I just got my Axim and I was wondering how do I play MPEG movies on it? Do I have to change them to a different format?? (AVI, Divx?) How about Codecs?? And what movie player do you guys use? (Media Player fine?)

Thanks

I downloaded Pocket TV and I can watch MPEG files now but they don't fit the screen correctly.

I personally use PocketTV or http://www.projectmayo.com/projects/...hp?projectId=9 has a divx player ported for most handheld devices. They projectmayo divx player ive had good results with little to no drop frames and played most of the stuff i had

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Thanks for the link. I tried the FAQ in the multimedia fourm to reencode and I was successful.

Do you know if you have to reencode mpegs when using Project Mayo Media Player ? What I mean is do you run into the same problem with videos extending pass the screen width?? Or does the software auto adjusts?

Thats what Pocket PC needs. A media player that when told to go full screen, its adjusts the video size to fit the window and can rotate the picture.

Resco Picture Viewer (which comes on your Axim CD) plays Mpegs well. Can't beat the cost.

lol i never knew that

 

I suggest using pocket tv, it plays the videos better than resco.

 

I concur with schrags, Pocket TV is a admirable player, and movie will fit if it's the right size, got to www.pocketmovies.net, they got special formatted ones that will fit, and there funny 2.

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Which program can give me a complete full screen?

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In general, MPEG files downloaded from the internet do not have parameters optimized for viewing on Pocket PC.

There is an option in PocketTV to resize the video to "Fit Screen", but it is quite slow unless you have a Toshiba e800 with hardware acceleration.

The best option is to convert the video into a format optimized for Pocket PC. The result will be a much smaller file, that will play much better.

Check the "Simple Guide for making MPEG files optimized for Pocket PC or Smartphone" at:

http://forum.pocketmovies.net/viewtopic.php?p=3415#3415

The latest version of PocketTV (0.14.7) has an option to scale the video to fit the screen, even when playing in Fullscreen mode.

By default, the size control command (toggle between Nominal and Fit Screen) is mapped on the Action button (in the middle on the D-pad).

If you have installed an earlier version of PocketTV, open Tools > Options > Buttons and tap on Default to reset the default button mapping.

To switch between Normal view and Fullscreen, just tap on the video.