Mpg video play in nokia n73

Question

I want to play mpg,mpeg videos in nokia n73. I don't have pc so i want a software which directly install in my mobile. I will see the videos by internet browsing in my phone & if movies to be converted that can also to be done in phone.

Answer 1

25-Sep-2008 12:50 PM
el_loco wrote:
N73 only plays MPEG-4
that seems like a rather limited view of the handset... it's an s60 device right? so it's a computer in your hands....
to the OT: i wouldn't recommend seeking an app to convert the files (transcode the video) on the phone itself: even if you could live with the SLOW performance, the power draw would kill your battery faster than you can say "charger?".
but you DO have options. i would start by looking at these three products (i wasn't able to immediately find a list of supported codecs, but codec support (like MPEG1, etc) can be different on each application, not a system-wide "only plays MPEG-4").
1. DivX Mobile
http://www.s60tips.com/2006/09/29/featured-freeware-divx-player-for-s60/
2. SmartMovie
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software/applications.php?faq=14&fldAuto=39
3. TCPMP
http://www.dotsis.com/mobile_phone/showthread.php?t=43733
DivX mobile is designed primarily to play divx video, clearly. divx is, technically, one implementation of the MPEG-4 standard, though it's different than h.264 (which the phone natively supports). i would expect it to work with a set of codecs, though i couldn't find a list of which ones.
SmartMovie has been around forever - it comes bundled with a PC converter program (which you clearly don't want to use) but don't let that scare you off -- the app can likely play a set of video codecs as well.
TCPMP is, apparently, still in an early stage of development. but the link i provided is to a forum where a user proclaims it to be excelent and capable of playing "mpg" videos - however this means something different to everyone who reads it (and likely means nothing at all to anyone truly familiar with the process of en/de-coding video streams).
Those are three options to get you started. i might suggest Skyfire as a fourth, though it's not actually a video player, but a web-browser (arguably one could call it just the user interface of a web-browser). with skyfire you can surf to sites like [http://www.hulu.com] and watch streaming TV shows and movies. hulu is a legitimate online video source, in case anyone is wondering. skyfire will play pretty much any streaming video content on the web. the beta release has just been opened up to public consumption (only for users in the USA). try it at http://skyfire.com (i am NOT financially connected to skyfire).
goodluck,
-bit
N95-1 ---> N97-NAM ---> N900 ---> E7-00 + N900 (I use them both)
(N95 was pretty good, N97 had potential but utterly failed to deliver, N900 is absurdly good. Those of you wondering, "should I try N900/Maemo/MeeGo"? The answer is a resounding YES)