| Tons of people are using mobile video. Watching video | | | | format your phone will be saved in by default. Most |
| on a cell phone is becoming quite common. Lots of cell | | | | medium to high level video editing systems will convert |
| phones take video too, so perhaps a cell phone is all | | | | and export 3GPP files. Of course as with any video |
| you need anymore to enjoy watching and producing | | | | conversion need, there are many format conversion |
| TV, movies and online video. | | | | programs and plug-ins on the market available as |
| Of course I am not saying that 52 inch plasma TV in | | | | freeware and shareware. |
| your living isn't a necessity in today's world, but cell | | | | Flash Lite |
| phone video-on-the-go is now is skyrocketing and will | | | | Flash Lite is a streamlined version of Flash that was |
| no doubt continue to do so. Pyramid Research just | | | | developed specifically for mobile phones and portable |
| released a report predicting an annual compound | | | | devices. You probably already know that the full |
| growth rate for mobile video of 28% over the next | | | | version of Flash is the single most common online |
| five years. That means that by 2014, more than 500 | | | | video file format. Flash Lite is highly compatible with |
| million users worldwide will subscribe to one of the | | | | Flash players which makes it fairly universal. |
| growing numbers of mobile TV services. | | | | MPEG-4 |
| Since no doubt you want to get in on all that fun, here's | | | | Always versatile, MPEG-4 (named after developers |
| the technical information you'll need on mobile video file | | | | Motion Picture Experts Group) is a good sharing |
| formats. Don't worry, it's really easy. | | | | format for mobile video. It is also commonly used for |
| With mobile video, tiny is the name of the game. If you | | | | online video in general but is one of the smaller formats |
| are making a video destined for the cell phone screen, | | | | so it works well for mobile video too. Virtually any |
| keep this in mind during the entire production process | | | | mobile video device will play an MPEG-4 video. |
| since tiny details and small fonts will get lost on a cell | | | | RTSP& RTP |
| phone screen. | | | | Other technical terms you'll run into using mobile video |
| On a technical level, you also have to think small. The | | | | include RTSP and its cousin, RTP. RTSP stands for |
| primary characteristic of a good cell phone video | | | | Real Time Streaming Protocol. RTSP is used to |
| format is size. There are only a handful of common | | | | establish and control streaming media sessions. RTSP |
| formats used for mobile video. They're all highly | | | | is used in combination with RTP, which stands for Real |
| compressed in order to create that needed tiny file | | | | Time Transport Protocol. RTSP handles the stopping |
| size. | | | | and starting and RTP takes care of the actual |
| - 3GPP | | | | transmission of the stream. If you use any kind of |
| - Flash Lite | | | | mobile distribution service, they will handle this aspect |
| - MPEG-4 | | | | of it so it is not necessary to know much about it. |
| - RTSP | | | | With cell phone video, you can shoot it live and |
| 3GPP (.3gp) | | | | distribute it with a video sharing service such as Qik. |
| 3GPP is the single most common mobile format. It was | | | | Qik seems to be one of the most comprehensive and |
| developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, | | | | user-friendly mobile video platforms online but there |
| hence the name 3GPP. It's a globally standardized | | | | are many to choose from and more being developed |
| communication system so is common worldwide. Cell | | | | every day. |
| phone networks are often referred to as 3G | | | | Cell phone mobile video is a great way to stay in touch |
| networks. All cell phones that play video will play 3GPP. | | | | with friends and family or to entertain yourself away |
| For making video from a cell phone, 3GPP is the | | | | from home. |