Re: Music and video

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:48:20 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot
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> I am disappointed with the RealOne player and was wondering if there are any
> better MP3 players out there for Tungsten T.
Aeroplayer & PocketTunes. Do a Google search and you'll find them. Neither
is free though.
> It seems like an unnecessary restriction to prevent me from saving MP3 files
> into the main memory of the Tungsten.
Your Tungsten only has 16 MB of memory (with only about 13 MB of that
useable). Even with *no* other programs, datebook entries, or address book
entries, you couldn't save many mp3 files in the memory of the Tungsten -
don't know why you would want to. No, you *need* a memory card if you are
going to deal with mp3s.
> Also, I have not been able to find any video players that play
> regular .rm video
None that I know of, not even RealOne player. It only plays music clips.
> or .mpg video without going through some intermediate
> translator program. Are there any such programs?
Don't know of any, but Kinoma is a pretty good option (although it does
require you to use Kinoma Producer - which is not freeware - to convert the
file). I think the reason you don't see any raw mpg playing programs is
because of the size of mpg files. Kinoma Producer compresses the file to a
manageable size for a PDA with a decent resolution/sound. Oh, and the
Kinoma Player is free, so you can find movies others have made for download
on the net that you can play if you don't want to purchase the Producer.