Any help would be appreciated: I would like to play videos/movies on my x3 and don't mind paying for them. I want to just download them to pc desktop then directly (maybe through a card reader) onto my Dell. I don't really want to go through the process of encoding/shrinking or whatever else.

Dave

For playing movies on your axim, TCPMP (BetaPlayer).

http://www.tcpmp.corecodec.org

http://corecodec.org/frs/?group_id=5...se_id=224#r224

Where are the videos/movies to download without processing?

Dave

Unfortunately, there isn't much of a (legal) market for what you are looking for. This link has a few sources for you:

http://www.aximsite.com/whatcanidowi...Obtainingvideo

Moved to Multimedia.

          

I'm not aware of any sites for new movies in PPC format. If you like old movies and the like you can go here for public domain movies. I have downloaded and copied directly to my Axim and used TCPMP to play them.

http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films

thanks for that... There's some stuff in there that i really should have seen but haven't

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

Gigi,
Thanks, I've tried all those links but like you say, there's not many full movies or videos for ppc even when you're willing to pay for them!

Dave

thats why you have to convert your own

 

I downloaded PocketTV and some free mpeg film trailers, along with an old film (750mb) called 'Kid Dynamite' which incidently I enjoyed, oh! and a film documentary called 'The Quiet One' which was good too.

So can I convert DVD's into mpeg in order to get them onto my Dell Axim? By the way, the Axim plays Audio/Video really well and the sound is superb; only problem is battery consumption if you were out and about away from the charger!

Dave

If you don't want to rip/convert movies, maybe you'd like CinemaNow or Vongo

I'd like both but only one is available for me seeing that I'm from the U.K. Vongo is exclusively for the US market, but thanks anyway!

Dave

There are a couple tutorial in this forum converting DVDs to PPC friendly files. It is a bit time consuming but there is a certain cool factor when you show your friends what that Ax can do.

I'm taking a bus ride to Texas later this year.. roughly 24 hours. By then I'll have a 4 gig SD card which could hold 16 movies easily. That, along with nearly 2 gigs of music (35 hours I think) and a battery extender I'll have plenyy of entertainment at my fingertips.

"We are all just prisoners here of our own device."

Money is the root of all evil.
Time is money.
Therefore, killing time is doing God's work.


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Are you saying that if you convert your own DVD's you can reduce them to around 250mb each? Also, what do you mean by 'battery extender'?

Dave

That is exactly what I'm saying.

A battery extender is a pack that you can plug into your Ax that usually holds 4 AA batteries. If your main battery is fully charged the Ax will draw current from the battery pack. When battery pack drains you just swap the batteries for new ones and keep rolling. Do an ebay search for your axim model # and "battery extender" and you'll see a million of them. You can also build your own-- there are tutorials here to walk you thru it if you aren't afraid of a soldering iron.

"We are all just prisoners here of our own device."

Money is the root of all evil.
Time is money.
Therefore, killing time is doing God's work.


Tribute in Haiku
My tool of choice - Ax
Notes, reminders-- things to do
Music, movies too!

I've ordered a battery extender for my X3 but can't figure out where it plugs in?

Dave