Does it support mp4 videos encoded with X264? And after a video is put on the device how is the quality? Does it stay the same as source or get worse?
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The device supports MPG4 format with H264 codec, I have not tested X264 (it must be a new codec just released and I'm not sure about that). However, COBY MP957 supports many different file formats and codecs. The screen size of the device is 5" (measured diagonally). It is a high density TFT screen that produces high picture detail. You will not experience visible loss of picture quality for this size of the screen. The color scheme and brightness are nicely balanced to produce movie theater-like experience. The device will play HD formats with frame resolution of 1920X1080 pixels. The processor will handle it easily. I tested video files with data transfer rate of 6000 mbps. You can also connect COBY MP957 via HDMI interface to a HDTV and play full HD resolution video on your TV without deterioration of picture quality (referenced to the quality of your video file).
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This thing is amazing! It has supported every format ive thrown at it...the pic. quality is awesome...however it depends on the quality of the video before download...it does play and show in HD though.
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i've only tried avi, and it worked fine. I mostly bought it because it gave access to ebooks.
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I tested an mp4 and it plays them. though I don't know what encoding was used
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I'm pretty sure the device supports mp4 videos and also, the video quality either stays the same or gets better. I was very impressed by the videoplay!
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This is from the side of the box: Video input supported: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVCHD, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, DV, HDV, DivX, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media Format, MOD, M2TS, M2T, TOD, 3GPP, 3GPP2 Video output supported: AVI, MPEG-2, AVCHD, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, HDV, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media Format, 3GPP, 3GPP2, WebM, HTML5
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It has to be a compatible capture device. The key question is what is considered compatible? That I do not know as they refuse to release a compatibility list :( I have ran against the same issue with 1/2 my devices.
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I order for one of my friend..he toldthat this device will not support MP4 file We should not rename the file from MP4 to AVI. We should convert the file from MP4 to AVI..Many converters are available online.
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2.0. I watch mp4 concerts on it no problem.Haven't watched a reg movie though
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Hi Tony: I have not tried the mp4 format at this time. I just returned from a trip and took over 2, 000 pictures that I am looking forward to prcessing. I cannot say enough of how great a camera works.Vic
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There isn't any outputs on this device. It doesn't record sound either. You also need to use their software to watch the videos and export the video to AVI if you need to use the video for something. None of this is a big deal for me but I do miss that it doesn't record sound.
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I went with the Brite-View CinemaTube instead and I am very happy with it. The only problem is you can't use the bittorrent feature with an HFS+ drive. But that's a non-issue for me. Otherwise it works great. And with the new firmware due out any day now you will be able to copy files from you mac to the HD connected to the CinemaTube. I haven't yet used the streaming but it's a cool feature th Asus doesn't have. I use it to play avi and mkv files mostly. Cool device and mac compatible. Hope this helps.
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You can most definitely play movies on it, I convert everything into .avi files though and noticed that it cannot take full HD, like the very large resolutions even if I thought it would but the lower ones like 480 it can take. But that wasn't a problem for me, there's a free software online you can reduce the size of the movies with. I haven't tried mp4 but the box says it would play. Good luck!
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XBMC for android is still buggy, and the default firmware kind off sucks. I recommend J!nx linux build. It is the only firmware that doesn't forget settings, skip and play choppy video, ect. It just works. no problems here.
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It says it somewhere in the specs. I only mess with xvid - it works fantastic with xvid.
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To yell you the truth, I started with XBMC and it froze up on me and it was returned to Amazon. I never had a chance to check out you tube app because XBMC has you tube as well. Sorry but that's all I know.
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I have done this with this device. But if you try and pass video that has HDCP in it I was not successful even though they advertise it does work.
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I have the XDS and I can tell you that even for the supported file types it only works about 30% of the time and will almost certainly require re-encoding to work. It only supports a very limited range of settings and even people with a decent knowledge of video encoding have trouble getting videos to work.
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Image quality is very good, but is directly related to the quality of the source content and source hardware. HD from my laptop is best. Streaming from my iPad sometimes is not full screen, depending on the app I stream from. Overall, very pleased.
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I use the m350, have had it since December with the A-U board and I love it, absolutely no problems running XBMC decoding 1080p video. Here is my complete build:Zotac A U2x2gb Corsair XMS 2320gb caviar blue HDDRosewill Media Center Remotem350 enclosureXBMC Live
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Hi Son of a Zombie, Upon checking the specifications of this unit, playback for lossless compression files is not supported. Please check this manual for further details for this device: https://docs.sony.com/release/XSPN1BT.pdf. Dave