I'm sold on mobile phones, maybe... David Kerr is a persistent chap before I'd set off for Faraway Places, he had me convinced that half the population of Mozambique had access to mobile phones with video (something half my household don't yet have). Visiting the refugee camp convinced me that lots of people there and even more in Thailand "proper" do too... Now he's trying to convince us that this format could be a good way to spread the Bible.

He convinced me to spend a while playing with 3GP, if I cut the frame rate to slideshow proportions (just 1fps) and keep the audio low (but not too low) I can fit a whole short Psalm with pictures into less than 400KB. Judge for yourselves if it is worth it (just remember I spent more effort on the technical side than choosing photos - so there are lots of cute kids ;-)

Here is the 3gp version of Psalm 67 at only 368KB, and the WMV Psalm 67 at 1.97MB with much better picture quality to demonstrate what you lose in making it quite that small for a phone. (and a Flash version of Psalm 67 for Maccies at "only" 2.57MB!)

Labels: bible, mobile, psalms, video

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Bravo Tim - your are a mobile wizard !!!

By  Bob MacDonald, at May 2, 2008 4:20 PM  

Really cool. Welcome to the 21st century.

By  David Ker, at May 6, 2008 8:52 PM  

BTW Ker not Kerr.

By  David Ker, at May 6, 2008 8:54 PM  

Aaagh, I must NOT rely on my memory, especially not for names!

By  Tim, at May 7, 2008 6:29 AM  

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