In the UK we have a facility to listen again to Radio programs from the BBC.co.uk website. On my BA (wireless) I can find the links ok but to enable me to listen again you need to use real player. I have downloaded this on my laptop and no problems to listen again. But do you know if its possible to use real player on the BA. Or alternativelly has any other users out there already using this facility. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.
Thanks John.
There is a realplayer for ppc. It's a bit naff tho but available and it works. http://www.realnetworks.com/industries/serviceproviders/mobile/products/player/ppc/
THanks Tintoy I'll give thius a go and see how it is. Thanks John.
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!
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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?
If anybody is interested, WINAMP allows you to view and play any files located on your desktop through the internet on the phone basically from anywhere.
Something else that does this very nicely, called orb, at www.orb.com. You can play any media (MP3, Video, Pictures as well as online radio) streaming from your desktop. They open in WMP on your device.
I have never tried winamp for this, may have to give it a shot and see if I like it better than orb. Just wanted to make people aware of this option as well.
An interesting question, I wonder if the new Linux version of winamp has this capability... That would be super nice!
if you have vista or xp media center you should use webguide. it integrates much better than all the other options i've come across
josuech said:
If anybody is interested, WINAMP allows you to view and play any files located on your desktop through the internet on the phone basically from anywhere.
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winamp actually uses orb to do it. its the same thing pretty much.
Does anyone know where I can find an Mp3 downloader for my HD? I want to be able to download songs just like you do on a regular computer. I know it can be done. My laptop for work is locked up really tight, so you can't do anything that's not work related. Thanks in advance.
http://www.didiom.com/
hey guys I just got this phone and find it very difficult to use, I can't transfer anything through Bluetooth etc, can someone please tell me how I can get songs to it cause I also tried downloading off the internet with its default browser but it only streams the song and not downloading it
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hey guys I just got this phone and find it very difficult to use, I can't transfer anything through Bluetooth etc, can someone please tell me how I can get songs to it cause I also tried downloading off the internet with its default browser but it only streams the song and not downloading it
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Putting songs on it should be easy enough. Connect your phone to your PC via USB or an SD reader then transfer your music from your PC to your phone. If you want to download music directly, then just make sure you hit the download link rather than any sort of streaming link. I don't really understand your issue about bluetooth so I can't help you there.
If you want to make the phone easier to use then flash Android on it. Use the guide in my sig to help you.