Possible to get Divx codec for portable media center?

[neonerd]

I need to know if it's possible to get the divx codec for portable media center devices. Anybody know? I'm searching for it on google, but can't come up with anything.

 

[loup garou]

No

 

[KeyserSoze]

I'm not sure I really understand "portable media center devices."

Explain.



KS

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
I'm not sure I really understand "portable media center devices."

Explain.



KS

creative zen

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
I'm not sure I really understand "portable media center devices."

Explain.



KS

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/portablemediacenter/default.mspx

 

[DaveSimmons]

Not unless someone has made the effort to write replacement firmware for the exact Zen model you're interested in.

Portable devices don't usually run a generic OS with user-installable upgrades, they normally have a stripped-down custom build with a fixed set of features.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Alright, that's what I thought they were.

No luck on the codecs, all I see are ways/programs to convert FROM Divx to play on this device. (Which I'm assuming is probably all you found as well.)

I'm always up for a good google search tho! (I'm at work, so that's all the time you get.)




KS

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Not unless someone has made the effort to write replacement firmware for the exact Zen model you're interested in.

Portable devices don't usually run a generic OS with user-installable upgrades, they normally have a stripped-down custom build with a fixed set of features.

ACtually, they run a version of Windows Mobile, so it's not that custom. However, I personally, have no clue how you could modify the OS.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Not unless someone has made the effort to write replacement firmware for the exact Zen model you're interested in.

Portable devices don't usually run a generic OS with user-installable upgrades, they normally have a stripped-down custom build with a fixed set of features.

ACtually, they run a version of Windows Mobile, so it's not that custom. However, I personally, have no clue how you could modify the OS.

They took some version of Mobile / CE Platform Builder, selected the features they wanted, added custom drivers for their hardwaree, then compiled a custom OS build.

Yes it's a cousin of a Windows CE PDA, but from the MS and Creative descriptions it doesn't have the _user_ upgrading and software installing that a PDA offers. In theory you could use MS developer tools to build replacement firmware, but you'd probably need hardware drivers from Creative to make it work.

 

[aidanjm]

purchase a portable media player that handles mpeg4/xvid/divx, I guess.

 

[Injury]

or just find software to re-encode in a supported format.