Thread: streaming video to N800
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sjgadsby is offline sjgadsby
2007-04-02 , 20:11
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Originally Posted by Bernard View Post
I´m looking for ways to stream live video and video files to the Nokia N800.
I already found some information but maybe some of you can add experiences.
You've prompted me to try this out myself. I'm starting my testing with on-demand video, rather than live, but settings for one should work just as well for the other.

I've found that a 700Kbps, 320x240, 15fps clip encoded with RealVideo 10 and 64Kbps stereo music high response plays back locally on my N800 fairly well. It briefly drops frames just after playback starts, but then seems to get up to speed and play the rest of the 60 second file well. Audio playback is good throughout.

Unfortunately, for on-demand streaming, I had to encode the same content with much lower settings: 225Kbps, 240x180, 15fps, RealVideo 10, and 32Kbps stereo music high response. It drops a few frames, but fewer than with local playback of the 700Kbps file.

I have not yet tried any MBR files. I'm curious to see if they work, and if so, which rate the N800 selects.

I've never encoded a 3GP file, and I suspect I'd need to upgrade to Helix Mobile Server 11 for good support for that format. I'll have to investigate that.