One of the things I had in mind when I purchased my x50v was watching vidcasts (video podcasts) on it. I've seen a number of programs out there for converting dvd movies to a format suitable for the axim, but haven't found anything to convert a large wmv, divx, mov, etc into something my axim won't choke on.

for example, I tried copying the latest episode of DL.tv (150mb+) over and when I played it, it was out of sync, choppy, and generally pretty bad. When I play an askaninja.com (7.46mb) file, it handles these just fine...

BTW, my x50v currently has WM5


Oh, and I know many podcasts are releasing versions suitable for watching on the iPod w/video.... anyone know of a player that will play these as is, or way to convert them to ppc-friendly format?

TCPMP plays them all.. No need for conversion. You can get it here:


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well..... then something else is wrong. It chokes on every large file I give it... just like WMP.


could this be a WM5 issue?


I'll also double check and make sure I have the correct and latest version of the player.


one lst question, is there a way to make it the default player?

Part of the problem is that TCPMP can play H.264 videos with FFPMEG plugin, but they come out choppy. The CoreAVC plugin for TCPMP is much better at playing these videos, but it was pulled from circulation until the licensing issues are resolved.

For the audio track of "video iPod" videos, you will have to have the AAC plugin as well, which has its own set of licensing issues.

More information is here: http://feederreader.pocketcasting.co...hp?p=1698#1698

With FeederReader, you don't have to transfer the videos from your desktop at all. Just download directly to your Axim and play using the player of your choice.

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