Beta Player: Better Than Mobile Windows Media Player

Posted by Jared Hislop Categories: Handhelds, Microsoft, Product Reviews, Software

With Windows Mobile 5.0 released, and with Windows Mobile 2003 still around, many people have discovered that Windows Media Player for Windows Mobile has some flaws.  With Windows Media Player (WMP) unable to play .divx files or .ogg files, many users are left needing software capable of features that WMP does not offer.  Enter Beta Player, free software for your Windows Mobile device that can do all the things WMP can not and then some. 

Supported file containers:

• AVI (*.avi)
• Matroska (*.mkv, *.mka)
• MP4 (*.mp4, *.m4a)
• Ogg Media (*.ogg, *.ogm)
• ASF (*.asf)

Supported audio codecs:

• Mpeg 1 Layer III
• Ogg Vorbis
• Musepack
• Windows Media Audio (on Windows Mobile devices)
• AC-3
• AMR
• Adpcm, uLaw

Supported video codecs:

• DivX
• XviD
• MPEG4-SP (plus B-frame support)
• MPEG1
• M-JPEG
• Windows Media Video (on Windows Mobile devices)

Beta Player is considered open source software, and has a very active community.  It’s also available for a variety of different devices, so even if you don’t have a Windows Mobile device, you can still usethe product.  I personally use Beta Player on my Windows Mobile device, the software was easy to install, and I have experienced no issues with it. 

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