There is no way to currently stream from iPlayer but you can do the next best thing which is to download shows and sync them to your device.
One great thing is that the video downloads from iPlayer using get_iplayer are in the correct format (less than 800 x 480, h264, aac audio) which means Zune will sync the videos straight onto the device without having to wait for the lengthy transcoding.
Get_iplayer is here
http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe
What I did was basically set the download folder (do this at the install process) inside My Videos which I have set Zune to monitor. Once get_iplayer is installed, you can either download via command line, or use the handy Web_PVR which should be in the start menu under get_iplayer. (run the get_iplayer first to update all the listings and then the web pvr). It should then pop up in your browser where you can search and "record" shows. It should be default download the videos in the right format to sync to WP7.
Hope this helps!
so you have to use a pc to download the shows, then zune over ?
Yes. However unlike most video files, where you have to wait for the lenghty transcoding process, the downloaded files are in the right format to sync straight away.
Nice find. Well done mate
I keep getting an error saying it failed to get the iphone url from the iplayer site
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Does it Work!
Has anybody got this to work?
The way you reading it is wrong ... up till now ... we have no way of LIVE watching from youtube ...
the plugin is just a plugin that let TCPMP interpret a FLV file ... this does not let you view youtube LIVE in your device's browser at all .. LOL
it's simple ...really ...
basically it's just a plugin that let you play FLV file format with TCPMP ...
you don't really need that downloader since there are many site online that let you paste a youtube link and among other sites that shows flash clip in FLV format ..
now that you have the plugin for TCPMP ( transfer the *.plg file into TCPMP's directory ) ... all you have to do now is transfer that "FLV" file to your device and open it with TCPMP. ( you still have to download it first though ... )
just google for "youtube download" and you will find sites that let you download the FLV file
The Easy Way To Play YouTube Videos On Your Dash/Excalibur
The best fix for playing Youtube videos and the easiest way to get YouTube video downloads on to your Dash/DoPod c730/Exculibur was found over at http://forum.dashsmartzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1302 I loaded all my favorites YouTube videos on to my Dash, fast and easy! Works for me, like a charms!
No More "Invalid Returned Link"
Oh! one more thing, when I used the TCPMPFlvplugin method to download YouTube videos, I would always get a error message "Invalid Returned Link". Now with that DashSmartZone fix, I don't get any error messages. I just get my Youtube video download, perfect every time!
Just use MOBETUBE
THe simplest way to play youtube videos is to use mobetube.com
Your Way Cost $29.95! "DashSmartZone" Way is FREE!
Your way works on certain phones, plus you got to shell out $30.00 and you call it the simplest way to download YouTube videos. The DashSmartZone way is FREE, FAST and EASY, works on just about all smartphones and ppc's like a charm! Going the DashSmartZone way, I will keep my $30.00 in my pocket, going the [D$Z] way make DOLLARS and SENSE to me and to anybody else in their right mind!
The Best Way To Get YouTube Videos On Your Device
Without a doubt, the download and details the have over at DashSmartZone for getting YouTube videos on your device is the best on the market at this time! Fast, Easy and Free!
Another Way http://m.youtube.com
Now the ultimate way to watch YouTube video without a plugin or downloader. Just go direct to mobile Youtube and access your videos. Now the catch, you need one of those HTC Streaming Media players that come on most of the wm6 pocketpc Rom you find on this web site or you maybe able to find the cab file for the HTC Streaming Media v2.10 build 1025.621 or even the new Touch version v2.1 b 202.715 will fit the Dash screen, but I don't have all the details yet on how the latter player works, but I do know it can connect via RTSP URL...........!
I already got TCPMP ... all I needed was the FLV plugin ... that's it !!!
there are so many sites online that let you download youtube to your PC ... just google it !
some even let you download/convert it in different formats ( avi, mpeg ..etc )
no need to take the long way !!
Read Again Please!
That's what I just said! You are talking loud and saying nothing! Another thing you don't have to worry about that "unable to find network" stuff, plus your YouTube video are on your device and pc to watch any time you want.
LMAO !!
if you go over the whole thread again ... it is CLEARLY shown that YOU are the loudest !!
you start with a question for a solution ... then you went on about all kinds of different solutions ... meanwhile ... things are so simple.
No logic
Guy you are wasting your time saying nothing!
Lady and Uni, PvPlayer Download!
When the blind lead the blind, they both fall in the ditch! The best ways to access the videos on YouTube! Go mobile, direct to Youtube http://m.youtube.com and the next best way is use the method found at http://forum.dashsmartzone.com. The TCPMPflvplugin is old and out dated already, all you will get that way is a error message "invalid return Link"! Now for all you people who want a new player to access Youtube mobile, go over to the Vox site and look for a post title "YouTube got Mobile", in that post you will find a download for the ppc pvplayer. It plays 3gp video files, that player is a must have for youtube! The pvplayer download is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312695 Go to post number 10.........! OUT DATED POST! NOW SEE POST NUMBER 16 FOR THE LATEST HTC STREAMING MEDIA PLAYER SMARTPHONE/PPC VERSION DOWNLOAD DIRECTION! WORKS LIKE A CHARM!
YouTube Dash/Excalibur Direct Access To Videos
Now you can access YouTube mobile videos direct live via wifi on your Dash/Excalibur with the new HTC Smartphone Streaming Media Player! Opera browser required on your device, will not connect using IE! You can find the downloads, instructions and complete details over at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312695&page=2 Go down to post number 20 for the downloads and details! Works like a charms.
Ok guys here is a .cab I made for the Streaming Media tool.. I tried it and it worked with m.youtube.com!
Let me know if it works!
Download here: http://www.ramonshare.com/files/index.php?share=4&path=TOOLS/RvBCrS_HTC_Streaming_Media.cab
Good Try!
Your download does not open, go back to the lab and work things out and get back to me! Thanks a lot for trying, but never give up! You must keep trying!
What do you mean does not open? you put it on your device and install it.. I have 3 devices here and they all work.. Can you give me a bit more info? can you download the file?
PM Sent To You
I believe it will work!
TubeVideos Are Now Available on T-Mobile Dash/Exculibur Live
The best fix yet, that I have seen for direct live access to http://m.youtube.com mobile videos is the new smartphone/ppc HTC Streaming Media player. The downloads, with instructions and details can be found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312695&page=2 Go to post number 20 for the downloads and details! This is live direct access to youtube via your device, no plugin or downloader required
I've recently tried uploading media files to my phone but they won't play. The first film I uploaded was an AVI file. This didn't play because I don't have a divx player on the phone. Does anyone know where I can download a player for my phone?
Second film I tried to upload was a dvdrip in Mpeg~1 format. This didn't play in the media player either.
Could anyone tell me the best way to get some films onto my phone?
To transfer the files I have just been dragging and dropping them into the storage card.
First of, I would recommend Coreplayer to play divx movies and what not. It's smart to get the blackstone video converter which was in the rom section I thought, use the search function
Sorry for spellingerrors, typing this in the bus on myblackstone which is a tad bumpy! Cheers.
There is a video converter in this forum which converts many types into ones which the video player from HTC (from the album) can play.
If you dont want to have to convert the films I would also reccomend using coreplayer. Its not free but it is worth paying for.
If you want a cheaper option you can download divx mobile player for free. It wont play the files as smoothly as coreplayer though.
Thanks for the advice. £20.00 is pretty steep. I don't think I would pay it. Are there any free versions of this software?
I remember converting media files for my Ipod once and gave up after 30 mins of converting a heroes episode hadnt finished the conversion. I'll give it another go on here though.
I'll try downloading the divx mobile.
Hey i'm absolutly new on this forum, just got my htc touch hd and i really like it. yes i was really frustated that it didn't play avi or mpg files, therefore i started downloading mp4 files when i came across this wonerful site, these files will play on your htc touch hd, the site is
http://www.vietfiles.org/phim-ma-downloads/40603-mu-high-quality-psp-movies-tv-shows-mp4-format.html
althought it's on megaupload which is annoying downloading one by one
Blackstone_travel said:
Thanks for the advice. £20.00 is pretty steep. I don't think I would pay it. Are there any free versions of this software?
I remember converting media files for my Ipod once and gave up after 30 mins of converting a heroes episode hadnt finished the conversion. I'll give it another go on here though.
I'll try downloading the divx mobile.
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It's up to you to decide whether £20 are too much. Anyway it does the job and does it quite nicely.
If not, you can try TCPMP - it's free, just google it up. I haven't tried it, though.
Do you need a membership to download films at vietfiles? i clicked on the film links and then there is no download icon on the next screen.
I've downloaded divx mobile. Extracted the files using WinRar and then dragged the two files, setupPocketPC and Divx Player onto my phone.
Neither of the two files will open on my phone. The setup one says its not a valid pocket pc application. The divx one says there is no application associated with the divx player it tells me to run the first file first then this one within it.
I then tried opening the file on my PC but it asked for Microsoft Active sync, however I can't upload active sync onto my computer because I'm running the dreaded Vista.
Help guys, anyone else faced this problem?
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I then tried opening the file on my PC but it asked for Microsoft Active sync, however I can't upload active sync onto my computer because I'm running the dreaded Vista.
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Vista is not to blame here. Active Sync is now called 'Windows Mobile Device Center'. Download it from Microsoft, install it in Vista, establish a partnership with the device, sync your device.
Then you can run the Divxsetup in Vista, it will call ActiveSync/MBDC and install the CAB file on your device.
I use the built-in HTC album player though. MPEG4-ASP compressed video in an MP4 container is the format that works best. Use the video converter frontend mentioned above.
Cheers
smil
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Do you need a membership to download films at vietfiles? i clicked on the film links and then there is no download icon on the next screen.
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nah when you click on the link it gives you, that should open a new window then in that window it goes to vietfiles then 3 secs later it should automatically redirect you to the megaupload site and download from there
if that doesnt work
try highlighting the link then pasting in your browser
I know the question of viewing BBC iPlayer on the TP2 has been raised before, but it seems like none of the suggested solutions really works very well, or at least not for me.
I've tried the trick of adding the Samsung Omnia user agent code in Opera 9.5. This works up to the point where the Streaming Media app opens, but then the video never loads - it just stays at 0% buffering for ever.
One can, of course, use Skyfire to access the iPlayer website, but Skyfire looks like pixellated crap and I hate it. Video playback is jerky too.
I did come across a stand-alone iPlayer app a while back, but it proved too unstable to use; constantly crashing.
The best results I've had so far are with using myplayer. Unfortunately I'm too cheap to shell out for Coreplayer so instead I use the Streaming Media player for actual streaming, and for downloaded material (which it says is "higher quality" - is that true?) I use TCPMP, which is not altogether satisfactory as you only get about 80% of frames rendered. I imagine Coreplayer would do a better job of playing the downloaded .MOV files, but even so, the resolution you're getting on those is really pretty poor compared to what you get out of iPlayer on a desktop PC. Downloads from myplayer have a resolution of 480x270, I think - certain 480 horizontal. Downloads to iPlayer desktop are, what, 640x360? And streamed content from iPlayer on my desktop PC (in "large" mode) has a resolution of something like 850x480.
Now, if I were starting with (say) a 720p .mkv file, I could feed it through the Encoder app, and cook it into a .mp4 file with 800x480 resolution and 750kb/s bitrate and it would play back beautifully using HTCAlbum as a player - HTCAlbum (and, indeed, Windows Media Player) do a far better job of video playback than CorePlayer on the TP2, thanks to their making far better use of the GPU. Is there any way of capturing high-resolution output from iPlayer on a desktop PC, and then using Encoder on it in the same way? Can this be done either with the flash videos that one streams to a desktop browser, or with the (encrypted?) .mp4 files that are downloaded to iPlayer desktop?
Are there any possibilities I'm missing?
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Works for me
Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
apv245l said:
Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
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Well, as I've already said, that doesn't work for me. Possibly because O2 blocks access to iPlayer streams, I don't know. What sort of playback resolution do you get? Full desktop res? Does the streaming media player cope without dropping frames?
apv245l said:
Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
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Out of curiosity I went back and had another go at this. Connecting to iPlayer over GPRS, EDGE or 3G, I now get a message on the website saying that iPlayer doesn't work over my network, and that I need to connect using WiFi. A note elsewhere on the website says that iPlayer is available over 3G for people on the 3 or Vodafone networks, but not on others. (I'm on O2). Connecting (briefly!!!) over my office's wifi network does work - the video can be played and opens in the Streaming Media Player. (I did try this once over a public wifi connection in my local Pret-a-manger, and it didn't work correctly).
However, even over wifi, the quality when streaming like this is even worse than I get from a myplayer .mov download - the resolution is a risible 320x176! So none of this really address my original question, which is how one can get better resolution out of iPlayer.
EDIT: Just to clarify, if I use myplayer to get streamed output from iPlayer, using Streaming Media Player to play it, this also gives me 320x176 video (but at least it manages to bypass the restriction on the O2 network, so it works over 3G). It also (sometimes) gives the option to download the programme in question, in the form of a 480x270 .mov file. Playing this nicely probably requires CorePlayer - TCPMP drops about 20% of frames.
Of course one could move the .mov file off the phone, re-encode to .mp4, and move it back on, and play it with HTCAlbum, but if you're going to go to that much effort it would be nice to be able to start with a higher-resolution video... which is where we came in.
Did a little more experimenting yesterday. Didn't really get anywhere, but in case anyone else has a bit more imagination than I have....
Some programmes on iPlayer now have two additional links. There's the standard "download" link (which downloads the programme for iPlayer Desktop on the PC). There are also (sometimes) two others which let you download the programme in WMV format - one suitable for desktop PCs, the other for "mobile devices".
Downloading to iPlayer Desktop produces a file with a .mp4 suffix, but no other application besides iPlayer Desktop (either on my PC or on my phone) seems to be able to make head or tail of it.
The "mobile device" .wmv file can be played correctly on the TP2 using Pocket Windows Media Player, but the resolution is the standard mobile 360x180 again, which makes it unwatchable. The intended-for-desktop .wmv file is much higher res - something like 680x544 (I forget the exact numbers, but it's roughly that). When played back on a desktop PC, Windows Media Player realises that it's in anamorphic format and scales it to 967x544 or thereabouts. It looks quite good.
Putting this file onto my TP2, however, doesnt work so well. Pocket Windows Media Player does play it, but playback is quite jerky (not surprisingly, as the bit rate is very high) and, even more annoyingly, it fails to recognise that it's anamorphic and plays it at "native" aspect ratio, which is useless. There doesn't seem to be any way to get it to stretch it.
I tried feeding the desktop WMV file through the Encoder application to convert it to 800x480 .mp4, but the end result is a video where sound and picture are both gibberish - the .wmv is obviously encrypted in a way that the encoder doesn't recognise.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Hi - I am new to Android and am struggling with some fairly basic concepts:
1. Unloading images, and video: I have Win7 and using the built in Windows image importer - it tries to unload all other images - not just camera. So I get lots of bookmark thumbnails etc; etc; I have also tried doubleTwist but that seemed overly complicated?
2. Sharing recorded video with others: The Desire seems to record to a format that no one can play. Well the video does but the sound does not. I have read that there is no way round this and you can only play it on your phone!!?? Surely thats not right? I just want to email friends some videos - surely thats not tricky!?
3. Multiple calendar reminders: When I get a reminder I get the option to Snooze All or Dismiss All - but I cant seem to dismiss just one reminder. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any help
vilbs said:
Hi - I am new to Android and am struggling with some fairly basic concepts:
1. Unloading images, and video: I have Win7 and using the built in Windows image importer - it tries to unload all other images - not just camera. So I get lots of bookmark thumbnails etc; etc; I have also tried doubleTwist but that seemed overly complicated?
2. Sharing recorded video with others: The Desire seems to record to a format that no one can play. Well the video does but the sound does not. I have read that there is no way round this and you can only play it on your phone!!?? Surely thats not right? I just want to email friends some videos - surely thats not tricky!?
3. Multiple calendar reminders: When I get a reminder I get the option to Snooze All or Dismiss All - but I cant seem to dismiss just one reminder. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any help
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1. The beauty of using a non-Apple smartphone is that you don't have to use a special application to manage your files. Just connect your device to your PC as a disk drive. Browse to it with your file explorer and just drag&drop.
2. Not sure what you mean here. Windows Media Player on Windows can play the videos recorded with the Desire. And Quicktime on OSX can as well.
3. Yeah, there's no way around this one. Bummer...
In terms of photos, why don't you just drag and drop...you don't really need to use an importing tool. That seems overly complicated for what you want.
On the video side of things, you have two formats to choose from. 3gp and Mp4. When you're shooting video there's a tab on the left. Pull it out and at the bottom is the settings. You can then choose "Encoding type" and switch. I believe you'll get the best compatibility with Mp4.
The reminders thing? I have no clue.
1. Issue with sync - OK I will drag and drop. The importer utility is normally quite handy as it only unloads images that havent already been unloaded etc; etc;
2.
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On the video side of things, you have two formats to choose from. 3gp and Mp4. When you're shooting video there's a tab on the left. Pull it out and at the bottom is the settings. You can then choose "Encoding type" and switch. I believe you'll get the best compatibility with Mp4.
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I have the choice out of H.263 and MPEG4. Both options output a .3gp file (I presumed that MPEG4 should output a .MP4). Both .3gp give the following message in VLC player "No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "samr". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this." Media player doesnt give me a message it just doesnt give audio. Google this tells me that there is no easy way to solve this. So how come it works for you?
3. "...Yeah, there's no way around this one. Bummer..." Bummer indeed
Oh well - thanks for your answers guys but I would really love to try and sort this video issue. Incidentally its the same with sound recordings - they use the same samr codec which basically cant be used
Ah, well it seems both RealPlayer and Quicktime can play back the videos encoded with the mp4 or H.263 format.
EDIT - And also Windows Media player. I have read that VLC can't play them due to licensing issues for the AMR sound format.
download and install the k-lite codec pack it will include the classic player which is more than capable of playing these videos. I did have an issue with my vids i was recording when i was making a recording that lasted longer than 10 minutes, it was almost as if the card was too full record properly however the recorder still carried on going, this can be recognised when you press stop on the video recording and it goes straight back to the desktop instead of the camera. when this occurs nothing will play the file as it is corrupt. it must have been a third party program i had installed as when i defaulted the device the problem stopped and it would record as normal.
I have done a lot of reading for this and I am totally gutted that the app doesnt work due to the lack of flash 10.1 from our devices (I used this on a friend's desire HD and was amazing)
All the links are from online streaming websites such as megavideo and others, is it possible to have another video player that can stream these videos, or any other way around it, it seems like there must be a way round this!
Thanks in advance
Hello
I found this, i dont know if it works. Try!
STep1:
Install rockplayer
RockPlayer-ARMv6-1.7.0.apk
Step2 :
Install tv show stream (lite or paid version)
(go to market and search for tv show stream)
Step3:
Go to settings => manage programmes
Go to rockplayer and click on place on sd card.
Step4
Go to settings => manage programmes
Go to tv show stream and click on place onto telephone memory
Step5:
Now open tv show stream and click on a show and chose external player and select rockplayer
OR
Download app called "Droid Streamer"
it can stream shows and movies on your Android.
Hit "Thanks" if i helped you