.flv player for Windows Mobile
Comments(58) last update: November 7th, 2008
Since posting this back in October it has become by far the most visited page on here. Google Analitics says it brings over 71% of trafic to this blog (which is mind blowing actually). I really appreciate your visits and comments but please do not expect me to solve problems you may encounter when trying to install the software mentioned below. This post was intended merely as a reference to all the pieces necessary to play flv files on WM and nothing more. I have no connection with any of the developers and I honestly don’t know enough (about TCPMP, Windows Mobile, PDAs…) to act as tech support. I’m affraid you’re on your own. Good luck.
Yesterday I spent the better part of the evening trying to find something to play .flv movies (youtube et al) on Windows Mobile. You know how boring those train rides can be… Anyway, it was surprisingly hard to find one and that’s why I even bothered to start writing about it.
First few search hits promised that the TCPMP project should handle the job. It didn’t… Until I found the right .flv plugin on sourceforge this morning. And now those train rides will be just a little bit less frustrating. ;)
Just one additional note though… TCPMP as such has been discontinued and transformed into a commercial CorePlayer however the .flv plugin mentioned above won’t work under it. FLV is supported but (for some incomprehensible reason) not available in the consumer version (just the OEM version). Maybe its open source brother BetaPlayer will be of some use.
Here’s one for the return trip:
featured comment by Nilrin
The problem some people are having, is if you decide to install the program and plugin onto your storage card instead of the built in memory, it’ll properly install the player but will mistakenly install the plugin files in your built in memory anyways. Just move those files (probably in \Program Files\TCPMP) into the same thing wherever the TCPMP program is supposed to be installed.
This is really helpful! I have been trying for the longest time to try and play flv files on my windows mobile and nothing really worked. Thank you for posting this :)
This is quick and easy. Ensure that you unzip the plugin on your system and then copy the .plg files into the destination folder of TCPMP in your PDA.
Thanks, this way quicker than that thought..!
- Phoenix
What more can I say except … Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! =))
The beta player link leads to a useles page wtih the beta player logo and no links.
hey thanks for the post.. really helped…
@Daniel… search for beta player download.. ull get a link.. n then follow the above instructions… :)
you’ll need to soft reset too after copying the plug in file to the tcpmp directory
thanks very much. was wondering how to find a tool to watch flv videos.
its a nice effort
thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!
TCPMP works very well except it crashes on Windows Mobile 6.1.
Hi sorry i am a newbie. I just downloaded .flv plugin on sourceforge and had installed the .cab on my Windows Mobile 5 Device. After installing, what else needs to be done?
As far as I can remember I simply installed TCPMP (cab file) and copied the flv plugin to the TCPMP root directory.
Where is this TCMP root directory?
should be: My Device/Program Files/TCPMP
But after installation of these two as well i am not able to play a .flv file which i have downloaded on PPC. any ideas how to run it ?
It seems not working, even with TCPMP Player
Hello
I did what is told here and it worked. But still, there are some files it doesn’t play… but’s good enought. Thank’s
hi there..can any1 help me,plz..i’v been try for quite sometimes now n nothing seems to work..i’m using o2 stealth and installing the tcpmp player with the plugins.I follow exactly as prescribe but why there’s no video comming out? the flv file plays but no videos only sounds and at the an error msg saying codec not supported…any1 plz help me?
tQ
leave rest of all mentioned.just try youtube player [mobile version]..thats it.
youtube player is available at this url http://www.bysamir.fr/ytplayer/
enjoy.
I’ve had success with youtubeplay with .flvs from youtube
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-youtubeplay.html
worked fine on HTC TyTN II
downloaded
ARM cabs for version 0.71 for tcpmp (used TCPMP.ARM_CE3.CAB )
TCPMP Plugin for Flash Video on PPC off sourceforge (cab installer)
just installed the two cabs, Bosh worked first time
great !!!
Thank you very much !!
how to play the file after install both the software
1. tcpmp
2. flv plug-in
when i start the tcpmp software, want to open file, it won’t display .flv file.
pls help me asap.! Thanks
I have a HTC Touch and have dowloaded
1. tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1
2. TCPMPflvplugin-v0.4.2
After installing the above, when i run flv files only the sound is there & no video. It says that the codecs are not supported by the player.
Pls Help me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you all!!!
Perfect, it really works :))
Thanks for that.. worked a treat on my Mio A702. IPhone eat your heart out…
You Rock!!!!!!!
Was trying to get this done for a long time… Simply Brilliant work!
You guys are awesome!
TCPMP Flash player worked like a charm.
Just followed the instruction by phoenix – copying the .flp files into TMPMP folder and re-started.
Thank you. Thank you. and THANK YOU!
10s alot~~!
Thanks a lot !!!!! this is awsome,
great work excellent
thx for the program
thanks so much friends
guys this really works!!!! so when you install the program and you put the plug ins inside you must go to the installed directory and find the tcpmp.exe,run it from there and select your file,will play perfectly!!!!!
My question is….if you know a plugin to play videos in my browser…i bought a pda HTC P3300.
thanks!!!!!
opera mini 4,1 is really wonderfull and quick but it doesn’t play embeded videos to the browser.
and a plugin i download from macromedia,installed perfectly but they said that java will deactivate it!and it not work!
The problem some people are having, is if you decide to install the program and plugin onto your storage card instead of the built in memory, it’ll properly install the player but will mistakenly install the plugin files in your built in memory anyways. Just move those files (probably in \Program Files\TCPMP) into the same thing wherever the TCPMP program is supposed to be installed.
good
Hi all, TCMP Player was already installed in my Pkt Pc (HTC) then I installed FLV Plugin on the same folder, but when I play Flv its not supported-Video Codec Missing!
Can anyone help me?
Regards
Not working on 6.1
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-youtubeplay.html
works on 6.1
Excellent!!! Thanks so much!
Where is the download file?
Thanks! And thanks to authors of the player and plugins :)
but how did you install the flv plugin a sin what the direct link. after u have installed it as a .exe file how can i synch int to my pda windows mobile 5.0?
Usually all you need to do is upload the .cab files to the device and it will install itself
thx very much
unable to find software.
ok
lets get it done !!!!
if any one wants to use hus pda or wm5 or wm6
simply download a browser it comes with all plugins and its a reall web browser not the mobile based
the name of browser is “skyfire”
simply google it and uil find it its very gud
and the best part it has three version
touchscreen windows mobile,non-touchscreen windows mobile and simple phones like n series etc
enjoy your self
hi once again evry one
adobe has showed up with a new flashplayer for windows mobile 5 and software comes with a certificate so irs totally original and you can download it from adobe.com but theres a prob with me i dono that is it gona hapen with you or not
flashplayer didnt worked on my wm5
so ryt now im using skyfire but im gona come up with a solution this week
if anyone of you hv tried the flashplayer then plz leave a comment so that i can come up to a point
thnx
flv player for HTC P4350 any suggestions
hi, i m naveen i m having htc p3300 wm6.0 ppc.
i installed abov said tpc arm cab file on my devise, and it shows a player but still i can run any flv file on it which is i downloaded from yuotub.i also installed the tcpm plugins but it not helping. plz suggest something else.
hi
kindly advise on the software or link to download software to enable me to play flv format videos on htc tytn.
or software to convert flv videos to windows media player(FREE)
thanks
Can someone post a link to the betaplayer download?
where is the .flp files
i didn’t find it or i have to copy all the two file ?
good and thanks
it is good
thanks for useful suggestions…download and install youtubeplay.cab in your windows mobile and watch flash movies with .flv extension
thank youu