I try it on the Streaming Video program that came with Black 3.01, and TCMP and couldn't get them to load. Anyone knows a way?
Thanks!
I have had success playing PLS files with mortplayer
I just finish trying with mortplayer and it wouldn't load the file.
If the PLS file is malformed, then no player will play it properly.
Open it in Notepad on your PC (open Notepad, and copy 'n paste the URL into the File box where you can type in a filename, and it'll download and open the file)... You might be able to tell just by looking at it if the .pls is malformed.
Try adding it as a response to this thread and I'll take a look at it, if you want (add it inside the [ code ] boxes in a similar way you'd do it for a quote) and it should keep the text as is without converting anything to hyperlinks.
Have you tried disassociating the .pls format with TCPMP and then re-associating it? That might work if it's a registry hitch.
Im able to stream shoutcast and .pls using conduit pocketplayer and pocketmusic
On my local network i use vm netbrowser and coreplayer 1.04 and play my music and videos off my server. I do the same at my office.
I use GSPlayer and select in the options to associate .pls files.
Ron
I have try MortPlayer, GSPlayer, TCMP, Core Codec Player and Conduit pocketplayer and non have worked.
zzfdkzz kindly sent me the contents of the .pls file in a private message, and I know why it's not streaming:
Code:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://mastadog.kicks-ass.net:4000/;stream.nsv
Unfortunately, it's an NSV stream which uses VP6. Unfortunately, I don't think any pocket player will decode and stream these kinds of streams (not even TCPMP), though saying that I've not tried myself. The .pls file is correctly-formatted though, but no player can understand its contents so it won't play.
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news :/ maybe somebody else knows of an app which can play VP6 NSV streams.
Thanks christopherwoods for the help!
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Hi All,
First post from a real novice. I have just got an xda 2 and am trying to copy a couple of movie clips from my pc to the mobile device.
Some copy and some do not. I have downloaded Pocket TV and
Pocket MVP and highlighted both, separately, when trying to copy in explorer. Every time I get an error message. This is the second half of one of the files I am trying to copy:
My Documents\Audi Pictures\hendrixTTad.mpeg.mpg
Appreciate any help in advance.
Have you tried playing them through the inbuilt windows media player version 9. What is the nature of the error, is it when you are copying the files ot attempting to play them?
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Have you tried playing them through the inbuilt windows media player version 9. What is the nature of the error, is it when you are copying the files ot attempting to play them?
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When I am in Media Player (9) on my desk top in the 'Copy to CD or Device section' - I hit copy and it comes up 'An Error occurred' on the text of the file. It doesn’t even start to copy etc. The file plays perfectly well on the desktop media player.
Thanks
try to drag and drop the file using file explorer.
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try to drag and drop the file using file explorer.
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Nice one! I copied the file to my documents in the xda on my lap top and it worked.
Then when I went to Pocket TV it was there ready to go.
A couple of quick questions: 1) What is the quickest way to get to 'My Documents' on the xda 2?
Where exactly are these mpegs stored as I can only view them when I'm in Pocket TV?
Thanks again.
my advice is to use pockettv it's a better player then wmp9
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my advice is to use pockettv it's a better player then wmp9
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I like pockettv, but it only seems to play mpegs. Is this the case?
It seems that I have to watch mpegs in Pockettv, Microsoft files in Media player and AVI's won't play in either. I got Pocket divx, but it won't play any file with sound. It keeps comming up with an audio error and invariably crashes. Am I doing something wrong here or is there a one for all solution?> Thanks.
Take care of the codecs used for audio / video
When you create files for the ppc, you have to make sure, that you use only codecs for the audio / video part, that are supported by the players / device.
Check http://www.mathiaspohl.de/mda for a short "How to" guide about the creation of divx or WMV files for the pocket pc.
If your file cannot be played by the media player, just re-encode this like described on this page.
regards,
Re: Take care of the codecs used for audio / video
koponet said:
When you create files for the ppc, you have to make sure, that you use only codecs for the audio / video part, that are supported by the players / device.
Check http://www.mathiaspohl.de/mda for a short "How to" guide about the creation of divx or WMV files for the pocket pc.
If your file cannot be played by the media player, just re-encode this like described on this page.
regards,
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Thanks for your help.
@ seamo
sounds to me like your running the ppc2002 version on ppc2003 mate
get the pocket mpv ppc2003 version works great
Hi guys
I'm trying to use TCPMP to stream my videos using ORB, i have tried this registery hack:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:WMPLAYER
change,
String 1
from wmplayer.exe
to "\Program Files\TCPMP\player.exe"
But alll the videos still open with windows media player onmy pocket pc. I'm using TCPMP ver 0.71.
any help would be much appreciated
Try opening TCPMP>Options>File Associations page and then associate all by putting a check on each one except the music and picture files (since I use different softwares for pictures and music). It worked for me.
Thanks herbules that worked. great
hmm, that doesnt work for me. I get an error message saying "http://.../live.wmv unkown file format" (translated from dutch so may not be the exact message). I have the .wmv box checked at File Associations page and restared TCMP. I'm also using TCMP 0.71. The files I tried do work with WMP (but crappy). doen anybody have an idea? thanks in advance.
I checked everything except the audio and pictures at File Associations page and it worked, when i only checked wmv box it didnt work. So you can give that a try.
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I checked everything except the audio and pictures at File Associations page and it worked, when i only checked wmv box it didnt work. So you can give that a try.
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I checked it all...
after associating TCPMP with all files except audio and music, I couldn't stream TV anymore although I could get to watch my videos on TCPMP via Orb. So it's a choice for me to be watching via TCPMP videos or tv streaming with media player, I chose TCPMP and not watch tv instead
hello,
i've installed TCPMP v.0.66 on my Himalaya (XDA II). prior to the installation, tapping directly on a video file (e.g. mp4) causes it to be opened with the default player - "album". however, after the installation.. tapping on a file causes my unit to soft reset. as well, opening the "album" program thru the programs folder causes the same soft reset. there seems to be no problem with running TCPMP and playing video files with it.
i'm guessing the reset is caused by some conflict between the two software and i believe (and hope) there's some other solution other than uninstalling the TCPMP.
please help.. thanks in advance.
install an mp4 codec man..... or an mp4 player.... TCMP only plays mp4 codecs like avi, mpeg and mp3
thanks for the reply man.. my particular concern is my "album" program not being able to coexist with TCPMP. do you mean that installing an mp4 codec would solve this "conflict" between the 2 programs?
thanks again
the file must be compatible with the software
the files i'm trying to open are compatible with both "album" and "TCPMP".. it's just that once TCPMP is installed, "album" crashes at start up..
TCPMP non-conflict
I'm assuming that you're tapping on the media file you wish to view from either File Explorer or another similar file manager, which, of course, will open it in Album or Media Player (which is the default application assigned to open such files). Try opening TCPMP v0.66 FIRST. Tap on File, Open, then your desired media file. Then, you will get your desired result.
Hey folks, I'm trying to write an app to play a PLS stream from a ShoutCast server, any advice? I'm able to stream standard MP3s using the MediaPlayer class, but it doesn't seem to work with PLS files.
Hi,
a PLS file is a playlist file not an actual media(sound/video) file, you can open it with your favorite text editor. To be able to listen to a stream you need to be able to decode the media type(AAC,MP3,WMA,...) thats what codecs are for
Yeah, I know, I tried using the adress in the .pls but it wasn't playing/nor throwing an error. I was pretty sure it was a valid codec being used (it works fine with a static mp3 path), so I guess I'll have to check with the settings on the ShoutCast server.
Thanks for the reply.
I'm interested in that idea of being able to listen to streams on the go. I did a quick google search and found out that there already is a stream player for android out there, called AntPlayer.
I think it's available on the market, and if the source is open maybe you can take a look.
I'm going to look it up on the market and see if it plays di.fm streams
Droidlive?
Yeah, I found a few that can do it, but haven't found any open source options yet. I'll look into AntPlayer. I'm trying to create an app for our university's radio station.
Any updates? I'm looking to do the same.
Same problem here!
It seems like the basic music player doesn't support streams, there doesn't appear to be any support in windows media player for streams either...
In the end I searched for some tools and GSplayer came up as supporting streams, so i tried that and copied the CAB install file to the storage card, it showed up in the start menu...I can run it and open a URL or local .pls file and it starts to stream...you see the percentage buffer quickly shoot up to 100% but then nothing happens...no audio, nothing.
I'm basically trying to play audio from an internet radio station I use a lot at home (xfm.nl) if you click "Luister Live" on the left you'll see shortcuts for all the streams.
Can anyone help? My settings are OK I think, I can get to the internet and recieve my email and use all the web based apps, so I don't think its a connection thing...maybe GSPlayer just doesn't support the HD2?
Try Skyfire browser.
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It seems like the basic music player doesn't support streams, there doesn't appear to be any support in windows media player for streams either...
In the end I searched for some tools and GSplayer came up as supporting streams, so i tried that and copied the CAB install file to the storage card, it showed up in the start menu...I can run it and open a URL or local .pls file and it starts to stream...you see the percentage buffer quickly shoot up to 100% but then nothing happens...no audio, nothing.
I'm basically trying to play audio from an internet radio station I use a lot at home (xfm.nl) if you click "Luister Live" on the left you'll see shortcuts for all the streams.
Can anyone help? My settings are OK I think, I can get to the internet and recieve my email and use all the web based apps, so I don't think its a connection thing...maybe GSPlayer just doesn't support the HD2?
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I have WunderRadio but since you know the stream you want to play coreplayer will open it.
I just tried this using Skyfire and GSPlayer.
I clicked on the Winamp mobile link, and it downloaded the .pls stream to my storage card. GSPlayer opened automatically. I've set GSPlayer to own .pls files, so maybe that would help.
Just tried clicking on the downloaded .pls file and it also opens up GSPlayer. Hope that helps! At least you know that it can work
I want to know something fairly similar, is it possible to make a player stream a song or file instead of having to download it first. Sometimes with very large files I just want to play it and let it download as it plays instead of waiting for the entire file to download before being able to play it.
Try Groovemobile or nanogroove.
I just upgraded from a Touch Pro 2.
I have a few shoutcast .pls files I used to open and stream in coreplayer 1.3.6 build 7427 with no problems.
I have changed from o2 to orange but all other streaming seems ok (e.g nanogroove/groovemobile/youtube/myplayer etc).
On the HD2 when I try to open the .pls files I get an unknown file format (0106) error or sometimes coreplayer just crashes.
Anyone know how to get coreplayer working with there files again?
I enjoy accessing last.fm using the skyfire browser.
Try SPB Radio, pretty good!
I just wanted to thank everyone posting suggestions, I will be trying some of them out soon
There is also coreplayer which handles .pls and .m3u file attachments.