The dream of being able to watch the latest movies on the bus has now become a reality thanks to advancements in mobile technology. As you probably know, DivX is one of the most popular digital video formats at the moment and, as the name suggests, DivX Player for Windows Mobile 5 lets you enjoy these movies wherever you go, on your Pocket PC.

The program lets you watch DivX, AVI or MPEG movies in the player window or in full-screen mode. Control elements such as Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward and Rewind, as well as the volume can be controlled easily via buttons or the stylus. The app can automatically scan your internal memory or expansion cards for compatible films.

DivX Player is great for organising your media, sorting files by name, file size, duration, and date last seen. There are plenty of settings too, letting you tweak stuff like the brightness, contrast, colour saturation and allows you to play around with the soundtracks.

The software proved very reliable in our tests and represents a great way to transform your Pocket PC into a portable cinema.

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It sounds impressive but Pocket DVD Wizard can reduce 4 DVD's to just 512MB in size without losing a great deal of quality.

This is great news if you're going away fro an extended period of time and want your favourite movies with you. The program works with both standard Pocket PCs and high resolution 640x480 VGA Pocket PCs. It allows you to select the image quality that you are satisfied with and watch the converted video in full screen mode without "letterbox" style black bars above and below the picture. The developers claim that it also works with Windows based Portable Media Center players, such as the Creative Labs Zen PMC or the iRiver PMP-120. This includes Windows based Smartphones such as the iJam and Motorola MPX handsets. Apart form the impressive compression ratios, what strikes you immediately is the ease of use of this program. There's very few clicks required to compress a DVD and it works pretty quickly compared to similar efforts. The fact that it supports to many output devices also distinguishes it from the rest - it can output to anything from a Pocket PC to an iPod or PSP. I also like the fact that it allows you to highly customise the ripping process, if you choose to, so that you can remove unnecessary files such as subtitles and extras.

There's not much to fault with Pocket DVD Wizard - if you like your movies on the go and have multiple devices, then you should look no further.

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mPlayer has always been one of the best and most popular media players for Linux, and the open source app now makes its debut on mobile platforms in the shape of this Windows Mobile software. Although it's a stripped-down version of the original it still represents a great way to enjoy music and video on your handheld.

One of the best things about mPlayer is its support for a varied array of different media formats. As well as the ubiquitous handling of MP3, AVI, WMA and the like, the program lets you tune in to streaming media and recognises all types of Flash video.

In terms of its user interface, the program is a little simplistic, though not in a bad way. In fact, I much prefer to have a player that's light yet practical, rather than some bloated app with loads of features you don't need. Hence, you get basic options for locating a file, opening a playlist or adding a URL, without impacting on your device's memory too much.

If you're looking for a slick and simple way to handle all types of media on your Pocket PC then look no further than mPlayer.

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Portable video is fast becoming the most popular secondary use for Pocket PCs, so making sure you have the right media player is now a priority for many PPC device owners. The Core Pocket Media Player is an open-source video and audio player compatible with all the most popular codecs and multimedia file types.

TCPMP is easy to use, very stable and loaded with a variety of features. The program’s main screen is reminiscent of similar programs on your desktop computer, with options to change aspect ratio, zoom and volume as well as more advanced controls such as video speed (10% - 200%), video driver, audio preamp and more.

One issue with playing video files on a Pocket PC, irrespective of which program you use to play them, is that there will be some lag or jumps from time to time. While some of the top end Pocket PCs now have processors and system memory that should be able to cope with playing quality video, the fact remains that the majority of devices, while technically capable of playing video, are not really designed for that purpose. Compare the playback quality on your Pocket PC with a purpose built portable media player and you’ll see the difference. TCPMP’s settings are therefore an essential feature of the program, allowing you to play around with different levels of quality and performance to help you guarantee the best possible multimedia experience.

In all, The Core Pocket Media Player is a free, open source multimedia player which I’d recommend to anyone who wants to watch video on their Pocket PC. That said, if portable video is your heart’s desire, it would definitely be worth investing in a device built specifically for video playback which will provide much better overall quality.

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PMM - Pocket Movie Master can convert various video to Windows mobile device playable .WMV movie files. which could be play by Microsoft Windows Mobile devices, such as Windows Pocket PC, Smartphone or WindowsCE devices.

It is a converter, including convert from Mpeg2, DVD (*.VOB,*.mpeg), Mpeg1, VCD(*.Dat), AVI(*.avi), Mpeg4 like 3ivx, Divx, h.264, Real Media file (.rm, .rmvb, .ram)...­etc, actually it can convert any video file to .wmv if the source video can be play with Windows Media Player on your PC. By installing the correct codec or decoder you can convert any future video formats like HDVD or Blu-ray.

It can resize the video resolution to mobile size, reduce video and audio bitrate to fit your mobile's CPU, and reduce the result video .WMV file size. Change video frame rates. User can even choose the audio with mono or stereo in the target file which reduce file size, if your Pocket mobile device does not need stereo playback. User can choose any segment of the source file to be converted, clip the only needed parts. Practice or test only a few minutes before converting the whole video is possible.

User can save their output settings into profiles, create new profile or manager their favorite profiles. The converting progress and logs was easily to check. And user can easily find what the problem converting has.

Additionally our WEB site provides detail support to help user install the correct codec to make any source video to be convert-able.

Finally it is an one stop converter. In most of the case, it can convert any new video format in the future, once you install the codec. The key is what can play by Windows Media Player what can be converted.

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