upload videos in 3gp format

[playernovis]

Is there an easy way to upload videos in 3gp format :scratch (my Motorola Razr2 creates 3gp videos).

The best way I found so far (without installing any software on my PC) is it to upload the video to Google Videos and download it back in MP4 format.

thank you
jiri

[docwalker]

Try converting them using software before upload. I use MPEG Streamclip for most videos that need converting. www.squared5.com

[SamirD]

I thought 3gp was supported in SM directly? In the wiki, it shows it as being supported. :scratch

[SamirD]

I just tried uploading a 3gp video using the simple uploader and it wouldn't even select the file. I used olde faithful uploader and it worked, but only showed up as a still shot. :cry

[docwalker]

.3gp is a smaller version of the Mpeg4 container format. The problem with container formats is not the format itself. It is the codecs it contains. We cannot support all codecs. Just because a container/format is listed, we cannot guarantee support. Conversion to correct the codec is the best solution.

[docwalker]

I just tried uploading a 3gp video using the simple uploader and it wouldn't even select the file. I used olde faithful uploader and it worked, but only showed up as a still shot. :cry

Link?

[monkeyjack]

nLink?

I'm having the same problem. I have the Samsung flipshot which uses the 3gp format for all of it's videos. I REEEEAAALLLY don't want to convert all of these. I just made the jump from flickr, and one of the big winning points for me was the higher limit for video clips. Flickr stops you at 90 seconds. Anyway, I found the link at http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Video+Formats before I signed on. Soooo...is there support or not? I just got done trying the Simple uploader and it was no good.

Thanks, and here is the link agai:

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Video+Formats

nLink?

[clousephoto]

my video uploaded and plays but no audio. :( is that a flaw?

[docwalker]

Sorry guys. I have been really sick the last couple of days and not kept up with these like I should.

The only solution I can offer for you 3GP users is to convert them to a different format before upload. As I said before, the CODEC used is the problem. Converting them to h.264 with AAC audio usually fixes things right up.

The problem is that most of these phones are using a proprietary or unsupported codec that we simply cannot convert at this time.

MPEG Streamclip seems to work well:

http://www.squared5.com/

There's a Windows and a Mac version.

Here are instructions on how to export the video from Streamclip.

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+to+convert+and+format+a+video+for+upload+to+Sm ugMug

[monkeyjack]

Sorry guys. I have been really sick the last couple of days and not kept up with these like I should.

The only solution I can offer for you 3GP users is to convert them to a different format before upload. As I said before, the CODEC used is the problem. Converting them to h.264 with AAC audio usually fixes things right up.

The problem is that most of these phones are using a proprietary or unsupported codec that we simply cannot convert at this time.


Actually, I tried old faithful and it worked fine. It's a bit of a pain in the a@@ if you have very many videos, but it seems to do the trick.

Keith