| "I have a file .mp4, what media player should I use (or try to use) on the Pocket PC?" Use this chart! I built this page because there is no other place that seems to summarize the Media Player options for Pocket PC in an easy-to-read way. If there is another place, post it on the message board! There are lots of places that rate the players and discuss the players, but why isn't there a summary? Here it is. |
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| QT is QuickTime SC is SHOUTcast Tilde (~) after the format means streaming also. Name in Italics means untested. $ in notes means "not free" |
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| WMPlayer 9 |
WMA/V~ |
mp3 |
Encrypted WMx |
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| WMPlayer 10 |
WMA/V~ |
mp3 |
ms / iso ? |
Encrypted WMx, asf, Microsoft MPEG-4 and ISO MPEG-4 encoders, Skins |
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| GSPlayer |
mp3~ |
mp2 |
ogg~ |
WAV |
SC/HTTP streaming |
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| MortPlayer |
mp3~ |
mp2 |
ogg |
WAV |
Car Mode, Today |
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| TCPMP (formerly BetaPlayer) |
mp3 |
*Part 2 / DivX / XviD |
*AVC |
*AAC |
QT |
AVI |
ogg |
*AAC & AVC with plugins, CCITT-u-Law (Vonage), Speed settings, EQ + pre-amp |
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| PocketMVP |
mp3 |
mp1 |
DivX / XviD |
AVI |
ogg |
WAV |
Must exit. VP3, Matroska, OGM Video as well as MIDI audio |
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| Pocket Player |
Same as PocketPlayer 2? |
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| PocketMusic |
mp3 |
AAC* |
EQ presets, Skins, Edit ID3, * AAC plugin available for additional cost |
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| Platform4 Player |
"mp4" Part 2 ? |
"mp4" |
m4r, ac, amr, 3gp |
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| PictPocket |
WMV |
mp1 |
QT |
AVI |
$, ASF, "Streaming" |
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| RealPlayer |
Real Networks formats rma, rmv, ram |
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| Pocket Player 2 |
WMA |
mp3~ |
ogg |
WAV |
$, Skins, Today, bookmarks |
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| PocketTV Classic |
mp1~ |
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| PocketTV |
mp1~ |
$ |
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| iMusic |
WMA |
mp3 |
mp1/2 |
ogg |
WAV |
$ |
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| PQV 3.0 |
QT |
image viewer with video capabilities. |
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| VLC |
mp3 |
mp1/2 |
"mp4" Part 2 ? |
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ogg |
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| Nero ShowTime Mobile |
mp3 |
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$ |
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| iPlay |
mp3 |
"m4a" |
ogg |
WAV |
$,FLAC |
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| WinamPAQ |
WMA |
mp3? |
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| picard, author of BetaPlayer, offers these comments. As already mentioned, probably it would be a good idea to separate file format, video and audio codecs. The current mediachart is quite confusing. Example: file formats: avi, mpeg, mp4/3gp/mov, ogg, wav, asf/wmv/wma, mkv/mka (without the raw formats like mp3, mpc, aac, ac3, m1v, m4v...) video codecs: iso mpeg4, msmpeg, h.263, mpeg1, mpeg2, mjpeg, wmv7/wmv8/wmv9, vp3/vp6 audio codesc: mp1/2, mp3, aac lc/he/ps, ac3, wma, amr, adpcm, vorbis, mpc, flex, speex, g726 My response: This is great! With the chart, I'm trying to solve the following scenario: "I have a file .mp4, what media player should I use (or try to use) on the Pocket PC?" I hadn't seen anything like this chart that attempts to answer this simple question. I created the chart from a lot of web surfing, but very little testing. Is there a way to be more complete for the *average* user? In most cases, all you've got is a .mp4 file sitting in front of you, with no idea what player to use. How do you go from downloading the file to viewing the file? I'm fairly technical and *I* don't understand all details of formats vs. codecs. This problem is not helped by software vendors that say "SUPPORTS MP4" without mentioning that, oh yeah, it doesn't support certain codecs that are used in MP4. And I know this is difficult (impossible?) to do because some formats are infinitely expandable. But at least they could list the supported codecs on their website. If you have any comments, please send them to me at ecomputerd@yahoo.com |