Author: cheewee

Many Pocket PC owners are increasing using their devices as MP3 players as out of the box, Windows Mobile handhelds pack in enough multimedia wizardry to give dedicated audio players a run for the money. While the default Windows Media Player software is adequate, it may not satisfy the audiophile in you as it lacks common features like equalizer settings and effects. Here, we present you, in no order of preference, our top picks that will keep you jamming till the cows come home.

MortPlayer
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MortPlayer, shown above with MyPod skin, is a free MP3 and OGG player. It scores high with its easy-to-use interface that sports large buttons for easy navigation. This software allows for easy updating of your playlist so the tedious task of managing the list is effectively a thing of the past. Interestingly, it sports a Today plug-in, sleep timer and even an alarm function! Highly recommended!

GSPlayer
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We can always trust the Japanese to come up with innovative stuff. GSPlayer can easily pass off as the "Swiss Army Knife of music players" when you consider the host of aural effects it has. After tuning the output with its 10-band equalizer, there're still bass booster, surround sound, 3D effect, reverb and echo for you to fiddle with. If you have a habit of dozing off to the sound of soothing music in bed, the sleep timer on GSPlayer will come in handy. It does need some work in the interface department, though.

WinamPAQ
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Modeled after the popular WinAmp on your desktop, the developer of WinamPAQ hopes to recreate the same success on Windows Mobile. The user interface is an exact replica of the original with skinning support to customize the look. While this feature-laden player handles MP3, OGG and WMA music files easily, the small buttons doesn't work quite well especially on a handheld. Still, it's good until the novelty wears off.

The Core Pocket Media Player
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The Core Pocket Media Player, or TCPMP for short, is an open source application that plays back video clips encoded in the popular DivX format. In addition, it churns out MP3 and OGG audio competently. This versatile media player sports a 10-band equalizer and preamp function for you to tweak the output to your preference. A must-have for the avid multimedia buff who wants to do more than just listen to music.

been using the MortPlayer for quite few months already, always felt something is missing due to lack of killer skin, this Ipod skin is awesome, just what i am looking for, thanks !!!

I've been using PocketMind's PocketMusic: http://www.pocketmind.com/pocketmusic.htm

Quite a good player too, especially in WinAmp mode.

hi.. i have download the gsplayer.. but i find that it can only play song on the device itself. but all my song is in my storage card. what should i do?

i just got my hp rw6800
just wondering where do you guys dwnload the software and games from?

One thing that dissappoints me is that TCPMP does not support unicode well. It is able to save WMP playlists with chinese characters, but it is unable to load WMP playlists with chinese characters. It is also not able to save M3U or PLSS playlists with unicode at all. Thumbs down in terms of unicode support. Otherwise, it is an excellent media player.

PocketMusic has slightly better unicode support than TCPMP. However, you must choose the Regional Setting everytime you wish to create/edit/save or load/view playlists with unicode characters. This may not be the best option for those who prefer to have the Regional Setting set as English.

WinamPAQ is another dissappointing one for me because it does not load on my device at all. A couple of other users also have this problem. I think the software do not work well for several devices/processors.

MortPlayer and GSPlayer look promising as well. However, their interfaces do not attract me and I can't seem to find WMA support.

Due to these reasons, I finally decided WMP is still the best media player for me because of its simplicity and unicode support.

That's off topic. It would be more productive and effective if you direct your questions to related threads. Anyway, here's a thread you can refer to for a start.

I just tested TCPMP further and noticed that the unicode support isn't too bad at all, although it is not complete.

Several points about unicode support in TCPMP:
1) It is able to save WMP Playlist (ASX files) which include songs with unicode characters.
2) It is unable to load WMP playlists which have songs with unicode characters.
3) It is able to save M3U playlist which include songs with chinese characters provided you change the Regional Setting to chinese.
4) It is also able to load M3U playlist which include songs with chinese characters provided you change the Regional Setting to chinese.

So, TCPMP has better unicode support than PocketMusic. The only disadvantages are that you must change your Regional Settings to chinese in order to have proper chinese character support. And you can forget about using WMP playlists in TCPMP if you have media files with unicode characters filenames.

good thread! will try go for TCPMP because of more type supported... as i don't need eyes candy on the ppc....

thank you!

download and install the mypod QVGA skin (for Mort Player) for my HP rx3715 but when i change the skin it does not look like the mypod skin, anyone face the same problem?

i wanna try mortplayer..but i am so stuck with pocketmusic as using 6818. don't wanna waste memory..

Have you found a solution yet?

try play list on gs player?

Tried TCPMP and feel its a great player as opposed to WMP ( no offence to WMP users intended ) as its "out of the box" support for video files is simply great . It plays jux abt any videos ( for my case ) I threw at it :)

thx for the information

great app! recommended for everyone

Here's a great article on the power consumption by various media player.

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php...1&pb=1#more1656

Hi,

would appreciate it if someone can email me TCPMP.

i'm having problems DL-ing the problem.

seems like the website is down or something.

TIA.

email: kingkangkong@hotmail.com

The home site seems to be down for a while now. Try thebackup site:

http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/