Possibly found a fix for Slingbox on the Mogul!

[yskhyr]

So, as many are well aware, slingbox on the mobile is not an optimal experience due to the mogul's directdraw issues. It's okay in when it's non-full screen, but in full screen mode it's borderline unwatchable--lots of frame stutterring, very choppy video, bad audio sync. SlingMedia promised to look for a fix about 2 months ago but there's still no news.

A few weeks ago I installed vTap, which seemed like a great program. However, I was disappointed to see that it suffered from the same exact directdraw issues as slingplayer, and its video was almost unwatchable on my mogul. Well, people complained, but this time the company actually listened!! About 2 weeks ago they released an updated player that played things almost perfectly, though the videos still had audio sync issues (which seem to be another mogul-wide problem).

My initial reaction that I was happy vTap came out with an updated client that quickly, and i wished slingmedia would do the same. However, ever since I installed the new vTap client, my slingplayer performance seems to have improved DRAMATICALLY. I can watch in full screen now with smooth, stutter free video (although of course the audio still gets thrown out of sync at times.) I'm pretty sure this isn't just in my head, as it was pretty bad in full screen before and now it's nearly flawless.

So my guess is that the new vtap client modified something with the mogul that as a byproduct resolved the same issues that were affecting the slingplayer. I know there are vTap employees that check this board, maybe they can confirm or deny this fix?? Or at the very least, explain what they did to resolve it with their player so we can tell SlingMedia how to fix their own program!

Those that can, give it a try and let me know what you think!