N97 Video Questions

I want to convert some of my DVDs to play on my Nokia n97 and was looking for some advice.
Am I correct in believing that RealPlayer has access to Hardware decoding?
I currently own SmartMovie but playback is poor (very jerky) and the converter recently stopped working with a memory access violation.
I need to know if it is better to encode for the default player (realplayer) or to encode for SmartMovie and also which settings to use for each. So far I have zero luck in converting files to play in RealPlayer (I have been using SmartMovie converter to convert to xvid using the avi container).
Any help appreciated - I am very disappointed with the lack of formats supported by the n97 it seems to make it very difficult to get decent video playback which is a shame since the device is supposed to play video well.

Hmmm I answered my own questions so I thought I would update here to advise people who might have similar questions.
My first piece of advice is -do not- spend money on 3rd party video players for your phone because they don't have access to hardware decoding so they are choppy. The built in RealPlayer plays movies far far better than any of the alternative 3rd party apps out there.
Conversion is a piece of cake too.
Download MediaCoder (it is completely free and works as a GUI to several very mature Open Source tools) it is very easy to use.
Under the Generic Tab:
Set video format to MPEG4
Set Mode to Bitrate-based
Set Bitrate to 1024kbps (gives very good quality and doesn't make the player struggle)
Leave Source as MEncoder
Set Encoder to FFmpeg
No need to change anything in the Audio Tab
Under Container Tab:
Set container to MP4
Under Picture Tab:
Either use the 624x352 setting from the dropdown list (next to resize) -or- click the resize button and manually enter width 640 and height 360
They are the only settings I needed to play with and the conversions are very good and play in the realmedia player provided with the n97.
The conversion is also very fast (far quicker than SmartMovie Converter) I managed to convert a 1.6GB .avi xvid video in 37 minutes last night - SmartMovie Convertor would take almost 2 hours to do the same.
Once you have copied them over to your phone simply use the File Manager to go to the relevant directory and open the movie - realmedia player will open it and play it fine and no damn stuttering.
The above works flawlessly for me but your mileage may vary - you can play around with other settings if you like but just the simple settings above will produce excellent quality movies for your phone.

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Hi Ive just got a few questions
is there a way to turn the vibration off for when you lock the keys using the slide button but keep vibration fr when receiving alerts?
is there a way to increase the vibration so its more noticable?
Is there a way to have the battery life show as a percentage rather then as bars on the homescreen?
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But some I can answer.
Battery life. If you're not using the features, consider keeping WLAN and BlueTooth OFF. Dont check mail automatically too often (and perhaps only in daytime) et cetera
The phone is charged through a standard micro-usb-plug. So should be easy to find alternative chargers.
Yep, thats the type. Standard Micro-sd(hc) ...alias transflash
The 8GB is build in mem, not a card. So YES a 16GBworks and is usefull, and supplements the 8Gb, giving you a total of 24Gb.
Plain files (Like photos, videos, mp3's) can be transfered e.g. by standard windows if connected in mass storage mode. Some apps (Like Ovi maps, needs to be told the prefered storage location in the app-settings)
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Nokia have always kinda confused me with the way they change the media folders in their phones. i had the 6120 which had videos and photos separately, then the n95-8gb which had them all in the same place but you could make new folders for them. The 5800 had them separated again, and now the n97 has 'photos' for both, but with the option of making folders. Good. But, apparently 'videos and tv' doesn't have the option. is this correct or have i just missed a trick somewhere? I find it hard to swallow that nokia accept we want to categorise photos, but not videos. And if they suggest we just make video folders in the photos section, why have a videos section at all?
Also, when i transferred my photos from my old phone to the n97 they went to the photo 'downloads' section. I've now moved them into separate folders but they remain in downloads. Is there a way to empty the download folder without wiping all the photos?

Try using the User Search, there are several threads on this subject already.
/t5/Nseries-Devices-and-S60/N97-photo-Browser-question/td-p/572467
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Thx Bas,
yea, time to toy with xp64 now.
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BabaG wrote:
is the 'upper field first' just a flag to tell how to deal with this file?
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2) when I send an email from my Nokia, is it possible to upload that email to the 'Sent' folder of my email server?
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krizanand wrote:
1. You have an option in the User settings of your mailbox on the phone, from your inbox > options > e-mail settings > User settings > E-mail deletion select Phone and server.
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Michael,
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http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/netsol/ns268/c649/ccmigration_09186a00804ff6ba.pdf
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Read that SRND, great resource.
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