Media Type Pandora Can Handle?

[lmnopq]

hi all,

i want to know if pandora will be able to play real media movies and ogv movies. these are a big requirement for me.

 

[Mr B]

Try search. There is a number of threads talking about mediaplayers that run currently, and others that might be, or are being ported.
B!

 

[danielliu88888]

yes, please also check the information index, it even has a big "READ THIS FIRST"

 

[lmnopq]

wow! where's that then?

 

[dflemstr]

 

[lmnopq]

if you know why not just tell me? ogv doesn't get a mention here. and realmedia seems to be slated but i would like to use it. is there a resounding no here or not? i can't tell.

 

[dflemstr]

if you know why not just tell me? ogv doesn't get a mention here. and realmedia seems to be slated but i would like to use it. is there a resounding no here or not? i can't tell.

The Pandora can play *Everything*. You can install VLC or mplayer or some Xine-player, so you basically have access to every codec in existence.
RealMedia might have small issues however (don't know how good the non-x86 version is), but seriously, who would even consider watching anything in that format?

 

[kloplop321]

Wont play Real Media files, as the source for the codec uses x86 instructions for part of it IIRC
It should play OGV as that is open
I want MKV and AVI mainly..

 

[lmnopq]

i have a movie subscription service that lets me keep all their films in rm format. i have a gp2x, psp and a jxd 301. the 1st 2 ended up being no good for these. i bought the 301 for rm format but it has crap battery life. i'm getting sick of not being able to play rm format films. maybe i'll buy a cheap mp4/ rm capable player...

 

[marshal]

If by ogv your mean the theora codec in an ogg container then I am sure it will be supported.

Mplayer is already ported to the pandora / beagleboard. I am not a ARM or Mplayer expert but I believe it should be able to play all (most?) of what libavcodec supports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec

Then some decoder will/might be more optimized that other. Obviously it's better if the dsp can handle the decoding.

 

[neko]

http://ffmpeg.org/general.html#SEC3

 

[lmnopq]

"ogv" (or ogm) i see ogv as my favourite choice for download from achive.org. there are lots of good pd movies there and my "rm" files are from movieflix.com i can download and keep all the movies from there as part of my subscription. some are free even if you don't pay but the jxd needs a better battery when playing these. (i only seem to get an hour.) i just want an all in one player, argg! i'm still looking after all this time. well perhaps carrying another little mp4 will do the job. (it'll have to have a better life to it.) 2 pocket size devices will be ok in my backpack. just getting prepaired. i maybe getting the pandora soon...

 

[kloplop321]

maybe try converting them on a desktop while you do other stuff?

 

[lmnopq]

no way! i'd rather just drag and drop them. i have seen many cheap chinese players do realmedia so i was hoping but i'll perhaps get one also.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-Touch-Screen-MP3-MP4-RMVB-RM-16G-Player-w-Camera_W0QQitemZ280404527657QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_MP3_Players?hash=item4149698a29&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[Squidge]

an iTouch rip-off, how original. However, I see a flaw:

"Support any RM & RMVB format with a resolution of 320x240 or lower"

Do all your movies match that requirement? If they do, you'll probably that an emulator could run a RM player to do that

 

[neko]

no way! i'd rather just drag and drop them. i have seen many cheap chinese players do realmedia so i was hoping but i'll perhaps get one also.

Most of those cheap chinese players are using the exact same software (ffmpeg). Seems like a waste of money to buy one if you're getting a pandora.

 

[scrag_10]

I want one of those.
It looks like it will sell for less then 20 dollars + free shipping.

 

[Aninhumer]

I want one of those.
It looks like it will sell for less then 20 dollars + free shipping.

If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

...unless it's the Pandora ofc!

 

[Prometheus]

no way! i'd rather just drag and drop them. i have seen many cheap chinese players do realmedia so i was hoping but i'll perhaps get one also.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-Touch-Screen-MP3-MP4-RMVB-RM-16G-Player-w-Camera_W0QQitemZ280404527657QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_MP3_Players?hash=item4149698a29&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

BEWARE!! The seller of that item, "showwhat", is on SOSFakeFlash's list, as a known seller of false-capacity flash media and music players.

Please read this: http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/showwhat-ebay-fake-flash-seller-high-alert-devious-china/

The item is FAR too cheap to be of genuine capacity, and the fact that it is a private listing is a huge red flag. Please do not buy this - you will not get what you're paying for.


EDIT: Please read this link as well - http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/yogis-fake-32gb-mp-player-from-kinhome88-ebay-fake-flash-memory-seller-charger-blows-up/ . It seems that these things also have the potential to be dangerous, as well.

 

[lmnopq]

yeah i know he has a bad rep too! it was just the 1st one i came to. you know i just read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP2X) "FFPlay that allows you to play several RealMedia and Windows Media formats."

i must have tried it before but i will have to try it again. has anyone actually got rm working on a gp2x?