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Ann Nepstad
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I have just upgraded my ipaq to the hx4705. I really love the unit but am running into a few snags. I had converted my DVD's to play on my previous ipaq and loved it. I now have tried playing the same files on the 4705, but they are super tiny. Quality is great, justneed a magnifying glass. I realize that there is a difference with the VGA, but are there any reasonable solutions to this problem? If not, what programs would everyone recommend to use to redo all of my DVD's. Thanks Ann
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 22:19:33 GMT
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I have a 4700 and use DVDtoPocketPC to copy movies. WMP plays them really small, but someone here recommended Betaplayer which plays them almost full screen. You need this download plus something else - I need to go find exactly what you need..... |
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charles k. norman
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Nov 7, 2004 22:25:17 GMT
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 22:26:43 GMT
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Something like that - yes - this is from another thread from 'Shane'
For full screen WMV playback, Windows Media Player can't do it... But BetaPlayer can - and it is really good for video (does XVID and DIVX playback too).
Get BetaPlayer (get 0.92 unstable version) from:
http://betaplayer.corecodec.org/
And download the WMV/ASF plugin from:
http://forge.topcat.hu/frs/download.php/52/asf.setup.UNSTABLE.092.exe
I did exactly these two downloads as Shane said and it works great.
Thanks Shane - wherever you are.... |
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charles k. norman
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Nov 7, 2004 22:28:34 GMT
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This of course is the later revision just released 0.093a |
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 22:31:05 GMT
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So I wonder if with this newer version if you still need the ASF plugin - I don't understand plugins enough to know. |
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 22:57:56 GMT
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OK - so I downloaded the latest one that Charles gave the link to , and you also need the ASF plugin.
So go to Charles's link
click on 'Download Beta Player'
once you have done that , go back to that same page and now click on
'Benchmark Summary Page by AVI'
and then click on
asf.setup.UNSTABLE.0.093.exe
I have just done it on my 4700 and it works great |
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 23:00:39 GMT
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sorry - one additional step you might need to know..
click on 'Download Beta Player'
select ... Latest unstable version - 0.093
once you have done that , go back to the page where you selected 'Download Beta Player' and now select
'Benchmark Summary Page by AVI'
and then click on
asf.setup.UNSTABLE.0.093.exe
once you have done that , go back to that same page and now click on
'Benchmark Summary Page by AVI'
and then click on
asf.setup.UNSTABLE.0.093.exe |
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Laura
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Nov 7, 2004 23:01:56 GMT
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Darn it messed up that last reply - really sorry - here it is again, correctly
sorry - one additional step you might need to know..
click on 'Download Beta Player'
select ... Latest unstable version - 0.093
once you have done that , go back to the page where you selected 'Download Beta Player' and now select
'Benchmark Summary Page by AVI'
and then click on
asf.setup.UNSTABLE.0.093.exe |
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Ronald Aung
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Nov 7, 2004 23:20:44 GMT
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Well, u have forgotten about me who been using BetaPlayer ever since its alpha development versions...
Betaplayer is still the program i love to watch movies. - full stop |
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charles k. norman
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Nov 7, 2004 23:32:04 GMT
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Hi Ronald - nice to see you can say it in one.
Ann it is not my link - it is the work of Gabor Kovacs and so the credit should go to Gabor who can be contacted directly by e-mail if you click on "contact" in the pages from the link. Hopefully, you will now see the big picture. |
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H.Y. Yiu
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Nov 10, 2004 03:16:25 GMT
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I decode de dvd (DVDecrypter) onto the harddisk. Then I encode it with MS media Encoder, which can read those .VOB files, into WMVs. Play with the resolution & bit/frame rate. I've managed to encode some 20 mins of SWE1, 640x 360, VBR, 15 fps, onto a 70MB of WMV file. Just play the file with the 4700 media player in full screen mode. It will even auto rotate the screen for you. |
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Pether Bjornsson
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Nov 10, 2004 05:32:28 GMT
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I have a great tool for you. It is called AVS videoconverter. There is support for different file formats mpeg avi wmv and a couple of others. There are presets for how to convert video, so you dont have to know very much about bitrate, screensizes and other stuff. |
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