vTap - Streaming Video for WM5/WM6 - Page 4

**CozBoogie** · #31 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 1magine

cool dude, youre the man.
i wish this forum had a "Thanks" button.
i'm part of some gaming emulation forum and they have a Thanks button. i think it's great. either way, im lovin this site, and my new found love for PPCs.

No problemo. By the way I think you can hit the little white icon (looks like a scale) next to the post number in any post to add to someone's reputation.

late,
Coz

WanderingMinstrel · #32 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007, 04:13 PM

Wow! I just downloaded and installed this little gem. Well, not so little but still a gem. For the PPC-6700, it's definitely the best solution yet. YouTube and other links appear to be flawless and very stable. Buffering is automatically fast enough even in my fringe EVDO area. Nice nice find!

Gilliland · #33 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007, 10:37 PM

When using vTap, is there any way to tell the media player to use a different video driver? The DirectDraw video driver is incapable of rendering video - what it shows looks more like a slide show, with a new image every couple of seconds. If we could tell it to use the RawVideo, it would perform much better.

MrBogard · #34 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cozboogie

Honestly, vTap is not my number one source for viewing vids over my ppc. I do highly suggest you going with the "Full access Youtube..." files. You'll have much better search results, a wider selection of sites to select from, and better control over playback with TCPMP then with the embedded player in vTap.

late,
Coz

I don't think anything will ever beat zBop's work with streaming media, but this would be a nice addition.. I especially like the news sites that this supports/searches/indexes that aren't necessarily covered by youtube/google vids/etc. It would be nice for us PPC 6800 users if we could successfully use both, but I guess only time will find us a viable solution to the poor performance of DirectDraw video on our devices. It's a shame because it seems to work flawlessly on 6700's.. and we're left out in the cold. Bummer that vTap doesn't support GDI or something.

Thank god for TCPMP and zBop though!

#35 (**permalink**) 09-16-2007, 01:24 AM

Hey I got this running with no problems on my ppc6700 (Sprint, Helmi's WM6). Of course when I want to use my bluetooth headset, I use EV (problems with wifi/wan running at same time as bluetooth, same antanea?). Installed to my card. Tried with a number of video sites. Thanks for sharing the find.

ricketkm · #36 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 07:38 PM

video is not working for me

**CozBoogie** · #37 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ricketkm

video is not working for me

A bit more information would be helpful. What phone, did video ever work for you, etc.

late,
Coz

sandiegodude · #38 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 03:05 PM

So is this another case where the mogul is so"ahead of its time" that it's useless with killer apps like this? Are there any options to render the stream through tcpmp? I hate the fact that i have the 6800 that can't do half the stuff my old 6700 could do.

pdx77 · #39 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 04:12 PM

This program is great, runs great on my 6700

Thanks for telling us about it.

MrBogard · #40 (**permalink**) 09-18-2007, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sandiegodude

So is this another case where the mogul is so"ahead of its time" that it's useless with killer apps like this? Are there any options to render the stream through tcpmp? I hate the fact that i have the 6800 that can't do half the stuff my old 6700 could do.

It's sorta ridiculous how much value a DirectDraw fix would add to our devices. I think we're out of luck for now though.