CorePlayer for S60

[pseudofinn]

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Coreplayer will be released at 6pm Pacific Standard Time today. Supports a ton of codecs- including divx, xvid, h.264, and ogg...

Be sure to check it out later today.

[sp00k]

Erm... That's great to hear... but... when is that by a proper clock? (GMT!)

[spyda]

Originally Posted by sp00k

Erm... That's great to hear... but... when is that by a proper clock? (GMT!)

Arrrgh, we gotta wait till 2am (Thurs) our side of the pond! The suspense is killing me! If this app is as good as the WM version we're in for a treat!

[shaffee]

I have heard great things about this Software...is it true we won't be required to do anymore conversions?...would that also mean, files of any resolution will play fine?...excitement builds up.

[sp00k]

If it's anything like the windows mobile version it should play many different types of files, both video and audio and should adapt to any reasonable resolution... I've been awaiting this for a long time! :)

[pseudofinn]

Originally Posted by spyda

Arrrgh, we gotta wait till 2am (Thurs) our side of the pond! The suspense is killing me! If this app is as good as the WM version we're in for a treat!

Awww. why'd ya have to go and ruin the fun? It woulda taken sp00k at LEAST that long to do the time conversion!

[sp00k]

CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian FAQ's. (Edited)

Q: What features will be missing compared to CE and Palm?
A: Nothing, however S60 v3 and UIQ v3 will not have file associations till we add digial signing.


Q: Will the installer be digitally signed?
A: Not for the first few releases. But we plan to digitally sign each milestone release for Symbian starting with 1.2.x

Q: Is the symbian player stable?
A: With 2 years of development, hell yes!! HOWEVER ( and I say this carefully) we are finding some deveices need firmware updates and some devices don't like CP no matter what we do... However we like trends... so we will call it CorePlayer Mobile v1.1 for Symbian "BETA" ;-) (Now we have an excuse if something does not work ;-). On a serious note... its our first public release and we do expect alot of initial bug reports.

Q: How often will you release Symbian updates?
A: Initially as often as needed. As with our other platforms when they first launched we expect a few releases initially to get the platform on par with our others. All purchasers will be notified by email on download availability of any update.

Q: How much will it CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian cost?
A: Unlike our CE/Palm platforms (at $24.95) it will cost $29.95. However for the first few weeks we sell it at an introductory price of $24.95

Q: How is CorePlayer Mobile licensed?
A: It is linked to each user as well as that users IMEI code on the Symbian phone (plus the installer). In other words the .SIS installer you download will only work with the IMEI code given at the time of purchase for your phones hardware IMEI.

Q: Will the SIS installer work on another phone with another IMEI?
A: No, unlike a standard installer each CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian installer is 'uniquely' created JIT (Just in Time) during the purchase process for the user with his/her IMEI hardware code as well as the devices Symbian operating system.

Q: Will CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian support streaming?
A: The installer will prompt you to add network support to allow access for streaming. However note that we will only support standard HTTP/UDP streaming till our advanced streaming components (RTP/RTSP/RDP) will be added in a v1.2.x milestone release.

Q: What audio, video, images and container formats will CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian support?
A1:AUDIO: MP3, MP2, AAC, H.263, WAV, OGG, Speex, WAVPACK, FLAC, MPC, TTA, AMR, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, Midi
A2:VIDEO: H.264 (CoreAVC), MPEG-1, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, Theora, Dirac, VP3, MJPEG, NRE, MSVIDEO1, and FLV*
A3:IMAGES: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG (no progressive JPEG support)
A4:CONTAINERS: Matroska, TS, PS, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEG-4, NSV (is supported but not the formats within the container)
*The FLV container for Flash video is supported in the CorePlayer platform however not available in our consumer editions and only available to OEM's (if they have a Flash license from Adobe).

Q: Does CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian support Windows Media (WMA and WMV)?
A: We are gonna keep you guessing on that till it launches ;-)

Q: Will CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian support GPU acceleration?
A: Yes, (eventually) in platforms that support it like the N95.

Q: Is there a demo version available?
A: No. You will not see any platform demo versions of any CorePlayer Mobile version till we reach milestone v1.5.

Q: Will the initial release support A2DP and AVRCP?
A: Since A2DP and AVRCP are only supported on a few handsets like the N95. We will not 'officially' support it for this initial release, however (and I stress however) it 'might' work so when we release it, lets have the community tell us what works or does not.

Q: What Symbian version do I buy?
A1: S60: Nokia 3230, 3620, 3650, 3660, 6260, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, 7610, N-gage, N70, N90, Siemens SX1, Panasonic X700, X800, Samsung D720, D730, Sendo X
A2: S60 3rd Edition: Nokia E50, E60, E61, E70, N71, N73, N75, N80, N91, N92, N93, N95, 3250, 5500
A3: UIQ: Sony Ericsson P800, P900, P910, Motorola A920, A925, A1000, BenQ P30
A4: UIQ v3: Sony Ericsson P990, W950, M600, Z8 (UIQ 3.1)
A5: Series 80: Nokia 9300, 9500
A5: Series 90: Nokia 7710

[spyda]

No way to test this software before buying?? Not good.

[sp00k]

Demo here on N80

[Scotteh]

Sounds interesting :) think I'll wait for peoples' opinions on here first before I think about getting it.