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Texrat 2007-01-24 18:03
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 31397)
It's the marketing person in me speaking. :)
Back! Get thee back, spawn of the devil!!! :eek:






Just kidding. Sort of.

benny1967 2007-01-24 19:27
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 31399)
Back! Get thee back, spawn of the devil!!! :eek:
:) believe me, I was surprised myself that one of my multiple personalities is a marketing guy. never met him until now. i hate marketing people. (that's probably why i don't have an ipod.)

thebeck 2007-01-25 03:45
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 31397)
I only wanted to point out that the topic "Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities" could scare off those who want to use the N800/770 as a multimedia device (as I do) and don't care about streaming. It's the marketing person in me speaking. :)
As it should. My advice: Do NOT purchase the N800 for video playback. You will be disappointed. For web browsing (for witch it was designed) it is fine.

sdrman 2007-01-25 05:53
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
In theory, the n800 should offer a very good video experience. The processor has a hardware video decoder capable of vga @ 30 fps. This may be eventually supported since the users manual claims vga resolution. I sure hope this will be supported soon. At present, video playback on the n800 is very poor. IMHO the latest mplayer on the 770 is better either the nokia media player or mplayer on the n800.

Don't buy the n800 now for features it MIGHT have in the future. You could be stuck with a device for browsing the web :)

benny1967 2007-01-25 07:56
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by thebeck (Post 31484)
As it should. My advice: Do NOT purchase the N800 for video playback. You will be disappointed. For web browsing (for witch it was designed) it is fine.
OK, now seriously: You're not saying that that N800s video playback capabilities are worse than the 770s? (And I'm talking about the standard video player that comes with the devices, not mplayer)

Milhouse 2007-01-25 08:37
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
The N800s standard media player will play 400x240 video which is something that could not be achieved using the standard player on the 770 (mplayer could do it though). The N800 media player obviously has updated codecs and is an improvement over that in the 770.

mplayer on the N800 isn't so good at the moment - it needs more optimisation which I'm sure Serge will work on in future, assuming he gets a developer device (he deserves one!) :)

benny1967 2007-01-25 09:11
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by Milhouse (Post 31507)
The N800s standard media player will play 400x240 video which is something that could not be achieved using the standard player on the 770 (mplayer could do it though). The N800 media player obviously has updated codecs and is an improvement over that in the 770.
Well, because the 770 is already excellent at video playback, the N800 must be fantastic then. I don't know what people expect. Of course you have to re-code for a mobile device. That's what I've done ever since I put star wars on my Nokia 6230.

Milhouse 2007-01-25 09:15
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
Not sure I'd describe the 770 as excellent at video playback - the tearing in video really annoys me, and this is worse on the N800. At least the N800 plays more videos formats than the 770, and can play them better (less dropped frames), but unfortunately the tearing and other issues (loss of audio sync) makes it a generally unpleasant experience. :(

benny1967 2007-01-25 09:19
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
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Originally Posted by Milhouse (Post 31511)
Not sure I'd describe the 770 as excellent at video playback - the tearing in video really annoys me, and this is worse on the N800. At least the N800 plays more videos formats than the 770, and can play them better (less dropped frames), but unfortunately the tearing and other issues (loss of audio sync) makes it a generally unpleasant experience. :(
Mhm... Never had audio sync problems. - What exactly do you mean when you say "tearing"? I don't know the word in this context... We should all talk german here :D

Milhouse 2007-01-25 09:31
Re: Very disappointed in N800 video capabilities
 
Video tearing - where the video breaks up while displaying the next frame. The video output needs to be synced with the LCD display, there is support for this in the N800 (and hopefully will be backported to the 770). The N800 standard media player tears much less than that in the 770, mplayer will hopefully support vsync in future.


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