Playing mp4 or flv files on WM5

jrl · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Can anyone recommend a procedure (or even just software) to convert or play
mp4 or flv files on a windows mobile 5 PDA?

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1248

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:44:00 -0700, jrl
wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a procedure (or even just software) to convert or play
>mp4 or flv files on a windows mobile 5 PDA?

You should be able to play most MPEG4 videos on PPC using TCPMP.
That's a corecodec supplied player, but their website is routinely
offline. Picard's site offers backup http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/

For flash video, you'd need to install both Flash player for pocket PC
(from the Adobe flash website) and probably some sort of video player
written in flash which allows you to load FLV files.

I'm not aware of one specifically made to run on PPC screen size which
also loads user specified video by browsing to them in the filesystem.

Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Cryptic Omega · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks for your reply to that, Neil, it enabled me to finally play videos
taken on my AT&T 8525 on my desktop. I've got a new problem though, and I
was wondering if you (or anyone else out there) had any suggestions for it.
I've been trying to find a way to edit the video taken from my phone on my
desktop. So far, the only program I've found that has the capability of even
playing the video on my desktop is the one you previously recommended. As
far as I can tell, that program does not have editing capabilities. Any
suggestions?

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:44:00 -0700, jrl
> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone recommend a procedure (or even just software) to convert or play
> >mp4 or flv files on a windows mobile 5 PDA?
>
>
> You should be able to play most MPEG4 videos on PPC using TCPMP.
> That's a corecodec supplied player, but their website is routinely
> offline. Picard's site offers backup http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/
>
> For flash video, you'd need to install both Flash player for pocket PC
> (from the Adobe flash website) and probably some sort of video player
> written in flash which allows you to load FLV files.
>
> I'm not aware of one specifically made to run on PPC screen size which
> also loads user specified video by browsing to them in the filesystem.
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

Neil Smith [MVP Digital M · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1248

Simple, cheap home editing software us most useful for those
situations. Ulead videostudio would probably work OK with MPEG4
http://www.ulead.com/vs/ which gets you a free trial

Lots of other options (eg Apple Quicktime Pro at about $25-30) would
also offer the same features. Exporting the video can then be achieved
to a wide range of video formats like WMV, H264 or Flash Video.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:28:02 -0700, Cryptic Omega
wrote:

>Thanks for your reply to that, Neil, it enabled me to finally play videos
>taken on my AT&T 8525 on my desktop. I've got a new problem though, and I
>was wondering if you (or anyone else out there) had any suggestions for it.
>I've been trying to find a way to edit the video taken from my phone on my
>desktop. So far, the only program I've found that has the capability of even
>playing the video on my desktop is the one you previously recommended. As
>far as I can tell, that program does not have editing capabilities. Any
>suggestions?
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:44:00 -0700, jrl
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Can anyone recommend a procedure (or even just software) to convert or play
>> >mp4 or flv files on a windows mobile 5 PDA?
>>
>>
>> You should be able to play most MPEG4 videos on PPC using TCPMP.
>> That's a corecodec supplied player, but their website is routinely
>> offline. Picard's site offers backup http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/
>>
>> For flash video, you'd need to install both Flash player for pocket PC
>> (from the Adobe flash website) and probably some sort of video player
>> written in flash which allows you to load FLV files.
>>
>> I'm not aware of one specifically made to run on PPC screen size which
>> also loads user specified video by browsing to them in the filesystem.
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Bill Kraski · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:

> You should be able to play most MPEG4 videos on PPC using TCPMP.
> That's a corecodec supplied player, but their website is routinely
> offline. Picard's site offers backup http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/

That sounds enough like what I might need that installed it on my
Cingular 8525. In my case, WMP 10 in Win Mobile 5 on the phone doesn't
like the wmv format used by my church's website. But, even with TCMP
installed, I can't find where to set it as the default player so I can
test it. How do I do that?

--
Bill K

Neil Smith [MVP Digital M · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1248

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:33:51 -0700, "Bill Kraski"
wrote:

>Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>
>> You should be able to play most MPEG4 videos on PPC using TCPMP.
>> That's a corecodec supplied player, but their website is routinely
>> offline. Picard's site offers backup http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/
>
>That sounds enough like what I might need that installed it on my
>Cingular 8525. In my case, WMP 10 in Win Mobile 5 on the phone doesn't
>like the wmv format used by my church's website. But, even with TCMP
>installed, I can't find where to set it as the default player so I can
>test it. How do I do that?

You have to type the path to the stream into the File Open box of
TCPMP. If you play the file in standalone media player, that should be
listed in the Properties dialog box of the playing stream.

Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Bill Kraski · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:

> You have to type the path to the stream into the File Open box of
> TCPMP. If you play the file in standalone media player, that should be
> listed in the Properties dialog box of the playing stream.

No way to cut & paste it in WM5? Or to make TCPMP the default video
player? Actually, having looked at the properties for my church's
stream, it's win media 9 .asf. WMP 9 isn't that old that the win
mobile player (version 10) should have a problem with it.

--
Bill K

Neil Smith [MVP Digital M · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1248

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:54:23 -0700, "Bill Kraski"
wrote:

>Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>
>> You have to type the path to the stream into the File Open box of
>> TCPMP. If you play the file in standalone media player, that should be
>> listed in the Properties dialog box of the playing stream.
>
>No way to cut & paste it in WM5?

No.

>Or to make TCPMP the default video player?

I don't know how you'd do that. You'd need to investigate a registry
editor for pocked PC to change the default file associations, eg
Philipe Majeur's http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

>Actually, having looked at the properties for my church's
>stream, it's win media 9 .asf. WMP 9 isn't that old that the win
>mobile player (version 10) should have a problem with it.

So we're discussing the wrong solution for a week, since this is not
MP4 or FLV file, we were (I thought) discussing "I've been trying to
find a way to edit the video taken from my phone on my desktop"

Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Bill Kraski · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:

> > Or to make TCPMP the default video player?
>
> I don't know how you'd do that. You'd need to investigate a registry
> editor for pocked PC to change the default file associations, eg
> Philipe Majeur's http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

I'll take a look at it.

> > Actually, having looked at the properties for my church's
> > stream, it's win media 9 .asf. WMP 9 isn't that old that the win
> > mobile player (version 10) should have a problem with it.
>
> So we're discussing the wrong solution for a week, since this is not
> MP4 or FLV file, we were (I thought) discussing "I've been trying to
> find a way to edit the video taken from my phone on my desktop"

Sorry. I popped into the middle of the conversation when some things
that were said seemed to relate to a problem I'm experiencing. I'm not
the op who asked about the mp4 & flv files. I probably ought to have
started a new thread.

--
Bill K

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