Video Players on Windows Mobile devices

Compare PocketTV with the other video players on Windows Mobile devices

Software	Video File format(s)	File Extension	Can Stream Video	ATI support (1)	2700G support (4)	Dither	Step (2)	Microdrive optimization	Smartphone support	JPEG Capture	Support "odd" sizes (3)
PocketTV	Standard MPEG-1	*.mpg ; *.mpeg	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Player	Proprietary Windows Media video with MS Audio and ASF Multiplex	*.wmv ; *.asf	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	n/a
TCPMP / Betaplayer	Proprietary: DivX,Xvid,WMV Standard MPEG-1	*.avi ; *.divx ; *.wmv ; *.mpg	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Resco Picture Viewer	Standard MPEG-1	*.mpg ; *.mpeg	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Pict Pocket Cinema	Standard MPEG-1	*.mpg ; *.mpeg	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No (but can capture .bmp)	Yes

(1) ATI support: Includes optimizations for the ATI Imageon 3200-series video accelerator when available (e.g. iPaq hx4700, Toshiba e800/e805, O2 XDA II).

(2) Step: Allows stepping frame-by-frame to observe individual frames.

(3) Supports "odd" sizes: Some MPEG players do not play properly MPEG with "odd" size, i.e. image size not multiple of 16x16.

(4) 2700G support: Includes optimizations for the Intel Marathon 2700G video accelerator when available (e.g. Dell Axim x50v).

Only popular video players have been listed above. Other mobile video players that we know about are:

• PocketMVP/PocketDivx
• RealOne Mobile
• Packet Video PVPlayer
• Philips MP4net
• ActiveSky
• PocketMultimedia