looking for a small video player for composite output

OakGraphics

Howdy Gang!

I thought - okay, I have some time for halloween... for 2010 that is.
So why not start planning now?

My idea is to make a star trek tricorder TOS style (the original series) with a 'working' screen.
When it's not being used as a 'prop' - I figured it could be used 'for' my prop. (propeller that is)

So here is what I have so far.
1 3" LCD and driver board from brillidea.com - looks great! - it works off 5VDC and doesent take much power.

Ultimately I would love to have a board that I can have an SD card on it with MP4 video/audio on it to play onto this screen, and somehow be controllable by my propeller.

I have done some searching for 'SD video composite' and found this on geeks.com:
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I could hack that but was concerned about the power usage would be too heavy for a battery operated thing (2 amps!)

Anybody seen a cool board in the similar vein of the ump3 player for video? That would rock!

Mike Green

Video would require a lot of performance. I would suggest using an iPod Nano, hacking a connector to provide video out to the larger TV monitor, and using the Propeller as a controller for the iPod Nano.