3GP to DV: Convert Video from 3GP(3GP Mobile Video) to DV(Digital Video Cassette) with River Past Video Cleaner, 3GP2DV converter, conversion

What is 3GP?

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3G/3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. The 3GPP and 3GPP2 specifications call out specific types of media that can exist in .3gp and .3g2 files.

Once you move a video from cell phone to your PC, the easiest way to play it is to use Apple's QuickTime Player.

In general, if a cell phone record a 3g2 video, it should conform to the 3G2 standard. However, a cell phone may not has the ability to play all variety of 3G2 videos due to limited codec support on the cell. Thus, it is easy to convert a cell phone 3G2 to a video format playable on a computer, but it is not so easy to convert a PC video to a 3G2 which is compatible with your particular brand of cell phone.

To convert from 3GP video to other formats with River Past software, please have Apple QuickTime installed.

What is DV?

The format was first called DVC (as in Digital Video Cassette), later it was called simply DV. It is used in many consumer and professional grade digital camcorders.

Digital video (DV) can be captured from a DV camcorder, stored in a file on the user's computer, or stored on tape using a video tape recorder (VTR).

On Windows, DirectShow based DV capture program normally capture the DV into an AVI file. However, QuickTime based software would generally create a .DV file without the AVI header.

To convert video to DV, please have Apple QuickTime is installed.

Launch River Past Video Cleaner

Once River Past Video Cleaner is installed properly, launch Video Cleaner.

Add File

Click on the "Add File" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "3GPP/3GPP2 - Mobile Phone Video (*.3gp;*.3g2)" in its "Files of type" combo box.

Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.

Note: To convert from 3GPP/3GPP2 files, you must have Apple QuickTime installed.

If you are not able to add the file, please verify your QuickTime installation since we use QuickTime to decode 3GP video. Try to play the file in QT Player.

If QT Player cannot play the file, you will need to reinstall QuickTime.

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Select output format

Use the setting panel on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the left of the "Output Format" label to expand the panel. Select "DV - Digital Video" as the "File Type".

Unlike most other formats, you will need to select the "TV Standard" for the video. Select either "NTSC" or "PAL".

Change Video Settings

Click on the toggle to the left of the "Video Settings" label to expand the panel.

For "NTSC", the video will be 720x480 at 29.97 fps. For "PAL", the video will be 720x576 at 25 fps.

Change Audio Settings

Click on the toggle to the left of the "Audio Settings" label to expand the panel.

You may only change the sample rate. The choices are 32khz, 44.1khz, and 48khz.

Select output directory

Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.

Convert

Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.

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