Convert Your Files
to Play on a
Portable Media
Center
Entertainment on the
move
Entertainment - anywhere
and everywhere!
This is the driving
force behind Portable
Media Center devices,
which are entertainment
powerhouses small enough
to fit in the palm of
your hand. Leading
manufacturers like
Creative, iRiver and
Samsung manufacture
Portable Media Centers,
running Microsoft
Windows software and
having storage
capabilities from up to
40 GB. Portable
Media Centers have small
video screens (up to 4
inches [9 cm] diagonal,
along with either a hard
disk or flash memory to
store video, audio, and
still pictures.
This article explains
how to transfer your
media files to a
Portable Media Center
using
Digital Media
Converter.
How to play your
favorite content on a
Portable Media Center
Owners of Portable Media
Center complain that
there devices have
plenty of space, but
there is so little
content available in the
right format. It's
like a library with no
books. The
Portable Media Center
supports Windows Media
Video (WMV) files with a
resolution of 320 X 240,
recorded at a bit rate
less than 800 kbps.
Content providers are
working toward providing
more content directly
for Portable Media
Centers, but there is
still a long way to go.
Until everything you
want comes in the proper
format, you can convert
your existing video and
audio files to play on
Portable Media Centers.
You can watch your
favorite TV program on
the Portable Media
Center by first
recording it on a PC
using a TV tuner card
(or an external device).
Most TV tuner cards
produce MPEG or AVI
files. If you are
recording a TV show
using the Windows Media
Center PC, it produces a
very large DVR - MS
file. Your home
videos created on
digital camcorders may
be in DV-AVI format.
Some digital cameras
create files in
QuickTime format.
MPEG, AVI, DVR-MS, DV-
AVI and QuickTime all
need to be converted to
Windows Media format to
play on a Portable Media
Center. You can
use
Digital Media Converter to perform all of these
conversions.
The Digital Media
Converter provides a
simple, intuitive
interface. You
simply select WMV
(Windows Media Video)
for Portable Media
Center as the output
format, and click on
convert. You don't
have to worry about the
finer details like
screen resolution or
other settings.
Converting Your Media
For Use On A Portable
Media Center
- Start
the
Digital
Media
Converter.
- On the File menu,
click Add Files or click
the toolbar
button
labeled Add Files.
You can also
use the
shortcut key
Ctrl+L
- Browse
to the
folder
where
the
files
you want
to
convert
are
located
and
select
one or
more
files
- Click on
the arrow
button
adjacent to
the Convert button.
- To
convert TV
shows,
videos in
MPEG 2 or in
QuickTime to
Windows
Media Video,
select WMV- For
Portable
Devices.
- For
Audio files,
select WMA-For Portable
Devices.
- Click on
the Convert button
to start the
conversion
process.
Your files are now ready
to be played on your
Portable Media Center.
Just plug your device
into the PC, copy your
converted files and
enjoy content of your
choice.