Thread: MPlayer which version is suitable
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2007-05-31 , 08:33
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#487
Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
My view is that the 770 is limited by it's CPU rather than the graphics subsystem, whereas with the N800 it's the exact opposite - good CPU but a poor graphics subsystem. Thus there is more scope for tuning on the N800 than the 770.
Well, I'm not sure CPU in N800 is that much better than in N770 so it would matter. Best output with less energy spent (i.e. longer playback time) is with converted videos anyway. And N770 can play converted videos in good quality just fine.
Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
As a media platform the N800 wins hands down - 16GB+ of potential storage compared to the 770s maximum 2GB for starters!
Again converted videos do not take so much space so you could fit few videos to watch on a train. At home you can stream from home network so space doesn't matter much. And I guess MMC standard will move to >4GB sizes too. Also even now you can boot from flash and swap more cards if you want to have more videos on longer trip. Also (with one line kernel hack) you can use 4GB MMCplus card without closing the door for storing videos. Not useful for normal usage but for watching videos it is OK.

So basically while N800 is better, N770 is good enough as a mobile video player. I have N800 but don't plan to ditch N770 anytime soon, we could use both devices in our family. Also N770 development is (almost) dead on Nokia side so in this sense the device is more free than N800. With N800 your work may be silently duplicated inside Nokia or made obsolete by some other Nokia decision. IMO the risk of doing useless work is higher with N800 than with N770 despite the fact that older device will be obsolete sooner.