pockettv or pocket mvp

[gq12o]

got my e335 last week, and so far, liking it.
except for the video playback

for those who have tried both,
which one do you think runs videos better??
or is there a better video player?

and where can i get them??


default windows media player sucks....always lags.
but maybe its cuz of my processor....300mhz.

[Kaber]

I prefer to have both of them on my iPAQ.

[arebelspy]

From user tests on mpegs, pocket mvp outperforms the freeware pocket tv, but is slightly outperformed by the $50 version of pocket tv.

and of course pocket mvp plays divx (all the way up through 5.0.3 i know for sure).

of course the debates of divx (avi) vs mpeg are numerous (i prefer divx), but either way i think that pocketmvp is a winner.

-arebelspy

[Jake K]

I second that last post. Pocket MVP is the way to go. Its pretty customizable too which is always nice.

[Buddha]

Another 'vote' for PocketMVP here.

[GingerTommy]

I had them both installed and it was only last week that I realised I hadn't ran PocketTV for months - it has been removed.

DivX and OGG on PocketMVP are my formats/player of choice.

[mcasanova]

Same to me: PocketMVP is a winner

[rundcm]

Can anyone explain how to uninstall Pocket MVP?

I have it installed on my e-740 however I have doubts that the install is correct .

When i try to play an AVI file i get error " This file contains an incompatible audio and video format.

There are quite a few choices to select to a particular device when downloading so it is quite possible i downloaded version for another processor type

Glad to see this forum good addidtion!

[TheNewSteve]

I uninstalled it yesterday to get it to stop associating .ogg and .mp3 files (for which it has horrible playback- i mean it's OK sounding but it usually freezes)

Just go to remove programs and highlight pocketmvp and then hit remove.

Pretty simple, like any other program.

Worked for me.

-Steve

[gq12o]

is WMP the only one thats capable of playing these?

i have a lot of these files....
quality isnt the best, but sizes are small, and are pretty good to watch, if they dont skip.

[TheNewSteve]

Is WMP the only player that plays what?

I don't like video in WMP (i have some BMW films movie in PPC WMP format, it doesn't look that great).

I prefer PocketMVP for .avi files. It will play .mpegs also, but not as well as...

PocketTV is supposed to be the best for .mpegs, I am not sure about the difference between the free and pay versions of the software in terms of performance or options.

PocketMVP is very unstable for music, but works well for video.

-Steve

[gq12o]

i was talking about asx, or asf files.

is there anything other than wmp that plays them well??

btw, i have 8.5....wats the latest wmp out??

thanks

[DBlakester]

I just recently installed Pocket MVP and it works great for my Ipaq 3870!

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Actually, if you only want to be able to download short material from the net for viewing (commercials, movie previews, etc.), then PocketTV is the better, more hassle-free choice. If you want to be able to convert your own DVD collections into something you can view on your PPC, then go with PMVP (but expect a rather steep initial learning curve).

In all honesty, while I exclusively use PocketMVP, PocketTV is actually the far superior player technically IMO, capable of playing 500kbps MPEG files w/o breaking much of a sweat whereas PocketMVP begins to struggle with DivX files at around 300-350kbps. However, DivX is a far superior format compared with MPEG-1 and is the only choice worth considering if you want to convert your own movies, which goes to explains why most of us prefer PMVP. DivX will give you better-quality audio and video at lower bitrates than MPEG-1.