mnm said:
Everything is good except you need to move the windows around a lot because QVGA is just not big enough.
What video formats are you missing? Are you using the source built version of Mplayer?
i didnt try too much but for exemple the mp4 videos from youtube doesnt work.
I also tested with mplayer which seems to be superior in term of compatibility than the wiz player.
What i do atm is reencoding my videos @ 340*220, xvid, 25fps,mp3 128kpbs.
You need to add some of the file formats to a list in the mplayer folder, not everything it can play will automatically be in that list. It plays almost everything for me, avi (xvid and divx), 3gp (off youtube), flv, mp4, and h.264.
I don't convert any of the files, they all play fine up to 640x480 at up to 1.1 mbps except H.264, If I play H.264 mplayer will drop frames on fast scene changes.
I was watching Mythbusters on my wiz, it is *just* powerful enough at 800 mhz to playback a 640x480, 1.0 mbps. It will lag for the first 20 seconds then the video will be smooth. Then if there are really complex scenes it will stutter for a little bit then keep going.
As a guideline, on my Core 2 Quad at 3 Ghz, anything in VLC that uses above 2% cpu usage will not play properly. It's not exact but it seems to be pretty reliable so far.
I have been watching Starcraft 2 commentaries on my Wiz, I download the videos off youtube with keepvid.com. I simply download the 320x240, .3gp version. It play's without a hitch. I have tested FLV as well and it works equally as well, but the 3gp comes in QVGA which I guess is for phones.