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Cowon V5: To Buy, or not to buy?
Mycanid:
Thanks for warning about the SRT subs not displaying ... although sorry you have to be go through it.
I guess that is one of the things I rarely find info about as regards mp3/video players - their ability to handle subtitles. I own an iPod classic myself (160gb), but thus far have only loaded audio on it.
The main attraction the V5 held for me was the wide array of video and audio formats it listed as supporting. Battery life on the S9 (never mind the J3) was better, but the S9 supported fewer formats video wise.
killazys:
I fixed it Mycanid, it requires a separate SRT file named the same as the video: as in, you can't have it read an SRT stream from a MKV.
The video playback on the V5 is nothing short of beautiful, though. Certainly worth it if you purchase 16GB + 16GB SDHC, which ends up being around the same price of the 32GB iPod touch.
Video on the iPod classic is terrible.. what is it, a 2.4" screen or something? I own one myself, just so I can carry my whole library with me when I go on long trips or vacations..
Mycanid:
Ah ha ... ok then. Extra srt files are not so bad I suppose.
Yeah - regarding the screen on the iPod classic I have also thought it way too small for video. The main attractiveness of the thing is its sheer capacity.
That is another reason why the V5 has caught my eye - I liked the advertised viewing screen res!
Just to make absolutely sure, though - if subtitles [presupposing them to be English language files here] are embedded in the video file itself they also show up, yes? I can't imagine them not doing so, but just thought I would double check.
Also, the player plays separate .srt files ... what about .ass files?
killazys:
Yes, the resolution is very high ^^ and the large screen is attractive... the best thing is it's very light for its size.
You mean hardsubs? Hardsubs are the same as anything else you see in the video, it's part of the video stream. That would work. It just wouldn't work if it was an attachment, like in MKV files..
No ASS support. Either convert them into hardsubs by using MeGUI's AviSynth script function and then muxing the audio back in, or use a subtitle editor to save the ASS as an SRT..
Mycanid:
--- Quote from: killazys on May 19, 2010, 08:02:54 PM ---Yes, the resolution is very high ^^ and the large screen is attractive... the best thing is it's very light for its size.
You mean hardsubs? Hardsubs are the same as anything else you see in the video, it's part of the video stream. That would work. It just wouldn't work if it was an attachment, like in MKV files..
No ASS support. Either convert them into hardsubs by using MeGUI's AviSynth script function and then muxing the audio back in, or use a subtitle editor to save the ASS as an SRT..
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Thanks for the speedy reply ... I figured hardsubs would not be a problem.
Good to know about the lack of .ass support ... who knows - perhaps a future firmware upgrade could make this possible?
In your use of it roughly how many hours of video watching time are you getting? It is advertised as "up to 10 hours" I believe....
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