maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - N800 not suitable as a portable media player?

	Benson	2008-01-23 , 16:20
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Originally Posted by cashless

Here's a simple synopsis of the things that SUCK about the NIT's media capabilities or rather lack thereof:

1. Nearly every video must be converted to some mysterious unofficial spec that Nokia never once has made public.

OK, here's how to transcode a movie to the spec (using mplayer on your linux desktop):

Code:

mplayer -ao null -vo aa:driver=stdout:width=80:height=30 movie.avi > movie.cat

This gives you a .cat format file, which may be played with the undocumented movie-player 'cat' (from an Xterm only, unfortunately).

2. Navigation is horrible for most apps. I'm not basing this on iTunes/WinAmp navigation as someone suggested. I don't have iTunes nor WinAmp installed on ANY of my computers. I use VLC for all media. M3U's (which I rarely use) and just plain old directory structure are the best options for any one with as much media as someone like myself.

3. Many of these apps are not very robust at all. Prime example, Canola (Did someone say heresy?). Canola wants to be your iTunes for Maemo. I think I could go on a major rant on why Canola needs a major revamp, but since it's still a beta, all is forgiven.

For audio, at least, you might try mpd & mmpc. Quite robust, and operates on directory structure.

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