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Video (Divx) Playback OK or not?

I am considering getting a Wizard (Qtek 9100) to replace my almost dead XDA2.
However a very important aspect for me is playing videos. I already re-size videos for my XDA2 to 320x240 250-400Kbit depending on what it is and audio 56kbit/s all at 25fps (sometimes less).
They work fine on the XDA2 of course (Betaplayer can run around 300% on the benchmark). Will they be OK on a wizard?

I guess this does not answer your question totally, but I have a K-Jam, and I encoded a couple of DVDs to DIVX and played on my phone using TCPMP(betaplayer) without any problems. Smooth playback.
The settings that i used for dix encoding was around 150kbps 320x240 size (25fps) with 96kbps audio.
Havent fiddled too much with the encoding settings and will try again with higher bitrate, though that would increase the size quite a bit i guess.
I think you would be surprized at what all the 200Mhz OMAP850 processor can do - as long as you do not run a LOT of heavy applications at the same time.

Thanks. I was guessing that if my XDA2 can run at 300% then the wizard would at least be able to run at 100% ... but really wanted to make sure as i use it a lot for films.

the processor is good, but the programs aren't yet addapted to this processor...
maybe you should also consider the Eten M600, if you don't mind to lose the great keyboard. Everything is better on the M600, better processor, better camera, better support and upgrades,...but it hasn't the nice keyboard...but you could use the application 'FullScreenKeyboard' to solve that problem.
the screen on the Wizard (Qteck9100) is really great and very clear...I don't know about the screen on the Eten M600.
I do have a wizard now, but if I would lose it, i don't know if i would buy the wizard again or go for the Eten M600...It also depends on the fact of the applications will get adapted for the DualCore processor of the wizard, because, like i said, the processor isn't that bad, but it can be slow with some applications....
video goes very well on the wizard, no problems with it yet...
CIAO!
VOODOOS!L

No I want the keyboard... I REALLY want the keyboard... I like everything about the Wizard... my only worry was the video, i use it on airplanes a lot.
If the M600 had 640x480 then i might have thought about losing the keyboard.
Other than video I just need email, ICQ etc. and perhaps VOIP ... all of which seem to work OK to some degree.
I also like the fact its smaller than my XDA2....

Pobman said:
I also like the fact its smaller than my XDA2....
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But it's fatter, because of the keyboard. But thats OK since that IS a feature you want in any case.

i even stream them from my pc over wifi, flawlessly

OK I have ordered one.... comes tomorrow morning.
Thanks.

PocketDIVXencoder. Approximately 340 kbps video+64 kbps sound. Smooth playback.

Wow!
PocketDIVXencoder is really good! Thanks for hooking us up!
I just converted an episode of a TV show and set it to highest quality picture and sound, and it played fine, no scips or jumps at all and the quality was great!

I have been using a program that work great.
SmartMovie Converter, it is in two parts: a desktop converter, and a player for the pda
you can find more info at
www.lonelycatgames.com
Dxvix

my div x player is not working.
although my windows media player is also not working properly.
the working properly means that they both are not playing my video songs and clips.
so plz help mee..
if one can do ..
tell me the best player ....
i have O2 XDA ....

Hey Pobman,
I am in exactly the same position, however I am just upgrading from the original XDA which I have been able to upgrade due to this amazing forum.
Please let me know how good the wizard is with video as it is a major factor for me and will help me decide between this and the universal.
Thanks
Jayman

Just streamed a movie from my pc via wifi and played on my wizard with TCPMP, these were the settings, it has a weird frame size due to it being wide screen.
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On a similar note, what would be the maximum resolution, bitrate and framerate for smooth playback of wmvs? Or is this format not a good choice for the Wizard?
John

does the wizard play movies in fullscreen flawlessly?

jdg, Yerp..plays it well smooth...just make sure nothing like active sync runs in the background :wink:

Tcpmp Wma Fix

hi guys i m back again with one more solution.
sorry for a new theread cause i m not able to edit my previous post "3rd part applications" due to some browser problem.
After fighting a lot with tcpmp i got the way to solve WMA support issue.
in wm6 the deocder for WMA is named as WMA9prodecoder.dll while in previous windows it is named as WMAdecoder.dll this is the reason which do not allow TCPMP to use the windows WMA decoder.
here u go
just download and put this dll file into ur windows folder and ur TCPMP will get the decoders of WMA.

surpries 111 views and no review.

THANX
So, it looks like, that it works...

krishan2207 said:
surpries 111 views and no review.
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Personally, I use Coreplayer so I have no problems like this.....

I use CorePlayer, too. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience!

works
this fix worked perfectly for me. THANKS!

Works for PocketMusic too. Well done!!

I use Coreplayer so I have no problems

Nice... i still use the old tcpmp too... its much better than the new coreplayer...

Thank you! Works great in my HTC Universal. I was looking for a solution for a while. I am grateful to you!

thanks, I was looking around for a while and this worked great.

Thank u wery much works perfect.

Thanks for this, i am going to load it now.

Trying on my BA.... great effort bro.

wma and wmv now work nice on my e650 / s710 as well thankyou

Good Work. Thanks.

WMA Decoder
thanks much
it worked in my Imate SP5 running WM 6.1 ROM Final of Ricky Wyatt
now my TCPMP Player plays the wma files...

good job bRo
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now i can pLay wma and wmv files with TCPMP

Thanks for the fix!!

hi, forgive me if this sounds like a retarded ? but what do you mean by dl the file and put it into your windows file. how do i put it in my windows file??
krishan2207 said:
hi guys i m back again with one more solution.
sorry for a new theread cause i m not able to edit my previous post "3rd part applications" due to some browser problem.
After fighting a lot with tcpmp i got the way to solve WMA support issue.
in wm6 the deocder for WMA is named as WMA9prodecoder.dll while in previous windows it is named as WMAdecoder.dll this is the reason which do not allow TCPMP to use the windows WMA decoder.
here u go
just download and put this dll file into ur windows folder and ur TCPMP will get the decoders of WMA.
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***Challenge for all PPC users and Develpors***

(ISSUE IS TO PLAY A WMV FILE ON PPC)
I Tried my best to play atached wmv file on my ppc wm6 even i tried wm video codecs in windows but my research failed and i need all genius users help,,
Me waiting who will first play this file.
Thanks in advance.
Munazzam.

Try CorePlayer 1.2
Try CorePlayer 1.2

Take VistaMediaPlayer Ver.11, it works here

but i need for POCKET PC.

one thread for one file, please stop this sh.....!

Its very urgent Please Help.....

strange file... even vlc cant open it...
try to convert it or make a screenshot & mp3 cause video is same all the time

Thanks someone tried to play it please keep trying to help me.

My i760 came with a small wav player that will pop up in Total Commander (or any file explorer) and play the file. I hear there are some "search" options available if I'm not mistaken HINT! HINT!

It is encoded with the latest WMV9 codec, you won't be able to play this on anything but Windows Media Player 10 or later.... NO PPC player will play it without conversion.... not even CorePlayer (it only supports upto WMV8)
If you really must get it playing on PPC go get a video converter and put it into a useful format like mpg or h264.

Sendaris said:
It is encoded with the latest WMV9 codec, you won't be able to play this on anything but Windows Media Player 10 or later.... NO PPC player will play it without conversion.... not even CorePlayer (it only supports upto WMV8)
If you really must get it playing on PPC go get a video converter and put it into a useful format like mpg or h264.
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But it is strange... It plays well in my device!

maybe becasue you device has WMP 11 or 10

aa125690 said:
But it is strange... It plays well in my device!
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Which device you r using?

if it works on pc windows media player, have u tried using windows movie maker/ windows media encoder to transfer to your phone, works for me

Oh, I see what you guys are saying... It is a *.wmv file!
Sorry, I only meant the audio part, not the video.

But i need video specially.

This should work on your phone. It worked on mine.
http://xpdnc.org/downloads/temp/ccent31.avi
I didn't mean for the file size to increase so much, but I wasn't sure what sort of codecs a PPC could handle. I tried a newer Xvid codec at first, and it didn't work. So I reverted to a PPC-specfic AVI container with a generic MPEG4 codec. Hopefully you have 5MB of free space somewhere.

dumpydooby said:
This should work on your phone. It worked on mine.
http://xpdnc.org/downloads/temp/ccent31.avi
I didn't mean for the file size to increase so much, but I wasn't sure what sort of codecs a PPC could handle. I tried a newer Xvid codec at first, and it didn't work. So I reverted to a PPC-specfic AVI container with a generic MPEG4 codec. Hopefully you have 5MB of free space somewhere.
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Very very Thanks to Mr.Dumpy for give your preciouse time to work for me can you tell me about the convertor you used for it.
Thanks.

Hey Thats Not Very Funny, When I played it I got this...
Here

munazzam said:
Very very Thanks to Mr.Dumpy for give your preciouse time to work for me can you tell me about the convertor you used for it.
Thanks.
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I used SUPER.
The download process is a bit of a pain in the butt because they hide everything beneath gigantic walls of text.
1. Go here: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Down
2. Click the link that says, "Start Downloading SUPER ©"
3. Click the link that says, "download and use"
4. Click the down arrow (
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
), or just scroll to the bottom.
5. Click the link that says, "Download SUPER © setup file"
I know it's a ridiculous navigation process, but that's what they make you do. In exchange, you get a free program that does a decent job with converting files. Just toy with it. Test it on some small video files and see what looks best for you.

Best Youtube Program?

Hello. I was wondeirng if anyone can recommend a good youtube program besides youtubeplay? youtubeplay is ok, but It doesnt let you list by date or relivance or whatever. Also, is there any program that plays or downloads veoh.com videos? Thanks

The best way to play ANY streaming media site on a win mo smartphone imho, is the skyfire webbrowser:
http://www.skyfire.com
use phelps8 to get an instant download.
Any streaming media site I've used works awesome with skyfire. Takes some getting used to. check the forums for details. But sites like hulu.com work AWESOME with it for watching full episodes or movies..
mycast.orb.com when set to stream in flash will open right in the browser too which is incredible for streaming off a home PC...
break.com,youtube.com,stupidvideos.com etc etc all work great.

I use CorePlayer and it works great

Skyfire works awsome!! feels like im on a PC viewing the many video streaming sites..only one that doesnt seem to work is veoh..doesnt load the videos

YouTubeplay

CorePlayer has a YouTube quick-button, with several quick choices, like "Most popular" and "most linked to." But beware: The program can hang your 6800 if you go full-screen, requiring a soft-reset.
I've read great things about the new multimedia player with the Japanese-sounding name (K-something?); can't think of it now. It was designed for rich Web content from the ground up.

Kinoma ?

Kinoma
That's it: Kinoma.
Thanks to this thread, I installed YouTubePlay. It works flawlessly; rotation and full-screen toggling cause no freezes. I'll still use CorePlayer for music. Mostly, I watch downloaded TV shows. For that, I prefer Windows Media Player because I've installed a plug-in that lets it remember where I left off...just as my Audible Player does for books I've bought at Audible.com.

bombzhome said:
YouTubeplay
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+1
I think it operates better in full screen mode as well.

youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.

Paul in Maryland said:
That's it: Kinoma.
Thanks to this thread, I installed YouTubePlay. It works flawlessly; rotation and full-screen toggling cause no freezes. I'll still use CorePlayer for music. Mostly, I watch downloaded TV shows. For that, I prefer Windows Media Player because I've installed a plug-in that lets it remember where I left off...just as my Audible Player does for books I've bought at Audible.com.
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Whats the plugin called?

Protonus said:
youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.
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Really? I will check again but I think I like the video better there vs skyfire, that is if that is what you are comparing it to. I will check again and report back.

rleejr79 said:
Really? I will check again but I think I like the video better there vs skyfire, that is if that is what you are comparing it to. I will check again and report back.
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since skyfire is a proxy/transcode browser it might be lowering the quality of the video
i use kinoma, for orb though since i dont care much for youtube, although ive used it to shut iphone fanboys up a time or two

RiftReaper said:
Whats the plugin called?
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Windows Media Player Resume Plug-In.

Protonus said:
youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.
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well, if you watching it on your phone's bandwidth, you might not want to wait for a high quality file to stream over evdo, or use the extra data if you don't have an unlimited plan.
Skyfire plays embedded flash videos pretty well, but its at around 15 frames per second, so its not as smooth as watching it at home, or downloading it first.
TCPMP with the flashVideoBundle.cab installed works well with pocket IE and will give you the option of downloading the video to your phone (so you can watch it later), or streaming it right on the spot (after a short buffer), which works pretty well.

anyone got the latest cab for skyfire?

240sxer said:
anyone got the latest cab for skyfire?
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Edit: if you knew anything about skyfire, or bothered to do any reading, you'd know you need to sign up for the beta to be able to use it.

Hence me asking if anyone has the cab because I didn't.
Asswipe.

240sxer said:
Hence me asking if anyone has the cab because I didn't.
Asswipe.
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you can't use it without an account for the love of god. A .cab isn't going too help you. diaf.

Get Badaboom files to enable TouchHD profile!

Hi all
I've just finished editing the Defaults.xml and creating some basic graphics to enable the TouchHD profile in Badaboom!
You can now have GPU accelerated transcoding with ease.. just one click!
[size=+2]Tested only on Badaboom 1.1.1.194[/size]
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
[size=+1]Video transcoding settings:[/size]
Profile: baseline
Level: 3.0
Bitrate: 650-900 VBR (default 750 - should be a good tradeoff between quality and size)
Audio: mp3 stereo 128kbps
Resolution: 720x480 (due to a limitation in badaboom you can't set this beyond the hardcoded resolution and that's the closest to our 800x480..)
[size=+1]Enable or disable deinterlacing according to your videos![/size]
[size=+1]Get the files here:[/size]
http://www.mediafire.com/?ji1gy5z3kg3

first and last UP just for letting more ppl see this post..

Cheers Eraser , works a bloody treat , you gotta love the speed that it transcodes files . Great work .

how's the image quality compared to x264 based converters at the same bitrate?

I kind of take it all back , converts super fast but slaps DRM over everything , won't let me play on my htc . bummer .
maybe i am doing something wrong but i can't find out how to turn DRM off .

~.~ .. why it is so stupid that it won't use CPU...?
both cores were nearly idle while encoding.

mcdull said:
~.~ .. why it is so stupid that it won't use CPU...?
both cores were nearly idle while encoding.
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That is a joke isn't it? Badaboom is a GPU video encoder, the fact that it doesn't hog the CPU like most encoders is what makes it so good.

garybeaman said:
That is a joke isn't it? Badaboom is a GPU video encoder, the fact that it doesn't hog the CPU like most encoders is what makes it so good.
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Yes, and just try to encode some ~1hour from movie for my X1.
Quadcore CPU 6800 - 20mins
Nvidia GTX 260 GPU - 6mins
i hope badaboom will support xperia 800x480 resolution in next versions

Wow, this is awesome. Maybe 20 minutes or so for a normal movie for me. The end product is bigger in size than if you were to use one of the two "made for Touch HD" applications our members have created, BUT the movies look superb and play smooth as butter with no audio sync problems at all.
Pop your DVD in and after you've set up this profile for the HD click "Start", then copy the file over to your HD. Excellent! It also looks like you can do VOB directory too if you've already ripped all your media to harddrive, but I haven't tested it yet. I'll have to try that next to see if it's any faster than ripping right from DVD.
Thanks for pointing this out! Wonderful!

Looks great but everytime I instal and start up badaboom it restarts my system. Any clues??

Thanks Eraser, this is great. It also works on the latest version 1.2.1
This would probably get more hits if it was posted in the Apps and Themes section though.

Charlie3999 said:
Looks great but everytime I instal and start up badaboom it restarts my system. Any clues??
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Anyone help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like your video card has problems. Have you tried the latest drivers for your card?