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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little rough around the edges, December 6, 2006
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
I have the version that comes with a 1Gb Compact Flash drive. I have updated the firmware to the latest version (1.22) and I am happy with the Max Media Dock, but it could be much more.
The built-in software plays videos prepared with special software. The format can not be played by any other player. It works well, and stores about 30 minutes of video per 100 Megabytes. Unfortunately, it does not loop videos, and you can not fast forward or use the position slider to move through a video. If you break a 30 minute show into 5 minute sections, the player exits after each section and you have to start the next by hand. If you store a 30 minute show as one file you have to watch from the beginning with no way to fast forward if you already watched the first 10 minutes.
The built-in software plays MP3s fairly well. It automatically loops all of the MP3 files in a directory, with options to repeat a single song and repeat all songs in the directory. Shuffle play is also available. There are controls to fast forward, rewind, and switch to the next or previous track. You can also use the position slider to move through the song. (If the video player had the same controls, I would love it!) Unfortunately, it is not aware of the MP3 header. I have not been able to figure out exactly why it uses the order it does for songs. MP3 playback is scratchy for high recording levels.
For added functionality, it comes with a freeware application called MoonShell that plays MPG movies and MP3 music. The MP3 player in MoonShell avoids the scratchiness of the built in player, and includes a software volume control. MoonShell also displays text files and a rather broad selection of image files.
Homebrew applications are spotty on the Max Media Dock. The Media Dock is fairly new, and many applications simply can not deal with it.
Conclusion
I am happy with my Media Dock, but the built-in applications are pretty rough and homebrew support is spotty.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
DON'T BUY THIS., July 11, 2007
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
I'm going to name drop here, Nintendo DS R4 Revolution!!!
A long, long...long time ago I bought this (before I heard about the R4), and it disappointed me so much I took it back the next day. For one, it's bulky. The DS lite is heavy enough. Second, the interface is awful, and it's not user friendly. Say you wanted to add an avi file, but there's no converter tool to make it smaller. The playback to the video is jerky and off beat. The only good thing about this is the four gigs. I do have to give it to them for that. The four gigs can't amount to anything if it's slow as Christmas, though. I'm done ranting, just don't buy this. You'll thank me and everyone else who rated later. I got one word for you - "R4"
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Max Media Dock- Bad Bad Bad, July 5, 2007
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
Datel's new Max Media dock was a big junmp for me. I experimented with the movie and music options and they seemed pretty good. The video quality was not the best and the music was chopping but that was fine for me. I wanted something that would play music for me when I'm on trips and thats what I got for about 3 months until I started downloading Homebrew games for it.
My parents bought me one and a Compact Flash card to go with it and store my data.
I emediatly notices on the box that it says the MMD can view pictures, I later found out that it CAN NOT without a special program.
About %90 of all Homebrew games either crash or just do not load on my DS lite. I soon noticed that when I downloaded more games to see if they would work they wouldn't even appear on my DS screen. Confused, I plugged in the MMD cartrige to my computer and saw the files were there. I tried playing them on my DS again but they would not appear. Until then it has gotten only worse. I tried to put more music then I already had on my MMD but it did not show up on my DS, soon came the movies. I have no explanation about this. I do not use my MMD anymore because now ALL my files do not appear on my DS. I'm very mad and would like a refund.
Before all this happened I found a number of Homebrew applications that I could download to my DS. Again, about %90 of ALL the applications I found did not work. The ones that did work was a simple paint program, an electronic drum set that freezes up if you pound on the drum with your stylus too hard, and PC game pad.
I found the PC game pad the best I could control my computer mouse via a wireless router. The application says that you can also use the buttons on your DS as buttons on your keyboard, but that never worked.
I also found a program called Moonshell. Supposedly it plays more formats of music, since the MMD can only play MP3 files, and video, since the MMD can only play D3V files, and introduces the ability to view pictures on your DS. I downloaded it to my MMD and double tapped on the icon. It loaded for about 5 min. and came to a menu. The bottom screen showed the time and date, info about Moonshell, and controls. The top showed four files where you can supposedly listen to your music andwatch your videos. I opened all the files and found that there was nothing there. I found the Moonshell program useless.
Countless times I have searched google for answers to my problems but there never seems to be a decent and detailed walkthrough about the MMD or Moonshell. I would give this a 0 out of 10, as 10 the highest. I would'nt even recomend this product to my worst enemy. It has causeed me several weeks of confusion.
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