Snarky remarks will definitely make it better... yeah.
Seriously, it states *.avi right there. He was not misled. Out of the box, he did not get what he thought based on trying to inform himself from the Maemo website.
It's not like it came from nowhere. It's an expectation that came from the site itself. Now... it's one that surprises me, but with Mplayer and VLC both in either testing or extras-testing, it'll be a very short time that this is not a spot where people will have grievances.
I guess I have just been lucky - every avi I have thrown at this N900 has played. Strange.
Having a HD cam - using the *.mov files in "Windows Live Movie Maker" - exporting them as "wmv" file - nothing but the standard definition resolution works on the N900 - no 480p, no 720p - and of course - no 1080p. Only 640x480 is playing. All other gives a "unsported format" error.
Finding the video player on this device to be the most disappointing/troublesome I have ever come accross. Sometimes it would play a video file sometimes it would say unsupported file format for the very same file. And once I get that message no other file will ever play until I restart the device.
Having a HD cam - using the *.mov files in "Windows Live Movie Maker" - exporting them as "wmv" file - nothing but the standard definition resolution works on the N900 - no 480p, no 720p - and of course - no 1080p. Only 640x480 is playing. All other gives a "unsported format" error.
Wasn't "wmv" supposed to be supported ??
Any ideas here? Or just one bug more?
"WMV 9 also introduced a new profile titled Windows Media Video 9 Professional,[11] which is activated automatically whenever the video resolution exceeds 300,000 pixels (e.g., 528x576, 640×480 or 768x432 and beyond) and the bitrate 1000 kbit/s[citation needed]. It is targeted towards high-definition video content, at resolutions such as 720p and 1080p."
I suppose "Windows media Video 9 Professional" is not supported.
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