Pocket MVP crashes when i play .avi files

[Atooraya]

Any idea why? I dl'ed some .avi files for south park, but my ipaq 1945 just freezes when i play it and it just crashes before playing anything

[Steven Cedrone]

Do a search in the forums on: avi media player

When doing the search make sure you check the box for "search for all terms"

Take a look at this thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19619&) in the meantime... :wink:

Steve

[Atooraya]

I already have Pocket MVP

It crashes when i try playing my .avi files though

[Pat Logsdon]

Any idea why? I dl'ed some .avi files for south park, but my ipaq 1945 just freezes when i play it and it just crashes before playing anything
Yup - your PPC doesn't have the horsepower to play a file made to be viewed on a desktop pc. It needs to be reencoded.

Fortunately, this can be done pretty easily, and without much loss of quality. Someone recently asked about file conversion to the DivX format in the multimedia thread. In my response, I linked to a guide that should be helpful. Here's the thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22554), and here's the link to the guide (http://pocketmatrix.com/guides/dvd2divx/). I'd recommend that you read the thread first.

I've encoded a few SouthPark episodes myself, and they turned out really well! 8)

[Steven Cedrone]

Great, posted the wrong link... :roll:

Anyway, do the search, pleanty of threads about getting the AVI's to play on your Pocket PC...

Steve

[Atooraya]

i've got two episodes on here that work great :bigthumb:

thanks alot guys :D

[Pat Logsdon]

i've got two episodes on here that work great :bigthumb:
So what did you do to make them work, if you don't mind my asking...? :wink:

[Atooraya]

all i did was follow that guide step by step :D