July 29, 2005 01:56 PM
Weekend Fun: The Core Pocket Media Player

Well if there's ever been an entry that's been fititng for the title of "weekend fun," this is the one!

The Core Pocket Media Player is an awesome open-source media player (aka FREE) for Palm OS-based and Windows CE / Windows Mobile-based devices. Essentially you can rip your favorite DVD to your computer, transfer it to your SD, and watch a movie when you're supposed to be paying attention in grand rounds!

Supported file containers
- AVI (*.avi)
- Matroska (*.mkv, *.mka)
- MP4 (*.mp4, *.m4a)
- Ogg Media (*.ogg, *.ogm)
- ASF (*.asf)

Supported audio codecs
- Mpeg 1 Layer III
- Ogg Vorbis
- Musepack
- Windows Media Audio (on Windows Mobile devices)
- AC-3
- AMR
- Adpcm, uLaw

Supported video codecs
- DivX
- XviD
- MPEG4-SP (plus B-frame support)
- MPEG1
- M-JPEG
- Windows Media Video (on Windows Mobile devices)

I'd write a longer review, but I just uploaded a great episode of Scrubs to my Treo and am dying to see it!

Posted by brian1 at July 29, 2005 01:56 PM

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