Donald, cheers, just got to that point on my investigation too.

Many Thanks.

Andi.


"Donald E. Stidwell" <donstidwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v43f3e3hmd1fb2@corp.supernews.com...
> Neither of you guys mention what version of iPaq you have, but I have an
> H1910 and had the same problem until I discovered this little trick.
>
> You'll basically need to re-encode the files you want to view. I use
Windows
> Media Encoder 9 (free download from Microsoft). One of the options for
> encoding is PocketPC. I just re-encode to Pocket PC output and I get a
> viewable video file. If you're using an H1910, I recommend getting one of
> the XScale speedup utilities floating around the net (I use Clear Speed)
and
> bump the speed up to 300 MHz. Then you can see the video wonderfully. If
you
> run at the default speed of 200 MHz, you'll get a lot of dropped frames,
> although the video will be viewable. If you're using any other iPaq model,
> speed shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Don
>
> "Andrew Cole" <andi@eloc00.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ilf0a.6418$9u5.570593@wards...
> > Damn, I was just about to post the same message - sorry can't help but
> would
> > love to hear answer.
> >
> > Andi.
> >
> >
> > "Eric" <ericl@communiquedesign.com> wrote in message
> > news:01ba01c2cd5b$532225a0$d6f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA13. ..
> > > I am trying to play a Windows Media file (video) on my
> > > Ipaq and am getting audio only. Audio sounds awesome but
> > > there is no video showing. I've toggled all the possible
> > > switches within the player itself ... but still no picture.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Are there other switches somewhere I need to
> > > hit?
> >
> >
>
>