View YouTube, Google Video with Kinoma Player 4 EX

[Ed Hardy]

Kinoma has released Kinoma Player 4 EX, the latest version of its audio and video player for Palm OS smartphones and handhelds.

This provides unprecedented access to video on a mobile device, including Flash Video direct from popular sites like YouTube and Google Video. It also supports for key mobile carrier mandated industry standard video technologies including MPEG-4 progressive download, RTSP streaming, and 3GPP.

The new version of Kinoma Player can handle more than just streaming video. Its list of supported formats includes MPEG-4, M4A, MP3, Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video, ASF, QuickTime movies, QuickTime VR, MQV, and JPEG.

Naturally, it still supports playback of audio, video, and photos from internal memory or a memory card.

While viewing video and photos, this application provides real-time pan and zoom -- even while playing.

It works together with the Blazer 4.5 web browser, so selecting a supported link on a web page launches Kinoma Player 4 EX to play the media.

Built into this application is the Kinoma Media Guide, a catalog of thousands of free audio and video streams around the Internet.

Kinoma Player 4 EX can be purchased from the Kinoma web site for $24.99.

Kinoma Producer 4

Kinoma also introduced Kinoma Producer 4, the desktop companion for its multimedia player. This can convert video in a wide variety of formats for playback on a Palm OS handheld or smartphone, or the Sony Playstation Portable.

It also includes support for Windows Media 9 output, which is used by Windows Mobile devices.

There are both Windows and Mac OS X version of this application.

Kinoma Producer 4 can be purchased through the Kinoma web site for $29.99.

 

[headcronie]

Wow! People have been trying for quite a while to get Youtube and Google video on their Palms. This is quite the application. Thanks for the info Ed.

[Streaky]

Yes, thanks Ed. In fairness, another poster has already observed the release but with considerably less detail.

It's a real pity that there doesn't appear to be a trial to download.

[Edit: It was TungstenEguy.]

[NetBrakr]

Woohoo, FINALLY!!!

JC

[Magellan]

Bummer, still doesn't support Divx.

[maceyr]

How do we know how well (or not) it works without a trial download? I'm certainly not plunking down $24.99 USD on their claims.

But the media streaming sounds very interesting since the Treo 650 didn't have that capability, just audio.

[TungstenEguy]

I've seen at least one bug report, on the Kinoma Forums, a user quickly posted a bug with the icon menus.

[pharbrian]

Will an expert out there tell me how this compares with the new Coreplayer?

[jreagles16]

The easier streaming capablities and the google/youtube video is what really standout there is other small little features. Also the builty in guide and WMA


My question is how is the quality?

Cause kinoma 3 play back of video was poor.


I also having been reading that the new kinoma 4 does not support playback in background. Is that true?

[Streaky]

The easier streaming capablities and the google/youtube video is what really standout there is other small little features. Also the builty in guide and WMA


My question is how is the quality?

Cause kinoma 3 play back of video was poor.


I also having been reading that the new kinoma 4 does not support playback in background. Is that true?

Isn't the "streaming" referred to on site the ability to play in the background rather than play whilst downloading?