UPDATE: multiPlay personal v1.1 with video playback!! and FREE :) as it used to be!
 

We are pleased to announce the much awaited video playback multiPlay (video playback requires v4.2.1OS)
(PRO version provides with full screen support)

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Visit the products page for mode details:
multiPlay: Dollars 5 Complete » multiPlay Personal edition for Blackberry 8800 and 8100

Full features list:
xxx8226; Highly optimized for Blackberry® 8800 and Blackberry® Pearlxxx8482; 8100 smartphones
xxx8226; Plays a variety of music formats like AMR, Wave, MP3, MP4, AU, AAC
xxx8226; Plays a variety of video formats like MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.263 (.avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov)*
xxx8226; Full Screen video playback*
xxx8226; Multiple Playlist management
xxx8226; Full background playback
xxx8226; Auto pause of music while during phone calls
xxx8226; Songs position seeking using the selectable player gauge
xxx8226; Direct play by selecting a song from the now playlist
xxx8226; Songs shuffle and repeat with a button click
xxx8226; Volume control using keypad keys xxx8216;Qxxx8217; and xxx8216;Pxxx8217;; UI buttons
xxx8226; Keypad Shortcuts for Play, Pause, Stop, Previous and Next functions
xxx8226; Facility to Mute and Pause a playing song with the use of Mute key
xxx8226; Search for media with facility to reuse recent searches
xxx8226; Sort the playlist by file name
xxx8226; Create a library of all audio files available in the device
xxx8226; Quick launch to last visited folder while browsing for faster file selections
xxx8226; User friendly interface - customizable label, field colors, pointers for player gauge
xxx8226; One-time payment xxx8211; lifelong Free upgrades and bug fixes
xxx8226; Premier customer support via e-mail and community forums

OTA Links:
mediaPlayer: http://www.dollars5.com/OTA/multiPlay.jad

so what does it do does it give you a bigger screen on the pearl for video?

Thanks dollars5(y)

does anyone else have a problem creating a new playlist? Specifically changing the title. I create the list, change the name, add songs and save. Afterwards instead of the name I created I get "Sample Playlist". And when I go to create another list, it won't let me, it brings up an error message "Playlist already exists"

The video playback version is not free(n) lol...

The video playback is free but full-screen mode is not..
(there are two cheap alternatives for full screen playback:
1 - mediaPlayer v1.1 - just for 19.99 or
2- multiPlay professional v1.1 together with mediaPlayer+vNotes+txtNotes just for 27.49)

@sman: The personal edition restriction is that you can have only one editable playlist and it will be saved as sample playlist only.

I cant get any videos to play, is it because I'm using the trial version?

What a tease! I thought everything was free. Guess it was too good to be true. =) Hehehe.

Does your Blackberry has 4.2.1 OS - the mediaPlayer video playback will work only on OS 4.2.1.

4.2.1 OS only supports video playback for third party apps like the mediaPlayer and multiPlay. It is just easy to upgrade to 4.2.1 to get many more benefits appart from just using these apps - it opens up a whole new world!

No I have 4.2.0.64, oh well....

You will need 4.2.1 to use the video - else it would normally function as an audio player - you can enjoy the benefits of multiple playlists, dancing lights etc.

Dollars5:

Just tried out MultiPlay 1.1, and I'm quite impressed with it. There's only one tiny drawback for me, which is really something I could work around with a few hours of conversion time.

The media player that comes standard with the BB Pearl is able to play Windows Meda Audio (WMA) files. At first I didn't think it would be able to do this, since I had read here that some folks had lockup problems with playing that format. However, I have a mix of both mp3 and wma files, and they play just fine. Perhaps it has something to do with converting them all to 128kbit with Windows Media Player 11 under Windows Vista.

Would it be too much of a stretch to enable WMA-capability in multiplay. or is it possible?

skawt: Thanks for your interest with our products, but unfortunately RIm has not opened up the WMA API's for the third party developers - as soon as that is available - sure we will update our mediaPlayer to incorporate WMA and WMV support. I have been speaking to a RIM developer who is close to us - but he is unaware of the ETA - that is very unfortunate.

May be with next OS update they might open it up.

GREAT INFO on WMA
 

Hey Skawt,

Thanks for the information regarding the WMA files. I didn't know you could play WMA with the built-in Media Player... that is the format ALL of my music is in and I spent hours converting them to MP3's...when I first got my Pearl, I had Windows Media Player 10 and they would not play but now that I have 11 and have coverted them back to WMA, it works like a charm. I prefer WMA files because they take up less room. Thanks for the great piece of info.

Bundled BlackBerry player can play WMA format, but third party apps like us are restricted of this :(

Seems like RIM plans to add this for their next OS upgrade and that Dollars 5 mediaPlayer will support it too - but we have to wait till then.

That's good to know. The media player that comes witht he BB is okay, but it really could use help. MultiPlay is exactly the kind of app I'm looking to use for my MP3 files. I look forward to the version that works with both MP3 and WMA.

Sure will let you know when RIM opens up the WMA to third party applications. Thanks for your interest.

Dollar5 You are the Man!!(y)
I was looking for an app that plays full screen videos.
Too bad I dont have the correct OS yet.:cry:

@Anyone
Anyone know where I can get the upgrade to 4.2.1???;-)

search for TIM Italy - they have the latest OS I believe. I haven't downloaded it yet - some people seem to have complained about system stability.

Look in the Stickie up above !