Comments on: Archos 5 Mini-Video/USB Dock and Firmware 1.3

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:51:48 +0000

Can i adjust the dvr station to display fullscreen via HDMI port? currently it has a black border around one inch. Can i resize it and occupy the whole screen?

when im watching movies it turns to fullscreen without border, but sometimes the border appears and destroy the movies by having cut borders. im watching compatible movie formats and bitrates.

any suggestions?

By: Rocco Goeser

Rocco Goeser — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:07:09 +0000

I am happy to have found this site. Keep up the excellent postings.

By: Toby

Toby — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:20:24 +0000

Hello,

You mentioned that the keyboard layout is not corret, but only standart us keyboard. I have the same problem, just connected a german layout keyboard, and it rocks, except the wrong/ness. Have you found a way to change it to your layout?

By: Tamara Walker

Tamara Walker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:49:09 +0000

I cannot get ‘any’ reader to work on my archos 7IT (With Hardrive, Without Android), have read every post out there ad downloaded every imaginable application, have now run out of ideas, I keep returning to this page (….a cry for help!) – anyone had any success?, and if so how? (please how….!) Pdf on archos is driving me mad.

By: raj

raj — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:11:32 +0000

waiting for delivery of the 500gb version. Anyone tried hooking up a 3g dongle to their archos? works?

By: Taxman45

Taxman45 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:08 +0000

Ereader for Android works on the Archos 5IT

By: alslayer

alslayer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:58 +0000

Does anyone know if the new ereader for android works for the archos 5?

By: gmich

gmich — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:29:57 +0000

Yeah, I love it for now. And other than the youTube thing, I’ve had few problems with mine (it rarely crashes). I really do love the form factor and I actually like the browser. For me, the re-flowing text alone makes it easier to use than the iPhone. Also great as an ebook reader. I’m sure things will continue to evolve, but as of now, this is a great internet/media tablet with a fantastic form factor.

By: mrwed

mrwed — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:08:56 +0000

Too bad, but no surprise. I’m very ignorant when it comes to video formats, shells, bitrates, etc. (can anyone direct me to a good current tutorial?) but at this point I’m hoping sites like youtube and hulu will continue to offer 720p as an option. If not…I guess we’ll be waiting for the new generation of Tegra and cortex processors.

By the way–is there any kind of windows app that treats youtube hd content the way the Archos 5 Android does (opening videos outside of the browser)? I was thinking such a method might allow watching youtube hd on a q1u without having to capture it and play it in km player. From the browser, of course, it’s unwatchable on the q1u (and pretty terrible even on the q1up).

By: admin

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:39:00 +0000

So you love the Archos again?
It’s like a crazy fun but stressful relationship. You’ll remember good and bad times but you certainly will never forget the Archos 5!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:37:54 +0000

I’ve heard of people that are hacking the Archos, yes, but the big problem, always, is getting drivers for wifi, bt, gps, touch, etc etc.

By: gmich

gmich — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:49:48 +0000

Disregard my above post. Got it sorted. (Had to uncheck “Desktop user agent” in the browser settings).

By: gmich

gmich — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:26:54 +0000

Hey Chippy,

I did the firmware update today and, just as with your experience, YouTube started working again, including HD videos. But a couple hours later, things fell apart. Now, whenever I click on a YouTube video (standard quality or HD), a opo-up comes up asking if I want to use Archos Media Center or Movies to play the file. If I choose Archos Media Center, it loads the file but then comes up with a message: “Cannot play file! File is damaged or incomplete!” I’ve tried dozens of videos and the same things happens. If I choose “Movies”, they play, but they look like complete junk — horrible quality.

I’m really wanting to like the Archos 5 — and when it’s working, I really love it — but these video issues are getting ridiculous. (And just so you’ll know it’s not just me, someone posted on the ArchosFans forum tonight with the exact same issue. Any ideas?

By: Martyn Roberts

Martyn Roberts — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:38:21 +0000

What I would like to know is if anyone is thinking of hacking Maemo 5 onto the Archos 5 current version and the old. Their both superscalar chips… Maybe dual boot solution? Would be good seeing as meamo is truly open and android is well, google…!

By: Chippy

Chippy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:47:41 +0000

The Archos 5 won’t be able to play these unfortunately.

You’d need a clear 4-8mbps stream too!

TO be honest i’d rather see a well-made 720p at 2mbps than a compressed 1080p with artifacts at 4mbps. Somehow I always think 1080p should be perfect otherwise its not worth watching. Just my opinion tho.