Whether your media files are DivX, XviD, MP3, Matroska or MP4, "The Core Pocket Media Player" (TCPMP)" is the best open source media player to provide a solution for playing all your digital media on a wide range of mobile operating systems and devices. Possibly the best media player for the Treo 600/650.

1. Install the player: tcpmp.prc.

2. Install the plugins you want/need (the program's initial load time is directly proportional to the number of plugins you make available to it, i.e. fewer plugins means faster loading). See the included install.htm for a description of each plugin.

Current support includes ISO MPEG-4 (DivX and XviD), H.263, MS-MPEG4-v3, MP3, Matroska container, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1, MJPEG, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, AAC, Musepack, GSM AMR audio, AC3, MPEG1/2, MPEG4 with GMC/QPEL), MPEG4-v1/v2/v3, Sorenson 3, AVC (aka h.264), etc.

Note: The version of TCPMP listed here is the last beta version of CorePlayer. Sample videos are available from the BetaPlayer Homepage.

Note: The PRCs can reside on the SD Card and need not be stored in precious RAM.

Please scroll down PAST the comments to see the changelog

Click here for the Windows Mobile version

version 0.72RC1

• general equalizer (volume normalization optional)
• mpeg4 gmc and qpel asp features supported (except on mips/sh3)

• aiff uncompressed audio file support
• asap plugin (http://asap.sourceforge.net)
• matroska seeking issue fix

• asf parser fix
• keylock window fix with LCD tweak modes

• nsv container support (but no vp3/vp6 codec...)
• installer file naming changed
• playlist shuffle mode fix
• buffering fix for very high bitrate movies
• avi audio timing fix with incompatible files
• PalmOS: pixel aspect option in preferences dialog

• +aspect ratio support for mkv files
• +avc cqm support
• mkv avc timing fix
• avc bug fixes

• some fixes
• avc weighted prediction support

• avc decoder plugin
• ffmpeg plugin: msvideo1 and cinepak decoder included
• DIV3 decoder artifact fix (from 0.70)
• suppress cover art decoding error messages

• playlist and streaming redirection handling fix
• ogg crash fix
• (m)jpg rare decoder artifact fix (from 0.71)

• ogg icecast fix
• avi opendl mode out of sync fix
• large jpeg file support
• song title updated with audio streaming fix
• portrait pre-rotate disabled for coverart and podcasts
• PalmOS: screen blanking audio pause fix
• PalmOS: pre-rotate portrait movies advanced option

• -yuv blitting fix (intel 2700g with ffmpeg plugin fix. sonyhhe?)

• +Speex audio decoder support
• +Epson graphics controller mode (Nexio S150/S151/S155/S160/XP30)
• +Nexio XP40 DirectDraw overlay support
• +mjpeg gray-scale support
• +minimal jpeg, tiff, png image file support
• +better support for enhanched podcasts (m4a with image slideshow)
• +coverart support for music files
• +ffmpeg library updated
• +support for low resolution decoding (video quality)
• +h263 elementary stream support
• +PalmOS: advanced opitons dialog
• +PalmOS: T|X LCD tweak options
• -AAC removed from official binaries because of intellectual property considerations
• -Matroska codec info handling fix (h.264)
• -MatroskaParser library updated to version 1.47
• -ID3v2 fix in rawaudio
• -OGG tags as UTF-8 coding
• -some third party libraries replaced
• -avi files with ogg vorbis stream fix
• -h263 decoding fix + fallback to ffmpeg when format not supported
• -s263 (with 3gp) fix and support for h263 extended width/height
• -safe string handling (overflow protection)
• -mpeg4 decoder fixes
• -PalmOS: m3u/pls playlist absolute path fix
• -PalmOS: stack overflow fix with some vorbis files
• -PalmOS: adpcm and uLaw audio codecs moved to tcpmp.prc install
• -PalmOS: audio buffer fix (music head not lost anymore after open)
• -PalmOS: Treo650/T5/LifeDrive program exit crash fix
• -PalmOS: sysAppLaunchCmdOpenDB launch fix
• -PalmOS: external launching fixed (auto fullscreen playback)
• -PalmOS: T|T storage memory tweak fix
• -PalmOS: better low memory handling with mpeg1 files

• Treo650 exit crash fixed (Treo650 screen blanking feature removed)

version 0.66e

• mjpeg gray-scale support
• minimal jpeg file format support (no progressive support yet)
• better support for enhanched podcasts (m4a with jpeg slideshow)
• avi files with ogg vorbis stream fix
• palmos: external launching fixes (auto fullscreen playback)
• h263 decoding fix

version 0.66: 2005-07-08

• +plugins only loaded when needed
• +amr nb/wb audio decoder
• +mp3 xing/vbri vbr info reader
• +Zodiac plugin using ATI Imageon hardware video decoding and 2D acceleration
• +AAC plugin memory and speed optimizing (and fixing 5.1 channel support)
• +ffmpeg plugin (video only)
• +icecast support
• +ogg/ogm native player buffering (saves dynamic memory)
• +tremor vorbis decoder with high-accuracy (default with WinCE)
• +merged .mpg file support (timestamps restart inside media)
• +PalmOS: shortcuts and preferences in main menu, key navigation (Thanks to Dan Walkowski)
• +PalmOS: support for ROM storage (example with JackFlash)
• +PalmOS: left/right direction buttons skip songs and seek when holding down for longer
• +PalmOS: form savebehind disabled (saves dynamic memory)
• +PalmOS: T|T T|2 memory tweak
• +PalmOS: white borderless fullscreen and tripple buffering tweak on some devices
• +PalmOS: battery manager override tweak
• +PalmOS: WMMX optimized motion compensation code added
• +PalmOS: sysAppLaunchCmdOpenDB & sysAppLaunchCmdCustomBase launchcodes for launching media files
• +'fill screen' zoom option
• -zero & duplicated chunk avi handling (fixes a/v sync with some tv records)
• -non interleaved avi handling
• -Treo650: keyboard backlight light fix
• -PalmOS: frame dropping bugfix
• -.mov and .asf file reader fixes
• -PalmOS: alarm suppressing fix
• -avi seeking fix
• -PalmOS: plugin relocation not making databases 'dirty'
• -PalmOS: low memory situation fixes
• -many minor bugfixes

• new vorbishq plugin

• New zodiac plugin

• New camera plugin

• plays H.264/AVC encoded files
• new AMR plugin
• new ffmpeg plugin
• new sonyhhe plugin

• Treo650 keyboard backlight turn off in fullscreen
• plugin architecture (modified gcc used for compiling)
• ac3 plugin for palmos
• musepack (mpc) plugin for palmos
• changing to 'Unfiled' launcher catalog
• mp4 reader bugfix
• screen turn off bugfix
• save last position fix with a/v offset
• many minor bugfixes
• fix d-pad direction following video

• preamp fix

• palmOne devices: turning off screen with audio files
• low memory usage mode with Tunsgten T|1 and T|2
• mp4 reader with lower memory usage and better seeking
• sector aligned file readering
• storage card insertion doesn't exit player
• timer display
• updated preference dialog
• using palmOne DisplayExtent library for direct screen access
• linear volume
• larger buffer for music playback
• MCA2 audio problem workaround on Sony devices
• matroska timing problem fix
• Sony Clie VZ90 landscape fullscreen bugfix
• fixing Makefile under linux
• crash fixed with left/right button with no media loaded