SoundWave 2gb MP4 player

Skydoc · #1 (**permalink**) 25th Mar 2007, 5:10 am

Hi,

Sorry to bother you but i need help. I have just purchased a 2Gb Soundwave MP4 player which says i can view AVI/WMA files. The problem is that the AVConverter software that is supposed to be packaged with the damn thing is not on the disc. I have tried various converters with no luck. Screen size has to be set for 160x128 but each time i convert a file the MP4 Player tells me there is a format error!

Can you help?

Product info:

An absolutely amazing MP4 Player that is BIG on features and SMALL in size! High quality brushed aluminium finish and large LCD Display at this LOW price!

2 Gb Flash Memory
4.6 cm TFT LCD Full Colour Display
FM Radio Tuner
Digital Picture Viewer
Voice Recorder
Rechargeable Battery via USB
Plays Music: MP3/WMA/DRM10 Supported
Plays Movies: WMV/AVi
High Speed USB 2.0 Connection

DaveNetMan · #2 (**permalink**) 26th Mar 2007, 1:14 pm

Hi Skydoc. I don't know about your player, but on my player (AMV format), when I get the 'format error', it's usually related to the frame rate. For example, I can play a video 208x176 at 10 fps fine, but if I try to play the same res at 16 fps, I get the format error. You might want to see what fps your player supports. Good luck!

Skydoc · #3 (**permalink**) 26th Mar 2007, 1:49 pm

Thanks for that - i have taken your advice and tried a number of different frame rates but still no luck.

On the properties on "My Computer" it describes my player as a "Rockchip USB MP3 USB Device".

I've gone to the system settings on the device and it gives me the following:

Ver: 00.26.1845
Date: 2006-12-25

I read in another forum thread that sometimes if the device is formatted to FAT or FAT32 this can help - has anybody else heard of this?

Any help or advice would be so gratefully received as i'm getting a little fed up now. Everything else works fine on my player, just the video thats fubar. Thanks guys. :cry:

DaveNetMan · #4 (**permalink**) 26th Mar 2007, 3:30 pm

Did your player come with a sample video already on it? Alot of players do. If yours did, and if it plays ok, check it's properties (ie resolution & frame rate), and try to match them when doing your conversions.

Skydoc · #5 (**permalink**) 27th Mar 2007, 1:32 am

Hi buddy,

No the damn thing didn't come with a sample video. Other than a nice presentation box and usb cable it came with a CD Rom which contains the pdf manual, a WIN98 driver and what i think is a firmware file (rtf ext).

It also came with a paper manual which i can only describe as utter rubbish!

In the manual it refers to prgrams for upgrading your firmare and for converting video with a program called AVConvert V1.0 - neither which are on the disk.

I hate to go on but the reason i brought it was to listen to music and watch the odd film. If i'd have just wanted a bog standard MP3 player i'd have brought one for £20 from a random electrical store.

Thanks for your time in helping buddy. :roll:

Skydoc · #6 (**permalink**) 28th Mar 2007, 10:22 am

Hi, Me again,

I've done some searching and found that my player is actually called a "MULTIUNIT MPF334".

I found it on the following site:

http://www.multiunit-tech.com/produc...id=446#display

Just as the manual is, the site is rubbish with empty links all over!

can sombody please help me?

heidi 2007 · #7 (**permalink**) 2nd Apr 2007, 9:04 am

hi ya.
i bought the same player and had exactly the same problem mate.

but i have found the set up you were looking for.

http://www.multiunit-tech.com/downlo...action=drivers

go there and that will solve it all.

ok.
hope it works for you.

Skydoc · #8 (**permalink**) 3rd Apr 2007, 12:42 am

Thanks Heidi,

I emailed MutilTech and a lady called Jane Xu emailed me the same link.

Works a treat! thankx

heidi 2007 · #9 (**permalink**) 3rd Apr 2007, 2:43 am

i am glad it worked.

it was my pleasure.