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The only REAL guide to playing back Mobile YouTube videos

As has also been announced in my (latest) guide to playing back (non-Mobile) YouTube videos published some weeks ago, the YouTube folks have been working on a really mobile, non-flash-based version of their services and, as promised, have indeed come up with it some days ago. Even when it only contains very few clips (in general, only the most popular ones – for example, none of the not-that-popular but old clips I’ve searched for existed in there as of today), it’s been continuously expanded, which means it might become a real repository of all “real”, Flash-based videos.
As there is a lot of plain wrong or contradicting information and a LOT of hacks out there, all just confusing Windows Mobile users, I’ve decided to publish the one and only REAL guide to this question.
The new Mobile YouTube homepage is accessible at http://m.youtube.com/ from any Web browser, desktop or mobile alike. However, in order for the playback to work, you must use a browser accessible of passing control to external applications (in this case, the HTC Streaming Media player) because, when a Watch Video link is clicked (like the one in THIS screenshot), an external application, “Streaming Media”, will be invoked. This means you won’t be able to use, for example, the otherwise excellent and highly recommended Opera Mini. (Unfortunately, this also applies to the latest version, 4.0 beta.) This restriction, on the other hand, does NOT apply to the best Windows Mobile browser on both (Pocket PC and Smartphone) platforms, Opera Mobile. That is, you aren’t forced to use the built-in, in most respects inferior Internet Explorer Mobile.
First, some bad news (in addition to the fact that, currently, the mobile version of YouTube only has few converted videos).
You’ll need the HTC Streaming Media player, which only comes with WM6 Pocket PC Professional) devices, but NOT Smartphones – that is, WM Standard devices. On the latter phones, clicking Mobile YouTube links result in Windows Media Player’s being invoked – but in vain, because, after trying to connect, it displays an error (screenshot HERE and HERE).
Fortunately, this problem can be VERY easily fixed on both WM5 Pocket PC’s and Smartphones and WM6 Smartphones.
Streaming Media is a full application, which also means it has its own icon and is directly runnable. However, you will want to prefer starting it from your Windows Mobile Web browsers by simply clicking streaming links like those of Mobile YouTube.
You will need DIRECT Internet connection, as was the case with the well-known RealOne Player for Pocket PC. If you’ve ever tried to make the latter to play back streams (or, you’ve read my related article “How Can I Listen to/Watch RealOne Streamed Content (RealAudio/RealVideo) on my Pocket PC?”), you know well enough you can only do this if you have a direct connection to the Internet: that is, in most cases, over mobile phone-based (GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSDPA etc.) connections. Should you have a non-direct connection, you will see the “Failed to find network.” error message upon trying to play back streams (screenshot HERE). Unfortunately, most Wi-Fi connections (unless they put you in a DMZ (demilitarized zone), which is pretty rare) are unlikely to work and ActiveSync connections will NEVER work.
A quick note: I’ve thoroughly tested the latter by configuring Windows XP’s Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to forward UDP ports 1024...1044 as can be seen in HERE (20 ports were the smallest amount the client allows for as can also be seen in HERE; note that, when tested, I’ve ticked in all these checkboxes) and HERE. In vain: it just didn’t work.
If you DO have direct internet connections or would still want to give the client a try, do the following.
If you don’t have Streaming Media on your Windows Mobile handheld (because it’s WM5 only or a WM6 Smartphone and not a Pocket PC), get and install THIS file. Note that if it doesn’t exist, you can get it from HERE (make sure you unRAR the latter to get the CAB file). Also note that you can safely install the CAB file to a storage card.
Don’t listen to people that tell you to use other files – with them, you may end up having to, for example, import Registry scripts to create the necessary file / type associations so that Streaming Media can be invoked.
If you do have Streaming Media (or, have just installed it), just navigate to http://m.youtube.com/ and enjoy the videos.
Some example screenshots of showing all this in action (all taken by me on my QVGA and VGA WM5/ WM6 Pocket PC Phone Edition models and a WM5 176*220 HTC s310 (Oxygen) and a WM6 QVGA HTC s710 (Vox) Smartphones):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
(WM6 VGA Pocket PC, officially shipped with Streaming Media, over GPRS – as can be seen, GPRS is just too slow to produce a decent image)
Now, three screenshots of models with the additionally installed Streaming Media:
(WM5 QVGA Pocket PC over EDGE – decent playback)
(WM5 176*220 Smartphone over EDGE – decent playback)
(WM6 QVGA Smartphone over EDGE – decent playback)
Cool, eh? Nice to know even low-end Smartphones are able to play back these kinds of stuff, isn’t it?
Note that, in order to install the player on application locked MS Smartphones, you will need to unlock them. See my other, related articles on doing this – for example, THIS.
What should you do if you get the "Failed to find network." error message?
Unfortunately, not much, but this also depends on your particular network settings.
If you're on a Wi-Fi network and you do have administrator rights to reconfigure the router(s), you can configure them to allow your mobile device to be in the DMZ - or, at least, configure UDP port forwarding (note that the latter didn't work in my tests as has also been mentioned above - this means DMZ may be the ONLY solution). Otherwise, if you use public Wi-Fi networks, you can't do anything.
If you're using a wireless (for example GSM) network, which doesn't support direct access, you can't do anything either. Your only choice is switching to another mobile phone network, which does. (About half of them do.)
Finally, don't forget that, even if you can't play Mobile YouTube videos, nothing is lost, except for the advantages of the 3GP streaming compared to the alternative methods:
Direct Flash video playback (with Opera Mobile) takes a LOT of CPU time and may have stuttering playback even on the fastest, 624 MHz Windows Mobile devices, let alone slower ones
Indirect video playback has an additional step requiring manual work including, at least, copying and pasting the URL of the given video clip. If they also employ transcoding (all solutions EXCEPT for the TCPMP-based playback, but the latter can't be used on MS Smartphones), the resulting video will be, in general, of lower quality and higher size than the original Flash video, which you don't necessarily want.
That is, you can still play regular YouTube videos. Either, as has just been explained, directly (with Opera Mobile 8.65- forget all the other browsers, particularly the latest, Flash-enabled, Technical Preview released in June of Netfront 3.4 - see my review of the browser for the why's), half-directly via (direct download, unfortunately, only works on PPC's and not Smartphones) or indirectly, using an online conversion service. I've elaborated on all these three alternatives in my past articles - make sure you check them out, should you need to rely on the "traditional" way of playback.
Additional info (you will NOT need to read them; the above tutorial should suffice. I only give you these URL’s so that you can see how much easier my tutorial is than trying to find out what to do when following community threads with millions of contradicting and/or misleading and/or outdated posts and hacks):
Probably the best, related XDA-Dev thread
youtube mobile problem
A PPCT thread on the problem

So here's where I am. I've got the HTC Streaming Media thing it launches when I click watch video. Im on T-Mobile USA over my edge connection and it says failed to find network, then closes. Any ideas? my rom is xda mobile 6

jaychym said:
So here's where I am. I've got the HTC Streaming Media thing it launches when I click watch video. Im on T-Mobile USA over my edge connection and it says failed to find network, then closes. Any ideas? my rom is xda mobile 6
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This means you don't have a direct IP. Nothing can be done - you'll need to use the alternate methods of playback.

I stream YouTube with Wifi all the time... not sure if you are saying it doesnt work with Wifi.. cuz it does.

Madcap180 said:
I stream YouTube with Wifi all the time... not sure if you are saying it doesnt work with Wifi.. cuz it does.
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Your particular Wii-Fi networks put your devide into a demilitarized zone and/or do UDP port forwarding; this is why it works. In usual Wi-Fi networks not using any of these tricks, it doesn't necessarily work.

Menneisyys said:
Your particular Wii-Fi networks put your devide into a demilitarized zone and/or do UDP port forwarding; this is why it works. In usual Wi-Fi networks not using any of these tricks, it doesn't necessarily work.
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My wifi works just fine as the above poster, im wondering is the device using uPnP since this is supported on the three wifi access points i have tested??

ahhh.. I see... Soon enough I will stop being cheap and actually utilize the 3g capability of my Hermes.. lol

Does anybody know, if it works with O2 Germany? Does O2 Germany give a direvt IP to the Phone (HTC P3600)? I have always Network connecting error.
PS.: Direct streams via mms:// an with WMP works!

didn't work with my blackjack wm5 cell
Tried this and all I got was it can't run the program, can't find the exe file.. so I don't think it works with my cellphone.

Just installed the StreamingPlayer to my PPC-6700. Upon executing the program, I get the error...
"The file 'StreamingPlayer' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file"
Tried reinstalling it a few times, and even changing from 'device' to 'storage card' and get the same results.. any suggestions?

Not working on 8525 with WM5
I downloaded and installed the HTC Streaming Media Player (RvBCrS_HTC_Streaming_Media.cab) just fine on my 8525 with WM5. But when I tried to watch a video from m.youtube.com it connects and buffers until it gets to about 97% then hangs a bit then goes back to the previous screen. I haven't seen anyone else with this problem. I've tried removing and reinstalling the Streaming Media Player and installing it to main memory and the storage card but am stuck here no matter what. Any ideas?

mdifilm said:
Tried this and all I got was it can't run the program, can't find the exe file.. so I don't think it works with my cellphone.
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What phone model do you have? Is it a Windows Mobile one?

leevick said:
I downloaded and installed the HTC Streaming Media Player (RvBCrS_HTC_Streaming_Media.cab) just fine on my 8525 with WM5. But when I tried to watch a video from m.youtube.com it connects and buffers until it gets to about 97% then hangs a bit then goes back to the previous screen. I haven't seen anyone else with this problem. I've tried removing and reinstalling the Streaming Media Player and installing it to main memory and the storage card but am stuck here no matter what. Any ideas?
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Did you try playing with the buffering params - for example, lowering them from 7s to, say, 3s?

moooo said:
Does anybody know, if it works with O2 Germany? Does O2 Germany give a direvt IP to the Phone (HTC P3600)? I have always Network connecting error.
PS.: Direct streams via mms:// an with WMP works!
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Unfortunately, this kind of RTSP connections need a directly visible IP (or, port forwarding), which isn't supportred by many GSM operators. This is why RealOne Player refuses to work too.

Krayziepop said:
Just installed the StreamingPlayer to my PPC-6700. Upon executing the program, I get the error...
"The file 'StreamingPlayer' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file"
Tried reinstalling it a few times, and even changing from 'device' to 'storage card' and get the same results.. any suggestions?
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I'm getting the same problem on my 8125 with WM5. Any answers to this one?

mrchicken said:
I'm getting the same problem on my 8125 with WM5. Any answers to this one?
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Hm, I'm starting to think this just doesn't work on all WM5 devices. I've double checked that the cab file installed the aforementioned files and registry additions, and it seems like it has. So there is still some missing component.

Is there any good method that can be used to identify if we are not directly connected to the internet?

Menneisyys said:
Did you try playing with the buffering params - for example, lowering them from 7s to, say, 3s?
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Yup, tried that too. All it did was buffer up to the high 90% faster, then the same delay and return to the previous screen. It's so weird that I seem to be the only one having this problem. FWIW I have upgraded the ROM on this HTC to the latest version (but not to WM6 since that's not out yet. Grrr.)

leevick said:
Yup, tried that too. All it did was buffer up to the high 90% faster, then the same delay and return to the previous screen. It's so weird that I seem to be the only one having this problem. FWIW I have upgraded the ROM on this HTC to the latest version (but not to WM6 since that's not out yet. Grrr.)
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Not only you - see http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187991

Menneisyys said:
Not only you - see http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187991
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Thanks. I had looked there but not seen anyone with the same problem when I posted. Now I feel better and worse at the same time - better, because it's not just me, but worse because there's not yet a known solution. Bummer! I hate to fail after coming so far!
I suppose I could use an unofficial WM6 ROM for this phone, but I'd rather not. Guess I'll have to wait. Patience is a virtue. Good things come to those who wait. A stitch in time saves nine... <sigh>

TUTORIAL: New, much easier-to-use version of YouTube video downloader out – a MUST!!!

Anyone having read my tutorial “A brand new way to play YouTube clips on your Windows Mobile device!” knows, up to now, downloading and watching “real” (not the mobile version, which is a completely different and, playback-wise, fully unrelated animal – see the Mobile YouTube tutorial HERE) YouTube videos on a Pocket PC was a two-step process, involving a step of actively downloading the clip to the local file system with a separate and non-MS Smartphone-compliant tool, YouTubeDownload.exe, and only after this playing it back.
The latest, 0.4.2 version of TCPMP Plugin for Flash Video on PPC, fortunately, doesn’t any more involve this extra step. This not only makes it easier to watch “real” (non-mobilized) YouTube videos, but also means the entire process is already MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) compliant, unlike the previous, YouTubeDownload.exe-based download.
In a nutshell, after installing, you just look up the “v” parameter in the URL of the video (as was the case with the earlier version and as is explained in the previous tutorial) OR just make sure you just search for the title / author / genre, fire up http://www.mobytube.net/, search for this info and click the link of the result(s). The playback will immediately start in TCPMP.
Installing
As with the previous version, download the latest build (currently, 0.4.2) HERE. Make sure you download the CAB file (now, it’s named TCPMPflvplugin-v0.4.2.CAB) and just execute it on the PDA. It’ll automatically install itself to the home directory of TCPMP – unlike with previous versions, no manual file copying is needed.
Using
Now, in your Web browser, go to http://www.mobytube.net/. In the upper textfield, enter the v parameter as explained in the article (AGAIN AND AGAIN, you can also just enter the title, author etc. here too). Also, make sure “youtube” is selected in the second drop-down list (but you can also find videos in other video repositories - if you leave the drop-down list untouched, it'll search in all of them):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
(the same on a low-res Smartphone (SP for short), in Opera Mobile)
Now, just tap the Search button: It’ll find the given video as can be seen in HERE (SP screenshot). Now, just press the link under the image; if you use IEM (PIE in pre-WM5 parlance) TCPMP will be fired up at once and, after you explicitly start the video, it’ll play (SP screenshot).
Note that if you use Opera Mobile, you’ll need to select “Open” instead of “Save” in the download screen that comes up then.
I’ll explain how NetFront must be configured in the next section.
Another example screenshot with searching for “music” on YouTube (as opposed to searching for the “v” parameter):
(same screenshot under NetFront 3.4)
Configuring NetFront
If you use NetFront as your browser, you must explicitly configure the browser to invoke the external TCPMP application after downloading the M3U file (otherwise, it’ll just download the file to the local file system and doesn’t do anything else). To do this, go to Menu / Tools / Browser settings and, in Menu, select External Tools. There, press the Add button in the “External Application” group. On the next dialog, select ‘.m3u’ in the “Extension” drop-down list and press OK. If everything is OK, you’ll see this:
showing it’s indeed player.exe (TCPMP’s main executable file) that will be invoked upon having downloaded M3U files. After these, clicking MobyTube links will result in (after a download – you can download the files anywhere as can be seen for example in HERE – and an application start request dialog, where all you need to do is tapping OK, TCPMP will be invoked. A quick note: if, in the latter dialog, you check in “Do not show this dialog” any time (as can be seen in here), you won’t be presented the dialog any more. Doing this is, therefore, highly recommended.
Summary
It’s THIS easy! Needless to say, the TCPMP-based playback is WAAAAAAAAAY faster than doing the same with the standard Flash plug-in under either IEM or Opera Mobile, let alone the current, already (super-slow) Flash-enabled TP versions of NetFront 3.4. Playback is just great even on my very slow TI OMAP-based MS Smartphones and Pocket PC’s – without any kind of overclocking! Also, the networking problems adversely affecting Mobile YouTube playback (see the Mobile YouTube tutorial for more info on this) are non-existing.
All in all, keeping this in mind is a MUST for all Pocket PC and Smartphone users wanting to watch YouTube videos on their handhelds whenever they would like to!

I downloaded and installed the TCPMPflvplugin-v0.4.2.CAB onto my WM6 device and went to search up some videos from www.mobytube.net.
My internet browser is IEM but when i click on the link for a specific video, a download icon pop-ups and asks me to download a ######.m3u file.
Even after DLing the file, it cannot open since there is no application to run the .m3u file.
Funny thing is, you claim that "if you use IEM (PIE in pre-WM5 parlance) TCPMP will be fired up at once and, after you explicitly start the video, it’ll play. "
I didn't have TCPMP program firing up at all..
Could you help?

UPDATE (08/03/2007): :
an even better plug-in has been released in the meantime. If you have a WM5 (or newer) Pocket PC or Smartphone and don’t object to using the built-in Internet Explorer Mobile, make sure you check out the new tutorial HERE
when http://www.mobytube.net/ is (temporarily) down, use http://www.tinytube.it/test.aspx instead (as is recommended HERE)
TCPMPflvplugin-v0.4.2.CAB (and, for that matter, all previous versions) seem(s) to be removed from the download page. Therefore, I’ve mirrored it HERE, should you still want to stick to it, as opposed to the newer, WM5 / IEM-only approach.
Note that you must pay special attention to installing this CAB file in the same memory card (or the built-in memory) where TCPMP has been installed to. Otherwise, playback won’t work. See for example THIS for more info on this.

^ didnt work for me. Just kept saying video not available, it may have been removed.

Meteo said:
^ didnt work for me. Just kept saying video not available, it may have been removed.
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yup...same here

i only get the "video may ha ve been removed" message when i am trying to look at a video that is adult oriented. i can see regular videos just fine, but when i search for say.... "booty shake" it says it can't find the file.

I don't believe that I did anything wrong here but for some reason when I click the open link it opens up in WMP instead of TCPMP. Also when I try to download the video for watching later, it won't let me do that either.

Have you set up the proper file associations by going in Options / Settings / File Association page.
Till I had done this I too was clicking a link into WMP
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srmz said:
Have you set up the proper file associations by going in Options / Settings / File Association page.
Till I had done this I too was clicking a link into WMP
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Which associations specifically need to be set up?

After starting TCPMP navigate to "Options \ settings \ select page \ file associations" and apart from the boxes already checked by default, make the following additional file associations:
MMS Protocol
HTTP Protocol
Flash Video
M3U Playlist Files (M3U)
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Error message: MMS is not supported!
I have HTC Touch ELF0100, WM6
1. Installed TCPMPv.0.72RC1
2. Installed aac, ffmpeg plug-ins
3. Installed flv plug-in v0.4.2
4. After starting TCPMP navigate to "Options \ settings \ select page \ file associations" and apart from the boxes already checked by default, make the following additional file associations:
MMS Protocol
HTTP Protocol
Flash Video
M3U Playlist Files (M3U)
5. Run IE, navigated to www.mobytube.net
6. Selected Second version
7. Searched for the movie clip and clicked to play
Actual Result
TCPMP player starts and show the message that MMS Protocol is not supported
WHY?

I also get this...MMS protocol not supported.
What's on?

Try "ytpocket.com" instead.

TUTORIAL: Listening to XM Radio on mobile devices

It was yesterday that I’ve explained how you can listen to Sirius, North America’s one of the two most widely listened-to radio network.
Listening to XM Radio, the other major US-based radio broadcasting company is equally easy on all mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, iPhone etc.) Let’s take a look at what we have at our disposal.
1. If you have WMA playback support (currently, Windows Mobile only)
... then, just fire up your mobile browser (any browser capable of invoking external applications: Netfront, Internet Explorer or Opera Mobile; Opera Mini or Thunderhawk will NOT work!) and navigate to http://www.xstreamxm.com/mobile/. There, just fill in your login data, select the channel you’d like to listen to, the bitrate and click Go at the bottom:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
after this, you’ll be shown the currently playing song title (the Web page is automatically refreshed every 5 second so the artist / title / album metadata is always kept up-to-date) and the default WMA player (by default, on Windows Mobile, the built-in Windows Media Player) is invoked in the background:
(as with SiriusWM5, the WMA player isn’t passed the metadata info as can be seen in THIS WMP screenshot)
2. Desktop-based transcoding
As XM Radio, unlike Sirius, defaults to high quality streams (and doesn’t require you to pay extra for high-quality streams), if you have a GPRS connection OR want to reduce your data fees, you will want to go for a desktop-based transcoding solution – even if you have a WMA streaming-capable platform (for example, Windows Mobile). The sole reason for this is as follows:
The high-quality WMA stream is broadcast at 64 kbps; the low-quality one at 32 kbps. The latter has really bad sound quality – much worse than that of Sirius. If you need to stream the radio at 32 kbps to your handset (because you’re on GPRS or you MUST reduce your data usage), a transcoder run on your desktop computer can easily transcode the original high-quality 64 kbps stream into a 24 or 32 kbps HE-AAC v2 stream, while keeping the same sound quality (YES, even at 24 kbps!). Similarly, should you want to have access to all your favorite channels in orb only (without having to navigate to another homepage), you might also want to consider “migrating” these channels to Orb. Then, however, you won’t be able to use HE-AAC v2; that is, you can’t reduce the bitrate without a major hit on sound quality.
And, of course, if you have a Symbian or iPhone device (and even the latest Blackberry ones!) currently* not being compatible with streaming WMA, your only choice is desktop-based transcoding – as is the case with listening to Sirius on these platforms.
*: as of 01/06/2008; on Symbian, CorePlayer is supposed to be compatible with WMA but is VERY buggy. The OS itself, while it supports playing back individual WMA files, doesn’t support streaming WMA. Hope the Nokia developers implement both HE-AAC v2 and WMA support in their forthcoming Nokia Internet Radio.
For transcoding, you will need / can to use exactly the same tools as with Sirius, with the only exception that, instead of uSirius, you’ll need to use uXM (current, tested version: 1.0RC2) as the source to either Orb or Winamp running on your desktop.
Configuring uXM, exporting / copying URL’s is done in EXACTLY the same way as with Sirius. The same stands for importing the channel list into Orb and Winamp – you need to exactly the same tricks to make them available for local transcoding. Therefore, please read the Sirius tutorial on all these questions.
Questions, of course, are welcome. Feel free to tell me if you still need a step-by-step tutorial on XM Radio. Again, as everything is done in EXACTLY the same way as with Sirius, I don’t think you’ll need any help.

UPDATE (01/06/2008): MoDaCo frontpage
UPDATE (01/08/2008): There is another, GREAT way of directly importing the full XM Radio playing back WMA streams (it will NOT work if your platform cannot play back WMA streams – that is, currently, anything else than Windows Mobile!). To do this, first, download THIS ASX file (right click and Save As). Open it with, say, Notepad and press Ctrl-H so that the search / replace dialog is activated.
In the “Find what” textfield, enter “XM_USERNAME”; in the “Replace with”, your e-mail address:
Then, click the Replace All button.
Do the same mass-change to your password; then, you’ll need to enter “XM_PASSWORD” in the “Find what” textfield (and, of course, your password in the “Replace with”).
Note that you can also change all occurrences of “speed=high” to “speed=low” if you prefer listening to the low-quality stream. (But, again, it’s in no way recommended; if you do want to preserve bandwidth costs / want a GPRS-compliant stream, strongly consider running a transcoder on your desktop PC and using the vastly superior HE-AAC v2 format).
Now, just transfer the saved and modified ASX file to your handset and click it so that your WMA-capable player (WMP by default) imports it:
Now, you can change any channel from inside the player. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
(Thanks for HowardForums forum member volwrath for the original tip!)

Thanks for the great tutorial. I am having a problem, though. I am running Alex's 1.62 ROM and whenever I try to listen to XM, I log in without problem, Windows Media loads, the name of the station apears and it says buffering. It will buffer for 10-15 seconds. Then it will say connecting. But next is will say paused and nothing wil play. Happens everytime. Didn't have this problem in earlier ROMs.
Do you have any ideas on what is going on or what is wrong? This ROM is otherwise perfect but it's frustrating that I can't log into my XM account with my Tilt. any suggestions would be apreciated.
In my searching I have seen a number of people with this issue but no solutuons.
I have not tried your other sugestion in the update post and will do so. but in the meantime any ideas would be welcome. even if it to say sorry or get a new ROM.
Thanks again.

Menneisyys, great tip. Never mind my prior post. The template works GREAT!!! I am now a VERY happy camper. Thanks for posting this. I searched for weeks for a solution and just today found this via a search on my Tilt via Google. Thanks again!

Can this work with mortplayer?
This works great, but I cannot get it to stream over mortplayer. Is it just me?

Good work Werner! Been using uXM for several months with great results. Works very well as a service too using the old NT tools Instrsrv.exe and Srvany.exe (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890).
Cheers!

Sorry for the double post...

ppclover said:
This works great, but I cannot get it to stream over mortplayer. Is it just me?
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as is explained in my related Bible ( http://www.pocketpcmag.com/old_blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=2350&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more2350 ), MortPlayer doesn't support WMA streaming.

i decided to use the method in post 2 and everything works great, thanks menneisyys.
EDIT: sorry i just saw it in post 1 /just one little question is there a way to get the song info to display on wmp thanks/

one more question, does anyone know a way around getting the xm error "we're sorry the channel is not available please logout and try again" i am assuming that this is because every channel i click on logs me in, so is there some way i can log in then change the stations with out keep logging in. i have tried to removed the username and password from all the channels except 1 and see if it will let me switch channels but it does not let me. thanks in advance

irus said:
one more question, does anyone know a way around getting the xm error "we're sorry the channel is not available please logout and try again" i am assuming that this is because every channel i click on logs me in, so is there some way i can log in then change the stations with out keep logging in. i have tried to removed the username and password from all the channels except 1 and see if it will let me switch channels but it does not let me. thanks in advance
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ya... having problems with that as well.. I don't think that's going to be a viable option..
I've had uXm setup as a service on my server before I found this thread but I can't seem to find any app that will stream it... I would have thought wmplayer would but it doesn't seem to like the format?
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nevermind.. gotta check the box to make the http urls... yay working now
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strange I'm still getting that dumb "we're sorry..." message when I use uxm direct url's too! It only seems to happen when going forward in the list tho never happens when going backward... it it opens up a mms:// url to play the msg I don't understand how/why it's happening with uXM links.

Zenoran said:
ya... having problems with that as well.. I don't think that's going to be a viable option..
I've had uXm setup as a service on my server before I found this thread but I can't seem to find any app that will stream it... I would have thought wmplayer would but it doesn't seem to like the format?
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nevermind.. gotta check the box to make the http urls... yay working now
EDITEDIT:
strange I'm still getting that dumb "we're sorry..." message when I use uxm direct url's too! It only seems to happen when going forward in the list tho never happens when going backward... it it opens up a mms:// url to play the msg I don't understand how/why it's happening with uXM links.
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its still not working for me and not i don't even get the "we're sorry..." error it just goes to the next link and then the next link etc. has anyone figured this out yet?

Perhaps a fix to xm radio?
Hey guys, I was a huge fan of xstreamxm, but it seems to have stopped working....
I built my own version and it's working for time being, all be it way too flakey
check it out, let me know if it does or doesn't work for you, and let me know what needs to be done. I know the station names are super out of date, but i'm working to get those parsed from xm asap...
let me know anything else that comes up...
*you may have to try the process several times, sometimes a blank page comes up after login, and i can't seem to see why...*
I think it's only working for mobile platforms right now as well. and btw, i'm not a coder, just a bored college student so don't bash too hard
http://bdawg.org/xm

I tried the second method. However I could only do it on the school's computer, which doesn't have notepad. Microsoft Word won't let me save as a .asx file (I'm assuming that's how we want it saved). So how do I save it in such a way that my phone will recognize it as a streaming file?

WMP won't play any video clips after ROM change

Running Advantage (Athena) x7510 with Michyprima's lite 6.1 ROM
I originally posted this query there, but haven't gotten any replies, and I think it is generic to a lot of devices, and perhaps someone here has been there/done that...
Folks I love this ROM, first I ever burned, but need some help with a couple problems:
1. I can not get Windows Media Player to play videos that had been recorded by the internal camera in any of the available formats such as .mp4, .MOV, .3gp . I get the error message:
"The source filter for this file could not be located"
I have verified that the clips are ok both because some of them are from before I burned this ROM to the device, when they did play, and also by copying them to my desktop computer where they play properly in Windows Media Player Classic (and 3gp in QuickTime Player, although mp4s not in QuickTime or RealPLayer) .
The only file that will play on the device is a .wmv file sent to me in email.
2. Likewise, TCPMP 0.72RC1 installs but crashes as soon as I try to run it, generating an error message (in my localized language even though I do everything in English!) and creating a long crash.txt file, so I can't even test it with the videos.
3. Voice recording apps that used to work, such as recorder.exe, give errors as soon as I try to run them:
"The file 'Recorder' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components can not be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file."
I realize these are separate problems, and maybe deserve separate threads, but I think they have several characteristics in common:
A) all occurred after installing this ROM
B) all are media related
C) all appear to be related to some missing or inaccessible component in the OS
For reference, I also tried the solutions in this post, which wouldn't even install.
You can see I'm a "babe in the woods" with regards to multimedia usage, so please be patient with me ....
The inability to play those video clips is doubly frustrating because some of them are of my father at a family gathering, before he passed away this year, so any help is greatly appreciated!
TIA,
-avi

[APP][4.0+] vGet: Stream, Download, DLNA/UPnP of Embedded Videos

I've released vGet (Play Store) as a tool to download HTML5 videos from any site for later offline viewing.
It works as a simple web browser, but instead of playing the videos directly it allows to download embedded videos or play them with a player of choice. This also works for many flash videos.
It includes has an integrated download manager that supports multiple concurrent connections to speed up downloading form slow servers.
It has two browsing modes:
Desktop/Flash Mode: Pretends to be a Desktop Browser with Flash support. Some sites only show (flash) videos if they detect a desktop browser. It basically extracts the video URL used by the Flash Player. This only works if the video is a static file - which it is in most cases. But as there is no canonical show a video with Flash it can fail to extract the video URL. It also does not work for RTSP or live streams.
Mobile Mode: Pretends to be a Mobile browser without Flash support. Some sites support HTML5 videos, but only use them if Flash is NOT supported by the browser (which is kind of silly but it happens). This should work an all sites that use HTML5 Videos. The only exception that I am aware of is HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) which is currently not supported by vGet.
HTML5-Videos are also detected in Desktop Mode - if used by the site.
NEW: vGet (v0.3) now allows to play (cast) videos directly on a DLNA-Device (for example your SmartTV, XBoX, MediaCenter, AllShare device etc.). vGet instructs your SmartTV to streams the video directly from the Internet. The video stream is not relayed though vGet. This saves battery and even allows to turn of your Android device completely while the video keeps playing. Please note that this feature is still experimental and depends on the capabilities of your DLNA Device.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Hi,
the link is https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id=mb.videoget
Enjoy everyone!
cheers

tmbmb said:
I've released vGet (available on Play store, can't post a link as new user) as a tool to download HTML5 videos from any site for later offline viewing.
It works as a simple web browser, but instead of playing the videos directly it allows to download embedded videos or play them with a player of choice. This also works for many flash videos.
It includes has an integrated download manager that supports multiple concurrent connections to speed up downloading form slow servers.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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Looks interesting thanks. What sites have you tested it on?
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can't find it anymore, don't know if it's due to the fact I'm in italy and it's not listed in my country or just banned.

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can't find it anymore, don't know if it's due to the fact I'm in italy and it's not listed in my country or just banned.
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The link in the second posr seems to be broken. Just search for vget - should be available in Italy.

The correct link is :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mb.videoget
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@d3xp2pc:
I tested it on some video hosting sites. It has two browsing modes:
Desktop/Flash Mode: Pretends to be a Desktop Browser with Flash support. Some sites only show (flash) videos if they detect a desktop browser. It basically extracts the video URL used by the Flash Player. This only works if the video is a static file - which it is in most cases. But as there is no canonical show a video with Flash it can fail to extract the video URL. It also does not work for RTSP or live streams.
Mobile Mode: Pretends to be a Mobile browser without Flash support. Some sites support HTML5 videos, but only use them if Flash is NOT supported by the browser (which is kind of silly but it happens). This should work an all sites that use HTML5 Videos. The only exception that I am aware of is HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) which is currently not supported by vGet.
HTML5-Videos are also detected in Desktop Mode - if used by the site.
Let me know if you find a site where it is not working as expected.

BTW, also if you're missing a feature or have suggestions for improvements use the issue tracker or just post them here.

DLNA support
Version 0.3 adds DLNA-Support:
vGet now allows to play (cast) videos directly on a DLNA-Device (for example your SmartTV, XBoX, MediaCenter, AllShare device etc.). vGet instructs your SmartTV to streams the video directly from the Internet. The video stream is not relayed though vGet. This saves battery and even allows to turn of your Android device completely while the video keeps playing. Please note that this feature is still experimental and depends on the capabilities of your DLNA Device.

it's not work on youtube right?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I'm totally going to try this. I wonder if this will make First Row Sports work better.

afifth said:
it's not work on youtube right?
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Yes, Youtube is disabled - otherwise distribution in Play Store would not be possible.

Works perfect here on htc one GE @ 4.3.
DLNA is the best feature and it works nicely on my desktop here with wmp.
I will try this later on my Samsung F series model at home.
Looks realy promising and makes a chromecast dongle needless if the tv can handle upnp.
Is there a chance to get the "Youtube unlocked version" here as apk in the forum?
thanks,
Doenersoldat

doenersoldat said:
Is there a chance to get the "Youtube unlocked version" here as apk in the forum?
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I personally didn't feel the need to use it on Youtube yet. But maybe, I'll release a non-Play Store version at some stage.

update
v0.3.1 reduces battery usage by disconnecting from playing DLNA-Devices while the screen is turned off.
So now vGet does not consume any power at all while playing on a DLNA device when the screen is turned off.

great app!!!
thanks a lot for this man! I dumped a lot of apps in place of this. i have firefox+flashdownloader plugin installed on my phone just for saving flash videos but I guess it's goodbye FF and Flash Player for me I love how the download continues even after phone restarts. more power to the development of this app man! a release that works with youtube videos will be more awesome, hoping you consider it! thanks again.

perfect!
Hi,
congratulations for the great app. I use it a lot. Do you guys know if a similar solution exists for Windows 7?? Maybe as a plugin for firefox or chrome? Since some of the websites are not optimized for mobile gadgets i'd like to stream from my laptop instead of from my android phone. I've tried to google but could not find anything...
Thanx for some hints!

bigapple888 said:
Hi,
congratulations for the great app. I use it a lot. Do you guys know if a similar solution exists for Windows 7?? Maybe as a plugin for firefox or chrome? Since some of the websites are not optimized for mobile gadgets i'd like to stream from my laptop instead of from my android phone. I've tried to google but could not find anything...
Thanx for some hints!
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I guess you are referring to the DLNA feature? I was actually thinking about releasing a Chrome extension with features similar to vGet. But it would probably lack DLNA support as this would require native code (a browser plugin) and I don't like that idea. Chromecast could be supported in a browser extension, but it only supports a limited set of media formats - so it would not work for many flash videos.
You could of course just playback on the computer and mirrors the complete screen - but that's rather inefficient.
Personally I just use a tablet instead of a phone for vGet, so non-mobile sites are not too hard to use.

tmbmb said:
I guess you are referring to the DLNA feature? I was actually thinking about releasing a Chrome extension with features similar to vGet. But it would probably lack DLNA support as this would require native code (a browser plugin) and I don't like that idea. Chromecast could be supported in a browser extension, but it only supports a limited set of media formats - so it would not work for many flash videos.
You could of course just playback on the computer and mirrors the complete screen - but that's rather inefficient.
Personally I just use a tablet instead of a phone for vGet, so non-mobile sites are not too hard to use.
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Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I mean the DLNA feature. I don't wanna buy another device such as chromecast so I was hoping for such a convienient way to stream to my WD TV like with vget. I tried to mirror the screen already but performance is not the best. Anyway, thanks again for your reply.

I'm a huge fan of your app. Will it be available for kitkat soon?
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