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
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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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?
EDIT:
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?
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Anyone into watching YouTube videos knows it has always been pretty problematic to play YouTube videos on Windows Mobile. This has also been explained in my related article Playing Flash Video (FLV) files on the Pocket PC - is it possible?.
The built-in PIE / IEM, because of the very bad JavaScript support, has always been unable to play them back and it was only lately that Opera Mobile (as of the first beta of 8.65) and NetFront (as of TP 3.4 007 released early June, 2007) received YouTube support.
These solutions are really sub-par, particularly that of NetFront, which has a comparatively slow Flash plug-in.
This means, so far, the best way to watch YouTube videos was relying on external, Web-based convertor services listed in my earlier all-in-one article on playing back YouTube videos. These convertor services, unfortunately, need a lot of additional work and, in general, result in files that are (much) larger and/or of (much) lower quality than the original YouTube videos.
TCPMP Plugin for Flash Video on PPC for the rescue! It provides a VERY fast (MUCH faster than even Opera Mobile’s playback, let alone the far inferior YouTube support in the latest NetFront beta) and, what is more, conversion-less (meaning no additional bandwidth / quality loss because of the conversion) solution. What is more, it’s FREE, as is TCPMP itself, and runs on both Pocket PC’s and, with some restrictions, touch screen-less Smartphones.
In the following, I explain how it should be used.
1. download the latest (currently: 0.3) version from HERE and, of course, TCPMP (either the PPC (tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab) or the Smartphone (tcpmp.smartphone.0.72RC1.cab) version).
Extract all the files from the tcpmpflvplugin ZIP file, (currently) tcpmpflvplugin-v0.3.zip, player and, after installing TCPMP, copy the two .plg files in the home of TCPMP (\Storage Card\Program Files\TCPMP when installed on the only storage card under WM5+ etc.).
Copy YouTubeDownload.exe anywhere on your handheld; for example, \Windows\Start Menu\Programs (it’s very small so you can even store it in the main storage)
2. in order to see a video, fire up a Web browser and go to YouTube. When you are on a page you’d like to see the video of, in the address bar, highlight the last part of the URL (the one after the ?v=) as can be seen in HERE. Copy this to the clipboard by tap-and-holding the selection and selecting Copy in the menu:
{
"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"
}
Here, I’ve copied the ‘x4arSJCWwpk’ parameter of the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4arSJCWwpk .
3. Now, fire up YouTubeDownload.exe, (after selecting the right target directory) tap-and-hold the “Video ID:” field and select Paste in the drop-down context menu. Now, click Start. The video will be downloaded to the target directory:
Note that the downloader utility is incompatible with the MS Smartphone (WM6 Standard) operating system. First, it doesn’t support focus transfer with D-pad / the Tab key (it’s been written for WM2003) – it’s only with a cursor emulator like SPHelper hat you can traverse the focus as can be seen HERE. However, it won’t be of help as the app won’t be able to connect to YouTube as can be seen in HERE (tested this on my HTC Vox / s710 several times). I really hope the author of YouTubeDownload.exe will soon fix this problem so that Smartphone users can also download any YouTube clips. Until then, you’ll need to rely on files downloaded in other ways.
Also note that version 0.2 is the only version to offer a desktop-based (x86) downloader tool (as opposed to what the developer states). It, however, wasn’t able to download anything on my desktop when I’ve tried. That is, you’ll need to download directly onto your Pocket PC.
4. Then, fire up TCPMP and select the given file (File / Open File):
Now, it’ll be played back:
(same on the MS Smartphone operating system)
It’s very important that you can NOT invoke directly video playback from any Windows Mobile Web browsers – you will ALWAYS need to manually download the videos, manually switch to TCPMP and manually load it for playback.
It’s also worth knowing that the plug-in does NOT work with CorePlayer, the commercial descendant of TCPMP.
Related talk
Note that these threads are FULL of misinformation. It’s worth checking them out but don’t necessarily believe what you read in there.
MoDaCo
PPCT
XDA-Dev
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My TCPMP player will not play the downloaded file when i go to open it ,it does not have the tcpmp symbol on the paper what do i do . If does not see flv files, what do i do ?
very nice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=309428
and have you noticed that youtube player2.swf has changed and all the software we used to download clips refuse to work now?
ben2684 said:
My TCPMP player will not play the downloaded file when i go to open it ,it does not have the tcpmp symbol on the paper what do i do . If does not see flv files, what do i do ?
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did you install the two plg files,a dn did you restart TCPMP?
i get failed to contact errors sometimes and sometimes it works....actually rarely it works. any suggestions. all other connections work push, rss, xm, sirius, etc.
donsaxena said:
i get failed to contact errors sometimes and sometimes it works....actually rarely it works. any suggestions. all other connections work push, rss, xm, sirius, etc.
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I think you need to live with that
working nicely for me!!!
thanks for the great tool!
What is your average download time. I am downloading a 10795KB video and it's taking over ten minutes.
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What is your average download time. I am downloading a 10795KB video and it's taking over ten minutes.
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With me, it's much faster (over a 100 Mbps connection - haven't tested it over phone connections).
donsaxena said:
i get failed to contact errors sometimes and sometimes it works....actually rarely it works. any suggestions. all other connections work push, rss, xm, sirius, etc.
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yeah you need to get off the 3.5 and get elf's rom no problems on my end good work on the thread menneisyys
I don't know about you guys, but included tool for downloading clips from youtube (desktop one) refused to work recently giving me error (invalid returned link). The ppc one works fine. i assume that since a week or so youtube page has been changed. i took a look at how does youtube work and after a while i put together a simple tool for downloading clips myself (desktop windows). i tried it since yesterday and i think it works fine. if any of you wants to share comment on it, please do so...
all you need to do is copy the link to youtube video page in question and paste it into the first edit box in my app
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=EBr0dsfLYcU) for example
then after you press start, it downloads a page, then after the while it finds a direct link to a flv file and starts to download it into a dir from which it was run. you can also copy the link for different use (i don't know, maybye someone needs it)
i hope someone will find it usefull.
nateshuntsvegas said:
yeah you need to get off the 3.5 and get elf's rom no problems on my end good work on the thread menneisyys
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yeah its not a problem in the rom i put elf on my friends good and stable but after benchmark 3.5 wins.
banannq said:
I don't know about you guys, but included tool for downloading clips from youtube (desktop one) refused to work recently giving me error (invalid returned link). The ppc one works fine. i assume that since a week or so youtube page has been changed. i took a look at how does youtube work and after a while i put together a simple tool for downloading clips myself (desktop windows). i tried it since yesterday and i think it works fine. if any of you wants to share comment on it, please do so...
all you need to do is copy the link to youtube video page in question and paste it into the first edit box in my app
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=EBr0dsfLYcU) for example
then after you press start, it downloads a page, then after the while it finds a direct link to a flv file and starts to download it into a dir from which it was run. you can also copy the link for different use (i don't know, maybye someone needs it)
i hope someone will find it usefull.
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Great! I'll post an update to my article, linking in your post!
i can hear the audio from the FLV file but i don't get video?
I copied the
flvsplitter.plg
flvffmpeg.plg
to the windows directory where all the other .plg are
What else do i need?
help!
@Menneisyys: great, i love to hear this.
@ekhanh101:
if you've read the first post in this post, at least, you would notice this part:
1. download the latest (currently: 0.3) version from HERE and, of course, TCPMP (either the PPC (tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab) or the Smartphone (tcpmp.smartphone.0.72RC1.cab) version).
Extract all the files from the tcpmpflvplugin ZIP file, (currently) tcpmpflvplugin-v0.3.zip, player and, after installing TCPMP,
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||<b>copy the two .plg files in the home of TCPMP</b>||
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(\Storage Card\Program Files\TCPMP when installed on the only storage card under WM5+ etc.).
the "home" of the player is part of the cooked rom.
so the player is in wondows.
putting the .plg in the windows dir make it work for the audio at least,
if i took out the .plgs then it doesn't play at all.
ALL the other .plg files are located in the \windows directory also.
i don't have a TCPMP directory. i tried making one just incase but that doesn't work.
Like i said, you can hear the audio. just no video.
also, here's another way to download flvs from youtube:
http://downthisvideo.com/?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTaqVi9J8k
just put the full url after the ?
still haven't figure out how to get the video to show up yet on TCPMP... i have 0.72RC1 it plays AVIs and the audio from the FLV is perfect... sigh...
ekhanh101 said:
also, here's another way to download flvs from youtube:
http://downthisvideo.com/?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTaqVi9J8k
just put the full url after the ?
still haven't figure out how to get the video to show up yet on TCPMP... i have 0.72RC1 it plays AVIs and the audio from the FLV is perfect... sigh...
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i am sorry then, i should have thought u ment something like this, i just didn't. have no idea, maybe your tcpmp is in wrong version? no clue from me....
about youtube downloaders - there's plenty of this kind of sites online, its enough to google for it (http://www.google.pl/search?source=ig&hl=pl&q=youtube+download&btnG=Szukaj+w+Google&lr=)
there are also at least few firefox plugins (https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/search?q=youtube+download&status=4)
the problem is i don't like to use another site to do it, and i don't like any of these working plugins (the only one i liked refused to work recently)
thats why i preffered this small utility from tcpmp plugin, and since it doesn't work for me anymore neither, i decided to code my own ;]
smartphone version ?
The 2 FLV plugins (from the latest release 0.3) will not install on TCPMP 0.72 smartphone version.
Could someone confirm if the plugin works for TCPMP 0.72 smartphone and if so, which version of the plugin did you use ?
oops, forgot to mention...WM2003 (SPV C550).
If WM2003 is not supported, why not and will it be soon ?
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.
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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?
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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>
Long time WM user that can appreciate the iPhone and iPod Touch ability to listen to ClearChannel radio stations "online". But I don't understand why Windows Mobile is being left out.
If we can watch YouTube videos, certainly we have the horsepower for radio. Does anyone else have this problem? Better yet, have a solution that works? Would love to get my local Sports Radio station on my Touch Cruise, but not even Skyfire works for me.
Well, still no luck. I found a website that tracks radio stations around the US and even internationally, but there is no link to Sports Radio 950 KJR (www.kjram.com) and I can't find a link anywhere else but their own home page, which won't work with Opera or Skyfire.
Currently running one of c_s rom's, which doesn't come with IE. Thought maybe adding IE 6.1 would help, but haven't found a link yet. Anyone know how I can add that to an existing rom?
Off to do more searching, but pretty soon I suppose I should just break down and buy an iPod Touch.
from your Touch Cruise:
www.theStreamCenter.com/pda/
Works in pIE, Opera 8.65 and Opera Mini. Not sure if it needs pIE to actually open the radio station's link though, since it's built into the ROM on my Polaris.
I searched for your station 950 kjr and found it if it's located in Seattle (did not find it when I searched kjr 950 - go figure). However, never got it to connect. Immediately tried a ClearChannel station I listen to and it connected perfectly. Don't know if 950 kjr link is bad or if the station was not broadcasting. Perhaps, it was a blackout due to a game or something like that? Give it a try and see if you have better luck.
ps...
Tried to stream the station on my laptop via the kjram.com website (NOT through streamcenter.com) and it did not work either. Looks like maybe they are having problems at the moment and hopefully it'll work when you try.
Good luck!
Still looking for pIE I can add to my current WM6 rom. The author didn't include pIE as part of the "image". I also tried your link, and in Opera I couldn't find any part of the KJR AM page I could "click" on. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong if not just using the wrong browser.
Not having ANY luck and not sure what else to try.
Wunder radio was supposed to come out on January 15th. It supposedly has 50,000 radio stations. I'm hoping clear channel will be part of that.
I can stream clear channel stations through IE on my PC but PIE says it can't do it. Opera Mobile gets close but won't actually play the music.
I can stream some stations that aren't clear channel using Opera, and I can stream NPR after downloading the .asx link and selecting it with TCPMP.
Can't help with how to get pIE on your phone since you are using a ROM without it. All I can tell you is I stream Clear Channel stations (all others too) by going to:
www.thestreamcenter.com/pda
Then searching for the station. Once you find your station you can save it as a favorite and access it much easier.
On the front page of www.thestreamcenter.com/pda it says...
"Clear Channel Stream Announcement:
PDA users can now exclusively access Clear Channel live streams directly from the Mobile Stream Center! (Thanks Bret!). The streams and this announcement are not displayed on desktop PCs."
Clear Channel stations stream via Windows Media Player by default.
No jumping through hoops. Nothing needed that doesn't come built into Windows Mobile by default.
FYI, I am sitting here streaming/listening to your KJR 950 on my phone as I'm typing. Costas is interviewing Matt Cheney regarding drug testing in the NFL...
Good luck!
Okay, so I'm a dork. Had pIE installed and didn't know it, as it was only under the menu and nowhere else.
Started that up, found it's in mobile mode instead of "look like a PC mode" like I think Opera does, and finally saw the links like you mention! Thought I was home free until...
Had some funny language prompting me. Hit one side, and ended up with a save screen. The file saved made a .php file I think, and I can't figure out how to get Window Mobile's Media Player to open it. The other options all didn't seem to do much of anything, and Pocket Streamer on my phone didn't do a .php either!
I'll play some more, as I *think* I'm close... but I'm not there yet.
Got it!
Turned off automatic language detection in pIE, then when I went back to the link, it prompted me to save a .wma file that DOES stream in Windows Media Player. And I've saved the link as a Playlist as well!
Thanks for all the help!!!!
Glad you got something to work!
Just to clarify, the browser needs to be in mobile mode, otherwise the Clear Channel "WMP PDA only" links will not show up. I noticed when I click on a link for a station that streams via mp3, it saves a .pls file to the "My Device\My Documents" folder - but, it happens automatically. I am not prompted and don't have to approve the save. It just saves itself, then starts playing using the TCPMP player. I have not noticed any file - of any type - like that when I play a Clear Channel station. However, it's totally possible it may just save a file of some type somewhere that I have not come across. After clicking the Clear Channel "PDA Only" link, Windows Media Player opens automatically, the stream buffers and then plays. I have not come across any .wma streams to see how that kind works on my phone.
Clearchannel Streaming Utility for Windows Mobile Devices.. Works in IE.. Doesn't seem to work in Opera, though it may be the link I'm providing.. I may possibly work on this and see if I can get it to work in Opera.
http://www.verrigan.net/cchannel.php
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This utility scans the website for the clearchannel stream.. It then gives you the then-current stream URL for that radio station. It should open the stream in Windows Media Player. (in IE.. Not with Opera)
BTW, the utility is not strictly for use on Windows Mobile, but not many other phones use mms URLs for streaming as far as I could tell. It does, however, stream on regular PCs running Windows or Linux (with a MMS stream media player).
if you want most uk radio stations use coreplayer or the htc stream app , head over to www.musicradio.com and choose your favorite radio , note down the url and you get perfect streaming eg for GWR Bristol its http://media-ice.musicradio.com/GWRBristolMP3 LBC is the same address but ends with LBC973MP3Low , if you have an ipod touch or an iphone you can download an app called radio which is poor in visuals but shows the url to the stations which you can type into your streaming app , or in pie head over to pdatuner.com this has all the stations as well but in lower 64 quality
Clear Channel is now blocking themediastream.com from streaming their radio stations?
yup, stay tuned to see if they work it out
just came across this old post, appears to be worked out
Did we ever get this figured out? Most of the Local Stations I listen to are Clear Channel Stations....Do they just not care that there are probably many more WM users out here then Iphone users? Or did they make some sort of exclusive deal with Iphone? I was using the http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda method for a while and then nothing...it seems like they intentionally don't want WM users to have access to there online stream!
I just fired this email off to the Communications / Media Relations contact at ClearChannel
"To Whom it may concern,
I am just wondering why, it seems, that Clear Channel seems to have abandoned Millions of Windows Mobile users and Welcomed the "Trendy" but yet less used IPhone/Blackberry users? You have embraced and are Pushing the use of "IHeart Radio" on all your radio stations, Yet this program only works on IPhone's and I think Blackberry Phones, So us Window Mobile users are left "Swinging in the Breeze"!
Then when we find a way around your "Lack of Support" by using a website like http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda and You slap us in the face again and shut down your stream to such websites....What Gives?
I am a loyal listener of at least two of your stations in the Cleveland Area, One FM and one AM station, and when I am not near a radio it would be really nice to be able to hear your show on my PDA, but I am forced to listen to other stations sub-standard programming because you at ClearChannel seem to have an "Issue" with Windows Mobile for some reason! I just read an online news report that stated that IPhone users have up'd your listener base by 15%....I think you will up it much more then that if you included support for Windows Mobile Users!
I apologise for the Rant if I have just missed something and am totally off base about your support for WM, If so please advise me of a program that you know of that does allow us access to your online programming.
If I have to keep going out and finding other Radio Stations that support WM online, then I might find programming that I like and abandon ClearChannel all together, after all why have loyalty to a company that has no loyalty to a large group of it's listeners!"
Well see if I get a response!
2+ months later... no response?
gkenny said:
2+ months later... no response?
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Yea...They responded, Life just got hectic for me and forgot to post their responce here....To sum it up they basically gave me a couple good strokes by saying that they are always looking to improve their product and that the Windows Mobile Platform would definately be in "Consideration" for future versions...blah....blah...blah!
Sorry I did not follow up sooner!
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Never mind... Streamcenter works once again.
Good to know....I'll have to give it a try again!
I’d like to introduce DreamStreamoid.
DreamStreamoid is an android client for enigma2 receivers (e.g. Dreambox, VU+, IPBox, QBox).
The focus is on the streaming of TV, radio and recordings.
You can easily stream channels and recordings, switch channels, browse the EPG, choose bitrates and scalings via the mobile phone and much more.
It is possible to stream your audio and video content to your phone where ever you are, if you have at least a 3G internet connection (over a VLC server).
{
"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"
}
Here, you can find more informations and help:
http://dreamstreamoid.zey.de/en
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Hey
Very cool app - works great!
Great, works well - any chance you can add support for SSL?
Possibly!
The problem is, that VLC doesn’t support https!
And using the enigma WebIf over https, the way other tools (like dreamdroid) are doing that, doesn’t seem much more secure!
In a other thread, I’ve found this:
The problem with https is, you can never be sure, that the box you are talking to is your receiver.
Because every dreambox has the same certificate! Or am I wrong?
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That’s certainly right!
It would be most secure, if you create a own ssl certificate and exchange it between phone and receiver.
I could imagine to write a ssl proxy running on the VLC-PC or receiver.
The challenge is to make it easy to use.
We will see…
If anybody has a different opinion – please, let me know!
Hello
It seems, that several users have problems to configure DreamStreamoid, especially 3G streaming.
So, I’ve improved the help pages on
dreamstreamoid.zey.de/en
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Torsten
Hey
Meanwhile, it's available in version 1.0 and in a cool pro version!
Hi...
I tried this and I have to say that this is quite cool but...
I can live-stream and watch also recordings but:
- I cannot watch all recordings... it seems that short ones are ok but longer not
- Also DreamStreamoid Server this is not even running and these are working??
- DreamStreamoid Server.exe crashes when I am trying to start it?? (windows 7 ultimate 32 bit)
PeeHoo said:
Hi...
I tried this and I have to say that this is quite cool but...
I can live-stream and watch also recordings but:
- I cannot watch all recordings... it seems that short ones are ok but longer not
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This shouldn't be a problem.
Perhaps, you've tried to stream HD recordings.
HD doesn't work very well!
- Also DreamStreamoid Server this is not even running and these are working??
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DreamStreamoid Server is only used to shutdown the computer from your phone and it does work only with the pro version!
- DreamStreamoid Server.exe crashes when I am trying to start it?? (windows 7 ultimate 32 bit)
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You need the .NET framework 2.0 or higher.
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torstenzey said:
This shouldn't be a problem.
Perhaps, you've tried to stream HD recordings.
HD doesn't work very well!
DreamStreamoid Server is only used to shutdown the computer from your phone and it does work only with the pro version!
You need the .NET framework 2.0 or higher.
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They are not HD recordings but about 50% is working after second trying...
I do have .NET framework and approximately 10% starts is working - 90% crashes.
However is there any tweaks at VLC-side to get DVB-subtitles working?
That's all very weird!
I've never heard of such problems!
Must be something with your pc.
Subtitles are not possible with DreamStreamoid.
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Tool to restart the vlc service process?
Hello Torsten,
First of all, thanks for this great tool!
But I've got 2 questions:
1) After I've watch one channel via 3G and I want to watch a other channel then 9 out of 10 times I only hear a sound chip and then nothing happens.
After I restart the VLC service process (which is allot faster to do then to reboot the whole machine (which by the way; the pro plug in works great ) then I can watch successfully to a other channel.
So can you upgrade the pro plug in so that the user can choose to just only restart the VLC service process or the server?
(My config; Latest VLC version (v1.1.11) and Win7 64-Bit).
2) Is it possible to use fast forward (or skip to xx:xx time frame),etc, when 3G and VLC is being used to watch recordings? (This seems only to be working locally when using Vplayer).
Thanks in advance!!
Hi
pd2mvj said:
Hello Torsten,
First of all, thanks for this great tool!
But I've got 2 questions:
1) After I've watch one channel via 3G and I want to watch a other channel then 9 out of 10 times I only hear a sound chip and then nothing happens.
After I restart the VLC service process (which is allot faster to do then to reboot the whole machine (which by the way; the pro plug in works great ) then I can watch successfully to a other channel.
So can you upgrade the pro plug in so that the user can choose to just only restart the VLC service process or the server?
(My config; Latest VLC version (v1.1.11) and Win7 64-Bit).
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Until now, I've never heard of this problem.
It looks like your computer is a bit too slow.
Do you try to stream HD channels?
If you want, you can send me the VLC logs.
Perhaps I can find out anything.
(Messages-Dialog/Level 2)
2) Is it possible to use fast forward (or skip to xx:xx time frame),etc, when 3G and VLC is being used to watch recordings? (This seems only to be working locally when using Vplayer).
Thanks in advance!!
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I've implemented that a few weeks ago.
But I haven't published it, because VLC has problems to keep audio and video in sync. I haven't found a solution for that
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Torsten
Hi
Since the last post DreamStreamoid has received many new features.
You can find more infos here:
http://dreamstreamoid.zey.de/en
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ZAP not working
I have dreamstreamoid up and running over 3G just great - BUT - when I select another channel (zwap) the reciever does not change channel so streaming fails.
Any sugestions?
For the time beeing I use anoter app to change channel then request stream - OK
Hi matsene
DreamStreamoid doesn't switch channels on your TV.
If you use a receiver with only one tuner, you can turn your box into standby.
That will solve your problem.
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Torsten
ZAP not working
OK - then i suggest that you add functionality so that I can control what channels to stream from the dramstreamoid - avoiding the need to use e.g DreamDroid to switch channels.
Best Regards
Hi! i am strugling to get the enigma plugin to work, i ahve vu+ duo and copied the dreamstreamoid folder to extesions folder. set passwords and port and opened ports in router. but i do not know if it is running or not ? I can not turn on vlc pc, so something is wrong...
Can someone help?
Hi praun
The plugin runs in backround.
You can't see anything!
Sometimes I will enhance the plugin with a log window or something like that.
It is probably a problem of the configuration of your PC.
You have to enable WOL in the BIOS and Windows.
Perhaps, you try a WOL Client from a second PC or try a WOL-App on your phone.
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it possible my pc on work as a vlc server pc ?
im new here i like this software from all other apps because it the only one can stream to 3g.
the problme is that i dont whant to use my pc on my home as vlc server so my question is
if it possible to use my pc at work as a vlc server ?
(my pc at work is online 24/7 and i have control to open any port there it behind fortiget firewall)
if it possible how to do that ?
Hi avinaimi
It could be possible, if you have a very high upload bandwith at home.
I would say at least 7-8Mbit/s. And you should use a VPN. Otherwise it is not secure.
You could use the PRO version. With that, you can switch your PC on and off from your phone!
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Torsten
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?
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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?
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 4 Beta