3 Replies Latest reply: Apr 18, 2009 9:03 AM by windowman RSS

    Opinions for USB media player

    Kent Jakusz Community Member

      What is the opinion of the following;

      Export to a USB drive and view on a TV with a Western Digital Media Playerhttp://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572?

       

      You have created a solid state movie on a very inexpensive rewritable media that can be played back via an inexpensive player.  I have no experience with this but at first glance it seems like a good idea.

       

      If this is possible with CS4 what would the workflow be?

       

      Curious

       

      Kent

        • 1. Re: Opinions for USB media player
          Colin Brougham Community Member

          This is what is listed under the "Specifications" tab.

           

          File Formats Supported
          Music - MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA
          Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
          Video -MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264),
          MTS, TP, TS
          Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL
          Subtitle -SRT (UTF-8), SMI, SUB, ***, SSA
          Note:
          - MPEG2/4, H.264, and WMV9 supports up to 1920x1080p 24fps, 1920x1080i 30fps, 1280x720p 60fps resolution
          - An audio receiver is required for surround sound output. AAC/Dolby Digital decodes in 2 channel output only
          - JPEG does not support CMYK or loss less.
          - BMP supports uncompressed format only.
          - TIF/TIFF supports single layer only.

           

          Looks like it handles quite a few formats that can be exported from AME CS4. No experience with it, but it looks interesting.

          • 2. Re: Opinions for USB media player
            John T Smith CommunityMVP

            Also read jbowden's reply in a duplicate message

             

            http://forums.adobe.com/thread/421096

            • 3. Re: Opinions for USB media player
              windowman Community Member

              At $129 it does indeed look interesting, especially if you already have a Passport HD and are on a budget. But if you have to buy a Passport unit too, then you're out about $250 total for the two units. For $400 you can get a Blue-ray burner for your PC and a set-top Blue-ray player for your TV. With the former you'd have to drag both the Western Digital unit and the Passport HD to the TV set to watch movies which would be a bit of a hassle I think. Also, I had a My Book HD and it didn't last long. The Passport is made by the same company and is along the same lines.