Hi,
Touch HD 3.8" screen is very nice, indeed.
But, how effective is it?
I meant, for sure, when you are browsing the internet using OPERA, you can see more content, compared to the 2.8" (320x240) screen.
However, this "more" content, are they READABLE directly ... without ZOOMING? Especially in LANDSCAPE mode.
What do you think about this?
For sure, without any doubt, the 3.8" is way much better for watching movie/video
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Hi guys, im new to the forum, and ive had my atom for around 2 months.
I seem to have a problem with videos!!
how do i make a video fullscreen? ive checked teh box that allows you to allow stretch to full screen, though the video still stays the same size.
ive encoded a few videos in .3gp @ 320x240, and even then, its still a really small size. any ideas?
is the atom VGA (640x480?).
i dont know your specs, but all universal's have a small WMP.
you can try using TCPMP.
in WMP option screen (video) choose "Play video in full screen always" :wink: or during plaing video - tap the screen shortly.
thanx for that, that new player works a treat, heaps better then WMP
simon_darley, do some Atom's come with VGA resolution? I'm about to buy one and haven't seen them...
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do some Atom's come with VGA resolution?
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no. There is no exist VGA screens 2,7" anyway you can't see anything using real VGA mode on this screen. In my Ipaq 4700 with 4" screen I have a problems and in 2,7"....
i dont know of any others that come with vga resolution, i have no doubt after saying this I will be corrected, which I welcome.
does 640x480 resolution actually allow you to see more text vs 320x240?? Or is it still the same crap as Blueangel, just sharper ?
i find that at the smallest acceptable zoom, in landscape mode, i can see only about half the page width on blueangel.
Im curious, is there a video output for the mogul, or a way to get a video signal out?? would like to plug into my indash screen if possible
Yes its kinda expensive.
http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdv842.htm
Has anybody actually used or seen this before?
Yeah, I've seen this before.
You can get them for less than that.
But it doesn't do what you're thinking... its not a "video out" in the way that you're picturing it. The mogul's graphics hardware does not support the 1024X768 resolution this claims to give you, nor does it support external video out at all.
Unfortunately, the Windows Mobile OS does not support alternate video hardware, so you're stuck with whatever graphics hardware is embedded in your device, and no SDIO add on is going to change that.
What this does, however, is project slides for presentations. Using special software on your PPC, you can import a powerpoint or similar presentation, and send the slides to this card which can then display them on a larger screen.
Basically, your PPC can replace a laptop for presentations, and you can control the slides from the touch screen.
What this will not do, however, is display whatever is on your screen currently. It only receives still images (or stills with slight animated components perhaps) from the software installed.
Hope that clears things up...
Meanwhile, if you want your mogul's output to appear on an external computer monitor, you can always use Ateksofts' webcam plus. One of the options is to capture screen output, which will effectively put the contents of your screen onto a nearby windows desktop. But this is not the same thing, really.
You guys inspired me to try this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LWZ6nSk0gdQ
video captured of my PC Monitor playing video out from my mogul in real time. Its on the slow side, but it works, especially for doing a presentation that doesn't require a lot of motion.
Write up of the software here:
http://mobile-enthusiast.blogspot.com/2008/03/ateksoft-applications-bring-interesting.html
Hi,
Windows media player is playing my files fine, but its screwing up the aspect ratio, ie. it plays full screen without the black bars of top and bottom. I want the black bars
How can I fix this?
PS! I tried the option under video "Scale to fit window", but that doesnt help.
Same problem for me with WMP.
I use HTC Album to read video, with the "aspect ratio" button (bottom right during play).
WMP i useless if it doesnt have exactly 800x480 resolution or same aspect ratio as 800x480.
Use Album or use converters which can make black bars.
Nice tip to use Album. Dunno why CorePlayer doesnt play the file as well as WMP/Album.
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Nice tip to use Album. Dunno why CorePlayer doesnt play the file as well as WMP/Album.
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Because CorePlayer hasn't hardware support yet.
I have a different problem with WMP. Most WMV files I play in full screen I get black borders all around (top+bottom+sides) so I end up with a tiny video image. The size is not much bigger than when playing in portrait mode.
You can try to use the converter I wrote. It is in a sticky thread.
Regarding WMP:
It behaves very badly with anything that isn't the exactly right AR/Size.
I personally recommend album. It has more finger friendly controls and it uses the same rendering method as WMP, so you will not miss out on performance.
I have downloaded an Mp4 film but the film is 320x240 so doesn't look good on the screen as its too small, is there any free software that I can change the resolution to a bigger size? also how do I go about doing it? I am not very techi minded so any help would be such a help, thanks.
320x240 mp4 files play fine for me. What are you using to play them?
Incidentally, you can resize videos both up and down, but there's no point resizing a small video to a larger size if your player will play it full screen. You can't get better resolution that way.
I am using core player, I have tried to get it to play full screen but I just can do it, it plays wide screen with black borders at top and bottom, I can watch it like that but would prefer to be able to watch it full screen..
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I am using core player, I have tried to get it to play full screen but I just can do it, it plays wide screen with black borders at top and bottom, I can watch it like that but would prefer to be able to watch it full screen..
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Touch the screen when it's playing
But, for mp4 files, you should use the in-built video player as it supports hardware acceleration, and therefore plays better.
I have tried touching the screen in the windows media player and its still the same, whats the best format in core player?
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I have tried touching the screen in the windows media player and its still the same, whats the best format in core player?
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Play it in CorePlayer and touch the screen. In windows media, you need to go into the menu and select Full Screen.
Core player will play many formats. It's a massive discussion if you want to know what people think is the best.
So...
CorePlayer, touch the screen.
Windows Media, use the menu for fullscreen.
But, I'd recommend using the built in video player for mp4 files (just navigate to the file with file explorer and click it. If you've not changed any file associations, it will use the in-built video player).
I will go and try and see what happens, will update my thread in about an hour, thank you so much for your help....
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I will go and try and see what happens, will update my thread in about an hour, thank you so much for your help....
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No problem mate - good luck
tanzi said:
I am using core player, I have tried to get it to play full screen but I just can do it, it plays wide screen with black borders at top and bottom, I can watch it like that but would prefer to be able to watch it full screen..
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this is because the aspect ratio of the movie is different to that of your screen.
If you made the image fit the screen to get rid of the black bars you would be stretching the video height, this would make all people look tall and skinny, or you could fill the screen while maintaing aspect ratio but would loose some of the video of the sides where it cant be seen.
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this is because the aspect ratio of the movie is different to that of your screen.
If you made the image fit the screen to get rid of the black bars you would be stretching the video height, this would make all people look tall and skinny, or you could fill the screen while maintaing aspect ratio but would loose some of the video of the sides where it cant be seen.
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It was actually because he was playing it in portrait, not landscape.