what Arduino shield should I use to display video clips?

Hi everyone,

I'm still new in learning Arduino, but i have this project in mind.
I want to make a portable video & audio player using arduino and it's compatible shields so that i can display video clips and images and play music.
I've already watched some videos on youtube and I found out that 4d systems shield can play video clips, but I am still looking for alternatives. Can I use TFT shields or color lcd shields? I'd like to know what is better based on your experiences.
I also like to know what shield should I use to output the sounds coming from the video. Ofcourse the files are stored on some media storage such as SD or microSD, then the arduino will access it and display it via shield.

Kindly post some suggestions regarding this project. Do you think this is possible??
Thank you very much!! :slight_smile:

Do you think this is possible?

Sorry but no. Not with the amount of processing power / memory on the arduino.

arduino video sampler: GVS1 This is a arduino video sampler.. At the moment there is a 1 bit version ...
GVS1b 1.5 bit video sampler on Vimeo
GVS1a & GVS1b & GVM1 & PPGB on Vimeo

This doesn't fulfil the OPs requirements.
It is like a dog walking on it't hind legs, the marble is that it does not do it well but it does it.
Virtually any process can be so reduced in specification that you can implement it on any processor, but that doesn't make it any good or even a viable propersition.

well that's a matter of taste i guess.

Have you checked shieldlist.org?

I like the vid's - maybe not to the OP specs but definitely art.

well that's a matter of taste i guess

No fact.
The OP asked for:-

I want to make a portable video & audio player using arduino and it's compatible shields so that i can display video clips and images and play music.

A 1 bit video digitiser is not what the OP asked for, he wanted a video & audio player.

I built a 4 bit 128 x 128 real time video digitiser in 1980, it was controlled by a TSR80, that is a processor with the same sort of power as the arduino. It is perfectly possible to CONTROL many things with an arduino if you off load the heavy lifting into hardware or another processor.