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Encoding and Streaming to your Pocket PC (1)

By admin | June 10, 2007

Encoding and Streaming to your Pocket PC

Here we are going to focus on using the following:

Getting Started

Before your Pocket PC can play audio & video, the material needs to be in the right format. If you are using Windows Media Player, this means Windows Media Audio and Video files. If you’ve already used Windows Media Player to rip a CD onto your home PC, the files on your PC are Windows Media Audio files, so you can just copy the files onto your Pocket PC and start playing them. Video is a bit harder. Luckily Microsoft has a free tool to make life easier for us - Windows Media Encoder. There are two versions of the encoding tool available for download - Encoder 7.1 and Encoder 9. Please note that the latter is, according to Microsoft’s site, only for use with Windows 2000 and XP.
Which one should you use? By preference, you should use Encoder 9 as it is the more up-to-date encoding application but, as noted above, it does require Windows 2000 or XP. Otherwise, use Encoder 7.1 - it does the job just as well even though it isn’t using the latest algorithms from Microsoft and the user interface is a bit awkward compared to Encoder 9.
So what does the encoder software do? It takes your source material and converts it into a format that the Pocket PC can handle. In the case of video, this involves making the picture smaller (e.g. 208×160) and fewer frames per second (e.g. 8 instead of 29.97 for NTSC and 25 for PAL).

The Encoding Process

By this point, you should have downloaded & installed one of the encoding applications. Fire it up - you’ll find it on the Start menu under Windows Media.

colmer-stream-01.gifFigure 1: The opening choices with Encoder 7.1

Choosing the New Session Wizard and clicking on OK presents you with the available wizards - broadcast a live event, capture audio or video and convert an audio or video file.

colmer-stream-02.gifFigure 2: Encoder 7.1’s encoding wizards

Encoder 9 takes you straight into the choice of Wizards, making it easier for you to set up the encoding session.

to be continued…

Source: pocketpcthoughts.com

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