NewB who might be an idiot, but let's see if anyone can answer this easy one....

Scott_Free · 03-12-03, 05:36 PM

I've had my Axim about 2 weeks now and I love it... but I can't get any file I put on a SD card to play, using Windows Media Player or the Pocket MVP I downloaded.

I've read the converting thing that' pinned here... do you have to do that with everything to view it on the Axim using one of these two programs? I have tried copying WMV, AVI, MPEG, MPGs and about all else you can think of and nothing plays...

WMP won't recognize them and Pocket MVP opens them and then plays audio only with a still of the first frame or it just crashes... any help is appreciated. thanks!

fibrizo · 03-12-03, 06:16 PM

In short yes.

Because most video files on the pc are A: too big frame wise and B: Too high of a bitrate for the axim.

d_harrison · 03-12-03, 08:56 PM

Ok I will take a stab at the answer... I am listening to a Talking Heads tune right now (don't go there!

) that has been saved to the SD card... The trick is you must respect the Windows CE file structure and naming conventions to get the tunes (or any OTHER file) to recognize.

1. Make sure you have created an appropriate file on your removable storeage device - THE ONLY FOLDER YOUR PLAYER WILL BE ABLE TO LOCATE FILES IN WILL BE ONE ENTITLED "MY DOCUMENTS" So you will need to create such a folder ON THE REMOVEABLE MEDIA; or if you like be certain to ONLY STORE YOUR TUNES WITHIN THE FOLDER NAMED "MY DOCUMENTS" in the RAM of your Pocket PC.

2. Select a tune with a recognized file type. Recognized music types obviously include Windows Media Audio (WMA) files and MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer - 3) files.

3. Drag and Drop your selected tune FROM the connected computer TO the "MY DOCUMENTS" folder on your device using the Active Synch EXPLORER function.

4. Once loaded; ON YOUR POCKET PC - select the WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER from within the [Start] [Programs] [Windows Media Player]

5. YOu will need to add the tune to your PLAYLIST.

6. To do THAT - at the bottom of your screen, tap [SELECT]

7. At the TOP of the screen tap and select [LOCAL CONTENT] At this point you will see the tuine(s) you just loaded.

8. Select the tune you want to play. [TAP and HOLD] a MENU will appear that gives you the options to: [Play selection][Move Earlier][Move later][Delete]

9. Select [Play Selection]

10. MEDIA Player fires and your tune starts to play...

Enjoy!

David