Can Archos play live video from Adobe and Windows Media Player? Hi I was wondering if anyone knew if Archos can play live video from Adobe or Windows Media Player?
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If I had to do it over again, I would not have purchased my Archos 7 but instead a mini computer. The Archos has to many things it will not do. You cannot download many plugins from websites to be allowed to watch media from these sites like a computer. If you are considering a Archos 7 then I would consider any of the minis on the market.
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With native (included) software, you can only play the formats listed in the description. However, with Rockbox installed (free!) you can play AAC, and MP4 files. It will not display much less play protected AAC files. I didn't have any MP4 audio files, but I loaded an mp4 video file and it played the audio from it. There's no way to play video on it that I know of (but I may be wrong). The video games that come with Rockbox are pretty tiny but most of the work well.
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Carolyn, VLC media player will play the files without any problems. I have been using the camera for 1 week and it works fine. Also, Windows live movie maker can splice and edit videos.
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I have no idea about that. I use Adobe and Sam broadcaster. It works extra awesome with every program I have used thus far, I am sure you will be satisfied. I am about to order my second one. Have fun.
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i have the archos 5 right now and am trying it out.no luck :( i click on devices and the archos 5 doesn't pop up. i am very disappointed.Edit: IT WORKS! YOU HAVE TO SET THE USB PREFERENCE: WINDOWS MEDIA DEVICE. Then it will work. The quality isn't the greatest but it works.
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thank you so much i have taken all the negative aspects into consideration and as soon as i get enough money i am going to get the 250gb archos 5. even though it has all these glitches with the beta i still think it is the best thing for me because the zune and ipod are just not enough. one more thing do you or anyone else for that matter know if the archos 5 is going to be compatible with the 3.5g connection add on or is it only the archos 5g? if someone can give any info regarding this topic it is most deeply appreciated.
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Flash Player is something that is downloaded from adobe like adobe pdf reader. It depends on what kind of browser you are using if you need it. If you use Internet Explorer you would download this as a add-on. Google Chrome for instance comes with Flashplayer. To answer your question directly, if it down not have Flash Player you can download it for free from Adobe. Personally I would not buy this machine. The last one I bought went bad within 15 days. I think this is from the same seller and he would not replace it. Bad company. IBM is a great computer but this seller is shady.
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I also agree with R. Davis It's a "plug & play" But you'll need software to do any burning. Playback no problem with windows media.
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I don't own one - yet - but I believe there's 2 ways:1. Rip your DVD using a 3rd party program - handbrake should work I believe. Looks like the player supports a lot of formats by default.2. If you want integration, here's a direct quote from the Archos 5 website: "...You can now copy your DVDs onto your ARCHOS 5 and play them directly, with subtitles if you want, with the MPEG 2 compatibility. ..." For that you'll need to buy the Cinema codec from them.
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Windows media player will play them or u can load to YouTube and play them there. Search YouTube for pbsch to see vids shot with mine
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Eleclaw, Did you update to the latest version of Flash? From what I read, the 10.1 beta version of flash is the only one that will allow hardware acceleration.You could also consider using the Arcsoft Media Player to handle all of your flash videos. See about 2:30 minutes in on this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewqbz8QG3x8
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I play the videos using Windows Media Player. I have a Windows 7 computer. I download the videos from the XTC-200 using Windows Explorer. I then can edit the videos using Windows Live Movie Maker. I have been very pleased with the movies I have been able to create.
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HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do. HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba... » Read More HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do. « Show Less
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Ah...I see. I had the Shark007 32-bit drivers installed but didn't yet have the 64-bit drivers installed. I installed the 64-bit drivers and then rebooted. I opened WMP12; however, all my mkv's are still in the "Other Media" list in WMP12. Do you know how to make WMP12 re-categorize the mkv's from "Other Media" into "Videos"?
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none that i know of; this item seems only to allow games and videos/movies in MP4 and maybe wmv. also pictures but won't except emulators or any apps i tried to load. U can get free games from CoolRoms.com u might have to change some to bin (binary format) Item does only what is advertised(MAYBE!) buyer beware!
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I have not been able to see video in WMM. Only video. I have WMM that came installed in my vista machine purchased in Dec. 08. Can anyone tell me how to make the video show up?
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Windows Media Player is the true weird player. It is not the standard, and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. Also, for your information, something 'playing by default in WMP' is controlled simply by the set of DirectShow codecs installed on the system - it has nothing to do with the player itself. So in 20 years, you'll still have to have the correct codecs installed, regardless of the player you decide to use. And in 20 years, if you still use WMP, something must have been very wrong with the world leading up to that. Codecs will be a thing of the past and video files (if we even still have a concept of files) will include their own coding embedded within them because storage and bandwidth limitations have disappeared. VLC is the player of choice for me currently, as it uses a set of libraries that can play literally anything, and is constantly evolving, unlike WMP. Don't trust proprietary formats and players - they won't last anyway.