Portable media players or digital audio players, which are mainly produced in China, are known as Chinese MP4/MTV players or MP4 players. These players can display images and text files and play videos. These players have nothing to do with MP4 or M4A or M4V video or audio file formats. In fact, previous players could only play limited file formats like MTV, DMV, AMV and MPV. But recent MP4 players can also play MPEG4 format video files. Most of them are a combination of S1 MP3 players.
The first MP4 players were developed by the French company Archos in the year 2002. Therefore, in order to gain market advantage, Chinese companies slightly improved their MP3 players and started marketing them as MP4 players and named them as ‘Successor of MP4 Players’. MP3 players’.
Most of these players could not play MPEG4 format video files and even fewer could play DivX or Xvid format video files. But when more and more companies promoted their players with improved video and audio qualities, Chinese companies started a “Real MP4 Players vs. Fake MP4 Players Campaign” and successfully brought the less advanced MP3 players to the MP3 market and thus , stabilized and standardized the Chinese MP4. Market.
Most of these MP4 players contain an image file viewer and can view a JPG or BMP file. They can also play MP3 and have codecs for other audio formats. The videos are mostly played in MTV or AMV format. Videos are converted to these formats using conversion software. Electronic books can be read through an ASCII text viewer. Some also have additional enhancements like phone book, voice recorder, FM or AM radio. So you can also record FM broadcasts. Some MP4 players also have video games.
These players are available in many types. Most of them are extremely lightweight and have 1.2-inch screens, while others can be heavier with 1.5- to 2-inch screens and also contain two headphone jacks and built-in speakers instead of a conventional headphone jack. Some of them have an OLED screen that is capable of producing brighter images compared to regular LCD screens, but the image quality suffers.
It is extremely easy to operate these players and just a few buttons perform multiple actions. many players have additional buttons, but most have a star configuration to the side of the screen with a joystick in the center of the star. These players have a memory of up to 8 GB if they are flash based and 100 GB if they are micro hard drive based. Some recent MP4 players also support third-party external flash memory cards. These players are generally compatible with USB 1 and USB 2. Headphones are usually offered with the players, but they are of inferior quality. The package also contains a USB cable with suitable drives and a charger. many also come with a special case.
The battery usually lasts several hours, but this varies greatly depending on the player model and its use. Recent batteries can now run for 12 hours compared to 6 hours for older batteries. But most of the batteries are of cheap quality and swell abnormally. Therefore, most new MP4 players support Nokia phone batteries and are highly recommended.
MP4 players were part of the marketing strategy of Chinese manufacturers and have gained a lot of popularity over the years. These players are getting better every day and have rightfully conquered the market and rivaled the iPod for a long time. This Chinese version of iPod is also known as ChiPods.