I have been wrestling with this all day and I hope someone who has this setup can shed some light on it for me. I wanted to run Darwin Streaming Server on my dedicated box and stream video files to my phone. I got Darwin up and running no problem and can successfully stream with the rtsp protocol to quicktime on my home desktop.
The issue is no matter what file I try to get the Evo to play it just says "Media Type not supported" I have done my research and made sure the files were compatible (allegedley) using h264 and aac lc as the codecs as well as hinting them. I tried with Super/Quicktime/linux ffmpeg all to the same end. The files play fine from the sd card. Even the default array of samples included with DSS didn't stream (even after hinting them). I have tried .mov,.mp4, and .3gp just for good measure with no success.
I am running Fresh's latest (0.3) and having no issues with it if it makes a difference.
This is driving me crazy as it should be playing the files....any advice or insight would be appreociated.
I just tried my EVO with my copy of Darwin and everything I threw at it worked flawlessly.
A few points to note
1) Be sure you "hint" all your movie tracks
2) Ensure that you have the proper out bound ports opened in any firewalls, etc.
But I tried, MP4 containers with the following codecs (H264, H263, MP4V (Divx)). I tried 3GP containers and I tried a MOV container with H264 codecs.
Let me know if you are still struggling on your EVO.
Rick
Just out of curiosity, have either of you gotten this working over 3G/4G (not Wifi)?
And if so are you on Android 2.2 yet?
I'm having issues with other RTSP streamers (Haven't tried Darwin just yet) over 3G (no 4G here yet), and wondered if this app might work instead.
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Hey guys,
I have been running allshare acting as a client running video files off my computer. The computer is running ubuntu 10.04. I have tried a few media server/streaming programs and the one that works for me is minidlna.
I can pause / fast forward / reverse the videos. Its all good in that aspect. I would like to know if there is anyone else that is running something similar or if there is any "better" option for streaming my videos to my phone?
At the moment, allshare can play any avi and mp4 I throw at it, but it seems to force close whenever it sees wmv's and it also force closes when it sees mkvs.
Any suggestions?
Yesterday, I tried another program called tvmobili and it seems quite easy to install. Even though it is in beta, it was very easy to use. It is available for win, mac and linux. This program however just filters out all the files that the phone cannot play, so i guess it solves the force close problem.. but I could have sworn that galaxy s can play wmv, and mkv files... or is it just it cannot do it using allshare?
Same setup, same issues. WMV and MKV over Allshare isn't working, but play successfully on the phone.
I'm not sure how much people have tried this out yet, but has anyone managed to successfully play videos via dlna (connected media tab in galleries)
eg. i can play an avi file perfectly locally on the device.
but everytime i try to stream it via windows media server/orb media server, i get the message 'Sorry this video cannot be played'
anyone else?
maybe something htc needs to fix?
Tried resetting your router? Maybe thats it.
I tried this and had mixed results: Tversity on win 7 would serve up the videos but none would play. Normal shared folder would let me play .mp4 but not .avi
Ooer!
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lawrence750 said:
I'm not sure how much people have tried this out yet, but has anyone managed to successfully play videos via dlna (connected media tab in galleries)
eg. i can play an avi file perfectly locally on the device.
but everytime i try to stream it via windows media server/orb media server, i get the message 'Sorry this video cannot be played'
anyone else?
maybe something htc needs to fix?
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I am trying to figure out how to enable a 2nd player in the unit, on first run it pops up and asks me which player to use, but only the supplied mplayer is available, if i could get it to see say rockplayer, then these issues would go away
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I am trying to figure out how to enable a 2nd player in the unit, on first run it pops up and asks me which player to use, but only the supplied mplayer is available, if i could get it to see say rockplayer, then these issues would go away
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I agree, I'm feeling this is another bug, mainly because the local video playback using htc video player (or whatever its called) is intermittently useless. sometimes it works, sometimes it plays the first five seconds and stops, sometimes not at all. All on the same video at different times.
vplayer works fine though..
also it seems unlikely that resetting the router will help, as airvideo via my iphone works fine, but i will try later on when at home again.
Haven't tried this yet, but have you checked that you have all the right codecs installed on your pc? I know windows media player has a hard time with certain codec's and file types where as vlc player doesn't, yet i don't know how this would sit when streaming video.
dladz said:
Haven't tried this yet, but have you checked that you have all the right codecs installed on your pc? I know windows media player has a hard time with certain codec's and file types where as vlc player doesn't, yet i don't know how this would sit when streaming video.
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I think this is an issue with playback of videos on the phone, not on the computer...
If the file plays back fine on the computer, then it's not gonna be a codec problem (from the computer's side anyway).
Having this problem too. Is someone going to contact HTC?
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I have very similar results. Using Windows 7's Media Player Streamer I can browse all my videos , music and photos , but none of these can be played (the server works ok,'coz I still can play videos and other media from other PC). I've some better results with XBMC's media stream (UPNP server) the photos works fine, but still can't play other media.
I can't manage to open the DHD's video, audio or images using DLNA connection.
At the beginning I think that the problem is with codecs, but since this media is opened with no problem once it copied on the phone I'm sure there is a problem with the player playing content over UPNP connection.
I had that kind of issues with an old ubuntu install, but all was fixed when installed VLC Player, so I hope someone can make a good port of VLC to android.
I've managed to playback mp3s and looked at pictures stored on my computer via my phone, so that part is OK, but videos are a no-go, which is a shame.
Very simple answer to this people.
The Desire HD and Z does not support "Play To" Receiver
Because of this AVI wont work.
Just check DLNA's website.
Compare it to bluetooth,
Both are very sensitive to compatibility and such
Never mind...
l1nuxfre4k said:
Very simple answer to this people.
The Desire HD and Z does not support "Play To" Receiver
Because of this AVI wont work.
Just check DLNA's website.
Compare it to bluetooth,
Both are very sensitive to compatibility and such
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Well that's just stopped me buying the HTC Media Link, like htcsense.com they big this up in their adverts and then can't deliver.
Avi seems not to work, but I've managed to stream to my phone .mp4 files.
l1nuxfre4k said:
Very simple answer to this people.
The Desire HD and Z does not support "Play To" Receiver
Because of this AVI wont work.
Just check DLNA's website.
Compare it to bluetooth,
Both are very sensitive to compatibility and such
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some avi files have actually started playing. most stop within a few seconds though.. if it can do this, why not the whole video?
Also i did check DLNAs website, and they've actually certified the Desire HD as a M-DMP device. I know they've only tested it with images (according to the certificate) however the description of a M-DMP device is:
These wireless devices find and play content on a digital media server (DMS) or mobile digital media server (M-DMS).
Examples: mobile phones and mobile media tablets designed for viewing multimedia content.
So it must be a HTC bug? (based on the fact that it DOES play the start of some files and that it is M-DMP certified..)
EDIT: well it must be a codec thing.. rockplayer plays all these files fine.. even locally the 'Videos/gallery' app can't play them all. Maybe HTC should use ffmpeg like rockplayer.. then it might just work
I spend many hours trying to figure this out , all but streaming video don't work ..any suggestions ?
Me too, but if only
mexlamri said:
I spend many hours trying to figure this out , all but streaming video don't work ..any suggestions ?
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Me too, but if only there was a way of making vplayer (since that plays everything so far) the default player when a video is clicked on from the connected media view
Same problem here.
1. Connected Home on Samsung Omnia 2(Win6.1/6.5) works
2. Doest work on Samsumg Galaxy Tab (froyo 2.2)
3. Doesnt work on Desire HD (pic, music, video)
So can I assume its something to do with Android?
same problems here with the HTC Media Link. far too many video files play ok on my htc desire from win7 pc using Skifta.
i've been attempting to find successful filetype/bitrate settings through freemake video converter (which allows hard-coding of subtitles) with little success when pushing to the media link.
Q. does anyone know a guaranteed filetype, bitrate, size which works through media link?
Q. are there any XDA devs working on a rom to fix this thing? excellent hardware in need of a little homebrew tweak if ever there was
It works fine on my DHD with Sabsa Prime V16 no issues at all. (Audio /Video/ Photos)
Why is it that everytime i record videos on my phone, and try to play them on my pc it only shows the video but with no audio? Ive formatted the video in many formats n still nothing? Is it cause u cannot format or hear ure videos on ure PC only on phone? Or u just cannot play 3gp files on pc, since thats the format of the my touch slide vids. So plz if some one know how 2 fix this n get the audio of it plz let me now, would appreciate it.
All you need to do is to install a proper codec pack on your PC. K-lite will work great
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All you need to do is to install a proper codec pack on your PC. K-lite will work great
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I just installed k-lite 64 bit codec n still no audio :/. Ive had this problem as well when i had my g1. N now this as well. :/
Then it's still more likely something's wrong with the pc. Try recovering or reinstalling windows. If it's not codecs and os's trash, then maybe a microphone but what about calls? |And how could it be with two different devices? The same roms like cyanogen or smth? Idk but it definately plays with sound on my win7 64 bit laptop, and just checked , on my win 7 32 bit home desktop as well with K-Lite codecs on all of them (Using both KMPlayer and WMP)
And with Cyanogen Mod 6.1 RC3 everything records and works ok for me, even wifi, although some do compain about it working.
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Then it's still more likely something's wrong with the pc. Try recovering or reinstalling windows. If it's not codecs and os's trash, then maybe a microphone but what about calls? |And how could it be with two different devices? The same roms like cyanogen or smth? Idk but it definately plays with sound on my win7 64 bit laptop, and just checked , on my win 7 32 bit home desktop as well with K-Lite codecs on all of them (Using both KMPlayer and WMP)
And with Cyanogen Mod 6.1 RC3 everything records and works ok for me, even wifi, although some do compain about it working.
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huh n wht u mean calls? im talking about vids on my phone that wont play in my pc. The quality is good and all but there is no audio. Ive had this problem with my g1 as well never got the audio playing on my pc. I d-loaded a program called 3gplayer, and it plays the video n audio good. But i want 2 be able 2 post them in youtube, n well without audio i cant :/. And ive tried on my sis new laptop she got yesterday n didnt even work as well, and as in mine with my g1 didnt work n now this slide phne wont wrk as well. my phone is not rooted or anything, its all stock 2.1 update 1
Ok it is a hardware or software problem of a phone or it is a hardware or software problem of a pc
Check everything. What else?
I was having the same issue. The way I sloved this was to install VLC and open the videos with that. It works great.
Hi guys,
I really hope someone can help. I've been using my Epic 4G Touch for recording HD video for about a year now. I edit everything on Vegas Movie Studio Platinum v.11. Everything was fine until a couple of months ago. I was able to put my mp4 video files directly into my timeline and all was well with the world.
Recently, I've noticed that when I put video files into my timeline, the audio track is out of sync and a bit longer than the video track, The only work around I've found is to convert the files to another format. When converted out of mp4 into avi, dv or anything else, the sync is perfect, but this inevitably degrades the audio.
I've found nothing that I've done differently with my computer or smartphone except flashing ROM's. I even re-flashed the ROM I had before the trouble began, (Calkulin's E4GT2 v.1.6). Still same problem.
The mp4 files play just fine on my S2 and computer, but not when I try to edit them in Sony Vegas.
Help?
Thanks!