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DVXPOD-7010. A Next Generation Media Player?

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Posted by Womble
Posted on 30/01/05 18:27
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Using The Pod
 

Using The DVX-POD:


 

Using the DVX-POD is very simple. Once you have turned it on you can navigate to the option you want by using the jog switch. Once you have selected the option you want to use you can jump into it by pressing the jog button.

 

Pod Switched On

 

 

Under the options menu you can set up how the POD works. Things like how long each photo will stay on the screen in slide screen mode and the Video Record Quality setting can all be found here.

 

Once you have picked the option that you want to use a simple split screen will appear. On one side are the folders that are on the Pod and on the other are the files contained inside the folders.

 

Pod Menu System

 

 

To see the pictures or movies or to listen to the MP3's on the POD you simply have to select the folder that they are in and then click on the one you are interested in. This interface is much like the Windows interface so it is very easy to understand what is going on. If you have set up the slide show option then once you have selected a picture to see it will cycle through all of the other picture files in the same folder. Because the interface is so simply anyone would be able to pick up the POD and use it straight off.

To show the quality of the devices playback, here is a picture from it playing back the film The Matrix: Reloaded. I did pause the film to get this picture but this is basically how it looks while playing.

Picture From The Pod

 

 

 

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"At present there is no support for XviD on the pod. Is this something that is being looked into and can it be added via a firmware update?"

I don't understand very well the question. Actually, XviD is a MPEG-4 encoder, not a new format. I guess there is confusion between codec and format here. XviD-encoded files can be played with a lot of players that can decode MPEG-4. for instance, the ffmpeg MPEG-4 decoder is enough to read efficiently XviD files under Windows, Linux or Mac.
So if DVXPOD has a problem to read XviD files, the problem lies elsewhere.
Should try changing the 4CC of the xvid file to "DX50" and see if it will play.

[edited by sike on 14.07.2005 10:30]
There are still a lot of people looking for this software and therefore we provide a link to a webshop that still sells it.
"MobiNote DVX-POD 7010 is the first 7-inch portable media player (PMP) in the world that combines MPEG-4 media player, MP3 player, voice recorder and photo viewer"

Archos AV700 anyone!? this have been around for years AND plays XviD. This thing is retailing at £399, it three years too late I'm afraid!
Sorry for the spelling!, damn iphone predictive text! :)
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