Making .svi files for Samsung YP-T9 Under Linux
This is my configuration information: I've got a Samsung Y9-T9JB, more specifically YP-T9JBQB/XAC Firmware
version, 1.80 US released date 2007.06.08
I tried software called svi coder to make files that would be compatible with my YP-T9 but this was unsuccessful. After getting in touch with the developper, the reason this software does not work is that there is some metadata in the file that is unknown that is needed to make the devices operate properly.
The only solution that I was able to find to be able to convert files that would work on the device was to install the Samsung Media Studio application with WINE. This was not a straightforward process under Linux. This is what I had to do:
1) install wine (version 0.9.46)
2) run winecfg and configure your wine machine to act like windowsXP
2) install ie6setup.exe
3) install a version of windows media player from the cd that came with the device (i had to do this because the microsoft website now make you certify your version of windows)
4) install using wine 20050205175658671_MediaStudio5_5132.exe (I downloaded this from the Samsung Website)
5) install from the Program Files\Samsung\Samsungapplication folder the free codecs package
To run the application, first run the SMSTray program, followed by the SMSMain program. I found this to be nececissary for the program not to crash.