Convert video to mp4 for Nokia 5800, N97 and other Symbian phone

Having difficulties to convert you video collection to playable format for your Nokia 5800 (or N97)? Personally i do.

I have read many article and forum posting, and many of them needed special software (most is commercial, so you have to pay for it), or using converter originally intended for other devices (Zune, iPod or Nokia N800). Or even using text based converter that can easily make you and i had a headache.

I just found the solution, is actually free and very easy to use. I use VLC to convert my video to playable mp4 format for my Nokia 5800 (should be good for N97, Sony Ericcson Satio, or Omnia HD).

VLC itself is a very powerfull video player, converter and streaming engine. Its an opensource software so it free to use and available for most popular operating system (Linux, Windows and MacOSX). It also able to play most audio and video codec. I have tried to play and convert divx, rmvb, flv and avi with no problem.

Want to try, heres how.

1. Obtain the installer here and install VLC to your system.
2. Open VLC and click Media>Convert/Save

3. In the Open window, find and pick the video you want to convert.

4. Once you pick it, you have a Stream Output window. Click File. Click browser, here, select the place and the name of the new file (like yourvideo.mp4)

5. Then, see the drop down box? Click it, and selec MPEG-4 audio ACC profile. After you've done, click Save button.

6. Right now, all you have to do is sit down and relax. Depend of your computer speed, VLC will started to convert you video.
7. If it finished. Just plug your Nokia 5800 and copy the new video to it. Done..enjoy the show :)

Nokia N97 firware update

For everyone who have the Nokia N97, Nokia will release a firmware update (v11.x.021) for this uberphone.

We're not sure in what region it will be available at first. The best way is to check it yourself.
Fire up your NSU and get the update!

Anyway, here are the change log

Changelog:

-USB detection error fix
-PC does not detect N97 or USB charging connection not detected.
-Widget
-Home screen online/offline widget crash fix
-Fix for “Alphabetical and Number input are mixed in facebook until end key is pressed.
-Widget UI improvement – New facebook widget fixes a problem of Home Screen background visible on soft-key area.
-Browser fixes to improve widgets stability.
-MfE related fixes
-Partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost.
-Mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.
-UI transition error fixes (Portrait <-> landscape transition, there is a home screen corruption.)
-UI transition (Slowness and bad effects)
-Slow Touch UI response
-Picture of the device lock appears half of the screen when transitioning the UI sometimes
-Landscape: in some cases the soft buttons on touch (right hand) show the Home Screen in background (install maps.google.com)
-Photos thumbnail performance and stability improvements
-Device performance deteriorates when lots of content in the device - especially photos
-Partial fix no display backlight illumination when unlocking lock-key – CAP Genius reported already
-New version of Accueweather to improve the “Connection error” situation
-Device reset when browsing with high speed packet access (for Malaysia)
-“Browser soft key UI doesn’t work after putting Chinese character with qwerty keyboard”
-Java fixes (TCK, Pre-install app disappearing, *#7370#*)
-Operator fixes (CMCC, Hutchson and Telefonica, Vodafone)
-Ovi store client now embedded in the core image