Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-21 Thread Harold Johnson
Make sure to get the one with the camcorder -- it's referred to as the Gmini 402cc or the Gmini 402s. It currently retails for around $300, after a recent price drop. Harold On 4/19/06, B Yen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 19, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: i heard a wireless

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-21 Thread Harold Johnson
There's a very active community of Gmini users, hackers, and developers; one site is: Gmini400.com: http://gmini400.com and there's a project called ArchOpen, in which a group of hackers are developing an open operating system for Archos devices: http://archopen.org I'll have new project

Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
i've used videorahttp://www.videora.com/en-us/and mediacoder:http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows, What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos

Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread B Yen
Is anyone using the Archos AV500 (or that giant AV700) player.I want to get one to play with.I just got a Sony PSP, want to transcode my .mp4 videos to PSP format.Seehttp://champcarws.blogspot.comhttp://alextagliani.blogspot.comhttp://eclipsescience.blogspot.comI saw the Gemini at Fry's, it

Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
yeah, mediacoder works well.let me know how you like the new archos gmini.post up a video that you capture with it. :)On 4/19/06, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Michael, MediaCoder appears to be working brilliantly! Videora Converter didn't seem to have any settings for

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread Harold Johnson
I'm just loving the Archos Gmini 402s' built-in camcorder; I shot footage all weekend long while travelling on the bus and on foot for six hours to see my mom in her nursing home, and now I'm making a mini-movie out of the footage... Harold Something That Happened: a story told in video

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread B Yen
Wow, I didn't know.I saw Gmini's at Fry's, so I guess you can get them there.http://www.archos.com/products/pc_centric/gmini_402_cam/features.html?country=globallang=enI noticed it doesn't have Wireless connectivity, like the PSP (WiFi).Is there a USB accessory that can give it WiFi capability?

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
i heard a wireless version of gmini is do out sometime this year. i've been pimp'n archos for like 2 years.way ahead of others. the hardware designs are good and they are solid.they could be a bit 'cooler' looking but it's all good. On 4/19/06, B Yen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, I didn't

Re: Archos AV500? [ was Re: [videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-19 Thread B Yen
On Apr 19, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: i heard a wireless version of gmini is do out sometime this year.  There are these Linksys, Dlink, et al adapters: with USB connection, you can have a WiFi connection.I saw them at Office Depot, Fry's etc.I'm sure one of the $50 units will

[videoblogging] Best way to translate for Archos players?

2006-04-18 Thread Harold Johnson
Michael Sullivan or anyone who knows, What do you find to be the best way to translate your video downloads to the format which the Archos players can play? I've got an Archos Gmini 402 camcorder/player, and though it includes VirtualDub software, the software isn't able to translate .mov