Thread: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
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2007-01-25 , 22:16
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Yes, if 640x384@30fps and 600kbps is what you need, then I'm not sure if this device is for you.

I've heard 352x288@25fps/400kbps (with 128kbit for audio) was the upper limit on the 770 (never tested it myself - too much wasted space on the RS-MMC); it's probably a bit higher on the N800, but not anywhere near your requirements.
I've never ever got even close to that quality on my 770. The best I could get at full frame rate was 288x208 with some really low kbps and 64kbps for sound. I can't even get that on the N800 without stuttering. Mplayer on the N800 (the first build) is actually worse than the built-in media player.

Don't get me wrong: I have an Archos, which has dedicated hardware video accelerators and I expect that to be better than the N800 (although the PMA430 is also a Linux PDA, but based on Opie). It's just that I think that, especially in the N800, Nokia "decided" to ignore 90% of the processor's video capabilities. Why? Who knows, maybe Nokia wants us all to buy N95s to play videos?