help on converting cellphone recorded video to avi

[wingnut2003]

Hello, i have a lg vx8350 cell phone, provider is verizon. i recorded some video, and would like to convert it to avi. i have tried a few programs, one is quick media converter. it will accept the video file, will play the file (but has no audio). when i go to do a conversion, it will start then give an error and stop, it doesn't say what the error is. here is the file information from the program for the file on the phone:

General
CompleteName : D:\phone\video\0704082221.3g2
Format : MPEG-4
Format_Profile : 3GPP2 Media
CodecID : 3g2a
FileSize/String : 13.5 MiB
Duration/String : 22mn 30s
OveralBitRate/String : 84.0 Kbps
Encoded_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18
Tagged_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format_Profile : Simple@L1
Format_Settings_BVOP : Yes
Format_Settings_QPel : No
Format_Settings_GMC/String : 0 warppoint1
Format_Settings_Matrix : Default
Duration/String : 22mn 30s
BitRate_Mode : VBR
BitRate/String : 69.3 Kbps
BitRate_Maximum/String : 570 Kbps
Width/String : 176 pixel3
Height/String : 144 pixel3
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 1.222
FrameRate_Mode : VFR
FrameRate/String : 11.534 fps3
FrameRate_Minimum/String : 0.429 fps1
FrameRate_Maximum/String : 15.000 fps3
Resolution/String : 8 bit3
ScanType/String : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.237
StreamSize/String : 11.2 MiB
Encoded_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18
Tagged_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18

Audio
Format : QCELP
Duration/String : 22mn 30s
BitRate_Mode : CBR
BitRate/String : 14.0 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 1 / 1 channel1
SamplingRate/String : 8000 Hz
Resolution/String : 16 bit3
StreamSize/String : 2.25 MiB
Encoded_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18
Tagged_Date : UTC 2008-07-05 02:44:18

the other program i have tried is called pazera free 3gp to avi converter. basically the same as above, but when it goes to process the conversion, it also errors and gives a log file that there isn't a supported codec. here is the log file that it gives:

Error # 1
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Date & Time: 7/5/2008 / 12:14:41 PM
ExitCode: 1
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\phone\video\0704082221.3g2':
Duration: 00:22:30.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 83 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 176x144 [PAR 1:1 DAR 11:9], 15.00 tb(r)
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: mp4a / 0x6134706D, 8000 Hz, stereo
Output #0, avi, to 'D:\phone\0704082221.avi':
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: wmv2, yuv420p, 176x144 [PAR 1:1 DAR 11:9], q=2-31, 250 kb/s, 15.00 tb(c)
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libmp3lame, 44100 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Unsupported codec (id=86043) for input stream #0.1

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also the files exstensions for the video files on the phone are .3g2.

thanks in advance.

[aedipuss]

you might try emailing the video from the phone to yourself. the carrier will usually convert the weird phone only audio format for you to a usable one. i looked for a while and never came up with a codec that can handle 3g cell phone audio.

[yoda313]

you might try emailing the video from the phone to yourself

Just an fyi I'm sure there is a charge involved in sending this. Make sure you check out your phone contract for rates involving video.

[theewizard]

the audio stream in your phone cam video is QCP format

Quick time will play this with sound

quick time pro 7 will decode and convert the audio stream to mp4 or avi with the correct sound track for your PC

and super might Do it, or DL MPC with quick time alternative plugin

[Seeker47]

i have a lg vx8350 cell phone, provider is verizon. i recorded some video, and would like to convert it to avi. i have tried a few programs, one is quick media converter. it will accept the video file, will play the file (but has no audio). when i go to do a conversion, it will start then give an error and stop, the files exstensions for the video files on the phone are .3g2.

This turned up recently in the Tools list:

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/Free_3GP_Video_Converter

Haven't gotten to it yet, but hope it turns out to be a good solution. (I'm using the VX8600.) You can't do much with the cellphone video as it is . . . .

[theewizard]

I believe that program is for converting OTHER formats to 3gp

QT pro is probably the best for converting from 3g to avi or another format

its the qcp AUDIO stream that is the problem, not the video stream.

i have the voyager & the dare, i had the enV, my wife has the 'flipshot' & u740/alias

[balou]

Hello ,

I have the explanation why Quick Media Converter is not converting your audio and just converting the video.

Looking at your technical specs , it appears that your original file is using a QCELP audio codec from qualcom ,this is widely discussed on Cocoonsoftware.com forum however the reason it does not work
is simply because it is a proprietary codec (not free) and it is not yet supported by ffmpeg applications. To find a software that would work for this you probably would have to pay for the time being and wait for open source code to come up with a solution .

Have a good day

[wingnut2003]

Hello,

Thanks for all the help, i have figured it out. I got super to encode the files, the video and audio quality are decent enough for viewing on a computer, didn't expect dazling results. here is a picture of the settings i got to work:

[theewizard]

you got it solved, thats good

i would suggest using 352*288 and a 5:4 aspect ratio

I think your picture will be sharper and the image aspect more correct

and your 9600 video bitrate is overkill,1200 is more than enough, likely any thing over 700 is a waste

the source is 15 fps, so use 15 or 30 if you want to keep the sound in sync, that 29.97 will cause a sound sync drift, if you record/covert a long video