mpg on pocket pc

[bassboy_pete]

Hi everyone. I am new to the pocket pc system. I switched over from the Palm Os. Through some guides I found on the internet, I was able to do lots of things on my old palm. However, I now own a new ipaq 4150. I am mostly wondering if I am able to play mpg video files in the media player that came with the OS. I tried it, but said the file was not supported. Is there a plug-in, or another video player that can play mpgs? Or is there a guide on the internet that tells me how to do all this. I havn't found any good resources yet. Thanks

[bassboy_pete]

Hi everyone. I am new to the pocket pc system. I switched over from the Palm Os. Through some guides I found on the internet, I was able to do lots of things on my old palm. However, I now own a new ipaq 4150. I am mostly wondering if I am able to play mpg video files in the media player that came with the OS. I tried it, but said the file was not supported. Is there a plug-in, or another video player that can play mpgs? Or is there a guide on the internet that tells me how to do all this. I havn't found any good resources yet. Thanks

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by bassboy_pete

[...] I now own a new ipaq 4150. I am mostly wondering if I am able to play mpg video files in the media player that came with the OS. I tried it, but said the file was not supported. Is there a plug-in, or another video player that can play mpgs? Or is there a guide on the internet that tells me how to do all this. I havn't found any good resources yet.

You obviously haven't searched my Web site for MPEG. :-) If you had, you would have found a link to PocketTV. For some reason, Microsoft hasn't seen fit to include MPEG playback in Windows Media Player.

Steve

[dazcox5181]

Try BetaPlayer from http://betaplayer.corecodec.org its faster then pocketTV, pocketMVP etc plays avi/divx/mpeg and can use hardware acceleration. My XDA II gets 70fps on a ripped DVD full screen at Great quality.

[bassboy_pete]

I will try both, and see which I like better. Thanks so much. But also, is there a guide that will tell me how to rip a dvd into a small file? I have a 256mb SD card as well. Thanks again.

[dazcox5181]

try www.vcdhelp.com for a guide. I used DVD decrypter to rip to HD and used pocket DivxEncoder to shrink the file. I got a 90ish min film down to 118mb to put a a 128 card and its quality was still great even with a lot of movement (the ATI chip in the XDA II probably helps too)

[bassboy_pete]

Great, thanks alot.

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by dazcox5181

My XDA II gets 70fps on a ripped DVD full screen at Great quality.

What exactly does that mean? Movies are filmed at 24 frames per second, and TV is broadcast at 30 frames per second (or 60 interlaced fields per second). So how can you get 70 frames per second?

Steve

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by bassboy_pete

But also, is there a guide that will tell me how to rip a dvd into a small file?

You could check the PocketMatrix guides. They've often been cited as some of the best guides to Pocket PC video.

Also, last night I found Big D's Pocket PC Video Guides.

Of course, using :google: to search on "Pocket PC" DVD rip will also find several more sites.

As I've never tried ripping video, I can't tell you how good any of the guides are, though.

Steve

[dazcox5181]

70 is the benchmark figure i get from Betaplayer... Could have done without the know-it-all explanation of frame rates...anyway UK tv is 25 fps (50 interlaced!)

[tanalasta]

How well do these framerates play on your ppc (and what model do you have)?

I have the older 203mhz strong-arm series and a smallish SD card. So the time-consuming but satisfactory alternative is to use WM encoder to convert mpeg's into window media files at a reduced framerate + audio rate. Works a charm with windows media player I use it to convert music videos so i can watch them on the go!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx