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Sling Mobile

Hi All, got this working, but video is very jerky, maybe similar to the (now fixed) bug in the core player?
Anyone know of a way around it?
Kev

Bandwidth
Is the Slingbox on your local network or are you running across the Internet? I'd be very interested to know the cause of the issue as I have it working well on my iPAQ and plan to upgrade to the Ameo and would hate to lose any quality. In fact want to gain from the VGA and faster processor!
-Krip

Local, this is def an Ameo problem sadly.
Must be the crappy ATI thing.
Kev

Strange I am running it fine on my Dopod U1000 over T-mobile HSDPA. I have tested with Version 1.0.0 and the latest on Slings website..

No jerky motion?
Kev

No, I know this is the obvious, but you have not got it set to Control mode? Control mode is very jerky, but allows faster changing of channels etc.

Nope, tried all the different settings.
Where have you installed it?
Kev

It is on the MicroDrive. I will try and run a test over my WLAN. BTH I only use it over HSDPA.

What happen to this thread, it's been quite for a while. I've been following this because I'm evaluating if I should get the box. A few questions:
1) When you watch over internet, typically how fast does the download quota got eaten up? Say how many MB per hour?
2) Do you think UMTS connection instead of HSDPA will give smooth video?
Thanks guys for the info.

Well I run it over Wi-fi on my local LAN and I must say I'm quite disappointed. The picture isn't much better than my QVGA iPAQ and I have no idea why.
-Krip

anilk said:
Well I run it over Wi-fi on my local LAN and I must say I'm quite disappointed. The picture isn't much better than my QVGA iPAQ and I have no idea why.
-Krip
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Slingmobile player seems to have issues with landscape -- also on my TyTN. If you put it in portrait mode, even on the Athena, it works better. But, it defeats the purpose of a nice 5" screen of TV. I leave it on landscape, and deal with the jerkyness. And this seems to hold true on EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, or WiFi.

New Slingplayer 1.5 is out today. Give it a try.
Your video quality is going to be dependent on the slowest connections. (ie your upload at home and your download where you are watching it) THe sling stream technology maximizes the video quality based on network conditions. anyone have any questions just drop me a line

slimsaturn said:
New Slingplayer 1.5 is out today. Give it a try.
Your video quality is going to be dependent on the slowest connections. (ie your upload at home and your download where you are watching it) THe sling stream technology maximizes the video quality based on network conditions. anyone have any questions just drop me a line
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Thanks for the heads up. Just updated mine.

slimsaturn said:
New Slingplayer 1.5 is out today. Give it a try.
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Thanks for the info. I've upgraded mine as well, and video quality seems to be a bit better.
-Krip

Tytn vs AT&T 8525

I just purchased a HTC Tytn (unbranded). I have so many questions and can't seem to find the answers. First, does anyone know a program that will update the clock with the network without doing the At&t rom update. Second, Will it hurt to do the at&t update to my phone or will I loose the voicedial function and 2nd video cam ect. Is the ms voicedial ver 1.6 worth it. So many more I'll make another thread later. By the way thanks for the forum. You all are great and I hope to learn alot.

I am on cing/att and using an unbranded tytn... i have also flashed the official att rom on it (yes, its wm5, but i needed PTT)... anyway, smartdial is there, but you will lose video calling (which att dont support anyway) but the fron cam will still function, i used atek software's cool camera to prove the drivers were still on the phone and working.. and i dont use MS VC 1.6 so i cant answer that one...

Tytn vs 8525
Shogun, Thanks for the info. I don't need the PTT. I do like the auto update feature for the clock using the network though. So far I like the phone, (I'm just starting to get used to it. Can you remap the PTT. I will start doing a lot of international flying soon and needed the unbranded phone. Does the At&t service determine the video or can 2 people with a tytn and a 3g signal just start video calling? So many questions!

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Shogun, Thanks for the info. I don't need the PTT. I do like the auto update feature for the clock using the network though. So far I like the phone, (I'm just starting to get used to it. Can you remap the PTT. I will start doing a lot of international flying soon and needed the unbranded phone. Does the At&t service determine the video or can 2 people with a tytn and a 3g signal just start video calling? So many questions!
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Not sure about the auto-update feature and working on other roms... but they should support it..
The PTT can be remapped, use a different rom, or search for sleuth's PTT fix.
The video calling is dependant on the dialer on the phone (in the rom, or installable otherwise), it requires a certain dpadmenu.dll in order to work, but if your ATT its not going to work anyway.. it is provider dependant.. and 3G dependant

Choppy & broken video

Hello all I'm with T-Mobile after getting upset w/AT&T. No matter what
player I use the video is more trouble than it's worth. I have an
unlocked 8525 which is a 3G phone, all T-Mobile has is GPRS or Edge
Networks. I've spoken to my provider & to HTC. They say without the 3G
network I cannot *have video. I know that's not true, I used to be
able to watch news feeds or whatever with a Razor. With a 500.00 PPC Icannot??? If some oneone could explain away around this problem it
would be much appreciated!
I'm running Shcap's 4.00 ROM
Radio 1.54.07.00
I know to use the search here & Wiki & any MOD here can look & see I've searched until I'm blind & confused. I guess I've read too much. I've tried 4 or 5 different radios, I'm all out of ideas. As I said any help would be much appreciated!

it all comes down to the resolution of the video
if it's 640_480 then your screen will only show ½ the pixels anyway
but it will still transfer 2times the data down
personaly i would not bother with video on grps it's
too slow even for me to surf without loosing my patience

So I guess the only fix is to drop T-Mobile & goto a 3g carrier? My contract will not be up until June & by then there should be all kinds of new PDA's out there. I guess it would be just as well for me to use a GO Phone & pay the 150.00 X-L fee & call it a day!

in TCPMP goto Options, Video, and select Raw FrameBuffer.
DirectDraw is not compatible with WM6 from what I hear.
This fixed choppy video problems I had with Youtube videos and TCPMP.

ludester said:
in TCPMP goto Options, Video, and select Raw FrameBuffer.
DirectDraw is not compatible with WM6 from what I hear.
This fixed choppy video problems I had with Youtube videos and TCPMP.
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8525 (Hermes) has been notorious for crap video playback, depending on which ROM you use. The ROM the TC is using should be loaded withe the decent drivers. Best thing i use is Coreplayer and it works fine with Hardware acceleration.
Directdraw DOES work with WM6, select YV12 overlay and it should be fine.
GPRS is pretty poor bandwidth and bearing in mind it is rate adaptive so is unlikely you get anywhere close to the theoretical 80/60 kbps maximum. In a sence TMobile was correct in that 3G really is a good idea when planning on using streaming media. Depends on loads of things like the resolution, framerate, bitrate, bandwidth, codec etc...

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for there input.Being new to all this, I need all the helI can get. I plan to flash Schap's new 4.30 full to my phone this week, I hear that TCPMP is more less the same as Coreplayer. Is this true or not? I do have one question. Which radio using T-Mobile has worked the best for everyone in the MO & AR area of the USA? I think this may have something to do with it. Thanks for the input!

HSDPA/WCDMA Not working! HELP!

I have recently bought the HTC Touch 3g (codename Jade) as I used to have the HTC touch and I wanted inbuilt GPS and the 3G speed internet. I bought a second hand phone off ebay and while all the features work fine, I have noticed that it doesnt pick up a 3g connection! It connects to the net but only using GPRS and/or EDGE which is the same as my old phone, the same old slow speed!! I took it to my local ORANGE UK shop where some dumb blonde pressed a few buttons on it and told me it was the phones fault.
Please help! I don't really want to take her word for it.
Any help would be really really appreciated!!
Steveo

It is possible that you bought a clone, see here for details:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525336

Yeah I have checked but I dont think it is. I have already flashed it with WM6.5. I checked the CPU and it is all correct.
Is it possible that if this is a hardware error then JUST THE 3G part doesnt work?

steveouk said:
Yeah I have checked but I dont think it is. I have already flashed it with WM6.5. I checked the CPU and it is all correct.
Is it possible that if this is a hardware error then JUST THE 3G part doesnt work?
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In WM 6.1 there are options to deactivate 3G (Settings/Phone/Band and Settings/Advanced Settings/HSDPA - all translated from German). Probably in WM 6.5 there is something similar and perhaps not activated.
I do not think that only 3G-hardware does not work without any other problems.

Do you think if I took it to a hardware shop they would be able to confirm? I flashed it back to original rom last night and its still no use. Checked the registry settings too. I saw the H logo for about 2 seconds last night. I am in a 3g area. Its super annoying! I spent £160 on this phone on ebay and the bloody woman refuses to return the item!!!!

steveouk said:
Do you think if I took it to a hardware shop they would be able to confirm? (...)
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I think this is an option, I have no other idea.

YouTube and T-Mobile

Hi All,
As an ex-employee of T-Mobile I recently upgraded to an HTC HD2, to find out with Horror that T-Mobile DO NOT SUPPORT the Youtube app, it has officially been pulled by T-mobile due to conflicts with there software.
My question is, can I wipe the TMO branded OS and load the HTC ROM with Youtube app but leave the TMO radio version, as it optimised for there network ?

Same Here
I de branded it and flashed with the generic radio as well and found my signal to be stronger. I now get 3G in the house. Bear in mind before hand i had 3 bars.
Well worth the effort. Use the hardspl and then the official rom, you wont regret it. I dont think you can keep the original t mobile radio. you may be able to install it afterwards should you feel the need.

Youtube will work on the T-Mobile standard build ROM no need to de-brand, reflash to custom ROM. I just did it the other day. Just find the cab and install. Works fine.

I reckon reflashing with stock ROM might be the better option than just installing the youtube cab. Iv heard that the CAB does work, BUT, it affects normal video playback of your own recorded video clips etc
Hope this helps

You are correct, If i install the Youtube cab, I am not able to play any video content on my sd card. its one or the other.
large12006 can you be more specific please, new to this

Roms
If you go onto the the ROM development screen you will be able to find an instruction guide on how to do it. I followed that. You only need to do the hardspl once. Its really easy. one issue is during flashing the rom mine froze for a couple of minutes at 70% it carry on so don't pull the usb out otherwise you will end up with a paper weight. since i did mine this has been put up and should help you a great deal. you will notice the difference in the phone as well alot smoother and less laggy
Take a gander at this and let e know on a pm how you got on
xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609477

Cheers large12006, will do but the link is HTTP 404 not found

link should be forum.xda-developers..........