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