Videos on H340

[mortstiff]

Sorry if this question has been asked ad infinitum, but I would like to watch videos on my H340. Following another thread, I downloaded and converted some short video files with iRiverter, put them in a folder on my H340. Now what?? How do I watch the files?

[saints]

Do you have a video icon on your h340, if not you need to change the firmware to one that supports video

[mortstiff]

No video icon. Any suggestions as to which firmware I should add and how to get it?

thanks.

[musichound]

First off, do you have a North American player or an International? The North American player cannot play video and will require an International firmware which will render DRM music playback inactive forever.

[mortstiff]

I purchased it from someone in Australia, so I presume it's an international player. What is DRM?

[musichound]

You don't need to know about DRM because your player dos not support it. If you don't see a video icon I suggest to download the latest Korean firmware. Not too sure about the version but I believe it's 1.28

[saints]

One of the very last or latest firmware took away the video function due to we think copyright issues. Its been so long i cant remember which one.
If anyones reading this and knows please post!!

[jumbuck]

I think its 1.29k for the video....
If you have trouble getting the firmware then try here Rasher's Rockbox related stuff - Iriver firmwares you may find this handy also [How to] fix Korean characters after upgrading to 1.29K
If you do a search for "1.29k video" there are some helpful threads on the subject. As a side note , f you are using rockbox then you can play mpegs as well
PluginMpegplayer < Main < TWiki .

[mortstiff]

Thanks for the replies. I checked out Rasher's site and there's a pretty scary 'use at your own risk' warning. I used to use an H140 and it was pretty easy to identify the current firmware - there was a separate folder. I don't see anything suggesting what the firmware is in my current 340 player, nor whether it's an EU, Kor, or JAP model. Is there a way to find this out?

Nevermind about the firmware, I think I just figured it out - 1.30 E
I guess I have the copyright protected version - so the question is, is it possible to downgrade?

[musichound]

I specifically recall 1.30E took away the video functionality. Yes, it's possible to downgrade. Also, stay away from the European firmware because there is a volume cap.

[arrow224]

You need 1.29k, not 1.30 (E/J/K...) as it removed the video feature.

Simply download the file to the root of your player (so if you player is E: on the computer, save it in E:, not a folder), make sure you have full battery power, hold NAVI, General options, and then firmware upgrade.

Once that is done, turn it back on. Press a button to turn the screen on, then press and hold REC until the mode selection screen appears. Scroll right across to see Video.

[caligula]

I have korean 1.29 h340 firmware but have no idea how to set up any kind of hosting.

u can add me to msn if you want and I will do a file transfer to you (or anyone who needs a copy)

msn: dazzer123123@hotmail .co.uk

[jumbuck]

Originally Posted by mortstiff

I checked out Rasher's site and there's a pretty scary 'use at your own risk' warning.

I'd say that's just to cover himself against law suits.

[atb0826]

Does anyone know why a video would come out B&W after using iRiverter?

[arrow224]

Originally Posted by atb0826

Does anyone know why a video would come out B&W after using iRiverter?

Which version are you using? I know 0.13 had this problem, some people had it with 0.15, and with 0.16 no one had the problem.

I think also that it has problems sometimes using WMV files, and files that are DRM protected.