Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

You have to see this:

http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2006/12/orb-2.html

I can't begin to tell you how pleased I am with the latest Orb. I can stream to my 770, Motorola Q, Ultra-mobile PC, or (shh... don't tell) work PC if I so desire.

Read. Watch the video. Get the software.
In a perfect world, the Canola developers would write a front-end to that site :)

Grate find!
But I am having problems playing media with 770 it trys to open all files with the video player... Also the videos when they open with video player I get unsuported format?!?
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

I think I got it ;)
Thanks nice find!

Glad you like it! Make sure Real codecs are installed on your host PC first, then make sure to set Real as your default codec on the 770 and that your bitrate is around 400 kbps. Faster than that (even with the bandwidth) is too high quality for the 770 to handle.

I installed some time ago, just a few days before losing my Maxtor 160GB HDD :mad:

I'll try as soon as I get it again...

any luck with orb on linux?

There are Linux-like solutions, but Orb is a Windows product as far as I can tell.

But I don't have a windows box. Otherwise this would be very very cool.

I appreciate that this post is tangental, but I wonder if the Wii Media Center X (Server running on Linux, Mac or Win PC) could be seen by the Nokia 770? As the Nokia and the Wii both use the Opera Browser and have problems with latest versions of Flash etc.

http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/

Anyway come what may it's yet another take on Media Servers running on your main MAC, Linux, Win PC and transcoding/serving media to portable devices etc.

Not at Home till New Year, so cannot try out myself :(

I played with the media center X on my wii but it didn't actually STREAM anything because it first required that ALL content be converted to .FLV first. I didn't have the patience for that (and neither will most users, I suspect.) I expect Redkawa will build an on-the-fly conversion machine within their software in future releases.

Also: the Flash implementation on the 770 doesn't support .FLV anyway - which is why Youtube and Google Video do not work.

Thanks for the information ThoughtFix, BTW I think Serge recently stated that Nokia 770 mplayer, supports Flash Video playback so their may be ultimately be a way to get RedKawa Wii Server to work on Linux/MAC PC's with the Nokia 770?

Personally, I am interested in TVersity as my main server as I am relaxed about using an OS from any Supplier including MS, but then you already knew that.

---edit--- BTW Will be trying new version of Orb if we ever get home ;) (writing this in Bordeaux Airport France on Nokia 770, where flights to Madrid have been cancelled due to alleged ETA bomb in Madrid T4 car park. At least they provide free Wi-Fi in Bordeaux airport!)

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

I am having this same problem and have not been able to find a solution using search. All files launch in video player, and say "file format is not supported," then never play. I have chosen to stream in Real Player, set bitrate to 96K, and hav installed Real Alternative on the computer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

I'm having a similar problem. I know Orb works fine, I can stream music and movies from another computer just fine, but I keep getting 'file format not supported' and 'file not found' messages when I try to play the .rm file.

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

same here. I found usefull thread in orb forums:
http://forums.orb.com/viewtopic.php?t=5374
started to follow through but did run out of time. did not figure out yet how to "use only FFDSHOW for video decoding"
hopefully it will help. will keep you posted.
give us your feedback.

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

I'm trying to get this to work as well, but I am having issues just getting anything to work. Should the 770 be trying to open the sdp files? When it does, it loads up the video player and gives the format not supported error.

Thanks

I got audio working, yay... now video. I get 'Playback Error' with youtube. Looks like it was zonealarm.

I am pretty impressed with Orb and the 770.

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770
 

my settings working for Orb and youtube are:
an old 733 MHz vectra with Orb 2.0. XP Codecs installed, streaming through 54G AP, Orb streaming speed set at 770 to 120 kbs. I tried first with ffdshow and real alternative with no luck so I unistalled them.

Re: Orb 2: Streaming to the Nokia 770 vastly improved.
 

How do make Mplayer the default player.

How do change the video setings in mplayer