TCPMP Open Source Media Player, AWESOME!!!

For anyone who plans on watching their DVD movies on their Palm, here's what I've done on my T5 recently.

From PalmInfocenter, I was informed that there is an open source, and free, media player that plays the following file types:

Audio codecs:

* Mpeg 1 LayerIII (mp3)
* Ogg Vorbis
* Musepack
* Adpcm, uLaw

Video codec:

* DivX
* XviD
* Mpeg4-SP (plus B-frame support)
* Mpeg1
* M-JPEG

Here's the URL for TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/

As for ripping your DVD's, I downloaded/installed Pocket DVD Studio for Palm (http://www.pqdvd.com/download/index.html) along with the Xvid and Divx codecs that can be downloaded from the same page.

I then picked a DVD from my collection (in this case, Tora Tora Tora) and ripped it. I wanted to use the smallest footprint possible so as to install it into the T5's internal flash memory area instead of an SD card. The size of the final rip was 107mb, just small enough to work. The output preferences were minimal (12fps, mono audio). Very minimal...

As for video and audio quality, that can be controlled in the preferences of Pocket DVD Studio. It's a very intuitive program. Have fun with it.