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TheKompany Releases DivX Software For Zaurus
An anonymous reader writes: "InfoSync has an article on DivX for the Zaurus. Finally, you can watch movies on the go!" Between this and theKompany's ogg player, the Zaurus looks cool. It's a little chunkier perhaps, but another reader points out that Archos is now taking pre-orders for its do-everything Jukebox Multimedia device, which might be another option for those seeking a portable anything box.
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Yikes, that's me too! Let me rephrase that....
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theKompany [sic] has released a program for the Zaurus, a DivX player called tkcVideo.
The program supports video in:
And audio in:
It seems to be proprietary, it costs $14.95, and there is no demo available.
IMHO, I don't think yet another piece of proprietary software like this is newsworthy. Maybe if it were open source...
Get a grip man!
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Note this is the latest version, not a mirror of the ancient one at ProjectMayo. Oh, and this one even has OGG support, and a nice graphic EQ (which only works with MP3s for the moment.
It's FREE with SOURCE, but I'd highly recommend you DONATE for continued development of the project.
As for all the stupid "but it won't play a 700MB DivX movie" comments, well no shit! Considering most PDAs have screen res.'s of 320x240 and crap audio capabilities, what's the point in playing a DVD-quality encoded movie? You have to RE-ENCODE IT!
Advisable settings for re-encoding for PocketPC (and probably other PDAs) - using VirtualDub:
Resize to 320x240 (bicubic) and decimate the framerate by 2 (so if your source was 30FPS it'll now be 15FPS). By all means try at 25FPS though, it may work, but if not and you want to keep the framerate then make the video smaller, eg. 160x120
Sharpen moderately (to counteract the softening effect of the resize)
Use 2-pass encoding, and aim for around 192-256KBPS bit-rate.
Encode audio using a decent MP3 codec NOT the default DivX codec (well certainly not DivX 4's audio codec, as it used WMA and will eat the PPC's CPU). Personally I'd just go for 16 bit mono 22KHz at 24kbps, but if you want stereo then experiment a bit to see what works best.
Remember when you're encoding that you're trading off one thing for another, ie. video size vs. video FPS vs. video bitrate vs. audio stereo/mono vs. audio bitrate, so experiment until you find a combination that works for you.
Personally I've got a high-quality 2hr movie onto a 256MB CF card no problems, at 320x240 25fps with audio, so it's definitely possible.
PocketDivX kicks ass!