Just installed Orb and it worked fairly well but had a couple of questions that you might be able to help me with.

1. Orb uses Windows Media Player although it gives a couple of other players (for example Real) as options. TCPMP is not an option. Any ideas on how to get it set as an option? I've tried other suggestions noted here like selecting all the appropriate file associations in TCPMP but I still haven't been able to get it as an option in Orb or as my default player on AX.

2. I streamed some TIVO files over Orb to my AX and seemed to work nicely although I did have a couple of instances where suddenly the screen went black and then came back shortly thereafter. Usually WMP switched from landscape to portrait when this happened but continued to play in the same spot as just before the screen went black. I've never experienced this with any other program so am assuming it is something associated with streaming video/Orb/WIFI. Any thoughts or suggestions for correction?

3. Has anyone figured out how to fastforward or jump around in a video using Orb?

Thanks for your help.

Satman

Orb will never recognize TCPMP as your default option, but that doesn't mean your Axim won't. Orb streams video in either windows media or realplayer formats. If you choose windows media, it will save a small playlist file, (I think asx) to your my documents folder, and by default, Windows Media Player will try to open that playlist file and start playing the streaming video.

However, if you make sure that asx files are associated with TCPMP (either by checking the setting in TCPMP, or using a tweaking program), when you click play in Orb's web interface, it will save the asx file to your PDA, and TCPMP will be the program that opens up, instead of Media Player. Does that make sense?

Makes perfect sense (seeing thats what I did)

I have no problems when using Wi-Fi to listen to music, or videos. Now when I use my cell, thats a little different, but still not bad

BM

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." Robert X Cringely

Addition who needs that kind of stuff any way huh?


Who cares if I'm only 16?

 

Thanks for the responses.

Any thoughts on questions 2 and 3?

Satman

The computer you are streaming from needs to be connected directly to your internet with a cable not wirelessly connected if that is the case. A wireless 802.11b can only do 11mb/s and a cat5 ethernet cable can do 100mb/s so its about 10 times more bandwidth. The resolution of the streamed file could be to big for your availiable bandwidth so you may have to re-encode it to a smaller resolution or decrease the bitrate for it to work smoothly. If you use a router to wirelessly connect the more devices connected to it and sending and receiving from it the lower your bandwidth goes.

 

The axim can only take advantage of so much bandwith. Not the full 11 mb/s, much less 100 mb/s

BM

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." Robert X Cringely

Addition who needs that kind of stuff any way huh?


Who cares if I'm only 16?

 

Its not the axim I said the streaming computer needs the fast connection to the router so that the router can access the data to be streamed quicker then it can send the data out faster. when your computer is connected to your router with an ethernet cable it can communicate with the router at 100mb/s and the router doesnt have to transmitt wirelessly or recieve wirelessly from the streaming computer. Your axim has to connect wirelessly so the router has to transmitt and recieve to the axim which it can only do at a max of 11mb/s which is enough to recieve data but when your streaming computer is also wirelessly connected to the router then your router has to take turns sending and receiving from two devices wirelessly and the streaming computer can only send data at half the speed of wireless now because its sharing the wireless and not directly connected. The router can transfer at up to 100mb/s for directly connected devices so you want your source for streaming to be directly connected to keep the router from dropping below 11mb/s sending out to your axim now do you understand?

 

Doh!!!!

I totally just missed that entire part of the post....

My apoligies.



Yes, I agree though. The desktop should be conencted via Cat5 to start with.

BM

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." Robert X Cringely

Addition who needs that kind of stuff any way huh?


Who cares if I'm only 16?