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Portable media players
Hi,
I travel a lot, and I would like to take some of my Sage recordings with me on a portable platform. At the moment I use my laptop, but this is too bulky and battery life isn't very good. One of the key things is that I do NOT want to have to convert recordings from their original Sage files (which would be either MPEG-2 as recorded by Hauppauge, or DVB-T MPEG-2 files recorded off a Terratec card). But I also don't want to have to reduce the quality of the original Sage recording settings. I also would like Xvid or DIVX playback compatibility. Does anyone have any have any suggestions of portable media players which can handle these types of files? The Archos AV500 and AV700 both look good (and have a 100GB disk option), but they only handle MPEG-4. The Creative Zen Vision looks good in terms of file compatibility, but the disk is only 30GB, and from someone else's comments about the Vision:M, it may have problems with files that are not recorded in exactly the right resolution. Also, I wonder if these players are all capable of playing back files of over 2GB and/or with long filenames? I suppose an option could be to get one of the new UMPCs, such as the Samsumg Q1 or the TabletKiosk when they come out, as presumably they will be as configurable and flexible as Windows in terms of what files they support. However, the battery life and overall size don't seem to be great. Does anyone have any experience of the players I've mentioned, or know of any other players that will be worth looking at? Thanks for any comments. Regards, Ben |
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I just purchased a Archos AV500 and it is very cool. I cannot however get it to convert any files that have been made via SAGETV. When I use the archos included software (MPG4 Translator, and VirtualDub), I get an error message saying can't read MPEG2 format..
The Archos does play DIVX and WMV |
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Nothing but good reviews (and some sites gave higher rating then any iPod ever) for the Toshiba Gigabeat S. I beleive also they have a device coming out that is more like the Zen Vision and other devices of that size. But the Gigabeat S looks very promissing and I am thinking of picking one up here shortly but my Treo 700w works better for me right now. One less device to carry around and personally for me a cell phone is for music and starting on with video.
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Archos AV400 user
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Diversified Multimedia - video vault intervideo's DVD copy 3 P.S I like my archos, but their software development is lagging. |
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Yeah that Archos AV500 rules. It is very cool. And you can't beat 100gb harddrive.. I Figured out, the best way to record mpeg from sage is to use DivX Converter.. You just drag and drop into the util and it does it all for your. Looks great on the Archos, takes a 2gb 1hour long show and compresses it down to around 500mb on the Home Theater setting..
Thanks mike |
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My Palm Tungsten C works PUUURFECT
1. Shrink my recordings using AutoGordianKnot. 2. Copy to my SD Card (can fit about 3 to 4 full length movies on a 512K card) 3. Playback using the free TCPMP Multimedia Player is Flawless.
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I guess I understood the first post to mean also that 'non-conversion' of formats may be prefr'd- but I guess the interest is in portable media players and the supported formats.
Maybe off the topic - but there are some new portable DVD players that can play DivX and mpeg formats. But in terms of portability compared to a HD based device, I doubt if burning a disc each time is any better in terms of ease of use, not to mention the additional bulk that needs to be carried around. Last edited by naln; 06-21-2006 at 07:23 PM. |
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Just got the AV700 40GB.
The Archos tech support technician just happend to be a SageTV Linux user and suggested I use PocketDivX Encoder. Do a google on it. It worked great and resolved the out of synch audio issue I had! :-) Very Very cool device. Wish I could afford the 100GB version! EDIT: Here is the Link http://divx.ppccool.com/ When you start the program choose Archos as the media player type and drill down to your model. This software is free as well! EDIT: Some more comments on this device. Had it for 3 days now. This thing ROCKS. The quality of video using TV-Out is almost equal to the MediaMVP extender. Ripped DVD's look amazing as well. I used the Archos today for the first time with the full sized remote control. I can see myself really enjoying this in a hotel room. Anyone who says why pay so much for this device when you can buy a laptop is just plain off the mark! Definitely has the feel of a PVR once you get the remote in your hands. 40GB is a descent size but if you can afford the 100GB... BUY IT! Quote:
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