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Hello,

my classical phone (not smart ) can play video files but only .3gp format.

In Fossapup64 I have installed YT-downloader (works well).
In options there is not the .3gp format available, so I downloaded the video in .mp4 format.
After that I tried to convert it in QWinFF (and in VLC) without success (the .3gp format also not available).

Is it possible to convert a video file into the .3gp format in puppy?
Thanks.

Further searching may reveal an application you can download and run locally. But if you only have a couple of mp4s, this website claims to be able to do it for free, https://convertio.co/mp4-3gp/

If you are familar with the command line, please test the following:

ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -s 352x288 -acodec aac -strict experimental -ac 1 -ar 8000 -ab 24k output.3gp

replace input.mp4 and output.3gp to your liking.

An issue with converting to 3gp, is that it uses specific dimensions:

• 176×144

• 352×288

• 704×576

• 1408×1152

if you are not familar with the command line use a proper frontend
QWinFF is crap ( sorry )

My recommendation is WinFF

I'm not currently using Fossapup. But following up on norgo's suggestion, you should be able to install Winff using its Puppy-Package Manager as that has direct access to Ubuntu's focal repositories. Winff is among the packages found there, https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/winff
FWIW, my 'old' application, ffconvert, does not have a preset for mp4 > 3gp. Hence, my search 'on-line'.

Thanks for your replies. I've tried all suggested workarounds.

@mikeslr ,
that website did the conversion well (for free). By default the final .3gp file was after conversion bigger than the original .mp4. I tried to set some lower quality in settings there but it still creates relatively big .3gp file. Maybe it would require more playing with the settings.
Yes, I've successfully installed the WinFF using PPM from ubuntu focal repository.
Thanks again.

@snoring_cat ,
this is the longest command I've ever used . It has done the conversion well. The sound was a bit lower quality but usable (I assume that some better sound would be possible by editing of some parameter in the command).
Thanks again.

@norgo ,
WinFF created the best result for my purposes . Till now I've known only the QWinFF which is in Fossapup64 by default. Maybe it is a lighter version intended only for the most common formats.
Thanks again.