Videos in .3gp?

[Bad Choice]

Have an LG Optimus running 2.2

Took some videos today for the first time, came home, and saw they were .3gp. Great....

First off, I have no audio on the files which play back on my PC.
Installed "K-Lite Full" enabled AMR in media player classic, still no video.
Grabbed a converter, the closest thing to keeping original resolution was for me to double the frame-rate from 15 to 30...Ugh.
However, I was able to hear audio and the video was not not much worse in .avi format.

Screwed around with some things for a bit and contemplated why most mobile devices STILL use these non-standard formats.

Installed VLC, and everything works.

My concern is with others who I share these videos with, they may experience the same no audio video unless they are using VLC.
Also, WIndows Live Movie maker has no audio when importing .3gp files, so need to convert to .avi first always. What a fail!

Anyone else think .3gp is a pain in the ass?
Do all android phones use this lousy format.
Are there options to use a more normal format while recording?

 

[NeoteriX]

The HTC Evo 4G recorded video in *.3gp, but the newer HTC Evo 3D records in *.mp4

 

[Usta]

@Bad Choice,

Interesting user name...

Mobile recording in 3GP format is fairly standard matter. As stated by NeoteriX, some phones record the videos in mp4 format.

If you have a modern PC with Windows 7 on it, then you should have Windows Media Player 12 on it. This should happily play the video, though the audio could be a problem if it is AMR. The solution here is either to convert audio only, or use another player like VLC.

The improvements we should see in this area are that MP4 would replace 3GP, and AAC would replace AMR.

 

[Deleted User]

I just tried sending my friend and some family members some video via Dropbox, to which they all asked "What kind of ^&%$ up format is this?"

Thing is, I've sent videos before, presumably from this phone, as I don't have any other (HTC Incredible S)

Have they changed the format during some update or something?

If so it seriously sucks. NONE of my friends or family have the means of playing this video.

"Hey dude! Check this out! All ya gotta do is go on CNet and search for "3gp players" and..."

No.

Just no.



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