Author Topic: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?  (Read 4135 times)

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I noticed that there are few resources for the Nintendo DS videos (dpg's), but there's quite a few for Iphone for some reason.

What gives? do you guys watch anime on the portables? Would you if it were more available?

*wonders*

I've tried some anime on the DS and it was so-so, I rather watch on Plasma, but I am mostly home - if I were doing traveling/bussing...
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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 06:15:57 PM »
is not one of the three you mentioned but i do watch anime sometimes on my android phone. I'm fine with a 3.8inch screen. There are also a couple of video applications that use the ffmpeg libraries and support alot of video formats. nds/psp/iphone cant play alot of video formats so it requires re-encoding alot of anime to a different format... which makes me rage since everything i have is in a mkv container! when i want to watch something, i dont want to wait 30-45 minutes while it re-encodes, and another 5 minutes to look for a usb cable to transfer it to a mobile device (i have a hex-core processor so its not like im slacking on the cpu power... it just takes a long time)

In all honesty, if i had to choose between an hdtv and a mobile device, i'd watch it on the hdtv.... which means.... i should probably start carrying around an hdtv instead of my cellphone >< lol

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE?
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 06:18:47 PM »
Hmhmhmh, linkz or it didnt happenz! >.<

What cellphone you got? I didn't know android is a possibility... Hadn't crossed my mind ;).

I do wonder though, how it is... won't it drain battery life? Can it read soft subs from mkv? do tell :).

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE?
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2011, 06:39:08 PM »
youtube can stream the anime for you.
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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE?
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 07:21:49 PM »
I have a G2 (called Desire-Z in Europe). Natively supports divx, xvid h263/4 and wmv so that pretty much covers most of the videos i come across. mkv still give me a problem when i try to load subs, but believe it or not, theres an phone app that can rip subs out of an mkv container and convert it to .srt, which i have no problem loading those over a video lol. some 720p videos play, but above that is out of the question (its a mobile device, i dont expect much lol). If im watching video, battery lasts me like 4-5 hours, thats more than i'd get out of a psp anyway lol

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sorry, super blurry cam; i dont have a better camera lying around lol. Oh and some of these shows I do watch without subs :) last vid (gurren lagann) was mkv, had to rip the subs first to .srt which takes like 30 seconds so it doesnt bother me much lol.

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE?
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2011, 07:37:50 PM »
You could just re-encode... with your hex cpus? Shit... MKVEXTRACTGUI2 --> MeGUI ---> resolution/bitrate which better fits your cellphone, and won't cause lags(I believe I haz seen lagz), hardsubbed subs.

It'd prolly not take you more then... Mhmhmh... 10-15 minutes? *shrugs* considering you can que it all up...

Anywya, nice cell... Mine can play emoticons! So I'm good... *grins*

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2011, 08:13:14 PM »
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No.

I have an HTC Incredible, and often wish I didn't.  It would have been nice as just a phone with a decent camera (meaning, better than the one it has now, which is a real disappointment), but everything else is so crippled that it borders on useless.  Some features are great for when there's an emergency, like once in 18 months.  But, since I don't play with it constantly, I don't have the investment in knowing how to utilize "emergency" services very effectively.

Screen is about the right size to manage phone calls & phone book, yet the interface still manages to make it more clumsy than my old Nokia cell phone.  I could actually compose text messages at a reasonable speed with that; this Android interface is almost impossible, still, after nearly a year of practice.  Forget email management & composition; complete waste of time.

As far as watching video content .... NOT.  Totally unserious.  I watch anime because I enjoy high quality artwork, which is 100% lost on a screen smaller than my palm.  File management is insanely stupid to non-existant, and I'd have to re-download nearly everything I want to watch if I want to store more than about four episodes, at the expense of not having anything else.  Rather have 4 GB of music.  I'm never so bored that I need to watch something while not in my house, a little music is more than enough bonus and it lets me do other things ... like drive.

Movies and anime really require a minimum 1920x1080 monitor at 22 inches, with proper sound card & audio playback (real headphones, for example, so as not to rape my hearing); otherwise I'll find something else to do, like read a book.


Now, my Android actually might be useful for reading books, light novels, etc.  Again, screen needs to be about 4x bigger, so if I had a true tablet I might be more interested.
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Re: Do you / would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 08:56:05 PM »
Hmhmhm, dunno, the way I see it, some stuff you can watch with small deviecs, coz graphics do not matter. Some anime I can't, I really need a big ass plasma, to fully enjoy it... But some anime/tv series, like family guy/big bang theory/etc... There's no need for much graphics.

Anyways, I don't agree, but I get it ;).

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Re: Do you / would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2011, 08:57:28 PM »
Hmhmhm, dunno, the way I see it, some stuff you can watch with small deviecs, coz graphics do not matter. Some anime I can't, I really need a big ass plasma, to fully enjoy it... But some anime/tv series, like family guy/big bang theory/etc... There's no need for much graphics.

Anyways, I don't agree, but I get it ;).

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2011, 03:55:53 AM »
I have every ep of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun on my ipod :3

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2011, 08:49:48 AM »
Nope don't watch anime on a mobile device ... but I do read manga & books on my iTouch.


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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2011, 10:57:54 AM »
Nope don't watch anime on a mobile device ... but I do read manga & books on my iTouch.

Wouldn't an e-ink device be better for those two things (manga might be better on the itouch due to screen size and colour in the fourth generation)?
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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2011, 02:24:29 PM »
I bought an Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android a long while ago. It natively supports 720p h264 (though it messes up if the bitrate is too high), WMV, DivX, MPEG2, and pretty much all common video formats. It also has support for MKV, meaning I have no need to transcode my anime at all.

Unfortunately, it's still running Android 1.6, because Archos is a lazy company and doesn't care about their first android tablet anymore ;_;

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2011, 02:26:46 PM »
Unfortunately, it's still running Android 1.6, because Archos is a lazy company and doesn't care about their first android tablet anymore ;_;
I wonder... Can you root it like an Android phone? If so, should be able to rom up to the newest version.

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2011, 03:52:08 PM »
I've watched a little anime on my old ipod classic. It was fine for while I was at work, but I wouldn't do it if I had anything else to watch on. Very small subtitles.

I do have a 7 inch tablet now though, so I'm gonna see how it plays on there. Its great for reading manga on though.

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« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2011, 06:16:55 PM »
Unfortunately, it's still running Android 1.6, because Archos is a lazy company and doesn't care about their first android tablet anymore ;_;
I wonder... Can you root it like an Android phone? If so, should be able to rom up to the newest version.
Going by what I see on the Archos Fan Forums, it seems I can, but I can't really be bothered to figure it out. And if I rom up to the newest version (3.0?), I expect i will still run into lots of issues since the Archos 5 IT doesn't have a camera, so it doesn't even fall into Google's official requirements (e.g. Android Market is not officially available on the Archos 5 IT)

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2011, 06:31:56 AM »
Nope don't watch anime on a mobile device ... but I do read manga & books on my iTouch.

Wouldn't an e-ink device be better for those two things (manga might be better on the itouch due to screen size and colour in the fourth generation)?

Possibly but you can't beat free ... 4th Gen color?? I think all iTouchs have color screens.


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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2011, 12:14:47 PM »
Nope don't watch anime on a mobile device ... but I do read manga & books on my iTouch.

Wouldn't an e-ink device be better for those two things (manga might be better on the itouch due to screen size and colour in the fourth generation)?

Possibly but you can't beat free ... 4th Gen color?? I think all iTouchs have color screens.

I was more referring to the resolution with the 4th gen, since the prior ones weren't all that impressive in that department. And true, you can't beat free, sadly I don't get those kind of things for free and have to pick the best ones for my purpose myself. :/

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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2011, 03:20:56 AM »
Why yes I watch amine on my iPhone. And in case you were wondering I read manga too. It is a great way to pass time during my breaks at work :-)

P.S. - I'm using the iPhone as we speak lol
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Re: Do you/ would you watch anime on NDS/PSP/IPHONE/Android/Tablet?
« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2011, 05:09:30 AM »
^ I found the iphone too small to read manga comfortably on. Too much zooming.