[mythtv-users] Archos Video Formats ?????

Jack Madison jack at webhouse.cc
Mon Mar 17 22:31:41 UTC 2008


On Monday 17 March 2008 15:51:55 Brian Wood wrote:
> TigerDirect is advertising an Archos 504 multi-media player for $129.
>
> The Advert claims it supports "all popular video formats, including:
>
> MEPG-41, WMV2, H2643, MPEG-24 and VOB4."
>
> I have never heard of any of those formats. I suspect they are
> "popular" only with someone trying to sell this device, or perhaps
> it's just a bad job of proofreading the video format names?
>
> Anyone have any information? It might make a nice companion to a Myth
> system if it could actually play some video format that originated on
> planet earth.
>
> beww
>
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As mentioned in other e-mails, those are supposed to have superscripts (ie. 
MPEG-4 ^1).  What is also important to know is that some of the supported 
formats require paying for a plug-in ($20 x 2 plugins for all formats).  As a 
mythTV user and a happy Archos 605 wifi owner, I have been converting my DVDs 
to H.264/AAC/mp4 format at a decent quality good enough for TV, and they play 
great on the Archos.  I don't know much about the 504, but I do know it's the 
previous generation.  I'd spend the extra money on a current 605 model, but 
at $129 it's probably a great deal for what you get.


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