How is the Media Playback?

[just2good4u3434]

Well its that time of the year. My ATT contract just expired and I'm due for a new phone!

I was wondering about the Kaiser's media playback. I would really like my next phone to have strong video and audio playback.

I was considering the iPhone, but the lack of necessary features turned me off. I know it is great for media, but that phone is just NOT for me.

I would like your comments on the Kaiser's video/audio playback. Also, what 3rd party apps are you using for your video/audio?

Finally, I was wondering if the Kaiser was for me. Should I wait for another phone with good media playback, or should i jump on the Kaiser. I'm really into phone customization (my current phone is modded up the butthole, both software and hardware) and I know just by browsing through this forum that the Kaiser offers plenty of customization.

I have about a week to decide, so no rush. I would like some honest, well written, feedback. THANKS!!

[ST001]

Well its that time of the year. My ATT contract just expired and I'm due for a new phone!

I was wondering about the Kaiser's media playback. I would really like my next phone to have strong video and audio playback.

I was considering the iPhone, but the lack of necessary features turned me off. I know it is great for media, but that phone is just NOT for me.

I would like your comments on the Kaiser's video/audio playback. Also, what 3rd party apps are you using for your video/audio?

Finally, I was wondering if the Kaiser was for me. Should I wait for another phone with good media playback, or should i jump on the Kaiser. I'm really into phone customization (my current phone is modded up the butthole, both software and hardware) and I know just by browsing through this forum that the Kaiser offers plenty of customization.

I have about a week to decide, so no rush. I would like some honest, well written, feedback. THANKS!!



You mean this as a joke, right ? You want to rub this in ? Have you even read one thread on this board ?

[undac]

Media playback (both performance and quality) is sub par on the Kaiser. You would probably want to go with another brand all together.

[tyeo098]

I dont get it...

I can watch whatever the hell I want on my kaiser and its perfectly fine, no lag at all (even on youtube) I almost cant tell the different from my iPod and my Kaiser besides when i poke my kaiser it pauses, and when I poke my iPod, a mac genius comes from nowhere and says 'dont do that'

[Squadron_Zer0]

lol @ tyeo098
video drivers aren't being utilized to its full potential yet because of HTC and their drivers

[undac]

I dont get it...

I can watch whatever the hell I want on my kaiser and its perfectly fine, no lag at all (even on youtube) I almost cant tell the different from my iPod and my Kaiser besides when i poke my kaiser it pauses, and when I poke my iPod, a mac genius comes from nowhere and says 'dont do that'

Does it play normal TV shows encoded in XviD without hiccups as well?

The whole point of having a media eccelerating processor for me is that I don't have to worry about reencoding stuff. With the Kaiser I have to in order to maintain smooth playback.

[difflvl]

I dont get it...

I can watch whatever the hell I want on my kaiser and its perfectly fine, no lag at all (even on youtube) I almost cant tell the different from my iPod and my Kaiser besides when i poke my kaiser it pauses, and when I poke my iPod, a mac genius comes from nowhere and says 'dont do that'

Yes it can play everything fine at low resolutions, if you use for example pocketdivx encoder and downsize something to 320x240 it will play just fine, but the whole point is that it has hardware acceleration capabilities that should allow you to play it without having to re encode and downsize videos. You should be able to play a xvid file over wifi without lagging or having to re-encode. The camera should be a lot faster than it is, even a "free" flip phone's camera is faster, internet explorer needs to be a lot faster with scrolling even with the fix.

The phone isn't bad, but its not on par with other 400mhz devices, does that make sense?

[TurtleTech]

Audio quality is excellent with the TMP media player.

[cincy1020]

Yes it can play everything fine at low resolutions, if you use for example pocketdivx encoder and downsize something to 320x240 it will play just fine, but the whole point is that it has hardware acceleration capabilities that should allow you to play it without having to re encode and downsize videos. You should be able to play a xvid file over wifi without lagging or having to re-encode. The camera should be a lot faster than it is, even a "free" flip phone's camera is faster, internet explorer needs to be a lot faster with scrolling even with the fix.

The phone isn't bad, but its not on par with other 400mhz devices, does that make sense?

While I disagree with you on some of your points, I definitely agree 100% with the camera portion of what you said. It is ridiculously slow. For me it is nearly useless. I had a Moto Razr (the first one) years ago, which could take an adequate picture. Not beautiful, not 3MP, but usable. I literally can't use the camera on this phone, because it is just TOO slow. If I can make the subject, and myself stay static for 5 hours (which is how long it seems to take after you press the button), then the pics turn out okay. It's the time it takes which make it useless.
With that said, I love my Tilt, and would never trade it, even for 2 iphones :D

[tyeo098]

All i know is that I have basically used SUPER and PDivxE to encode everything that left my computer to a device.

So yes, i guess thats just peachy then.

And it plays youtube videos as well. I watched a whole episode of Kenny vs Spenny on youtube (kenny cheated of course), it was the one where they were obese... and who could be that way the longest.

ANYWAYS...

I see no current problem with TCPMP but thats just me, like I said, you SHOULD encode anything that goes on the kaiser, it takes up less space anyways =D

I just Have one question...

On my PSP (I tend to xcompare the two alot) there is a program caleed PiMP Streamer, basically it lets me stream video, audio, pictures, any media off my computers HDD and on to my PSP's screen. Is there anything for the kaiser that can do this?

Peace-
-Tyeo