Streaming Media & Youtube

Damian · 10-03-2008, 04:32 PM

Hi folks,
When I go to Youtube and try and watch a video, it goes straight onto 'Streaming Media' in Media Player. I then always get an error saying 'failed to connect to network'
This is always the case when downloading over 3G/GPR etc. If I try and do the same but using wi-fi, it always plays the streaming media fine!
Any ideas?

Damian

Bassey · 10-03-2008, 04:48 PM

Sounds like your data plan with your service provider doesn't support streaming media which is, I believe, fairly common. Most of them have their own music/video services so, obviously, they would far rather you pay them for premium content than stream it for free over their network

Damian · 10-03-2008, 04:57 PM

Thanks Bassey, I'm with o2, do you know of a way round this? I thought it would be ok as o2 rant and rave about youtube and the iPhone.

saki · 10-03-2008, 05:10 PM

Its the same with t mobile (see the thread below). Fortunately, you can get utube by other means, such as TCMCP and flash bundle, Coreplayer or V Tap.

http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/htc...vario-iii.html (streaming video on t mobile Vario III)

j800a · 10-03-2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Damian

Thanks Bassey, I'm with o2, do you know of a way round this? I thought it would be ok as o2 rant and rave about youtube and the iPhone.

wi-fi is good to see youtube videos. Avoiding paying data charges