Comments on: The Problem with Video Podcasts on a Windows Mobile Device http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-problem-with-video-podcasts-on-a-windows-mobile-device/ All Things Mobile and Wireless Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: todd http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-problem-with-video-podcasts-on-a-windows-mobile-device/#comment-82325 todd Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:51:21 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-problem-with-video-podcasts-on-a-windows-mobile-device/#comment-82325 Cali: Thanks for the comments. If I wasn't clear, my blog entry complaints were aimed squarely at Windows Mobile Media Player's inability to playback video unless specially prepared for for it (small with a low bitrate). The GeekBrief.TV video podcast was identified so that others could check out the problem for themselves if they wanted to. And, frankly, even videos prepared for Windows Mobile tends to look blocky (low-res) and jerky (at 15fps). Best wishes with GeekBrief.TV! Cali: Thanks for the comments. If I wasn’t clear, my blog entry complaints were aimed squarely at Windows Mobile Media Player’s inability to playback video unless specially prepared for for it (small with a low bitrate). The GeekBrief.TV video podcast was identified so that others could check out the problem for themselves if they wanted to. And, frankly, even videos prepared for Windows Mobile tends to look blocky (low-res) and jerky (at 15fps). Best wishes with GeekBrief.TV!

]]> By: Cali Lewis http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-problem-with-video-podcasts-on-a-windows-mobile-device/#comment-82278 Cali Lewis Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:52:46 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-problem-with-video-podcasts-on-a-windows-mobile-device/#comment-82278 Thanks for trying out GeekBrief.TV on your Windows Mobile devices, Todd. The WMV version of the show is encoded to favor people who watch on their Xbox 360s, although, since Xbox now supports .mp4, we might change that. The biggest problem with Web delivered video is supporting as many formats as people have devices. Our network, PodShow, is working on a serverside encoder that dynamically generates a wide range of formats. Right now, we do it format by format and each one takes about 30 minutes to compress and upload. You shouldn't see a sync issue if you give the Brief a try on your iPod. Thanks for trying out GeekBrief.TV on your Windows Mobile devices, Todd. The WMV version of the show is encoded to favor people who watch on their Xbox 360s, although, since Xbox now supports .mp4, we might change that.

The biggest problem with Web delivered video is supporting as many formats as people have devices.

Our network, PodShow, is working on a serverside encoder that dynamically generates a wide range of formats. Right now, we do it format by format and each one takes about 30 minutes to compress and upload.

You shouldn’t see a sync issue if you give the Brief a try on your iPod.

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