PDAguy

I've noticed some confusion as to whether the TH55 can play MPEGS natively and after a couple days of experimenting I finally was able to make it work.

Thought I'd post this to help clarify the HowTo part

1) Click on a MPEG file in Netfront and when it asks to open or save, select "Save"

2) Netfront will download the movie to the MStick into the "/Palm/Images" directory.

3) Use Clie File Explorer (Very important) to create a new Root directory on your Mstick called "/DCIM/100MSDCF"

4) Move the MPEG you just downloaded (ie> test.mpeg) into the "/DCIM/100MSDCF" directory.

5 Lastly, rename the MPEG using this format... MOV00001.MPG

example--> I renamed test.mpg to MOV00001.MPG

*** Very important***
The extension ".MPG" is case sensitive to Movie Player and MUST be in uppercase. This is the reason you should use Clie File explorer as it allows you to change the extension of the mpeg and make it uppercase. No matter if the movie ends in ".mpeg" or ".mpg" you need to make it end in ".MPG"


6) Open up Clie Movie player and play


7) Of course you can just use Clie Data Import and drop mpegs from your computer into the "/DCIM/100MSDCF" directory as long as you comply with the above naming conventions.


Hope this helps

sonicxracer

What does NetFront have to do with any of this?

I wanted to play my own MPEG's I have (music videos and such) thorugh Movie Player and I have no plans on using NetFront to be downloading MPEGs.

Atomic Chicken

sonicxracer,
He is talking about how to download mpeg movies off the net using Netfront, then save them to the memory stick, rename them, then make them play.
You can bypass the netfront thing if you already have them on your computer and just transfer them to the memory stick.
Best wishes,
Bawko

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tgoulart

This directory structure and naming convention work perfectly. I saved downloaded mpegs from pocketmovies.net and moved mpegs from my PC to the MS using MSIMPORT and it worked great

mikecane

http://www.palminfocenter.com/forum...?TOPIC_ID=21037

click on that URL and tell us if the Molly trailer -- URL in that thread -- runs with your method.

Unregistered

Just tried it Mike. It works and plays nice.

Unregistered

Avove post was mine -PDAGuy Not sure how to login from the mobile forums.

mikecane

It *played*?!!?

>>ripping out what's left of my hair!<<

tgoulart

It played for me as well. In fact, right clicking on it gives you an option to "convert for Clie" or similar wording.

PDAguy

So far I've only run into a couple Mpegs that wont play which might have to do with unconventional audio codecs. But, yes that Molly Racer video plays nice, clear, and smooth.

Just renamed it MOV00005.MPG and put it in the "/DCIM/100MSDCF" directory.

BAY

PDAguy -

Thanks for the great info! I just started playing around with MPEGs and couldn't get them to play on my Clie unless I passed them through my computer and reformatted them! That was until I found this thread!!

Much thanks!

jherubin

I am so happy I found this thread!

Thanks for the great info because I don't think I would have figured it out on my own. Was almost ready to completely give up after trying so many different ways to get an MPEG I downloaded to show up in the player's list.

Unregistered

Well, I tried to play a file that I transferred from my hard drive to a memory stick. It was the trailer for Shrek 2 that I downloaded from pocketmovies.net. It didn't work. Am I doing something wrong?

mikecane

Most likely *not*. There is something unknown going on with certain MPEGs. Even at SonyStyle NYC, the salesman created a short MPEG on a Cybershot camera and the TH55 wouldn't play it! At least he got a dialog and the file showed up in the list. With certain MPEGs, they don't even appear in the list!