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verizon launched a new site... m.vcast.com

it looks like a browser ready site that lets you browse and play their vcast content, which you couldnt get to on non verizon software phone.

i was wondering if there is a way to play this content now that we can browse and see it all.

when i try to play it wmp give me an error, but im wondering if theres another player or some other way that would decode and stream it on Windows mobile.

thanks

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you probably need the codecs

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you brought your a-game today eh? :mrgreen: thanks, i had these before and then forgot where i put em!

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so wait, vcast isnt subscription based? no password or login is needed for these?

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The codecs didnt work for me to stop the wmp error. Sent email to support link on m.vcast site and its fixed and working.

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hah i tried to get in but it didnt work :'(

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I'm only getting sound - no video. I already had the codecs installed on my Samsung i760. Any ideas?

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I've seen problems like this on Windows Mobile phones when the native media player tries to autodetect the available network bandwidth (and it doesn't work right giving a very low value) and/or the bandwidth setting in the media player is manually set too low. Then the player and server will negotiate to just audio.

My suggestion - from the media player (when playing something) go Menu -> Options ->Network.

Turn off "Detect Connection Speed"
Set the connection speed to something fast - 256Kbps or something, doesn't have to be true

Try to restart video

If that doesn't work, try turning off the UDP and going only with TCP

Hope this helps.

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Thanks turning off the Detect Connection Speed did it. I'm watching SportsCenter live!! very cool.

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You have to have a Verizon phone and you need to sign up for free. They ask for your phone number when you sign up among other things. So...seeing that you are a sprint user, it probably won't work.

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Actually, I used my AT&T Blackjack and it worked fine. Seems as long as you have a data plan, you can get to m.vcast.com from any mobile phone - not just Verizon phones... I was able to play media without having to do any signup... This m.vcast is sweet!!! I was watching Sportscenter and not even a Verizon user - AWESOME!!!

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Good catch this does work.

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Really...so what do you do to make it work? Put in your phone number? Also, do you have to run this from Internet Explorer or can I use Opera 9.5 or Skyfire?

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Greetings. This is very cool. It's working great on my sprint mogul through pieplus and wmp. I only had to sign up using my phone number to use the "favorites" section of vcast. Thanks for the post. dschoenike

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Would we be able to use ESPN mobile application on Vcast?

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One of my friends with an iphone said it works awesome on that too...Sweet!

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When i did it - I was able to play media without even signing up or entertin in any phone number... I then did it so I could save content in my "favorites" section... The choice is yours.

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Total noob question here. I can get audio,but no video. I obviously need the codecs installed. I cannot figure out exactly where they go. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Using a Sprint Touch w/wm 6.1

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I'm using Sprint Mogul and it works like a charm!! thankx...(btw, i'm using sprint stock rom).

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I don't think you need any additional codecs. Try turning off auto detect for network bandwidth in the windows media player. See my earlier post in this thread.