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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Multimedia / November 2008Windows Mobile 6.1 and mp4
According to several posts I've found elsewhere on the Net, the windows media player application on Windows Mobile 6.1, which is installed on my AT&T Tilt, is supposed to play mp4 files natively. Since my 5,000 or so songs originally ripped via iTunes are all in mp4 format, I really want to avoid having to go the conversion route. However, I've loaded a bnch of mp4s to the storage card of my device and they are not visible in Windows media Player. (Of course, I am changing the directory of the library to the storage card.) I'd sure appreciate a helping hand. Many thanks in advance!  SignatureDavid Kirk >According to several posts I've found elsewhere on the Net, the windows media >player application on Windows Mobile 6.1, which is installed on my AT&T Tilt, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Player. (Of course, I am changing the directory of the library to the storage >card.) I'd sure appreciate a helping hand. Many thanks in advance! The TCPMP player (available from Picard's site) supports MP4 (AAC) audio playback : http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/ If the codecs aren't installed for WMP on WM6.1 by the manufacturer, then you probably won't be able to play it directly in WMP HTH Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Thanks, Neil. According to the destination of your link "This open source media player project is discontinued." (Darn!) But my original question persists: if WMP on Windos Mobile 6.1 is "supposed to" support MP4 nativey, as I've confirmed from multiple locations, why is it not recognizing mp4 files? SignatureDavid Kirk > >According to several posts I've found elsewhere on the Net, the windows media > >player application on Windows Mobile 6.1, which is installed on my AT&T Tilt, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs >Thanks, Neil. According to the destination of your link "This open source >media player project is discontinued." (Darn!) But my original question Still, the links aren't discontinued, because that's Picards mirror site for the discontinued project ;-) >persists: if WMP on Windos Mobile 6.1 is "supposed to" support MP4 nativey, >as I've confirmed from multiple locations, why is it not recognizing mp4 As I said, it's down to which DirectShow filters the phone manfacturer chooses to include with the device, which are generally part of the ROM image and so, not use modifiable (at least not in a way I know how to). MPEG4 comes in a range of conformance levels too, and you might have (for example) Simple Profile (SP) video support programmed in by the device manfacturer, but not sat Main or Advanced profile conformance. http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=MPEG-4&redirect=no Check out the MPEG4 parts 2 and 10 listed there for details Bearing in mind the PPC is a fairly low power device, it seems reasonable - though irritating - that the manufacturer places limits on playback capabilities. If you can find a working DivX player for the PPC WM6 then that could help, as DivX mirrors some additional conformance levels from MPEG4. HTH Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Thanks and .... sigh. Why can't we just all play nicely together. I spend so much time sorting out problems caused by the very technology that is supposed to make life easier! I think I'll just rip a couple of CDs that I want to have access to from my phone via WMP and be done with it. I appreciate your help and curse the moon. Cheers back. SignatureDavid Kirk > >Thanks, Neil. According to the destination of your link "This open source > >media player project is discontinued." (Darn!) But my original question [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs DK- [Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:29:02 -0700]: > Since my 5,000 or so songs > originally ripped via iTunes are all in mp4 format "mp4" confuses the crowd. "m4a" does too, but not as many. For audio, 99.9% of the world uses "m4a". If you plan on putting 5000 songs ON your PDA, there's only one player that handles that many (as easily and as effortlessly as if there were only 10 songs), and wouldn't you know it, it just so happens to be listed in my sig. Signature40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ PhantasmX - The finest sound in the world phantasm.40th.com > DK- [Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:29:02 -0700]: > > Since my 5,000 or so songs > > originally ripped via iTunes are all in mp4 format > > "mp4" confuses the crowd. "m4a" does too, but not as many. For audio, > 99.9% of the world uses "m4a". That's funny because I heard that 99.9% of the world uses mp3... > If you plan on putting 5000 songs ON your PDA, there's only one player > that handles that many (as easily and as effortlessly as if there were > only 10 songs), and wouldn't you know it, it just so happens to be > listed in my sig. Geeze, for a second there I thought you had something to sell! Oh you do! SignatureAndrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com> First to come are the midgets, a monkey and a kid. Followed by those two one-armed jugglers, the ego and the id - Gordon Lightfoot > According to several posts I've found elsewhere on the Net, the windows media > player application on Windows Mobile 6.1, which is installed on my AT&T Tilt, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Player. (Of course, I am changing the directory of the library to the storage > card.) I'd sure appreciate a helping hand. Many thanks in advance! |
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