- Most Popular Media Players
This is a list of Media Player Compiled by FeederReader
List of players at PDAGOLD
GSPlayer – v2.10, 11 Nov 2004
Status: Untested
Formats: MP3, Ogg, Wave, MP3/Ogg HTTP/SHOUTcast streaming
Cost: Free
Special Capabilities:
Green Software
MortPlayer
Status: Untested
Formats: MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WAV, Streaming: HTTP/SHOUTcast
Cost:
Special Capabilities: “Car mode”, pause for phone call, skins
Mirko Schenk
Basic play functions and formats seem similar to GSPlayer. Different
interface, though, and possibly different playlist support.
TCPMP – 0.71b (test)
(formerly Betaplayer)
Status: Untested
Formats: mpeg4 video (XviD,DivX), mp3, vorbis. vonage voicemail files (ccitt
u-Law format)
Cost: Donation requested.
Special Capabilities: Speed settings, EQ+pre-amp,3rd-party plug-ins,
Issues:
TCPMP
Unofficial download and plugins
PocketMVP
Status: Tested Version .8.011804
Formats: DivX, MPEG-4, XviD, MPEG-1, VP3, Matroska, OGM and AVI Video
as well as MP3, WAV, OGG, MIDI audio.
Cost: Open source released under the GNU GPL license
Special Capabilities:
Issues: does not launch file if already playing a different one.
PocketMVP – Website is tricky, notice the dark link/menus at the top of the
page.
Version .8.011804 does not launch a file correctly if it is already running. You
can notice this “incorrect” behaviour with PocketMVP by noticing that when
PocketMVP is already playing a file, if you go to File Explorer and tap on
another file for PocketMVP to play, PocketMVP does not play the new file. It
continues to play the old file. Apparently, File Explorer expects the same
behaviour as FeederReader.
WinamPAQ – v1.0 Beta
Status: Untested
Formats: mp3?, wma
Cost: freeware
Special Capabilities:
WinamPAQ Â Â
WinamPAQ information and website largely in Korean. Cannot find
supported list of file types.
Pocket Player
Status: Untested
Formats:
Cost:
Special Capabilities:
PocketMusic
Status: Untested
Formats:
Cost: Free
Special Capabilities: Edit ID3 tags
PocketMind
Platform4 Player for Pocket PC 3.0 – Philips
Status: Untested
Formats: mp4, m4r , aac, amr
Cost: Freeware
Special Capabilities:
tuttoericsson
[Menneisyys on PocketPCThoughts.com, 10 Jan 2005]
Its MP4 support is very bad. I’ve tested it with two additional MP4’s
(the first was its own MP4 file, which it played OK):
1, an MP4 file created with PL720’s built-in Camera app
2. www.digimax.com.tw/MPEG4/download/hc/Digimax_CF2.mp4
It wasn’t able to play them, while BetaPlayer could play the latter.
PictPocket Cinema – Digisoft
Status: Untested
Formats: QuickTime
Cost: $
Special Capabilities: Streaming
Digisoft
11/26/04 – “The only program for Pocket PC that supports
MPEG-1, AVI, QuickTime, WMV and ASF video as well as JPEG,
BMP, TIF and many more.” [I don't know if this "only program" is true.]
[Menneisyys on PocketPCThoughts.com, 10 Jan 2005]
Definitely not true. BetaPlayer has much broader (real)
compatibility.
As for “plain” image formats, tons of image viewers are better.
And, WMV/ASF is only supported through the well-known PIE
WMP plug-in, not natively.
As for M-JPEG / MPEG1/ QuickTime compatibility:
Casio: – (unknown image format), HP: +, Canon: +, Nikon : +
where I’ve used four different video files, produced by four
different, well-known cameras (Casio QV-2900UX (M-JPEG), HP
Photosmart 850 (MPEG1); Canon Digital IXUS 40 (M-JPEG); Nikon
Coolpix 2000 (QuickTime)). The video formats used by these
cameras are almost always the same in the other cameras of the
same manufacturer.
MP4: +/-/- (the first being the MP4 file shipped with the Philips
player)
Its biggest problem for VGA users is that it’s only usable in true
QVGA mode, unlike BetaPlayer. Verdict: the latter is better in all
respects (price, compatibility, VGA).
More comments and additional image viewers with limited video
support from Menneisyys at PocketPCThoughts
RealPlayer for Pocket PC
Status: Untested
Formats: RealAudio, RealVideo
Cost: Free
Special Capabilities: Streaming
Requires: 200MHz+ intel XScale or StrongARM
Real Networks Â
26 Oct 2004 – from rsljfp on PocketPCThoughts
- RP does not support windows media player (WMP) formats
- Several codecs are not available for PPC, so, some RP streams
can’t play on a PPC
- It seems like RP PPC can’t do NAT traversal (informed
hypothesis), so, to stream, the client PPC must be in the DMZ
behind the router, or, directly connected (say, from a verizon 1x
service) Â
Pocket Player 2, Version 2.52 – Conduits
Status: Untested
Formats: mp3, ogg, wma, wav; streaming: HTTP, Windows Network,
Shoutcast, Icecast
Cost: $19.95
Special Capabilities: Bookmarks
Conduits Â
iMusic – CITSoft
Status: Untested
Formats: MP1, MP2 and MP3 file format but various file format like ogg, wma,
wav etc. Also, support CBR and VBR
Cost: $
Special Capabilities:
CITSoft
TodayPlayer
Status: Untested
Formats: Â
Special Capabilities: Â
Issues:
TodayPlayer
From TodayPlayer web site: “Due to circumstances beyond your
control, I have stopped working on TodayPlayer. I suggest using
MortPlayer; it includes a Today plug-in. “
PocketTV Classic
Status: Untested
Formats: Â
Special Capabilities: Â
Issues:
PocketTV
PocketTV
Status: Untested
Formats: Â
Special Capabilities: Â
Issues:
PocketTV Â Â
PQV 3.0
Status: Untested
Formats: Â
Special Capabilities: QuickTime Â
Issues: An image player with video capabilities
BitBankSoftware
[Menneisyys on PocketPCThoughts.com, 10 Jan 2005]
Casio: +
HP: -
Canon: +
Nikon : +
MP4: no support at all
Didn’t work in the default direct screen access mode on the
PL720. Tested in true QVGA (no forced VGA). Slow, appr. 8-10
fps video.
VLC
Status: Untested
Formats: Â
Special Capabilities: Â
Issues:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Pocket PC version:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-wince.html
Currently, their page says:
The WinCE port of VLC is still experimental but you can get
nightly builds for the Xscale platform. Use at your own risk 
It looks like there’s a build from 2004 available, but I don’t know
how well it works. Being from 2004, it might have trouble
supporting various screen sizes other than 320×240.
Formats supported by the desktop version may not be supported
by the Pocket PC version: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX,
mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming
protocols.
Nero ShowTime Mobile
Status: Untested
Formats: MP4 AVC/AAC
Special Capabilities: Â
Issues:
http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html
It’s in “Beta 2″
http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html
Currently, their page says:
Nero ShowTime Mobile is FREE of charge if you register:
A Full Version of Nero Software Version 6 or higher
Retail Version or Downloaded Version
iPlay
Status: Untested
Formats: mp3, m4a (AAC?), ogg, flac, MP4 AVC/AAC
Special Capabilities: Â gapless playback, variable speed/fixed pitch, EQ and
Reverb
Issues:
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