Comments on: Encode Video for the Blackberry Pearl 8100: Mac edition

By: video to blackberry on mac

video to blackberry on mac — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:35:09 +0000

iSquint also works well for it.

By: SKURO! » Blog Archive » Encode videos for the Philips SA3325 with mencoder

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:06:38 +0000

[...] was clear I had to use something like mencoder, and I found a downloadable Mac version along with a nice tutorial for Blackberry users. That was the very start. Two hours later I was still blaming that bloody player, who seemed to not [...]

By: Girish NG

Girish NG — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:15:23 +0000

Worked well the first time and the instructions were very clear. Thanks very much Alec for sharing.

By: Frank Hoffman

Frank Hoffman — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:42:08 +0000

Worked on first try. After many attempts with other methods, your solution is elegant and effective. My first time using terminal was a little scary, but the rest of the comments posted let me trust you. Thank you very, very much.

By: TimothyP

TimothyP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:27:04 +0000

Isn’t there an mplayer build that uses multiple cpu’s/cores?

By: Marc-André

Marc-André — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:36:48 +0000

Thanks to “pull it up”. The iSquint trick works just perfect with the Pearl 8110!!!!!!

By: Encoding video for the Blackberry Curve on a Mac

Encoding video for the Blackberry Curve on a Mac — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:34:30 +0000

[...] Pro, iSquint) of encoding video for the Curve I’ve found a simple tool that works. Using Alec Peden’s Universal Build of mencoder and his Automator Workflow; converting a video for the Curve was as [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:17:09 +0000

I have mencoder and the workflow installed and working. I am able to right-click a file, and select “MORE –> Automator –> Encode for BlackBerry”.

Here is the problem:
EVERY movie I encode–regardless of the type of file that I start with (I’ve tried many)–all playback in QuickTime as a blank, black screen with no sound. If the movie is 27 seconds, I will get 27 seconds of playback.

What’s really strange is that I think the encoder IS working because the videos play back PERFECTLY using “MPlayer OSX”. Additionally, on my BB Pearl 8130 from Verizon Wireless the videos do not play at all–I simply get an error message.

I am using OSX 10.5.3 on an Intel Mac Book Pro 15″. Please advise.

-Ryan

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:55:31 +0000

I am usiong the latest version of Lepard and can not download this program. What am I doing wrong. I am a Mac user and would like to convert itunes videos to my Blackberry Pearl via imac.

Thanks!

By: Alec Peden

Alec Peden — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:04:25 +0000

@matt – this only works with 10.4.x. Leopard’s finder changed and broke the workflow.