[mythtv-users] Transcoding for the PDA problems

James Pifer jep at obrien-pifer.com
Wed Feb 14 18:39:41 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 15:06 -0500, Jeff volckaert wrote:
> > It successfully transcodes a 65 minute show (early and late plus
> > commercials) to about 250 meg. I can play the resulting file fine from
> > vlc, albeit with sometimes poor quality.
> Sounds like a pretty big file.  What bitrate?  I use either 256 or
> 300.  Both play flawless on the PDA, but look not so good under
> windows.
> 
> > I just got my new pda phone last week, a Cingular 8525, which runs
> > Windows Mobile Version 5.0. It has Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for
> > Pocket PC version 10.2 Build 14955.
> >
> > Now the problem, windows media player will not play the video. Do I
> > possibly need to find an MPEG-4 codec for it? Anyone know where I might
> > find that? Anything else I should do?
> what codec are you using?  If you get TCPMP installed you can go into
> the media info section to use.
> 
> > I also tried TMPCTCPMP_Media_Player_0.81RC1Beta, but when I installed it
> > I got an error that it was meant for an older OS. It still installed and
> > played, but it did not play the video very well. I don't know if it was
> > because of the video or because of the software.
> Try tcpmp.arm.cabs.0.71.zip from
> "http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/0.71/".  That's the version I use.  I'm
> not sure, but there might be separate CABs for the smartphone version.
>  I also install ac3.cabs.0.71.zip.  I used to use AC3 audio, but had
> trouble with it recently after an FFMPEG upgrade and switched back to
> mp3.
> 
> Let me know if it works or you need more help.
> 
> Jeff

Didn't work. I was able to install that version of the player, but it
goes bezerk when I start it. Not even playing a video yet, just the
program. Almost like it's a video problem.

I think I need to figure out how to get my transcoded shows working with
Media Player :-(.

Thanks,
James



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