YouTube on Windows Mobile: A Solution!

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939' target='_blank'>http://sourceforge.net/project/show...group_id=196939</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Very often, I get people asking me if there is a way to play flash files on a Pocket PC [...] The good news is that this is now possible if you use TCPMP. A new plugin is available at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939</a>. That will let you download Youtube video directly to your PPC and play the flash file without conversion."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20070529-pic_youtubelogo_123x63.gif" /><br /><br />Playing flash video content on Windows Mobile has always been an iffy proposition - the format used by YouTube and other video sharing sites was just not supported...until now. I've tried out the plugin from the link above, and it really does work (I tried the video of Judie's <a href="http://www.geardiary.com/2007/05/22/unboxing-the-htc-advantage-x7500/">HTC Advantage unboxing</a>). A couple of caveats though - this is a 0.1 release, so try at your own risk; and it requires TCPMP. Installation is simple enough, just put the two *.plg files in your TCPMP folder and start TCPMP. You can either use the included downloader for direct downloads of videos to your device, or just transfer any *.flv files that you've already downloaded to your computer to your WM device. Enuff Said - try it!

[thelittlemaster]

It's 0.2 now. Works great for me. I can download all the Carlos Santana videos I want now..Great!

[Muntasser]

BOOM!

Thanks - been waiting for osmething like this for a loongggggg time.

Funny Youtube videos are great for showing your maites on the go :)

[jpjehu]

I'm an idiot, but I haven't ever used TCPMP. I've downloaded it, installed it, and transferred the files to the TCPMP file in Program files. Do I just use the internet explorer and access YouTube to watch the videos? It's not working to do it that way - how do I watch flash-based online video content with TCPMP? Thanks!

[Zagleft1]

Along with the .flv plug ins, there was a little .exe file for downloading youtube files. That can be put in the program folder as well (or anywhere else I suppose). Use PIE to browse youtube.com, find the video you want and copy its url. Paste this link into little .exe application and download it to a folder.

Then open TCPMP, hit file open, find the .flv file you downloaded and click on it. It seems to work well. Hope this helps.

[extravagant]

does this plugin support the smartphone version as well....thx

[Gerard]

Just got RC1 of TCPMP 0.81, and it's great. I'd given up on TCPMP last year, when development seemed stopped for a long while and the commercial application CORE was released. I've been using CORE since... but looking at some YouTube videos today in 0.81 and using YouTubeDownloader, I've now uninstalled CORE. No need for it any more. While not so point-and-click easy as watching YouTube stuff on a PC, this is still pretty dead simple to use. And it's great being able to save the ones I like without any extra steps, such as I use on the PC - the VideoDownloader plugin for Firefox is okay, but a bit fussier to use. Developments like this make me glad I donated some bucks to Gabor back a while. Might just have to paypal him some more.

[jlp]

Just got RC1 of TCPMP 0.81, and it's great...

8O

Where did you get version 0.81RC1? The official site still has version 0.72RC1, no more.

And googling for 0.81 yields talks about it from one year ago but no new version; some said it hadn't been released yet (2006).

Download sites like Softpedia lists 0.72 also.

BTW:
does the plugin also work with 0.72?

[Gerard]

I found it via Google, actually, and by accident. I wasn't looking for TCPMP at all, but doing a search for a YouTube discussion on Slashdot from a few days ago, about the Heinz ketchup ad campaign. Couldn't remember where I'd seen the story actually, so rather than search a bunch of sites I googled... and came up with both that on Slashdot and a link to the plugin for TCPMP on a 'warez' site - though it's a free download from SourceForge. The tangled web of the Web is indeed strange. From there, I found a link to a gsmhacks discussion - apparently another warez site/forum - which provided a link to Release Candidate 0.81 of TCPMP.... but only for members... so I had to join GSMHacks.com in order to download it. As TCPMP was freeware/donateware, and as I'd donated $15 a while ago, it seemed not out of order to grab this one.

If anyone can find a little less icky way to go about downloading the latest TCPMP, great, I'll be glad to know it and share it. Unfortunately it seems not wise to start linking from PocketPCThoughts to GSMHacks threads directly - probably a violation of the Thoughts EULA, though I welcome a moderator's opinion. Anyway, that's probably enough info to get you going.

[Jason Lee]

this plugin works just fine in both 0.71 and 0.72RC1.
I used it in both today.

[bnycastro]

sorry for the noob question but can i watch youtube vids on PIE [I don't want to download the videos to my device] with this?

[Jason Lee]

nope. you must download them to your device and play them in TCPMP. :(

[bnycastro]

oh i see bummer... maybe in WM7 then hehehe

[PPCRules]

Now that you have all those files downloaded...

A nice .flv player for desktop/laptop Windows:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/flvplayer.html

[bnycastro]

videolan.org's freeware VLC media player also plays flv files :)

[Catman51]

I use this to save them as mpeg's (check options in the program). Download this to your computer, save the YouTube videos and then copy them to your storage card. Voila!
http://www.benjaminstrahs.com/itube.php

[bnycastro]

hi catman [are you the same catman from sbsh forums? jhi!] anyway yeah itube is ok too.
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i used to use ffox + greasemonkey to get the flv's then convert with cinemaforge [all freeware] now i don't convert and watch flv on VLC on my desktop.
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what i really want is youtube on PIE... MS are you listening?!?!!

[Catman51]

Same Catman, you can always tell by my avatar!

[Golfer]

Sorry to be a bit dim :oops: on this, but how do you install the plug-ins?

I downloaded the 2 zip files to my PC desktop and copied to my TCPMP folder on my PPC. I then tapped on the zip file and it seemed to open the file explorer.

Can any explain what I should do? Thanks in advance.

[Jason Lee]

Sorry to be a bit dim :oops: on this, but how do you install the plug-ins?

I downloaded the 2 zip files to my PC desktop and copied to my TCPMP folder on my PPC. I then tapped on the zip file and it seemed to open the file explorer.

Can any explain what I should do? Thanks in advance.

Exit TCPMP and drop the two .plg files into the folder and then run TCPMP. that is all you need to do. :)

[isajoo]

there is a way to watch without downloading...but since my ppc is out for repair, i dont have the link.

it basically is like a server that uploads the video then u click on the link to the upload and viola.

someone else should have the link...my ppc will not be back for atleast another week or 2. hopefully i will get a FREE upgrade. :)

[elierodrigue]

Hi, I'm Elie Rodrigue, one of the Hubdog developper.
Just one word to tell your that we recently put on our developper blog page, a Hubdog build that download youtube flv file using a youtube feed.

If you want to try this feature before its officially released, head to http://www.hubdog.com/devblog/ and download the latest standard build.

All download files plays great with TCPMP and the newly released flv plugin!!

Here's a quick reference to youtube rss feeds :
If you want to generate a feed based on a keyword, lets say your keyword is “hubdog” :
http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/hubdog.rss

If you want to generate to feed of all the videos posted by a user (let’s use my user, ElieRodrigue)

http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/elierodrigue/video.rss

There is also some “global” feed :

http://youtube.com/rss/global/recently_added.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/recently_featured.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_favorites.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_rated.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_viewed_today.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_viewed_week.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_viewed_month.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/top_viewed.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/most_discussed_today.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/most_discussed_week.rss

http://youtube.com/rss/global/most_discussed_month.rss

[extravagant]

so how can i play flv files on my wm5 smartphone..... thx (samsung i320n)

[Cybrid]

so how can i play flv files on my wm5 smartphone..... thx (samsung i320n) The same way as posted on the article but using the smartphone build of TCPMP?

[kjs2113]

the downloader doesn't work if video has a warning page requires u to click Confirm before watching.

[Mark Larson]

I can confirm that this works with the smartphone! :mrgreen:

Using Moto Q, WM5 with TCPMP 0.72RC1 and flv plugins, I can watch most flv files, ie from youtube and even some downloaded from photobucket. I have not tried webshots videos yet.

Now I can carry inane rantings of emo freaks everywhere I go. :oops:

Is there a method to download youtube videos directly on the smartphone? The Pocket PC has a copy/paste function which I sorely miss on the Smartphone.

[extravagant]

how about www.keepvid.com, you can download the flv files easily by just putting in the url ... not sure if it supports the smartphone....

[JPD6825]

I copied a few video URLs into the little app and always get "Invalid Returned Link!" I tried both the desktop and the PPC version. Same results.

Suggestions?

[Menneisyys]

Just got RC1 of TCPMP 0.81, and it's great...

8O

Where did you get version 0.81RC1? The official site still has version 0.72RC1, no more.

And googling for 0.81 yields talks about it from one year ago but no new version; some said it hadn't been released yet (2006).

Download sites like Softpedia lists 0.72 also.

BTW:
does the plugin also work with 0.72?

0.81 is a hacked, not recommended version. Stick with the last official version, 0.72 RC1. Flash playback works great under it.

[Menneisyys]

I can confirm that this works with the smartphone! :mrgreen:

Using Moto Q, WM5 with TCPMP 0.72RC1 and flv plugins, I can watch most flv files, ie from youtube and even some downloaded from photobucket. I have not tried webshots videos yet.

Now I can carry inane rantings of emo freaks everywhere I go. :oops:

Is there a method to download youtube videos directly on the smartphone? The Pocket PC has a copy/paste function which I sorely miss on the Smartphone.

Currently, not possible. I'll explain the why's in my forthcoming article - stay tuned :)

[Menneisyys]

See http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=437340 for a complete tutorial.

[kjs2113]

ya, like i said 3 posts above urs, i got this error whenever attempt to dl the flv wit warning page.

i thought this could hlp me on viewing some in-country developed films during my commute time, but since most of them got tat warning page (just bcos of local dialect is used :roll:) so this lil prog does not help in such a way but it does help for me to view other contents.

I copied a few video URLs into the little app and always get "Invalid Returned Link!" I tried both the desktop and the PPC version. Same results.

Suggestions?

[Menneisyys]

ya, like i said 3 posts above urs, i got this error whenever attempt to dl the flv wit warning page.

i thought this could hlp me on viewing some in-country developed films during my commute time, but since most of them got tat warning page (just bcos of local dialect is used :roll:) so this lil prog does not help in such a way but it does help for me to view other contents.

I copied a few video URLs into the little app and always get "Invalid Returned Link!" I tried both the desktop and the PPC version. Same results.

Suggestions?

see my just-linked article, it answers this too

[davect01]

Downloaded all the approprate software, and all seem to be working. The download seems to work, but when I go to play the video, I get a "Unknown File Format" message.
What URL should I be downloading? :?: :?:

[davect01]

Still trying, but no go. I even tried the YouTube link in your tuttorial, but no luck. I double checked the player, it plays other videos, but not the youtube videos I download .

[Menneisyys]

Still trying, but no go. I even tried the YouTube link in your tuttorial, but no luck. I double checked the player, it plays other videos, but not the youtube videos I download .

Are you ABSOLUTELY sure you've opied the two plg files to the home directory of TCPMP and you've restarted it?

[georgeyporgey]

i know i probably sound stupid, but is this for phones with windows mobile. And whats that other software i need

[kjs2113]

see my just-linked article, it answers this too

i read thru your post, but didn't see where u particularly mentioned bout this issue... the way u guided in the post is the way i use to download unrestricted youtube videos, but it didn't work for vidoes with warning page.

here's 1 of the examples where u get a verify age page sounds like this before u able to view the video:

This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community.

By clicking "Confirm", you are agreeing that all videos flagged by the YouTube community will be viewable by this account.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M8fnjPLx6k

[Menneisyys]

i know i probably sound stupid, but is this for phones with windows mobile. And whats that other software i need

Please read my above-linked tutorial, it explains EVERYTHING.

[roopull]

i know i probably sound stupid, but is this for phones with windows mobile. And whats that other software i need

Please read my above-linked tutorial, it explains EVERYTHING.

To call me a novice would be an understatement. I do, however, use YouTube for my own little propaganda purposes &amp; have always wanted a way to access my videos - and those of others - without having to carry the files around in my PPC.


Your tutorial solved this for me &amp; I registered with this forum just to express my gratitude! THANK YOU! :werenotworthy:


The only hiccup I had was that when I read the tutorial, I didn't realize that one of the "tcpmpflv..." files was the YouTubeDownloader you referred to later in the tutorial. Once I figured that out, it couldn't have been any easier!

Again, THANK YOU!!! :clap:

[Menneisyys]

See http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=440241 for a brand new tutorial.

[Oh1222]

Hi,
I cant find the .exe program that allows you to download videos...I have installed the plugin and the 2 plg files...

[cold123]

open TCPMP, hit file open, find the .flv file you downloaded and click on it. It seems to work well
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[Gerard]

Hi,
I cant find the .exe program that allows you to download videos...

Tapping YouTube's video links while browsing/searching the site in Pocket IE should bring up a menu offering to download the video, watch it, or go to the page. If you choose to download yiu'll probably want to rename the file in the Save As... dialogue, to something like subject.flv, then choose a memory card location to save to.

If the menu duesn't pop up with YouTube links, either ycur installation is broken or you are using a WM2003SE or earlier device. Older devices are not supported.