Re: Wireless, WMP and my PDA cont.....
- From: "Tony A." <foo@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:15:28 -0000
Biketastic wrote:
> Thanks very much indeed to everyone who contributed to my previous
> thread. I wanted to summarise the body of knowledge accumulated so
> far to make sure that I have got it right!
>
> 1. WMP9/PPC cannot open network files directly
Not by clicking on them in the standard file explorer, correct. It's a
file explorer deficiency rather than a WMP issue.
> 2. WMP9/PPC can play .wma files
Correct.
> 3. With PPC file explorer, you can paste a shortcut to your device
> and then open that file directly (have not actually done that yet!)
Correct. You can also make ASX playlists pointing to audio files on
network shares, and that will work (if the playlist is formatted
correctly).
> 4. Resco File Explorer will open network files and can play .wma
> (presumably via WMP)
Correct, the files will open with whatever program is associated with
the file type, WMA by default will open in WMP.
> 5. TCMP will open network files but cannot play .wma files (.mp3
> only)
No. TCPMP can play WMA (and WMV) files on Windows Mobile 2003 (and
presumably WM5) devices, I believe it uses the same libraries as WMP
to do this, and so is compatible with the same types of Windows Media
files as WMP. Also I believe TCPMP will suffer the same issue as WMP
when opening files via the default file explorer, since as I say,
that's actually an issue with the file explorer.
> 6. Streaming involves buffering etc and as such it's different from
> opening a file across a network
Correct
> 7. WME can encode files and kind of stream them to 1-5 clients
> (inflexibly - no playlists, stream selection etc)
Correct
> 8. Windows Media Service (WMS) is a true streaming server which
> enables streaming of multiple play lists
Can't comment
> 9. WMS will enable me to random access a chosen file and then have
> that content streamed and this will work from WMP/PPC - maybe this
> point is a bit of a leap of faith :-)
Can't comment on this one either, I know nothing about WMS. I can tell
you that I have a setup at home that allows me to stream my music
collection via the wireless (or wired) network to anywhere in the
house, or indeed anywhere with an internet connection if I wish, with
full control, ability to play any file, folder or playlist, etc.
However you said you want to use the standard Microsoft apps, this
setup does not, so I won't tell you more about it unless you ask.
.
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