streaming to mobile phone

**moosegoose** · 13-03-2008

hi i got a nokia n95 which witch i use to control my db 7020 over a wireless network. i can grab screen shots but was looking to stream to it. is there a program like video lan which could do this. many thanks

**RedDevil_UK** · 14-03-2008

Ummm its a good question, i would like to think that it was but i doubt it.

although the N95 is nifty phone... probably the best there is to be honest, but does it have the processing power to play the stream??

difinately worth looking into though.

**Sharkadder** · 16-03-2008

i've commented on this before, people keep telling me they watch streams through mobile, it must be possible with VLC or something

**moosegoose** · 16-03-2008

its handy using the mobile i got web interface book marked. so i can control my db even from outside which is handy when u have locked yourself out. or u want to see what the dish is doing.its all so good for alignment just get up lcd shoot to see signal quality. or osd for ber. what would be good if i could control it from starbucks.

**RedDevil_UK** · 16-03-2008

ummm

i will make a mission from this, and see what i can come up with.

i cant do anything today, so i will try it out on Monday/Tuesday
watch this space

**moosegoose** · 16-03-2008

ok my operating system is s 60 3rd generation developed by nokia.

**Sharkadder** · 18-03-2008

yeah and can people please explain how this is done, not just say "well i can do it"

what phone? what much the phone have? what software? etc.

**RedDevil_UK** · 19-03-2008

well sharkadder,

the best phones for this would be smartphones... based on the windows platform or Nokia N series phones based on the nokia N-Gage ie the N73 and N95

the phone must support 3rd party media players and hav the processing power to play encoded files, this rules out old phones.

software is the key here.... like when trying to do anything on either Computers, Dreamboxes or indeed Mobile phones.

this is were i am at the moment... trying different Media players, such as the ones listed here

2 things to add

1st, if this does work, then it must be remembered that it will be streaming over GPRS, meaning you will be paying for it!
idealy a WAP bundle would be best.

2nd, i feel that were this could fail is the speed of GPRS and the ability of the phones memory and CPU

if anyone would like to try, install a media player open wap and browse to the enigma on the DB then play the stream.

**moosegoose** · 21-03-2008

i found the symbian site interesting is the site ok. i tried a few freebies ie i now have a candle on my phone and a voice recorder and screen saver. was going to buy one of there lan players but not sure about the site

**mhku** · 21-03-2008

I've not tried but I'd have thought the best phones would be the ones running WM5 or WM6 (which mine does).

You want to stream from your Dreambox to your phone using wifi (LAN) or using Tinterweb?

**RedDevil_UK** · 22-03-2008

well obviously using Lan and WIFI would work best, but the most useless??

why sit your own house and watch the footy on a 2" screen when your in the same room as a 42" plasma?

well that the situation i find myself in.

the only use for this would be over GPRS, meaning you can watch anywhere.

well that, and also doing it just to prove you can LOL

PS

this thread is interesting (here)

**Sharkadder** · 24-03-2008

well the iphone has both gprs and wifi, obviously wifi is better for this sort of thing as it is faster.

Most pubs now, especially the big ones offer free wifi, if they don't have the match on i would still be able to watch it.

I've seen some mobiles with a screen maybe 3x2 inch or slightly bigger but them nokia's you speak on sound interesting.

When a mate of mine last went into a phone shop the guy told him theres a new samsung coming out which will handle everything, i like samsung phones and always have done so i may hang on abit.

But essentially what i'm looking for is a phone that will allow third party media players and will allow me to stream from the gprs or wap, i persume all phones would handle this if 3rd party media players could be installed.

I tried accessing my web interface from my mobile, the login comes up, i sign in and it says file too large, maybe it's because i currently have a samsung e720 which is about 3-4 year old now.

I recon from what you lot say is something like an iphone would be ideal or that nokia you mentioned, at least i have some sort of idea about what i'm looking for now.

**RedDevil_UK** · 28-03-2008

i can log into the dreambox enigma from my mobile.... i can move dish and change channels etc... i can even start and stop recordings.

but there is no option for streaming.... because the enigma lods up and a mobile version...(mobile or PDA version) it knows im accessing with a mobile

its like a cut down version of the PC version.

i have media players both nokia and 3rd party that handle streaming.... just fell at the last hurdle.

***yazooo*** · 28-03-2008

i have an iphone, and currently it wouldn't be able to do it. quicktime and other similarly supported types only, but maybe soon. as for the n95, if you goto ustream.tv can you watch any of those streams? if so, then that would be the easiest way to get this working.

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