Hi There,

i recently bought N800 with os2008. I am trying to watch tv from the following sites:
idesitv.com
i can see the black screen on the website nothing runs on screen.
Am i missing something on my tablet. i have video centre. that does not help.
can some let me know what app i need to install to have such videos run.
thanks in anticipation

what format is the site streaming? That matters...if you research mplayer you will find it's possible to use xterm (the command line in case you are new to Linux like I am) to stream the channel/program.

Some caveats...the NIT's are somewhat fussy about video. You will likely not be able to stream HD stuff w/o using a "man-in-the-middle" to re-format the content for the NIT on the fly or so you can d/l the video. I have not found anything that can receive a format and spit out a re-encoded stream on the other side on-the-fly. But you would think it has to exist...somewhere...

I have found that once I followed the suggestions from the tablet-gawds around here and re-encoded video to something the NIT's like...say 400x240 and a frame rate of about 29.xx (I forget the exact value...) I get GREAT video.

There is an app called Nokia N800 Video Converter that does a fine job and can run in batch mode on your PC. BTW, all conversion is done on a PC of some sort I am not sure of the exact apps for each OS but there are out there...

What I have been doing is ripping streams overnight then I batch convert to something the NIT likes the next night...so I sort of have a nice library I can choose from when I know I might want to use a video on the tablet...

I can say once massaged the video is AWESOME on the N800...sound is usually an issue if you want to use the internal speakers. But headphones/earbuds are great.

N800 Video Converter

Mplayer Info, program & doco

Lots of folks will surely be along to fix whatever I goof'd but this is at least a place to being...

EDIT: FYI, I tried to view a couple channels on the site and Media Player tells me the format is corrupted. The site claims WMP format...but something is not kosher. I have not tried using mplayer.

I tend to leave my videos in the original format and use the ORB/Nokia version to watch them on my Tablet. I only carry a few videos on the tablet for those times I am out of coverage. Solves the TV problem as well... (Though I am still trying to find a way to use a USB tuner stick on the tablet...)


-John

That website - sony Tv is hilarious - offers a bunch of links to Windows streaming media. AFAIK there is no windows media plugin for firefox (more or less the browser used in OS2008 on N800) for non-intel based platforms (which the N800 is - it uses a other type of processor then your normal desktop).
Maybe there are other workarounds or tricks to get this working, but I don't know them.

You can use ORB to transcode streams like that to realplayer that the tablet can use. You dont even need a tuner card to run that part of it...


-John

Got the following South Asian internet TVs work with N800 mplayer:

Sony TV
mms://64.72.122.248/idesitv-sony-23lksmdklnm3h223

Star Plus
mms://64.72.122.140/idesitv.com-starplus-23kj23nkj2n3k4d

Star One
mms://64.72.122.140/idesitv.com-starone-sdkjnskdjn34s

CNBC India
http://a1873.l2639649579.c26396.g.lm...eflector:49579

Aawaz TV
http://a1413.l2639754300.c26397.g.lm...eflector:54300

IBN Hindi
http://a1091.l2639552042.c26395.g.lm...eflector:52042

IBN English
http://a150.l2584248272.c25842.g.lm....eflector:48272

Star Utsav
http://208.53.158.32/idesitv.com-starutsav-23k2b3jk4hd


Corresponding playlist file as an attachment (remove the .txt part)

Enjoy!

Edit: How to play
Start Xterminal,
mplayer -playlist SouthAsianTV.pls

Thanks for the links and the .pls. It works straight away. Thanks again. One question, how do you change the rest of the other channels? I seem to be able to watch Sony only.


Thanks

bun