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iPod video support:

1. H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

2. MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

Upgradable firmware enables support for future video formats.

@Lethal_B You're actually using my tutorial, how thoughtful ;)
Definitly gonna have to get this, since I dont have an iPod yet, and was thinking of buying a Portable Video player.
@Londor So this thing will support MPEG-4 but not DivX??? Its almost the exact same thing, why wouldnt they make it compatible with DivX and XviD?

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The official site of the gmini is www.archos.com oh and by the way it also suports XviD.

well seeing as the xvid / divx takes up a substantial amount of room, whats the hard drive space like on the gmini?

So i'm the only one who hates build in batteries.

Nope, but then again I´m most likely not buying this...

Someone said something about upgradable firmware being used. I wonder how long its gonna take to crack that so we can play DivX? Maybe then I would buy one, but on second thought. Nah.

The gmini 402 has a 20 gigs hd lcd screen you can watch photos,videos almost all formats,tv out awesome by the way,mp3,voice recorder and a awesome OS.For more info like i said earlier www.archos.com and the best thing is the price i goy it for 320 with 2 day shiping in the fron of my door. i have like 5 months with it no probs at all.you can update firmware fro the site too.its awesome cant ask for more.

hey guys, how does this compare to the iaudio x5, i have been wondering whether i should buy this, the iaudio x5, or the archos gmini 402. I am interested in portobility, because im going to be carrying it in my pocket all day, a voice record feature (like the ipod has the addons) for recording teachers leactures, and mabye some video feature to watch while the teachers bore me with their lectures which if i need i can have recorded. Radio would also be nice, and if it must have video, i really want a video out to watch on my big tv. I was wondering how the quality of video out will be on this, if it is like XviD on the tv, it is good. I also wonder if i can put my XviD movies onto this thing, and whether i should buy this ipod, or wait until somehting better, perhaps during christmas comes out. Or should i just wait till this becomes more glitchless, like waiting for the next firmware update. When will it be avaliable in black? alright thx guys. Also how will voice recoring quility be, and wat will be the best voice recorder for this? alright- does the warrenty cover all batteries? k thx.

Is there anyway I can exchange my old ipod for one of the new ones? That pisses me off that they just replace the old one with this one. That screws everyone who bought the old one, and can't afford to just double their price to get this new one.

Converting any video type to other types is not as hard as you all think. I own a RCA Lyra RD2780 and will probably be upgrading to this in the near future and connecting the Lyra to my car stereo input as more of a hardwire device due to its lack of battery power (only 3-4hours). I noticed however that it takes relatively few video formats itself. After a lot of research I found a slew of resources out there and used a bunch of free programs to decrypt all many video files (including DVDs) and strip them down for use on it. I have no doubt that you could do the same to this. I have heard many say "it cant be done." These people just arent determined enough to do what they are legally allowed to with their own DVDs. Ill own one and Ill do it the first day.

Dont let them get you down, itll be easy to do once you learn the process.

Ludikhris

There are many programs out right now that let you convert video into .mp4 or .mov so they will compatable with the new ipod. Someone also mentioned that upgrades will be available on the firmware allowing playback of more video formats. Also, the new 30gb ipod plays video and its the same price as the 20gb at $299 retail so you really cant go wrong!

I record all my TV shows on my computers TV Tuner then edit and compress them in VirtualDub to XviD. I would actually consider buying the iPod video over a ZEN. But with no XivD, DivX or other MPEG-4 .AVI support its no better than the iPod photo!!!!!!!

What a wast!

I record all my TV shows on my computers TV Tuner then edit and compress them in VirtualDub to XviD. I would actually consider buying the iPod video over a ZEN. But with no XviD, DivX or other MPEG-4 .AVI support its no better than the iPod photo!!!!!!!

What a wast!

The ZEN VISION is still 20X better than this piece of crap.

come on guys iAudio x5, Archos gmini 402, or this ipod, or something that i dont know, should i buy now or wait? Music and portobility is main thing, also wondering if the quality of the tv out is full screen dvd quality

movies are getting smaller and smaller... first for the psp... who wants to watch a tiny ass screen? (UMD) and now its going to be on a smaller screen (ipod)... my opinion id rather stick to DVDs

How are you going to fit a Portable DVD player in your pocket.

Well regular batteries wouldn't be able to last 20 hours. But it would be nice to have their batteries in removable form. So after like two years when their battery dies we could just buy a new one and don't have to send it in to them to replace it.

@RshNBoris-Gmini402 that is defenitly what you are loking for got to www.archos.com and see the specs and capability theres no ipod better that that period.

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This is so friggin sweet its not even funny!!

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hows the recording quality for all of these devices (iaudio x5, video ipod, gmini 402) - and which has the best audio playback, im interested in recording lecutres so i want a good voice recorder, the ipods would be the addons. Also, is 10 hours really enough battery life for the gmini 402? that is a real setback for me, is it really that short of a time? Im really having a hard time deciding between these two

I'm waiting for the iPod that will take pictures and capture video, thats gotta be the next step. Its really not just a portable music device anymore. They might as well just add an Apple Palm/CE like software to it.

whens the Ipod gonna come out in stores? I want one now!

I am very curious if the iPod will play videos greater than just 320x240, if it is supposed to ouput to a tv... it would be rather bad to only play at that resolution. I've been trying to find out from apple about it, but no one is able to tell me anything yet. Any ideas?

If it does output to Tv's, it will probably be able to play at higher resolutions. That resolution would look bad on even a small 13" TV.

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