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.3gp conversion app

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crazy8

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So I have done a few videos on my phone and would like to send/share them with people. Only thing is the files are huge and cannot be emailed. I have done some searching and have not found what I am looking for. Maybe there isn't an app for this but with all that is out there it seems unlikely. I am looking to take the .3gp videos I have made with my phone and that are on my phone and be able to convert to AVI or some other popular format and to have the ability to compress the files to in case I need/want to email them. Is there an app that does this and even better is there a free app that does all of this?

Thanks much
 
I don't know about doing that kind of conversion as an app on the phone, but you could use a free open-source program like Handbrake to convert the video on a PC, Mac, or Linux.
 
No, there isn't a phone app to convert video, converting is very cpu intensive.

There are programs for your computer, like Handbrake, to convert. however, 3gp is already VERY compressed as it is. By compressing it even more, you will lose a LOT of quality.
 
Well, we don't know for sure whether the 3GP video is already heavily compressed.
In fact video recordings with Androids tend to use a high bitrate, which allows to further convert those videos without much of a quality loss.

Naturally, we need to analyze the recorded video first, for example using MediaInfo.
 
Thank you all very much for the info. Just so happens I do have handbrake on my PC for other things I have used it for so maybe I will give that a shot. So I suppose the only real way for me to share my video(s) in a mobile fashion would be to upload it to my photobucket account and then send the link to the video in an email?
 
If your videos aren't too big, you mght be able to compress them to be small enough to email or MMS. One experiment is worth a thousand expert opinions. Good luck!
 
Don't forget the classic Youtube upload. Much easier to put your video in Youtube and send share the link to others.
 
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