Thursday 17 March 2011

Convert Movie to Samsung Format and Transfer to Samsung/Samsung Galaxy

As one of Android phones, Samsung Mobile is famous for running multiple applications at the same time, but it supports relatively few video formats (only supports H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP video format).
Samsung Galaxy, one model of the most popular Samsung Mobiles, even offers a suite of Mobile Google services, including Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Maps and Google Talk. Besides, it offers front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera and rear 3-megapixel camera with flash.
Convert Video films to Samsung



What makes Samsung Galaxy more impressive is that it is the right phone to enjoy video on the go. Just look at the following specifications which make Samsung Galaxy the most ideal phone to play video on the go: 7-inch TFT LCD with 1024 x 600 resolutions (WSVGA); up to 64 GB of total storage (16GB/32GB of internal memory and up to 32GB external memory slot); full HD video playback; there's a 30-pin dock connector on the bottom that allows for HDMI, USB, and docking accessories (a car dock at least is planned).


But one depressive thing is that: As one of Samsung Mobiles, Samsung Galaxy only supports H.264 video and MP3, AAC audio. It will be perfect if Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy could play any video format including AVI, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, MOV, Xvid, DivX, 3GP, WebM, VP8 and more.

This article will introduce an easy solution to play videos of any kind on Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy in two parts. Part one: Convert any kind of video movie to Samsung/Samsung Galaxy format. Part two: Transfer the converted video to Samsung/Samsung Galaxy so as to play video on Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy.


Free download Samsung Video Converter - Bigasoft Total Video Converter (Windows Version ,Mac Version ) install and run it.

Step 2 Add video into Samsung Video Converter
Add video to this Samsung Video Converter by dragging directly or clicking "Add File" button. (The powerful Samsung Galaxy Video Converter is not only a Samsung Video Converter, but also a professional Samsung Audio Converter. So this guide also applies to converting any audio format to Samsung audio format.)

Steps for Converting Video into Samsung
 


Step 3 Select output Samsung Galaxy format

First click the drop-down list of "Profile", then choose H.264/MPEG4 AVC Video (*.mp4) from "General Video" Category. (Both Samsung Mobile and Samsung Galaxy support H.264)

Step 4 Customize (Optional)
The ideal Samsung Galaxy Video Converter is equipped with advanced editing functions to edit video.
"Trim" function enables to only convert your wanted video clip by setting the start time and end time.
"Crop" function helps you to cut off the black edges of the original movie video so as to watch your video in full screen on your Samsung/Samsung Galaxy.
"Effect" is to set video output effect such as brightness, contrast and saturation. Moreover, it also allows trimming, cropping and watermarking video. Original preview and output preview are available.
"Preference" function allows you to set output effects, image type, CPU usage and action after conversion done.
"Settings" function is for you to set parameters of your output files such as frame rate, resolution, channels, sample rate, video /audio codec, video/audio bitrates, etc.
You can also join several chapters into one by checking "Merge into one file" box.
You can drag and drop the folder where your video files are in to the Android Converter by checking "Copy Folder Structure" box.
You can output the converted video to source folder by checking "Output to Source Folder ".

Step 5 Start to convert video to Samsung/Samsung Galaxy video format
Click the "Start" button to finish converting video files to Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy format.


This guide also applies to transferring audio to Samsung/Samsung Galaxy.
Samsung Kies is key PC software that provides Samsung device users with easy data backup, data Transfer (between PC & device), powerful multimedia management, convenient purchase features and device firmware upgrade.
You may directly download at here.

Step 2 Connect Samsung/Samsung Galaxy to PC
Simply connect your Samsung/Samsung Galaxy to PC with USB cable; Kies will automatically detect the device. (If you want to store video in memory card, be sure to insert the memory card into Samsung Galaxy)

Step 3 Select "Mass Storage" on Samsung/Samsung Galaxy
Take you phone in idle mode, open the application list and select Settings > About phone > USB settings > Mass storage. (There are four modes like Samsung Kies, Media Player, Mass Storage, and PC internet. Since you want to transfer video to the phone, so just select Mass Storage.)

Step 4 Mount Samsung/Samsung Galaxy to PC
Select mount button to mount you phone to PC. Once mounted, open the drive that represents your device on PC. (It should be in My Computer/Computer for Windows users.) And then select either the memory card drive or the phone drive, depending on which drive you want to transfer your video to.)

Step 5 Transfer video to Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy
Simply drag and drop or copy your video to memory card drive or the phone drive to realize transferring video files to Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy.

Step 6 Unmount Samsung Mobile/Samsung Galaxy
After transferring videos to Samsung Galaxy, unmount Samsung/Samsung Galaxy to safely remove your phone.

Conclusion
After the above two parts, just enjoy whatever videos including AVI, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, MOV, Xvid, DivX, 3GP, WebM, VP8 and more on Samsung Mobile/Samsuan Galaxy!

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Android Converter - Convert video to Android Phone Format

Android phone is famous for running multiple applications at the same time, but it supports relatively few video formats (only supports H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP video format). So what if to play AVI, Xvid, DivX, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, SWF, ASF, MPG, MOV, MPEG, HD, MTS, M2TS, and TS on your Android phone like Samsung i7500, Samsung Galaxy, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Desire HD, HTC Wildfire, Motorola Droid, Motorola Flipout, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, LG Ally and etc?

If fact, it is very easy to do it so long as you own the professional Android Converter-Bigasoft Total Video Converter.

Bigasoft Total Video Converter, as a professional Android Converter, can easily convert video to Android supported format. No matter what video format you have like AVI, Xvid, DivX, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, SWF, ASF, MPG, MOV, MTS, M2TS, and TS, the professional Android Video Converter is able to convert them to Android phone video format. Moreover, the ideal Android Converter also can serve as Android Audio Converter to convert any audio format to Android phone supported audio format or to extract audio from video and then save as Android phone supported audio format.

The following is a step by step guide on how to convert video to Android phone format. This guide is also applied to converting audio to Android supported format.

Step 1 Run Android Converter
Free download the professional Android Converter - Bigasoft Total Video Converter (Windows Version ,Mac Version ) install and run it.

Step 2 Import video to Android Converter
Click the "Add File" button to import your video which you want to play on Android phone. Or simply drag and drop video to the Android Converter.


Step 3 Set Android phone format
Click the drop-down button on the right side of the "Profile" button to select Android phone format like Gphone MPEG4 Video (*.mp4) .

Step 4 Customize (Optional)
The ideal Android Converter also provides some advanced functions for you to edit your video before converting the video to Android phone format.

"Trim" function is for you to select the clips you want to convert.
"Crop" function is for you to cut off the black edges of the original movie video and watch in full screen on your Android phone.
"Preference" function is for you to set output effects, image type, CPU usage and action after conversion done.
"Settings" function is for you to set parameters of your output files such as frame rate, resolution, channels, sample rate, video /audio codec, video/audio bitrates, etc.
You can also join several chapters into one by checking "Merge into one file" box.
You can drag and drop the folder where your video files are in to the Android Converter by checking "Copy Folder Structure" box.
You can output the converted video to source folder by checking "Output to Source Folder ".

Step 5 Convert video to Android phone format
Click the "Start" button to finish convert video to Android format.

Step 6 Transfer the converted video to Android phone
Connect Android phone to your PC or Mac, then transfer the converted video to Android phone.


Tips
  • What is Android?
    • Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc., a firm purchased by Google in 2005. Android is an open source mobile phone platform based on the Linux operating system. As a flagship participant in the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), Android operating system can be installed by all the members from the Open Handset Alliance including Google, HTC, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung, LG, T-Mobile, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems and more.
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  • Android phones
    • Android phones refer to phones that use Android as a mobile operating system including HTC, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Sony Ericsson, Acer Inc, Garmin, HKC, Dell, Huawei, Lenovo, Pantech and more. Usually, Android phones support H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), and MPEG-4 SP video format. If you want to play AVI, Xvid, DivX, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, SWF, ASF, MPG, MOV, MPEG, MPG, HD, MTS, M2TS, TS in Android phone, you need to convert them to Android phone format like MP4, 3GP.
  • Why choose Android phone
    • Android phone includes various phone models, and different phone model has its specific features. But they also have common features which make Android phone more competitive.
    • Android phone can run multiple apps at the same time whether they are system apps or apps from the Android Marketplace. At this respect, Android phone is even more competitive than iPhone OS which does offer limited multitasking, but only allows native applications such as Mail, iPod and Phone to run in the background.
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