I'm new to the X30 and I want to download movies . I have read alot on here and it seems Fairuse seems to be the favorite. Ok, so, do I also need to download betaplayer? I seem to be getting confused on how to actually get the movie to the PPC. And will a 256mb card be big enough for 1 movie?

Ok, This is how i do it
1) Put DVD in pc
2) Use Fairuse to convert DVD to video file(s)
3) Use Card Reader to copy Video files to SD card
4) Use Betaplayer on Axim to view video file on SD card

hope that helps

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

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

Heres a link to the original fairuse thread http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...0&page=1&pp=25


I have a question though for anyone....where is there a good link to betaplayer All the links Ive come across are broken Im looking for the unstable betaplayer.

Ive been using pocket MVP cause the dvd hubby ripped is in .avi and thats the player I found. Im going to get him to try the FU next. But I still need a good player I dont really like MVP

Hope this helps


http://betaplayer.corecodec.org/download.html

I don't use Betaplayer. I prefer PocketMVP as it allows you to buffer up to 12MB of the movie.

jmckeown, yes, 256MB card is plenty. When you are encoding the movie it will give you an option of how large you want the file to be. Select 230MB.

  

When you click on this does it go anywhere? I get "page cant be found"

As far as MVP I have the sound is behind (or ahead, I cant remember) problem. I need to reread the thread I linked above again to make sure its the player. I know it was talked about, for some reason I thought it was a problem with the player.
I also tried the buffer setting and I didnt notice a difference what is it going to affect or improve?

edited cause no can typie

Works for me try this

http://betaplayer.corecodec.org

Arrrgh I cant get to it and I called 3 different friends to see if they can get me the file. What the heck, we cant get the DL here in Ohio???

If anyone has mercy on me please PM me and let me know if the file is e-mailable and if youll email it. Please

Post your email addy and I will send it

those are all good links. Something somewhere is preventing your access to it.

I've ripped a few movies with FairUse and it's pretty easy to do, once you figure out how to get the encoder to cooperate.

sO YOUR SAYING THAT I NEED A CARD READER THAT WOULD GO INTO MY PCMCIA SLOT? AND i WOULD DOWNLOAD THE MOVIE TO THE sd CARD IN THE CARD READER. cAN YOU SUGGEST A GOOD CARD READER

I like this one, because it fits in my pocket, it's inexpensive and in-stock at CompUSA

Is using a card reader the only way to download movies onto my Axim30? I fiqured when its in the cradle and attached to my laptop I could download directly onto the SD card in the PPC.

large files seem to start and stop over and over again. Can get frustrating. When I had misplaced my reader I had better luck transferring files via wifi thru file explorer.

You can drag the files you want to transfer to 'Mobile Device\Storage Card' using explorer on your pc (with the ppc in the cradle). However, as lazyart points out above, this can be slow and unreliable.