What is the best way to enjoy your DivX/XviD/OGM/MKV on the go without having to recompress them? I was looking at several different personal video players but all of them seem to require the user to recompress his/her videos first. That is a hassle if you have a lot that you want to take with you. I was hoping that Archos or Creative had something that could handle DIVX, XVID, MKV, and/or OGM natively but that seems like a pipe dream at this time. Are there any other options than getting myself a laptop?
XviD is a video codec and most if not all should be able to handle it, as long as it is encoded with a compliant profile, in a supported container, etc.. DivX is a container based on avi, which once again they should all handle. Ogm there is a possiblity that something out there might play it since some regular SAP's can. mkv, you basically have no chance, mkv is just to broad to support everything in hardware. PocketPC maybe?
Thank you for the suggestion. After doing some research, I found that Dell's Axim with a 4-6 gig Compact Flash Type II card and software like Core Pocket Media Player should do the trick. The only thing that I do not know is whether or not Core supports subtitles. However, it is open source and seems to be updated a lot so subtitles are a possibility in the future if they are not already supported. If you or someone you know has a PocketPC and some free time it would be nice to see a review on how well Core works with DivX, XviD, OGM, and MKV. I am sure that a lot of people would be interested in a writeup on how well this program handles various formats... Here are some interesting links for those that are interested - http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about http://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/watch-pocketpc-video-131141.php Here is some info on Core Pocket Media Player - 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)
It looks like Core does not officially support subtitles right now but there are workarounds. If I get a Pocket PC (probably Dell's Axim or HP's iPAQ) would anyone be interested in a writeup of how well it handles video?
