Can't Watch TV

[hardevw]

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

[brecklundin]

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 (http://xoomer.alice.it/sepaolo/n800vc/)

Mplayer Info, program & doco (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html)

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.

[tobiasj]

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

;)

[polossatik]

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.

[tobiasj]

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

[Ism]

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.akamaistream.net/D/1873/26396/v0001/reflector:49579

Aawaz TV
http://a1413.l2639754300.c26397.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1413/26397/v0001/reflector:54300

IBN Hindi
http://a1091.l2639552042.c26395.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1091/26395/v0001/reflector:52042

IBN English
http://a150.l2584248272.c25842.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/150/25842/v0001/reflector: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

[bunanson]

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