I have been noticing I believe Sprint is blocking us from streaming WMA to our phones. On TuneIn Radio, I listen to a set of stations all owned by the same company, and they all stream in WMA. They will not play over the 3G Network. However, as soon as I connect to Wifi, they fire right up. Whereas any other station being streamed in MP3, AAC, etc... all fire right up on 3G. Anyone confirm or deny this? If you would like to try for yourself, and let me know what you come up with, the station I listen to is in the TuneIn app under Missouri, Columbia, and the station is 96.7 KCMQ. Would appreciate help.
dakota316 said:
I have been noticing I believe Sprint is blocking us from streaming WMA to our phones. On TuneIn Radio, I listen to a set of stations all owned by the same company, and they all stream in WMA. They will not play over the 3G Network. However, as soon as I connect to Wifi, they fire right up. Whereas any other station being streamed in MP3, AAC, etc... all fire right up on 3G. Anyone confirm or deny this? If you would like to try for yourself, and let me know what you come up with, the station I listen to is in the TuneIn app under Missouri, Columbia, and the station is 96.7 KCMQ. Would appreciate help.
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Yes!, you are right!. I have the same experience!. I don't know if Sprint is blocking but since a month or so I have trouble getting some stations that I used to listen before.
Why would Sprint block WMA and no other type? Maybe it's just a bug? Sounds a little weird but you never know.
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I've been looking for an answer to this problem for a couple of months.
It's not Sprint because my wife's Samsung Epic does not have this problem! It was fine on my HTC EVO until about 2 months ago, then I was no longer able to stream. Having the same problem on my new EVO LTE. Is this problem isolated to HTC???
No, because I had the same problem on my Samsung galaxy touch 4g also
I don't think so; I'm listening to a radio station on TuneIN right now that says it is streaming WMA.
OK, was troubleshooting this on the Android forum when I stumbled on a fix. Someone asked me if I could stream Youtube and Sprint TV. When I checked on Sprint TV, I was prompted to install an update. After that, TuneIn started streaming my radio station. You guys might give that a try and see if it works? I never use Sprint TV so I guess I would have never gotten that update otherwise.
CrashGordon said:
OK, was troubleshooting this on the Android forum when I stumbled on a fix. Someone asked me if I could stream Youtube and Sprint TV. When I checked on Sprint TV, I was prompted to install an update. After that, TuneIn started streaming my radio station. You guys might give that a try and see if it works? I never use Sprint TV so I guess I would have never gotten that update otherwise.
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I did what you did and did not worked for me. still having the same problem. I sended an error report to tunein and see what happen...
Just got word from tunein radio that they are aware of the problem and are working on it. They except to fix the problem on the next update.
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I don't know if my problem is related to this, but there's a station I used to listen to that is only available on HD Radio and online, and found that they're playing on TuneIn radio. Problem is, I can find it on TuneIn, but when I see it, the station icon isn't showing, and when I play the station, it goes to a completely different station (not even sure if it's in my area).
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I've got ORB installed on my home computer and the ORB Live app on my handset. So far I'm able to use my handset to connect to my home PC, view the contents, and stream audio. The problem is that I cannot stream video whatsoever. When trying to stream videos, live tv, or my webcam the handset sits there connecting, but nothing ever streams. Eventually I'll usually get the "failed to stream" message on my handset.
Anyone else using ORB? I'm wondering if I'm suffering from a bandwidth issue, or if my carrier, Mobilicity, is blocking something on their end.
Which browser are you using, stock android or third party from the market?
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Mob87's Honeycomb theme
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Stock browser, but the client on the handset is an app called OrbLive.
Screw ORB, go with Plex. It works flawless but it lacks the the ability to stream live tv at the moment
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I've got ORB installed on my home computer and the ORB Live app on my handset. So far I'm able to use my handset to connect to my home PC, view the contents, and stream audio. The problem is that I cannot stream video whatsoever. When trying to stream videos, live tv, or my webcam the handset sits there connecting, but nothing ever streams. Eventually I'll usually get the "failed to stream" message on my handset.
Anyone else using ORB? I'm wondering if I'm suffering from a bandwidth issue, or if my carrier, Mobilicity, is blocking something on their end.
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I've been using orb for years on my mobile devices. The ports can not be blocked, not sure which ones orb uses but make sure your router has permissions for the right ones. I did buy the orb app for android and it works good too.
The port blocking may be at your home end or it may be your provider. If it's your provider, check for alternate apn's that may have more access.
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Stock browser, but the client on the handset is an app called OrbLive.
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I used to use orb, haven't for a while but when I did I just logged in through Skyfire. Not as convenient as an app I suppose but I just saved as a favorite. Never had any issues using it that way
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Tried Skyfire, didn't work for me. Android mode just constantly kicks me back to login page, can't access anything. Desktop and default mode puts me in a login loop between http and https and eventually throws an error. Tried Androrb too, no good, nothing streams at all.
Got no port blocking going on at all over here atm, just a direct line from the PC to the intarweb, with nothing but windows firewall in between.
Downloading Plex at the moment, will give it a try, but streaming from my tv tuner would be really nice. I'll take what I can get though I guess. I'll let ya know how plex works out for me.
Well, got plex and my handset refuses to connect to the plex media server. *sigh*
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I've got ORB installed on my home computer and the ORB Live app on my handset. So far I'm able to use my handset to connect to my home PC, view the contents, and stream audio. The problem is that I cannot stream video whatsoever. When trying to stream videos, live tv, or my webcam the handset sits there connecting, but nothing ever streams. Eventually I'll usually get the "failed to stream" message on my handset.
Anyone else using ORB? I'm wondering if I'm suffering from a bandwidth issue, or if my carrier, Mobilicity, is blocking something on their end.
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yeah, setting up orb was a pain, kind of hit or miss, to get video to work, but once it does work, its pretty good
check the badly organized orb website and their just as badly put together forum
there are some pointers there that, like me, just might get you to get it working
to be honest, it seemed like i did everything i could, it wasnt working, i uninstalled/reinstalled everything, and then it was working
weird stuff
I have been using ORB for a long time (from Windows Mobile) and it's a very easy way to have access to music, photos, tv, videos and documents... The problem is that the OrbLive app does not work with 2.3 and no update has been made to the app...
For some unknown reason Pandora doesn't seem to work well on my Galaxy Tab 10.1. It freezes up and stops responding frequently. And it seems Slacker isn't even available.
Any other streaming music apps that are decent?
Last.fm
Last.fm app works well on my SGT. However, they recently required that you have the subscription service to stream to mobile devices, now :/ Only $3/mo and worth it, IMHO but, not ideal if you're looking for free. Google yanked grooveshark, too but, you can still get it from m.grooveshark.com (from your device), I believe. Hope this helps!
Ah yeah, I knew there was one more big name I was forgetting. That was the one.
Hey guys, I posted this over at Android Forums and, of course, I should have done so here first. I'm having a problem with the QUALITY of streaming audio, as described below. I'm hoping you guys can find a solution--this is the only thing I don't like about the MoPho
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Hey, guys, I'm having a strange problem with streaming audio which I'd really appreciate if someone could confirm and perhaps help me troubleshoot. I'm certain this is a MoPho specific issue--I'll explain why below...
BACKGROUND:
I am a "feed provider"--I put a police scanner online through radioreference.com which monitors Indianapolis (Marion Co, Indiana) police agencies' dispatch channels. It's a digital system which is difficult to monitor; it requires an expensive radio, ideally located and programmed correctly. At any given time, from a handful to dozens (or more) people listen online via PC's, Macs, and SmartPhones of all manner and description.
I use the paid version of a free app, Scanner Radio by Gordon Edwards, (which I'm sure many of you use--it's a great app) to enjoy and keep tabs on my feed. A couple of days ago, my audio went to hell on the MoPho. I'm hearing brief, spurious bursts of noise during both periods of silence and during transmissions. These can occur from a few seconds to a minute or more apart. I hear these same problems using Wunder Radio to monitor my feed.
I also hear a different problem when monitoring NOAA weather broadcasts using both apps. It manifests itself a bit differently, but I'm convinced it's the same basic issue. On those broadcasts, it seems that the audio might be playing a very slight bit too slowly, and "catches up" via an intermittent, steady, cyclic, nearly instantaneous "skip". It sounds something like this...
"In Indianlis, at eight PM the temperature was eighty-en degrees, and the relative humidity was seventy-two peent" with no pauses--the audio is continuous.
SOLUTIONS I'VE TRIED:
1. Confirmed problem is MoPho specific by monitoring same sources with same apps on a Galaxy Tab. Everything sounded fine.
2. Changed DNS server and Port Addresses to 0,0,0,0 and 0, respectively. No improvement noted.
3. Factory-reset MoPho. Installed just Scanner Radio Pro. Problem was still present.
4. Have tried wi-fi, 3G, and 4G. Problem exists in all cases.
5. Scanner Radio (free and pro both) have an option to stream via their own built-in player or the native Android media player. Problem exists using both.
CONCLUSION:
If anyone wants to have a go at this, my specific feed can be found in Scanner Radio at Browse, Browse by area, United States, Indiana, Marion County, Marion County Police Dispatch. I'm at a loss--I'm confounded and I hope someone can help me work this out.
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Here's a link to the thread where potential issues have been discussed. I've tried several things, including installing the leaked update (no problems there, thanks guys!) but the problems remain. Many thanks in advance for any help you all can give.
http://androidforums.com/motorola-photon-4g/394721-streaming-audio-problem-please-help.html
It's almost like some sort of a buffering issue...
I do believe I'm "hot on the trail" of this problem... From ScannerCast's configuration and usage page:
"Playback Using RealPlayer Results In Periodic Noise
If you play back a stream created by ScannerCast using any version of RealPlayer, the resulting audio will contain periodic pops, clicks, screeches, and noise. This happens whether you directly listen to a ScannerCast stream, or you listen to a stream created by ScannerCast that's being relayed through a SHOUTcast/Icecast server.
This problem occurs because RealPlayer incorrectly handles the SHOUTcast metadata interval parameter, causing it to attempt to decode the metadata as MP3 audio data. This bug was first reported to the RealPlayer developers in 2005, and applies to any SHOUTcast or Icecast stream that doesn't use the default metadata interval of 16K. Real Networks (the for-profit company that owns RealPlayer) hasn't fixed the bug in all these years, and my attempts to report this problem to the RealPlayer developers, or at least hear their side of the story, received no reply.
While ScannerCast could be changed to use the default metadata interval, that would seriously degrade tag/audio synchronization. I have no plans to change the way ScannerCast works to make it work with a third-rate, broken, media player."
Sound familiar???
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I do believe I'm "hot on the trail" of this problem... From ScannerCast's configuration and usage page:
"Playback Using RealPlayer Results In Periodic Noise
If you play back a stream created by ScannerCast using any version of RealPlayer, the resulting audio will contain periodic pops, clicks, screeches, and noise. This happens whether you directly listen to a ScannerCast stream, or you listen to a stream created by ScannerCast that's being relayed through a SHOUTcast/Icecast server.
This problem occurs because RealPlayer incorrectly handles the SHOUTcast metadata interval parameter, causing it to attempt to decode the metadata as MP3 audio data. This bug was first reported to the RealPlayer developers in 2005, and applies to any SHOUTcast or Icecast stream that doesn't use the default metadata interval of 16K. Real Networks (the for-profit company that owns RealPlayer) hasn't fixed the bug in all these years, and my attempts to report this problem to the RealPlayer developers, or at least hear their side of the story, received no reply.
While ScannerCast could be changed to use the default metadata interval, that would seriously degrade tag/audio synchronization. I have no plans to change the way ScannerCast works to make it work with a third-rate, broken, media player."
Sound familiar???
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Why does this affect you? Our default media player isn't RealPlayer. Or you saying that's what you've been using? Sorry...confused, hoping to see you resolve this tho...good luck!
No, but I believe the in app player for Scanner Radio and teh Andriod player as implemented in the MoPho have an identical (or very similar) problem. I won't rest until I get to the bottom of this or my 30 days is up, whichever comes first.
tbhausen said:
No, but I believe the in app player for Scanner Radio and teh Andriod player as implemented in the MoPho have an identical (or very similar) problem. I won't rest until I get to the bottom of this or my 30 days is up, whichever comes first.
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Ah...gotcha. Have you tried using alternate players then? Seems there's a few that support feeds in the market. Double Twist? Doggcatcher
Bandage said:
Why does this affect you? Our default media player isn't RealPlayer. Or you saying that's what you've been using? Sorry...confused, hoping to see you resolve this tho...good luck!
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I would also be willing to wager that the stream that is used is Shoutcast...as this was the same problem with the MLB app and moto phones. When you switch the alternate audio for streaming MLB games in app instead of the Shoutcast method the problem goes away.
SOLVED (Workaround)
SOLVED:
Apparently, Motorola phones don't like 16kbps mono audio streams. I set up alternative broadcasting software and changed my feed to 32kbps stereo, and the feed plays well with the in-app (Scanner Radio) player--not so well with the Android player. The feed is now listenable, and I hipe this helps people (even if they hadn't experienced the problem--yet...).
tbhausen said:
SOLVED:
Apparently, Motorola phones don't like 16kbps mono audio streams. I set up alternative broadcasting software and changed my feed to 32kbps stereo, and the feed plays well with the in-app (Scanner Radio) player--not so well with the Android player. The feed is now listenable, and I hipe this helps people (even if they hadn't experienced the problem--yet...).
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Nice TB...glad you figured it out!!
Hello. Just bought my third HTC phone and I am very happy with it. The 1080P video sounds especially appealing. I saw there was an HDMI adapter which I mentioned to the sales guy and he said that his girlfriend had one(of the phones) and their TV (which has wifi) automatically picked it up. If I am going to take good HD videos it would be great to send them over wifi to my PS3 (preferably) or my computer with a media server on it to watch them easily. I have heard of an app called awesome drop but everything I have seen is getting media ONTO the phone, not off. I know I could just USB to my computer (and maybe even ps3?) but since it can be on my wifi network it would seem there was some way to easily just push the video wirelessly to watch. I know this isn't specific to the Amaze so if you think I will get better answers I can move to a more general Android area. Thanks always XDA.
Also in the same vein is there some app to just directly move any files freely between the phone and my computer (and maybe even ps3?) over wifi? TY
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Hello. Just bought my third HTC phone and I am very happy with it. The 1080P video sounds especially appealing. I saw there was an HDMI adapter which I mentioned to the sales guy and he said that his girlfriend had one(of the phones) and their TV (which has wifi) automatically picked it up. If I am going to take good HD videos it would be great to send them over wifi to my PS3 (preferably) or my computer with a media server on it to watch them easily. I have heard of an app called awesome drop but everything I have seen is getting media ONTO the phone, not off. I know I could just USB to my computer (and maybe even ps3?) but since it can be on my wifi network it would seem there was some way to easily just push the video wirelessly to watch. I know this isn't specific to the Amaze so if you think I will get better answers I can move to a more general Android area. Thanks always XDA.
Also in the same vein is there some app to just directly move any files freely between the phone and my computer (and maybe even ps3?) over wifi? TY
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I use iMediaShare Premium to stream videos stored on my device to my XBox 360. I can also stream Youtube and several other services as well. All connect via wifi.
There's a program called PS3 Media Server that is awesome. I haven't yet tried streaming amaze videos, but I will tonight. THis app is very light weight and streams really well. I have yet to have any problems, but I've only streamed some relatively low bandwidth 4:3 video over wireless.
I stream video to my Xbox 360 using an app called Twonky, It's in the Android Market, nice and easy. Let me know if it works for you.
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Okay so I'm not a developer but no one seems to be able to give me an answer to my problem, so here I be.
Help, for the love of whatever, help!!! Okay, I've posted this question on multiple sites. Ain't nobody talkin'. Someone has got to know what's up with Shoutcast not working on Android! Shoutcast not likey Android? Android not likey Shoutcast?
Starting a "webcasting station" with Shoutcast servers beaming out the goodness. I can take any BlackBerry, Windows, or Apple device/PC and access the stream from the site's player which is HTML5/Flash fallback. Android, got notta. Actually, got something. The stream will play for anywhere from :15-:30 seconds and then cut off, then about :15 or so seconds later will connect again for about :03 seconds, and then finally nothing. What up?! Even Winamp on Android does the same thing. Is this a Flash problem or Shoutcast problem or Android problem?
I can't leave out the Android community by having the stream not compatible with it. It must be remedied. Does Icecast do this same thing? Thoughts...please!