Video streams

I was trying to stream from the BBC news page, but even after selecting the Real Player stream, I got nothing 😞

Fatbloke wrote:I was trying to stream from the BBC news page, but even after selecting the Real Player stream, I got nothing 😞

I find that first thing you have to do is open real player, then in the network settings of real player set the connection type i.e your wireless network.

Then connect to the video stream you want and it should work.

Its a bit F*cked up but its the only way I can get it to work, It really should be a little easier than that, I move around in several wifi hotspots and have to do this every time, not only with real player but also with the web browser, I wish it could do this automatically...

Anybody know ???

I have set my web browser to always ask for a connection point when it tries to connect. It a preset WLAN configuration is found it lists that at the top, but I can also search for other WLANs and connect on the fly..

Last night i tried BBC Threes website, and tried to stream an episode of Grown Ups....

at first it said Unable to play Both video and audio.... trying to play partially..
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Im presuming this is because the video is larger than the n80s res... and realplayer is unable to shrink the video??? When on bbc threes website you click settings and set bandwidth to Low... it works fine. Picture quality is still quite good.... and it didnt buffer once...

Watched it for a good 15 minutes, but then my phone turned white and rebooted... ARGHH

Problem is... when i booted back up and went back to bbc threes site, you cant fastfoward any videos in realplayer.... ANNOYING!!

I have been streaming video from Orb of live tv from my sky box over wi-fi when I am out and about several times a day for no other reason than to show off to my friends 😊 😊 😊

They are so jelous, especially the guy who bought a razor last month because he thought it was the dogs bo**ox 😊

Makes me happy to be alive

can anyone get the worldcup video links to work on bbc site?

I have also tried playing the clip of the day on the big brother site without success, it is as if you can not select it

Got my first one to work today, after much getting timed out/doing nothing as above. Go into Realplayer, Settings and set the access point to the one you've created. Default (on mine) was contract wap. Hmmm...

Anyway here's what I got to work:

http://www.canalsur.es/Informativos/EmisionesDirecto/atv.html

Bit of Spanish tv I can watch at work 😊

Bobbles wrote:can anyone get the worldcup video links to work on bbc site?

I have also tried playing the clip of the day on the big brother site without success, it is as if you can not select it

I think it may be something to do with the stream opening in the browser and not realplayer on the phone, I couldn't open the BB video either, but streaming video, live TV and music over wifi from my PC works a treat

i cant make orb work on my n80 via wlan, but when i go to test.orb.com, i can hear the stream from there... i also test it with my laptop and it runs flawless... been tweaking virtual server and port forwarding also on my router for a while now and all ports seems to be opened already...

pc with orb to n80( no success)
pc with orb to laptop(flawless)

anything else i need to do?

rothmanns wrote:i cant make orb work on my n80 via wlan, but when i go to test.orb.com, i can hear the stream from there... i also test it with my laptop and it runs flawless... been tweaking virtual server and port forwarding also on my router for a while now and all ports seems to be opened already...

pc with orb to n80( no success)
pc with orb to laptop(flawless)

anything else i need to do?

Did you set network settings in realplayer first before you open orb, for some reason you have to do this everytime you use a new wireless connection, and also when you return to existing ones, It would be better if the phone would do this automatically, or give you a choice to do it automatically.

One of the issues fixed in the new firmware is:

"Real Player
- ROP stays in Loading status sometimes for live streaming"

I've definitely encountered this problem -- even after setting RealPlayer's access point correctly, it just sits there saying "Buffering" but the progress bar never advances. And on other days, when the wind is blowing from a different direction, it works!

I haven't tried it yet, but you never know, perhaps upgrading might help.

yup... what i did was open real player then go to settings, network and select my wlan access point at home, then i close real player open web then go to my.orb.com, then i can browse my shared files but whenever i want to stream something... it says cannot connect or something..... oh btw, on www.zoovision.com their streams are working with my phone using wlan...

rothmanns wrote:yup... what i did was open real player then go to settings, network and select my wlan access point at home, then i close real player open web then go to my.orb.com, then i can browse my shared files but whenever i want to stream something... it says cannot connect or something..... oh btw, on www.zoovision.com their streams are working with my phone using wlan...

Hmm..what firmware do you have *#0000# to check, this could be part of your problem if you have the old firmware, I had similar problems to you, but they went away and I just assumed it was because I was setting the network in real player (I still have to do that by the way), but it may dissapeared because of the firmware update as mentioned in the post above yours.
Zoovision may be working because it streams 3gp (somebody may have to correct me on the 3gp point)

GazP wrote:Last night i tried BBC Threes website, and tried to stream an episode of Grown Ups....

at first it said Unable to play Both video and audio.... trying to play partially..
.

Im presuming this is because the video is larger than the n80s res... and realplayer is unable to shrink the video??? When on bbc threes website you click settings and set bandwidth to Low... it works fine. Picture quality is still quite good.... and it didnt buffer once...

Watched it for a good 15 minutes, but then my phone turned white and rebooted... ARGHH

Problem is... when i booted back up and went back to bbc threes site, you cant fastfoward any videos in realplayer.... ANNOYING!!

I tried this with topgear and i can't find the bandwith settings?

i have 3.0614.0.3

i think orb streams in 3gp too? as i can see in the port forwarding settings of orb..

o well... i guess i have to have my phone upgraded then.... actually its my 2nd n80 , the 1st one got bricked due to firmware upgrading... it was replaced but i dont have the guts to try it again... NSS here still dont have the new firmwares...i guess i have to wait a little more....

can anyone suggest some streaming sites?

rothmanns wrote:i have 3.0614.0.3

i think orb streams in 3gp too? as i can see in the port forwarding settings of orb..

o well... i guess i have to have my phone upgraded then.... actually its my 2nd n80 , the 1st one got bricked due to firmware upgrading... it was replaced but i dont have the guts to try it again... NSS here still dont have the new firmwares...i guess i have to wait a little more....

can anyone suggest some streaming sites?

I am pretty sure now that this is a firmware problem after you say you have the old firmware

rothmanns wrote:i have 3.0614.0.3

i think orb streams in 3gp too? as i can see in the port forwarding settings of orb..

o well... i guess i have to have my phone upgraded then.... actually its my 2nd n80 , the 1st one got bricked due to firmware upgrading... it was replaced but i dont have the guts to try it again... NSS here still dont have the new firmwares...i guess i have to wait a little more....

can anyone suggest some streaming sites?

In the tools section of your orb webpage you have the option to select 3gp or realplayer or wmp as the supported video formats, my 3gp is not selected as default, it may be worth checking to see if you are just streaming real, or 3gp, if not check 3gp and see what happens

wow cash..... that trick does it.... its now working.... wooohooo..... i did select 3gp.... its ok now so far... hahahaha...

is it obvious im happy?😃

rothmanns wrote:wow cash..... that trick does it.... its now working.... wooohooo..... i did select 3gp.... its ok now so far... hahahaha...

is it obvious im happy?😃

Nice one 😊..glad I could help

thanks alot.... so far... still working.... hahaha... btw... i have a pci tv tuner laying around here... will it work with orb.....

rothmanns wrote:thanks alot.... so far... still working.... hahaha... btw... i have a pci tv tuner laying around here... will it work with orb.....

which one is it, I have wintv go and it works perfect

its a leadtek winfast expert... well ill give it a go after i sleep... hehehe, its 3:33am here now... thanks alot really....

rothmanns wrote:its a leadtek winfast expert... well ill give it a go after i sleep... hehehe, its 3:33am here now... thanks alot really....

Not too sure on that, I guess just give it a go and see..

ok will do... hey guys... thanks alot.... i have to go to bed and be up at 8am for work,.... thanks again....

rothmanns wrote:ok will do... hey guys... thanks alot.... i have to go to bed and be up at 8am for work,.... thanks again....

Ok cheers chap, let me know how you get on with your tv card

installed the tv card... but i installed the different version of orb so i dont get any tv listing... installed the right one and now im streaming live tv to my phone.... cheers...

Should the Nokia N80 be able to stream Real video from the BBC website ok? I don't seem to be able to get this working at the moment. I have an Orange UK phone with the latest firmware (3.0617.0.6) connecting via a Wireless router and can browse with no problems. When I click a video link on the BBC news site for example, I get the option to choose my bandwidth settings and which format to use (selecting Real obviously) and then I get a white screen with a small boat icon where the video should be :con?

I've noticed people suggesting to open Realplayer and select the connection settings, which I've done but it still doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Does Orb work with DVB-T(freeview) tuners?

bjarke wrote:Does Orb work with DVB-T(freeview) tuners?

This is from the orb website

NOTE on DVB tuners:

1. Most DVB-T (terrestrial) digital tuners should work in Orb. However, this functionality is offered as a "beta" and is therefore not fully supported at this time.
2. DVB-S (satellite) digital tuners do not work in Orb at this time.

So give it a go and see 😊