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Hey Everyone!
I have just developed my first site for the PPC / WinMo / Smartphone devices and wanted to get some feedback from the developers. It's called YouTube Pocket. It is basically a pocket portal for YouTube that uses TCPMP and the FLV Plugin to stream live YouTube videos to your device. It can be found here:
http://ytpocket.ath.cx
I have come here for 2 things:
1) Advice / Suggestions / Comments on this site.
2) Help with my link structure. I am rather new coding with WinMo so I am having a small problem:
My current system involves me using the MMS Protocol and TCPMP. When the links are clicked it has a prompt warnign that this could be unsafe. This is a huge hastle over time, so I am trying to find a fix. I have tried using the ASX/PLV/M3U solution, and it works, but I end up with these issues:
1) If I name the asx/plv/m3u a fixed name (default.m3u) then apon the second load it prompts me with an error stating the file already exists and asks if I want to replace it because WiMo is saving the file to 'My Documents'.
2) If I give it a dynaicname (ie SONGIDNUMBER.m3u), then I have no prompts (unless loading a video more then once) but I am flooding 'My Documents' with useless m3u files.
Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
-Anthony

Wow, YouTube developers are popping up everywhere
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Hey,
I wasn't really completelly happy with the solutions at hand, so I decided to take things my own way. Thats what great about an open market, everyone can write their own things their own way.

I tried here and it returns
"Cannot perform requested action at this time"
This is over the WiFi connection so speed shouldn't be a problem.

Same problem as above, reason being = Windows Media Player gets launched instead of TCPMP with latest Youtube plugin or perhaps HTC Media Streaming.
If I go simply to youtube.com and click video (in PIE), TCPMP automatically is launched and with the help of Youtube plugin the video gets streamed and played back.
The good thing about your youtube pocket site is that it is light in size and is quicker to browse than the youtube.com site.

Works fine here. Very cool. Make sure you have the mms file checked in tcpmps file association.

liquidsilver & EazyVG: Make sure to follow this step under 'Getting started':
You must then select 'MMS Protocol' under 'Settings->File Associations' inside of TCPMP.
Now go to 'Settings->Advanced' and set 'Manual A/V offset +/-' to '-400'

bookmarked your site in my PIE

YouTube Pocket+TCPMP > m.youtube.com

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thats pretty nice
thanks

invalid file format
I did everything said to do for the site and the download but it said it cant read the file format for any of the youtube videos, i tried clicking other formats but it still doesnt work. can anyone help?

dresplace: Does TCPMP open and give that error or does Windows media Player? Also, did you install the plugin and select 'MMS Protocol' and 'Flash Video'. Also, there is a flaw with the FLV Codec that I was just made aware of, it has to be installed to the device, meaning TCPMP does too. If you installed them to the card try to device and see if that helps.

thanx for your help
tpmwr said:
dresplace: Does TCPMP open and give that error or does Windows media Player? Also, did you install the plugin and select 'MMS Protocol' and 'Flash Video'. Also, there is a flaw with the FLV Codec that I was just made aware of, it has to be installed to the device, meaning TCPMP does too. If you installed them to the card try to device and see if that helps.
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Yes TCPMP opens and gives the error message not WMP. and yes i installed the plugin and selected MMS Protocol but i cant for mylife find the Flash VIdeo option in there to click so no i didnt click that option.. OO and yes i installed it to the card not device i will try that and see what happens

If you do want to use it on the card, it can be done, what you need to do is use 'File Explorer' to go to 'Device->Program Files->TCPMP' and move the 2 files in there to 'Card->Program Files->TCPMP' and soft reset and it should work. If I know how to write cabs I would probably try to fix that one, but I don't x.x

My bad
Indeed I needed to enable MMS in File Association under TCPMP .... now it is working nicely.
Excellent .... as stated previously bu me, your site is fast compared to it's parent site. Perhaps you can come up with a better and easier domain name for your site. BTW, keep it going

Worked Very Well
I just browsed to the http site offered and i downloaded the tcpmp player with the plugin, reset and voila it works as charm. thanks so much.

GREAT
Just Got It Fixed And Its Working Great With No Lag Wonderful Program I Love It

Why is my video out of sync with the voices?

It works well but I am still having issues trying to move the files over to my SD card. You said two files but don't they install into the same TCMCP folder?

itunes m4a in SE player

I use itune agent to sync my itune playlist to my x1
and it's working out great apart
from songs i buy from itunes store
not acc drm songs mind you but the non drm itunes plus ones
that apple changed to
most my songs are m4a and they play just fine
but the songs i payed for make the media panel act up
it sounds like it's starting but then it quit
and look like it's using back and forth in and out of the
playing song mode
have anybody tried the same setup ?

mmh problem still exists here with R2, anybody found a solution? searched forums as well as with google but found no solution though

well tried the touchflow player and same deal
suspect they both depend on wmp to play music
and thats the culpit
if you try other players like coreplayer it works just fine
of cause that mean one can't use the se media panel for playing

yeah, theres no m4a decoder for winmo wmp I don't think.
will they play in wmp on desktop? I wonder if theres a codec we could copy across from there?

fards said:
yeah, theres no m4a decoder for winmo wmp I don't think.
will they play in wmp on desktop? I wonder if theres a codec we could copy across from there?
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I seriously doubt your statement that WM does not support the Advanced Audio Codec, ACC, (which is M4A - Mpeg 4 Audio) since AAC is one of the (official) audiocodec's used in the MP4 video container.
AAC is also alot easier to decode then MP3, which makes it even more strange that that would be the case.
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AAC is supported just fine in WM6 .
However I remember some problems caused by Itunes Pro AAC's, since they use INVALID TAG's. This was done to indentify the buyer.
You could have a look with some decent tagging software (foobar FTW ), and strip the non-standard tags from the music.

Whether it can decode the audio part of video isn't a debate. It's whether it can play M4a files natively.
There's various sources that say it can and it can't.
I can't get my bog standard DRM free M4a files that I download as part of the NIN|Ja tour sampler to play on my x1 using WMP.
I can get the same files to play using pocket player, ergo WMP does not support M4A

does anybody know exactly which tags mess up playability in media experience panel ?(before i start testing myself).
btw i do use foobar, however i dont see the tags mediainfo is showing me anywhere within foobar, i might be mssing something (e.g. the properties dialogue does not show my mail address)

I had this same problem, but solved it using a little utility call PutPinfInItsPlace. Here's a short extract from the "ReadMe" file:-
PutPinfInItsPlace
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Release 2, 20 June 2007.
Joshua King
Find more information about this tool at:
http://techtransit.blogspot.com
This is a simple tool to fix a compatibility issue between Apple iTunes Plus AAC music tracks and Nokia/Symbian mobile phones.
You can download the utility here:-
http://techtransit.blogspot.com/2007/06/putpinfinitsplace-itunes-plus-fixer-for.html
It takes seconds to process an album and simply corrects the tag structure of the header file.
Thanks,
joboy

yoboj said:
It takes seconds to process an album and simply corrects the tag structure of the header file.
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Yes. That is exactly what i meant with the invalid tags. Thanks for finding, i searched for it but i found nothing.
(i was under the impression Foobar could too though, but i don't buy from the Apple Music Store (big apple hater here, ) so i could not test it, sorry)

mxp: Album Art

I've recently started using my phone for music (slow, rite?) and have synchronised some of my albums from windows media player (PC) to my memory card. They all have album art, and on PocketWMP the cover arts show, but on the MXP they dont. I mean, some of them do, something like, 2 out of 30, but thats it.
I did happen to notice the default tracks provided on the phone showed the cover arts. Am I doing it wrong? Why do these cover arts show everywhere except for on the MXP album art displayer?
Btw, im using R2AA MXP, i dont like R3AA one.

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All works!​

It works for some of my albums, just not most of them.

Use mp3tag application to add album art : )

I have same problem ....
All files syncro from PC hads its own cover art , but main panel shows only 5 % of cover art .
I have purchased pocket player , grate for streaming audio ( Tunner2 ACC+ ) , also for ape , ogg , acc ....
but I have same problem like main media panel .
so mp3tag its a mobile util or pc one ?
Can you tag other files than mp3 ? , like mp4, m4a , its the most I use .

ronniecross said:
I've recently started using my phone for music (slow, rite?) and have synchronised some of my albums from windows media player (PC) to my memory card. They all have album art, and on PocketWMP the cover arts show, but on the MXP they dont. I mean, some of them do, something like, 2 out of 30, but thats it.
I did happen to notice the default tracks provided on the phone showed the cover arts. Am I doing it wrong? Why do these cover arts show everywhere except for on the MXP album art displayer?
Btw, im using R2AA MXP, i dont like R3AA one.
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Send me a link to download a set of your mp3's... I'll see what's wrong with your mp3 tagging skills, I'll find the root of the problem, and I'll teach you how to tag properly .
And yes MXP is slow.

http://www.cduniverse.com/default.asp?cart=832989606 use that link copy album art in your windows media library then sync your phone. it works for me

http://www.cduniverse.com/default.asp?cart=832989606 use that link copy album art in your windows media library then sync your phone. it works for me. Hence you will find most album covers on that link

All of my album art always show on MXP, on Pocket Player, and on WMP.

Ethermind said:
Use mp3tag application to add album art : )
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That free piece of software is a miracle for tag audio files
I did it manually and it worked grate , now , MXP , windows media player and pocket player displays correctly , cover art on mp3 , m4a .
THx a lot for information .
http://www.mp3tag.de

Can I do the same with video files ? ( mp4 )
I can see that xperia recorded videos are display correctly , I mean on , thumbnail image on MXP .
Wich software can help ?

I found an important point for me, the cover has to be changed to "front cover" if it's not in the mp3tag, some covers weren't assigned as a "front cover" and now I changed it and the covers are there.
I have the problem I don't know how to change all my covers on the PC to "front cover"? Anybody an idea with mp3tag, I can only change 1 album with the same cover picture at the time...

I figured out the problem I was having; when using WMP to syncronise my CDs, it auto-tags the tracks from the CD when putting them on my PC, with the data it gets from the net, so on the PC it's tagged. But all it does is create an image file in the folder that the tracks share - WMP logically picks that up. When you syncronise the tracks with your phone, it doesnt sync the album art... but...
If you manaully then tag your tracks, you will see that there actually isnt any album art tagged to the track, but if you tag it with the album art, syncing the track also syncs the image. I would imagine that im actually wrong and that the image actually always does get sync'd because WMP was picking it up on the device, but maybe the MXP doesnt pick up folder art, and only track art.

I figured out the problem I was having; when using WMP to syncronise my CDs, it auto-tags the tracks from the CD when putting them on my PC, with the data it gets from the net, so on the PC it's tagged. But all it does is create an image file in the folder that the tracks share - WMP logically picks that up. When you syncronise the tracks with your phone, it doesnt sync the album art... but...
If you manaully then tag your tracks, you will see that there actually isnt any album art tagged to the track, but if you tag it with the album art, syncing the track also syncs the image. I would imagine that im actually wrong and that the image actually always does get sync'd because WMP was picking it up on the device, but maybe the MXP doesnt pick up folder art, and only track art.
Oops didnt mean to double post, not sure what happened there

[Guide] How to add lyrics on stock music player

How to add lyrics on stock music player
1. Ready your lyrics and copy paste on notepad
2. Search for the song and right click it and choose properties (Make sure its in .mp3 format)
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3. Go to Summary Tab
4. Copy and Paste besire the Lyrics catergory
5. Done!

There is no LYRICS tag in MP3 files for me. Is this Windows dependent? What version are you using?

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There is no LYRICS tag in MP3 files for me. Is this Windows dependent? What version are you using?
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Yes this procedure does not work for me either.
The real problem is that Android does not natively read the ID3 lyrics tag. So, I put in a new feature request that would give Android the ability to read ULT and USLT ( lyrics ) ID3 tags. This will allow the native and 3rd party music players to display lyrics, like the iOS and Windows Phone players currently can.
If you want this feature in Android, please star the request below:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32547

Add lyrics and artwork to a song - android music player
Try this method -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUhqOqi2N_I

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Try this method -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUhqOqi2N_I
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Does it's works?

I just use itunes
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I recommend using Miui music player or Minilyrics rather than the stock music player.
both free and on the net.

LyricsDog on google play adds lyrics to mp3 files, it's the easiest way.
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Is there any way to add lyrics with orginal music player, not with PC?
For example you download a music and wana add it's lyric simultanously.

Mecsad said:
Is there any way to add lyrics with orginal music player, not with PC?
For example you download a music and wana add it's lyric simultanously.
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Lyricsdog

thanks for the tip:good:

Try TuneWiki
TuneWiki can fetch lyrics and artwork online. It also has a basic tag editor. It has a pretty good database and a user community. You can edit the lyrics, change color, font, artwork,etc. It also has Song ID, like Shazaam.
But, the lyrics seem to be in a proprietary format and doesn't save to id3 lyrics tag. musiXmatch also seems good, but i couldn't test it as Google Play says it's incompatible wid my device.
It would have been better if there's an app that fetches metadata/tag info( including lyrics if possible) automatically from internet and save to music files. Do anybody know of such an app for Android?

Ugh musixmatch is a different app and it doesnt put lyrics on your mp3s..
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musiXmatch & MiniLyrics
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Ugh musixmatch is a different app and it doesnt put lyrics on your mp3s..
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It doesn't embed lyrics inside music files but it does show lyrics. It is similar to TuneWiki. These lyrics are synchronised too. But, the problem is that they don't save/embed lyrics with the music. It would have been better if they saved the lyrics in some format embedded or even as an external LRC for later use.
Minilyrics also seems to be good (For lyrics alone!). It claims to play both USLT( unsynchronised) and SYLT (synchronised) fields in ID3v2 tag and LRC. I don't know if the Android app can write tags( desktop one does). It's just a minimal player(even minimal than the stock player, i think) and doesn't have all the bells and whistles like the ones i mentioned above. If lyrics is your only thing go for it. But, i(and most others) want something which finds all the Album Art, metadata, and other Tag info. Anyway, the minilyrics app doesn't currently work in my device, says failed to read internet data. But, that's just me,i guess.

thanks a lot man it worked for me!!!

musiXmatch works as standalone app or just for Lyrics!
I'm using poweramp AND musiXmatch.
When I hear a Song musiXmatch shows me in Statusbar if there is a lyricsfile for it and when I tap on it it opens.
Poweramp plays in background and in opened musiXmatch I have the lyrics
For me MusiXmatch works very good, and if I didn't payed for PowerAmp I would just use musiXmatch like years before on PC!

Fix cover art in Musixmatch
I also have Poweramp and am using Musixmatch with it. When I open the Musixmatch app it has some how loaded pictures from my photo album as cover art and I didn't feel like paying Musixmatch to fix their problem so what I ended up doing is downloaded Cover Art Downloader from the playstore and it automatically found the right cover art and replaced the photos.

not working for windows 7!
when i earlier had windows xp i used to work with it...but after upgrading to windows 7 there is no such option! what should i do??? please help! i even tried tag scanner and more such apps ...but the song dosent opens after add the lyrics to it! help pleaseeee...!!!

Didn't work
It didn't work. I m using windows XP SP3. There is no lyrics category in properties of mp3 file....!!!

Thanks! It works for a new songs and for some it doesn't. But lyrics are available for the music I normally listen. So, happy!.

[Q] Note 10.1 - Jelly Bean Update - Cant Access Media PC Videos

I have a media pc I store all my movies/pictures and so on.. Before the Jelly Bean I've been able to regularly access the media from my Galaxy Note 10.1. Since the update the media PC still show up on nearby devices in the video player, but shows "No videos" listed. Anyone know how to fix this?

Rugburned said:
I have a media pc I store all my movies/pictures and so on.. Before the Jelly Bean I've been able to regularly access the media from my Galaxy Note 10.1. Since the update the media PC still show up on nearby devices in the video player, but shows "No videos" listed. Anyone know how to fix this?
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same issue here. i have not found a solution

I've been on JB so long I don't remember how ICS behaved. You should be able to find and play your media (video, music, pictures) here...

Then something has changed.. I simply have a pc with media streaming enabled, and all devices in the network allowed... I can see pictures through the "gallery", and music with "music play", but cant see videos. This is what I see.. I wonder if a factory reset would solve the problem..
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Then something has changed.. I simply have a pc with media streaming enabled, and all devices in the network allowed... I can see pictures through the "gallery", and music with "music play", but cant see videos. This is what I see.. I wonder if a factory reset would solve the problem..
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It sounds like a permissions problem is preventing the Note from seeing your video files; especially if music and pictures are accessible. Is sharing enabled for the folders that contain your videos? What format are they in? The Note won't display content in formats it can't play. Although I can't see fewer formats supported in JB than in ICS.

All are .avi
I just dont understand what went wrong..

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All are .avi
I just dont understand what went wrong..
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I don't usually play content off my PC's, I use my server. But I just checked and the content showing up on my Note that's on my PC is in my documents folder. I don't remember adding or changing any settings so maybe that's where the Note's looking. Try putting a video in your documents folder and see if the Note finds it. If it does, it's just a matter of figuring out (on the PC) how to have more folders exposed.

A factory reset fixed the problem.. I can now see videos again.

Media video streaming not working
Hey guys, I signed up just to share this fix, because this was driving me crazy, as I watched a lot of videos around the house streaming from my computer, especially while cooking / etc. I had the same problem with no videos showing up in my list under "nearby devices", and I really didn't want to do a factory reset. Anyways, this worked for me-
Go to Application Manager under Settings.
Flip over to the right under ALL
Scroll down to Video Player
I hit all of the buttons. Force Stop, Clear data, Clear Cache, Clear defaults.
Voila it reloaded my videos and everything's back again where it was before the Jelly Bean update.
Hope this helps.

Funny thing I ended up getting another galaxy note 10.1 for my brother that was not updated.. I was able to see my media pc, then I updated it and was not able to see its content anymore... I tried the above suggestion, but it did not work.. Only force stop and clear data was available..
**update** I set my brothers note aside and started messing with mine to try and replicate this problem.. I was able to do it by changing the pc's media library name (network and sharing -> Change advanced sharing settings -> Choose media streaming options...) After changing the media library name and rebooted the pc. I was able to view the pc on the list, but no videos were showing up... After an exhausted search for various apps to reset the default video player cache, I started the process of resetting the device, then it kinda hit me.. What if the problem is not with the device, but windows media player cache.
After doing some research I found on my windows 7 64bit, the wmp cache files are located at "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player". In the Media Player directory there are some .wmdb you must delete.. The one named "currentdatabase" requires stopping the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service.. After deleting them, I restarted WMPNSS and launched WMP.. I checked my 10.1 and all the videos were listed. Anyways, thats it.

i got the problem last week...
i had my samsung all share running on my pc (not Wmp).
i could play all content shared with it on my tv (photos, music and videos avi & mkv).
i could view the photos and stream music on my note.
in video player i could see the server but no videos showing up.
i could play the videos with no problem on my note through thirdarty app mediahouse available on playstore.
cleaning cashe of video player ad ALL other allshare related apps sorted the problem.
and now... i'd installed serviio just to check something, and guess what... i cannot see videos shared wth it
i've cleared cashe again and it helped.
after comming back to samsung all share the situation came again... clear cashe again and it works again...
so i think it is our tablet firmware problem rather than wmp problem mentioned by rugburned.
or maybe both
.

Does the device need to be rooted in order to be able clear the default video player cache? Because the clear cache and reset defaults are never available to me.