Saturday, November 23, 2002
Optimizing Video for Pocket PC Devices
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 04:33 PM
I have no idea who Galan Bridgman is, but he seems to know a thing or two about digital video. He's written a useful article on converting video to a format that works on the Pocket PC. It's unfortunate that even though the 9 Series encoder is at release-candidate status, you have to use the 7.1 Encoder for Pocket PC video.
Which reminds me of the incorrect statement I made in the book - I was under the impression at the time (late September) that WMP 8.5 would have full support for 9 Series Windows Media Video. Which of course it doesn't. :oops: It was, ah, a little challenging getting 9 Series information, but 9 Series video support won't be added to WMP until the next version (presumably WMP 9).
"You can do some amazing things with digital video in Windows XP, such as making home movies to carry on a Pocket PC. In this column, I'll help you optimize video for the Pocket PC, using video creation tools available from Microsoft. Using Windows Movie Maker, the movie creation application included with Windows XP, is the easiest way to make your own videos to play on your Pocket PC. It's not a high-end tool designed for professionals, but you can use it to create videos encoded for viewing on a mobile device with limited power, such as a Pocket PC."
Which reminds me of the incorrect statement I made in the book - I was under the impression at the time (late September) that WMP 8.5 would have full support for 9 Series Windows Media Video. Which of course it doesn't. :oops: It was, ah, a little challenging getting 9 Series information, but 9 Series video support won't be added to WMP until the next version (presumably WMP 9).
"You can do some amazing things with digital video in Windows XP, such as making home movies to carry on a Pocket PC. In this column, I'll help you optimize video for the Pocket PC, using video creation tools available from Microsoft. Using Windows Movie Maker, the movie creation application included with Windows XP, is the easiest way to make your own videos to play on your Pocket PC. It's not a high-end tool designed for professionals, but you can use it to create videos encoded for viewing on a mobile device with limited power, such as a Pocket PC."
