odartey

Does anyone know the format i need to save movies in to be able to watch it on my ipaq? What programs can I use to conert into the required format. thanks for ur time

thfrenkel

wmv is the standard format.

Windows Movie Maker 2.0 (comes with XP or may be downloaded for free at microsoft.com) offers an option to recode videos especially in pocket format.

__________________
Please excuse my bad English, I'm native speaker of French, German, PHP and Javascript

DavesPPC

Using TCPMP (media player) will give you the ability to watch many more formats (avi mpg wmv etc)
Small footprint and many more features.

David

__________________
New Horizon H.I.

odartey

Thanks for the info do u know where I can get this sowftware. and is it something I'll have to download unto my ipaq ?
thanks

DavesPPC

Originally Posted by odartey

Thanks for the info do u know where I can get this sowftware. and is it something I'll have to download unto my ipaq ? thanks

Get it here.

It's free and easy to "install". Just copy it onto your ipaq, no installation necessary (to speak of).
They have directions on the site as well....it's really simple (and free!).

David

__________________
New Horizon H.I.

odartey

Got it and it works now. good looking out. Just a general question...what can I do so that the videos I watch on my iPAQ goes a little bit faster. It looks like the sound goes faster than the pictures.

DavesPPC

The movie might have been encoded with wrong settings (too slow).
I normally use a minumim of 24fps and between 500-800kbps bitrate.
I tried lower settings but would get similar issues as you're having.
Raised them higher and problem gone!
Maybe changing your settings will solve your problem as well?

David

__________________
New Horizon H.I.

DavidCa

Check out Pocketdivxencoder (free) to encode your movies to suitable format. Really nice little program.
/D