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Mobile phones
This refers to multimedia mobile phones and SmartPhones.
File format:
For SmartPhones running the Symbian operating system, you should ideally use the Real format for
maximum compatibility, since RealPlayer is integrated into the system. Many mobile phones also play
MPEG-4. It's important in this case that the correct container format (for mobile phones, usually 3GPP)
is set up ("Video as MPEG-4 video export")
Resolution
: The resolution corresponds to the display size of your mobile phone in pixels. Standard resolutions are
128 x 96 pixels (sub QCIF), 176 x 144 pixels (QCIF), 300 x 180 pixels, and 320 x 240 pixels
(SmartPhones). You can find out the resolution of your mobile phone from its documentation. Many
mobile phones require the precise setting in order to play back videos. If the aspect ratio does not
correspond to the display resolution (300 x 180 corresponds to 5:3 instead of 4:3), then black bars are
added. For broad displays (optimized for 16:9) we recommend the video effects Aspect ratio 16:9
(anamorph/letterbox).
Frame rate
: Picture repeat rate, i. e. the number of frames per second (fps). For mobile phones this is usually
reduced from 25fps to around 10 or 15fps in order to save memory space and because mobile phone
processors are not powerful enough. If you don't have to save on memory, select the largest frame rate
possible (see device manual) because at low frame rates the video can be very jerky.
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