01-20-2005, 06:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Clinton Fitch Reviews Conduits Pocket Player 2.52
"One of the great movements in the history of Pocket PCs has been the progression of multimedia content being available on the devices. Gone are the days of a Personal Information Manager (PIM) only device. They have been replaced with full featured, rich applications that allow for the playing of video and music in high fidelity. Conduits Technologies has been involved in this aspect of Pocket PC life for several years and has taken a leading role with their application Pocket Player. Pocket Player, now in version 2.52, is full-featured audio applications that allows users to play a variety of audio formats. The application also includes a built-in equalizer, hardware button mapping, bookmarking and play list management. Pocket Player is one of the more established audio applications available for Pocket PC users and the maturity of the product shows straight away with its ease-of-use and flexibility. Any audiophile Pocket PC owner will love Pocket Player."
Clinton Fitch has a review on Pocket Player by Conduits - and it's not his first review, because he has a long list of reviews dating back to April 2004. I believe this is the first time we've linked to his work, which seems like a shame. ;-) I'm especially impressed that he's written all of the reviews on his Pocket PC using a keyboard and TextMaker. Heck, he even has an editorial calendar - now that's some serious planning! Go check out his site and his reviews.
And speaking of reviews, in the coming weeks we'll be doing another call for reviewers, so if you're interested in writing for Pocket PC Thoughts, get those word processors ready! ;-)
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01-20-2005, 07:07 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
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I just checked in on his site, and you're right. He is a great reviewer and he's done a lot of them. I like that he includes tons of screenshots with his reviews also. UI pics always make me swoon when inserted into a software review.
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01-20-2005, 07:22 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I tried a demo of PocketPlayer just yeseterday.
I couldn't get it to stream any Windows Media content from a radio station that I listen to.
This is the only reason that I use Windows Media Player.
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01-20-2005, 07:56 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 131
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I like this product but... With my IPAQ H6315 when I use a media player other than WMP the audio continues to play even when I receive or initiate a call. This really sucks.
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01-20-2005, 08:14 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 797
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Originally Posted by alabij
I like this product but... With my IPAQ H6315 when I use a media player other than WMP the audio continues to play even when I receive or initiate a call. This really sucks.
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Yet another fine "feature" of the HP 6300... :frusty:
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01-20-2005, 08:32 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 198
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Originally Posted by sojourner753
I tried a demo of PocketPlayer just yeseterday.
I couldn't get it to stream any Windows Media content from a radio station that I listen to.
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Was it a "MMS"-type stream? Currently Pocket Player cannot stream from those servers, but will do so in a future release. We also hope to support RTSP streams. Pocket Player can stream from standard Shoutcast/Icecast streams, so perhaps see if your radio station supports Winamp-style streaming.
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01-20-2005, 08:33 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 198
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Originally Posted by alabij
I like this product but... With my IPAQ H6315 when I use a media player other than WMP the audio continues to play even when I receive or initiate a call. This really sucks.
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Have you tried Pocket Player 2.52? It pauses playback when you receive a phone call. It is a new feature we introduced for version 2.52.
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01-20-2005, 09:28 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
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It has a wonderful interface, but it doesn't appear to support MPEG 4 - AAC. That makes it a no-go for me.
If I'm going to pay for a player, it needs to support the formats I use. I'm an iTunes users (as are many, many other people) and I prefer it's AAC format. I don't need FairPlay DRM support, just AAC support.
Last time I checked there was a fairly steep licensing fee ($15,000 plus 50 cents per audio channel) and that isn't trivial - but neither is asking $19.95 for a player when I can get something like BetaPlayer for free. And, by the way, BetaPlayer does play the AAC format.
--Chris
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01-21-2005, 03:08 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,520
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Originally Posted by Jason Patterson
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Originally Posted by sojourner753
I tried a demo of PocketPlayer just yeseterday.
I couldn't get it to stream any Windows Media content from a radio station that I listen to.
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Was it a "MMS"-type stream? Currently Pocket Player cannot stream from those servers, but will do so in a future release. We also hope to support RTSP streams. Pocket Player can stream from standard Shoutcast/Icecast streams, so perhaps see if your radio station supports Winamp-style streaming. |
Ii was Windows Media Audio 9 codec.
Here is the URL http://mmslb.eonstreams.com/wbalam/
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01-21-2005, 06:55 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 544
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This application appears to provide the best playback through my HP Bluetooth headphones. WMP seems to snap...crackle....pop continuously and trying a couple other players, they either did not work at all or locked up the PPC while playing.
I have listened to many hours of enjoyable music using Pocket Player in the past few weeks. Nice clean interface.
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