Has anyone gotten this to work on a blackberry? I still havent on my curve i get a few different errors. If you don't know what it is just go to Orb and it explains it. Their website says it should work on any phone that has internet connection and a media player so idk if its my settings or if they are just wrong.
I think the distinction is that the media player has to support streaming media. I don't believe the blackberry media player supports streaming media. There was no mention of it on their website: BlackBerry - Media Player
...for streaming I am now using Dollars5's mediaPlayer. You must install via the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software as the OTA gives error, but it's worth it! I had tried RadioBee, MFRadio, mWebPlayer/WebPlayerMidlet and their all fail in comparison. The adjustable buffer of Dollars5's mediaPlayer is what makes it I think (FAR fewer hiccups than the incumbents). MFRadio was effectively simple, but without an adjustable buffer the lag was too much to bear. FWIW I am using T-Mobiles EDGE which really isn't cut out for streaming much of anything...
Ok, so I have Orb running at home, and I just got a 8320 curve on TMo (yeah, EDGE rocks!). Anyway, following w00tw00t's advice, I tried out Dollars5's media player.
It's a nice player, but thus far I haven't been able to hook up the player such that it is the default player for media streams from the browser. Any ideas on how to do that?
Got Orb up and running on my 8320 Curve using the latest tmobile OS. The kicker is you have to connect through tzones, not the internet browser. Not sure the difference in settings, but streaming for me only seems to work through tzones. Tzones also lets me stream YouTube vids.
Per support.orb.com/kb/entry/118/ (sorry I can't hyperlink this... I'm new to the crackberry forums, and you have to post 10 times before they let you post a URL.) I tried unchecking the box Use UPnP for DirectStream on your Orb PC (Orb tray icon > Configuration > Advanced) to disable DirectStream and force your Orb PC to send all streams through TCP port 82.
Guess what... IT WORKED.
I can now stream both VIDEO & AUDIO to my Blackberry Storm.
It works on my curve, but the media player displays it the size of a US postage stamp, which is really straining to watch. Orb is a great free product though, if you are in a wifi zone, there is nothing like watching your home tv on the other side of the world. =)
Anyone have an idea to how you can get the media player to display the feed larger?
PS, got a curve 8330 and with the proper set up and 4.5 OS Orb with definitely stream.
OK so I've gotten orb to work on my Blackberry Curve 8310 (with the 4.5 software update).
My problem is: if I select "play all" for an album that resides on my PC the Blackberry media player plays the first song fine, but there are no skip track buttons: there are only pause, stop, rewind and fastforward (within tracks). Is there a way to do this?
Also I tried opening up some word docs (97-2003 format) and my BB said it was an unrecognized file type. I was under the impression that the BB can open up Office documents.
I had success upon my first attempt using Orb; no special settings.
But I have to complain about the size of the video. It makes no sense why it is so small, except to accomodate the smallest of LCD screens on phones. I wish it was more Blackberry specific. Want to see a fullscreen RTSP stream from NASA full screen the way it should be? go to: rtsp://a1352.l1857053128.c18570.g.lq.akamaistream.net/D/1352/18570/v0001/reflector:53128
I'm on 5.0 with my Bold 9700 and I keep getting "An error has occurred attempting to play media" message. Any ideas?
After I click ok I get " Content not available. Server is blocked or unresponsive." Both on 3G and wi-fi
Same problem here same phone. Can't find a solution to this. Works great for months, then I upgrade to OS 5.0 on my old Bold 9000. Couple weeks later this starts happening. I get a new Bold 9700 and have the same issue right from the start.
I love this site/app(on mac)! I have a Mac with a built-in iSight camera, and using orb I can use my iSight anywhere I want from my PB!! I can always know if someone is in my room. :P I can even hear if they are talking or not too. This is so cool!
