other player besides WMP for streaming video?

SubaruWRX · 06-16-05, 05:55 PM

When in full screen with my X5 the video is a little lagged behind the voice and when not in full screen it's in sync, I wonder does it have anything to do with Wmp it'self or hardware?

Howard2k · 06-16-05, 06:16 PM

What bitrate is the video encoded in?

**Frenchy** · 06-16-05, 06:25 PM

You can try the free software BetaPlayer.

SubaruWRX · 06-16-05, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Howard2k

What bitrate is the video encoded in?

Well these are from those streaming tv sites.. so they vary.

SubaruWRX · 06-16-05, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by Frenchy

You can try the free software BetaPlayer.

I just installed this the otherday but looking on the site I was unsure if it does streaming video or not.

But do I have to make a playlist in order for it to play?

**Frenchy** · 06-16-05, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by SubaruWRX

I just installed this the otherday but looking on the site I was unsure if it does streaming video or not.

But do I have to make a playlist in order for it to play?

Sorry I do not do Video but other member have talk about this software. I use GSPlayer (also free) for music.

Gigi · 06-16-05, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by SubaruWRX

I just installed this the otherday but looking on the site I was unsure if it does streaming video or not.

But do I have to make a playlist in order for it to play?

Just tap on File - Open File then enter the URL at the top.

SubaruWRX · 06-16-05, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by Gigi

Just tap on File - Open File then enter the URL at the top.

did not work all it did was show me a listing of whats on the server in folders.

Gigi · 06-17-05, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by SubaruWRX

did not work all it did was show me a listing of whats on the server in folders.

What URL did you enter? I'll try it and see if it works.

SubaruWRX · 06-17-05, 08:20 AM

http://www.jal.co.jp/cgi-bin/jal/jaltv/jaltv_asx.cgi

Gigi · 06-17-05, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by SubaruWRX

http://www.jal.co.jp/cgi-bin/jal/jaltv/jaltv_asx.cgi

Unfortunately, Betaplayer will not play .asx streams, only WMP will. However, when I tried it in WMP10, it would attempt to connect but would never get to the point where it could actually play, so your version of WMP actually does better than mine.

SubaruWRX · 06-17-05, 09:50 PM

Well that site did not work.. Sorry I picked out the wrong one, it said something about it not being able to connect.

So Betaplayer can do what type of streams then?

OddbOd · 06-18-05, 02:17 AM

Betaplayer can handle HTTP streams only, the one you are trying to play uses Microsoft's MMS protocol which is not supported. The only other player with a chance of playing WMVs correctly is VideoLAN but unfortunately the Pocket PC version is in very bad shape at the moment, it sort of plays but then bugs out.

BTW The real address of the stream you are trying to play is mms://wms03.aii.co.jp/jal/jtv/ch0/je...gift-all-b.wmv