Hello,
just got my xda (64mb), I can't view my Compile HTML (like an ebook) in xda; on the IE that comes with the xda. Also how can i view my *.dat (Vcd) in Windows Media PLayer in 8.5 (whm).
Any software to convert them, TRy some but still unable to do that
hi,
nobody seems to be able to advise me on this matter.. Any kind soul
Pocket Windows Media PLayer 8.5 dows not support *.dat files from VCD.
You may want to covert them to divx with a smaller screen size and then play them with pocket Divx player. Pocket Windows Media PLayer 8.5 onluy support mpg, wma, wmv, and MP3 (and wav).
IF you use pocket divx doe covert your sound to mp3 not ogg becaus this may not work.
check http://www.projectmayo.com/projects/index.php for info on pocket divx and http://www.virtualdub.org/ for coverting your video files to an other format. good luck.
And sorry cant help you on the CHM thing but will look in to it. 8)
Rename the .dat to .mpg and play with your favourite mpeg player
Windows XP contains a tool to edit and convert them.
First rename the .DAT file into .MPG
Then start "windows movie maker" , and load the .MPG file
(start/programs/accessories/entertainment/windows movie maker)
Drag the clip down to the movie bar, and edit the clip, or just goto
'file/save movie file' and save as : movie.wmv
when asked for 'movie settings' select 'other settings',
video for pocket pc (full screen 218 Kbps)
This will take some time to convert, but the video looks nice.
Don't forget to press the 'full screen' button on your winmediaplayer
(next to the volume bar) when playing the clip on yor XDA
Enjoy
Anymore advise on *.chm
thanks for the xda developer who tell me about windows movie maker... it works.. How about *.chm ?.....
.chm files
.chm files are compiled html file. to be able to read this on your pocketpc, you will need to decompile it using htmlhelp compiler. this piece of software comes from the installation of microsoft's service pack 5.0 for visual studio 6.0.
try and search google for html decompiler or better yet, check microsoft downloads.
HTH
CVSOFT
chm reader
just found this for reading chm files, dont know how good it is but its free
http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/CHMReaderNet.asp
Related
Hi
I wonder if anyone can tell me... how to play mp3 files and movie files say avi , mpg etc with the new windows media 8.5? I don't seem to be able to use the xda to play a simple mp3 file after I use activesync to transfer the file into the xda. It may a be simple software problem or do I need special codecs for these files to be played?
Sorry if it is a silly question.
Cheers
Hi, if you have the pocket pc 2002, and windows media player 8.5, you should be able to play mp3 files without any issue.
Try downloading a small mp3 file from the net to check. sometimes, if you dont have an SD card, and only a limited memory, and you try and copy a large mp3 to your xda, it cuts off half way when you run out of storage memory. This leaves your file corrupted, and hence you cant play it.
Close all your running apps. Adjust your memory settings, to increase storage area. Choose an mp3 file that is much smaller than available space (eg. ringtone from some website) and copy that to your xda.
Thanks
Hi
Thanks very much for your reply. Thot nobody is interested to answer a silly question like that. Indeed I think the mp3 file I tried to play is corrupted. Got windows media player to play other smaller mp3 files after your advice. However, can windows media player play mpg files at all? Always seem to get message that the movie file cannot be played.
Thanks again.
Smaslift
Hi
cant remember if media player 8.5 can play mpgs. However if you install pocket divx player, you should be able to play most file formats. Ofcourse it wont play all mpgs, or all avis, it depends on the codecs used, however common ones, especially divx are playable.
http://www.projectmayo.com/projects/detail.php?projectId=9
Just to let you know, Media player 8.5 can't play mpeg.
PocketTV is another alternative.
movie file size
HI
Thanks for info. Installed both pocket tv and divx and both are great. Only thing is size of movie files are too big. I have tried using VirtualDub to play around with movie compression but still hasn't found the optimal size to reduce a movie to be sensible for use in pdas. What is the screen size and how else besides the screen size can one use to reduce movie file size?
Cheers
Some good guides here:
http://www.pocketmatrix.com/guides/
Hi
In virtual dub, you need to ensure that you are specifying a codec for video compression AND audio compression.By default virtualdub does not compress the audio, hence the file tends to be quite large.
You may want to install some more audio codecs to give you a better compression. Try installing the WMA codecs, or get Windows Media player 9 on your system.
WMA codes
Hi
Thanks for replies. I have Windows Media 9 on my system; how to use it to get the audio compression with Virtual Dub?
Cheers
Vic
in the audio menu on virtuadub, you need to select Full Processing Mode. Then the compression option will become selectable. You can then pick an audio codec. Be aware not all audio codecs will be available on your xda. Use Windows Media Audio codecs, have a look at:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-wma.htm
when i want to copy video files over to my xda i do so using active sync and wen i go to open it the file comes up as a file that cant b read by any program, what do i have to do in order for it to play video? plz help! :?
what format video files? if they are avi/divx you will need a player for this. i am sure there will be a flood of posts now with everyone recommending the best player to use. :roll:
pocket tv is good
divx is also
mediaplayer only play ms formats like wmv or asp maybe and such
I have tryed a number of .avi files and havent been able to open them using WMP how come it doesnt work. :? replys much appreciated
The same problem happens to me.. I cannot copy the music using the wmp to my xda. It states the network path was not found. Anyone help me pls..
download Divx or sum other media player
had the same problem here. Downloaded the windows media encoder and converted to pocket pc friendly format, and worked a treat!
pocket wmp only play wmv and asf and other ms formats
the only non ms formats i think it plays are midi not sure if it does play that since i havent tried, wav, mp3
the give aways is if you explore around your files and choosing a avi file dont make wmp play it automaticly it's simply because it dont support it
and it dont auto get codecs like it does on windows at least my wmp dont but then it's not version 9
Hi
Sorry to sound thick, but can anyone tell me if I can download movies onto SDs card, and watch them on my XDA1 windows media player ?
I have tried a mpeg & avi, they play on my desktop but not on my xda
thanks in advance for any help
steve
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about
or
make your movies into freaky special ms formats like wmv or something to make media player play them
Hi there.
WMV for PPC is not that good. Why don't you try this one:
http://divx.ppccool.com/ -- The very easy to use Encoder for all kinds of formats.
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/download -- The Code Pocket Media Player wich is fast enough to play high quality movies with high quality Sound. I was really impressed by both of these tools!
Have Fun,
Timo
EDIT, ah I'm sorry. Rudegar allready told you about the player... But use the encoder. Nothing is more intuitive than that
Hi Mcnugget
Thanks for your reply, but what do I do next...sorry im a bit thick
steve
normaly exe files are have to be run in windows and they autoinstall the pda program to the pda next time you sync
cab files are run on the pda where they autoinstall
both paths should result in an icon in programs which start the program
then you choose files and browse to where your movie is
then you click on the movie file and it plays
I did a "digital download" of a DVD to my PC, and then copied the .wmv file over to the /Android/data folder. The tablet recognizes the file (when I pull up the videos screen), but when I try and play, I get a "Media Error: Sorry, cannot play this video" message.
I'm brand new to the Tablet, so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, I just don't know what...
Thanks in advance!
Brian
Most digital downloads from DVDs are DRM proteced. These can only be played on "official" Microsoft codecs, usually found on Windows XP, Vista, Seven, and OSX. You're pobbly out of luck.
o9guy said:
Most digital downloads from DVDs are DRM proteced. These can only be played on "official" Microsoft codecs, usually found on Windows XP, Vista, Seven, and OSX. You're pobbly out of luck.
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Hmmm.... We've downloaded similar movies to the Ipod Touch... clearly not a windows product.
Quite unfortunate if "digital downloads" cannot be played on the tablet.
I won't say they all have DRM but many do. Googling "drm wmv" should give you some ideas as to how to deteremine if this is the case.
Thanks so much for your help!
Brian
WMV File
I had a WMV video that would not play on my Windows 7 PC with Windows Media Player.
It would play using DIV-X and some other movie players. I happen to have Camtasia Studio and I opened the file in Camtasia and created a new WMV file (took about two hours to complete). Much to my surprise the New WMV file created with Camtasia would now run fine on the New Windows 7 machine with Windows Media Player.
Just for fun, I copied the new WMV file over to the G Tablet and it played fine.
My guess is this is hit or miss depending on how the original file was created (I think this file was created with an old version of Window's Movie Maker in around 2007). Something else that is strange to me is the old movie format would play on Windows Vista but not on Windows 7.
Additional on the OP's question. You can check for DRM protection by clicking on the file properties in Windows explorer. There's a "protected content" statement, in one of the tabs. For WMA/WMV files, it should be able to tell you if it's protected or not.
If you had gotten it from Amazon, or from a DVD digital download, it is most likely infected with DRM.
Download rockplayer. Works for my phone. Should work for tablet as well
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I tried rock player but told me could not use hardware playback. When i tried software decoding I got large pixelated video not distinguishable. Please advise.
Sounds like DRM to me. I haven't used a WMV on my tab yet but I assume it will with RockPlayer.
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where is s flood place to download free movies for the gtab?
DRM protected videos can't playback on most devices, you must remove the DRM protection, but it seems there is no free tool to handle it
DRM protected videos can't playback on most devices, you must remove the DRM protection, but it seems there is no free tool to handle it
Download DVDFab HD Decrypter and use it to rip the video from the original DVD, then use Freemake Video Converter to encode it to the format of your choice. I use 960x540 res, original frame rate, bit rate of 1280 for the video and sample rate 44000, bit rate 128kbps for the audio... works great on my EVO 3D. Will test this when I get the G-Tab in the next few days.
This may be an issue of the codec used. There are lots of codecs out there and the extension doesn't always indicate one particular codec. Depending on the program I am using to create a video I can select different codecs for the same fle type. Though divx is pretty much a mpeg4 codec, so is some of the Windows Media Video files. I have found even on the PC I have to dowload and install a codec "super pac" in order to play al the various files I come in contact with even though they may have the same extensions. Most of your players include a number of codecs to play the files they support. In windows nce the codec is installed for one player it most likely will be recognized by another. I really have no idea if this is the case with Android, or Linux, but from what I have seen it may be entirely dependant on the player.