Step 5: Windows Media Player 10 Mobile
On your Pocket PC, open the Windows Media Player. Our Dell Axim X50v is running Windows Mobile 5.0.
The first step is to update the Library with our new recording. To do this, simply tap Menu then Library. When viewing the Library, tap the Menu button again and select "Update Library..."
Windows Media Player will scan your internal memory and flash memory card(s) for compatible multimedia files (audio, video, etc.). When complete, the newly transferred video will be added to the My Videos > All Video listing.
To play the video, just highlight the file and click Play.
Parting Thoughts
As you've seen in this tutorial, transferring content to a flash memory card through your Pocket PC's Windows PC connection is actually quite simple. However, most Pocket PC's connection to a PC is via USB 1.1, a relatively slow connection. A much faster way to move files to and from a Secure Digital or CompactFlash card is with a USB 2.0 flash memory card reader.
Flash memory card readers are inexpensive and offer much faster transfer rates than your Pocket PC's USB 1.1 connection. When selecting a flash memory card reader, make sure that it's USB 2.0 (if your system supports this high-speed connection), and also look for a reader that supports multiple card formats; this way, your reader can be used to read and write from and to more flash memory cards than those supported by your Pocket PC.
While the process in this tutorial will work for any Pocket PC meeting the listed requirements, some Pocket PCs may render video better than others. Our test Pocket PC, the Dell Axim X50v, has a graphics processor onboard to help it render video, so videos play more smoothly than on some other Pocket PCs.
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