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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DevaVictrix:
yeah sure,

http://www.hydro-organicsuk.co.uk/iplayer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
That looks like craftyb's iPlayer app. Either you've accidentally posted in the wrong forum or you have mistakenly loaded the wrong app on your phone ;)

The link you want to load for this app is: myPlayer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DevaVictrix:
Damn! Your right... ive posted this in the wrong forum.

Sorry about that! In searching for my solution I came across myPlayer and have left both browser tabs open.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] steve_p:
Works fine on a (VGA) LOOX N560 with .Net CF2.0: Better in fact than using Opera and the Samsung user agent spoof on my Kaiser, since I can watch BBC News 24.

Any chance of adding streaming quality/resolution options? Live TV streams at a very low bitrate, currently.

Great app. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
I have just posted a video on YouTube that demonstrates the myPlayer VLC implementation. This should be especially useful for T-Mobile users wishing to watch the BBC iPlayer content via 3G.

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfQYbVy5qFs&fmt=22

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rallymad_nad:
If used with WMP what is the exe path, can't seem to get anything to work.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Unfortunately I don't think WMP supports the RTSP streams in the format the BBC broadcasts. I would suggest using CorePlayer or a dedicated streaming player such as the one bundled with most HTC devices.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adeski:
A few observations re: Myplayer

OK - after having given up with the audio-visual sync lag & non-loading issues using the official BBC mobile iplayer page, I tried Myplayer. I am pleased to report that the sync is for the most part good on the catch up:) and the quality of picture is good also:). For Live TV - the sync is all over the place.

There is a bug in that it does not retain the thumbnails resolution. It always reverts to low for some reason.

I've found it's not quite there yet when it loses signal strength - even just one bar, it will buffer, but sometimes when it re-starts it starts from the beginning of the programme.

Going home tonight, I did manage to get Radio 2 streaming really well. Radio 6 though, no chance - kept buffering. I can only assume that Radio 6 has a high % or internet users, so poss. a bandwidth issue?

The other thing I note is the scrolling up and down the main screen is really strained - it hasn't the fluidity of other touch HD apps.

If the official bbc iplayer is driving you nuts with it not working, you should certainly check this baby out. Not least for the fact you can actually use it on a HDSPA or 3G connection - assuming you've a strong signal and you're not moving about too much - er and generous data plan:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
adeski, firstly - thanks for the feedback - exactly what I'm looking for ;)

I've added a few replies below...

I believe this is due to the higher bandwidth required to view the live TV feeds. I am currently looking for alternative streams with a lower bitrate.

Well spotted. I shall fix that in the next update.

The reliability of the stream playing continuously when your signal is at low strength is governed by the media player you use to watch the feeds. Unfortunately myPlayer has no control over the stream once it has passed it on to the media player. However most of the BBC streams are RTSP so you should be able to seek to a desired start position if the video does restart.

I have not had a look at kinetic scrolling yet, but I will endeavour to do so before the final release client.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marsehole:
Just to add my two cents...

myPlayer runs well on my Jade using HTC StreamingPlayer, albeit only for live TV.

If I try to play live radio, StreamingPlayer opens but doesn't load the stream at all. For catch up TV, StreamingPlayer gives the error "Media file not found".

Looks like CorePlayer may well be a requirement...

In any case, good work Fry!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skilty:
Been trying to use myPlayer since last night but every video I try and watch Coreplayer comes up with a "can't find the file" error message??

anyone else had the same issue.. worked fine 2-3 days ago!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiffy18:
Snap! Can't get the catch up to work, but then that's also true of Crafty's iPlayer - saying 3gp at beginning of error message, so have they changed things for 3gp feeds?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mac_d4di:
Me too any ideas anyone
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
The Catch Up episodes load successfully on my wifi connection. Unfortunately I cannot test the content directly via 3G as I have T-Mobile - but I can stream the episodes via VLC successfully on 3G.

Which connection are you attempting to use, and - in the case of 3G - which mobile provider do you have?

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiffy18:
With O2 using the XDA Ignito (HTC diamond). Was trying to use it over 3g which hadn't been a problem until reading the earlier post by someone. Just tried over wi-fi and works. Just going to test over 3g again and this now works! Was a server down at all or something? This was on catch up which I can vouch for, was not working earlier.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRZ400:
Hey FryWalker ... some serious good work.

Took a while to get working and in the end as a last resort installed CorePlayer and now it works fine over WIFI.

I likes a lot. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Most probably a temporary outage / modification of the BBC iPlayer Mobile streams. The BBC like to fiddle with the content from time to time, so I guess that is what happened in this case. Glad to hear it is working ok now :cool:

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adeski:
Thanks for getting back Fry.

I use Coreplayer for all streams. Interestingly, the ITV live stream is better quality than the i-player live stream. Poss. they deliver it at a higher quality?

Keep up the good work. It's a nifty little app. I've given up on the official i-player mobile site ever working. Doesn't anyone at the beeb use a Touch HD? er.. probably not! They're all i-phoners there I reckon:rolleyes:

Cheers

ade
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mac_d4di:
Hi

Was only using wifi, but checked it again this morning and it works fine, thankyou very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amuneer:
Brilliant App. Works much better on Touch HD than craftyb's iPlayer app.

It would be good to lose the scrollbar all together. Also finger scrolling is not too smooth at the moment.

Definitely a killer Windows Mobile App. Many thanks to the developer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrdo:
many thanks for a truly excellent app. this makes my phone a much more useful device.

cheers !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chris10230:
I had a look at the radio stations and why does it go 1-4 then 6-7 and no 5Live? As this would be really useful to have as i would like to get this due to the lack of an AM radio in my handset.

If i knew where to find the stream i would give it to you but i don't, so hopefully it can be found and included.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
In the latest version (0.82b) you should be able to find the BBC Five Live and Five Live Xtra channels on the "Manage Live Radio" menu.

It is not included by default as the content is often unplayable due to licencing issues (eg. live football).

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marsehole:
Update; it all suddenly started working last week. I can now stream catch up TV and live radio using HTC StreamingPlayer.

Looks like the BBC were indeed tinkering...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] baz43:
Ive installed core player and myplayer in internal sotrage and i have set the correct path for coreplayer. however it still doesnt work? all i get is "unable to invoke media player" "please make sure path to the executable is correct"

Can anyone help? btw i have a htc diamond
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Could you let us know what you currently have as the path to CorePlayer?

I'm guessing - if CorePlayer is installed to the storage card - it would need to be something like..

\Storage Card\Program Files\CorePlayer\player.exe

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] baz43:
i ended up installing in device memory and it worked, but when it was in internal memory it was internal memory/program files/ coreplayer/ player.exe.

i'm going to re-install in internal memory and try your suggestion
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] baz43:
how can you increase the quality of the live tv stream for bbc 1? ive noticed that the ITV channels are much high quality than the bbc channels.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tcSPVm3100:
hi im using a tytn2 with oem orange rom for now. I have coreplayer 1.3 and myplaer installed to phone memory but when coreplayer is invoked it spits out the error "network not available" what's happening?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] custardo01:
Go to Tools/Preferences then select page (bottom left menu) select "Network" then tick "enable network access" ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
*** Updated to version 0.90b ***

Change list:

- New TouchFLO (kinetic scrolling) interface added for a smoother experience

- Support for ITV Player added - select "ITV Catch Up" from the View menu

- Thumbnail quality preference is now saved correctly

- Reliability of Now / Next info for Live TV programmes improved

- Various other minor bug fixes
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DMAND:
Love the update!

Kinetic scolling is a lot easier to use, deffinatly one of my favourite apps,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smeddy:
Amazing! Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amuneer:
Excellent update. Keep up the good work. ITV catchup feature is nice. Kinetic scrolling looks good.

ITV catchup seems very high quality. It does not play smooth at all over Wifi on Touch HD, even when 3G quality setting is selected. Anybody else with same problem?

For version 0.82b I was using HTC Streaming Player to play. It worked much better in terms of audio/video sync if using pause/seek etc. With this version I get an error when Streaming Player is launched. CorePlayer works fine as usual.

This is on course to become the no.1 app for Windows Mobile. Thanks to the developer for the huge effort.

Update: HTC Streaming Player still works fine. It works only over 3G. I was trying MyPlayer over Wifi for the first time today. For ITV catchup only CorePlayer works. So best to stick with CorePlayer as the developer suggests.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Yep, we're stuck with the 384kbps ITV Player streams I'm afraid - it is the only bit rate ITV broadcast. The myPlayer "Stream quality" option will only effect the BBC iPlayer episodes for the time being.

I find the ITV Player episodes are a bit too high quality even for wifi, but I was hoping it would work on some of the faster devices. Perhaps it is a constraint on the processor as opposed to the bandwidth.

It works better with the VLC implementation as VLC will transcode the stream to a lower bit rate - which my Kaiser is a lot happier with.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adeski:
Sterling work Young Fry Walker

I am v. excited about this -esp. the smoother scrolling, so will give it a d/l later and report back:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
A great app. I too was having problems with obtaining the PID with crafty's app, but this works just fine with the BBC TV channels. My problem is, I can't get ITV or any radio stations to work.

The Streaming Player opens (as with the BBC TV channels) but instead of the program buffering and playing, I get nothing.

If I click 'Play' or 'Connect' it brings up "rtsp://

I guess, it's waiting for an address?

I have a Touch HD and play using the StreamingPlayer that came with the 'phone.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amuneer:
FryWalker, you are an awesome developer. Please continue working on the little gem.

I have some feedback which will help improve the UI elements for WVGA devices.

1. The program information icon 'i' is not very finger friendly. Would be brilliant to move it out to the right as there is tonnes of unused space on WVGA devices. It could be made bigger like the YouTube app on the Touch HD.

2.Similarly on the program information popup, the close window 'X' icon is very tiny and needs a stylus of a nail to close. Maybe we can adopt the YouTube app approach again to have a separate screen for information which can be closed to return to the main screen. This screen can be used to display other episodes in the series.

PS!! Has anybody else had problems playing episode 2 and episode 3 of Apprentice? It does not play these for me. Gives a 'Media file not found' error. Maybe a missing file on BBC servers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
I have never actually got StreamingPlayer to work with myPlayer on my HTC Kaiser - although others have had more success.

I would suspect that the StreamingPlayer app only works with the RTSP feeds (BBC iPlayer Catch Up) as the other streams are supplied in a different format.

The ITV Player streams are accessed using the MMS protocol and the Live TV / Radio feeds are a mixture of WMV (ASF) and MMS.

CorePlayer (version 1.3) is the only WM app that I know of that will play each of these formats seamlessly.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eyeofthetiger:
I just installed myplayer on my htc touch hd.

When I attempt to strem a video I get this message:

Execution error

unable to invoke media player

/Program

Files/coreplayer/player.exe

Please make sure the path to the executable is correct

Whats happening here?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Matt Kirby:
I've also got a Touch HD and had the same problem, and I read that it should work with the HTC StreamingPlayer and hoped that ticking "Load streams with default association" would work, which it didn't.

I did get it working (and over 3G) by putting "windows\pvplayer.exe" into the "Load streams with the specified application" box in the settings for myPlayer.

If that's not the best way of doing it I'm sure someone will correct me!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
I believe you need to use back-slashes in the path name. It may also be case sensitive. Assuming you have installed CorePlayer to your device I would try:

\Program Files\CorePlayer\player.exe

For the HTC Streaming Player app please use:

\Windows\StreamingPlayer.exe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PJDelaney:
Hi Fry

Firstly congrats on a real class app, it work great. I've tried adding a NASA TV feed to the channel list (http://209.73.189.98:80/md2enc047?S...1A24A1979F0&CG_ID=1369080&segment=149773&MSWM)

however myPlayer gives an error saying it is unable to access the stream but paste the url into Coreplayer and it works fine, any ideas? Also, small suggestion, could you add cut/copy/paste popup menu to the boxes when you manage TV or radio?

Thanks

Paul
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
"I would suspect that the StreamingPlayer app only works with the RTSP feeds (BBC iPlayer Catch Up) as the other streams are supplied in a different format.

The ITV Player streams are accessed using the MMS protocol and the Live TV / Radio feeds are a mixture of WMV (ASF) and MMS.

CorePlayer (version 1.3) is the only WM app that I know of that will play each of these formats seamlessly."

Absolutely spot on. Just installed Coreplayer and it picks everything up fine.

ITV is very choppy though - I guess this is due to the fact that the broadcast is too high a quality, as has been mentioned earlier.

Fantastic work though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adeski:
ok - gave it a go last night. Excellent stuff!

Probs I've noticed (some ref'd elsewhere) :

ITV catch ups can't really be used due high quality streams.

Iplayer live streams don't go full screen and a/v sync is all over the shop

The Myplayer Logo is now missing from 'all programmes'. It's just been replaced with a generic Windows icon.

erm.. that's about it.

Thanks:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
This is an excellent app. i had installed a previous version which worked flawlessly :cool:

However, I have updated to the latest and have a major problem. The app loads fine and i get the thumbnail previews, no poblem. However, when I click on any of the streams, I get the following error message;

"myPlayer was unable to accss the media stream

Please ensure you are connected via an internet provider based in the united Kingdom"

Strange, as the last time I looked I was in the uk connected via BT Internet. which worked fine with an earlier version.

This is on my TyTnII running Windows 6 connected via wifi. I also get exactly the same issue with my Touch Pro running Windows 6.1.

Tried going back to a previous version but alas I still get the same error message. Interestingly, the app is sending the stream url to HTC's streaming media player which, if loaded separately, you can connect to the stream and it plays absolutely fine.

Interestingly enough, i get the same error message when connecting via 3G on Vodafone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Sounds like it could be a temporary glitch with the BBC iPlayer content system. They are known to play about with their streams from time to time which can effect certain regions in isolation.

Please try again in a couple of hours (or perhaps tomorrow) and let me know if you are getting the same error.

The method used to access the BBC iPlayer streams has not changed since version 0.70b, but I would advise sticking with the latest version.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
Thanks for the reply. Have tried it this morning on a different wifi connection and it's still the same.

My home one was the one I tried last night and the one I tried this morning is the work one which is 60 miles away from each other. ho hum. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
I'm getting the same - and it was fine up to at least yesterday afternoon.

Edit

Radio is fine, Live TV is fine and ITV Catch Up is OK - so it's just BBC catch up that's not working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] echolock:
Same here, over both 3G and my home wi-fi. The BBC trying to stop these sorts of apps working?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Yep, you are correct. They have changed the structure of the catch up episodes again - sigh. I am currently working on a fix and will post an update ASAP.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
I've just encountered a problem which I THINK might be related to myplayer?!

Once myplayer was installed, the analogue clock appeared in the top right of my phone's screen.

This wasn't something I'd chosen, it just seemed to automatically set itself.

Now though, I'm missing information that normally sits in the top right of the screen, namely, all but one of the signal strength bars (the smallest one) and the symbol that shows whther the phone is on vibrate, ring, etc. The analogue clock is also not there.

I know it's not a physical screen issue, as when I click on the three horizontal bars for Taskmanager, the missing info momentarily displays (fraction of a second).

I've tried a soft reset and also taking the battery out, with no success.

Can anyone help?

Does it have something to do with myplayer?

(I posted something similar to this in the Blackstone forum, so apologies if I've contravened any double posting rules).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
*** Updated to version 0.92b ***

Change list:

- *Major Update* - compatible with new BBC iPlayer content structure

- Info panel will now load when clicking on a programme description

- Improvements made to the way custom Live TV streams are handled
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
It certainly is not something that myPlayer has been programmed to do - and I'm not aware of anyone else reporting the problem.

Try going to Settings -> System -> Clock & Alarms, then select the "More" tab. There should be a "Display the clock on the title bar in all programs" check box - make sure that is unticked.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
Works fantastically now :cool:

However, I do seem to have a problem with the ITV Player, I can view the thumbnails but when I click on one, it fires up HTC's streaming Media Play and then does nothing. There's no stream reference in the history either?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
Well, I've got it back - not exactly sure how if I'm honest - messed with the 'Display Clock in all Programs' as you mentioned, as well as settings in HD Tweak.

At first it didn't seem to do the trick, then it was OK - then it disappeared again!

I guess it's something I'm doing but as it's back I'm now going to leave well alone.

Thanks for your reply.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
myPlayer is all good for me now.

Allen Mead, ITV is fine for me using Coreplayer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
Okilydokily. I don't have coreplayer right now :(

While I'm at it, I get an error message if I try to listen to Capital FM, says the URL is invalid although I checked the site and it seems to be right?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
Capital is OK for me - again, using Coreplayer (if that makes a difference).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
I'm guessing that it must be. Looks like I'll be paying out for that then.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Allen Mead:
What's the best settings for the Streatming Media player to help try and stop it from keep buffering?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cbwood:
Fry,

Thanks for the update. I use Myplayer on a daily basis and noticed the problem late last night.

The kintetic scrolling and automatic update facility have moved this application up another notch. It is really a professional must have application now.

My only concern is the BBC trying to stop access from third party apps in the future.

For the record I have never been able to get Feature not supported on Live TV with Sky or ESPN. Has anyone else got these channels to work?

I also get lag with the high bit rate on the live ITV channels but the reason this has been explained in an earlier post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
Nothing working this morning - comes back with 'Network not available' or nothing at all i.e. coreplayer opens, but then nothing, no program, no error message, nothing. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junglykutha:
ALL Working fine here......Thanks for a superb app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
What network are you on?

Edit Just seen the O2 in your post!

Which means I'm confused - not sure what's changed for me in the meantime!?!?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
Take a look at this post.

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boris71:
A re-install of Coreplayer seemed to get it going again - but I'll bear in mind your pointer if it should happen again, thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiffy18:
I've got Sky News working, though I believe I had to search for an alternative address as too for Talksport if anyone's interested in that? Would love to get Sky Sports News too, anyone know this? ESPN doesn't work for me though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FryWalker:
If you have any new feeds that work well with myPlayer, let me know and I can add them as a default in the next release.

Cheers,

-Fry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] StarMonkee:
what would be awesome is if you could get round the drm for channel 4 and 5 on demand :D

Anyway, great app, but it doesn't seem to show up in apptodate for me (not much of a problem as the inbuilt update works great).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eyeofthetiger:
I just got the update BT

but when I try to stream a video I get:

Connection error:

Failed to telnet VLC server [] on port 4212

Please ensure the VLC telnet interface is loaded and the ports are open(and forwarded if the server is connected to a router that implements NAT)

Any help would be apreciated!