produce High Quality videos for the N95 (in spanish; translate it with the google applet at right-top):

http://miqueridopinwino.blogspot.com/2008/08/convertir-videos-para-el-nokia-n95.html

You can use 320×240 if you don’t need to connect it to TV or 640×480 if you need it.
Very fast, it uses every cicle of your computer’s processor and very easy to use.

Techspanion open source on 27 October 2008:

the developer, Techspanion has closed shop and after an outcry from fans, it has released the source code.

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Open-Source-to-Build-Isquint-and-Visualhub

Valter on 21 December 2008:

Hi, I have a Nokia 5700 and a MacBook. I tried to convert movie but the phone gaves an error and only plays the sound…how can i convert videos to them?

cell phone news on 17 March 2009:

what software do you guys use to convert videos for N95 ?

David on 2 April 2009:

Why to waste time & energy in converting videos when you can play them directly on your phone without converting.Core Codec Player supports almost all popular video formats.I play all dvd rip movies directly on my phone without converting.
To download Core Codec Player follow this link-
http://www.cellphonemessagesender.com/blog/cate...

freemovies1 on 29 August 2009:

which software is used as a converter?

http://downloadmoviesandmovies.blogspot.com

Watch Movies Online on 28 December 2009:

hhmmm I will use NOKIA after read this article. I'd love to see my movies in my phone.

B-Dizzle on 6 March 2010:

I just spent the best part of a week trying out all of the encoders I could get my hands on and testing them with the TV-out on my N95.

BEST ENCODER BY FAR: Mediacoder (uses cuda)

Settings Container:mp4
Constant bitrate: 1400 kbps
Resolution: Forced 640×480
Framerate: 25FPS
Audio: LC- AAC
Sound: gain +13Db as output from phone is usually
poor to tv

When transferring large files I have found that using a microSD –>USB adaptor can transfer a 250MB file in <20secs then put card back into phone.

Also since recent firmware updates the N95-1 and up can handle 16GB MicroSD cards fine. Spread the news.

B-Dizzle on 6 March 2010:

I just spent the best part of a week trying out all of the encoders I could get my hands on and testing them with the TV-out on my N95.

BEST ENCODER BY FAR: Mediacoder (uses cuda)

Settings Container:mp4
Constant bitrate: 1400 kbps
Resolution: Forced 640×480
Framerate: 25FPS
Audio: LC- AAC
Sound: gain +13Db as output from phone is usually
poor to tv

When transferring large files I have found that using a microSD –>USB adaptor can transfer a 250MB file in <20secs then put card back into phone.

Also since recent firmware updates the N95-1 and up can handle 16GB MicroSD cards fine. Spread the news.

Watch Despicable Me Online on 30 July 2010:

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it was really useful. Jason

pc satellite tv on 24 August 2010:

like your article. Thanks for the sharing with us.