Here’s How to Have Smoother Video

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This post is a follow on to the post about watching “How to Watch Online Video“. Many of you have discovered that TCPMP is great for watching almost all on the Shadow. One thing I noticed about TCPMP, as wonderful as it is, is the occasional jumpiness and laggy . After messing with the I have found some that work really well.

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From the main screen press Options > Buffering > and double the number in the Normal Buffer Size field. Press Ok

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Back at the main screen again press Options > > Driver and Select ‘GDI’. Back at your main screen start the and you should notice a huge improvement while playing your downloaded videos. Enjoy!

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Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Ask Mike, Tips and Tricks

33 Comments to Here’s How to Have Smoother Video

Benji
January 5, 2008

is there a way to use this program with the $5.99 web plan using the proxy server? iv asked this before but i haven’t received an answer yet.

Bao
January 5, 2008

will changing the “preload at underrun” help the video load faster, if yes, what percent?

Fred
January 5, 2008

The best way to have smooth flv video, streamed or downloaded, is to put in those settings and overclock your processor.

Fred
January 5, 2008

Oh yea, there’s no streaming with the $5.99 plan. Get on wi-fi or spend $20 .

Rob54
January 5, 2008

I would try it Benji. Probably, but I could be wrong. He’s talking about the proxy, not just the plan, Fred.

Al
January 5, 2008

I tryed that but I dont have any buffering option, what should I do?

CAm215
January 6, 2008

how can i get my mp4 and mpg files to play on my shadow?

Andre Middleton
January 6, 2008

the buffer page is actually located at options\settings\select page\ buffering

Kyle C.
January 6, 2008

Mike Benton, do you know if you can hook up the usb cord to ur laptop or computer and take games off of it and put it on ur shadow. Please put a post on this.

Al
January 6, 2008

Thanks Adre, now it works fine.

Bao
January 6, 2008

I did changed the size and youtube videos load faster but not on veoh

Fred
January 6, 2008

Ok lemme correct my statement. Streaming anything through TCPMP or WMP doesn’t work with the proxy…for me, at least…but VTap does! I was browsing HoFo and someone posted a thread saying that it did. I tested it, and although it’s slow, it works.

Val
January 7, 2008

ok so i have downloaded both the the flash video bundle and the tcpmp smartphone 072rc1 but every time i go to youtube or myspace it says that i either have javascript turned of or need a new flash player……so how do i turn it on or wat else do i need to download???

Al
January 7, 2008

In order for the flash to work you have to, with your phone on, take the battery out for a few seconds, then turn it back on and goto start > video websites > youtube > then just click the video then click play. If you still cant play it, download both again. Hope that helps.

Al
January 7, 2008

Does anyone know how to make the video even better on youtube than mikes post says? my videos are still almost unwatchable.

Val
January 7, 2008

thanx all that did the trick but how do u get it to buffer faster??????? ps were is the MAIN VIDEO SCREEN????

bao
January 7, 2008

is there a way to fast ford and rewind videos

Al
January 7, 2008

options\settings\select page\ buffering…..mike didnt mention that part about select page. to buffer faster goto what I just told you then double the buffer size that is there. It will run a little smoother then, but not perfect.

Alex
January 7, 2008

hope that helps!

Alex
January 8, 2008

There doesnt really seem to be a way to fast forward and rewind

Brian
January 9, 2008

to Alex - you can “skip forward” or “skip back” by clicking the navigation wheel left or right when on the main video screen. Or click up or down when on full screen mode.

Alex
January 9, 2008

Ok thanks, I’ll try that

Mysti
January 10, 2008

I’ve tried all of this and it still freezes up during every video. Can somebody please help me?

Edgar
January 11, 2008

what is the regular “Preload for Audio”? (number in the box)

[...] seconds and then stop for buffering obviously making them choppy and appear like pretty much crap. AllShawdow.com posters came up with these steps to enhance playback for these types of videos which are for [...]

Tyler Durden
January 17, 2008

Even with the GDI driver set and the 4K+ buffer, my playback still stops every 3-5 seconds to buffer. This occurs over EDGE as well as WiFi. Does the Preload at underrun setting affect performance at all?

Tyler Durden
January 17, 2008

Edgar said:
January 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
what is the regular “Preload for Audio”? (number in the box)

Should be 64KB as the default.

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Bigtime

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Tyler durden

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Allshadow.com

Lennon
May 30, 2008

If you, like me, just want to watch your favorite videos off YT (or Google, Veoh, etc.) I find that if you load the entire video and then save it to a playlist, it’ll play the video with barely any hiccups.

Also play with the settings mentioned here and see what works best for your phone. I still have buffer issues - though not nearly as bad - and that’s how I discovered this method.

KEYLA
August 7, 2008

i just purchased a shadow & when i’m at the WMedia screen and press menu/options it does not give me what everyone has said below. I only have the following: playback, video, network, library, skins, buttons. When i go into video it only ask how to play the video full size or not. in network options it just gives me the speed like wi-fi/lan or less. Do these new updated Shadow’s not have what is posted above?

domingo
December 18, 2008

can somebody post a video that shows exactly how to downlaod the video wstching software because i have no clue

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