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Open-Content GBA Movie Player Reviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the start-your-encoding-now dept.

wraggster writes "The helpful people over at EAGB have done a great review of a new third-party GBA SP Movie Player Adapter. According to the review: 'This adapter... uses Compact Flash Cards (CF)... [and] comes with its own encoder software which gives the user free reign to encode any movie or music he wants.' They note the 'steep learning curve', and a 'rudimentary' feature set, but conclude: 'nothing beats that wow! factor when you see your first movie playing on the GBA/SP'." This is an interesting alternative to the recently announced U.S. and already-released Japanese GBA movie players, both of which restrict the movie content you can put on your Game Boy in some way.

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  1. Re:Big Hairy deal. by Curtman · · Score: 2, Funny

    They note the 'steep learning curve'

    Start grepping, I bet they stole that part from Mplayer too. ;)

  2. Hahaha... That's Great. by still_sick · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you look, one of the sample movies he encoded as an example was the MTV clip of Modanna and Brittney kissing.

    Kinda shows what this is actually going to be used for in the real world.

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  3. Re:Compatibility by anotherone · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes. The 45 GBA movie players that will sell will definitly boost the CF format, no longer will it be confined merely to millions of digital cameras and PDAs.

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  4. Re:Big Hairy deal. by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Too bad a full computer can't do what a GameBoy can do. Fit in your pocket."

    I bet you could fit multiple shuttle cases in XXXL cargo pants. YMMV

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