Is it possibe to play MPEGS on the Empeg? I imagine the difficult part would be the video output.

There is no video output on the player, and no easy way to add one.

I'm told that someone once wrote an MPEG4 decoder that would dither the image down to 2-bit and size it to the player's display screen. It was never released publicly.

that sounds pretty slick, did u ever use it tony? and was there sound with the video?

Can you imagine what that would look like?
If the 'car mode' turns of visuals because of potential accidents then a 2-bit rendition of a full color 640x480 would cause the car to explode!
mind you, in a Pinto anything is possible, just ask hollywood.........

I was thinking more of displaying music videos on a Toshiba e570 pocket PC, or to a 5" TFT monitor. Any way to get that video out?

I'm told that someone once wrote an MPEG4 decoder that would dither the image down to 2-bit and size it to the player's display screen. It was never released publicly.

Hmm, that seems a bit out there. I think your mixing togther info from threads like this one talking about the StrongARM being capable of decoding MPEG4 video. It's such a demanding task on an iPaq, that I don't see enough power left over to dither it down/rescale it well.

Quarter resolution is quite achievable.

Time domain dithered video on the empeg display looks.. umm.. kinda cute, in an unpractical way. Definitely just a gimmick (which is probably why John R couldn't resist doing it).

Rob

Wow, I will continue to be amazed what people can do in their spare time

This was about a year ago.

Rob

why was it never made public, that would be kinda fun to put onto the player

Well, actually Tony.....

.. you should really have been at the Amersfoort meet, you know

I don't think that particular gadget will have the bandwidth for full motion video..

Rob

Stop teasing, you guys. I really do wish I could have been there, I'll definitely be there next year, nothing other than premature death will stop me!

I don't know.. I have a hard enough time driving with just the normal visuals that my player already comes with, let alone full blown streaming video with high quality sound.

Assume for a moment that it IS possible, and a feature that we all have in our players. What would you want to upload and watch?

i would watch them, it would be fun.