So, do we have improved MP3 performance on Smartphone 2003?

[Guest urdone311]

I encode all of my MP3's at 192 kb/s, and with the original SPV they would play fine but as we all know- media player would skip if you tried to switch programs..(or even sometimes a small skip here and there while not doing anything).

I know this is also a RAM issue, but as far as anyone can tell, using smartphone 2003, do MP3's skip while switching programs?

[Guest Vector]

As far as i can tell, Media player isn't as jumpy, if at all while doing other things... :)

[Guest Skitals]

Even with SP 2002 wmp isnt jumpy on my i600 while doing other things. Occasional jumps when Im loading websites and launch mem intensive apps but not bothersome.

BTW, are there any MP3 alternatives to wmp? I always experienced better results with 3rd party software on my pocket pc... maybe it could be the same with sp.

[Guest urdone311]

I think my music is more prone to skipping since, like i said, have them encoded at 192.

It would skip BADLY, hardly even play, if one of my MP3's were playing, and i would scroll through my media library (you know, if you hold down on the joystick and it scrolls really fast).

Can someone test playing some 192 kb/s files (or possibly larger), and switching between large apps, scrolling the library, etc.?

[Guest Scarfman007]

I heard the i600 has the fastest CPU out on the SMP market (got highest Quake scores!) ... probably why it doesn't skip as much.

Doesn't PocketMVP play MP3s?

Scarfman

[Guest Vector]

yep, Pocket MVP does MP3's :)

[Guest Skitals]

I cant get PocketMVP to play songs in the background. When I hit Home it pauses the MP3. I see no "play in background" option... am I missing something? The sq in PocketMVP sounds very very good though. Plus, it supports playlists :) I wish Malloc would keep working on it.

[Guest urdone311]

i'm not talkin' about processor speeds as i know this will obviously help the situation- I guess the best way to tell is to compare a SPV to an E200. Play some 192kb/s MP3 files and go open up a few different programs quickly and see what happens.

They have the same processor speeds (although the e200 does have a bit more RAM) but the SPV will for sure skip a little while multi-tasking with high quality MP3's.

Just wondering if the performance of Windows Mobile for smartphone 2003 helps out with the MP3 situation- disgregarding faster processors.

[Guest ZeroK66]

Just got my E200 and use it often on the Tube for MP3s. I have them encoded in various bit rates and it did not jump on me once. Even typing and sending SMSs, very impressed. That siad I do not know what bit rate MP3 was playing at each specific time, but it is a lot faster.

[Guest The PocketTV Team]

> So, do we have improved MP3 performance on Smartphone 2003?

I think this will depend more on the type (and clock speed) of the processor in your device.

[Guest urdone311]

> So, do we have improved MP3 performance on Smartphone 2003?

I think this will depend more on the type (and clock speed) of the processor in your device.

What about the "dramatic speed increase in WM 2003"?

[Guest The PocketTV Team]

What about the "dramatic speed increase in WM 2003"?

You are talking about something different, here.

Some parts of the OS have been improved for faster reactivity, faster application launch, faster scrolling etc.

But for MP3, the performances depend mostly on the MP3 codec, not on the OS or Shell.