Samsung MP3 Video Player

Not_a_Newbie

I have just bought a Samsung MP3 Video Player (Product code YP - Q2J CB).

On the packaging it says that it supports the BBC iplayer. I have downloaded a program off iplayer, and have tried to copy this over. However it is not copying and the error it is showing says that there is a direct show filter error.

Does anyone have any ideas what this error is?

Many thanks.

pcombo

I highly doubt it supports iplayer. It is only a mp3 with no built in video formats.

Supported file formatsAudio: MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC

Photo: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG

Not_a_Newbie

pcombo wrote: »

I highly doubt it supports iplayer. It is only a mp3 with no built in video formats.

I think you are possibly looking at the wrong one. Here's a link to the product on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-YP-Q2JCB-8GB-MP4-Player/dp/B0027FFTC0

Apparently, looking on a couple of obsure forums, it is a well known issue with this model. It's going back to the shop tomorrow!

GeoffX

It presumably uses some sort of Microsoft OS. DirectShow filters are a sequence of generally seperate programmes that each perform a stage in translating a media file into sound and/or video. The error means that at least one stage in the process - probably the one that recognises and decodes the video stream - has failed.

Get_iPlayer can retrieve various formats from iPlayer, so maybe you could try some different ones to see if any are compatible.

Esqui

Do you have the latest firmware? http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/search/supportSearchModelResult.do?menu=SP00&searchWord=yPQ2JCB&default_searchInputBox_value=Enter+model+number+or+keywords&searchInputBox=yP-Q2JCB&find_button=

And you may have to use the software that came with the player to download/convert it properly

Dreamnine

It's a Samsung Q2 - it supports wmv. Just download the mobile IPlayer wmv then drag and drop it onto the video folder of the Q2.

You will have to play the file in WMP for a few seconds to acquire usage rights, but then there should be no issue. Don't let WMP try to sync it to the Q2, just drag and drop.

Make sure also that it is in MTP mode (you'll find it under settings). For anything else ie dragging and dropping audio files, switch it back to UMS(MSC).

Dreamnine

pcombo wrote: »

I highly doubt it supports iplayer. It is only a mp3 with no built in video formats.

Supported file formatsAudio: MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC

Photo: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG

You don't know what you're talking about, so why post 5hit?

pcombo

excuse me the user posted there having problems with MP3 Player NOT MP4 player.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-YP-Q2JCB-8GB-MP4-Player/dp/B0027FFTC0 according to amazon its mp4

according to pixmania its mp3.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2704114/art/samsung/yp-q2jcb-8gb-mp3-player-b.html

and a review site: http://www.ciao.co.uk/Samsung_YP_Q2JCB_8GB__Review_5868648
Dont start abusing me you tit.

Dreamnine

pcombo wrote: »

excuse me the user posted there having problems with MP3 Player NOT MP4 player.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-YP-Q2JCB-8GB-MP4-Player/dp/B0027FFTC0 according to amazon its mp4

according to pixmania its mp3.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2704114/art/samsung/yp-q2jcb-8gb-mp3-player-b.html

and a review site: http://www.ciao.co.uk/Samsung_YP_Q2JCB_8GB__Review_5868648
Dont start abusing me you tit.

Clearly you don't know what you're talking about - are there any modern DAPs short of the shuffle, Clip, U5 and Sony stick players that don't do video?

Stick with something you know.

How I love my P3 - if only it was an mp4 player lmao... Video codecs are straightforward and something I know about.

Not_a_Newbie

Dreamnine wrote: »

It's a Samsung Q2 - it supports wmv. Just download the mobile IPlayer wmv then drag and drop it onto the video folder of the Q2.

You will have to play the file in WMP for a few seconds to acquire usage rights, but then there should be no issue. Don't let WMP try to sync it to the Q2, just drag and drop.

Make sure also that it is in MTP mode (you'll find it under settings). For anything else ie dragging and dropping audio files, switch it back to UMS(MSC).

Thanks Dreamnine. Tried what you have suggested, unfortunately now getting an error message saying that the file not supported.

I'm going to try downloading another programme, as I can't remember if I had originally let WMV sync it to the Q2, on my first attempt to copy it over.

Esqui - thanks did have the latest firmware.