[Menneisyys]

Originally Posted by benjimen

I think you're wrong... One change in 4.0 is the handling of dropped streams. Every other WM media player, including earlier versions of PocketPlayer, would attempt to resume a dropped stream for a bit, and then timeout. For me, the 'timeout' period has always been to short. On a jog or a bikeride, I continually had to take the player out of my pocket and tap play to get the stream going again. With the new version, PocketPlayer attempts to retrieve a dropped stream continuously, or until you press the stop button. That feature alone is worth the $10...

For those of us stuck in EDGE world with T-Mobile, the ability to access AAC+ streams is another 'worth the $10' addition. A 64k AAC+ stream sounds great, and is easily handled by EDGE connection speeds.

Yeah, it's great to see AAC+ support in PP - I've been asking the dev to add it ever since I've published my dedicated roundups and bibles. Now, it ahas received AAC+ support before (!!!) CorePlayer. (Not even the latest CP support AAC+, unfortunately.)

[Menneisyys]

Originally Posted by benjimen

I think you're wrong... One change in 4.0 is the handling of dropped streams. Every other WM media player, including earlier versions of PocketPlayer, would attempt to resume a dropped stream for a bit, and then timeout. For me, the 'timeout' period has always been to short. On a jog or a bikeride, I continually had to take the player out of my pocket and tap play to get the stream going again. With the new version, PocketPlayer attempts to retrieve a dropped stream continuously, or until you press the stop button. That feature alone is worth the $10...

For those of us stuck in EDGE world with T-Mobile, the ability to access AAC+ streams is another 'worth the $10' addition. A 64k AAC+ stream sounds great, and is easily handled by EDGE connection speeds.

Yeah, it's great to see AAC+ support in PP - I've been asking the dev to add it ever since I've published my dedicated roundups and bibles. Now, it ahas received AAC+ support before (!!!) CorePlayer. (Not even the latest CP support AAC+, unfortunately.)

[nmcclana]

Originally Posted by benjimen

Lucky for you, it's one of the better supported media players on the market. Remember when the library feature was first added? Now look at it, very slick. I'm sure you'll see similar progress with the podcast feature. They put a lot of work in PocketPlayer -- something noticable in every update, beyond just the bug fixes...

Yeah, I'm pretty confident they'll fix it. But it's a little wonky to flag it as a key feature when it's non-operational. It also seems like a more incremental upgrade compared to the switch from 2 to 3. But I get so much value out of it, I'd give them $10 just to say 'thanks', even without any new features.

I'm also excited about the new stream handling, I didn't even know about that. I can't get AAC+ to work with the only AAC+ stream I listen to (somafm), but AAC+ does sound great - I would say a 64Kbs stream is actually listen-able.

[me]

Looked at the product description at http://www.conduits.com/products/player/, and it sounds great!

One thing though, I'm not sure about. Although the audio types listed as supported include .aac and .m4a, I see nothing about the corresponding video types, .mp4 and .m4v. Are they supported, including AVC, h.264?

If not, that is a major addition, that they need to make. Any video players these days should support those file types, and compression type.

[buckyg]

Not sure about those video types. They are listed under Associations, but I don't have any such videos at the moment. You might want to check with their support, I'm not seeing a comprehensive list of video types they support.

IMHO, if I had to characterize Pocket Player, it would be an audio player that happens to play some video types. That is, as opposed to a video player or all-around multimedia player that plays everything.

[benjimen]

Originally Posted by Menneisyys

It's indeed different than most of the other titles, but can be figured out once you understand how multiple selections and selection-based auto-filtering work. Also see my Metatag Library bible ( http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f323...ble-90188.html ) for more info.

Thanks for the info -- maybe someday I'll be motivated to learn it, but I'm fine with PocketPlayer -- nothing to learn really unless you want to dig into some of the advanced settings -- but the library is easy and intuitive without 'studying up'.

I did just discover that AAC-Plus streams from DI.fm are now working with CorePlayer -- must've been added to the latest update, as previously it wouldn't work.

[JPD6825]

I just got a WM6 device, so naturally I'm looking at new software. I downloaded the PocketPlayer demo and was disappointed when it wouldn't play my MP4 videos. Sigh!
So what is the better all-around player -- or the better video player with MP4 support - and maybe even FLV support?