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I have recently purchased an o2 xda mini s, and have been browsing through this site for about a week. been very impressed. i have a question for you - is there anyway of accessing my computer through the wireless lan? EG accessing the computer hard drive, and playing a film on the xda. thanks ben

Yes there is but I'm not sure how to do it on a "Vanilla" WM5 machine. I use Resco Explorer which is a commercial application but allows you to move the "Network" folder below "My Device" and connect to shared drives. These shared drives over the network (GPRS / WiFi / USB Active Sync etc) will then show up in ANY program which has a file browser.
I'm sure there is a way of doing it on a plain machine but Resco Explorer is so much easier and nicer for any kind of file manipulation....

nice one, im looking into it now

ok iv got resco, and im connected. i can see the network places, and i can acess my shared folder, but when i try to open a music file, media player opens and says the parameter is incorrect? anyone know what this means?!

You're right you know!
This is the only app on my device that has this problem (Well no surprises there seeing as it's MS s/w!)
I am using both Pocket Music and TCPMP (Free!) for video / music (TCPMP does both) and neither have that problem over the network.
Also try MortPlayer as that is another excellent skinnable player for FREE....

TCMP will access shared folders/files. Or should that be \\computer\shared_folder\media.files It works pretty well over wifi for me. If you are happy to create your playlist on your pc and stream to the PocketPC then Microsoft media encoder will do the job. I'm just looking into Orb www.orb.com which should allow me to view/listen to my media anywhere I have access to the internet on my Wizard.
Hope this helps,
Al

thats great, got tcpmp running really smooth, even without cutting the resolutions down. im very impressed. is there a way to make tcpmp the default application? iv always had symbian phones uptil now-which are considerably more stable, but not quite as manipulative iv noticed.
one other thing, is i had a prog for my symbian device that put my desktop up on the screen and gave me total control of the pc with it, do u kno of another app that will do this on ppc? thanks so much!

benjdc said:
is there a way to make tcpmp the default application?
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Change the file associations in tcpmp under options/settings/

thats great thanks!

Did some searching and found this older thread.
Basically, I was wondering if any body knows of a free prog, or reg hack, to make the network folder visible and then allow mapping the network drive?
I found an older prog caller NetRunner, from a Spanish site. It works on my older wm2003 devices (though it always asks for my pass work even if I tell it to save it) And it will work on my MDA, but I can only access the network drive through net runner. It won't show up in file explorer.
So any ideas? Thanks

Ok, Never mind.... I feel sheepish!
I have GSfinder installed and it allows you to show the network folder and to map the drive................
One question about it though- even time I soft power down the phone and turn it back on and try to browse my network drive it keeps asking for my password. Even if I tell it to save it..any way to fix this?
Thanks

benjdc said:
ok iv got resco, and im connected. i can see the network places, and i can acess my shared folder, but when i try to open a music file, media player opens and says the parameter is incorrect? anyone know what this means?!
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This usually means that the music file type is not supported by windows media player. ie: asx,m3u,etc. In file explorer, does the music file you're trying to play have the wmp icon, or some other player icon beside it?

WiFi streaming

Using the WiFi on the prophet, is it possible for me to listen to music from my computer's hard drive via the Prophet from another room?

Yes quite simply using standard windows shares. I set up a favorite in MortPlayer.
Anither option would be to install uPNP server software on your PC, something like Microsoft's Media connect and then get a uPNP player on the PPC. I think Nero Showtime Mobile supports uPNP and is currently free.

nero showtime mobile
hi, can u tell me here to download nero showtime mobile player? can't find it on official site (

nero showtime mobile
hi, can u tell me here to download nero showtime mobile player? can't find it on official site (

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taa said:
hi, can u tell me here to download nero showtime mobile player? can't find it on official site (
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This product has been dropped by Ahead.
http://ww2.nero.com/us/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html

27 said:
Using the WiFi on the prophet, is it possible for me to listen to music from my computer's hard drive via the Prophet from another room?
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Install Orb on your home PC and you can listen to your music, watch your videos and live TV from anywhere in the world there is a Wi-Fi hotspot!!

decmac said:
27 said:
Using the WiFi on the prophet, is it possible for me to listen to music from my computer's hard drive via the Prophet from another room?
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Install Orb on your home PC and you can listen to music anywhere in the world there is a Wi-Fi hotspot!!
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Or even better - try RescoRadio. This is an amasing program.

Windows Media Encoder
Hi,
I found that the easiest way to do this is to install Windows Media Encoder 9 Series from Microsoft. You can set up your own broadcasting station with that. Install, choose content to stream, set desired compression, and voila, you'll be broadcasting to the whole world if you want to.
Ricky.

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Hi,
I found that the easiest way to do this is to install Windows Media Encoder 9 Series from Microsoft. You can set up your own broadcasting station with that. Install, choose content to stream, set desired compression, and voila, you'll be broadcasting to the whole world if you want to.
Ricky.
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I've been trying to stream on M600 using WME9 and WMP10mobile but having difficulty connecting over wifi. I'v noted on some sites to add a " /* " . but this not help me.
does any one know any alternative. (i have used GSplayer and pocketmusic)

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AbuYahya said:
ricky200 said:
Hi,
I found that the easiest way to do this is to install Windows Media Encoder 9 Series from Microsoft. You can set up your own broadcasting station with that. Install, choose content to stream, set desired compression, and voila, you'll be broadcasting to the whole world if you want to.
Ricky.
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I've been trying to stream on M600 using WME9 and WMP10mobile but having difficulty connecting over wifi. I'v noted on some sites to add a " /* " . but this not help me.
does any one know any alternative. (i have used GSplayer and pocketmusic)
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AbuYahya,
Are you sure you have the correct path from your WMP10 on your mobile? From WMP10, open URL and Put in your ip/local pc path and then add /live at the end as that is the default for WME9 broadcasting name.
Cheers...

re:WME
thanks it works with the suffix of "/live"
thanks again

What settings do you need in WE9 as everytime I try to connect to the stream I get a cannot play the format error. I am streaming MP3 files. Can't seem to get this to work at all with WMP10 Mobile.
Any help would be appreciated.

I use MediaMonkey with the Oddcast plugin going to an Icecast server. Foobar2000 is the best PC client and, of course, Mortplayer on Windows Mobile devices. There does seem to be a problem with Mortplayer if you stream in .ogg but .mp3 works perfectly. All free software too!

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Wifi Streaming from pc

Hi can anyone help me!
I want to stream video and audio from my pc to my s200. I Have got TCPMP, but i do not know how to create a connection to my computer so i am able to see files on it. Can anyone help me please?
Thanks

hi
yuo need Resco Explorer 2005
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/explorer/default.asp
My Network --> map drive --> "Shared Folder on your PC " --> share
P.S. folder sharing must be enabled on your PC

cheers for the advice, but that program seemed to crash my unit alot and when i tried removing it, the "remove programs" function would not work so i had to do a hard reset. Also i had to make my d: drive shared on my network which means other people can view it which i dont want and also once i got the videos playing they would stop evey 5 seconds or so to load.
Can you suggest any other ways!

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cheers for the advice, but that program seemed to crash my unit alot and when i tried removing it, the "remove programs" function would not work so i had to do a hard reset. Also i had to make my d: drive shared on my network which means other people can view it which i dont want and also once i got the videos playing they would stop evey 5 seconds or so to load.
Can you suggest any other ways!
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The videos will be stopping (buffering) every 5 secs because either your vids are too big and not compressed enough, or, you wifi network is too slow (802b). I am running my S200 exactly as Duri suggests above and it works fine. As far as I'm aware you have to have a shared folder on your pc otherwise there is no way to access the files on your pc. If Resco is not working for you then there are a few other similar applications that achieve the same. I can't remember them off the top of my head (perhaps someone else can 8) ) but a quick search should come up trumps!

Resco File Explorer crashed alot for me too, and wouldn't uninstall either. I am recovering from a hard boot, and discovering sprite backup (or any other backup method) isnt too helpful. Try Orb. It works great for me. WiFi or EDGE. www.orb.com
Not sure how secure it is, but it works well!

You can try Pocket Lan.

You aint need nothing. Just make network(say WIFI or luettoth with your PC and check for the ip addresses to reside under same subnet mask, and voila - in yout TCPMP in the pathway write \\{YOUR PC NAME}. Of course, replace {YOUR PC NAME} with your PC name(you've given one when you installed windows, viewable under System properties tab in control panel of windows xp) and, as long as you have folders shared on your PC, TCPMP will see them. Bingo! :lol:

wifi audio streaming
qdabean wrote:
The videos will be stopping (buffering) every 5 secs because either your vids are too big and not compressed enough, or, you wifi network is too slow (802b). I am running my S200 exactly as Duri suggests above and it works fine. As far as I'm aware you have to have a shared folder on your pc otherwise there is no way to access the files on your pc. If Resco is not working for you then there are a few other similar applications that achieve the same. I can't remember them off the top of my head (perhaps someone else can 8) ) but a quick search should come up trumps!
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Hi,
I'm trying this for audio streaming (.mp3) with an Asus WL-HDD as source, it's 802g so should be fast enough, however I get a buffering pause every few seconds.
Resco Explorer works fine, but is there a player that would do the buffering and then play without interruptions?
Windows Media Player doesn't like the network files, gives me errors like "Wrong Parameter"
Thanks
jimknopf

File sharing between Wing and PC

Hi,
Has anyone done a file sharing between a PC and a TMO Wing without any software?
Thanks

coolgal302006 said:
Hi,
Has anyone done a file sharing between a PC and a TMO Wing without any software?
Thanks
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Get a memory card reader and a microSD.

You can also use a bluetooth dongle for the pc and then beam files directly to your Wing without connecting with activesync.

Can we do that by wirless router? Say both the devices are connecting to the same wirless router.

A bluetooth dongle requires you to install the bluetooth software on the PC. If this is a locked down corporate computer, this is a no-go.
The WiFi sounds intriging... there are ways to browse network shares... but then again, this requires you to have wireless access to the network.

Wireless networking...
coolgal302006 said:
Hi,
Has anyone done a file sharing between a PC and a TMO Wing without any software?
Thanks
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Hi there,
I’ve have successfully used file sharing over a wireless network between my pocket pc and my computer, it was even stable enough to stream and watch full sized divx movies (not resized for pocket pc) on my pocket pc. The only catch is that I’m using Resco Explorer to map a network drive on my pocket pc. I haven’t tried using the default Windows Mobile Explorer yet.

py2o|\|oI|) said:
Hi there,
I’ve have successfully used file sharing over a wireless network between my pocket pc and my computer, it was even stable enough to stream and watch full sized divx movies (not resized for pocket pc) on my pocket pc. The only catch is that I’m using Resco Explorer to map a network drive on my pocket pc. I haven’t tried using the default Windows Mobile Explorer yet.
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Yes i'm doing the same thing, for some reason i can get fullsized videos to stream though, can with music not video though, what player do u use ?
Overall its pretty easy to browse the network and share files, just use resco explorer and map the right folder

I use card export in my old BlueAngel... install it and the PPC connects to windows as a mass storage device... this and a spare usb cable in my bag... no need for anything else.
http://www.softick.com/cardexport2/

If the computer already has bluetooth you can create a pairing profile. From then you can right click on the file you would like to send and select send to bluetooth then to your profile. This is best if used with smaller files such as cabs. Hope this helps. Works for me.

le_hades said:
I use card export in my old BlueAngel... install it and the PPC connects to windows as a mass storage device... this and a spare usb cable in my bag... no need for anything else.
http://www.softick.com/cardexport2/
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Good idea. I didn't think about that. You can download WM5torage to do the same thing. It'll turn your PocketPC into a portable drive.

If you have wireless you can user simple file sharing on the computer and see the share on pocket via Resco Expl. or Windows Commander. : \\pc_name\disk_share. If you want to made file transfer like cabs or music, movies it's very simple and you don't need card reader blablabla...
Right know I want to made the revers way to share the PPC to PC.
Any ideea?

streaming video to hd2?

I purchased a Lacinema Classic hd, (cheap nas drive), and i have it connected to my home network. Can anyone tell me how to stream video from it to my hd2? if it is possible.
any help appreciated

Check this out: http://www.orb.com/

Hiya
I connected my HD2 via WiFi to router and i can stream movies from my pc (with Win XP, connected to router with cable) to my phone without problem, they runs smoothly and I watch them in coreplayer, its ok for me, so maybe try something lika that, good luck

yeah thats what i want to do but without using the pc. It must be possible to stream the content straight to my phone just dont know how.

i am not personally experienced with "NAS drives"...but i've always assumed these drives would be available to other network machines/devices as shared folders, accessible from windows using the "\\MACHINE\SHARE_NAME" syntax.
please verify my assumption. if such is the case, then look for "schap's htc network plugin" and download and install it. this little tool will let you map shared network folders onto the \Network folder on your HD2. once the mapping is complete, all applications on your device will be able to see and use the files on the shared folder as if these files are on your storage card. so you can then fire up coreplayer or pocket player or what have you and enjoy!