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Coverting mobile phone videos

James240
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Hiya peeps is there anyway i can convert a .3gp video file from a mobile phone into something that can be played by Windows Media Player?

Cos ive got a video file that i would like to send into work but they only have Windows Media Player :)

any help would be most appreciated :)

James
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  • chuckles1066
    chuckles1066 Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    James240 wrote:
    Hiya peeps is there anyway i can convert a .3gp video file from a mobile phone into something that can be played by Windows Media Player?

    Cos ive got a video file that i would like to send into work but they only have Windows Media Player :)

    any help would be most appreciated :)

    James

    http://www.gromkov.com/faq/faq2004-0067.html

    tells you all you need to know ;)
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  • James240
    James240 Posts: 16,393 Forumite
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    cheers mate :beer:
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  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    or; http://www.free-codecs.com/guides/How_to_play_3GP.htm
  • In_for_a_Bargain
    In_for_a_Bargain Posts: 1,505 Forumite
    What would happen if you then put it back onto a mobile from Windows Media? Would you have to convert it back again. My son has a video on his phone that he can't send to his new phone as he cannnot infrared it, so if we did as mentioned above would it work? Either that or he can do an MMS with it, would that still play as a video on another phone?
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