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Topic: Movie File Extention
whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:17 PM
I just recorded a video using me cell, it is my first time doing it with this phone. It saved the video as a ".3g2" file. I have never heard of the file extention. It will only view in Quicktime. The video is not for me and am not sure if the person even uses the program. It is built into my laptop so I have it. But I need to change it so it is viewable by others. How do I do that?


elwoodsully's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:22 PM
If it's postable to youtube, you could post it there, and they can download it as a .flv If you'd like for it to remain out of the public's eye, which I'm guessing is the case, try download.com for a free video converter.

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:33 PM
Quickmediaconverter is totally free and will do the job.

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:35 PM
Ya no sorry, it is a private video.

Anyways, after I have downloaded a file converter (any suggestions of a good one?), what is the best file to save it as?

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:35 PM

Quickmediaconverter is totally free and will do the job.


Thank you very much. What is a good file format to save it as?

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:37 PM
WMV (windows media video) is pretty universal.

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:40 PM
Thank you for your help Pete. Downloading the program now.

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 03:42 PM
Glad to help drinker

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:00 PM
OK, I cannot use the program. It is in FRENCH! I tell it English and everything is in French. grumble

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:02 PM
Yeah, for some reason it defaults to French (should've mentioned that, sorry!). Just click on the flag at the very top left, next to "menu"

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:08 PM
OK that is all find and dandy. Got it figured out loaded my video and go to convert it and get this error message:

Error[ Unsupported codec(id=86043) for input steam #0.1]


Any idea what that means?

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:14 PM
Damn frustrated I thought QMV would do it.

I googled the error code and found a suggestion: Email the video from your phone to the PC and it *should* come out in a different format. I've not tried this so I don't know if it'll work.

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:23 PM

Damn frustrated I thought QMV would do it.

I googled the error code and found a suggestion: Email the video from your phone to the PC and it *should* come out in a different format. I've not tried this so I don't know if it'll work.
I will try that. Never e-mailed from my phone but we will see. Heck I cannot even send a picture message....lol. Thanks again. You really are a great help.

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:32 PM
No probs. Hope it works!

ThomasJB's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:34 PM
Try SUPER. it can be had from here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/super.cfm

ThomasJB's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:34 PM
Edited by ThomasJB on Wed 05/06/09 04:36 PM
Emailing will only send the file in it's current form it wont convert it to anything else. The above program is free and claims to work that format.

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 04:57 PM
Thank you. Cause i just tried to e-mail it to myself. And it just sent me a message that I recieved a video from phone number ***-***-****.

But no video. And my phone charged me $1.50 to do it. laugh

Pete026's photo
Wed 05/06/09 05:02 PM

Thank you. Cause i just tried to e-mail it to myself. And it just sent me a message that I recieved a video from phone number ***-***-****.

But no video. And my phone charged me $1.50 to do it. laugh


Oh no frustrated Sorryyyyy!

elwoodsully's photo
Wed 05/06/09 05:06 PM
send them the file, and tell them that if they cannot open it, to go to apple.com and download quicktime.

whispertoascream's photo
Wed 05/06/09 06:54 PM


Thank you. Cause i just tried to e-mail it to myself. And it just sent me a message that I recieved a video from phone number ***-***-****.

But no video. And my phone charged me $1.50 to do it. laugh


Oh no frustrated Sorryyyyy!
laugh It's OK, it was worth the laugh.

Still do not have it converted. laugh

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