GBA SP/DS will be able to play MUSIC AND MOVIES. Links inside

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chimpmeister said:
With a screen resolution of 256x192, those videos are gonna look great aren't they?!?! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I don't even know how you will be able to watch Movies with a memory stick...
 

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You can add the impress news :) http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041215/nintendo.htm
The interface is simply horrible.

DARK ANDY said:
I don't even know how you will be able to watch Movies with a memory stick...

http://www.memorystick.com/psp/manual/000001/00.html

here is the manual :) the program must be purchased though (1000 yens)

Since it is standard H264 , you can encode with whatever you want if you don t want to purchase this, you just have to follow the folder and naming conventions for PSP (a bit tricky, i don t remember where i saw it, basically it s replicating sony video camera save behaviour).

I ve seen a How to Do on either gamespot or ign i can t remember :P

edit: it was gamespot

Q: How do you get the PSP to recognize video files?

A: While formatting a memory stick in the PSP creates folders for audio files, game saves, and actual games themselves, there's no clear path for placing video on the unit. The system supports a specific flavor of mpeg-4 for its video, so you'll need something capable of encoding or transcoding to that format. Sony is supposed to release a downloadable version of its video transcoding software, Image Converter 2, to handle this, but as of yet, we haven't been able to find it. A third party has developed a freely available program called 3GP Converter that will also manage this process. But getting the files into the proper MP4 format is just the beginning.

The PSP reads video files using a directory structure that isn't put on the stick when you initially format it for PSP use. So you'll need to create a root directory called "mp_root" first, then place another directory named "100mnv01" under it. You put your MP4s inside that directory, but they must be named a certain way for the PSP to recognize them. The naming convention is m4vXXXXX.mp4, where "XXXXX" is a series of numbers, such as, say, 00001. Once you've jumped through these hoops--and it's really only a hassle the first time you do it--you'll be watching your own videos on a PSP. Why is it like that, you might ask? We're guessing that it's the same file structure that Sony's video recording memory stick devices use.
 
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Theres been a third party one out for about a year that probably works just as good.

Its on liksang, dont want to go there though so I cant link to it....
 

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DARK ANDY said:
I don't even know how you will be able to watch Movies with a memory stick...

You just need a big enough stick as well as some program to compress the files... but you could put a couple of episodes of cartoons etc with no problem on a 526MB stick and I think it should cost around ~7$70.

IMO, MP3s and video on the GBA or DS is a bad idea... the screen is smaller and not as good as the PSP... so what's the point.

That's why Nintendo's plan for making video in the GBA carts were total crap... but Nintendo knows how to make big $$$ and kiddies love that kina thing, so they sell these "videos on a cart" for $20+ each... rip off.
 

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I was really excited about this product, but it IS NOT compatible with the DS. Since I am planning on picking up a PSP within the next few months, and I already own a DS, why would I want to have to carry around my old SP as well. Sorry Nintendo, bad decision on your part.
 

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ResOGlas said:
I was really excited about this product, but it IS NOT compatible with the DS. Since I am planning on picking up a PSP within the next few months, and I already own a DS, why would I want to have to carry around my old SP as well. Sorry Nintendo, bad decision on your part.

You misunderstood :)

It is compatible with GBA SP, Nintendo DS (but you cannot have the video fullscreen), but not with the good old GBA (i guess it s a problem with electric power passed through the cartidge connector).
(http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041215/nintendo.htm)
 

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PinkPeach said:
You misunderstood :)

It is compatible with GBA SP, Nintendo DS (but you cannot have the video fullscreen), but not with the good old GBA (i guess it s a problem with electric power passed through the cartidge connector).
(http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041215/nintendo.htm)


That article also says it will not work with the DS...

With non correspondence with the Nintendo DS, it becomes correspondence with game boy advance.
 

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ResOGlas said:
That article also says it will not work with the DS...

 ゲームボーイアドバンスには非対応、ニンテンドーDSではゲームボーイアドバンスモードでの対応となり、液晶画面全体に表示することはできない。

Incompatible with GameBoy Advance, Compatible with nintendo DS in gameboy advance mode but cannot display in full screen

i guess you babelfished :)

edit:
just found a news on ign which confirms what i wrote :)
http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/573/573438p1.html

I guess we can more believe Impress and IGN who actualy have people there at the Toshiba Center event where it was unveiled than the site you pointed at :)
 
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