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[b]Free[/b] Streming Video Player from Oplayo

81 replies · 13,874 views · Started 05 October 2002

Alright, thanks for the input! I'll need to do some conversions so I can get more keyframes to the original videoclip.

Stay tuned!

** Magic **

Thanx for the playlists so far!

but how can i create a playlist on my own? Can't find it in the oplayo media designer.

and,

Creating files gives two different extensions. .mvq and .mvqp. What is the difference. audio/video?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

That is problematic. The playlist format is not exactly a secret, but there is no playlist creator available for public use.

What you can do is download some of my playlists, start with the index.mvp and work on that. If you have specific questions just PM me and I'll do my best to help you out.

Here's a short example of playlist:

[code:1]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE playlist SYSTEM "playlist-1.0.dtd">
<playlist v="1.0">
<pd l="mylist.mvp" b="http://www.geocities.com/myplace/" t="My Videos">
<txt t="Hello">
<msg>This is the welcome note. I hope you enjoy my videos!</msg>
</txt>
<s l="untitled_26.mvqp.7650" t="My First Video" d="true"/>
<pe l="otherfolder/myotherplaylist.mvp" t="My Other Playlist"/>
<s l="http://www.foobar.com/stuff/morestuff/friendsvideo.mvqp.7650" t="My First Video" d="true"/>
</pd>
</playlist>
[/code:1]

In this above case your files should be found from these URLs:

http://www.geocities.com/myplace/mylist.mvp (the above playlist file)
http://www.geocities.com/myplace/untitled_26.mvqp.7650 (the first video)
http://www.geocities.com/myplace/otherfolder/myotherplaylist.mvp (the other playlist)
http://www.foobar.com/stuff/morestuff/friendsvideo.mvqp.7650 (the other video)

s=video, pe=playlist, t=title, d=download, b=base address

This may all be very confusing but if you know how to edit html you'll know how to edit that playlist. 😉

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Here's a short description of the files you'll get out when you encode with Designer:

untitled_26.mvqp.7650 untitled is the name, 26 is the total bandwidth. the file extension .7650 means that it is a mobile stream for Nokia 7650. I usually rename them to .mvq for shorter path and simplicity.

oplayo30p.jar this is the player for Internet. It's not used with mobile phones.

untitled.html this is the html file which has preformatted code and reference to the Internet player and the stream.

untitled_26.mvqp this is the Internet video file. It is not mobile stream, so you cannot view it with the 7650 player. You can and should view it with the Internet player.

When creating mobile streams you should follow these steps:

- Start program
- Select Create a new mobile presentation
- Click OK
- Drag mouse cursor on the Background bar near the bottom of the screen
- Choose videofile to open
- Set properties and settings. Make sure your video start and endtime are correct. You should make the start time 00:00:00.000
- Click OK
- File -> Publish presentation
- Choose YES/NO depending on if you want to save the presentation template
- Set file output location by clicking on Local PC tickbox
- Set the bandwidth you want to use, then click add
- Choose the options from Settings and then click Publish

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Be sure to check out the latest additions to my list. Now added Futurama, Simpsons "coming soon". 8)

** Magic **

Thank you, I will check the playlistcodes you gave me.

Something else
Isn't possible to stream JUST audio to your nokia 7650. So far I could only find like you said the 'add video option' and there is only one template for the 7650. Taking another template, not specially made for mobile streaming for the 7650, that does support audio, does indeed not work.
So what I did. I took a wave file, I converted it to an avi file and then imported this avi file into the oplayo media designer. So i got a stream which exists of a audio layer with minum 6 kb, and a video layer of 12kb.
That video layer is in fact empty. It works great. I tested it with a file of more than one hour, aprox. 3,5mb. Still, the video layer is in fact not needed and makes the file three times bigger than needed.

Any suggestions? I am thinking about implementing it in an audiosite I own.
The good thing about oplayer compared to realone player is that you can stream it, as you know. Best would be just and audiostream of about 4kb.

Thankx Again. and thanks for the Simpsons "shit" 😊

[quote="Anonymous"]
Thankx Again. and thanks for the Simpsons "shit" 😊[/quote]

LOL... that was South Park. Credit(?) where credit's due. 😉

There is no audio-only support for Oplayer so you'll have to do the same wav-avi conversion thing in the future as well. Don't know if the next version of Oplayer changes this...

** Magic **

[quote="Pichu"]i wonder if i use my GPRS to stream video

how much will i gonna pay this month for the GPRS

😃 😃 😃[/quote][list=][/list]User posted image[code:1][/code:1]

dammit

i keep getting "invalid access point" error

i use my bluetooth GPRS for webviewer and irc and email with no problems at all.

typical

anybody got any ideas?

why cant they all put in - access point - none !

Is there anyway to put in shortcuts or bookmarks into oplayer so that I don't have to keep typing in the urls for different sites ?

J

[quote="Guest"]Is there anyway to put in shortcuts or bookmarks into oplayer so that I don't have to keep typing in the urls for different sites ?
J[/quote]

Nope, but if the playlist creator has been kind enough you can download (=save) the playlist on your phone. That should make things easier.

If not, you could try making a playlist of your own with your favorite links on it.

** Magic **

Hi, im new to all this and it seems very complicated.

I was just wondering can i access these playlists through my sharing off my internet through Bluetooth. Everytime i try to connect to any playlist i get a GPRS error is that cos my Sim card isnt GPRS enabled or because im using a shared internet connection through bluetooth.

any help would be great.

here my email
[email protected]

Cheers guy!

Well, prices EVEN in Germany 😃 are going down. T-Mobile started 15/4/2003 , Vodafone follows May 2nd 2003 - Oplayo informs you about GPRS tariffs here http://www.oplayo.de/oplayer2download.html and I would guess in about 4-5 months you are paying for content only in streaming.

Let's hope the Best

Rgds
HM

[quote="Kaichen"]Damn! 😮
I just watched 2 of the vids in the playlist,looked in the log and deleted the programm immediately! 300kb for 2 small videos :cry:
It costs 2,5EURO-cents per kb here in Germany (E-Plus)[/quote]

Yeah - thats the biggest problem with streaming at the moment - GPRS costs are so damn high, still, as you say, the situation is getting better.

Lets hope UK prices come down soon 😊

Best

Will

DNA Finland has 16.65� fixed monthly fee, no extra costs for GPRS data. So basically stream as much as possible for that price. :angel:

** Magic **

[quote="Anonymous"]Thanx for the playlists so far!

but how can i create a playlist on my own? Can't find it in the oplayo media designer.

and,

Creating files gives two different extensions. .mvq and .mvqp. What is the difference. audio/video?

Thanks and keep up the good work.[/quote]

To create PLAYLISTs (legally) you should buy Oplayo Media Designer Mobile vers. 3.5 ...

.mvq = extension for "just video"
.s60.mvq = extension for "just video" on S60 phones = Nokia 7650, 3650, Siemens SX1 etc.
. mvqp = extension for web "p"resentations - like on www.oplayo.de/demos.html

Bye

I don't have a proxy adress in the settings for my realone . Do you have this adress ?

I tried to provide those vids on my WAP site but the cost was prohibitive, Oplayo want you to setup up a partnership with them for revenue share, also had trouble getting the vids to stream from my server, download is best cos it works over wap gateways, streaming only works via full internet access.