3GP: conversion steps
- Upload your 3GP file to start.
- Convert 3GP to AVI.
- Download the 3GP file.
About 3GP files
an older mobile-phone video format
3GP is a container format defined by the 3GPP for mobile phones. It is a simplified relative of MP4 that typically holds H.263 or H.264 video with AMR or AAC audio.
Videos recorded on older mobile phones, especially before smartphones.
3GP: what conversion changes
Converting 3GP re-encodes video.
3GP: settings to change
Before you convert 3GP files, you can adjust: Audio codec, Video codec, Frame rate, Rate control, Width, Audio bitrate, Quality (CRF), Quality (VBR), Video bitrate, Sample rate, Resolution, Colours, Channels, Height, Scale fit, Normalize loudness, Dithering, Trim start, Encoder preset, Trim duration, Keep tags, and Remove metadata.
Limits of the 3GP format
3GP videos are usually low resolution and heavily compressed, and converting them cannot add detail.
Common questions about 3GP
Why is the video from my old phone so tiny and pixelated? 3GP was built for small low-resolution phone screens on slow mobile networks, so there is no detail in the file to recover — the source simply never had it.
Why convert video to 3GP? Almost only for very old feature phones with tiny screens; any smartphone plays MP4 instead.