{"id":1299,"date":"2010-04-10T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2010-04-11T06:17:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T00:17:28","slug":"animated-video-display-picture-msn-messenger-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2010\/04\/10\/animated-video-display-picture-msn-messenger-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Make animated video display pic for MSN Messenger with mobile phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to set a small video as your “display picture” (avatar) of your Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)?<\/p>\n

You might already know that you can make one with a webcam. But if you don’t have one? Or if the video was taken outdoor with a mobile phone? You can still make a animated video display picture with a video taken on a mobile phone following instructions here.<\/p>\n

Mobile phones usually save videos in .3gp or .mp4 format.<\/p>\n

First transfer the files from your mobile phone to your PC.<\/p>\n

Then you need to trim out the part of the video you want to use for the display clip. Not that the clip needs to be small.<\/p>\n

To trim the mobile video follow the instructions here:
\nTrim\/Split .3gp or .mp4 Mobile Videos with Free Software<\/a><\/p>\n

Once you have the trimmed video, you need to make an animated .gif from it.<\/p>\n

You can use Super Media Converter to convert your .3gp or .mp4 file to animated .gif file. Super Media Converter can be downloaded from here<\/a>.
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\nOnce SUPER is installed, run it and select your “Output Container” as “gif (for making Avatars)<\/strong>“.
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Drag the video file to the input area.
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Now click on the “Encode (Active Files)<\/strong>” button.
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Once the encoding is done, you will find a .gif file on the same location as your .3gp or .mp4 file.<\/p>\n

MSN Messenger will not accept any file larger than 200kb. So if your file is larger than this, you need to reduce your file size.<\/p>\n

You can use an online image optimization service to reduce the file size. <\/p>\n

To use Dynamic Drive Image Optimizer, visit their site here<\/a>.
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\nSimply hit the “Browse” button and browse to the .gif file. Then click on the “Optimize” button.
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On the next page you will be presented with optimized animated .gif images of different quality. Choose the one which is right under 200kb<\/strong> and save it.
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Now on your Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) go to “Tools > Change display picture…<\/strong>“.
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Click on the “Browse…” button, browse to the saved .gif file (under 200kb size!) and hit the “OK” button.
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Done! You should now have the video set as the display picture of your MSN Messenger (Windows Live Messenger).<\/p>\n

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Have fun with your new MSN Messenger Video DP<\/strong> :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want to set a small video as your “display picture” (avatar) of your Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)? You might already know that you can make one with a webcam. But if you don’t have one? Or if the video was taken outdoor with a mobile phone? You can still make a animated video display […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13],"tags":[15,175,174,18,173,16,176],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-tips","category-tutorials","tag-msn-messenger","tag-msn-messenger-2009","tag-msn-messenger-9","tag-windows-live-messenger","tag-windows-live-messenger-2009","tag-wlm","tag-wlm-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}