Praise the Lord (And Jane!)

[Ben]

Jane - thanks!

Got an email from Jane at Orange today saying that Orange customers can download the Orange-customised PvPlayer at http://orange.multimedia/w/5274/?sid=e51b2a84927d Defunct - buggy build, read on in this thread for manual installation instructions for a newer build of PvPlayer.

The download worked, and PvPlayer now opens on my phone. Orange World is playing up for me at this moment in time, but I'll see if I can actually get something to stream a bit later.

Just more proof that anything is possible if you can get through to the right person - and goodness me did I have to work hard to get that link. Hopefully, providing streaming does actually work, there's now nothing to stop you buying the 6680 SIM-Free if you don't want to put up with network branded software.

[Ben]

Update: I have streaming. I have downloading. I don't have SOUND!

Somehow the clips I'm downloading are devoid of sound. Even when transferred onto my PC the mpeg 4's have no soundtrack whatsoever!

How weird is that?!

[Jon3G]

well if it was a wide reported problem then I would say its an Orange issue. However it may be the player not asking for the Sound files.

Beyond me.

[Martin3G]

Are you sure there is no audio contained in the MP4 file ?

The last time I checked an MP4 file downloaded from OrangeWorld it was using AMR for the audio. Have you tried playing the file in quicktime as that should be able to play AMR ? You can also use quicktime to show the audio properties of the file.

The Nokia Multimedia player can also play AMR audio from the PC.
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,72015,00.html


It would seem very strange if the audio had been ommited from the file altogether

[Ben]

3g-g downloaded some videos and transferred them to his PC, and to mine. The video he sent played fine! I tried the exact same video afterwards downloaded on my phone, sill no sound. Transferred it to my pc - still no sound! Tried in both Real and WMP.

I also sent one of my downloads to 3g-g just to confirm there was no sound when he played it either.

I just don't get it! It makes no sense to me whatsoever. I can understand the phone having some kind of issue and not playing the sound on the Orange clips, but then for the clip still not to have any sound when played on a computer is just weird, especially when the same clip downloaded via a different handset works fine.

I'm at a complete loss now!

[bsrjl1]

Have you tried opening it in Quicktime & then Show Info - it might be in a format that you don't have the codec for?