Convert Movies and Videos for your Samsung Omnia

With the Samsung Omnia supporting DivX and other popular video formats, converting videos or movies are very easy.

The Samsung Omnia is a great touch screen phone powered by Windows Mobile 6. It’s a phone which more than lives up to the standards of smartphones today. Being a person who likes movies, I immediately noticed the great multimedia capabilities of the Samsung Omnia. It may be a smartphone and not a multimedia phone but the multiple video formats it can play especially DivX, make it great for playing videos and movies.

However, it does take a little step back in terms of the display. Compared to the Nokia 5800 which can display up to 16M colors, it can only display up to 256K colors. It’s understandable though as the market of both phones is different – the Nokia 5800 is a multimedia phone and the Samsung Omnia is a smartphone.

Display color aside, the Samsung Omnia is still great at playing movies and videos. It comes preloaded with a trailer of the movie Kung Fu Panda.

As the Samsung Omnia supports multiple formats like DivX, AVI, ASF, etc. converting videos for the Samsung Omnia would not be as difficult.

There are two ways to convert your movies or videos for the Samsung Omnia. Both are effective in converting videos and would just be a matter of what your preference will be.

DivX Converter

DivX offers a free converter of videos to a DivX format suitable for your mobile phone. It’s a very easy to use program and is also light in resources. It is available for download in two versions – DivX converter for mobile in Windows and Div converter for mobile in Mac.

When you run DivX converter for mobile, you’ll see a small user interface.

 

To convert your videos/movies for the Samsung Omnia using the DivX converter for mobile:

1. Drag and Drop the Video to the DivX Converter

To select the video you want to convert you just need to drag and drop your video file to the DivX converter. Once you’ve done this, DivX converter should state that there is a file in queue.

 

2. Indicate the Conversion Setting

Be sure to indicate 400×240 as the setting for conversion and NOT mobile or qmobile. Click the arrow buttons to change the settings.

 

3. Convert the Video File

Click Convert and it would now convert your video or movie to DivX format which is suitable for your Samsung Omnia. Once complete a new window would pop up informing you that conversion has been successful. Click on View Files to see where the converted file has been saved.

 

Just transfer the converted video to your Samsung Omnia and you would now be able to play the video on your phone.

 

Super Video Converter

If for some reason the DivX converter for mobile doesn’t work, you could try using Super Video Converter. Super is a little more complicated to use than the DivX converter.

I suggest you read first How to Use Super Video Converter. The download link of Super is also there.

Once you’ve downloaded and installed Super (and know how to use it), use the conversion settings below so you can convert your videos and movies for the Samsung Omnia.

 

Output File: AVI
Output Video Codec: DivX
Output Audio Codec: mp3

Video General Options: Both unchecked
Video Scale Size: 400×240
Video Aspect: None selected
Video Frame/Sec: 25
Video Bitrate: 576
Video Other Options: “High Quality” and “48k Audio” are checked

Audio General Options: Both unchecked
Audio Sampling Frequency: 44100
Audio Channels: 2
Audio Bitrate: 128
DVD Language Select: default

 

When you’ve clicked “Encode (Active Files)” a pop-up would appear asking you another question. Just choose DX50 and then click OK and Super would now convert your video file.

 

That’s it! Those are the two ways to be able to convert videos and movies for the Samsung Omnia.