how get video from Mac to Palm?

[tritoniadiomede]

I have not been able to add video to my Media app using the Send to Handheld droplet. Every time I drop a movie file (avi or mov) the droplet converts it to asf, then Hotsync refuses to send to to Palm because it claims I don't have an app that can read that file. What am I missing here? I think I followed the instructions in the manual.

I found an mpg file on the web, and loaded that onto a card, and the Media app plays it just fine.

Can anyone offer hints on how to get video files from a Mac to the Palm using the standard Palm software? The Palm instructions says it is possible.

thanks

[Guest]

The best strategy is probably just to put the unconverted files directly on your SD card and use TCPMP.

[tritoniadiomede]

i have tried adding mov files to the card, and the media player does not recognize them. the movie was created by iphoto. any other hints? what is tcpmp?

[NetBrakr]

TCPMP is a popular free media player. Its plays movies, music, and shows pictures. We loved it.

http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

JC

[Guest]

Yes! To NetBrakr, you listen!

But also, I don't see any way to create movies in iPhoto in the first place, although I only have the 04 version.

[SmartMoose]

Originally posted by Guest
I don't see any way to create movies in iPhoto in the first place, although I only have the 04 version.

Creating movies in iPhoto was introduced in the 05 version. It does a pretty good job, and easily integrates with iDVD to boot. It's nice for creating quick slideshows (with music/transitions), but don't want to mess around with all the extra features that iMovie has.

Of course, if anyone's considering getting the iLife suite, I'd hold off a week... supposedly iLife '06 is going to be released at Macworld San Francisco next week (including some new app called iWeb).

Anyway, back on topic... I use either Quicktime Pro's conversion features or Handbrake to put non-compatible files into something the Palm will read. To view files on the Palm, I use TCPMP. It truly is the best (and least expensive) multimedia viewer out there.

[tritoniadiomede]

thanks for the advice. Palm's Media app is of course the least expensive player (free), but I guess one gets what one pays for. I will look into the TCPMP. But I am irked that Palm Media does not seem to work very well, and that the Droplet converts movies into a format that the Palm can't read. That seems ridiculous.

cheers

[SmartMoose]

Originally posted by tritoniadiomede
Palm's Media app is of course the least expensive player (free)

TCPMP is free, too, as it's an open source program. Since it actually does more than Palm's media app, it makes it a better value in my book.

And, as Guest mentioned earlier, conversion isn't necessarily required for some files. Just throw them on an SD card, and fire up TCPMP. Others do require conversion, but typically not because TCPMP can't read them, but simply because the file is at too high a bit rate / sound quality and the Palm can't handle it (leading to dropped video frames, stuttering sound, etc.) If you do a search around the boards, you'll find threads detailing out what people have found to be ideal video and sound rate for movie files.

Have fun!

[tritoniadiomede]

thanks. i assumed when an earlier post said that TCPMP was the "least expensive", that it cost something. free is a good price.

(still a little confused why the Palm droplet converts videos into an asf format that Palm Media does not read).

[operius]

Originally posted by SmartMoose

And, as Guest mentioned earlier, conversion isn't necessarily required for some files. Just throw them on an SD card, and fire up TCPMP. Others do require conversion, but typically not because TCPMP can't read them, but simply because the file is at too high a bit rate / sound quality and the Palm can't handle it (leading to dropped video frames, stuttering sound, etc.) If you do a search around the boards, you'll find threads detailing out what people have found to be ideal video and sound rate for movie files.

Have fun!

I do not have an SD card. Is there any way to get movies (small ones) into the internal memory?

BTW, do faster SD cards make any difference as compared to slower SD cards?