Orbgasm!
 

I've been trying to get Orb working since day one on my 770 --- I was a REALLY early adopter.

I've never been able to get it to work right, even through all the tricks, replacement devices, and so forth.

RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, works perfectly on 2008, even over bluetooth dialup.

Youtube also works at full speed even while downloading...I swear, it's almost as good as getting the N810 early!

Thanks Nokia :)

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Alex, try m.youtube.com. It works, works through media player and is even smoother.

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Hmmmm got sucked in so sucking it down. Bugger there goes the evening methinks

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m.youtube.com doesn't have Dr. Tran =/

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Do you have to actually download and convert youtube videos to view on an IT through Orb or can you just stream them from the link that OrbThis copies? I've been trying forever to watch youtube videos through orb but I keep getting an error saying that I need an FLV codec on my home PC. The thing is, I should have them. I installed the K-Lite Codec Pack. It streams other video formats fine. Any solution? Thanks

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While we're waiting for a Sling client for the Internet Tablets, Orb is indeed a whole 'gasm all by itself. I somehow fouled up my CODECs irreparably on my Vista media center so can't do recorded TV or some kinds of MPEG, but overall it's great.

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Is a Sling client possible for the IT? That would be a killer app...I enjoy it on my phone, but the N800's screen would make it a truly beautiful experience. Orb is okay, but live TV in real-time would be incredible.

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Maybe that's my problem too. I'm running Vista 64-bit.

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I tried Orb a few months ago and had limited success with it. Now, two things have changed. I got a new quad core computer (which is the Orb server) and OS2008.

It's unbelievable! I can walk around the house watching cable tv on my n800 and it is very decent quality. BTW, I never changed or tweaked any settings. I noticed the "Games" icon before, but since I don't have any games on my desktop, I never checked it til now. Orb has games for you...and they're not bad!

I am anxious to go try video through the internet as I am obviously using my home wireless network now, but so far I am very impressed.

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I also had the same problem. I simply gave up on ORB and uninstalled it. My codecs are still messed up tho. I will likely have to do some sort of system restore to get things back the way they used to be. Unless someone here knows differently? I was also an early adopter (on N800) and would love to see this work.

In the same vein, has anyone managed to use WebBot successfully? I was able to install it and it works pretty well, but it fails to 'see' several of the picture folders. Actually, it finds the folder, but says it's empty when it is not. I thought it was a sharing issue, but can't find a difference between the folders it 'sees' and those that it does not. I'm thinking this is because it is a 'beta' release, but then again, maybe it is me. Any thoughts?

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FFDShow is acting pretty good with Orb, no need for other codecs. :)

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Hi from Spain!

Sorry if this was asked in this forum before, i tried searching but i did not found a valid info...

Is there something like ORB for Linux especially (k)Ubuntu?

regards,

Rafael

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You can do it yourself with VLC :)

You can also try to use UPNP servers (but only locally), or if for internet tablet - use mediaserv. For music and pictures there are other ways.

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Hi Bundyo!

Without going too far... could you tell me some more information, where i can find a howto or someting alike?

What i want is (NOT ONLY) access media files (audio/video/pics) but also have access to my other files. So is there a way?

I took a look on Orb with my wifes computer but i do not to switch to windows. I am not a geek or nerd, only an "afficionado".

Greetings,

Rafael

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Yes orb will let you use a file browser and you should be able to retrive any files from the computer that you have it installed on. I'd definitely recommend that your computer have a wired internet connection.

The interface on the N810 is great if you have it set to "Home Theater", it almost feels like it was built for it.

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Yeah, You are right... BUT Orb only works on Windows. I do not use Windows, I don't have Windows. My wife has windows, but I want to access MY files and MY folders on MY computer. :)

So what I am searching is something like Orb, BUT for Linux.
There must be a way to do this. N800 runs Linux, my machine runs Linux...

regards,

Rafael

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For instance, for video - Mediaserv with its web backend or VideoCenter for client.
http://mediautils.garage.maemo.org/mediaserv.html

For audio, pictures and documents you can use SSH or maybe Hamachi or any other vpn... or maybe webdav. Never really needed that.

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I'm happy with Orb but if I was looking for something else, Mediaserv looks pretty cool.