Orb vs Slingbox For TV Streaming With TP2 - Page 4

ACHlLLES · #31 (**permalink**) 03-14-2010, 09:27 PM

Orb does that no matter what. choppy video while sling does tv very well.

I have both sling and orb and for tv, sling is better hands down. I use orb to watch video's from my server though.

johnnymac · #32 (**permalink**) 03-14-2010, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACHlLLES

Orb does that no matter what. choppy video while sling does tv very well.

I have both sling and orb and for tv, sling is better hands down. I use orb to watch video's from my server though.

Orb Streams video to my computers very well. It's not choppy at all. ( have tried on 3 different PC's and they all look and sound great.) However when I try on my Touch Pro 2, the audio is fine but it plays back video at like 2 to 3 FPS.

**deadwrong03** · #33 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 12:16 AM

just after a couple work days of using this i've got to say this app is awesome....and surprisingly its not killing my battery life as fast as i thought it would. I've turned all kinds of heads at work and made a few people want to try the app out themselves lol

slingbox ftw

**Dr.8820** · #34 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 12:49 AM

just installed slingbox....this thing is alright! no more choppy video or constant buffering, i've got all my cable channels plus the hd ones. now my phone is also a portable cable box along with everything else it does!

#35 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 08:38 AM

Well if anyone is trying to get Orb working correctly on the TP2, here is how I've done it:

1. Use the "recomp-03" TCPMP here (or just google TCPMP-0.72RC1-ARM-PPC-recomp-03).

2. Download "WM5 WMV9 Codecs.zip" here and put the two .dll files into the Windows directory on your TP2.

3. In TCPMP, under the DirectDraw settings make sure "Use blitting instead of overlay" is checked. Under file association settings make sure PLS is checked.

4. In Orb, go into settings and change stream to use Winamp (.pls).

I've had problems before with streaming at very low bitrates to the TP2 (the audio slows down) but if I set the bitrate to 248K it streams just fine. If your picture doesn't stretch in fullscreen then check the blitting instead of overlay setting as mentioned above at #3. With TCPMP using these settings I've been able to have smooth clear streaming after many reflashings of MightyROM as well as the stock Sprint ROM.