Can't put MP4 files onto the Archos 3

stusexton · **Joined:** Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:01 pm **Posts:** 1

Just bought an Archos 3 Forum having already owned the Archos 705 wi-fi as I wanted something more portable. I have several hundred mp4 videos for the latter which I just dragged and dropped onto it and then played.
When I tried to drop these on the Archos 3 I just get a 'file format error' message. I tried a few avi files also which is the format their clip on the machine is in but got the same message. I know it is me, I am no techy but even the nerds at PC World help desk were baffled. Any ideas please?

rowwor · **Posted:** Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:38 pm

either the video is wrong encoded, or the player doesn't support it, or you have to buy plug-in if it support.

exodus · **Joined:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:50 pm **Posts:** 365

mp4 = h264/h263 format and I bet that the Archos 3 doesn't support that as those are the older china chip players. Use the software mediainfo and find out what codec it is.

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

archos 3 vision is an older generation rockchip based player (essentially a Chinese player from 2 years back) so it has nothing to do or related to their older range of players im afraid, you will need to convert to AVI with xvid codec and mp3 audio and keep video and audio rates reasonably low for smooth playback

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