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plonk420
24th March 2005, 10:44
here we go...

so far i've only tried pspvideo9 (http://pspvideo9.com) and the 1,500 and 768kbps settings @ 320x240, both of which look perfect, at least for the video i tried. worked perfectly, first try, too.

http://s91855708.onlinehome.us/DSCF0232.jpg


also, like most hidef TVs, (in addition to "original") it has a "normal" mode (expands to fill screen, keeping AR, "touching window from inside" edge), "zoom" (expands to fill screen, keeping AR, "touching window from outside" edge), and full screen (forcing any AR to 16:9).

i was also amused to find that Spiderman 2 was pan and scanned to 16:9 (i've always wondered when they'd start panning and scanning to that AR)

i'm currently stuck with the default 32mb stick, but i was able to get a music video, 2 mp3s and a couple jpgs on it to putz around it. the funny thing is that the first thing i've ordered for it is a 512mb memory stick duo. not sure if i want to plunk down the $40 for Wipeout Pure yet. this video stuff is too cool :)

the only downside is that while QT6.5 seems to be able to play the MP4 created from PSPVideo9 perfectly fine, MPC seems to drift out of sync if i skip around in the track.

has anyone tried to use audio at freqs better than 24khz?

also, i noticed a few artifacts while watching Spiderman 2 (ugh, what a forgetable movie IMO. i'd have preferred Identity (which i own on DVD already) or even Final Fantasy Spirits Within) ... it showed up in static areas of backgrounds in the way of flickering blocks at least once... the demo disc also had some chroma(?) artifacts, but these can be attributed to the 4:2:0 codec, i think (see the redhead's hair in the Ape Escape trailer).

but for sheer novelty of having a video player with expandable memory, an mp3 player (love the puck attached to the headphones, even tho it feels light, cheap and fragile), and hand held console system all in one sharp package, it's one sekzi machine. and i haven't raised an eyebrow since the gameboy, really.

anyone else?

Latexxx
26th March 2005, 09:55
Sony has some demo videos available for psp: http://psp.connect.com/

SeeMoreDigital
26th March 2005, 18:26
Hi plonk,

Can you confirm the stream properties from the SpiderMan 2 disc please?


Cheers

plonk420
1st April 2005, 08:55
Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
Hi plonk,

Can you confirm the stream properties from the SpiderMan 2 disc please?


like options?

audio: english, french
subs: english, off

menu seems to be realtime 2D over a video background

SeeMoreDigital
1st April 2005, 11:03
Originally posted by plonk420
like options? Can you confirm the type of Mpeg4 video stream being used. Is it SP, ASP or AVC?

Same goes for audio... Is it AAC-LC or HE?

I guess, I'm assuming that these UMD disc's can be removed from their caddy and spun in a PC :eek:


Cheers

Latexxx
2nd April 2005, 09:26
Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
I guess, I'm assuming that these UMD disc's can be removed from their caddy and spun in a PC :eek:
You can't. Their direction of spinning is different than those of cd's and dvd's.

SeeMoreDigital
2nd April 2005, 12:05
Originally posted by Latexxx
You can't. Their direction of spinning is different than those of cd's and dvd's. Well that's blown that idea then :eek:


Cheers