I've tried a few searches about H264 on the forum, but wasn't able to find anything useful.

How this is supposed to be supported ?

I've just went to dl.tv and dowloaded an H.264 video from there (specifically episode 208, 172Mb).

It's a .mov file, so file manager doesn't know how to handle it. I've told it to use Media Player, but this one failed telling me that there is no codec for it.
I've also renamed the file from .MOV to .AVI but the problem was the same.

What kind of H.264 are supported ?

should I get the iPod/PSP format instead ?

on a seperate but similar note, Im trying to find out whether the n800 supports h264 in a nsv container...

Isn't SIP Video transferred through H.264? Perhaps only the messenger application uses this codec. Someone should try that.

Ok, the iPod/PSP format worked out of the box.

I am very confused about the codec naming here...

Well OS2008 SIP supports H263 and H263+ which are very different from H264. H264 video is often HD which would be beyond what the tablets could handle.

As for the few bits of info on codecs that I have, I would say that HD is encoded in H.264 at high settings.

Ok, thanks for this clarification!

so is the general consensus that mplayer probably wont be able to play h264 in an nsv container due to lack of resources?

if this is true, this is a deal breaker for me (as to whether i purchase the n800 or not)!

As soon as everything is up and working on the Maemo side, I'll try that too.. If I'll have time! Holidays are approaching.. remember me to do that test.

thanks, would appreciate it greatly!