4GB Card on the way - Can TCPMP + X51v play 700MB DivX movies?

Trav2003 · 12-26-05, 12:50 PM

Hey,

I just purchased a 4GB hitachi Microdrive, and am waiting on a good deal to buy an X51v.

I've heard the X51v + TCMP can do pretty much anything, but my question is can it play the standard 700MB (640x480ish) type of DivX movies that are around, or will I still need to encode them into something smaller? What is the frame rate on these type of files, and will they play okay off a CompactFlash card?

Also - with Lathe being only $4, I was contemplating buying lathe instead of using PocketDivxEncoder - is it worth the extra money for lathe? or is there anything better about it than PocketDivXEncoder.

Thanks,
Travis

Xcilion · 12-26-05, 01:06 PM

Although i didn't test it myself yet, this should be possible. If you really want to save as much space as possible you should compress/encode the file more, but i don't think any resizing is neccesary.

Trav2003 · 12-26-05, 01:57 PM

I do want to save size, but I wouldn't mind the convenience of just dropping the file straight in without conversion.

I do have another question. I have a home theater PC with a TV tuner that I can set to record shows and drop them in a folder, is it possible to map a removable storage drive (from my card reader) to another PC and have it save the shows to that drive? It would be sweet to be able to drop the shows right onto the CF card.

Also will most card readers read a large 4GB CF card? I've had my reader for about 2 years - its a USB 2.0 internal card reader.

thierryb · 12-26-05, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Trav2003

I do want to save size, but I wouldn't mind the convenience of just dropping the file straight in without conversion.

I do have another question. I have a home theater PC with a TV tuner that I can set to record shows and drop them in a folder, is it possible to map a removable storage drive (from my card reader) to another PC and have it save the shows to that drive? It would be sweet to be able to drop the shows right onto the CF card.

Also will most card readers read a large 4GB CF card? I've had my reader for about 2 years - its a USB 2.0 internal card reader.

Not tried with the x51v with a cf, but ok with a loox 720 with a SD for a movie in VGA and 700 Mo size.

Trav2003 · 12-26-05, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by thierryb

Not tried with the x51v with a cf, but ok with a loox 720 with a SD for a movie in VGA and 700 Mo size.

Yeah, I'm now starting to wonder not if the hardware is powerful enough to play it - as it sounds like it is, but more if the compact flash has the speed to run large movies off it. I could return the CF card and get a 2GB SD...

Are SD cards that much faster than CF cards?

jhennig · 12-26-05, 08:05 PM

it'll work fine... the only problem which is sometimes evident is a drop in performance when you play a large fiile in terms of the resolution.

Xcilion · 12-26-05, 08:36 PM

Yeah, i'd say you shrink the video resolution to fit the x51v's screen (640x480).
I did that with a live DVD of Metallica (which i did divide into seperate movie files). No hickups here! Just candy to the eye.

Balabok · 12-27-05, 02:42 AM

I have the 4GB Hitachi Microdrive and the movies I have copied to it play back fine. There both Xvid, cropped at 640x272. Both are around 800MB.

I used Fairuse Wizard 2 to make my copies. It's the best encoder out there.

scarpad · 12-27-05, 10:03 AM

I play DVD's at that resolution on my X30 high so i'd say no problem.