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12-14-05, 10:04 AM

Which feed are you talking about? Is it this one? http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/small.mov.xml

I tried that one and downloaded the December 8 show. Looks like it is encoded with H.264 (video) and AAC (audio). If you want to try to play it, you will need to find the AAC plugin and install that and the ffmpeg plugin.

The problem is that it doesn't work very well yet. The video skips badly, playing only a small fraction of the frames. The audio plays fine, though. If there is a DivX or Xvid version of the show, that would very likely be playable using TCPMP.

The developer of TCPMP has stated that the FFMPEG library that he uses is not yet optimized. I think there is some opportunity for improvement, but there is no time schedule for this to happen. The author stated on November 14, 2005: "Can't do much about ffmpeg h264 decoding speed. Probably I will write a new ARM optimized h264 decoder, but not anytime soon.". This was in a direct response to diggnation videos: http://www.corecodec.com/index.php?o...0&topic=2136.0

It's possible that voicing your opinion in the TCPMP forums may help: http://www.corecodec.com/index.php?o...v=0&board=24.0

I've written before about H.264. Many people seem to think it's great because it gets a smaller file size. I disagree. I think we've reached the point where decoding battery life/performance is more important than absolute file size. I've written about that here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videob.../message/28339

I don't know of any other applications for the Pocket PC that can play H.264 (also, see http://www.feederreader.com/mediachart.html )

Greg Smith
Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts
www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road

12-14-05, 10:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
MobileSmith Guest Posts: n/a	Which feed are you talking about? Is it this one? http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/small.mov.xml I tried that one and downloaded the December 8 show. Looks like it is encoded with H.264 (video) and AAC (audio). If you want to try to play it, you will need to find the AAC plugin and install that and the ffmpeg plugin. The problem is that it doesn't work very well yet. The video skips badly, playing only a small fraction of the frames. The audio plays fine, though. If there is a DivX or Xvid version of the show, that would very likely be playable using TCPMP. The developer of TCPMP has stated that the FFMPEG library that he uses is not yet optimized. I think there is some opportunity for improvement, but there is no time schedule for this to happen. The author stated on November 14, 2005: "Can't do much about ffmpeg h264 decoding speed. Probably I will write a new ARM optimized h264 decoder, but not anytime soon.". This was in a direct response to diggnation videos: http://www.corecodec.com/index.php?o...0&topic=2136.0 It's possible that voicing your opinion in the TCPMP forums may help: http://www.corecodec.com/index.php?o...v=0&board=24.0 I've written before about H.264. Many people seem to think it's great because it gets a smaller file size. I disagree. I think we've reached the point where decoding battery life/performance is more important than absolute file size. I've written about that here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videob.../message/28339 I don't know of any other applications for the Pocket PC that can play H.264 (also, see http://www.feederreader.com/mediachart.html ) Greg Smith Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC direct RSS text, audio, video, podcasts www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road Last edited by MobileSmith; 12-14-05 at 10:14 AM.