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live TV on HSDPA

Upload the links below to your TyTn/Hermes Click on the following links to get live streaming videos from arround the world.
If you discover more links please add it to the list:
mms://wmslive.stream.aol.com/live/abc/now
mms://msnbc.wmod.llnwd.net/a275/e1/video/100/vh.asf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/n24/bb/wm/video/heads_bb.asx
http://rx-wes-sea106.rbn.com/farm/pull/tx-rbn-sea43:1259/wmtencoder/cspan/cspan/wmlive/cspan1v.asf
mms://a151.l1058843249.c10588.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/151/10588/v0001/reflector:43249
mms://a832.l1814041123.c18140.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/832/18140/v0001/reflector:41143
http://www.rnntv.com/newschooser/pages/multi_column/rnnstream/rnnllvideo.asx
mms://vipmms.itele.fr/cpi_itele
mms://213.139.61.14/tv

Gold star for you, sir! Here's my additions, the CNN Pipeline feeds (the first of which is usually CNN International on a live stream):
http://dynamic.cnn.com/video/meta/live/stream.1.large.asx?nsfg=&CNNid=
http://dynamic.cnn.com/video/meta/live/stream.2.large.asx?nsfg=&CNNid=
http://dynamic.cnn.com/video/meta/live/stream.3.large.asx?nsfg=&CNNid=
http://dynamic.cnn.com/video/meta/live/stream.4.large.asx?nsfg=&CNNid=
At this point I'd just like to point out that I just tried to load these streams up on my device via my wifi connection, and WMP won't accept the first stream (just goes round and round 'connecting' and eventually times out, and TCPMP errors back and can't play any items in the playlist) - think this is because of the way that the player is assigned an authorisation access code which is appended to the stream name in an odd way AFTER the browser initially does an http get to the stream URL. Tried stripping it back down to its plain reflector URL, but got an Access Denied in WMP, but I'll keep on trying to figure it out. The streams work fine on my PC, but of course they were designed to be played back on a PC (with more advanced WMP support).
The streams are ~360kbps, but will go lower I think. Enjoy while they're available, don't know how much longer they'll last as publicly-accessible...
More BBC goodness now.
Newsnight
You can watch live from 2230 UK time weekdays, and towards midnight the show is made available online for on-demand viewing.
Stream: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc2/bb/wm/video/newsnight_bb.asx
Click
Formerly Click Online, BBC News 24's long-standing Technology programme. Updates every week.
BBC's Click pages: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
BBC World's Click pages: http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickonline.asp?pageid=666&co_pageid=1
Stream: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.asx
Panorama
The BBC's hard-hitting documentary series, usually has an episode faaiiiiiiirly regularly (once every month or so).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/default.stm
Stream: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/pan_od_bb.asx
Other programmes of note...
The Politics Show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/pol_show_od_bb.asx
Question Time (broadcast on BBC One on Thursdays at 2235 BST and can be viewed from the Question Time website at any time): http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/question_od_bb.asx
The Daily Politics (broadcast on BBC Two and live on this website every weekday 1200-1230 (Wednesdays 1130-1300, as it includes Prime Minister's Questions over lunchtime)): http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc2/bb/wm/video/daily_pol_bb.asx
This Week (broadcast on BBC One and live on this website every Thursday 2335-0020): http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/thisweek_bb.asx
This World (returning late September 2006): http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc2/bb/wm/video/tw_bb.asx
BBC News Live streams:
One of these is usually used to stream the news live as it's broadcast every day, and if there's a special event / important news event they sometimes use two or more of the streams to broadcast footage or reports.
Sometimes they link to these streams on the BBC News site, sometimes they don't, but here are the links anyway:
Stream 1:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/wm/video/now1_bb.asx (WMP format)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/rm/video/now1_bb.ram (RM format)
Stream 2:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/wm/video/now2_bb.asx (WMP format)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/rm/video/now2_bb.ram (RM format)
Stream 3:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/wm/video/now3_bb.asx (WMP format)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/rm/video/now3_bb.ram (RM format)
Stream 4:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/wm/video/now4_bb.asx (WMP format)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/rm/video/now4_bb.ram (RM format)
The live news is usually broadcast on now4 if memory serves (it's what I watched it on tonight, anyway).
More soon if I find any decent ones...
According to this DTG article, BBC News 24 will be streaming 'within months' (that article is from April of this year, but it's still quite possible provided they sort out the rights issues, given that News 24 currently only has UK rights).

Streaming TV, Movies and Radio
http://www.pocketpcmedia.com

all seem good liking the cnn ones

So the CNN Pipeline ones work for you? Interesting, I couldn't get them to work on my Vario 2... How do you have your device set up software-wise?

only have a vario 1 , and was via wifi, just clicked the link and it opens in wmp 10

CNN pipeline worked on my Vario II, then a day later it did not work and it gave me an error message.
Dont know why, although I know CNN Pipeline is a subscription-based service - they may have problems with it, which is why I managed one day to get free access to it, while access was declined the following day.
Have a look at this wikipedia entry for details of each feed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnn_pipeline

I know that when you access the initial URL it authenticates your IP for access to the stream, then forwards you to the mms reflector URL to actually load the content... I couldn't get WMP10 to properly access the first stream to get authenticated, and TCPMP wouldn't do it either.
It plays on my PC fine, so I know it's an authentication issue. Quite annoying cause I like the pipeline feeds

what's the difference betgween http:// and mms: ?
Is it best to use a mms link directly, or instead to go through the http:// first?

MMS = multimedia streaming protocol, it's true realtime streaming. HTTP is hypertext transfer protocol, the way that computers talk to web servers, the agreed standard if you will (http contains a big list of common codes which describe the status of a connection or request, such as HTTP 200 OK for a valid request, HTTP 404 Not Found for an attempt to access a nonexistent resource, HTTP 403 Forbidden... that's obvious, HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (usually seen if a PHP, SQL or CGI script is incorrectly configured on the server). it's been added to since it was first invented, and various programs can now pseudo-'stream' files are they're downloaded - but you can't stream in realtime over HTTP properly, it's always a fudge as there has to be a static file hosted somewhere for the transfer to begin. Therefore, most streaming servers (like the CNN ones) host the .asx (playlist) files on an http server, and if you download .asx file and drag it into Notepad, you'll see the links to the mms server, along with a reflector port and other information necessary to authenticate the client for access (used most for authenticated services or limited access streams). HTTP will be used as a fallback, but in most cases MMS (or TCP RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol)) will be used, as it's the best solution for streaming media in realtime.

Using ORB from www.orb.com you can watch and listen to all stuff you have on your home PC.

Now THERE's a thought - I had it installed about a year ago but didn't have free Internet then! Oh MAN... I could watch all my films on the go... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Personally I'm waiting for the Slingbox Pro to come over to the UK, I know my housemate's getting one but I may well end up getting one myself too, hah.

I have used orb on pocket pc since i got my wizard - now with the hermes it has the extra 3G option. which is a whole new expierence.

Bump as this thread is useful. Posting this via my Vario 2

I'd be interested to see what T-Mobile have to say about this... since according to their Web 'n' Walk fair usage policy.....
Fair use policy applies. To ensure a high quality of service for all our customers, the web 'n' walk service is not to be used for other activities such as (but not limited to): modem access for computers, internet based video/audio streaming services, peer to peer file sharing, internet based video downloads and internet based telephony. If such use is detected, notice may be given, after which network protection controls may be applied which will result in a reduced speed of transmission.
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Whoa. This is awesome -- how do u rep or thank the poster for these links?
Who needs MEdia net VOD.
Did anyone get the pocketpcmedia link working?
Thanks again to OP! you rock!
I rate this a 5!

There is a new HTC utility called HTC streaming player. I found it in the new Treo750. I tried it with Hermes but it is not working yet. I will uploaded soon to this forum. It streams rtsp//

eeter said:
There is a new HTC utility called HTC streaming player. I found it in the new Treo750. I tried it with Hermes but it is not working yet. I will uploaded soon to this forum. It streams rtsp//
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That would be great. thanks

Orb and Digital TV Streaming
To those of you who use Orb, what TV tuner card have you got to get live digital tv streming over Orb?
i've been using Orb and it's a great piece of software, but I suppose the real benefit of Orb is to stream live digiotal TV that does not normally stream over the web (as you can stream live tv over the web on the Vario II with 3G/HSDPA without Orb).
I understand only a handful of TV tuner hardware are compatible with Orb. Which one do you use? How well do they work? How much have you spent?
thanks
Nicolas

armedmetallica said:
Whoa. This is awesome -- how do u rep or thank the poster for these links?
Who needs MEdia net VOD.
Did anyone get the pocketpcmedia link working?
Thanks again to OP! you rock!
I rate this a 5!
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What is MEdia net VOD

DLNA compatible player for playing media from the LAN?

I have a NAS server with Twonky media server which is DLNA compatible, so devices like the Playstation 3 can stream audio and video off the network.
Anybody knows about a DLNA compatible player for the Diamond / Pocket PC platform?
Media Player 11 for Windows Vista is compatible, se also http://www.twonkyvision.com/Products/TwonkyMedia/devices.html
I think it would be cool if I could use the Diamond as a kind of "wireless" device for playing music when I'm home!

help please
I too have a NAS server, and woud like to know if this is possible. I can not check myself, as the touch pro has not released in the US. Any help wouldbe appreciated. Thanks.
BUMP

Tversity may be

I managed to get TVersity working for playing video but the performance wasn't that great, maybe because of the transcoder settings. I need to give it another go when I rebuild my server as it is dying at the moment.
Here is how I did it:
- Install FlashLite 3.1
- Start Opera and go to http://ipaddress: port/flashlib
Navigation is a bit slow but it works. Haven't tried music but you could give Pocket Player with the UPnP plugin a go. You might need Hamachi if you are not at home

To answer my own question - I guess Lobstertunes http://www.lobstertunes.com/
could be an alternative. The GUI seems dated though and the each tune show up twice in the listings...

thought it'd be easy
I really thought it would be easy to find a UPnP DLNA Media player for pocket pc, but I was way off. You'd think this would be one of the basics these days.

where is UPnP
I have had trouble finding A DLNA/UPnP client/player that works on 6.5.x for a long time now. Can't find one that works for android either.

Quite annoying the progress windows mobile has made through all these years.
I've been looking for a media player dlna compliant for WM 6.5.3.
Finally I found pocket player 4.0 (by Conduits). One catch once the program is installed you will have to update the plugins for Upnp support. To do this goto "menu" --> "More...." --> "Options...." then choose the plugin tab..."update now".
But I have to admit it works like charm with my Iomega IX2 acting as media server. Album art is also supported.
Not for free but much better than all the junk apps i've run into sofar.

lemon5009 said:
Quite annoying the progress windows mobile has made through all these years.
I've been looking for a media player dlna compliant for WM 6.5.3.
Finally I found pocket player 4.0 (by Conduits). One catch once the program is installed you will have to update the plugins for Upnp support. To do this goto "menu" --> "More...." --> "Options...." then choose the plugin tab..."update now".
But I have to admit it works like charm with my Iomega IX2 acting as media server. Album art is also supported.
Not for free but much better than all the junk apps i've run into sofar.
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Thank you so much for this post. When the time comes to retire my TP2, I will use it as a DLNA client. I've been looking for this software for quite a while.

Would it support Plex and myPlex?
lemon5009 said:
Quite annoying the progress windows mobile has made through all these years.
I've been looking for a media player dlna compliant for WM 6.5.3.
Finally I found pocket player 4.0 (by Conduits). One catch once the program is installed you will have to update the plugins for Upnp support. To do this goto "menu" --> "More...." --> "Options...." then choose the plugin tab..."update now".
But I have to admit it works like charm with my Iomega IX2 acting as media server. Album art is also supported.
Not for free but much better than all the junk apps i've run into sofar.
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I'm on my 3rd TouchPro 2. (I went through scads of XV6600's during the six year love affair the carriers had with tiny screens.)
Would this app work as a client for Plex? Even better, could it be used remotely over the internet with a myPlex login?

Stream video from PC --> android

since i sold my iphone to buy a desire there has only been one thing that i have missed having. and that is being able to stream video content from my pc over my home wifi network onto my phone. i did this with an app called air video on the iphone. it converted all video while streaming it so i could play my divx videos from pc onto my phone anywhere in range of my wifi network without having to convert them first.
is there anything that lets me do this for android?

Gmote 2.0 will do this for you
Be warned need to have the right player for the file extension.
i.e. cant play .avi files as android doesnt have a good player etc..

I do this using stock apps on my phone, and a simple webserver on the other end.
I've done this with relative ease...
Any modern webserver with directory browsing enabled (IIS7/Apache)
Ability to modify/add content types within the webserver
Local cache of h264 or 3gp media (i.e. streamable)
Browse to movie using any browser on your Desire and stream over WiFi
** Addition **
IIS7 (possible with Apache as well)
ICYBOX IB-NAS4220B (Any SMB/NFS/CIFS NAS Box will work)
Directory browsing enabled
Symbolic Link (Virtual Directory) to NAS box share over LAN
Browse to movie using any browser on your Desire and stream over WiFi
If you need a hand attempting this, chuck me a PM...
p.s. If you're running a windoze box, then you have IIS already.

use TVersity on your computer..and then you can just point your phone to the given IP address..save it as a bookmark in your phones browser... or shortcut

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Gmote 2.0 will do this for you
Be warned need to have the right player for the file extension.
i.e. cant play .avi files as android doesnt have a good player etc..
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Rockplayer will play AVI

use androstream or vlc stream and convert

Well the best and easiest way i figured out, was making the movie folder accessible to the Network and connect to the folder through the Cifsmanager. As player I use pLayer, which is really the best player for Android.

You could always try VLC-Shares.
It does have a fair amount of setup though.
http://code.google.com/p/vlc-shares/

This might be dead already, but try Vplayer.

As affmalg, CifsPlayer, then browse your network files as if they were on your phone = so simple

Use Opera Unite with Stream Media add-on ... works on Windows and Linux and streams everything as flash ... work really good on my HTC Desire

http://www.plexapp.com/
I liked the look of this and downloaded the PC side of it to realise that all I wanted do was access my photos in a nice graphical interface. Upon setting up this is for movies only...
Unless someone can confirm otherwise, the android app side of it costs approx £2.99

thank you very much. i know im in the wrong place (same goal, gtab 10.1) but gmote worked beautifully. even loaded up the built in subtitles when i played with moboplayer.

TheRavenGod said:
Use Opera Unite with Stream Media add-on ... works on Windows and Linux and streams everything as flash ... work really good on my HTC Desire
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That sounds interesting. I'm going to test it soon.
Thanks for the hint..

http://www.appbrain.com/app/littleplayer/fr.mydedibox.littleplayerpro
works like a charm, it's awesome and simple.

Not sure if this has been recommended. I saw a gadget called Wireless Media Stick that can help you with this.
Go here hsti.com/stick/
The won recently in Electronics Expo and is now running a limited time $20 discount promo on their product. Check them out.

Hello,
Install a samba server on your pc.
On the mobile use cifs and local player like "arcmedia" or my favorite "moboplayer"
Simple and faster. I use it often
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I'm using VLC (H.264+MP4)+port forwarding+VPlayer for streaming analoge TV channels. Works fine

Gmote 2.0 and the arcMedia player works very well for me. It's a painless install and set up procedure too.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

This might be of interest to some of you. I use DLNA to stream to my phone from my PC and NAS and also to show photos and video from my phone on my TV!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169349
I was hoping to update the guide a bit last weekend but didn't get the chance.

Local Media Sharing/Streaming

Is there anyway to stream local media (video/music/images) from your home pc to the HD2 when both of them are connected on the same network?
My N82 and N97 did that flawlessly, (by media server), was wondering if I can do something similar via Tversity installed on my pc.
Thanks.

I'm not aware of a DLNA client for windows mobile, but TVersity comes with a web interface. Why not just use that?

Or, you can use pocket player with the uPNP plugin to stream audio, I am not sure how well video streaming works though as I never could get it to work satisfactoryly.

download tversity for your pc and get tcpmp player for your phone. I have to look into starting a post about this if there isn't one

I am also interested in this feature. I don't understand why Windows mobile doesn't have some sort of media sharing or media extender feature natively. I would like to be able to connect to my wireless network, turn on file sharing, and play a media file on my TV via my Xbox. I know that the HD2 does not have a video output method (such as the Nokia's, Incredible, Evo, etc), so I would hope to at least be able to make up for it wirelessly.

I was doing this exactly last year with my HD1, using the Network Plugin + CorePlayer/TCMCP so it is possible.
Just browse your network on your HD, find the file, and click Play.
For people who also have a Home Theartre set-up powered by a PC, check out GRemote as a great program to browse files on your HD2 and then launch them/control playback on your TV.

Finally managed to stream videos to my Desire HD from PC via UPnP/DLNA

I know this has been a bit of a problem, but I've finally managed to piece together a decent method to stream things wirelessly from another computer on the network via UPnP (DLNA).
Unfortunately it's meant I've had to pay for some software - but it's software I used the free version of on a daily basis and in my opinion worth it!
Back when I had Windows Vista I used the built-in media sharing and it worked great sharing stuff to my xbox360/ps3.
Moving to Windows 7 the built in sharing has never really worked properly and I haven't been able to get it going properly. Instead I moved to TVersity which actually is a bit better as it supports built-in transcoding etc.
I discovered that the "Pro" (read: Paid-for) version of TVersity supports streaming to iPhone/iPad via a built-in web interface - so I figured, why not try it on the Desire HD.
In fact it works very, very well indeed. All you need is an app on the phone that can play the media types such as DivX and AVI.
Initially I tried VPlayer Beta, which worked quite well, but the interface is a bit confusing and it doesn't seem to be able to play MPEG files correctly.
Yesterday, however, Rockplayer was upgraded to 1.5.0 (and now 1.5.1) changing it to "Rockplayer Universal" - and this works absolutely perfectly with everything I've tried so far. It's very fast too!
So all I do is load the web interface for TVersity that is loaded on my PC and click the file I want to watch and it starts streaming almost instantly.
I am a very pleased boy!

Great news , it's very unfortunate indeed that htc provided players do not support avi, xvid and vidx, or there is no integration when it come to windows media servers .
why having dlna if you cannot see videos, I have similar case I hope htc will solve this issue. but i am not going to put an extra penny on technology .
BR

mexlamri said:
Great news , it's very unfortunate indeed that htc provided players do not support avi, xvid and vidx, or there is no integration when it come to windows media servers .
why having dlna if you cannot see videos, I have similar case I hope htc will solve this issue. but i am not going to put an extra penny on technology .
BR
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Install Gmote on the pc and Rockplayer or Vplayer on phone. Works perfectly for streaming avi. xvid from your PC. I even got it to work over 3g by port forwarding on my firewall.