MP3 streaming ?

rooster#1 · 11-24-05, 08:16 PM

Hello, have an Axim X50, I can browse the net using WIFI and see a folder on my PC containing MP3s.... but media player wont play them... is this possible, or do I HAVE to copy the file to the PDA before it will play ?

Thanks

Khris · 11-24-05, 09:07 PM

Download TCPMP and use it to stream MP3's instead.

SolSie · 11-24-05, 10:12 PM

Have you tried to go to Shoutcast.com, save a playlist (.pls) of your choice to your Axim; turn on WiFi, use TCPMP; PocketMusic; GSPlayer or Pocket Player and open that playlist. You will get streaming fron the Intenet to your Axim....

**ksong12** · 11-24-05, 10:27 PM

i think he means from PC to PPC, if that, and you use iTunes, use a program called WifiTunes, it streams from the iTunes library to Axim. You must have sharing enabled in iTunes.

See this thread:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ight=wifitunes

11-25-05, 10:59 AM

you can use GSPlayer to play mp3s DIRECTLY from server
you also can use shoutcast and icecast to stream mp3/ogg, and use GSPlayer or mortplayer to play

Khris · 11-25-05, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by mingkee

you can use GSPlayer to play mp3s DIRECTLY from server
you also can use shoutcast and icecast to stream mp3/ogg, and use GSPlayer or mortplayer to play

TCPMP will play mp3s DIRECTLY from the server they're on as well.

Inertial · 11-25-05, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Khris

TCPMP will play mp3s DIRECTLY from the server they're on as well.

As will PocketMusic.

rooster#1 · 11-25-05, 01:47 PM

Arrrr, so windows media player wont do it then ? (I assumed it would, as this is how we do it PC-PC) thanks MS for nousing it up !

Ill give the other softwares a go, thanks for the help guys

Schmecky · 11-25-05, 05:14 PM

I've had this problem as well - but it's with the streaming media services by Microsoft... MMS://

Anyway that TCMP or another alternative will play those streams as well? Also how do you change file association in Mobile Edition - ie what program will automatically open an .mp3?

11-26-05, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Khris

TCPMP will play mp3s DIRECTLY from the server they're on as well.

I know
however, GSPlayer and mortplayer also support streaming mp3 and ogg

Ivan Awfulitch · 11-26-05, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by rooster#1

Hello, have an Axim X50, I can browse the net using WIFI and see a folder on my PC containing MP3s.... but media player wont play them... is this possible, or do I HAVE to copy the file to the PDA before it will play ?

Thanks

It can play streaming, but it's not very good. It'll skip and refuse to play many files. I use Imusic and can play files over the wifi without problem or skipping. You might need to set a bit of buffer on the player to use if others are accessing at the same time.

desperate · 12-21-05, 05:29 PM

Hi, mine's a 50v and I'm pretty new at using it. I'm able to see all of my mp3s on my home network from my PPC using explorer, but when I go to gsplayer and try to navigate to the network folder I do not see any files.

In explorer I have to enter in the path to my network, so I'm thinking I might have to do something similar in GSplayer.

Any ideas?

OddbOd · 12-22-05, 02:40 AM

Install Resco Explorer (there should be a trial copy on the CD that came with your Axim) as it allows you to map network shares on to the PDA's filesystem. Your shared folders will now appear in a folder called Network that is accesible by any PDA application without needing to enter anything manually. This is actually a feature of the OS and will continue to work even after you remove Resco Explorer.