what should i use to play mp3s on my 4155?

[phritosan]

i loaded a bunch of mp3s on my sd card then discovered that i cant play them. what program should i use? i tried to find windows media player, but im sure you all know how helpful microsofts website is at finding things.

thanks!

[shawnc]

You shouldn't need anything extra to play your MP3's since I think WMP9 is already loaded onto your ipaq. If it isn't, you need to load it from the CD that came with your 4150. But before trying that, use explorer on you ipaq to navigate to your SD card and make certain you see your music files. If you see them, simply double-click on one and it should begin playing. If this doesn't work, you will likely need to load media player from your cd.

[Ripper014]

There are a lot of programs that you can use to play mp3's, though I do not use mp3's my favorite audio player is GSPlayer... the standard skin is terrible... but I like the player.

[phritosan]

i checked, it didnt work. the cd was a link, sent me to 10. i installed 10. it was desktop only. i hate microsoft.

i installed gsplayer.

[Darius Wey]

Hmm - are you sure Windows Media isn't on your device? :confused totally:

Try looking in your Start Menu. Alternatively, open File Explorer, and navigate to \Windows, and search for wmplayer.exe and execute it. Windows Media plays MP3 files. Alternatively, other players that do the job are Pocket Player, PocketMusic, GSPlayer, MortPlayer, and BetaPlayer.

[Kowalski]

strange, i thought wmp is built into the rom

[phritosan]

you guys are right, i found it.

i like gsplayer better


thanks

[Ripper014]

If you are looking for a skin to replace the standard one...

http://www.gsplayer-skins.tk/

[kosmos]

go for Mort player

Really its great, and its free!

http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/mortplayer.shtml


Description:
MortPlayer is a free MP3/Ogg player optimized for PPC needs.

It offers:
- All basic functions.
- Support of MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WAV (thanks to MAD, libOvd, and Green Software...).
- Streaming support (Shoutcast and http).
- Equalizer (only MP3), sound effects.
- Bookmarks (memorize positions in songs or audio books).
- Big screen buttons, easy to tap with your finger.
- Assignable hardware buttons (all buttons, almost every function).
- Screen saver (switch off display after some time or on button press).
- Fall asleep timer and alarm clock.
- Optional volume change after start and exit.
- Automatical pause when doing a call (Phone Edition).
- Display of ID3 (V1.0-V2.3) and Ogg tag informations (track name, artist, album, year, track no.).
- "Favorites". That means, first you choose the directories or playlist files, where you keep your songs (usually done only once).
- In the open dialog, or by prev./next list buttons, you can easily select one of this paths/playlists, and all the contained songs there are played. In the open dialog, you can also select single files or a whole tree.
- Support of WinAmp and MediaPlayer playlists (M3U, PLS, ASX, read only).
- Native playlists (MPL, read and write).
- Simple file selection when adding new files.
- Full Skin support, you can decide for all elements if, where and how you want to show them! (sorry, own format only...).
- Multiple Screens (Easily switchable displays contained in one Skin).
- Extended screen switching support: Switch easily between a selection of Screens from multiple Skins.
- Fullscreen support for Skins (no title and/or menu bar, e.g. for a car screen).
- You can turn off images to save memory and CPU.
- Selectable Playlist Font.
- File assosations (start with double click on e.g. an MP3 file in explorer).
- Selectable startup action (Changer Mode, recent playlist, update playlist, continue last track from position, ...), repeat and shuffle mode.
- And many more settings.

[shawnc]

One thing I would caution you on if you're considering switching media players. Currently, one advantage of owning an HP is the ability to use the HP BT headphones. I have them and they are fantastic. My understanding is that they either don't work, or work with limited functionality, with non WMP.

[phritosan]

my paycheck doesnt support bluetooth :( but thanks for the tidbit