Playing media centre files on N95

Hello
I am new to this forum as I have only just purchased the Nokia N95.
So far I am enjoying the experience but the only frustration that I have found relates to the video playback. One of the reasons for getting it was to watch programmes that I had recorded on my media centre PC on my comute to and from work. I was told by the shop I could do this!
I have installed the nokia software out of the box but note that this does not allow "*.DVR-ms" files to be dragged to the nokia media player playlist so that I can use the convert button to transfer them to the phone.
After a lot of research on the net I downloaded SUPER which contains too many options for my liking especially as video compession/conversion is new to me, having said that it worked (eventually) but in the resultant 3gp clip the sound and video were out of sync.
Does anyone know of any software (free if poss) that converts DVR-ms files to 3gp/mp4 so that it will play on the N95? It wouldn't need to do much more than that. Most of the other programs available don't seem to support the DVR-MS format.
Thanks very much in anticipation.

SUPER available from http://www.erightsoft.com might be able to convert the videos but you will have to see how your mileage goes with the media centre format videos as they differ from standard MPEG video slightly.
The settings you need to use for Super to get optimal video versus not too big file size are as follows...
For animation and cartoons (The simpsons, Family Guy, etc)...
Output container: MP4
Output video codec: H.264/AVC
Output audio codec: AAC
Video scale size: 320x240
Video Aspect: Keep the original aspect the video is in
Video Frames per second: 23.98
Video Bitrate: 128kbps
Audio sampling frequency: 48000
Audio Channels: 2
Audio Bitrate: 64kbps
There is no need to go any lower than this with animation as the quality degradation isn't worth the space savings.
For anything else outside of animation (Movies, TV, etc)...
Output container: MP4
Output video codec: H.264/AVC
Output audio codec: AAC
Video scale size: 320x240
Video Aspect: Keep the original aspect the video is in
Video Frames per second: 25
Video Bitrate: 240kbps
Audio sampling frequency: 48000
Audio Channels: 2
Audio Bitrate: 64kbps
If your really tight on space, feel free to lower the video bitrate a bit further down but you will notice a real difference in picture quality if you go lower than 192kbps. Don't mess with the frames unless you like your picture jerky!
Feel free to increase the video scale size to 640x480 if you wish to use the TV out cables with the N95 but do not raise any of the other settings beyond these limits otherwise the memory and processor on the N95 begin to get taxed and can result in out of sync sound/video.
Message Edited by keffa on 21-May-200703:00 PM
Useful links: Phone firmware update | Nokia support site

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