My own MP4 Woes

[Assegai]

I've hunted through several different threads on this forum all saying much the same thing and much of a different thing. I've tried many different permutationns and have still been unable to get an MP4 file to play on my UX50.
My most recent activity was as follows - install Full Media Player on MS, copy MP4 codecs to RAM using Palm Insider Pro, locate MP4 files in MPROOT/100MNV01 and still get a "file not found error".
I play MP4 files on my Sony Ericsson P900 so am embedded in the format and use a great utility called mpegable for converting them to my own specification, so I am determined to solve this problem. Could someone come up with a definitive walkthrough or similar that leaves nothing ambiguous? Thank you.

[mrklaw]

1. FMP does not have to be on the Memory Stick but I don't think it's a problem if it is.
2. Copy mp4 codecs to RAM. I used McFile I think.
3. Make sure mp4 is encoded for PSP. There are lots of kinds of mp4 files out there. MP4 files encoded for ipod need to be reencoded. I use ffmpeg to encode by following jamerican's instructions.
4. mp4 files can be stored in /MOVIES or in /MP_ROOT/100MNV01 for FMP to find them. I have had problems with mp4 files with odd filenames or long filenames. Keep them short and leave out any unusual characters.

[golalmo]

just install TCPMP. it will play everything you throw at it.

[Assegai]

Thank you very much :) I've now got TCPMP working beautifully on my UX50 plus the AAC plugin :) Last question on the subject - can anyone recommend some settings for bitrate, framerate, audio kbps etc for best viewing on a UX50? I'm off for a hunt through the forum just now on the subject.

[Assegai]

Drat! :( Trying to open a VOB or mpg2 file in MPEGable is now crashing it every time, I'm at a loss as to what the problem is. I can rename my *.vob files to *.mpg files and get them to play in Windows Media Player but I don't know if this is the definitive answer about whether I have the right codecs or not. To be honest I'm very uneducated in the video departments, does anyone have any suggestions about where I should look with this issue as I don't want to add another layer of conversion in down to mpg1 (which doesn't crash MPEGable)? Thanks.

[golalmo]

video need to be encoded with 480x320, 23-25 fps, 256-768 kbps. keep the audio 32-44 khz, 32-128 kbps mono/joint stereo.
these will playback just fine, it's up to you to decide the quality vs. size.

[Assegai]

video need to be encoded with 480x320, 23-25 fps, 256-768 kbps. keep the audio 32-44 khz, 32-128 kbps mono/joint stereo.
these will playback just fine, it's up to you to decide the quality vs. size.

Much obliged :)

Some background on my mpegable trouble. It functioned properly with files extracted from DVD using SmartRipper. This was on a previous "build" of my VAIO. I have since erased all data and reinstalled the OS.

[hpl912]

i can't seem to find that TCPMP for palm OS... anyone can send me or have the link?
and do we need to store the video files in a specific folder using TCPMP??
thanks in advance

[alt236]

You can get it from here:
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/

You can open them from any folder on your SD card :)