BlackBerry Pearl/Pearl Flip Device Profile
The BlackBerry Pearl is a popular multimedia smartphone. Rip DVD plus can
rip content from DVDs into formats designed for this cellular phone.
The default settings produce high quality media with small file sizes. Depending
on your specific requirements, you may need to change the settings.
BlackBerry Pearl /Pearl Flip Video
There are two video file types available for BlackBerry Pearl devices: MPEG
4 and Windows Media Video (WMV). Differences
are noted below.
Video Settings
Compressors
MPEG 4 Video
The Xvid Encoder is always used when you select the MP4 file format.
Windows Media Video
You can select either Windows Media Video 8 or Windows Media
Video 7. Always use version 8, unless your device does not support
it.
Frame Rate
The frame rate is the number of times the picture updates each second. The
higher the frame rate, the smoother motion will seem in the video. There is
no benefit to increasing this above the Frame Rate of the original DVD. Generally,
you should only lower the Frame Rate if you have chosen a very low bitrate (see
below).
Bitrate
The Bitrate is the amount of information
that is stored in the file to represent each second of video. If you set a
bitrate of 2000 Kbps, a 10 second video file will contain 20,000 bits of information
about video. (There will also be audio information.) The higher the
bitrate, the higher the quality of the video, but also the larger the size of the
file. Generally, smaller dimensions will allow you to use a lower bitrate
and still have a good quality picture.
Dimensions
By default, ripped files are at the largest size playable on the selected device.
You can select other supported sizes from the drop-down list if you click Change
Dimensions. Note that picking dimensions not on the drop-down
may produce a file which the device cannot play. Reducing the dimensions and lowering
the Bitrate can produce smaller file sizes at the expense of lowering quality.
Audio Settings
Compressor
MPEG 4 Video
The MPEG 1 Layer 3 compressor is always used when compressing sound for BlackBerry
Pearl MP4 video.
Windows Media Video
Windows Media Audio 8 is always used when compressing sound for
the WMV files.
Frequency
Audio Frequency is the number of times per second that the audio signal can be adjusted.
Higher frequency values give better sound quality but also increase the size of
the audio. Generally, use higher quality settings for music and lower for
speech. Select from the Frequency dropdown. By default, the audio
will be encoded at 44.1 KHz (which is audio CD quality). Lowering the Frequency
will reduce audio fidelity. Generally lower bitrates are only recommended
if the bitrate is quite low.
Bitrate
The Bitrate is the amount of information
that is stored in the file to represent each second of audio. Lowering the
bitrate will reduce the quality of the recorded audio and create smaller files.
Channels
Select Mono to include only one sound channel,
and Stereo to include channels for both left
and right speakers. Using Stereo produces
slightly larger files.
Custom Profiles
If you expect to use the same modified settings again, press Save Profile.
This will create a Custom Profile which you can use in the future to quickly select
the same options again.
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