I was wondering if any video playback programs for the PPC support a landscape view. I've watched a couple wide screen videos (red vs. blue, a Halo comedy) using PMVP and it is a huge waste of screen real-estate. Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Also, what is everyone using for audio playback. PMVP seems to be laggy when it comes to having multiple songs open.

Thanks for all the info.,
Brandon.

Dell Axim X5 Advanced
AmbiCom WiFi CF
SanDisk 256mb SD
SanDisk 1024mb CF

You can use PocketMVP to rotate the screen, but that chews up resources. You're better off pre-rotating the video during the encoding process so PocketMVP will automatically use full-screen landscape view.

as long as the video is sized for the PPC screen, rotation is not an issue. I wouldn't recommend it, in fact, in case you want to watch the video in portrait mode.

2x SimpleTech Bonzai USB2 mini-drive/SD card reader
2x Lexar 1GB (Non-Hi Speed!) SD (USA): write speed = 5.5MB/sec (37.5X) Space avail. (formatted) = 975MB
1x SimpleTech 512MB SD (Taiwan?): write speed = 5.3MB/sec (36.4X)...... Space avail. (formatted) = 489MB
RMA'd: SimpleTech 512MB SD (Japan): write speed = 3.9MB/sec (26.6X)... Space avail. (formatted) = 491MB
Sold: Viking 256MB SD (Taiwan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)........... Space avail. (formatted) = 241MB
Sold: Viking 128MB SD (Japan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)............. Space avail. (formatted) = 120MB

I always suggest deciding ahead of time if you would prefer a given video to be portrait or landscape view. Portrait can handle a higher framerate, but it's a smaller screen. And yes, can be easily software rotated. A pre-rotated (and sized) video for landscape gives a larger video, but the price is framerate (25fps or less).

And I don't even bother counting the 'double size' feature in PocketMVP - it's not a true full screen, it's simply doubling the pixel size of the playing video and looks horrible.

ok if you want 25 fps then i guess you better pre-set the rotation.....most of my movies, actually, almost all of them are definitely around 12 fps.

2x SimpleTech Bonzai USB2 mini-drive/SD card reader
2x Lexar 1GB (Non-Hi Speed!) SD (USA): write speed = 5.5MB/sec (37.5X) Space avail. (formatted) = 975MB
1x SimpleTech 512MB SD (Taiwan?): write speed = 5.3MB/sec (36.4X)...... Space avail. (formatted) = 489MB
RMA'd: SimpleTech 512MB SD (Japan): write speed = 3.9MB/sec (26.6X)... Space avail. (formatted) = 491MB
Sold: Viking 256MB SD (Taiwan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)........... Space avail. (formatted) = 241MB
Sold: Viking 128MB SD (Japan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)............. Space avail. (formatted) = 120MB

Do you think this is becasue of the WM2003 glitch? Or was it the same on your PPC2002 Axim?

Rav

Axim X-5 400MHz PXA255 (PPC2002)
Simpletech 128MB SD Card
SMC Wi-Fi Card
Harley Enthusiast (2001 FXD)

Portrait view easily handles 30fps. It will probably do higher but I don't have any source videos to try it.

Landscape (full screen) is pretty much limited to 24-25fps before it gets jumpy and drops frames.

So, using Pocket DVD, what should the video be resized to for landscape during the compression? I just tried it yesterday and the standard was 320x240, looks kind of small for landscape, but then again, I dont have my X50V yet..., so I don't know what to compare it to.

Ok, I found out what I did, I should have made the larger size for landscape. Used Pocket DVD, kind of unhappy, the estimated file size was off by a lot. I guess I can't look at that. May give it one more try. I used the sticky for the free conversion to Xvid in the thread above. File size was only off a little and quality was 10 times better.

Got my X50V from UPS today. It's charging now, hen it's play time. I think I'm going to hole out til Labor Day and see what kind of specials places are having on storage cards.